We arrived at Ronin, who had not left the same place, leaving the forest we were relatively most familiar with. And just like the first time we came here, we had to be absolutely vigilant, because we saw Luo Ning lying on the ground in broad daylight, with his head against a tree and his eyes closed.

This is Luo Ning's signature rest action, although it is not ruled out that he is really tired, but now is not a leisure time for him now. If you think about it on the bad side, it means that he has suffered an accident and become such a specimen or something.

"Ronin?!" Gianna thought the same thing, but she didn't notice anything unusual about him, and I wondered why he was the way he was. But after thinking about it for a while, she walked over. For this move of Gianna, I stopped her because I was afraid that there would definitely be some trap waiting for us.

"Gianna, I'll go!"

"No, Arthas, there's nothing dangerous about it, there's nothing unusual about him. Gianna said that in order to prevent me from worrying, she summoned an ordinary snowball with her palm and threw it at Ronin, at which he was suddenly awakened, and he immediately returned to his old appearance after seeing us.

"Thank goodness you're back. Ronin walked towards us excitedly, but he quickly noticed something strange about us. "You guys?"

Ronin pointed at us in disbelief, and even I saw anger in his eyes, of course his face was like this, and it didn't affect anything.

"I've become an undead, Gianna... Gianna was stronger. I explained simply, Luo Ning looked at us carefully, and after confirming that it was us, he let down his guard slightly, but the movements did not look very natural, as if he still had a very high vigilance against me, no wonder, after all, our traditional concept of holy light has such vigilance.

"Well, it seems that a lot has changed, I really don't know how you became so powerful, Gianna, and Your Majesty, I'm really happy... It's nice to see that you can still be resurrected by Gianna after you die, as before, and this armor, isn't this the priestess's, it seems that you saw her in the past. ”

Ronin addressed me with an infrequent salutation, and I was not surprised, and explained:

"You're almost all right, I've been resurrected by Gianna, I'm still the same as before, the armor is definitely Mavi's, but some may have changed. ”

"Who?" Luo Ning was a little weak-hearted, yes, every time I played a dumb riddle like this, Luo Ning always suspected that I was going to trick him or say him, but obviously he guessed wrong, or I didn't think right.

"It's Mavi, maybe you should check this out. I took off the armor on the outside and showed the leather armor to Luo Ning, who looked at it, thought about it for a moment, and quickly thought about what it meant:

"Isn't it, Mavi... Mavi, she has a very bad attitude towards you. And then this indirectly changed history. Then the leather armor was gone, so the armor was back to its tattered appearance. ”

"That's right. ”

I nodded to Ronin, yes, I didn't expect Ronin to guess so accurately. And Gianna, who knows more about Ronin, jokingly, but Ronin's reaction to this joke surprised me:

"Luo Ning, you're not doing anything here, you're just worried about changing history, aren't you?"

"Yes, I'm worried that our excesses will affect this change in history..."Ronin tried to explain the reason for this, but when he spoke of the red dragon, I couldn't help but sigh, and this sigh also made Ronin realize a problem. "What about Clay Ostraz?"

Luo Ning also used a very unusual title to call his master, but we are not surprised, after all, he is called this now, but we are more used to calling him by our human name.

"Crassus, he met her Empress, that's why we left that day, Crassus also wanted to change history and find a better future, but Alexstasa didn't like other people to disturb the balance of the world, so we escaped, Crassus should be alive. ”

"Oh, will Crassus be killed by Alexstaza?"

"If it was Alexstasa of our time, I don't believe so, but I'm really not sure about her in this world, not to mention that we broke a dragon egg, and her roar almost scared us to death. I said this, and then I felt a little off topic, so I got back to the point: "I want to say that we should be like Crassus, after all, the future has changed, and we should probably strive for a better future." ”

After I finished speaking, I thought that Ronin would agree with me and continue to follow my will, but I was wrong this time, he has his own understanding. And it looks very chaotic. He even became extremely wary of me, even more so than when we returned to the palace when we were back in Northrend. It's just that compared to that time, I think this time is very weird, because what he said, coupled with his performance just now, made me feel that he is not the Luo Ning I am familiar with, because he will not treat me like this, and his attitude is not intimate at all.

"Your Majesty, are you not going to fulfill your ambition and fulfill your will? ”

"Luo Ning, why do you say that. ”

"I also thought that if we hadn't shown up and watched the changes in history, maybe this wouldn't have happened to us. We should listen to Clais Ostraz and watch the world unfold. And you actually let Gianna seize the power of the Well of Eternity, and you clearly want to rule the world with it. ”

"Why do you say that, Ronin, what's wrong with you?

I listened to him in astonishment, and then I remembered that what he said seemed to be the will of another man. It's just that I'm not sure, because if there was a similar magic, Gianna wouldn't be unaware, and I continued to try to find out who was controlling his will: "Don't think of me as extreme, I may not be as bad as you think, and what is your purpose, can't you just say it this way?"

I asked, and he was furious when he heard this, and secretly prepared a spell to attack me, yes, I was very familiar with his tricks after a long time with him, but I didn't expect him to be against me this time. But fortunately, there are other people around me, and now she is far more powerful than Luo Ning.

Just as Ronin was about to attack me, Gianna suddenly used the snowflakes that had just been scattered by snowballs to quickly expand and condense and quickly seal Ronin in the ice. Just when I looked at Gianna, Gianna had unconsciously walked into Luo Ning, as if to check on his situation, at this time, the ice suddenly cracked, and Luo Ning was ready to attack the unsuspecting Gianna.

Looking at this scene, I didn't have time to react at all, and Gianna was also surprised that her magic was not able to control Luo Ning, but at the moment when Luo Ning made a move, he seemed to feel some pain, and gave up the attack, and I also took this opportunity to get close to Luo Ning and put the sword on his neck, if he has any unfavorable actions, I will immediately kill him, after all, I don't mind the appearance of an undead Luo Ning, but Gianna still signaled me not to do this, and I also noticed that Luo Ning has recovered somewhat。 And put down his weapon to check on Ronin's situation, only this time I asked Gianna to back off, but Gianna refused, because she was sure that Ronin had recovered, otherwise the sneak attack just now would have succeeded.

"Luo Ning is fine. What's wrong with him?"

I asked Gianna, who might know the answer, with concern, and Gianna did find some tricks, his will seemed to be influenced by someone, and some of his thinking was extreme. But I don't really know what the details were, but it must be some kind of magic, a special kind of magic.

"Someone's messing around! He took control of Ronin and tried to turn it against us. ”

"Is it Cenarius?"

"It's similar, but it's not, maybe he's not the only one who recognizes that we're here, Azhara and Alexstasa all know about our presence, so other powerful beings will definitely know that we're here. ”

"Who are you suspecting?"

Hearing Gianna's thoughts, I seemed to think of something, but I didn't dare to believe it, but Ronin, who had recovered, said what he knew.

"It's Ysera, yes, she's controlling me, I've seen her since I fell asleep, she's the mother of the King of the Forest. ”

Ronin said very excitedly, Gianna and I are nervous about this realization, because this is not good news for us, because our so-called alliance that can fight against the Burning Legion urgently needs the help of the dragons, if Ysera also has the same attitude towards us as Alexstasa, then we really can't integrate into this organization, besides, she is still the mother of Cenarius, then soon the king of the forest will have a great change in his attitude towards us, and even attack us now.

I thought so, and so did Gianna and Ronin, who were wary of their surroundings, and at that moment we heard the loud sound of horses' hooves approaching in this peaceful forest.

We know it's Cenarius coming. Apparently he noticed our arrival, and of course I was sure that he, as the king of the forest, must have known what had just happened here, but as for what Ysera had just done, we gave each other a look, nodded to each other, and we both knew what to do.

Yes, Gianna and Ronin can communicate in a unique magical way, and I, as Gianna's creation, she can also send me a message, and this message is very consistent, that is, pretending not to know, it is tacitly assumed that Cenarius does not know his mother's behavior, after all, Alexstasa has arranged an informant here, maybe Ysera will also observe this heir in some way, of course, this is only possible, everything can only be random.

"I'm glad to see you again, maybe you should say to me when you leave, or take your friends with you. ”

Cenarius greeted us as soon as he appeared, and it was clear that he didn't know what had just happened, or that he was deliberately concealing it, but in that case, it was not necessary for us to tell him what had just happened, but rather the point we should have said, an opinion that might be too much for him to bear.

"Maybe it's urgent, we'll come back to pick up our friends, and by the way, we can tell you what's going on there in the city of Aisara..."

I explained this, and before I could finish it, he interrupted me and made us nervous because he was asking the same things that 'Ronin' had just said...

"I do feel the turmoil, but I also believe the rumors that Azhara may be crazy, but I want to know more about what you did to the Well of Eternity! I feel that you are using its power to strengthen yourself. ”

"We've used its power to make us stronger, and if it weren't for that, maybe I wouldn't be alive now. With that, I lifted my armor again, but it seemed that Cenarius had sensed my aberration. Even so, I had to explain it to him. "I changed my form, and this form requires Gianna's strong strength, after all, we are specially taken care of by this world, so..."

"Special care? Maybe you've been doing it for yourself. Victory over the so-called Burning Legion is just a cover to satisfy your personal desires. ”

As I said this, the atmosphere became intense, after all, someone had just spoken to us in a similar tone, and almost rushed...

I now think that we should run away after Ronin is out of control, otherwise we have no chance of winning against the King of the Forest here, and I can only use words to ease the possible battle.

"Maybe yes, maybe not, but how we should think about fighting the Burning Legion first, as for our fate should be decided at that time, it is in your best interest, and so is our future. ”

"Your future?, your words are really good, but the reason is not very sufficient, I seem to have noticed that you and the dragons have some contradictions, I believe that my daughter has told Ronin about our relationship, I am the heir of the dragons, Alexstasa's surveillance of me will not affect my respect for her as an elder, and she seems to have made you the way you are. And you escaped, leaving behind the companion named Crassus. He said this, sure enough, he knew what we had just said, of course, we were sure that he had a close relationship with the dragons, if so, maybe it would be difficult for us to avoid something, I also vaguely thought that he might be dragging his feet, if the purpose was to wait for the arrival of a character who could defeat us, this character was likely to be Ysera or Alexstasa, although Gianna had absorbed the power of the Well of Eternity, but it may not be enough to fight against such a powerful existence, rather than that, it is more realistic to escape early。 But just as I was about to convey the idea to Gianna, the King of the Forest seemed to feel something. He nodded in agreement, changed his way of speaking, and walked into me in a friendly manner. "But maybe you're right, I want you to do me a favor and let's go to this position together. ”

We were surprised by the change in his attitude, and we were hesitant about his request, because it was difficult for us to determine his purpose.

"We want you to give me a reason. I know you can't beat us, but it's different if you can find some helpers, you and I both know that some of your elders have the power to crush us, who knows if you let us visit them together?"

"Do you think we demigods are as cunning as you mortals, and I can tell you the reason, that is, Malfurion is in danger, and we must get there quickly. ”

Hearing this, the three of us couldn't help but call out the name in unison

"Malfurion?"

"That's right, he's an important figure in your time, and as far as I know, he's helped you a lot, isn't he? ”

"If it's him, we have no reason to refuse. We looked at each other and said that, Ronin opened the portal, which was an overview of the location where he received the Cenarius transmission. As we entered the portal, we soon arrived there, and instead of the young Malfurion we had imagined, we were greeted by a strong orc riding a majestic nightblade leopard as it broke free from a pack of Cerberus.

We were all surprised by this situation, because we couldn't believe that there were orcs in this era, or if we had returned to our world, and to our surprise, the orc had mastered the riding skills of the Nightblade Panther. We don't have time to think about it, though, because there are hordes of Cerberus chasing him behind him.

Although we have some contradictions with the orcs, since the enemy is a demon, then we need to save him. So we immediately turned to a fighting state, Gianna used an ice wall to separate the Nightblade Leopard and Cerberus, Ronin's fire rain densely attacked those enemies who had not yet reacted, seeing such a scene, Cerberus sensed a powerful energy location, and after calming down, immediately shifted the target of attack to our side, and then concentrated on the target and rushed towards us.

In the face of their charge, the enemy-eyed Cenarius rushed forward, and I was ready to fend off the Cerberus that might have infested Gianna and Ronin. Watching the mighty Cenarius charge, we actually wanted to remind him of the tentacles of the Cerberus, but none of us seemed to have any evil intentions in our hearts, and it was only when they were close to each other that Gianna kindly reminded him.

Although these cerberus were nothing to Cenarius, the sheer number of them could quickly overwhelm him. And their tentacles frantically absorbed the power of Cenarius, and as they absorbed energy, their size gradually increased. In this regard, we quickly changed our strategy, that is, we launched a spell attack on Cenarius, but we were afraid of hurting the king of the forest, so we could only use a relatively conservative attack, but this obviously could not remove these cerberus from his body. And he has more and more cerberus on him. The surrounding hellhounds, who were originally planning to attack us, also surrounded and sucked the power of this powerful demigod.

And at this time, Malfurion, who had been a leopard, returned to his original state, and immediately blessed Cenarius with nature, and seeing this, I seemed to think of something, such as what I could do. It is to use my own way similar to the Holy Light to bless him, but to my surprise, I seem to have used another evil blessing, releasing something similar to the Holy Light Blessing around it, but this kind of thing is the opposite of the Holy Light, and does not have any light but absorbs the surrounding power and light, although so, the effect is no worse than the protection of the Holy Light. This continuous absorption of light and damage gradually became huge and saturated, and finally like a balloon explosion, the power was instantly released, and this power was accompanied by the huge roar of Cenarius. The energy wave bounces off all the surrounding Cerberus. Then a scarred Cenarius stood before us again, clearly angry. The way he gasped for breath and the tattered armor reminded me of an orc killing Redeye in a fit of rage. And this appearance surprised even the orc next to him, and even a little frightened.

At the same time, Cenarius took out his housekeeping skills, made himself even bigger, and his skin seemed to be as hard as a stone, seeing this situation, the second wave of charging Cerberus couldn't do it at all, and Cenarius also gave us a reminder to release magic to him, so more violent magic was thrown at him, and sure enough, Gianna and Ronin's magic was almost harmless to Cenarius at this moment, and at this time I realized that if there was such protection, maybe we defeated Cenarius It may also be a problem, but this is not the focus of our consideration...

The second wave of charging Cerberus was also formed into a wreck under the attack of ice and fire. On the other hand, the orcs who saw such a scene originally wanted to charge, but he still retracted his steps, and watched the Cerberus die one by one, and the Cerberus tried to escape, but this time, under the entanglement of Malfurion and the angry Cenarius Roots, the battle ended. Cenarius also reverted back to his original form, but his body was covered in scars.

Due to our proximity, we did not check on Cenarius, but Malfurion, unlike him, immediately went to check on Cenarius, and when his apprentice stepped forward, Cenarius regained some calm. It's just that the tone is getting more and more angry:

"These damn demons, I'm going to kill them all with my own hands. ”

Seeing that he was so angry with the devil, I seemed to see the common good and said what I knew:

"Perhaps we should tell you in detail about the characteristics of each type of demon, so that you can fight them. ”

Cenarius was silent about what we said, but Malfurion, who had seen a human for the first time as an apprentice, was puzzled.

"Thank you for helping me, but who are you?"

We looked at each other at this question, and instead of answering the question, we both looked at Malfurion, and when we saw how young he looked, we felt like someone else. Malfurion was embarrassed by our attitude, but to our surprise, the orcs next to us knew who we were, and they were very familiar with us:

"They're human, and they're of high status... Arthas and Gianna, and that mage Ronin!" the orc introduced us to Malfurion, and at this time I remembered that Tyrande had mentioned this orc, but he was not wearing armor and did not have a battle axe, which did not match the tall and mighty orc we remembered.

"Brooks, I didn't expect you to be here, what's wrong with our world? Why are you here?"

"I... I don't know, I don't know how we're here, but it's like we're facing the Burning Legion, and we'd better tell Thrall that I think this time we're probably going to join forces again, human. ”

Brooks said calmly, but although I appreciated this opinion, it was only half of his satisfaction, because:

"Sal, maybe in 10,000 years you won't see your chieftain!"

Brooks was a little angry at my somewhat disdainful tone, apparently he hadn't been able to engage Cerberus just now and felt that his anger had not been released.

"What do you mean?!"

"Didn't anyone tell you this was 10,000 years ago?" Roning interjected.

"10,000 years ago? What 10,000 years ago?"

"I would say that there are no orcs and no humans in this era. If we are going to do something for this world, it is better to resist the Burning Legion, for the future of our world, and for your world, so that we can wait until 10,000 years from now, our world can still be on track. So we're back in the past, you see?"

"How do we do this, how can we go back to history?"

In the face of his doubts, I did not continue to explain to him, but asked him to answer a question that we were most concerned about, and for this answer, I even thought of the most extreme way to get it.

"I want to know what's wrong with our world, how did you get here! Or maybe you orc tribe is messing up something again, we saw Kane doing something unspeakable with Silisus before we came, you'd better tell us the details." I asked urgingly, looking at his unwavering appearance, it was obvious that it was a secret, yes, a secret that he knew, and I couldn't help but tell a story about them, "Have you forgotten what Gul'dan and Naozu did to your planet Draenor back then, do you think you must have done the right thing?"

I asked, and it seemed to have an effect.

"Draenor?" Brooks looked incredulous, "there's no way Thrall wouldn't do such a thing." ”

"Then what could be worse than the disorder of time and space, you know, if we change history, our timeline will collapse, so while it is possible to make up for it now, you better explain clearly, otherwise our future will probably cease to exist!"

I said this, and Cenarius, who had not been friendly to me, put the contradiction on this orc. In particular, this person who has no political common sense is obviously diverted by me to the target of hatred, after all, we are the victims from one point of view, and the culprit is the tribe, although the tribe may not appear until 10,000 years later.

"Thrall sent Kane to Silishus just to get more land, and he didn't even want to disturb the plane. ”

"Then what's wrong with our world?" Luo Ning also asked, obviously he was also very worried about Wen Leisa, she was worried about whether Wen Leisa was also in this world.

"I don't know, I'm just following you. ”

"No way, how can we be followed by you!"

"It's the mage named Medivan, who has given us something that will help us evade your magical detection. And I followed you to the cave stealthily, but then after you went to the underground entrance, everything changed, and a demon like the Burning Legion appeared and then I tried to block the entrance to the cave, and it became like this. ”

Hearing his explanation, we couldn't help but nod our heads, as if it fit our scene at the time, and indeed I felt that someone was following us, and Ronin and Gianna didn't notice it. But even as he explained this, there were two questions he had not answered:

"In other words, you don't know what's wrong with our world or how we got here. ”

"I really don't know, I didn't know it was 10,000 years ago. ”

"Good, good!" I didn't know what to say, but after thinking about it for a while, I felt a lot more relieved, at least our crossing was a local event, and the rest of the place was safe.

And at this point, we seemed to think of one more thing, because Cenarius and Malfurion were listening carefully to our explanations, so I decided to let this simple orc help us make up our mind: "Now that you know that we were 10,000 years ago, this period was the first time the Burning Legion invaded our world, what would you do?" ”

"That is, of course, to resist their invasion like a warrior, or to go into their homeland and destroy them completely. Brooks said without hesitation, and that was the answer I was looking for.

"You're right, Warrior. We can't let the Burning Legion destroy our world, the world of our past. As I said this, I held out my hand to the orcs to shake hands, and the orcs knew our etiquette of shaking hands when we had reached an agreement, and then I turned to Cenarius: "Perhaps you should let us fight." It's not our time, but it's our world. Believe me, history has changed, and we'd better wait until this crisis is over to think about how to restore the course of history or whatever, in our best interest, otherwise you may be facing a very tricky existence, after all, the Burning Legion alone is hundreds of millions of such Cerberus level existences. ”

I held out my hand to Cenarius, hoping to find an ally, to which Cenarius hesitated and nodded, and reverted to a small form and high-fived me. Even so, it was clear in his words that he was still hostile to me.

"We'll do this first, but don't worry, if our alliance disappears, don't worry I'll let you know in advance, after all, I'm not as cunning as you mortals. ”

"That's enough. "I'm not talking nonsense to him, but I'm going to get straight to the point, which is to tell them about the members of the Burning Legion, from their low-level demons, Cerberus to the high-level Ereda, The Dreadlord and the Doomsday Guardian and their leaders and leaders all explained their characteristics, and as for those who were not familiar with them, I explained them in detail, including the skills he unleashed when we encountered them, and Cenarius also recorded my information in detail through a special pen, and I think he will pass on all this information soon.

However, we don't have any information about the other leader, Kilgardan, and the orc Brooks has some accounts about him, except that he is cunning and powerful, and that he is good at demagogizing people and stirring up internal conflicts. Of course, for this information, I also remember it privately, who knows when we will meet this guy. After the discussion, it was already afternoon, and Cenarius still entertained us. And this time, as the host, he also had dinner with us, and at the same time, I also took this time to get to know Malfurion, which can be regarded as forming our friendship this time, and of course, Brooks, although he killed my warrior Garithers, but as an ally, I still know this orc, if as a firm ally, Brooks is his most determined existence like Grom.

As he became acquainted with the contact, Brooks made a request for a tomahawk, as he had thrown it to kill a Cerberus that was trying to pounce on them as he fled. Instead of doing it himself, Cenarius asked Malfurion to use his induction with Brox's abilities to create a wooden tough battle axe. Seeing this scene, Luo Ning questioned the combat effectiveness of this axe, but I didn't say anything, the reason why I didn't say it was because I seemed to know that this axe was very tough, and even threw my sword to Luo Ning and asked him to try to cut this "wood", but it was strange as I expected, my sword had no trace on this axe.

"It's a good tomahawk, and it's light, so it's great for protracted combat. ”

"You're still a weapons expert, Arthas, how can you be sure that this axe can withstand this red dragon sword. ”

"I just remember, remember that he should exist...", I muttered a few words of gibberish, and then I didn't think about anything, but returned to the point. Somehow, I wanted to ignore this issue and discuss the next steps. That's when I decided to sneak back to Azhara and check on the situation. By the way, Zan turned back to the Moon Temple to report the situation and explore how to deal with the threat based on this situation, and Malfurion originally planned to go to Illidan, but when he received information from Cenarius that Illidan had gone to Ravenburg and was appreciated by the Raven Castle Lord, Malfurion decided to go to him with Brox, let him know the current situation and convince the Raven Castle Lord to deal with the difficulty, while Cenarius gathered the power of the demigods and persuaded the dragons to form a unified alliance and then march on Azhara。

We didn't waste much time, but immediately after the meal, and for my arrangement, the demigod Cenarius did not put on the appearance of his superiority at all, but did exactly according to my arrangement, and it can be seen that as long as your actions are right, these demigods do not care whether they are listening to the orders of mortals. On my side, I originally planned to be sent to my side, but I thought that our two groups could take care of it, that is, the relationship between Gianna and Luo Ning, so they acted separately.

Raven Castle was close to each other, so they chose to ride Malfurion's Nightblade Leopard, and Gianna and I teleported to the vicinity of Azhara. The original hustle and bustle of this place also became quiet with their departure, but after the quiet, a figure appeared, appeared in a pile of green grass, maybe at the beginning this figure was here, but we didn't notice it, not even Cenarius, he incarnated as a night elf, in addition to taking the information we said, he also took Cenarius and the fallen skin and some Cerberus corpses and left.

Yes, he knew that this information had to be reported to his master, and although it was very risky for him to do so, because he might be detected by Cenarius at this time, he felt that he had to do it, because he was not sure if what we said was true, and if it was, it was absolutely necessary to tell him at the first time.

He was a green dragon of Illanicus, and she had to hurry to tell her beloved Ysera, but what he didn't expect was that it would be unnecessary for him to do so, because Ysera had been observing this place from the beginning through the power of the Emerald Dream to see what was happening here, and had been hesitating to use some force to destroy us or make each of us lose our will. It's just that she has to wake up this time, because this spouse of his is going back to find her, and she doesn't want to delay this meeting, and if there is still time for herself after this Burning Legion invasion...