On this day in the twenty-sixth year of the Dark Gate of Azeroth, in the Land of Fire, there was a certain factor of greatest discord for the fire elementals: the fire elemental lord of one of the four elemental lords, the king of the fire demon Ragnaros, who had been defeated and defeated by a certain black dragon prince in the world of Azeroth, and had planned to return to the land of fire to recuperate. In the Land of Flames, he was beaten to death......

From this day on, Ragnaros, the Fire Demon King, became an insignificant term in the history of Azeroth!

Of course, the fire demon king Ragnaros was not lonely in his death, because ah, he was beaten to death with him on the same day, and there was a certain Lord Leolis who wanted to ride the wall as a second or five boys.

This ancient lava giant, who had lived for countless thousands of years, miscalculated the situation on both sides, and thought that a certain little girl would never return to the Land of Flames, so it took it for granted that it planned to side with Ragnaros, the king of the fire demons who had returned, and then, as a matter of course, it died......

After the morale-boosting Fire Demon Royal Guard Legion and a large number of elite Fire Elemental Lords besieged Lord Leolis to death, they simply dug out the opponent's lava core, completely cutting off any possibility of it being resurrected by the Land of Fire!

Therefore, when little Anne had dealt with the affairs of the Land of Flames, repaired the hole in the space that had been torn by the big screws that had been cut by the dead, and once again strengthened the various security precautions in this molten field forged by the Titans, she finally returned to the main material world of Azeroth one step ahead of the fire elementals.

Because she also had to go with those fleets to the Wild West to meet the little sister Vanessa who she hadn't seen for a long time, who could only cry her nose!

However, when she came to this estuary south of Lake Neferrigan in the Valley of Thorns, she was no longer able to find the goblin pirate fleet escorting weapons and equipment to the western wilderness, just as a captured orc shaman had thought!

For this reason, after being distressed for a while, little Anne resolutely decided that she could actually go to the western wilderness first to wait for them. After all, it takes ten days and a half a month for the fleet to sail on the sea, and she has sailed in the Caribbean world, but she hates the speed of those sailboats!

Immediately afterward, Anne, who had always done whatever she wanted, teleported directly north for a long distance, and instantly arrived at this strange place in front of her: a place that looked gloomy and desolate, overgrown with strange trees, rocky and deserted.

As far as the eye can see, the paths that have not been walked for a long time are full of vines and fallen leaves, and they twist and turn between the mountains, and it seems that no one has walked for a long time.

At the same time, the sky is still covered with a dark curtain that the sunlight cannot shine in during the day......

Anyway, Anne looked over, whether it was the surrounding mountains or the mage tower in the valley, which had obviously been abandoned for a long time, they were all filled with a strange or ominous aura of death.

In short, here, this place is dangerous for ordinary people, and you can feel it from the breath alone.

In addition to the information above that can be seen by a person, Anne also discovered something hidden beneath the surface: the causality of space and time in the vicinity of this abandoned mage tower is very chaotic! To the average Arcane Master, this may seem like a good place to build a mage tower and get a glimpse into the world of Azeroth or other multi-planes.

However, this kind of place is really of little use to Anne!

Because, ah, she has fused and absorbed the rules of space gems, and now she can freely shuttle between different dimensional worlds, and she doesn't need to use this troublesome place to find it slowly!

"Hmm...... Dear Tibbs......"

"I guess...... Let's ...... this time Should...... Maybe you're in the wrong place, right? Guess where this would be in the world of Azeroth? ”

After a long, random teleport north from the Valley of Thorns, Anne didn't make it to her intended destination, the Wild West, but instead came to such a strange place! She has always had a big heart, and she also knew that this must be a desolate mountain area, presumably, it should be unlikely to be the Western Wilderness that Farana and the goblin pirate talked about, right?

She remembered that the little goblin John Mithriel had said that the Wild West was a great plain and an important granary for the Stormwind Kingdom! There are countless mines, farms and pastures, as well as many townspeople, craftsmen, merchants, farmers, tenant farmers, etc., and of course, many more bankrupts, refugees, homeless people, and robbers!

Anyway, as far as the environment Anne sees now does not match the western wilderness, presumably, no normal person would choose to live in such a place where there is no light of day! Because the darkness in the sky and the shadows or other negative forces around it alone are enough to make the sun-loving plants wither and the animals and humans go crazy or sick.

（…… ）

(I don't know, I've never been to this place...... But the little ones are certain: this is not the Wild West you want to visit!

- Anyway, it doesn't matter where Tiebs goes, besides, the fleet of elves and dwarves is probably still floating on the sea, and they don't have the convenient teleportation spell of Tiebs and their little master, so they can go wherever they want!

Of course, the premise is that you can't fly in the wrong direction and distance, if you are like this little master of your own, and follow your temperament in a wrong direction, then you must not be able to go wherever you want...... ）

"How do you know this isn't the Wild West, you've never been to this place! Perhaps, people's western wilderness actually looks like this? ”

Xiao Annie, who has never easily admitted defeat or admitted mistakes, although she has roughly agreed with her little bear's point of view, but she is stubborn, it is impossible for her to admit the fact that she made mistakes so easily!

Whether it is to maintain her majesty as a master, or to show her own professionalism as an archmage, she can only be right as a master, and only the bear is wrong!

(Little master...... ）

(As the goblin had said, the Wild West was north of the Valley of Thorns...... If you go out to sea by boat, sail along the coastline all the way northwest to reach a plain near the sea in the Western Wilderness...... Since they could be reached by boat, the Wild West must be to the west, and with its coastline! But now you can take a look...... Here, obviously, in the central mountainous area of this continent, whether it is front or back, left or right, you carefully perceive where there are signs of approaching the coast?

And, if I'm not mistaken, when you were heading north to teleport, the direction of the point should be northeast, not northwest......

- Tibbs did not dare to say any more at this point, for he knew that his little master was now faintly annoyed and angry, and if he did not want to be punished for no reason, it was better to shut up as soon as possible. ）

"Oh well! Tibbs ...... I think we accidentally got lost again this time......"

That's right, getting lost or something, it's just a small accident, and Anne won't admit that she is an important member of the road idiot party! Besides, whoever made this planet so hot, and it was all the fault of this planet of Azeroth, and it was definitely not her Anne herself who was to blame it!

Isn't it normal for a planet to be so big that you accidentally get one or two numbers wrong and run to the wrong place or something?

(Master, it's you who got lost...... ）

(Tibbs thinks this is a matter of principle, and it is not a road idiot in its own right, but a professional shadow creature navigator, and its owner are people in two worlds in terms of direction!) So, the word 'we' seems a bit inaccurate to it? ）

"Humph!"

"If I hadn't been to this place before, where would I have gotten lost? Deal...... Let's go to that big house and ask someone Lai? ”

Anne herself firmly believes that she is not really a road idiot, she is just easy to lose her sense of direction in unfamiliar places, just a little bit! Anyway, as long as it's a place she's been to once, she'll never go wrong again.

(Master, I'm afraid there are no living people around here...... Look at it, in the wilderness, even the mage tower below has an ominous aura, and the energy fluctuations of the undead and shadows are very strong, it shouldn't look like a place for the living to live.

- The dark, dilapidated building in the rift of the valley down there makes Tibbs feel more like a gathering place for the undead! If there were really living people living in it, where would the house be allowed to fall into a dilapidated state? ）

"There is no living man, and there is no fear! Then let's go in and grab a ghost and ask, it's the same! ”

Anne had already sensed that there were ghosts and other things in this abandoned mage tower!

Although ordinary undead creatures may have confusion and other situations, as long as they cast a spell to forcibly ingest and comb through the remaining memory fragments in the soul of the opponent, they will definitely be able to know a lot of things and figure out what this place is.

"Let's go, Tibbs...... We're going to have an adventure in a haunted house! ”

There was no other good choice, so she grabbed her bear's arm and jumped up the rugged mountain path towards the abandoned mage tower below.

Haunted house or something, it definitely can't scare Anne herself, and it definitely can't be weird or something! In fact, there isn't much left to scare Anne now!

After all, fear comes from the unknown, whether it is an evil spirit or a demon, it is just some strange negative attribute energy creatures, if you really dare to come out casually to scare her, do you think little Anne will teach them to be ghosts with a fireball the size of her face?

Once her flames are thrown out, it doesn't matter if it's a person or a ghost, if she is accidentally hit, it will burn to the point that there is no scum left!

Croak......

However, just as Anne ran to the edge of the walled bridge and was about to enter the strange and abandoned mage tower, a black raven suddenly flew out of nowhere onto a broken stone pillar in front of her, and then, in surprise, Anne stopped and began to look at each other curiously.

Because she could see at a glance: this raven's body has the fluctuation of transformation magic, which should be directly transformed by someone, not an ordinary killer.

"Hey! Hello, little crow...... Who are you, and why are you blocking my way?! ”

It just so happened that Anne had wanted to go into this mage tower to ask ghosts, but since there was a shape-shifting mage here, she didn't bother to do anything more troublesome.

“……”

The raven did not chirp or spat again, but first tilted its head sideways with its little human black eyes, and after carefully examining little Anne for a while, it flapped its wings vigorously, and jumped down from under the stone pillar, and stood in front of the rocky bridge, and then, its body began to burst out with bursts of turquoise light, causing its whole body and feathers to escape and quickly swell!

Soon, as the blinding glare and the strange mana fluctuations faded away, a strange old man with a wooden cane in his hand, a dark red hooded cloak, and a raven feather shawl on his shoulders appeared alive in front of Anne.

"Your Majesty the Flame Queen, mighty Immortal...... You're finally back in the world of Azeroth......"

The black-haired cloaked monster who appeared saluted Anne in a proper manner, and then began to look at the little girl with his somewhat uncertain gaze.

Because he found that compared to the last time he saw this little girl, the other party's strength was even stronger now, although the mana fluctuations seemed to be weaker...... On this point, it is absolutely impossible to fool his eyes!

"Huh? You know me? ”

"But...... Who the hell are you, and you look familiar...... Wait, don't talk yet, let me think about it first...... Let me think about who you weird guy really are, I think I'll remember! ”

For some reason, Anne felt as if she had seen it somewhere, so she began to urgently search her memories for information about the other party. Of course, there must be a bear who secretly asks himself.

（…… ）

"Aha! I remember, you are the McDonald's more than two years ago, who wanted to pretend to be a prophet and trick me into fighting that great demon Akmund, am I right?! ”

Finally, combined with the other party's maverick image, Anne quickly found the other party's information from the corner of her own complicated memories! She even remembered that back then, it was this fake prophet who went to find her with the bronze dragon dwarf, and that must be right!

“……”

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty Queen Anne, but my name is actually Medivan...... Or you can call me Magna Medivan, the last time I went to see you was six years ago......"

"Now I am not only an astral mage, but also a true prophet who has seen through a little fragment of the future, and I am not a pretending ......"

Hearing that the other party called out his wrong name, Medivan quickly and humbly corrected the other party and reaffirmed his identity as a true prophet. Although, in front of these Almighty Ones, his prophetic statement is indeed a little untenable, but it cannot be said that he is an impostor.

Think of how he led Lordaeron's people west to Kalimdor and organized them against the Burning Legion, and in the end, he succeeded, didn't he? He relied on what he saw in advance to lead the people of Azeroth to defeat evil and achieve another great victory against the Burning Legion!

"Medivan? Forget it, it doesn't really matter what your name is! ”

"I'm asking you now, oh, where the hell is this place? You may not know, we originally wanted to run from the Valley of Thorns to the Western Wilderness, but I accidentally used a little more mana, and the teleportation distance became longer, so I ran to this strange place for some reason. ”

Since she met someone who could speak human words and seemed to be an acquaintance, Anne quickly asked about it and dismissed her previous plans for a haunted house adventure. She wasn't afraid of the undead, but she hated the damp, damp, and smelling musty houses!

"Uh...... You're going to the Wild West?! ”

Medivan felt a little strange in his heart, if he was going to the Western Wilderness, he would just be able to teleport from the Valley of Thorns to the northwest, right? Why is the other party now, but strangely so far away to the place of the upwind trail?

"Your Majesty, this is actually a Windward Trail, located in the middle of the Southern Continent of the Eastern Kingdom...... Surrounded by the Twilight Forest, Elwyn Forest, and Thorn Valley to the west, and the Cursed Lands, Swamp of Sorrow, and Red Ridge Mountain to the east......"

"And the Wild West you're going to is directly west of our place, just past that dense twilight forest."

Although he didn't understand what the hell this little girl was doing, Medivin still answered the other party's simple question honestly.

"I see...... By the way, is this strange mage tower your home? Why do I seem to find that it has some kind of connection to you? ”

After figuring out where she was, this was another question that Anne was concerned about.

Since this guy named McDonald appeared in front of her, she was very sensitive to energy, and she easily discovered this!

The astral energy on this guy's body seems to be a bit similar to the chaotic spatial energy in this abandoned mage tower, and that abandoned mage tower seems to have a connection with this strange old man, if he has nothing to do with here, she will definitely not believe it!

"My family? No...... Karazan here...... Although it used to be my home, now, it's not mine anymore......"

"In fact, now I don't have enough strength to control and suppress this place...... Inside, there is no suppression of enough power, and all kinds of power monsters and illusions begin to be active unscrupulously...... It's full of demons that have escaped from the Mirror Tower, creatures that have invaded other dimensions, those experimental creatures of my time, cursed souls, and the mana remnants of the great power that have been left behind, those arcane elemental ......"

"So, I had to scrap it......"

"Now, Your Majesty Queen Anne, you have seen it: apart from some of the prohibitions I have set, this place is getting more and more out of control...... Under the long-term effect of those mana residues, the space and time inside this Karazan have become extremely chaotic, and if ordinary people enter it, there will be no good results...... Moreover, the space at the top of the tower has also been torn apart, and the twisted void is slowly devouring it. ”

"If it is allowed to develop like this, I don't know what kind of terrible place it will turn into in the end......"

That's right, the current Karazan is indeed not Medivan's home, after losing the power of the Guardian, he can no longer suppress this place, so he can only let it be deserted, let the spatial rift in it deteriorate, he really has no ability to improve or do more.

Moreover, now that he is gradually fading out of the world's sight, he has discovered an important fact: this world of Azeroth, it no longer needs guardians! Because, even the Guardians can't fight the Burning Legion, and the sheer power will only cause some worse results!

It's like, for example, the things he used to do in Medivan......

"That's it...... So what are you going to do here now? Don't...... Do you want to go back home? ”

Since this guy keeps saying that he doesn't want to be here, Anne is very strange: if he doesn't want it, then what kind of trouble does he come here again?

Don't...... Is it the same as her, sometimes, even if it is something that you don't want, even if you throw it on the ground, you don't allow others to take it?

"No...... That's actually because, I recently noticed that something seems wrong here, so I've been silently observing it from the periphery all this time......"

This is also the reason why Medivan was able to find out about Anne's presence in the first place, as he had been here for more than a month and had begun his observations.

"Your Majesty, as you know, although the Burning Legion's plan to invade this world failed miserably a few years ago, even their Grand Commander Akmund was killed on Mount Hyjal...... Recently, however, the Burning Legion has re-emerged...... In addition to the outer realms, I also seem to have a faint sense of the presence of powerful demons......"

"So, I'm here to go in and scout and make some necessary arrangements if I can, so that this special place doesn't get used by the Burning Legion!"

Karazan is a magical place, it can easily be linked to many astral planes, so Medivan is worried that it will become an important stronghold for the demons of the Burning Legion! Because, when he was possessed by Sargeras, it was directly linked to the Twisted Void, and now, the Twisted Void that slowly devours the surrounding space at the top of the tower is proof of this!

Although this space gap is not large, if it is really used by the demons, it will be a huge big trouble! If you think about the small group of demons starting from here, raiding the core hinterland of the Stormwind Kingdom, or using the unstable space here to build a stable legion portal, then there is really going to be a big incident!

Although he Medivan plans to retire and leave the safety of the world of Azeroth to the people of the world of Azeroth, he is still very concerned about matters like this Burning Legion! And once he finds out that there is really a conspiracy of the Burning Legion here, and he himself can't do anything about it, he can't say that he will continue to go out and deceive him, and continue to pretend to be that great mysterious prophet?

"Oh...... It turned out to be a purple sauce......"

"Then you have to work hard here, I'm going to go to the Wild West now!"

It's none of her business, hanging high, little Anne doesn't care about those Burning Legion or demons!

So after saying that, she groaned slightly, and began to guide the spell that opened the portal in her hand! This time, she didn't plan to teleport directly, but opened a door, first looked at whether the other side was the Western Wilderness, and after seeing it clearly, and then decided whether she could pass it or not?

"Your Majesty Queen Anne, may I ask you what exactly you are going to do in the Wild West?"

Seeing that the other party was wasting magic so wantonly, and began to release portals one by one, and when he saw that the scenery on the opposite side was not right, he canceled them one by one, Medivan couldn't help but ask a little curiously.

"Actually, it's nothing, I have a sister over there, and I'm planning to get into trouble with that Stormwind Kingdom...... So I'm going to check it out and help her if I can! ”

There's nothing she can't say about this, and Vanessa hasn't seen her for a long time, since six years have passed in this world of Azeroth, then she really wants to reminisce about the past, anyway, she is idle now.

"You're going to attack...... Stormwind Kingdom?! ”

Medivin was really shocked, he never expected that this little girl was going to do this kind of thing!

"Your Majesty Queen Anne...... Although I know that your Fire Alliance is now hostile and at war with the Stormwind Alliance, ...... I'm afraid it's not good to do this kind of thing while the other party is fighting against the Burning Legion in the Outlands, right? ”

"We all know the horror of the Burning Legion...... No matter who it is, even if it is a Guardian who once had great power, it is certainly impossible to stand up to them alone...... So, I hope that the races of the world of Azeroth and the allied tribes will unite together and stop those fearless confrontations......"

I haven't seen her for a few years, and Medivan can't see the strength of this little girl clearly now. However, he knew that the other party was at least a powerful demigod level or above! If an existence like this really runs to make trouble for the Stormwind Kingdom, it must be a terrible thing!

Think about the beginning, as soon as the mighty Akmund made a move, he showed the terrifying power that destroyed the world when he destroyed Dalaran...... So, this little girl, will she do something terrible like blowing up Stormwind City in a fit of anger?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was very possible, and he was instantly frightened by his own thoughts, and cold sweat began to flow down.

"Humph! If they are allowed to fight my Flame Alliance, I will not be allowed to fight them, where is there such a statement? ”

"I don't care about the Burning Legion or something! Anyway, I'm not afraid that it will burn the legion, and what does it matter to me if it destroys the world or not? So, I've decided: I'm going to fight Stormwind first! I want them to know what will happen to the people who bully my family while I'm away! ”

Waving her little fist, Anne glanced at the strange old man before continuing to channel her spells.

“……”

It seemed to make sense, but Medivan was a little speechless......

"In this case, Your Majesty Queen Anne, we don't need to rush the affairs of the Wild West or Stormwind! Look, right here, I'm going to go to this Karazan to find out, I don't know...... Would you be interested in going in with me to try it out? ”

Although he is no longer a member of the Stormwind Kingdom, let alone a guardian, King Ryan has been dead for many years...... However, if he could help Stormwind, Medivan would still do it.

Like now, use something else to get this little girl's attention?

Moreover, I am afraid that there are some difficult opponents in this Karazan, and I am afraid that I can't handle it myself, since he has met the other party here, he really hopes that this little girl can help him.

He thinks that it will take a lot of time to complete the mission and come out of Karazan, and by that time, maybe this little guy will forget about Stormwind City?

"Huh? You want me to join you on this tower expedition? Sounds like a bit of an idea...... But is it fun in there? ”

Anne, who had already found the location of the Western Wilderness, was just about to step into the portal, when she heard Medivan behind her say this, she canceled the portal in curiosity, and looked back at the gray abandoned mage tower with some expectation.

If there's something interesting going on inside, it's not impossible to delay a little time.

"Of course, trust me, Her Majesty Queen Anne......"

"This Karazan is a magical place inside, and I think you will be satisfied! Moreover, there are a lot of spell books in it, all of which were my collection back then! If you do me a favor, maybe, you can just take them? ”

"Although you may not need them anymore with your great strength, you will definitely be interested in some knowledge of the astral plane, as well as some interesting world coordinates that I have been to......"

Madison, who probably understood a little bit of the little girl's personality, began to tempt the other party step by step.

Of course, he wouldn't say that most of his books and treasures of value had been secretly moved by Dalaran's Violet Eye, and the rest were generally things that had nothing to do with superb spells!

But Medivin believes that those travelogue general planes and knowledge coordinates of the other world, this little girl will definitely be interested!

"Then what are you waiting for, lead the way!"

There must be knowledge and coordinate records in other planes, Anne can't sit still immediately, not to mention, this thing can tempt her more than any treasure!