Shadow Trails in Azeroth

While Black was searching for air coins in the Castle of Tirisfal Council, a banquet for the magicians of Narthalas was also taking place in the hall of Violet Castle.

The banquets of magicians have always been known for their simplicity, and those who can become archmages are basically not people who indulge in pleasure.

Studying magic requires a pure and ascetic heart. In fact, if you look carefully, Blake also has this sign now. In addition to being an alcoholic, he can be called an ascetic monk in his private life.

So far, I have never had any scandal with any girl.

Moreover, the companions Dalaran entertained this time were a bit special. They were all elves who had been dead for ten thousand years, so naturally they couldn't talk about drinking and eating meat.

"We regret what happened at Ambercliff Camp in Northrend's Borean Tundra."

Ms. Blue Moon said to Archmage Antonidas beside her:

“That time, our Narthalas Academy had just come into contact with the changes in the world ten thousand years later, and the newly recruited group of warlock apprentices in the academy had not yet changed their slightly reckless style.

Fortunately there were no casualties.

Speaking of which, has that camp been rebuilt now? The Kirin Tor's somewhat reckless pursuit of knowledge has compromised the privacy of the blue dragonflight, and we are in the wrong. "

"Well, we've abandoned the Amber Cliff camp."

Antonidas was a little embarrassed. He covered it up with a cup of tea and said:

"Actually, that conflict was not a bad thing. If it hadn't been for the entire Amber Cliff being secretly destroyed by the blue dragons after your warlocks left, we still wouldn't have been able to capture the true attitude of the blue dragons.

If we choose to go our own way, it may lead to conflicts between human spellcasters and magic legions in the future, which is the real loss outweighing the gains. "

"But why does Narthalas College have to establish a school of warlocks?"

Another female archmage wearing a wizard's pointed hat next to Antonidas asked hesitantly:

"To be honest, Dalaran also experienced a period of "barbaric growth" in the early days of its establishment. At that time, some spellcasters found some clues of warlock magic from ancient books.

They summoned demons from other worlds at will.

But the characteristic of warlock magic is that every summons will weaken the world's space system. During those hundreds of years, the unfettered summons of mages made the space system near Dalaran very fragile.

Until it finally triggered a terrible disaster, and the entire Dalaran was almost destroyed by a plague caused by a demon.

Since then, we have banned the research and study of warlock magic.

We all understand the truth. As a member of Wannian College and someone who has experienced ancient wars, it is impossible for you not to know this. "

"This is an interesting question."

Faced with this question, Dean Lanyue explained calmly:

“I remember that at the end of the Elf Empire, there was the same discussion in the court of Queen Azshara, and I was a bystander and had the honor to participate in it.

At that time, the magic of summoning demons had just become popular in the empire, but knowledgeable people had already foreseen the threat. Their discussion alarmed Queen Azshara, who convened a great debate about this.

The situation in the debate at that time was tilted towards your decision, which was to completely ban the research of warlock magic.

But my mentor Maitri argued hard in front of the Queen.

He made a very interesting conclusion. My mentor said that demons are a special kind of life born in the twisted void. They are cruel and cold-blooded and are the enemy of all things.

Normally, we shouldn't actively introduce them into our world.

But the real problem is that the demons also have their own organizations and forces. I think everyone present is familiar with the name Burning Legion.

My mentor believes that when the first demon belonging to the Burning Legion was summoned to Azeroth, the world was already on the Legion's radar.

Regardless of whether we want to ban the study of magic by warlocks, it is impossible for demons to give up their desire to destroy this world.

What happened later proved that my mentor's judgment was correct. "

Dean Blue Moon stroked the Holy Staff of Alunes in her hand, and she said to a group of solemn-looking human spellcasters:

"Banning warlock magic can certainly prevent the destruction of the world space system caused by demons' frequent crossings, but it also means that we have voluntarily given up the most effective opportunity to understand the characteristics of the enemy.

Queen Azshara finally followed my mentor's advice.

Of course, we all know now that the Queen had fallen into a fanatical worship of the God of Darkness at that time, and she became the biggest traitor in the world. At that time, she just followed the trend.

But her decree did give birth to a group of spellcasters who were very knowledgeable about demons. In the subsequent War of the Ancients, the group of demon researchers, including my mentor, provided precious knowledge to the anti-demon coalition. .

In addition, I also learned from my own channels that the current magic system of this era is built from the magic materials left by my mentor, Lord Maitri.

This is a great honor for me.

But everyone, you may have overlooked a fact.

That is, my mentor is not just an arcane spellcaster. Although he has never used evil energy in his life, he is very knowledgeable in the field of shadow magic.

He could actually be considered a warlock.

After all, in our time, the professional distinctions between spellcasters were not as clear as they are now.

The simplest example is that although Queen Azshara is famous for her arcane power in history, she is actually very proficient in the power of elements and natural magic, and even has a lot of research on the voodoo curse inherited by the trolls.

In our day and age, ‘all-rounder’ is considered an honor worthy of praise. "

"Are you a disciple of Master Maitri?"

After Dean Blue Moon finished speaking, everyone on the six-member Kirin Tor Council was shocked.

The reason has just been mentioned, because after the ancient war, the Kaldorei elves completely banned arcane magic, which led to the near-interruption of the glorious magical civilization of the elven empire.

The magic system ten thousand years later is based on the study of the scrolls left by the "hermit" Maitri by the forerunners of the Quel'dorei elves.

That's the ancestor.

And now that a direct disciple of the ancestor has emerged, at least in terms of this seniority, the mages of Dalaran are suddenly so low that they don't know where they are.

The mages who had previously intended to come up with a few difficult questions to embarrass the upper elves were now discouraged.

They are all people who pay attention to inheritance and take this kind of thing very seriously.

"Nathras Academy is a local magic academy founded by my mentor when he was living in seclusion in Azsuna. It later developed slowly."

Dean Lanyue was very satisfied with the current effect. She reached out and took out a set of ancient magic scrolls from Deliana behind her, handed it to Antonidas with both hands, and said:

"These are the research notes left by my mentor. Although they are all about basic spell research, I think it has special meaning for you.

Consider it a gift from our visit. "

"This is so precious. Indeed, as you said, it means a lot to all human spellcasters."

Antonidas twirled his beard, took the set of scrolls with a solemn expression, and handed them to the Archmage Modera beside him, instructing the latter to put these cultural relics in the Great Library.

This is not a polite statement.

Human magic is learned from the Quel'dorei elves, which is equivalent to turning a hand. This makes human mages always feel short when facing the elves.

Now that they also have the handwritten notes of Master Maitri, they can get rid of the shadow of the Quel'dorei elves and proudly declare that they are also followers of Maitri's magical truth.

While the human mages talked happily, the Quel'dorei elves were having a hard time.

Especially Prince Kael'thas.

"Oh, the descendants of Dath'Rema have surpassed him in fire magic. When your ancestors had a magic duel with me back then, they couldn't use the magical fire spell of summoning the phoenix."

Prince Faroldis sincerely appreciated Kael'thas's flame magic skills, but it made Kael'thas very embarrassed. The handsome prince smiled strangely and said modestly:

"This magic is also the inspiration I found in the manuscripts of my ancestors."

"No, he wouldn't have that inspiration."

Prince Farodis corrected him seriously:

"Dath'Remar is a good magic swordsman. He is about the same age as me. We were very good friends when we worked together in Queen Azshara's court.

He is a very hard-working but unflexible spellcaster.

He is very good at government affairs, brave in battle, very capable of leadership, and of noble birth, but to be honest, his magical attainments are far from as outstanding as yours. "

"Please don't humiliate our first generation Sun King!"

The archmage Rommath behind the prince really couldn't bear to listen. Even though he was from the parliamentary faction, he also seriously protested to Farodis, saying:

"In our historical records, our Sun King was a very talented spellcaster, and it was he who established the Phoenix Mage's legacy."

"He just took over the organization and training methods of Queen Azshara's magic guards and used them."

Prince Farodis corrected again:

"I just saw the etiquette between you Phoenix mages and realized this problem. Dath'Rema is actually a very lazy guy in private. He just changed the organizational form of the Queen's Guards to a different name.

And if I guess correctly, the title of the first lesson of the Phoenix Mage recruits’ learning material should be called ‘The Essence of the Three States of Fire and Combustion’, right? "

The magic prince chuckled lightly and said:

"I know this textbook very well, because it was written by me at the Queen's request for her magical guards. In addition, regarding your Silver Moon Council, Dath'Rema actually got inspiration from the Queen's Magic Council.

This is because he seems to have not learned the essence of the Queen's control of royal power.

The Silvermoon Council was allowed to grow too bloated and its tail was too big, so that this organization that served the king's power had now affected the king's power of Quel'Thalas.

This won't work. "

Archmage Rommath wanted to refute, but Prince Farodis quoted him from the scriptures and was speechless. He could only sit down with a blushing face.

Prince Kael'thas was even more embarrassed.

The upper elf in front of me revealed the essential contradiction between the parliamentary faction and the royal party on this occasion. Such a straightforward statement was really uncomfortable.

"Huh? That sword in your hand!"

Prince Faroldis was very excited to see the descendant of his old friend today. Now he looked at an elf warrior wearing silver armor behind Kael'thas.

He pointed at the elegant and powerful two-handed sword carried on the warrior's back and said:

"That should be Quel'Delar, the ancient dragon-forged blade?

It was an unexpected gift that Dath'Remar received from the Red Dragon Queen during an adventure in the years before the War of the Ancients. He had wanted to give me Quel'Sera, the other of the sister swords.

But I am a spell caster, and I am not in a position to accept the weapons of such a warrior.

He gave another sword to another friend, Syndra. Unfortunately, I heard that the sword was destroyed in the War of the Ancients.

Come, show me this old friend's weapon. "

Salorian Morningseeker, who was holding the Dragonforged Blade, glanced at Prince Kael'thas, who nodded. This rare legendary warrior among the elves took out the elegant Queldra behind him and handed it to him. To Prince Faroldis.

The latter took it in his hand and gently stroked the sword. Under the astonished gazes of the Queldorei elves, several runes on the sword were activated one by one.

The next moment, the sword made bursts of dragon roar in Farodis' hand.

"It's great that it still remembers me."

Prince Faroldis laughed, returned the re-enchanted Dragonforged Blade to Salorian, looked at Kael'thas again, and asked:

"Kid, let me ask you, have you ever come into contact with Dath'Rema's magic sword?"

"The Flamestrike is now in my father's hands. It is a symbol of royal power."

Kael'thas replied politely.

Prince Faroldis shrugged and said:

"I have never met your father, but I feel that you are the destined master of that sword, and it will surely gain new power in your hands. Come, let me tell you the secret of that sword.

This is a secret that only Dath'Rema and I know.

That sword is not a treasure born naturally from the flames as he claimed, nor is it a symbol of royal power. Its original origin is actually just a nap of your ancestors one afternoon.

He dreamed of the sword in a strange dream, and then the Flamestrike was forged by the best magic craftsmen under the Queen's command.

Dath'Rema, when she was young, she was really a character that was difficult to reassure.

I made an appointment with him to go to the battlefield together, but unfortunately, I made a mistake. I died early before he fought bloody battles for this world and established his own kingdom.

Little Kael'thas, please take my words to your ancestor's tomb, tell him my guilt, and tell him that I am sorry.

I couldn't help him even a little bit when he needed it most. "

"You can go in person, Lord Faroldis."

Prince Kael'thas felt the sadness of the "old-timer" in front of him, and he said softly in a gentle tone:

"Since Quel'Thalas is a country founded by your friends, we descendants will never refuse your arrival. You will definitely become the most distinguished guest of the Sunstrider family."

"No."

Prince Faroldis smiled, patted Kael'thas on the shoulder and said:

"Dath'Remar saved his people, he did great things, and I, I also have my people to save, and I don't want to lose to my old friend.

Also, little Kael'thas. "

The Magic Prince looked at the Elf Prince in front of him, with a playful smile on his lips, and said softly:

"If in the future, you find that you have a desperate problem that cannot be solved, please remember that Narthalas College and I will always be your Quel'dorei's strongest support.

You are a very good boy.

I have also heard your story. You are simply a perfect prince from a fairy tale, shouldering the expectations of the kingdom and people. Dath'Remar bravely protected his people, but left a thorny problem in his wake.

Successive Sun Kings haven't been able to solve it, but maybe you can find a solution to that problem.

Don’t hesitate to ask for help when you need it.

I hope you can go on with your head held high and make my old friend Dath'Rema proud of you. "