5. Persuade
Dick stood in the center of the Dalaran Teleportation Hall, hugged the tear-eyed Miss Gianna affectionately, and then watched as she, Archmage Modra, and an entire team of battlemages in Dalaran's robes disappeared into the blue portal. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
With Nozdorm's personal guarantee, Dick finally escaped the tragic fate of being treated as a guinea pig, and after telling Antonidas in detail what he knew about the "Ebony Cold" and the missing archmage Alexis in the First Orc War, Dick used the whereabouts of the only surviving survivor of the accident, Archmage Theo, to reach a deal with Antonidas.
He tells the Council of Six about the vague whereabouts of Master Theo and helps Dalaran recover the frost artifact, Ebony Cold, but Dick also has a request that Ebony Cold be held by Miss Gianna until she no longer needs the weapon.
For this request, Antonidas did not refuse, in fact, the leader of the mages who knew human nature wished that Dick would make this request, so that the pressure from the other members of the Council of Six would be completely transferred to Dick, especially knowing that Dick was very good at studying almost all artifacts, Dick would definitely become a target to attract the attention of the archmages, so that this time the recovery operation would be smoother.
The human heart is very complicated, especially in the face of the temptation of an artifact, there is almost no mage who will not be moved.
Dick also named the archmage Modra to lead the team, the old lady who accompanied Antonidas and Crassus, with a blank face, firstly, this archmage specializes in fire magic, and the cold of ebony is of no use to her, and secondly, in previous history, Modra has proved with practical actions that she treats Gianna like her own daughter.
Almost after Gianna became a member of the Council of Six Kenrito, any problem she faced was solved by Modra standing behind her back, an archmage who could definitely be trusted, albeit an old lady who was not very easy to deal with.
After the blue light of the portal dissipated, Dick let out a sigh, at this time, let Gianna go to the burning plains of the Southern Kingdom, Dick's meaning was already obvious, he didn't want the eldest lady who was still in the growth period of strength to be involved in the next cruel war.
"Archmage, do you know anything about the recent situation in the Silverpine Forest and the Tirisfal Glades?"
On the way to the Dalaran Visitor Center, Dick said to Antonidas, who was walking beside him,
"I have a hunch that the purpose of the undead's strange actions is likely to be Dalaran!"
This assertion made Antonidas's white eyebrows furrow, he touched his beard, thought for a moment, and made a "please sit" gesture to Dick, and the two big men sat quietly on the violet bench on the side of the magic road.
"I don't know exactly how you paladins define the direction of the war, but in my opinion and the rest of the archmages, with the current strength of the undead, they can't defeat Dalaran, and they don't even have the qualifications to shake Dalaran. ”
Antonidas's tone was very flat, obviously, he felt that everything was under control, and this dismissive attitude was understandable for the mages, who had a powerful power that the world could not understand, the ordinary tide of undead, and in the face of a group of rampaging mages, it was really not enough to see.
But Dick stared at the gray-haired old mage with strange eyes.
Hey~ Mr. Antonidas, where did your "mysterious confidence" come from? Don't say anything else, in the second orc war, Dalaran was almost completely destroyed by the red dragons of the Dragon's Throat Clan, and when it was rebuilt, because the mages used the power of the artifact of the Eye of Dalaran, it was taken by the orc Dakarist Naozu who had not yet become the Lich King, and the death knight of the old tribe, Talon - Blood Demon, led the orc army to overturn the rebuilt Dalaran again.
This was more than ten years ago, and these two resounding slaps were ignored by you so gorgeously?
Dick's strange gaze was soon noticed by Antonidas, and the old mage remembered Dick's identity as a "time traveler", maybe when Dalaran was at his worst, this bad guy might have been secretly watching from the sidelines, this discovery made the old mage a little embarrassed, but he quickly put his posture right.
"Ahem... Don't worry, Knight Dick, we have reconstructed Dalaran's defensive circle, this time not only to resist magic or resist the army, this time, I have full confidence to block the attack of the Sea of the Undead, not to mention, we also have the assistance of Marshal Gathiris and the elite Gilneth Brigade, and the defense line of the Silver Pine Forest is unbreakable!"
Seeing the old mage's determined expression, and the faint hatred in his eyes, Dick sighed, for a person like Antonidas, once he made a decision, it was difficult to change it, coupled with the tragic fall of his old friend King Terenus, it seemed that the old mage had made up his mind to fight hard with the undead.
This is also something that makes Dick very helpless, whether it is Anastarian before or Antonidas now, this kind of plot characters, their personalities are very paranoid, and the current Dick is just a rising star, and it is simply impossible to change their ideas and strategies before the plot starts.
What's more, Dick can't come up with enough evidence to prove his guesses, and he can't say, "Hey, Archmage, I've seen the destruction of Dalaran in my time travel, so listen to me."
The future is uncertain, and this is the first lesson that all mages learn when they come into contact with the magic of time.
Therefore, the identity of a time traveler is simply not enough to be an argument.
But Dick can't just sit back and watch Antonidas and Dalaran run all the way on the road to death, a large historical node has been triggered, and this is no longer something that Dick can ignore if he wants to.
He thought about it for a moment, changed his way of saying it, and no longer persuaded Antonidas to give up his idea, but planned to start from another aspect, to make a way back for Dalaran.
"Archmage, I heard from you that you and Mr. Medivan are friends, right?"
Hearing this, Antonidas's eyes flashed, and like a twilight old man, he put his staff in his bosom, and took out a delicate ebony pipe from his pocket, and after a few puffs, with the spicy smoke, he said,
"Yes, before Medivin went crazy, I was an ordinary high-level mage of Dalaran, we used to discuss the mysteries of "time magic" in the form of pen pals, he is an out-and-out genius, he is the kind of person who can attract the attention of the whole world with every move, I used to even use him as my life's goal, but everything that happened after that..."
The old mage shook his head, and it could be seen that he was also very sad about Medivan's madness, which was probably the sympathy between geniuses and geniuses, but Dick obviously didn't pay attention to the old mage's "friendship", and after waiting for the old mage to finish speaking, Dick pursed his lips and lowered his voice.
"So, you must know that Mr. Medivan has a son?"
"Bang!"
Under Dick's stunned gaze, the shocked old mage directly crushed the ebony pipe in his hand, but after a pale yellow flash, the broken pipe returned to its original shape.
This old man... Are you sure you're a mage, not a hidden berserker?
Dick's cranky thoughts were only going through his mind, and he saw the old mage grasp his shoulders with a solemn face, and after a whirlwind, the two of them appeared in a simple, but definitely not simple, meditation room.
Before Dick could recover his senses, Antonidas grabbed Dick's shoulders and asked nervously,
"Are you sure Medivan left an heir? Where's that kid?"
"Uh... I've seen that kid on a time travel trip, but only for a moment, all I know is that the kid's name is Madion, and he's now... Should live in seclusion in the twilight forest with his guardian... Well, that place should be called Sunshine Forest now. ”
Dick stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead,
"With all due respect, Archmage, if you want to go over now, you will most likely make that guardian think that you are an enemy with bad intentions, and the suffering that Mr. Medivan has left to this world is too great, and if the existence of that child is revealed, I believe that it will be difficult to protect him, even with the power of you and Dalaran. ”
Dick's words made the delighted Antonidas look pale, and the old mage's joy was interrupted, Dick was right, once Median's existence was announced, it would be difficult to pass the level of the Stormwind Kingdom alone.
You know, the Storm Kingdom, but the orcs summoned by Medivan almost destroyed the inheritance, and even the father of the current king died under the assassination of the orcs.
"And, Madian's mother... It's the legendary Orc Assassin Garona who assassinated King Ryan, and I have every reason to suspect that Garona, who disappeared in the Second World War, must be secretly protecting her son, so my advice is that you should be cautious about this matter. ”
"Uh... Knight Dick, you're right, this matter should indeed be handled with caution, so in your opinion, what does Median's existence mean to this world?"
The old mage touched his beard, and after realizing the thorniness of Median, he threw the problem back to Dick, with the wisdom of Antonidas, how could he not see that Dick proposed Median, clearly in words, he had his own plans.
"There's no doubt that Madian is a genius!"
Dick looked the old mage in the eye, and he spoke his opinion generously,
"And this kid is likely to have the method of entry for Medivan's mage Ta-Karazan, I heard that you lost control of it after the Orc War? ”
"Oh?
Antonidas's narrowed eyes flashed with a glint of essence.
"I think, let Karazan be abandoned like this, it's just a tyrannical thing, it's better for Dalaran and the Stratholme Wargroup to join forces and put this mage tower back into their hands, you see, I have sent someone to build a second branch base of the wargroup in Lakeside Town, which is close to the headwind path, the war is coming, there are no 10 years in the northern Xinjiang, and it can't be settled at all, and the war is not a good learning environment, especially those trainee mages who have no self-protection ability in Dalaran, it is better to take this opportunity to transfer to the more stable southern kingdom。 ”
Dick shrugged,
"I think that the royal family of the Stormwind Kingdom will also approve of this move with both hands, won't it? Wise as you are, you should naturally know the truth of not putting all your eggs in one basket. ”
Frankly speaking, Dick is not confident in the success rate of persuading Antonidas, this archmage may have been wise when he was young, but after old age, like an ordinary old man, he became extremely stubborn, in fact, in the original history, after Dalaran was defeated, only more than 2,000 of the more than 10,000 mages were slaughtered, and it is difficult to say that this has nothing to do with Antonidas's stubbornness.
If he could have supported Gianna's westward migration earlier, Dalaran would have been able to retain at least more fire, so that in the next 10 years, it could only appear as a neutral city that was not very strong.
Even a blue dragon like Karegos can occupy a seat in the Council of Six Kenrito, look at the current elite soldiers, not to mention anything else, even the weakest archmage Gianna can single-handedly overturn the blue dragon that is useless except for romance and oil on the soles of his feet.
To be honest, as a giant dragon, it is too strange to be able to mix up to the point of Karegos, being crushed by a dwarf with a musket, this thing is going to happen to other dragons, I guess I can kill myself in shame, right?
But before Dick could talk to Antonidas about the result, a magical letter shone purple and appeared on the old mage's table, and he looked at it with a gloomy face.
Arthas and his little friend, the lich Kel'thugad, who he hadn't seen for a long time, appeared in Tirisfa, the defense line of the Gilneth Brigade was breached, and Dick's crow's beak became a reality he had to face, and the undead army was directed at Dalaran!