Chapter 427: The Ghost of the Archmage
Since Arthas moved out of the way, the three of Kael'thas have not been attacked by the undead. ,!
However, this does not mean that their path is going to be smooth, in fact, a new creature is causing them problems.
Standing on two legs like a human, with long hairs on its body, this creature is known to anyone who knows anything about Western legends: the werewolf.
[I didn't expect them to show up.] 】
Kael'thas couldn't help but sigh a little as time passed.
But it's not surprising, it's about the same time.
In the last battle, Dalaran was destroyed, and the archmage Antonidas died at the hands of Akmund.
In the midst of constant defeat and fear, some of the Kenrito mages sought greater power to protect themselves, and they elected one of them to summon the ancient beasts, and then the greedy and ferocious giant wolf Wogan was summoned.
Wolgan cleansed the neighborhood of the undead, but the magic it exudes can turn people into werewolves.
As a result, one man betrayed the other mages, turned them into slaves through a giant wolf, and attacked a castle to hide.
And that castle is on a hill at the junction of the Silver Pine Forest and Gilneth.
"These monsters were brought here?"
As they walked beneath the Silverpine Forest, Vaschi complained—the mad werewolves had cost her many Naga.
Kael'thas knew the truth, but he wasn't interested in telling it.
"Who knows, maybe from behind that wall."
Illidan picked up two long green blades and said.
The continuous loss made him a little unbearable.
"You two help clean up these werewolves too."
He fought as he fought. While shouting.
Kael'thas and Vaskey immediately helped.
He casts a wide range of fire spells that can easily clear out a large number of werewolves.
And Vasqi's speed was not slow at all, she took the bow and wiped out a group of werewolves with a single shot.
Her skillful archery posture, if she hadn't known that she was good at water-based spells, Kael'thas would have mistaken Vaschi for a skilled hunter.
The three leaders made a move, and the speed of the team's advance suddenly increased. The losses of the Nagas were also reduced to a minimum.
In this case, if the opponent was not a crazy werewolf, he would have flinched long ago.
However, it is a pity that the group of werewolves in front of them are completely insane.
[Thankfully, the werewolves of Gilneth won't do that.] 】
Kael'thas was glad that the werewolf curse had continued to Gilneth. Didn't turn the people of that country into complete madness.
After walking all morning, they bypassed the area where humans and the undead were confronted by the border and entered the Hillsbrad Hills.
After there are no werewolves in the way. They soon reached Dalaran.
The city had been razed to sand a few months earlier, and Kael'thas had expected to see a barren landscape.
But it's a little different.
From the sandy ground, a purple barrier shrouded it, and some small walls could be seen inside.
"It's something newly built."
Illidan said as he touched the purple barrier.
They made their way through the barrier and walked inside.
"This is also just built."
Vasqi looked at the walls and said:
"There's a lot of material over there."
Kael'thas walked over and saw that on the other side of the wall, there were indeed a lot of materials for construction.
He frowned.
That's not right!
The situation on the ground is clearly that someone is preparing to rebuild Dalaran, but what about those people?
Why not a single one?
"Lord Illidan, shall we start now?"
Vasqi walked over to Illidan with her snake tail in hand.
"Okay, but I'm going to prepare for a while."
Illidan nodded. Then he said:
"You go to the side with the Nagas to investigate the situation first, and prevent outsiders from disturbing you."
He was also a little strange.
After Vasqi went down, Illidan began to carve some circles on the ground.
Kael'thas sat on the city wall, quietly waiting.
He deliberately asked Mavi to go into the tomb last night to look for something, which should stop her for a while. And using this time Illidan is enough to get the job done.
However, Kael'thas proved to be too optimistic.
Illidan paddled on the ground for two hours, but still didn't finish his work.
"Failed again, what's going on in this place!"
He abruptly dropped his job and stood up screaming.
[I didn't even call it, what's your name?] 】
Kael'thas was secretly upset.
"What's going on?"
But he still asked the reason first.
"I can't carve a circle on the ground, something has erased my magic little by little."
Illidan said with a grim face.
"There's definitely something wrong with this place."
"Looks like we'll have to wait until Vaski comes back to find out what's going on."
He simply put down his work. Then he sat down on the city wall.
This negative attitude made Kael'thas a little displeased, and he went down to the ground and tried to carve the circle.
However, as Illidan said, what he had carved disappeared without a sound.
In desperation, Kael'thas and Illidan could only wait for Vaskey to return.
Fortunately, Vasqi America was back in a few minutes.
"Lord Illidan, we've figured out why the reconstruction work has stopped."
She said with a strange face:
"I've heard that this place is haunted and the workers can't stand it."
Haunted?
Kael'thas and Illidan looked at each other.
"Wait."
The two of them cast spells at the same time and began to probe their surroundings.
Unsurprisingly, there were countless pale ghosts floating throughout the ruins of Dalaran - they were the mages of death.
Kael'thas turned pale.
He'd always hated these monsters, but he'd forgotten them.
In fact, in this world, there are some souls that can be seen. There are many more unknown ghosts roaming the world for various reasons.
Ghosts are different from ghosts and undead, most of them have no pre-living thoughts, only simple ghosts or other things.
"So these guys got in the way of my circle."
When Illidan came to his senses, he immediately took the twin blades and went to clear the ghosts.
After casting a special spell to discover these ghosts, he can find a way to destroy them.
But Kael'thas still didn't feel right.
These ghosts were obviously some weak guys, how could they get in the way of his and Illidan's spells?
Even if they did, the mages who wanted to rebuild Dalaran would be able to destroy these ghosts.
Why did the mages choose to give up?
Kael'thas had a flash of inspiration. A possibility came to mind.
He remembered that the soul of Antonidas in the game was not dead, could it be the human archmage?
Quite possibly.
Kael'thas watched Illidan's actions and watched carefully as he eliminated all the ghosts. The circle was carved again.
However, as he was depicting, a white arm suddenly appeared in the void, erasing the circle again.
"There's even a lone one?"
Illidan slashed with a dagger. The arm vanished immediately.
But when he crouched down again, the arm reappeared—no matter how many times he did it, the arm would appear silently.
"What kind of monster is this"
Vasqui, who had also added a buff spell to herself, was surprised.
“”
Kael'thas confirmed his guess.
"Let me do it."
He walked over to Illidan's side, and when the arm reappeared, he immediately reached out and grabbed it.
"Come out, Antonidas."
Kael'thas said with a sigh.
He tugged his arm back, gradually pulling an old mage out.
Antonidas's soul, a faint blue glow shrouded outside his body, and those dull eyes showed that he didn't have much intelligence.
"No one, no one can destroy Dalaran"
The old mage turned his face and smashed a giant arcane orb at Kael'thas with a large arcane orb in his hand.
The ability to condense inside the ball is no worse than when he was alive.
"Hasn't the strength diminished?"
Kael'thas reached out to stop him. Slightly surprised.
It was clear from his expression that Antonidas's soul magic was not as superb as Medivan's—but how did he retain his strength during his lifetime?
"No one, no one can destroy Dalaran"
Again, Kael'thas noticed that one of Antonidas' hands was gone.
"Damn, he's here again!"
Illidan in front turned back. yelled:
"Kill him quickly."
Kael'thas was stunned.
[Could it be? 】
He looked at Antonidas with some horror.
Could it be that the soul of this old man is fused with this land?
This seems to be the only explanation.
[You are very similar to me]
Kael'thas smiled wryly, but his men showed no mercy.
"If it were someone else, I wouldn't be able to save you."
As he spoke, he grabbed Antonidas tightly.
"Arcane, Separation"
Kael'thas lowered his voice and unleashed his power.
The land of Dalaran flows with the power of the Arcane. Although his doppelganger could not use the power here, it was enough to separate the soul of Antonidas from the arcane.
With a glass-like cracking sound, the blue light around Antonidas gradually dissipated.
The huge power flowed from the old mage's soul, and it also made the old mage's eyes slowly become clearer.
He finally saw the figure in front of him.
"Thank you, Your Highness Kael'thas."
Antonidas smiled and saluted, then faded away for the world of the dead.
“”
Kael'thas watched his disappearance without saying a word.
Something suddenly fell to the ground.
He lowered his head and picked it up, a small bead-like toy? ――Judging from the material, it must have been a treasure before.
But Akmund destroyed everything when he destroyed Dalaran, and even if the bead was not destroyed, it was at the breaking point of destruction.
Kael'thas held it in the palm of his hand first.
"Is it okay now?"
He asked, leaning forward.
"Of course."
Illidan began to carve out the circle at a very fast pace. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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