Azeroth Trail of Light

It was night, the Theramore Palace, which had been chaotic for most of the day, finally restored its former tranquility, but the palace, which was infested by the deaths of more than 300 people, was still flooded with unknown lights in the dim light, until the priests used the holy light to bring the whole palace After purifying all of them, the peaceful atmosphere returned here.

Dai Lin, Kalia, Dick, Jaina, Errigal, Liadrin, and other high-ranking officials, all the leadership of Theramore, gathered in the conference hall of the palace.

In the open space in front of them, the corpse of a fat purple bug that had lost its life was standing there, but even if it died, the corpse was still full of weirdness. At least Princess Kalia forced her to keep her eyes off. In that thing, Xiao Anduin also lost the courage he had before, but quietly hid in Kalia's arms.

Obviously, the child was also terrified.

The leader of the watchman, Nasha, is still wearing their dark green cloak and armor that hasn't changed forever. She didn't even take off the owl helmet on her face, but at the moment, no one is paying attention to this point. Everyone is quiet. Sitting quietly, listening to Nasha, who had personally experienced the last battle of the quicksand, explained the origin of these strange bugs.

"This kind of creature...we call them the Qiraji!"

Nasha held a dagger in her hand and pointed gently at the remains of the worker insects on her hand, "But in fact they call themselves "Aquis"!"

"Professed?"

Dai Lin let out a puzzled voice, "You mean, these bugs still talk? I've seen talking lobsters and murlocs. Even the sea giants can communicate after eating, but the bugs..."

Nasha nodded. Although she has lived in Theramore for nearly 2 years, she is still not used to human etiquette. The generous Kalia allows all the watchmen to live according to their own habits, so Nasha did not use a respectful name , But to put it bluntly,

"Yes, the kings of mankind, not only can they speak, but they also have their own civilization. They existed even longer than Kaldorei... even longer than the ancient elven empire! Before Kaldorei appeared , The empire of the Aqir tribe and the empire of the dark troll continued a war without a winner, but they were finally defeated by the confluence of the ancient troll Zandalar empire, and they were forced to divide into three tribes and move in three directions. Migration, this happened 14,000 years ago."

"Well…"

Little Anduin has grown his mouth. His age is not enough for him to distinguish what 14,000 years mean, but he still knows that human history is only 3,000 years. In other words, these bugs were long before the birth of mankind. I lived in this world for ten thousand years.

Nasha ignored the surprise of humans. For her, ten thousand years was just an ordinary and boring light and shadow in a long life. Since the War of the Ancients, she has not been surprised for a long time. This is why she chose to stay in Sierra. The reason for Morale was not only because of Ms. Maiev's orders, but because she also wanted to see the changes in this already unfamiliar world.

"We dealt with the Aqir people 1000 years ago. At that time, the Archdruid Staghelm was ordered to bring a team of druids and soldiers to Silithus, which is located in the southernmost area of ​​the Kaldorei rule. If there is any hope of remediation, the druids will be stationed in the desert."

Nasha's voice is still hoarse and low, but her description unfolds a gorgeous and weird picture in front of everyone, and a group of druids are marching arduously among the endless yellow sand. Where they can't see, in those shadows, crazy and evil bugs are quietly waiting for their prey to enter the net.

"The Deer Helmet's exploration plan went smoothly. They even established Nanfeng Village there. During those decades, many compatriots who were tired of seeing the forest scenery would choose to go to Silithus to see something different. The scenery, the quiet desert, is said to be the most beautiful place in the world, but when the brave warrior Wallasthan, the son of Staghelm, strayed into the ruins of the weird temple located in the deepest part of the desert because of the wind and sand, everything changed. It's awful."

"Insect people...Yes, the insects we saw are just the most inferior servants of the Aqui Empire. Above them there are insects. They are twisted and powerful creatures. Wallasthan was captured. , The worms rushed out from the ruins, and it was only then that Deer Helmet discovered that under this beautiful desert, what was buried... was death!"

"The insects surrounded Nanfeng Village, but under the brave battles of the Deer Helmet, most of the compatriots were able to save it, but the Deer Helmet lost his last relatives because of this."

Nasha's voice became sad, "The black worm-man general, who tore Wallastan to pieces in front of Stag Helmet, and even the soul was consecrated to their evil god. I was there at the time, with my own eyes. Having witnessed all this, it was an out-and-out tragedy."

"Deer Helmet stood on the side of the people, but because of this he lost his last hope."

"The archdruid attacked the bugs with the same angry soldiers as if they were crazy. That was the first time they were beaten back! When Malfurion came with reinforcements, the stag helmet was holding the tile. The remains of Rastan, kneeling alone in the blood-soaked yellow sand, even the news that the dragons appeared and participated in the war could not restore his broken heart."

"That's also the last time the dragon appeared in this world in my memory."

The watchman shrugged his shoulders, "You may not be able to imagine the original picture. The invincible dragon was so vulnerable to the armed golems driven by the insects. From the beginning to the end, the battle was at least nearly lost. Thirty giant dragons and several noble giant dragons were captured by the worms and sent into the evil **** kingdom rising from the bottom of the desert."

"At the last moment, it was the dragon kings who appeared with more dragons, and all the Kaldorei soldiers were concentrated in the yellow sand, and only then drove the worms with heavy casualties back to them. In the cave! But even so, we can't eliminate them, because the evil god's frantic will protects the place, and the Dragon King can only choose to seal it up completely, that is, the wall of beetles."

"But when the dragon handed the Quicksand Scepter to the Archdruid Staghelm, the already desperate Staghelm smashed the artifact on the ground, then gave up everything about himself and became a lone traveler, an artifact. It was broken into four pieces and was finally taken away by the dragons."

Nasha stretched out her finger and pointed at Dick.

"I don't know where you got the red crystal, but Dick, that is the sacred tool that dragons used to seal the wall of beetles, a quarter of the quicksand scepter."

The paladin placed the red shard in his palm. It looked like a piece of botched broken glass, but on the surface, it didn’t have the slightest divine style at all, but Dick knew that this piece of crystal was worn by Nefarian. , Definitely not anything.

In fact, this is also the first time that the "light of identification" in Dick's eyes has a problem. No matter how he looks at it, there will always be only four characters on this crystal.

"Unknown Strange Object"

Dick knew what it was. In the game, he was also a personal participant in that epic battle. He even knew where the four pieces of the Quicksand Scepter were located. He wanted to collect it in advance, and even asked I passed Eranikus’s information about the fragment held by the green dragon.

The hero dragon just told it,

"That's a dangerous thing, you better not pursue the secret behind it! That's not a secret that mortals can touch."

So Dick knew that it was still not the time.

After reversing one third of the world, the Paladin has already understood a truth. The occurrence of an event must be due to previous conflicts and conditions for the advancement of the event. The same is true for history, just like he used Akando to stabilize. Living in the crumbling Quel'Thalas, Kael'thas now devotes his energy to the restoration of the country, and it is impossible to have any intersection with Thrall.

This put an end to the possibility of the proud high elves joining the tribe.

Therefore, only problems that are solved from the root can be regarded as reversing the fate of the world. This is also the reason why such a huge historical node of Mount Hyjal, the degree of torsion obtained is similar to that of the Black Dragon Disaster. In that scene, Di Ke couldn't change anything from the factor level at all, he was just a bystander who participated in it once.

Just as Dick waited for two years before the beetle plague came. He controlled his mind and quietly prepared in his own way. He was like an uncertain factor drifting outside of history. He even I don't know, once I enter Silithus ahead of time, will C'Thun's attention lead to the early outbreak of the Battle of the Beetles.

To put it another way, the older the rivers and lakes, the smaller the courage.

Now he is not the sheriff who had nothing at all, so whether he is thinking about problems or doing things, Dick needs to consider too much.

But at least one thing he can be sure of is that as long as the quicksand scepter does not recover, the wall of beetles can persist in a short time. In other words, the insects cannot break through the defenses. The most likely reason is that. This time, the attack on the Worm's Nest Crystal was because part of the integrity of the seal was destroyed during a long period of time.

Nasha’s narration also came to the end with Dick’s thinking.

"The Aqir tribe, that is, the Qirajis, are not without their weaknesses. First of all, they have very weak magical resistance to a large number of workers. Secondly, they are stupid and do not have the ability to think on their own. Able to passively accept orders from high-level workers or brain worms!"

"This is Cerebral!"

Nasha pointed to the huge, fat one, covered with purple carapace, four legs, and two slender **** tentacles, which was a weird thing like an enlarged version of a morning glory.

"The commanders of the workers and insects, their abilities are all sorts of strange, some can squirt acid, some are extremely powerful, some can even release simple magic, their mental power is very powerful, and they are very smart, and they lay eggs. The ability to command nearly 10,000 workers, so if you want to fight the Qiraji, the first thing is to find the cerebrum and kill it! Otherwise, you will never live to see victory."

"I am more concerned about the crystals... Nasha, Dick said that at least three crystals fell into the swamp of Theramore, they..."

Kaliya's brows were frowning, and the princess couldn't help rubbing her brow corners with her fingers. Hearing her question, the watchman was silent for a moment, and then sighed extremely rarely.

"His Royal Highness, although I really don’t want to admit it, we’re really in trouble. Those crystals also appeared at the end of the Quicksand War that year. They were weapons used by insects for long-range combat. A crystal even A whole large area can be cleared. Now, together with the three crystals in the swamp, the insects have cast 5 crystals into this place. Obviously, they are also looking for the quicksand scepter, and their determination is very firm!"

The watchman's fingers moved,

"Be prepared for war, friends, the insects won't make sense with us. They will either defeat them or die. There is no third option."

As soon as Nasha’s words fell, a dark storm crow flapped its wings and landed in front of the palace. In the fog of transfiguration, it turned into a female night elf druid wearing eagle-shaped decorative leather armor. Under the leadership of, she strode into the meeting hall and handed a scroll of animal skin to Kalia.

"Lady Lord of Theramore, the Cenarion Circle invites you to participate in a joint meeting with the worms. In one day's time, I will build a portal to the Moonglade for you! By the way, Knight Dick, please Be sure to come together!"

The eldest princess took the scroll into her hand. She glanced at Dick and asked softly,

"Which forces have the druids invited?"

There was a heavy touch in the eyes of the female druid.

"We invited everyone we could get."