Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"Twentieth test record, the first item, death spiritual energy infusion! The experiment begins. Yes, maintain this concentration and so on, she seems to be reacting!

Quick, increase the spiritual energy infusion! "

"But Mr. Kel'Thuzad, her flesh is crumbling, and we must maintain this."

"No! Don't stop. It's the aura of death expelling the magic power from her body. This is a normal phenomenon. Keep increasing the intensity! Don't stop! If something goes wrong, I will be responsible."

a few seconds later

"Very good, there is no rejection reaction. She is receiving the spirit of death. She has an amazing desire to live. Unfortunately, the more you want to live, the closer you are to death.

Stop struggling.

Embrace the beautiful death. "

"She has calmed down. Her flesh and blood are regenerating. This is wrong. There is no such thing as flesh and blood regeneration in the theoretical research of the Death Knight!

I want to go in and see. This is an experimental phenomenon that has never been done before.

God, look at her.

She seemed to be asleep, almost as if she were alive. Record! Her skin is very elastic, just like a living person, and her canine teeth are hyperplastic.

The cause of this phenomenon cannot yet be explained.

But her skin seemed paler than when she was alive.

It's amazing.

The black-skinned elf actually turned white.

But there are still no characteristics of the Death Knight on her body. Our experiment failed again, although this failure evolved into another form of strange creature.

I can guarantee that there has never been such a creature in Azeroth.

From this point of view, we are not a failure. This strange undead creature in front of us will definitely become a masterpiece of the undead faction of Narthalas College.

But alas, we have to dissect her immediately to find out why she is the way she is. "

"Mr. Kel'Thuzad! She has opened her eyes, and they are red. Be careful! She is going to attack you!"

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the confused Demon Swordsman Aluriel's newly awakened will fell silent again. She felt that her body was frozen in a huge ice block.

At the last second before falling into unconsciousness again, she tried to open her eyes.

In the blood-red world, she vaguely saw the indifferent human holding the cat, and the staff in his hand that was still blooming with light of frost.

Own

What's going on here?

With this doubt, Aluriel, whose mind was in a mess, was completely frozen.

The chaos in the laboratory attracted the attention of others, and within a few minutes, Dean Lan Yue appeared with a group of researchers in the laboratory located underground in the main body of the college.

When they arrived, Kel'Thuzad, who was in charge of the laboratory, had already cleaned up the mess and directed several of his orc undead servants to move the huge ice block out of the ritual circle.

"What is this?"

After seeing the strange creature in the ice with his own eyes, Dean Lan Yue was so knowledgeable that he was stunned for a moment.

There weren't many things that could surprise a calm Lich. She looked at the creatures sealed in the cold ice, and then looked at Kel'Thuzad who was writing furiously next to her.

she says:

"Researcher, don't you think you should explain to me the origin of this strange creature? Did you completely follow the experimental process I compiled, or did you randomly modify the steps like those third-rate researchers?"

"Exactly as you asked, Dean."

Kel'Thuzad still respected the Lich Dean in front of him. He showed his experimental records to Dean Blue Moon and asked several of his assistants to testify.

The dean ended the questioning.

But the problem is still not solved.

She looked across the ice at the greatly changed Demon Swordsman of the Night. The latter was naked and still maintaining a pounce posture. Her figure had become unusually thinner than when she was alive.

But the skin was not shriveled.

As recorded by Kel'Thuzad, after she became an undead, her skin remained strangely plump like a living person, and in the elf's grown mouth, sharp canines and strangely growing teeth could be seen.

And the reddish pupils in her eyes.

Her hands had also undergone mutations, and the bones seemed to be twisted into something similar to bat claws, but the mutation was not serious.

Overall, Aluriel still maintains his human form.

Just more of a monster.

"She did die and live again."

The dean checked through the ice and found that the elf in front of him no longer had any signs of life.

But the blood in her body, nourished by the aura of death, not only did not dry up or stop flowing, but instead circulated in her body at a speed far exceeding the blood flow rate of ordinary people.

"We created a monster."

Alya Lanyue pushed up her crystal glasses with a headache.

This is a problem that researchers often encounter when venturing into uncharted territory.

All of their theories are unproven, and if something goes wrong in the experiments, it means a lot of verification work. What is more terrifying than failure is inexplicable success.

It's like this strange thing in front of me.

She's definitely not a Death Knight, so what is she?

"Call my students over here."

After being silent for several minutes, Dean Lanyue turned back to a researcher and said:

"No matter what he is doing, let him come here immediately! I have a feeling that Blake should know this thing, and he may bring us some surprises."

The low-level researcher immediately ran out of the laboratory. After he left, Kel'Thuzad, who was thinking hard, stepped forward and said to the frowning dean:

"I think I know what the problem is, Dean. We're overlooking an important variable in this sample."

The indifferent spellcaster hugged his frightened cat and said:

"Magic addiction. I didn't consider this level beforehand, but as far as I know, the Nightborne's magic addiction is even more serious than the Quel'dorei elves we are familiar with.

Perhaps it was because this soul-based desire for magic had a wonderful reaction with the death aura that transformed her life form, thus creating this unknown creature. "

Kel'Thuzad stared at Aluriel, who was frozen in front of him, and said:

"Look into her eyes, Dean.

The blood-red light seemed to indicate that she was longing for something, but it was certainly not magic. I guess it was the aura of death that reversed the deep longing in her body.

Her hunger for magic was twisted into greed and desire for other things."

"Blood?"

Dean Lanyue is also a person of extraordinary wisdom.

She immediately realized that Kel'Thuzad's guess was very valuable, because there had never been such a change in the previous nineteen samples.

"Give her blood!"

The Lich immediately made a decision, waved the Holy Staff of Alunes, and the entire laboratory was cleared immediately.

After activating several layers of magic barriers, several temporarily captured rabbits were thrown into the restricted area in front of them.

Dean Blue Moon personally cast a spell to shatter the ice. The naked Aluriel shivered and fell to the ground. She curled up with her limbs and her nose was moving.

Seems to be sniffing something.

Under Kel'Thuzad's slightly excited gaze, the "monster" he created took action.

Extremely swift.

With a swish, he grabbed a rabbit in his hand and chewed it like a wild beast, without eating the meat. Like a vampire bat, he swallowed up all the blood in the poor rabbit's body in one breath. All.

Circles of blood wrapped around Aluriel, making her move faster. After sucking the blood of three rabbits, her eyes seemed to light up with blood.

The sharp teeth stuck out of her mouth, and the blood marks made her look extremely dangerous. She was still craving for more.

she smelled it

Sweet and warm blood.

"boom"

The blood-sucking monster crashed into the thick magic barrier. She was a legendary magic swordsman in life, and she was also loved by death after death, making her destructive power increase instead of decreasing.

A layer of magic shield was torn apart with one of her claws, and she howled and turned into a blood shadow and rushed towards Kel'Thuzad.

"Buzz"

Precise arcane confinement was imposed on the blood shadow. Dean Lanyue's spell forced her to stop in the air, maintaining the movement of probing her claws. Circles of blood turned into combat clothes and covered her body, finally not being naked. .

Tsk tsk, he is indeed a face-saving elf.

They have turned into monsters and still care so much about their appearance.

"It's very intense."

The dean felt the strength of the blood-sucking monster's struggle, which made her feel a little strenuous, just like the magic power needed to restrain a legendary warrior.

She nodded with satisfaction.

This monster is already so destructive despite being so obviously weak, and once enough blood is given to her, her danger increases exponentially.

"record it."

The Dean said to Kel'Thuzad:

"Our experiment did not fail, it just did not achieve the kind of success we wanted. But the creature in front of us has verified that the death aura does have a transformative effect on living things.

We are going to open another research subject under the existing topics, let’s call it.”

"Salayin!"

Black's voice emerged behind the dean, and the drunken pirate appeared from the shadows with a bottle of wine. At a glance, he saw the "vampire" imprisoned in mid-air by dean Lan Yue.

He really wasn't surprised at all.

He poured another drink into his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth, stepped forward, and said to his mentor:

"They are called 'Salain'. This title is very accurate and beautiful."

"A blood-addicted elf?"

Dean Lanyue nodded and said:

"Well, this name is indeed good, let's call it 'Salain'.

Researcher Kel'Thuzad, you have proven your attainments in necromancy, and you are qualified enough to have your own laboratory here.

Do you want to take on this new project, or continue working on death knights? "

"Both subjects appeal to me, Dean."

Kel'Thuzad adjusted his clothes and said:

"But with all due respect, none of them can arouse 100% of my research interest. I hope I can have a 'flesh structure' topic.

I mean, I'm tired of working on this theory.

I hope to do some substantial work.

And I already have some bold ideas. "

"Can."

Dean Lanyue nodded and said:

"But I saw your academic report before, and I don't allow you to study the subject of combining death aura and plague magic. That is too dangerous.

Apart from that, you are free to study whatever interests you.

I will give you the title of Instructor of the Necromancy School and temporarily place it under the Warlock Academy, but this means that you have to prepare to teach at Narthalas Academy.

Twice a week.

At least ten apprentices will be accepted each semester, and a full set of lesson plans must be prepared in advance and submitted for supervision by the college. Other than that, you can allocate your time freely. "

"No! My time is precious! I don't want to teach those idiots. I've had enough of this in Dalaran."

The always cold Kel'Thuzad would now complain:

"They can't understand my knowledge at all, they can't keep up with my thinking speed, and asking me to teach them is a complete waste of my precious time and life!

I reject! "

"If your teaching work in the first semester is qualified, I will allow you to access the knowledge of the Lich Transformation Ceremony. After you have completed one academic year's teaching work and are well prepared, I will assist you in completing the Immortal Transformation Ceremony.

If you can teach two Necromancers who are as good as you, then I will recommend you to join the ‘Death Knowledge Seminar’ established by Meili Dongfeng and me. "

Dean Blue Moon silenced all Kel'Thuzad's complaints with one sentence.

The indifferent spellcaster thought for a moment, and then accepted all the dean's requests without reservation.

Under Blake's disdainful gaze, he uttered the words "It smells so good."

Kel'Thuzad didn't even want to waste a minute to chat. He turned around and used a teleport to leave here to prepare a teaching plan.

Dean Lanyue and Black were left here. The dean glanced at his drunken disciple and said:

"Did you already know that Aluriel would transform into Sarlaine?"

"Yeah, 90% sure."

The pirate looked at the imprisoned vampire elf in front of him and said:

"With the child of the night's demonic addiction that is impossible to get rid of, after receiving the pure aura of death, there is a high probability that she will become Sarain.

The remaining 10% is because she failed to transform and became a piece of unconscious rotten meat.

It seems Ms. Oruriel is in luck.

Newborn Sarain are unconscious. Their consciousness is dominated by the blood-sucking addiction in their bodies. Unless they are allowed to drink enough blood, they will not be able to calm down at all.

The elf in front of me is the transformation of legendary power.

She has the talent to become the Mistress of Sarain. After absorbing enough blood energy, her body will undergo a second mutation and may grow wings.

I am actually also thinking about the origin of Sarain.

I think it should be related to the group of Venthyr in Revendreth in the Shadow Realm. They are the most authentic group of 'vampires'. They should be the undead produced by Maldraxxus' secret research on the vampire form of the Venthyr. knowledge.

The Necrolords did not dare attempt such transformations in the Shadow Realm for fear of angering the Venthyr, who were as powerful as themselves, so they sent this forbidden knowledge into the physical world.

Finally, with our hands, we completed the birth of Azeroth's first head, Thalayin.

This is how death affects the living.

This is the case with Thalayin, the same is true with the Death Knight, and even more so with the Lich. The Shadow Realm is infiltrating the material world, and Azeroth is one of their targets. "

Black turned back to his dean and said:

"Being able to create Sarain means that there is nothing wrong with Dean's theory of 'death aura'. Death knights can also be created using the same method.

No more waiting, no more verification.

Let’s go straight to large-scale testing.

Right here in Black Crow Keep, let us witness the birth of Azeroth's first Death Lord and his death warband. Perhaps soon, they will be useful. "