Cloudy skies

As Kael'thas stood at the top of Karazan, he found that the space in the sky had been torn apart, and the entire roof of the tower was being swallowed up by the twisted void very slowly.

The spire of the castle silently disappeared in the vortex of nothingness, which looked very eerie.

"Will it swallow all of Karazan?"

This scene made Kael'thas can't help but ask Medivan beside him.

"Of course not, the castle has no causal connection, and it is a mirror image of itself—part of this chaotic plane."

Medivan shook his head in reply.

Or to put it simply: there is a part of the warp plane and this world that unites together, and that union is Karazhan, which belongs to both and cannot be easily destroyed.

[No wonder my father attaches so much importance to this. 】

Kael'thas finally understood the reason.

For the elves who are obsessed with magic, the manifestation is in the outside world - but Karazhan in another time and space is the best treasure.

The legendary mages sent from Quel'Thalas spent several days setting up powerful purple enchantments throughout the Upwind Trail, designed to prevent the leakage of magical fluctuations and to keep the elves' actions and research in Karazan hidden.

The reason why we don't have an enchantment to prevent the enemy from attacking is naturally because we don't have this ability.

Quel'Thalas's barrier is based on the energy of the Well of the Sun, and perhaps Karazan has the same energy - but it hasn't been studied yet, has it?

The High Elves then settled down in Karazhan.

It took them weeks to bring in all the items they needed from Quel'Thalas, transforming the whole of Karazan into a magnificent castle in the shades of the High Elves.

In order to strengthen their connection with Quel'Thalas, the mages also spent a lot of gems to start building a teleportation circle that directly connected to Silvermoon City, located on the Juggernaut Terrace.

While they were busy, Kael'thas was also stumped by some book notes given to him by Maddie Vense.

"You learn the basics first."

As she said this, Medivin completely disappeared in front of Kael'thas completely.

Unlike the High Elf Library, Medivan's notes contain many more powerful and strange magics, as well as a great deal of research on the world's treasures.

The work of this human demigod alone is, in some ways, even more superb than the thousands of years of research of the High Elves.

However, there is nothing surprising about this, as it explains the problem in two ways.

One: In addition to being a 'demigod', Medivan is also Sargeras, the demon leader who has been around for an unknown amount of time.

Second: The High Elves were at their most glorious before the Ancient Wars, when there was still the Upper Elf Age of the Well of Eternity, but the magical legacy of that era had long since been destroyed by the War and the Night Elves.

After the War of the Ancients, if the 'Chasers' family had not led some elves out of the Night Elves, there would have been no magic on this continent by now.

Kael'thas had heard a player's argument in a previous life.

Long ago, the vast Troll Empire defeated the ancient Zerg Yaki Empire, yet this Troll Empire also trembled at the feet of the Night Elves. Unfortunately, after the War of the Ancients, the Night Elves abandoned the upper nobility and magic, and the remnants of the Zerg attacked them, and the Night Elves became vulnerable, and a single Anubisas could wipe out the entire Night Elf squad.

In the end, the Night Elves relied on the help of several other races to reluctantly seal the bugs.

Let's not say whether this biased argument is appropriate, but it is clear from this point that magic is important.

Kael'thas didn't think the Night Elves had made the right choice, but he wasn't from his time, and it was difficult to understand the emotions of the Night Elves in making such a decision.

Magic is something that everyone aspires to, but luckily Kael'thas is a High Elf.

While glad that he was not born among the Night Elves, he began to study seriously.

Karazan's wandering energy was very huge, and it had a great effect on his cultivation.

However, Kael'thas didn't know that the most crucial thing about Karazan was not its magical energy, but some illusions within it.

There are places inside the castle where there are occasional visions, but these are not haunted - they are fragments of the future and the past.

Medivan had Kael'thas come here for these things, but his foreknowledge was hindered, and only Karazhan searched for fragments of history to know what the future might be.

The fragments were disorganized, and the average person could not see anything meaningful, but for Medivan it didn't matter, because he knew the whole world in the future.

He had been the one who knew the most about the future besides Nozdorm, and his foreknowledge was more than just this world.

"This place is amazing, how does it work?"

Also with Medivan during this time was Solan Lian, who was staying with Medivan in a damp underground looking at the debris levitating in front of her.

It's like a mirror-like fragment of a farmer working on the field.

Solanlian couldn't see if it was the future or too much, or what was happening now, but she still thought Karazan was magical.

"It's the same time here as it is outside, but it's not the same."

Medivan explained with a smile.

He made a simple analogy, the time in the concept of ordinary people, like a clock, every moment, where the watch hand goes is determined, his tower is like an hourglass, people can't know the movement of every grain of sand in every moment of the hourglass, those deranged fragments are like these sand, and the final effect of the hourglass is the same as that of a clock, time advances in a special direction, because in the end every grain of sand will fall to the bottom.

Distorting time and space allows things from the past and future to be put here from time to time, but Karazhan's overall time is figured out to the outside world.

"I see."

As an astral, Solanlian easily understood these words, but then she frowned again:

"But if such a fragment appears at random, will it be discovered by His Highness and others?"

The odds are slim, but if a future shard of Quel'Thalas appears and is discovered by the elves, it's a problem.

"No, it won't."

Medivin waved his hand and said with relief:

"Your Quil Salas' magical enchantment doesn't seem to even stop this, Karazan won't have a shard like that."

He then laughed:

"Besides, in order to prevent the invasion of souls and other otherworldly beings, most of the area of Karazan has been placed by your elves with runes and magic circles."

"Those things coincidentally also prevented the debris from being generated."

Hearing the exact answer, Solan Lian was relieved.

[That shouldn't be a problem.] 】

However, the thinking of this astrologist inevitably led to the emergence of a forked line of fate.

Unfortunately, Medivan, who had lost the power of prophecy, did not find out.

――

"The Queen of the Dead"

"I see, the key point of her appearance is here."

At this moment, Nozdorm's eyes widened as he roamed the river of time.

The path and candidates that had been uncertain were finally determined after passing through this hidden node.

"The person is the only one, and in any case, the final person is her."

"But it seems that what else seems to have changed in that ending?"

Nozdorm shook his head and decided to keep watching.

――

A month later, a new group of compatriots came to Karazhan.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Tibroth, the elf at the front, saluted Kael'thas.

"It didn't take long."

Kael'thas replied with a smile, even the elven prince hadn't expected such a short interval between their meetings.

After Karazan's repairs were completed, Kael'thas didn't want to keep such a large amount of resources unused, so he immediately asked Hinterland's 'Seekers' troops to come over.

They are specialized research institutes and should be of great interest to Karazhan.

Although Anastarian had already sent someone to study it, there were really many laboratories in this castle, and it was completely acceptable to another group of people.

And after Darkan's death, Kael'thas didn't want to keep the organization so secretive anymore.

"What about Passarena and Teresa?"

Kael'thas was a little curious, he didn't see the shadows of the two men.

He was afraid that Teresa would not be comfortable in Hinterland, so he called her over and occasionally let someone hang out with her.

"Teresa was tired from running around the road and is now resting in the carriage."

Tibros apologized softly:

"I didn't wake her up, do I need to go now?"

The human girl was indeed a little weak.

Kael'thas shook his head:

"In that case, forget it, let her sleep more and call it when she goes in."

He wouldn't be angry about something like that.

"Yes"

Tibros smiled gently:

"As for Passaren, he left excitedly as soon as he entered the upwind trail."

There is no doubt that the guy ran to find something, and he was interested in the land.

Kael'thas knew that Passaren was excited when he was notified, but he didn't expect this guy to be so excited that he left the team.

But for such a person, Kael'thas can only smile bitterly.

"Then let's go in first."

He stopped standing still, turned and led the elves into Karazhan.

The small town of Quildany in Hinterland has grown into a trading city, and there is also a group of elves in it.

And those who come to Karazhan now may stay for a long time.

"I have food and rooms prepared for you."

It was rare for Kael'thas to take such care of his subordinates, which touched the elves a little.

But who knows if this is because the elven prince is bored reading books during this time and wants to find something to do?

"By the way, I think it's time to get someone to take back a piece of cutlery."

(To be continued)