Chapter 21: Silence
Azeroth is a fantasy world.
Therefore, the strength of the truly strong people in Azeroth is generally in the mastery of the rules, not in the strength of the physical body, except for a few existences, most of the strong have low physical strength and cannot resist the slashing of cold weapons.
This is also the reason why pure physical classes such as Azeroth Warrior Thief have a place, no matter how strong the caster is, once he is hit by the vital point, he will also die.
Not to mention the story of the demigod Medivan who was stabbed to death by his apprentice with an ordinary iron sword, even if Illidan, whose physical strength is comparable to that of a demon lord, if he is stabbed by a magic weapon, there is only one way to die.
This is also the reason why Mavi dared to hunt down Illidan who was one level higher than himself with heroism back then, even if your magic is strong enough to tear apart the entire Northern Rift Continent with the help of artifacts, your magic also needs to prepare time or lock on to the target before it can be released, and in the face of Mavi, who has sharpened his martial arts to the peak, Illidan really can't really have the upper hand in melee combat.
On the path of cultivation, from profession to hero, it is a double ascension of the body and soul, and from a hero to a demigod, the body has stopped evolving, only the soul will be transformed again, and the transformed soul is extremely powerful, even if the body dies, it can be resurrected and reborn again, just like a transcendent existence such as Medivan, Illidan or Fao, even if he dies, he will not go to the shadow world, but will have the day of return.
Claudia was in the midst of this metamorphosis at this time, taking the first step out of the mortal world.
Originally, with her savings, even if it was hundreds of years or thousands of years, it was impossible to have the opportunity to take this step, this step was completely different from the previous cultivation promotion, from profession to hero, the essence of cultivation is to exert one's own potential to improve oneself, similar to the process of tempering iron into steel, and hero to demigod is another matter, this is completely for you to transform steel into another completely different substance such as gold, silver or diamond, and its difficulty can be called an impossible task.
It is precisely because of such difficulty that in the 100,000-year history of Azeroth, only a few people such as Illidan and Fao have really relied on themselves to take this step, and even Medivan also relied on the divine power of Tirisfa obtained from his mother Egwene when he was eighteen years old to complete this qualitative change.
Claudia's promotion process is a bit similar to Medivan's, but the Silver Hand does not have a huge amount of Tirisfa divine power in his body like Egwen, and the Silver Hand only transmits a trace of silver fire, and the breath and fluctuations have obviously declined a lot, which makes Claudia can't help but be distracted, and the process of condensing the Order Sigil is almost wrong.
"Leave me alone, condense the order sigil first." The Silver Hand's voice was visibly weaker, but the power still flowed from within the Silver Hand to Claudia.
Claudia didn't dare to be distracted anymore, but concentrated on controlling the silver fire, melting and condensing the order rune, and I don't know how long it took, and finally the order runes that symbolized the various abilities of the Book of Order were combined together with the center of order and royal power, and condensed into a silver order rune, replacing the original golden mark at the center of Claudia's eyebrows, exuding a looming silver light.
At this time, Claudia was still immersed in her own world with her eyes closed, her perspective seemed to be out of her own body, rising infinitely upward, and soon she broke away from the material world and entered the ubiquitous sea of source power in the void that filled the entire universe.
Claudia's consciousness touched this sea of source power.
In an instant, the boundless source power of order in the sea of source power rushed towards her as if she had seen her mother.
Under the sea of order source power, Claudia's soul grew stronger and stronger again, more and more powerful and solid, like substance, and the silver order sigil at the center of her eyebrows also became more and more brilliant and bright, completely emerging from the center of her eyebrows.
When the sigil completely emerged and shone brightly, Claudia's consciousness shook suddenly, she had already felt that the growth of her soul had come to an end, and her soul had established a stable connection with the sea of source power, Claudia had a realization in her heart: "Since I have been promoted, then I can't stay here for too long, Varian is still waiting for me outside the room, and my body can't go without food or drink all the time, it's time to go back." ”
After making her decision, Claudia's perspective began to fall from the outside of the void and quickly returned to the material realm, and her perception gradually returned.
The light outside the window had begun to dim, and Claudia was a little hungry, but she didn't care about it, a great sense of fear gripped her heart, she couldn't feel the presence of the consciousness in the silver hand.
Claudia picked up the silver hand and tried to communicate with the silver hand over and over again, but the silver hand never replied to her, in desperation, Claudia could only use the ability to analyze, and the consciousness went deep into the silver hand, this time she finally found something different, a message was staying in the depths of the silver hand, Claudia suddenly felt bad in her heart, and touched her consciousness, and the familiar and somewhat weak voice of the silver hand sounded in Claudia's mind:
"Claudia, don't panic, I'm just going to be silent for the time being, and the Silver Hand will temporarily lose most of the artifact's functionality."
Fortunately, not the worst-case scenario.
Claudia breathed a sigh of relief, and the message of the silver hand continued to ring in her ears: "In order to give you that silver fire, I have used up all the power accumulated for tens of thousands of years, which is why I fell into silence, when you reclaim the throne of order, you can use the power in the throne of order to awaken me again." ”
"The Throne of Order is located in the Hall of Order of Ulduar, where you need to make a formal guardianship contract with this world in order to become an official Guardian of Order, obtain the power of the Titan that Agrama gave to Tyr back then, and save you the time to refine the silver fire and promote to a demigod."
"And now you are not a guardian, but you are no longer a mortal, that newly condensed order sigil is a symbol of your identity, it represents your authority to control the order, from now on all Titan facilities in Azeroth you will have the highest authority, in addition, you can also use that sigil to enter the Temple of Order in the Stormy Mountains and open the treasure house in it."
"It should be noted that although you have the Order Sigil, you are not a metal life forged by the Titan himself after all, except for Azadas, who is close to Tyr, the other guardians may not recognize you, especially what Odin will think, but even so, when the Galar horn sounds, you still need to go to Odin to obey the orders of the Great Guardian Odin."
"The bloodline of you and your sister is a blessing and a shackle at the same time, and the Valkyrie rune in the center of your eyebrows has been replaced by the order rune today, since then you have been out of Odin's control, but as for your sister's freedom, you still need to find another way, maybe you can exchange her freedom from Odin by unsealing Valhalla, speaking of which, I am really curious about Odin's expression when he learned of the existence of the two of you."
When he said this, the Silver Hand had a smile in his tone, this was the first time he had joked with Claudia in his old-fashioned personality, and Claudia only thought that Odin would be surprised by Valkyrie in flesh form, and did not go to her heart, but later Claudia understood the true meaning of the last sentence of the Silver Hand.
"Back to the point, after you have mastered the power of the Skilled Order Sigil and the Silver Fire, please take the Tyr Guards to Uldaman as soon as possible to awaken Azadas and Aronnaya and discuss how to recover Ulduar, this is not a simple matter, although Lorcan's combat power ranks second to last among the Guardians, but Ulduarne also has a large army, and Yogsaron, who may be out of trouble at any time, is an existence that you cannot match before you become an official Guardian."
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After a long time, Claudia walked to the outside room with a hint of loneliness on her face, Varian was looking at the documents outside, he used the outside room as a temporary office place, and when he saw Claudia come out, he was a little surprised:
"It's only been 8 hours, and you've already completed your promotion?"
"Yes," Claudia said with a smile on her face, raising her left hand, and a silver fire ignited on her left index finger, "The sigil on my brow and the fire of order are a sign of successful promotion." ”
Varian walked up to Claudia and took her in his arms: "Honey, this is good news, why aren't you so upset?" ”
"The Silver Hand has left me in silence for a while," Claudia chose a comfortable position and pressed her face against Varian's chest, "It's always been like my teacher and family, I'm feeling a little uncomfortable, hug me for a while." ”
Varian understood Claudia's feelings, he bowed his head and kissed Claudia, hugged her tightly, and comforted the girl like an ordinary husband, in the case of a husband listening, a husband enlightening, and a husband to rely on, Claudia's discomfort in her heart soon dissipated a lot, the so-called love, many times is two people face together.
Claudia tested the ability of the Order Sigil the next day, which is really an unprecedented feeling, those spells that used to require full concentration to cast spells can now be completed in a single thought, Claudia can also be unloaded with the permanent Eye of Analysis on her own eyes, she can now see through the essence of things at a glance, most of the disguises and illusions she can see through at a glance, and as for the use of the power of order, it has become an instinct for her, she can tear the barrier of the material world at any time, Draw enough order from the sea of source power to perform the most powerful magic.
However, this promotion is only a transformation of her soul, her physical body has not improved at all, and she is still not Varian's opponent when she practices martial arts in the morning, not to mention that she is also suppressed by Varian in other aspects.
Like the night.
Claudia was sweating and panting on the edge of the bed, and Varian was slowly withdrawing from behind her, the room filled with smells and the sheets were soaked with her milk and sweat.
After a while, Claudia, who was still soft, helped Varian clean up, and lay down in Varian's arms, puzzled: "Varian, why did you not let me hide the order sigil on my eyebrows when you did such a thing?" ”
"Because then I will feel like conquering the goddess." Varian was half-joking.
"Forget it, if you like it, I'm not a god yet," Claudia kissed her, "I'm going to go to Gianna's tomorrow to see how things are going on on her side." ”
Varian frowned slightly, but after all, he didn't stop him, and advised: "Be careful, remember to put on your Mithril shirt, bring your sword, and contact me in time if you have something." ”
"Look at you're nervous," Claudia laughed, "Thrall hasn't moved his troops yet, and I can teleport back to Stormwind at any time." ”
"Hmm." Varian thinks about it, and it's very difficult to kill a spellcaster after learning the teleportation technique.