Of course, there are gains and losses, and if there are winners, there must be a loser.

The "Lich Rebellion" that took place in the Kingdom of Virgil, because of Antonidas's brazen action at the last moment, made the magical capital of Dalaran the biggest beneficiary of this crisis. Not only did it directly demonstrate the strength of Dalaran to all human kingdoms, but it also successfully forced the Virgil Kingdom, which had suffered heavy losses, to fall to Dalaran, almost causing the Alliance of the Twelve Kingdoms of Mankind to split because of this.

But before the members of the Kenrito Council could rejoice, the defeat of the expeditionary force and the destruction of the Silver Pine Forest knocked them from heaven to hell.

Although it was Yu Bin, the undead, who caused the "Shadow Wash" event in the end, most of the human nobles believed that Archmage Arugao should be considered the culprit, and unfortunately, this Archmage was from Dalaran! Coupled with the question Yu Bin asked before killing him, Arugao's answer was as if he had set up Dalaran on the stove and roasted it.

The leaders of the human kingdoms, led by Emperor Irenus, demanded an explanation from Dalaran and agreed that Dalaran should disclose all of his book collections to the human kingdoms in order to ensure that the same thing would not happen again. For this request, let alone the old antiques of the Kenrito Council, even the more enlightened Antonidas would not agree.

The foundation of magic lies in knowledge, and only with enough knowledge can we better understand the power of magic. By opening up Dalaran's collection to the kingdoms is undoubtedly digging into the foundations of the Magic City.

However, Arugal's rebellion and the loss of the Book of your were the responsibility of Dalaran after all, especially since Melganis did not recover the ancient book of your, so Emperor Irenas believed that the same thing could still be repeated, which was unanimously agreed upon by all the kingdom leaders, as well as the other races in the Order faction.

In desperation, Antonidas had to make a compromise on behalf of Dalaran, on the one hand, promising to do his best to recapture the Book of your, completely eliminating the possibility of similar incidents happening again, and on the other hand, he had to agree to transfer the management of the magic associations set up in various places to the kingdoms where they lived, which meant that each kingdom could directly contact and manage the mages in the country through the magic associations.

For the kingdoms, this will undoubtedly allow them to take a share of the mage resources controlled by Dalaran, after all, many mages are not unpatriotic, but they are forced to obey Dalaran's orders due to the rules of the Magic Association. For human players, the implications of this decision are huge.

From now on, Dalaran's consent is no longer required to obtain official mage qualifications, and the kingdoms will be happy to see a large number of mages under their command, even if they only have the strength of apprentices.

Of course, behind all this, there will be no lack of the promotion of the Holy See of Light. After relying on the expedition to the Silver Pine Forest to brush up a wave of presence, with the help of Dalaran's anxious opportunity, the Holy See of Light quickly regained its influence, and the Holy See of Light established in various places began to preach openly again, and received the support of various human kingdoms, either overt or covertly.

But neither Dalaran nor the Holy See of Light, or even for the entire Order-Keeping camp, were not the real victors.

Only Yu Bin knew that the real victor was the old lich of Kel'thugad, who was locked up in the depths of the Psychic Academy at the moment, carefully studying Haka's clone!

After getting the last piece of the puzzle from Arugao's mouth, Kel'thugad's entire plan can basically be deduced.

First of all, Yu Bin can be sure that Arugao's defection and the theft of the Book of your are certainly not accidental, this cunning lich relied on a magic note that he left in Dalaran at the beginning, and succeeded in making Arugao, a self-righteous guy, willingly become his pawn, and even the theft of the Book of your may have the help of Kel'thugad in secret, otherwise it would be difficult for Yu Bin to believe that an archmage with no hero-level strength could successfully steal an ancient book like the Book of your from Dalaran. Of course, for Kel'thugad, it doesn't matter if the person who stole the Book of your is Arugao or not, even if he changes someone, Yu Bin believes that his fate will not change in any way.

The rest is simple. After Arugao defected, he naturally looked for a place to try to communicate with the shadow plane and control the shadow creatures according to the knowledge recorded in the magic notebook, whether his purpose was to take revenge on Dalaran or to prove his ability, none of this mattered. Importantly, Arugao needed a stronghold that was secretive enough and could easily obtain various supplies.

Perhaps there is a more hidden place on the continent of Entagre than Shadowfang Castle, but where else is it more suitable than the Silverpine Forest? It is adjacent to the Hills of Hillsbrad and the Tirisfal Glades, the former of which provides Arugao with a large amount of supplies, and the latter allows him to easily come into contact with various evil organizations and obtain the magical materials and items they need. At the same time, the Silver Pine Forest and the Tirisfal Glade have always been regarded as their own back garden by the Ashwood Kingdom, in order to compete for control of the Hillsbrad Hills, the Ashwood Kingdom will not waste too much energy here in the Silverwood Forest, as long as Arugao operates properly, relying on the intricate situation of the Hillsbrad Hills, he can easily hide himself.

Indeed, Arugao has been doing research in Shadowfang Castle for more than ten years, summoning werewolves as pets, secretly capturing human civilians and researching the means of werewolf transformation, which has not attracted the attention of the Ashwood Kingdom at all.

Although because of Yu Bin's appearance, Arugao was forced to launch the werewolf plague in advance. But he believed that even without the addition of his own variable, with Arugao's arrogance and stupidity, the werewolf plague would have erupted in a short time, and in fact the werewolf plague in the previous life had only broken out more than a year later than this one.

Of course, Yu Bin's addition caused Kel'thugad to revise part of his plan, and the lich used various means to trick Yu Bin and his party into going to Shadowfang Castle to seize the Book of your, and then gave it to Elvia through Yu Bin's hand. Yu Bin found it hard to believe that this was an improvised initiative of Kel'thugad, and it was clear that there must be some kind of secret between this old lich and the shadow witch of Elvia.

It was precisely when Kel'thugad saw that Yu Bin had an embankment against this, so he generously admitted that he had ambitions for the shadow priesthood of the spider goddess Rose, and wanted to unite with Elvia to seize the shadow priesthood from Rose. I have to say that this reason is very powerful and shocking, and Yu Bin has to believe it.

The outbreak of the Werewolf Plague, the appearance of the Human Expeditionary Force, and the war between Nanhai Town and Shadowfang Castle were all clearly expected by Kel'thugad. And whether the Shadow Werewolf wins, or the Human Expeditionary Force wins, it will eventually force the Dark Pine Trolls to summon the blood god Haka.

If the Shadow Werewolves win, they will inevitably look for a solution to their problems in order to gain the ability to thrive on the main plane. Yu Bin didn't know which target was more suitable than the Blood God Haka, the Dark Pine Tribe was not very strong, and the Blood God Haka had also been sealed for tens of thousands of years, and his strength was long gone. In order to solve the problem of the reproduction of the race, the wolf king Nandus will naturally hit the head of the god with bad ideas.

And if the human expeditionary force wins, all this will be even more convenient. Humans who have taken full control of the Silverpine Forest will certainly not tolerate the Dark Pine Trolls remaining in Shattered Ridge and threaten the human settlements of the Hillsbrad Hills, so it is only natural that this troll tribe will be exterminated. In order to resist, the victim will naturally use any power that can be used, and summoning the blood god Haka is the easiest and most effective means for the Dark Pine Clan.

And so Kel'thugad's plan was accomplished! Haka, the god of blood, would never have imagined that it was all because some lich wanted to capture a doppelganger from him, and the poor creature thought it was just a delicious feast, only to end up in a great defeat.

Of course, Yu Bin believes that Kel'thugad must have a clear purpose in capturing the Hakka clone, perhaps to find an effective way to deal with the gods by studying this god clone, so that he can deal with the spider goddess Rose in the future, after all, compared to Haka, which has been sealed for tens of thousands of years, although the spider goddess Rose is not a very powerful god, but after all, he has been active in the underground world, and he is also a regular god who has been a god for tens of thousands of years, and it is normal for Kelthugad to be cautious.

But Yu Bin still suspected that the old lich had other purposes, and the reason why he thought so was because of the appearance of Les Frost.

Although Les Frost claims to be a collaborator of Kel'thugad, Yu Bin, who has already been psychologically shadowed by Navik, does not believe that this guy has nothing to do with the 10,000-year-old lich hiding in the depths of the bones. Especially in the exchange with Les Frost, this legendary lich always showed a hint of affection for Bin, which made Yu Bin believe that all this was not simple.

You must know that he is just a little undead with low strength and low status, and even if the strength of the second order is in the order camp, he will not get any favor, let alone in the more cruel chaos camp.

Therefore, after completing the puzzle of the Silver Pine Forest, Yu Bin vaguely felt that perhaps this whole puzzle was just a part of another larger puzzle, and he had only peeked into a small part of it now, and maybe not even a fragment.

This made Yu Bin more and more cautious, and then left the Silver Pine Forest, and after returning to the Psychic Academy, he directly declined Les Frost's invitation, refused the opportunity to continue to study in the Psychic Academy, and resolutely returned to Diya with Alan and the others.

In the pitch-black underground space, the Haka clone with the body of the shadow dragon was lying on the ground like a dead fish, his limbs, neck, wings, tail, and even the two dragon horns on the top of his head were firmly bound by thick chains, and the other end of the chains was fixed to the floor around him, and the chains were nested in a chain to ensure that the chains could completely stop the prisoner's movements.

Kel'thugad shuttled back and forth between dozens of alchemy tables, on which were placed various props and materials, some of which were even extremely high-end, and any of them would cause various forces to compete with each other when they were left to the outside world. And now, these precious materials, like cabbage, are placed wherever Kel'thugad wills.

The teleportation flashed white, and Les Frostwhisper and Gardin appeared in this secret space deep underground.

In order to prevent the blood god Haka from discovering this place, Kel'thugad has imposed extremely complex and powerful protection measures on this secret space, and every time he enters this place through teleportation, in addition to having a special password, he also needs to pay a great price. An orange epic staff in Gardin's hand was completely scrapped as the teleportation ended, turning into countless debris and spilling on the ground.

"How's it going?"

"Very few! Trying to strip the soul fragment from the clone without destroying it was even more difficult than we had anticipated! Kel'thugad stopped his movements and said, "Completely different from ordinary soul fragments, the soul fragments of the gods have obviously undergone some kind of change, perhaps in the process of igniting the divine fire, the essence of the soul has been sublimated. ”

"It seems that this research will continue for a long time, Lord Kel'thugad, in order to maintain the secrecy of this space, the daily consumption of materials is enough to bankrupt a kingdom, please do not forget that." Gardin has been in charge of assisting Kel'thugad in the management of the Psychic Academy, so he knows everything about supplies.

Kel'thugad nodded, for this, he who had arranged this secret space with his own hands was very clear: "From now on, you can reduce the operation of the Psychic Academy to a minimum level, after the incident in the Virgil Kingdom, those humans have begun to search for the existence of the Cursed Sect in an all-round way, and I want to take this opportunity to disappear to avoid too much loss to the sect and the Academy." ”

"It's a pity, that little guy didn't want to stay, I wanted him to make some more big news! His performance in the Silver Pines Forest was amazing! Les Frost complained, but there was clearly a mocking smile in her tone.

"Looks like you've guessed right, that little guy has apparently seen through all of our plans in the Silverpine Forest, and has even begun to doubt the original claim! I was amazed! Compared to this cunning little fellow, the guy called Dissama was as pure as a little white rabbit! ”

"My teacher probably thinks so too! In my opinion, this little guy is just too suspicious! I really don't know how he could have such a character! It looks exactly like the newborn undead who have just been resurrected! ”

"What are you going to do next? Since that little guy won't follow the route you've arranged, I don't think you'll stop there! ”

Les Frost let out a creepy laugh, but the undead were all present, and they didn't feel uncomfortable: "Don't worry, I've already found another suitable toy." She was more in line with our requirements than that little guy. ”

"She?"

"A black dragon who thinks he is smart!"