36 ["Harvest"]

"The Light is above!"

Hearing that Aurix had awakened in the Light, the Knights' higher-ups rushed to the scene. Colleagues who witnessed the miracle told them about the scene of the incident, and the crowd couldn't help but praise the light.

Looking at Oryx, who was being questioned in a state of deep hypnosis, it was really different.

The blurry eyes were full of holy brilliance all the time, and while they were talking, while listening to their deep voices, the depths of everyone's minds also sounded with a strange rhythm and light voice, like an evangelistic song played by the holy light, which made people's hearts clear and like being baptized.

It's a miracle, no, a miracle!

For a moment, everyone's eyes on Orix changed. Bridget Abydis, who was on the side, was even more fanatical, and excitedly interpreted the intention of the Holy Light: "My lords, if the Holy Light used the mouth of Orix last time to warn devout believers against the imminent catastrophe, then this time to help him return from the endless purgatory is to let him continue to spread the holy gospel in the world!" ”

According to the precepts of the Church of the Light, the work of interpreting the Light should be carried out by the elders who are deeply practicable, so that others do not misinterpret the original meaning of the Light due to fanaticism, lack of faith, etc.

Unfortunately, Bridget is the more fanatical kind. If it had been before, Da Sohan would have pulled her aside and reprimanded her severely, but now he didn't say anything. Because not only him, but also Uther, Mograini, and the others, could clearly feel the divine echo that still permeated the room. Although faint, its essence is pure, and it is connected to Orix in a strand of thread. They had never seen anything like this.

What's more, Da Sohan simply felt that what his apprentice said was right.

Smack, smack, smack!

The illusionist clapped his hands three times in front of Orix and said, "Hypnosis ended." Wake up, paladin. ”

Hypnosis is about digging deep into the subconscious that is not so easily expressed. The mages of Dalaran believed that what Orix had seen and heard in the Lich King's soul cage would help them establish a comprehensive understanding of this evil being, so they repeatedly begged the Knights of the Silver Hand to hypnotize him.

If it weren't for the sincerity of these mages, more than half of those priests and Silver Hand Paladins from the Holy Light Church would really be unwilling, especially Bridget, who was chosen by our Holy Light, how could she be hypnotized?

"Hmm......" Oryx squeezed his eyes vigorously, and after a few seconds of dazedness, his eyes gradually regained their agility.

Just now, of course, it was faked.

After in-depth study of [Velon's Divine Spell Experience], his control of the Holy Light has long since changed from what it used to be, and his mind has become a thousand times tougher. It would be strange if a little hypnotic spell from the illusion school could make him fall on the ground.

This was learned in the year of the copy of the Book of Time.

It wasn't until the end that he realized that the so-called [Open Loop Timeline Mission] was an extremely cruel trial. The rewards are very high, but the penalties for failure are also very severe, even far more terrible than life-threatening.

The timeline of the mission is exactly the same as that of the person receiving the mission, and it is all historical events that have already happened, and the target characters are often key plot characters that will have a significant impact on the rest of history.

What's even more terrifying is that the task performer who does not belong to this time node is like standing in the spotlight, with some kind of strange attraction, which will attract the mission target to come and intersect with himself...... That's how Khadgar, the target of his mission, found Oryx. The non-contact policy he had been in place for the first three months was doomed to be impossible.

And that's not all, even if you make contact, the mission objective will also throw out side quests with huge rewards, all with the aim of luring the executor to take the bait, and then have a devastating impact on the timeline you are in.

Oryx is the fish that bites the hook, and he helps Khadgar find out the secrets of the Dark Knight, and finally finds the sword of Nasrezm "Apocalypse" from the catacombs of Karazhan. But how could Medivan not find out the little secret of the two, and the two were intercepted by Dalaran on the way back to Dalaran with the Apocalypse.

Khadgar escaped, and Oryx was not so lucky, and a spell threw him into a free fall at a height of 10,000 meters, and fell to the highest peak of the Alterac Mountains and turned into meat sauce.

Oryx wasted that precious chance to be resurrected before he escaped.

This move has had an extremely bad impact on history. Khadgar learned about Medivan's control in advance, and in the end, Medivan's death, which was supposed to take place in the 4th year of the Black Gate calendar, was advanced to the end of the 1st year of the Black Gate calendar. And there were also more participants, Dalaran and the Council of Tirisfa - Medivan died too early to get rid of the members of the Council of Tirisfa, as was the case in the original history.

This caused Gul'dan to fall into a premature coma, the Shadow Council was quickly eradicated, and the Durontans did not die, making Orgrim realize in advance that the orcs had become slaves of demons, and together with Durontan, he defeated the black hand and won the position of the Great Chief, and began to correct the fate of the orcs.

What happened in the end was far beyond Oryx's imagination.

Orgrim and Durontan, a Lord, lead the horde in battle with the strategic acumen of Azeroth; The other, in the leadership, tried to suppress the tyrannical nature of the orcs after drinking the blood of Manolos.

I thought that with Durotan, the hatred between the races might not accumulate to the point of no increase as in the normal timeline, and perhaps the orcs would directly choose to cross westward to save the Eastern Continent from the disaster of war. However, Orgrim said that the homeland was no longer inhabitable, and that this war had risen from being driven by the Burning Legion to the level of racial survival, and that if he wanted to survive, he had to fight for a new world in Azeroth. The orcs are now all soldiers, ready to go, and because of the war with the Draenei, they have honed a real elite army, and they can take the unprepared humans by surprise. Between hatred and racial survival, of course, choose a brighter future and fight! And to fight big, completely let the orcs always stand firm!

It stands to reason that at this time, Orix's mission will expire and he can return. But the Book of Time reveals the butterfly effect he triggered, the devastating effects on the timeline, and gives him a choice.

Thanks to Medivan's early death, and the early demise of the Shadow Council. At the end of the 2nd year of the Black Gate calendar, the tribe wiped out the kingdom of Stormwind, the kind of total annihilation, and the latter could not even concentrate ships to lead the refugees to flee north. In the middle of the 3rd year of the Black Gate calendar, the tribal army swept away Kazmodan and descended on Hillsbrad at the beginning of the 4th year, this time the northern countries were prepared, but the country's war machine was not launched at all, and within half a year, all the northern lands fell. Only the High Elves of Quel'Thalas, who are struggling to survive on the Bandinor Barrier. And Gul'dan, who intended to go to the tomb of Sargeras to seek power, had already been informed of the plan by Durotan and intercepted in advance......

At this point, it has basically been declared that except for the kingdom of Kul Tiras overseas, all the rest of the human countries have been destroyed. The Eastern Kingdom continent has become the new home of the orcs.

The Book of Time's choice for Oryx is......

First, end the task and return to the time node before you accepted the task. However, this timeline has been tampered with by his actions. At the beginning of the 5th year of the Black Gate calendar, seeing the imminent fall of the kingdom of Lordaeron, Baron Rivendell chose to flee across the sea, but was killed by a group of Amani troll envoys who came to contact the orcs. At the age of five, Oryx was skinned with his father and made into a sacrifice to the god Loa. Choose this, a dead end. Because he died when he was 5 years old, he will only dissipate in the history of change when he returns to the time node before the mission.

Second, hand in 150 points of time energy, and the timeline will return to its original state, keeping you safe and sound.

Oryx suddenly came to his senses.

From the very beginning, I was on the set of the Book of Time. This broken book has been encouraging the holder to choose the seemingly simple, but actually extremely dangerous [Open Loop Timeline Mission], instead of choosing the [Closed Loop Timeline Mission] that seems to be difficult, but can avoid the disaster by escaping from the plot location far away.

If you choose [Open Loop Mission], you will also have the temptation that the mission objective will take the initiative to contact you and provide high-reward side quests. In short, it is impossible to hide, and it is inevitable to fall into a trap, and you can only watch the timeline being tampered with beyond sight by yourself.

However, this is not malicious harm, the reward of the [Open Loop Mission] is very generous, and while trapping people, it also gives people a chance to grow. Otherwise, he would have chosen the second option and came back safely.

He earned more than 300 points of time energy just by collecting Khadgar's "young" memories, and exchanged them for a series of items including [Velon's Divine Spell Experience], and in just half a year, he greatly improved his strength, and he already has epic mid-level power, which is no less than some less influential plot characters.

The purpose of this broken book seems to be to allow the holder to pass the [Open Loop Mission] and put himself in the time node that has the most profound impact on the history of Azeroth, and plunge into the vortex to hone himself. And it also has a certain subjective tendency, which will encourage ...... in every possible way No, induce holders to make this choice.

However, the danger of it, Oryx, who has experienced all this, knows it well. But if he doesn't complete so many side quests, or if the degree of completion is not so high, and he can't collect enough time energy to restore the timeline and eliminate the butterfly effect, then there is only a dead end.

Those who pass trials become stronger and stronger, and are given more and more difficult tasks; If it doesn't pass, then it will be eliminated, survival of the fittest, it's as simple as that.

Thanks to this mission alone, he was successfully promoted from a trainee Time Watcher to a full-fledged Time Warden, unlocking a very attractive perk.

"My father he ...... How's it going? Oryx asked suddenly.

He had been looking down in contemplation before, and everyone thought that he had not recovered from hypnosis. Now I see him asking, but he looks at each other, and he is quite reluctant to be this bad guy who exposes the truth.

In the end, it was his teacher, Saidan Dasohan, who answered his question, "The spell that put you in the cage of your soul also took his life." ”

Oryx was stunned.

Da Sohan saw the expression of his apprentice in his eyes, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

What a good child, for the sake of justice and the common people, he did not hesitate to turn against his flesh and blood, presumably ten days ago, when he watched his father being restrained, he must have been very painful. However, even though his father's sins are unforgivable, he still misses the lost family affection...... Doing the right thing with a right heart, being pious to the Holy Light, loyal to the common people, never wavering in the face of right and wrong, but soft in the heart. I'm afraid that's why he was chosen by the Light......

He sighed and patted Orix on the shoulder, thinking to himself, child, maybe at this time, all that echoes in your mind is your father's voice and smile before he fell, but this is the only way for people to achieve great things.

"Let him be alone for a while." The two-meter-tall sturdy paladin said a word, and led the group out of the room, giving Oryx a chance to lick his inner wounds.

Oryx sighed faintly, in fact, he was just distressed about the 25 points of time energy...... The mission objective is clearly written, kill Baron Rivendell with your own hands. Now that everyone is dead, you can't dig it out of the grave and cut it again, right?