40. The circle of order, all opposites
Azeroth's memories were fully open before Dick's eyes, and what he saw was the first scene of dawn piercing the darkness.
The purest light fell on the ground, illuminating the land ruled by darkness, and in the beginning, this land was barren, it was even shrouded in endless ice, in the beginning of countless days and nights, the hard and cold ice melted, forming the world's first ocean, endless mountains and lands were transformed and shaped in the face of this incredible power.
The whole world woke up from its slumber, it turned slightly, so the first earthquake appeared, it yawned gently, and then the first thunder swept across the sky with nothing, it seemed not satisfied with this silence and dead silence, so it blew softly, and the first warm air appeared in the world, and then quickly accompanied by the wind, blowing all over the barren land.
So, the first emerald green broke through the soil layer and appeared in front of Dick's eyes.
That's life!
The life that was born represents the life that is truly alive in this world!
Thus, the most desperate and cold death, and the first trace of unyielding life, were the second things Dick saw after the darkness and the light.
And the third scene that reappeared in front of Dick's eyes as time passed, it was an icy snowfield, where the heavy snow and ice wind blew everything in front of him, freezing everything, and above the sky, there was an eternal night, and stars.
War, a brutal war is happening, a group of Iron Viku people are slaughtering a group of earth spirits who are fighting hard, a look of madness and indifference appears on the faces of those iron giants, and the breath of despair and tragedy is also contagious among the earth spirits, no one on either side retreats, like two brute beasts constantly fighting on the snowfield, trying to pierce their fangs into the veins of their opponents before they shed their last drop of blood.
Two different forms, different ways of life, no longer the same faith, passed by the cold blades of steel, and the most precious things were so ruthlessly stripped that Dick could not hear the roars of the warring sides, but the ferocity with which the warriors were frantically wielding their weapons could be seen.
Eventually, the Viku were victorious, and after slaying the last of the recalcitrant Earth Spirits, they strode forward and raised their weapons, as if to slash them into the bodies of the unarmed Earth Spirit civilians, but just as they raised their weapons, their companions who were silently following them raised their swords at this moment, and cut down their compatriots who had been completely killed and hated to the ground like a melon and a vegetable.
The already desperate earth spirits watched all this in amazement, and after killing the last slaughterer, the tall Viku walked in front of them and whispered something, the desperate earth spirits looked at each other, and then their leader stepped forward, and the two of them said something, and finally in the wind and snow, the leader of the earth spirits held out his hand to the Viku people, and after a few seconds, the Viku people also held out their own hand.
With their hands clasped together, they disappeared in the snow, and in the falling snow, Dick sat on a wicker chair and watched it all.
"Egrem..."
"War and peace. ”
The paladin's body straightened up from the chair, he supported his body with his hands, looked at everything in front of him, looked at the footprints that slowly disappeared in the snow, he looked at the corpses covered by the falling snow, and finally sat back in the chair,
"Uh... Also, despair and hope. ”
Dick muttered to himself, and the next moment, the landscape in front of him changed again, this time no longer as single as before, but divided into countless small pieces, each of which had an ever-changing scene, in which Dick saw Old Fording on trial, Marshal Lothar duel with Orgrim on the Burning Plains, Astral Mage Medivan sitting alone in the shattered void of Karazhan, Orc Warlock Gul'dan with a vicious face to extract souls, King Ryan who was assassinated, Arthas kneeling before a corpse and crying, Mograine being pierced through the chest by Renault's sword, saw Kael'thas crowned king with a flaming blade, saw Silishus's battle in the endless quicksand, and saw the crown of the world burning in Mount Hyjal.
Finally, he saw himself... Desperate and waiting for death in the Silverpine Forest, fighting with the Fishmen in Daronshire, facing Kelthugad, becoming a paladin, saving civilians in the burning Stratholme, looking up at the sky in Quel'Thalas, fighting against Akmund in Mount Hyjal, imprisoned in Blackstone Mountain, killing Cthun in Silisus...
In this way, the world allowed Dick to retrace the trajectory of his life, and at the same time show the things he didn't notice before his eyes again.
Persistence and renunciation, joy and sorrow, holiness and depravity, bravery and cowardice.
All the opposites, all the things that were always with Dick, shone before his eyes in this moment as they had been in the past, as if to remind him of something.
But that's not all... At the end of the day, Dick jumped into a dark curtain again, and Dick, who vaguely understood something, once again focused his attention on the memory of the planet in front of him, and the picture that appeared again, it seemed to be a long time after the birth of the first life, Dick saw a group of familiar people, those who had appeared in Nogannon's image, those Titans surrounded by lightning and light.
They hid above the clouds, looking at the planet where life had first appeared with cold eyes, and Dick spotted a bronze figure among those familiar faces, Sargeras... A bronze Titan that has not yet fallen.
Dressed in a white robe, holding a staff, and covered in thunder and lightning, Almansur's silver-white eyes swept across the land of Azeroth, and suddenly it was as if he had found some kind of treasure, and he said something to his companion with joy, and then the Titans landed on the world, and their arrival terrified the earth and changed the color of the world, but with a slight wave of his hand, the whole world returned to peace.
The Titans set up their first laboratories in this world, then sowed the seeds of life, confirmed that the Star Spirit was thriving, and then drifted out of this world just as they had come, but nothing went according to their plan, and under Dick's gaze, a black vortex appeared above the skies of Azeroth on a cold winter day with fluttering snowflakes, from which five black creatures fell above the world.
It was the first five Old Gods who began fighting each other the moment they fell, devouring each other, and eventually eating one of them, making the other four stronger to adapt to the climate of this world, and that was the first time Azeroth was shrouded in chaos and darkness.
After seeing those ancient gods wantonly shrouded their power in a world that had already emerged from the prosperity of life, Dick let go of the whole world and heard the pain of Elune, even if it was just looking at the past photos, the power of his whole body was surging at this moment, it was instinctive hatred and antagonism, that was the greatest enemy of order... That's chaos!
Enemies of Order!
But just when Dick couldn't help but stand up, the picture in front of him turned again, and what appeared in front of him was a garden that he was very familiar with, lush and overgrown with trees from all over the world, and the whole garden was purple and red, a scene of prosperous life.
It was the large garden in the palace of Stratholme, and it was his favorite place to stay during his short stay in the palace.
Dick froze in place, he didn't know what the memory of the planet meant to show him this garden, but the next moment, the obsidian lord who shook his head, Moam, who had the least contact with Dick, walked into this garden with a large pair of scissors for building flowers and plants, and carefully used the scissors to build a small green sapling.
In order for the tree to grow stronger, the gardeners had to build its branches regularly, and after they had seen the dry soil beneath the sapling, Moam lifted the jug and watered the tree.
All the images dissipated at this moment, but Dick's eyes were no longer confused, and it might have been confusing to see the gardener Moam watering the branches alone, but when Dick connected the first, the central and the last picture, a faint thought thundered in his mind.
It was like a collision of thoughts and thoughts, like a creature crawling on the earth looking up at the sky for the first time, and the starry sky above the world frightened him, but it fascinated him.
The Paladin was not a hopeless fool, so he quickly understood the meaning of the existence of these images, and also quickly understood the true meaning of the commendation that Elune was talking about.
A flash of silver light appeared in front of him, he stood up slightly, and saw a strange and strange creature striding out of the silver light in front of him, the silver-white power of order, mixed with beating golden lightning bolts emerging behind him, forming a holy flame, but like a brilliant light band and halo.
Angels of Order... This was the first time he had seen the appearance of the Angel of Order, the silver-white hood, the white robe, the six wings of light floating behind him, and the delicate fist armor carried on his left hand, the Angel of Order, stood silently opposite him at this moment, in the darkness under the hood, Dick could feel a scrutinizing gaze.
It seems to be waiting for his answer, a real answer about order.
"Light and darkness..."
Dick took a deep breath, he looked at the Angel of Order in front of him, he straightened up and stared directly at the darkness under the hood in front of him, "Life and death, peace and war, hope and despair... All opposites are in order!"
As Dick's voice fell, two silver rays of light suddenly appeared in the darkness under the hood of the Angel of Order in front of him, as if he had opened his eyes for the first time, and the serious and indifferent voice seemed to be responding to Dick's answer.
"It is one, it is all four, it is the beginning, it is the end, it is the cornerstone of the world, it is the root of all things, it is the beginning and the end of all existence! ”
The voice resounded throughout the sky, but soon it was hidden in the sky, and the eyes of the Angel of Order in front of him continued to stare at Dick, obviously, he still needed to say more truths about order in order to be recognized by this incarnation, to truly grasp him!
But it was not difficult, Dick muttered for a moment, and said,
"Chaos... The only enemy of order!"
"Buzz"
Under the hood, except for the eyes, the darkness faded a little, and the outline of the whole face appeared in front of the paladin's eyes, making Dick's eyes shrink slightly, but he did not stop because of this, but continued,
"Balance, the absolute embodiment of order!"
"Huh"
The last bit of darkness was dispelled, and the face hidden in the darkness under the hood completely appeared in front of Dick's eyes, it was him... The other one has exactly the same face, and even the eyes are exactly the same.
However, after that face appeared, the Angel of Order raised his left hand slightly, the delicate fist armor on his arm floated in the air, and a silver-white flame appeared in his open palm, the paladin knew very well what the flame represented, but he resisted slightly, and even took a step back, as if he was about to turn around and flee the next moment, but he was blocked by a pair of gentle palms against the way back.
Elune's solemn voice rang in his ears,
"Dick, do you understand?"
"Order is not just peace, it is not beautiful, it can even be a little cruel, it can even be a little ugly, but it is an indispensable shackle for the whole world, for all things, you have come to this point, whether you want it or not, you have to move on. ”
The Star Spirit walked around his body, stood opposite him, opened his arms, and took the paladin, who was trembling a little, into his arms, and whispered in his ear,
"Good boy, I need you to be brave in the face of all this, Azeroth needs a balancer, and while I sleep, I need you to take my scepter and rule the world for me, but taking it means that you will be an absolute neutral, an absolute balancer, do not give up the pursuit of good things, child, but do not resist the darkness for the sake of goodness, for that is part of the order. ”
"Go ahead... Welcome to your great and glorious destiny, and at this point, I will be with you for sure!"
A gentle kiss was gently placed on Dick's cheek, as if to dispel all fear and discouragement, when he opened his eyes again, Elune's figure had disappeared in place, Dick looked at the angel of order in front of him who had no breath like a dead thing, the face was exactly the same as his, he took a deep breath, then looked at the sky, and made a vicious gesture of middle finger.
"If that's what you want... Then I'll give it to you!
"Boom"
The moment Dick's left hand was placed in the silver-white flame in the hand of the Angel of Order, the silver flame completely enveloped the two creatures at the same time, like the first light that really ignited in the darkness, completely illuminating all the darkness, and the slightest trace of the voice that I don't know if it was Dick or the Angel of Order, solemn, low, like the law, like the precepts, like the foundation of all things in the world, unshakable.
"Like the Scales of All Things"
"Death and life at one end of the spectrum"
"Not too much, no less"
"I will be the balance of the world"
"I will be the gardener of all things"
"I will be the arbiter of everything"
"There is no justice"
"No Evil"
"There is no light"
"There is no darkness"
"Only Balance"
"Only... Order!"