The priestess didn't seem to have calmed down from the chaos, and looked around blankly until a knight stepped forward to shackle her.

The priestess let out a sudden scream, and the shadow power that had been dispelled once again covered her.

Shadow Nova!

A shadow force spread out in all directions, and several paladins hurriedly raised their shields.

The power of the Light joined together, canceling out the energy of the Shadows.

"Quick, continue to purify her!"

"She's strong!"

"O Holy Light, give me strength!"

One after another, the magic fell towards the female priest, but the female priest seemed to have exploded, and the shadow energy turned into a shockwave, and she could compete with a whole team of people alone.

The Holy Light Divine Spell was often counteracted by the power of the Shadows before it even fell on her.

Hammer of sanctions!

Until a golden hammer condensed by holy light slammed into the head of the priestess, finally causing the priestess to fall.

"What's going on?" Murphy asked in surprise as he looked at the knights who had tied up the priestess and taken them away.

"It's the Shadow Demon, the monster that lurks in the hearts of humans, who used to lurk in the darkness of Lordaeron, and now hides under the light of the Light."

The knight explained, but his tone was not very firm.

Shadow Fiend? What is that, how does it look like a priest's shadow form?

It is not uncommon for the Shadow Priest to be among adventurers, but among the NPCs, it seems that he has never seen it.

The carriage went on, and when it reached the King's Road, Murphy saw several carriages with steel cages, all of which contained similar prisoners, both men and women, heading for a cathedral.

"These humans possessed by the Shadow Demon will be sent to the Cathedral for a purification ritual, and once the purification is completed, their souls will be redeemed."

"How many of these Shadow Demons there are?"

"It's not too many, but there will be about a dozen of them every day lately."

"Will they become normal people after they are purified?"

"Well, it's almost, it's just a little dull, it's no different from normal people other than that, ah, it's almost to the royal city, please get ready."

The knight deliberately diverted the subject, and soon the convoy entered the gates of the palace.

When he arrived at the reception room, Murphy saw Prince Kael'thas unexpectedly.

Now that he is the Grand Duke of Kael'thas, Quel'Thalas has been annexed to Lordaeron as a vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

Murphy, the protector of the country, is strictly on the same level as Kael'thas.

"Prince Kael'thas, ah, it's supposed to be the Grand Duke of Kael'thas, long time no see."

Kael'thas bowed his head gracefully, "Greetings to Duke Aidan, too, and thank you for your help in the battle to conquer Silvermoon City." ”

Murphy was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he was talking about the miracles he had performed.

"Well, it's just a little feedback to the believers, why are you here?"

"I have been summoned by His Majesty Godwin to meet here." Kael'thas spoke calmly, but Murphy still heard a little sour.

Can it not be sour, who was supposed to succeed to the throne as the king, but now he has become the grand duke, and he has to be called by others, which is too cheap.

But the situation is stronger than the people.

Murphy patted Kael'thas on the shoulder comfortingly, and Kael'thas was a little resistant at first, but then accepted it with a wry smile.

At this moment, Godwin was holding a kingdom council in the main hall, listening to the lords from all over the country report to him on the situation.

Godwin's mind was a little bored, but the king, as majestic as he was, was very tedious to meet all day to deal with the affairs of the kingdom.

His eyes were fixed on the huge Lordaeron coat of arms on the floor, it was in this room that Arthas had historically been honored by his father and son, and he didn't know where the boy had gone

"Your Majesty, there have been more than a dozen incidents of falling into the shadows in the past few days, and Archbishop Fao hopes to suspend the training of the Holy Light Priest and conduct a large prayer ceremony to pray to the God of Light to find out the reason why the Holy Light cultivators have fallen into the shadows."

Godwin was fully aware of the reasons for these Shadow Falls.

Holy Light and Shadow are two sides of the same coin, and if a Holy Light cultivator releases Holy Light excessively, he will enter the Shadow Form.

The Holy Light Creature Naru, after releasing excessive Light energy, will transform into a shadow creature Entropy.

The Void Crystal used by the Ember Bringer was the remains of a Naru after his fall, and once it was purified by bombardment with a sufficiently powerful holy light, it could also be transformed back into a holy light attribute.

The same is true for humans who use the power of the Holy Light, once they overuse the power of the Holy Light, they will risk entering the Shadow Form, transforming the power of the Holy Light in their bodies into the power of the Shadow, as is the case with the so-called Dark Pastor.

The Light can bring positive emotions to people, justice, mercy, forgiveness, valor, sacrifice...... Shadow energy, on the other hand, is the complete opposite, causing completely negative emotions to the user.

Killing, brutality, hatred, anger, greed......

Even if a person of normal mind is affected by the shadow energy, it is easy to turn into an evil monster.

Therefore, spellcasters who use shadow energy are naturally regarded as evil beings.

Although there are a large number of Shadow Priests among the adventurers, it is not unusual at all.

However, in the plot, the Shadow Priest is an absolutely taboo existence.

Once discovered, it is hunted as a heresy.

In fact, there have been incidents of falling into the shadows in the past, but they are very rare, first, the number of Holy Light practitioners is very small, so the quality is relatively high, if you want to learn the Holy Light, you must first take a few years of cultural classes, do a good job of ideological education, and then you can carry out practical operations.

Therefore, there are very few Shadow Priests to appear, but with the birth of the Golden Tree, the number of Holy Light cultivators in Lordaeron has increased exponentially, and many people don't understand the cultivation method of Holy Light at all, and they are completely blind training.

Second, in the past, there was a strict education system for cultivating the Holy Light, with archbishops, bishops, pre-priests, and high priests, who strictly controlled and taught earnestly, and people had a sense of reverence for the Holy Light, so there were few problems.

But now it's different, because the relationship between the Golden Tree and the cultivation of the Holy Light is too easy, resulting in Holy Light cultivators everywhere, and many ordinary people have a slight sense of the Holy Light, and they often start to practice blindly.

Godwin wanted to publicize the power of the Holy Light, but he couldn't prohibit it, and as a result, more and more humans fell into the shadows of Lordaeron where the Holy Light shined.

Godwin didn't have much to do but try to control it.

Fortunately, there are many Shadow Priests, more Holy Light cultivators, and tens of thousands of priests and paladins can completely purify the occasional degenerate.

In addition to causing some damage to the soul of the purified, it also controlled the situation.

Godwin (King Lordaeron): "I know, but there is no need to waste time, light and shadow are one, and the only reason why they fall into the shadows is that the cultivators of the Holy Light are not firm enough and have too much darkness in their hearts.

I have issued an edict to the whole country, calling for the use of the Light to be trained together as much as possible, not to practice in private, and to strengthen ideological education, so that only with good intentions can we truly embrace the Light.

And it is strictly forbidden to overuse the power of the Holy Light, light and dark twins, light and dark twins, how many times have I said it. ”

The Kingdom Council has finally come to an end.

As soon as Godwin walked out of the main hall, the attendants came forward to report.

"Your Majesty, Grand Duke Aidan and Grand Duke Kael'thas have arrived."

"Is Princess Gianna here?"

"Yes, she's in the entourage."

"Great."

Hearing that Gianna had arrived, Godwin immediately smiled.

In recent times, Godwin can be said to be in high spirits, and with Quel'Thalas joining Lordaeron and becoming the Dominion of Lordaeron, the first step of Lordaeron's imperial plan has finally been taken.

Next is Riptide Castle, the young wolf lord has rescued all the 100,000 orc captives in the shelter, and is about to launch an attack on Riptide Castle, and when Riptide Castle is breached, he will take advantage of the situation to include Rapids Castle in Lordaeron's territory.

The king of Gilneth has already negotiated a purchase price with him, and it is logical that the time comes.

Although Dalaran is called a kingdom, it does not have a king, but is ruled by a parliament, which can be controlled deeply by political means.

Kurtilas is a naval power, and if he wants to develop overseas territories in the future, he will need the support of Kurtilas very much.

And Godwin had already thought of a plan to annex these two countries.

The key lies in Gianna, who is the personal disciple of Antonidas and the daughter of King Daline, if he can marry Gianna, and then support Gianna to become Queen of Kul Tiras, and Speaker Dalaran.

At that time, the merger of the three kingdoms will be logical, and the Lordaeron Empire will truly be realized.

As for Alterac, at that time, I'm afraid I won't be able to join it.

With the vast military power of the Lordaeron Empire.

Plus the power of the Light faith brought by the Golden Tree.

Plus Dalaran's magical powers.

Plus the powerful navy of Kurtilas.

He will become an unrivaled overlord and completely control the alliance.

When the time comes, all the tribal disasters and the burning legions will be overthrown by him, and he will become the greatest emperor in this world!

The more you think about it, the more beautiful it becomes, but there is still a long way to go to achieve all this.

Today's meeting is particularly important.

Trying to calm down, Godwin walked towards the reception room.

Godwin (King Lordaeron): "Haha, it's been a long time since I've seen Aidan, and your demeanor is still shining." ”

It was a hug when he said it.

Mo Feixin said why this kid was suddenly so enthusiastic.

But he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling person, so he could only hug him.

"I heard that you are being targeted by those dragons, don't worry about Brother Aidan, no matter how arrogant the guardian dragon is, he will not dare to come to my Lordan Lun to spread the wilderness, under the light of the golden tree, you will always be safe."

Godwin (King Lordaeron): "Prince Kael'thas, I'm glad you're here, and I hope I haven't snubbed you." ”

Kael'thas gracefully bowed, "As your courtier, I have an obligation to answer the sovereign's call—Your Majesty. ”

"Ha, don't take it to heart, just call me Godwin in private, all that red tape is just to gag the mouths of those pedantic nobles, I hope we are still friends."

"Princess Gianna, it's been a long time since I saw you, and you're much more beautiful than the last time we met."

"Greetings to Your Majesty Godwin, too."

Gianna curtsy very ladylikely.

After the pleasantries, Godwin quickly got to the point.

"This time you have been summoned for a great event, there is an ancient dragon hidden in the territory of Lordaeron, these cunning creatures know what kind of conspiracy they are hiding, for the people who believe in the Light, this is a real threat, it must be eliminated.

Considering the strength of this primeval dragon, I have specially recruited Prince Aidan, you are a professional in dragon slayering, and you are indispensable for this operation.

Prince Kael'thas, your magic will also be very helpful in slaying down the dragon, but of course there is a bit of selfishness on my part, although Quel'Thallas has joined Lordaeron, we still lack understanding each other, and having the heroes of the High Elves and the warriors of Lordaeron fight side by side is the best way to increase the sense of teamwork.

Princess Gianna, if you are interested, you are also welcome to join us......"

Godwin gushed on.

Mo Fei is a little strange, this Godwin has met a few times in the past, and he always feels that this guy has a gloomy feeling, but this time he seems to have changed as if he is a different person, enthusiastic and cheerful, and his speech has become good, which is really strange.

He suddenly felt a warm and comfortable feeling on his body, and when he looked at his state, he unconsciously hung several layers of halo effects.

[Radiance of Light: You have been illuminated by Godwin, the embodiment of light, and all your attributes are temporarily increased by 5%. 】

[Light Healing: Under the illumination of the light divine power, you recover 5 HP per second. 】

[Sunlight Healing: Dispels a disease, bleeding, or curse effect on your body every 30 seconds.] 】

[Dispelling Light: Irradiated by the Divine Light, all undead, demons, and shadow creatures within the range will receive 5 Divine Damage per second. 】

These aura effects obviously come from Godwin, and I don't know if this thing points out any hero expertise or some kind of special skill, there are so many aura skills.

Even Murphy, a quasi-ally, can enjoy it.

His heart suddenly moved, and he had some vague speculations about the change in Godwin's attitude.

There are only two possibilities.

The first is the same as Morpheus in his original heart, because Godwin has played the role of "Glory of Light" Godwin for a long time, resulting in a hidden personality "Godwin" in his heart.

The second is related to the belief in the Holy Light, when I first obtained the Storm Demon Dragon Faith, my emotions were obviously affected, and then I adapted the doctrine to return to normal, in other words, the power of faith will affect the believed.

This kid can't be affected by the Light, right? The Holy Light is an energy that can bring positive emotions, but it is not impossible.

"Do as His Majesty the King commands." Prince Kael'thas said very consciously.

"Haha, that's great, you must be very tired from Quel'Thalas, go down and rest first, and I'll send someone to inform you when the rest of the people arrive."

"Princess Gianna, I missed her very much after you left last time, maybe you can talk to her, I think she will be very happy."

Wait until both of them have left.

Godwin smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Murphy.

Godwin (King Lordaeron): "Aidan, there is no one here now, let's have a good talk, there are some things that I want to talk to you about, this matter is very important, I think maybe only you can understand." ”

(End of chapter)