To realize the final value, I thought so, but Akmund, who was staring at me, did not think so, he thought that I had been abandoned at this moment, and it seemed that there was another possibility.

"You've always been lucky, but I can't think of any chance you'll survive this time. Alexstrasza can't go and save you a second time!—unless you want to—" Akmund said aloud and held out his hand as if to solicit me, but I didn't have that in mind. So he responded to his own high-pitched voice.

"Since you think you know me, I think you should know that I will not surrender. ”

"Perhaps, when you know the promise I made to you, I think you will. Akmund said as he walked in, which made me wonder why he stopped to talk to me, and what surprised me even more was that his promise did make me hesitate. "The power of the Alexstasa you snatched is nothing more than trying to save your companion, and that human Gianna. I think when you become my subordinate, your wishes will be granted, and she will be with you, and your country, Lordaeron, and the people who love you! ”

As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the side, yes, the direction where Gianna was, and I seemed to feel her presence as well. If she's there apparently she's aware of who I am, and more feelings... But I really can't notice her anymore, I just want to attract the attention of the demon and deflect her hatred.

"It sounds tempting, and it seems that I can't refuse it now, but only a fool would believe the words of you, a demon. My words must have angered Akmund, but I could not seem to see any fluctuations in his heart on his calm face, until my words made him laugh.

"If you don't want to obey me, do you still expect Kil'Gardan to be a demon who is tens of thousands of times more cunning than I am?, or do you hope that you will still be able to win after we both are defeated?" I was surprised that Akmund's words baffled me, but I knew what he meant through his explanation, and I was surprised that he thought that we insisted on it for the sake of Kil'Gardan's coming, and then waited for the death of these two demons. But on the other hand, we are the only ones who have the only possibility to resist Akmund, Illidan has surrendered to Kilgardan, and he is also leading those demons against Akmund, I think one of the reasons why Akmund's main force has not arrived is that Illidan is leading the demons of Kilgadan against them. So what Akmund thinks we have in the end against him is Kilgardan. "Malfurion wants to rely on his brother to summon Kilgardan, but I hope he can do it, and let that fool who dares to disobey me come into the world, and I don't want to find a traitor after I succeed. ”

When Kil'Gardan was spoken, Akmund's calm face leaked murderous, and it was clear that he hated the demon far more than we had too many grievances with him, and I was trying to seize the last chance to deflect his conflict.

"Attacking us is not conducive to you and Kil'Gardan going to a showdown, why don't you go and clear the portal first!

Akmund didn't answer, but let out a contemptuous smile, as if to mock my ignorance, yes, I do have some ignorance to think that we have dealt a heavy blow to Akmund...

"I'll only answer the answer to your second question," Akmund said, holding up his finger to me, yes this time at me, I don't know what he meant, but I think it only represents a possibility. He lost patience with me, and yes, he didn't need to waste his time on me at all. But it may be more than that. No one is going to save me, and I don't think anyone is coming. I've always been lucky to be around until now, but I don't think I'm so lucky this time. The laser instantly came out of his hand, directly through my body, and the powerful force made me realize what my body seemed to feel, maybe this is death or relief, the beam did not end because it hit me, but continued to run towards the World Tree of the Night Elf's position behind, hitting a huge branch of the World Tree, accompanied by a huge explosion, and the fall of this branch. The collapse caused by the fall from the top of the mountain also caused a huge commotion in the position of the Night Elves.

I don't know why I can still feel what happened behind me. But I was sure that my body really couldn't move, and I could only look at Akmund and feel everything around me... Maybe this is the real return to the light.

After losing control of my body completely, my body fell, and Akmund walked towards me, or rather towards the place behind me. The base of the Night Elves. At the top of Mount Hyjal, the World Tree that stood there, and I couldn't do anything more, my consciousness was back in the blur...

But it didn't last long, and soon the voice came back to the surface, as if our conversation hadn't been interrupted.

"You didn't use my strength at all..."Maybe that's what Akmund was trying to tell me, or maybe maybe what he said, I could still hear it, but he did stop as he passed me, and I could feel it, but when his back was facing me, the scales on my body slowly peeled off like dust, and there was no trace of what he had ever been doing, leaving only his body as a ghost. Maybe this body will blow away like the scales I just had. And when this will still exists in its own shell, its consciousness seems to still exist, feeling everything around it. Maybe it's because your will can only feel and can't be released, or because of other reasons, your will is also shrouded in a dark environment.

The resentment and negative emotions suppressed in my heart constantly enveloped my will. Thinking about all the painful experiences I had experienced since I became an undead and all that I had experienced in this fight against Akmund, my unwillingness also followed, and of course at this moment I didn't realize that my will was being infected...

My will recalls the time when I became an undead and was sent to defend against Uther, although I did not attack Uther, but I was abandoned by the people, I was strictly escorted on the prison cart and spurned by the people, and my father reprimanded, my heart couldn't help but feel extremely hopeless and aggrieved...

The scene returns to the Tower of Medivan in Stormwind, where I see Deathwing and Nefarian brutally persecuting Sylvanas and Thassarian to death after I didn't finish the bargaining chip he gave me, which was Guldan's head. Faced with my dishonesty and the act of running away from her, several of them reprimanded me for fleeing on their deathbed, yes, I dreamed of seeing them and seeing their life and death, but seeing such a situation, my heart was extremely sad. Especially the way Sylvanas complained about me, which made me hope that this curse would end soon, and give me relief soon...

But it is clear that the curse is not over yet. The scene moved on to the next scene, that is, that night, the night when Kael'thas appeared, the nightmare continued, Gianna fell into Kael'thas arms, I was resentful of this, but when I found that after Kael'thas tore off his disguise, Gianna was still in his arms and chanted words, but it was this anger that made me lose the last mental strength and make me feel a great empty frustration. I even doubted myself, and even doubted whether my original beginnings really made sense...

But this feeling also made me aware of something, yes, it wasn't the first time I had such despair, and in the last sight, which was Gianna, she didn't feel like she would fall into Kael'thas arms, so it was just an illusion. In the same way, Sylvanas, if it were me, I would definitely want to keep the people who could alive with their faith. And in the beginning of that illusion, the attitude of our people and my father towards me, there must be something wrong with it.

"These are all fake, maybe we don't have the possibility of physically defeating you, but mentally, we won't be defeated by you!"

I tried to scream out the anger in my heart, and at that moment, a will appeared in my mind, yes, it was Akmund, and he was the one who was trying to corrupt my will and become his puppet.

"It doesn't surprise me that you can overcome these illusions that linger withinwardly, Arthas, you are a dead man, but I don't know what you are holding onto. And your people, what else do they have to resist, my appearance is inevitable. "Akmund sealed Kel'thugad in my will into a magic crystal and said to me, apparently he had completely entered my will, and it made me very wary, yes, who knows what he would do, although I don't know how to stop his will in such a situation.

"How can you be so naïve, Akmund, my people and I will never succumb to any demonic power. ”

"The power of demons? Do you think that the power of demons must be evil?

"Nonsense!"

Akmund was not angry at my attitude, but at the ridiculousness, yes, the ridiculousness of my ignorance. And what he said next made me realize that things might not be as simple as I thought.

"I have mastered the art of the Light, millions of years before your world appeared, and even when I was about your age. And millions of years of experience have taught me better than any of you what He is and how to control it. Akmund said, and his whole body was filled with dazzling light, and it made me dumbfounded, yes, if a demon is not repelled by the light, it is already incomparably stunned, and the light he shows is indeed incomparably dazzling, more powerful than the entire silver hand combined...

"No way, it's an illusion!" I shook my head and tried to deny it, but my intellect told me it was true, indeed the Light. But this was clearly just Akmund's opening words, and Akmund had more to say.

"Is this an illusion You should know very well the child, and you don't need to say that your holy light is extremely sacred, you used to be a member of the Silver Hand, a paladin, did you really do something clean with the holy light?" "Think about Mallan, how you were right about her, and Kael'thas who was cornered by you, if it weren't for your insidiousness, how could he take revenge on you like this, as well as the annexation of Gilneth and other human nations and the means of dealing with the Greysideburns, and the treatment of the people of Stratholme, and even the king of Stormwind to the south of you, Varian, was wary of you at that time... You have long since violated the purpose of the Light as you know it, but why does the Light still give you strength? ”

"And what do you think is the purpose of the Light?" I asked, a little confused, yes, this is also a question of mine, a question about why I am now completely abandoned by the Light, is it because I have become an undead?

"The Light is just a means, just like magic, the difference is that the Light has its own will, they know how to seek advantage and avoid harm, and magic will not abandon you because of your weakness. Magic was more trustworthy and powerful than magic, so I abandoned the Light. But fear my power, and if I resummon it, the Light will still return to me. ”

"No way, you're lying to me!"

To give you the simplest example, if you think what you are doing is righteous, why would the Light abandon you. I guess as a member of the Silver Hand, you must remember how to use it, but can you still summon him?"

"I—" Akmund's words left him speechless, yes, I really don't know how to defend it. Akmund, on the other hand, saw that I was hesitant, and then used my perspective to explain some of the reasons that I might think of, and then to deny them

"Perhaps, you would say that it is your undead state that makes the Light disgusted, but there is an example, you should have heard, that is, the Draenei who live with the orcs, and after they have lost their homes, many of them have been abandoned by the Light and cannot summon him, you know, they are not lacking in so-called faith, let alone because they have become undead or otherwise. And simply because the Light felt meaningless in them, nothing more. ”

"Even if what you say is true, then why did you give me the illusion in the beginning? ”

"It's not a vision of mine, it's something you've seen in your own darkness. That's what worries you the most, isn't it?" said Akmund, who had spoken to my heart, continued, and then showed me everything he was going to show me. "If you submit to me, your loyalty will give you everything you want, the favor of the Light, Sylvanas, Gianna, Lordaeron and even the entire world of Azeroth can be ruled by you, and even killing the black dragon Nefarion, the Lich King, and imprisoning the other guardian dragons is a breeze. And you will return to your former self, allowing your people to believe in the Light, and allowing your Light to continue to rule the hearts of the people. Akmund said as the images unfolded before my eyes, especially when my body returned to the way it used to be, it was almost completely impressing, yes, it was tempting, and now I honestly had no reason to refuse, but a doubt was still in my mind. I don't doubt his integrity, but the significance of his doing so.

"You won't give me these conditions in vain, will you, so what price will I pay?"

"There is no price, as long as you are completely loyal to me, I promise you will get more. When he said this, the spiritual world in which we live slowly collapses and slowly transforms into the real world. And at the same time as this change, Akmund continued to say what he wanted of me. "Now lead your people to kneel down for me, cease all resistance, and surrender to me. After saying that, I realized that I had fully regained consciousness and strength, and had returned to reality. And with my resurrection, the familiar scenes returned to my eyes, Akmund, his slowly advancing body, sporadic resistance, and the earth that felt desperate, and the explosion caused by the tremendous power that Akmund unleashed on all around. But it was Akmund who really caught my attention, because Akmund had noticed my resurrection, and his expectant smile let me know that it was all his gift. Of course, along with his gaze, I believe everyone else should have noticed my resurrection...

(To be continued)