In the dungeon of His Royal Highness Slim, Gianna meets Rai, the legendary Great Guardian.

The Guardian's massive body was covered in scars, but the largest wound came from the chest, where the heart had been, and now there was only a hollow remaining.

It was because he was a guardian that he could survive without a heart, but even then, he had lost most of his strength.

However, his mental injuries seemed to be more serious than his physical injuries, and the Great Guardian kept his head down, his eyes empty and blank, even after Claudia arrived with his heart, as if nothing in the world had anything to do with him.

After Gianna called out to Rai without responding, she looked at Claudia helplessly, "I've heard Azadas say something about other Guardians, how did Rai, who is known for his wisdom, become like this?" ”

Instead of answering her question, Claudia asked, "Gianna, don't you wonder why Loken, the wisest of the Guardians, betrayed, why Nesario, the most powerful and tenacious of the Guardian Dragons, went crazy, why Rai, the wisest of the Great Guardians, had a heart breakdown, and why did I, the best at fighting the darkness, fall?" ”

Gianna pondered that if it was just Claudia's own fall, it could be explained by the lack of tenacity of mortal minds, but if the most powerful, wise, and resilient Guardians were all in trouble, it was no longer an accident.

Claudia whispered, "Today is the time for you to witness this desperate truth. ”

As the words fell, Claudia began to cast spells, showing the future she had witnessed in the form of pictures in the prison one after another.

Countless times, dense Legion warships flocked to Azeroth, and the world was reduced to a sea of fire, with no trace of life left behind, and their souls were reduced to demonic playthings.

As for Gianna herself, although she tried her best, everything was in vain in the face of absolute power, and her wisdom only prolonged her suffering, and in most cases, she died miserably.

After witnessing her cherished friends, family, and people being tortured and destroyed in various ways again and again, and after witnessing the souls of those heroes being twisted and played with again and again, Gianna soon couldn't stand it anymore, she covered her eyes and exclaimed:

"Don't show it any more, Claudia, it's not true, these are just the methods used by the old gods to force you to fall!"

"It's true, Gianna," Claudia sighed, "because we're so strong, we can discern the reality of these futures, Lorcan is sad and melancholy, Deathwing is mad and miserable, and as for Rai, the Great Guardian, he's desperate, don't you think, Rai?" ”

When she said the last sentence, Claudia looked at the prisoner beside her, and as early as Claudia began to show the future, Lay had already woken up from despair, and at this moment, the Great Guardian said abruptly:

"She's right, mortals, and even darker futures she hasn't shown yet, I've seen enough of the future, but all that awaits us is destruction, and whatever we do, there's no meaning."

Hearing Rai's words, Gianna pursed her lips in disbelief.

Claudia said excitedly, "So, Lorcan chose to obey Yugsaron, Deathwing chose to give 'mercy' to all living beings in his own way, and Rai chose laziness, I chose the void, because I love you, so I want to save you in my own way." ”

"No-!" Gianna screamed, and said in an agitated tone, "There must be some way, there must be some other way." ”

Claudia shook her head and sighed a little unbearably, "I remember that you and Uther said the same thing in Stratholme, but until the end you two didn't come up with any other way, and you were lazy until the end.

Speaking of which, although Arthas was a little cruel, I still admired his decisiveness, at the very least, Arthas acted and solved the practical problems in his own way, rather than doing nothing, just like the great guardian Rai. ”

At the mention of Stratholme, Gianna's heart was so gloomy that she stopped talking, it was a great pain in her heart.

Rai, on the other hand, shook his head and said disheartenedly, "No matter how much you struggle, there is no point, and even if you do nothing, it is better than falling like you, the successor of Tyr." ”

"Even if it's depraved, it's better than nothing." Claudia said-for-tat to Lay.

Lay sighed and stopped arguing, Claudia walked up to Gianna, put Rai's heart into Gianna's hand, and said in a calm tone:

"Gianna, I'll give you a choice now.

You can try to convince the Great Guardian to see if he is willing to continue his mission, and if he changes his mind, the heart will be returned to him.

If he doesn't want to, I'll replace this heart for you after it comes out in a while, anyway, he doesn't want to do anything, and it's a waste to give him back this power. ”

As the words fell, Claudia walked out of the prison, leaning against the wall and silently, when the Void Whisper suddenly sounded:

‘…… Our darling, aren't you afraid that he will really change his mind? ……’

"It's useless, I've seen his countless futures, and not once will he continue to choose to fulfill his duties."

‘…… It's not a good thing to believe in prophecy too much, our darling, look at Al-Mansur, who claims to see all the future, but he doesn't anticipate Sagsas' betrayal......

"There's some truth to what you're saying." Claudia agreed.

After mastering this time, Claudia also has a certain understanding of prophecy, but as for the demise of Almansur, it is a different matter.

Didn't Al-Mansour foresee the possibility of Sargeras's betrayal?

No, Almansur had seen that future, but the probability of this future happening was too small for him to believe, he didn't believe that the brotherhood who was supposed to be with him to defend the right destiny would choose to betray.

Because the future represents a lot of possibilities, if you believe in them all, you can't think about the problem normally, for example, you foresee that you have a low probability of going out and will be killed by lightning, will you not go out because of this?

So many times, prophecy can only believe in the most probability, when the Pantheon was still alive, because the Pantheon would take action to maintain the correct destiny blueprint formulated by the Holy Light, so the future of the universe as a whole is developing in a good direction, and at that time, no matter who predicts, the future is mostly extremely bright.

Until the betrayal of Sargeras.

Until the fall of the Pantheon.

Until the beginning of the Burning Expedition.

From then on, when most prophets prophesied, the future would be full of destruction and darkness, and in the eyes of Rai, who had received the power of Al-Mansour, it was no different.

So, Lay chooses to be lazy.

So, when Thor took Rai's heart, he didn't resist.

Because in his opinion, no matter what he does, it will be in vain.

Sure enough, a few hours later, the tired and confused Gianna walked out with that heart and said helplessly:

"He's still so depressed that I can't convince him."

Claudia nodded, and was about to take the heart and put it on Gianna, but she heard Gianna continue: "But I don't want this heart either, I have my own path to follow." ”

Claudia looked at Gianna when she heard this, but found that Gianna's eyes were full of determination, which showed that Gianna's previous confusion was more about other things, and she had already thought about the heart.

"Then I'll keep this heart first." Claudia put Lay's heart away and wanted to go back to prison, she still had something to ask Layden.

"Don't go, Claudia, he doesn't want to see you," Gianna's voice rang out again, "he knows what you want, but he won't give it to you, he's already given it to me." ”

"Isn't giving it to you equivalent to giving it to me?"

Claudia shook her head and looked to the east, "Forget it, since he gave it to you, then you don't go back to Mid-Levels yet, continue with me, let's go to the Narak Engine." ”