"Earl, praise you once again for your merits."

In the evening, outside the Rivendell Manor, the mayor of Stratholme, Bassellas, said goodbye to Oryx, stepped on the horse, and set out on the journey north with his retinue.

Oryx watched as the men disappeared from view.

He became the special governor of the Stratholme district, taking one-third of the territory from the mayor of Stratholme, Bassoras. Although most of them are uninhabited mountainous areas and there is little work, they also need some people to help with affairs.

The mayor of the town came to give Oryx a gift. Three tax collectors and one clerk are veterans of the town hall for many years. In addition, there are some personal gifts, several antiques from the kingdom of Araço; A High Elf sword of extremely fine workmanship, a work of art—from a human point of view, of course. In Quel'Thalas, it may just be a high-ranking officer or Ranger Captain's standard equipment.

At market prices, these gifts are worth about 100 gold coins.

In order to curry favor with Oryx, the mayor of the town did not lose money.

Bathras was not stupid enough to resent him just because his power was dispersed, he was a saint of the Alsatian royal family, and he would not dare to oppose it with a hundred dares.

Back at the mansion, Oryx stood in front of the window and looked out at the endless fertile field, lost in thought.

The situation in Lordaeron is turbulent.

Arthas has recalled several of the Silver Hand Knights who were working with Dalaran to investigate the Scourge Legion, and with the exception of Orrix's teacher, Saidan Dasohan, who is still there, the remaining high-ranking members have returned and will devote themselves to the pursuit and eradication of the Cult of the Damned.

Last night, Arthas had sent a letter expressing concern for the orcs, who were still entrenched in the southeastern part of the Hillsbrad Hills. He hoped to discuss with Oryx in a few days whether it was necessary to send troops to exterminate the orcs first, so as not to be attacked by the prophesied wave of plague.

In his reply, Oryx stated that the orcs were not the primary problem, and that a war with them would inevitably lead to the Scourge taking advantage of the situation.

It can't be said that Alsace is not well thought out, it's just normal thinking.

Still, through his words, Oryx sensed the uneasiness of His Majesty. However, it is uncertain whether this uneasiness stems from the fact that the country was unprepared to ascend to the throne at the time of catastrophe, or whether it was stimulated by the assassination of his parents, or both.

As for the orc problem, there really is no need to worry.

In the official history, at the beginning of spring next year, Medivan will come to lobby the northern countries. Thrall will listen to the guidance and lead his people to raid the southern coast of Hillsbrad and cross west to Kalimdor to build a new home.

Although history has changed, Medivan will still come. For this Guardian is considered a "prophet," but not the kind of prophet who has true prophetic powers.

As a wisp of Sargeras's soul became entangled with his soul, his soul was banished to the Twisted Void after his death. Witnessed the Burning Legion rearming for battle, and also saw what Kilgardan did to Naozu.

After being resurrected by his mother, Egwene, he learns that the Lich King has been thrown into Icecrown, and based on what he has seen and heard in the Warped Void, he deduces that Lordaeron will fall, and chooses to lobby the northern kingdoms.

This doesn't change because of what Oryx did.

Taking a step back, even if Medivan didn't show up for something more detailed, Oryx could play his part and persuade Salsidu, believing he had a way to convince the enlightened chieftain.

This move is by no means a matter of letting the tiger go back to the mountains and raising tigers, but a win-win choice.

Lordaeron has one less henchman, and can transfer away a few regular legions of the wary orcs to concentrate on fighting the Scourge legion; Orcs don't have to stay in the northern part of the Eastern Continent, surrounded by powerful enemies, and can gain respite after a long prison life, suffering the negative effects of drinking the blood of Manolos, and forcibly lifting their spirits to liberate their compatriots to the point of physical and mental exhaustion.

As for uniting the orcs and fighting the natural disasters together......

Oryx knew of course that this was the most idealistic outcome, but he hardly dared to think about it.

The people of the Northlands would not be willing to cooperate with an enemy that had killed almost an entire generation, and even less the civilians who had been victimized in the Hillsbrad Hills - where would the supplies come from when Thrall led his army to attack the various shelters? Looting the defenders alone would not be sufficient, and he would not be able to control all the orcs from plundering human villages, causing bloodshed, and slaughtering innocent civilians.

Therefore, there is almost no possibility of joining forces.

In addition, what Orix has been thinking about is the future of Arthas, which has nothing to do with the 100 Time Energy bonus quest of the Book of Time.

Recently, with the improvement of his status, his state of mind has also quietly changed, maybe it is a long-term vision? In short, I did think a little more about the distance.

He still can't let Arthas fall, whether out of regret for the plot of the canonical history, or from a long-term perspective, it would be of great help for Arthas to avoid the degeneration of public and private.

To the world, the Lich King has lost a perfect vessel, and the Scourge is much less harmful - it must be mentioned here that the Scourge did not become the true Scourge of Azeroth because of the merger between the Lich King and Arthas, the latter's personality dominated, and the only remaining kindness was the cause. The phrase "There must be a Lich King in the world" and its subtext "Without the Lich King, millions of undead will sweep the world away" is in effect under certain circumstances.

is talking about the Scourge Legion at that time, which is very different from the Scourge Legion that has just risen at this time, although it is still terrifying, but it is not very successful.

What really gave Azeroth a chance to destroy the Scourge was the spells that Illidan had unleashed with the help of the Eye of Sargeras and the energy of Dalaran, who was at the node of the Demonic Web. The devastating torrent of magic bombarded Icecrown Glacier, causing the Scourge to suffer a massive loss of vitality, and the Lich King was severely damaged, forcing him to merge with Arthas in a damaged state, otherwise in Orrix's opinion, Arthas's personality would never have been able to gain the upper hand in the long process of fusion.

And the Lich King fell asleep for five years, and while the Scourge didn't stagnate during this time, it was nowhere near as fast as the reign of the Lich King Neozu.

Figuratively speaking, it is equivalent to 100 dominance points in the heyday of the Lich King Naozu, and the development speed of the Scourge Legion is 100; After being bombarded by the magic of the Eye of Sargeras, the drama dropped to 30, a large number of undead were out of control, and the development rate of the natural disaster dropped sharply to 0; After merging with Arthas, the dominance value is no longer lost, and the development rate of the natural disaster is stable to 30, which lasts for five years, until Arthas wakes up, and then it is increased to 60, but it is very unstable, and sometimes it will be greatly reduced.

……

For Oryx, there is also an excellent leader in the same camp. Because the fall of Arthas in the canon history is inevitable, in that era when compared to later generations, it is very backward and almost has no ability to resist the malice of the higher levels of the universe, it is targeted by the Lich King, especially the human beings who are relatively lacking in relevant knowledge, and there is almost no possibility of getting out of the predicament.

Otherwise, in Oryx's opinion, Arthas would not be worse than his father, and even as good as King Varian Ureon, who had gone through many trials and eventually grew into a generation of heroes. Alsace has this foundation, and he is also going through the most difficult trials of his life, the assassination of his parents and the current catastrophe, isn't it?

After surviving, His Majesty the King will surely transform and grow into the mainstay of Azeroth.

After his mind was cleared, Oryx let out a long breath and listened carefully to the movement outside the door as he flipped through the quest pages of the Book of Time.

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【Danger】Trial Mission: Save the Queen of the Blades - Guided by Zeratul's prophecy and guided by the Sarnagar artifact, Renault and Prince Valerian Monsk, who is trying to prove themselves, have teamed up to attack Char. After many hardships and dangers, he finally successfully purified the Queen of Blades, Kerrigan, with the help of the Sarnagar artifact.

Objective: Participate in a series of battles on Charle as your real person, and work with Renault to save the Queen of Blades, Kerrigan.

Mission Duration: From the landing of the Rangers and Yomoyan & Imperial Army Combined Operations Force on Char (where the mission begins) to the successful rescue of Kerrigan.

Reward: ["Cast"'s Cultivation Codex (Spiritual and Soul Cultivation Method)].

Activation Quest Cost: 5 Time Energy.

(This quest has been locked for three rounds)

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The last time I was glared at by the Lich King and dragged into a soul cage is still vivid. This method is unguardable and terrifying.

The reason for this is that Orix's will is not strong enough to be immune to this kind of strange spell at the soul level.

Although he was confident that he would not be able to be tricked again after obtaining Veron's divine spell experience and arming his spiritual world with many methods from the Draenei leader. But last time it was the Lich King who turned Baron Rivendell into a triggered spell medium, what about the next time? What if the medium is more powerful and prepared? What if you get knocked unconscious and taken to Icecrown and forced to face the Lich King?

The enemy is too strong and is being remembered, and it is impossible to be too careful. After all, he was the one who thwarted the Scourge Legion's plan, and it was normal for him to be listed as the first kill target by the Lich King and try to kill and control it in every possible way.

Even in the past year of the dungeon, he had been paying attention to the cultivation methods of soul or spiritual willpower. He has a strong physique, and he can run even if he can't fight, but his soul is always a weakness.

And he is about to go to his job and confront the minions of the Scourge Legion, and Orix is really afraid that something like this will happen again. At that time, the Lich King will definitely be more prepared, and I am afraid that he will no longer be able to remain free in the soul cage, and it is difficult to say whether he will be able to use the Book of Time to escape under the control.

Three days ago, when this mission came up, his eyes lit up.

Although the cultivation codex of "Cast" is also something from the star spirit, it is not the kind of pit goods that will be automatically withdrawn because it is not suitable for the first consumption lottery, otherwise it will not appear in the task reward.

After developing to a certain historical period, the Star Spirit once broke out in the War of Eternity, which was no longer as closely connected to each other as before, and the civilization regressed, and multiple tribes fought against each other for thousands of years. It is a great star spirit known as "Kashi", which means "the one who brings order", who discovered the artifact Kedarin Crystal left by Sarnagar, created the Way of Kara, and created a psionic link network with Kedarin Crystal as the core, helping the Star Spirit to return to unity and harmony, and develop the most glorious civilization in the universe.

Although it turns out that all of this is a conspiracy of Aemon, even if there is an element of deliberate guidance, "Cast" must be a supernatural being. Not to mention psionic energy, its research in the fields of spirit, will, and soul is, to some extent, probably no less than Velon.

His practice codex was exactly what Oryx needed. Used to arm spirits and souls, the embankment is protected from the soul attack of the Lich King Naozu. This thing is indeed for the Star Spirit, and it is separated by a different world view, but he has also practiced the magic experience of the Draenei, so he doesn't think it's too much of a problem. In the field of spirit and soul, some things are interconnected, and if the text is different, it can be translated with time points.

Regardless, this is a dangerous task, and in order to minimize the risk, Orix locked in several rounds to see if he could farm a similar replacement in the store.

It didn't turn out, the free refresh didn't come out, and the paid refresh didn't come out.

In fact, ["Cassi's" Cultivation Codex is already a relatively good spiritual cultivation method in the worldview of the Rainstorm series that he can think of.

It's not that there is nothing on the Internet, according to the style of the Book of Time, maybe you can come up with something like [Fearless Heart of the Archangel of Courage], Tehasa Mendatta's [Soul Harmony Path] or [Ta Rasha's Experience in Resisting the Corruption of the Demon God]. But those things are good, and the difficulty of the corresponding tasks will also increase, which is not at all what he can complete now.

All things considered, this task is risky, but it is acceptable, and it is within the scope of ability, although it is dangerous, it does not have to play a major role, and it is the best choice to obtain spiritual cultivation methods at this stage.

Go instantly, come back instantly, don't waste time, and then get a valuable cultivation method that is enough to resist the attack of the Lich King's soul, so as not to be tricked in the process of tracking down the Cursed Sect.

After some thought, he recalled the flow of Char's plot again, checking if there were any missing parts so as not to encounter any danger.

Then......

Check the door lock, close the curtains, lie quietly on the bed, and touch the "√" on the task.