Chapter 540: The Guardian's Test
The Eternal City β Dalaran:
Ever since the coalition's defeat at the Battle of Death Beach, the mages who fought brought back the terrible news that the Lich King's ultimate goal was Dalaran, and the atmosphere in Dalaran had become unusually solemn.
Antonidas, the chief of the Roland Council, summoned all the archmages and council members to discuss plans to fight the Scourge Legion.
A full mobilization was completed in a very short period of time.
A large number of mercenaries were recruited from various countries, and the Violet Knights were once again expanded, and even the Griffin Knights were hired at a large price from the Eagle's Nest Mountain.
Hordes of adventurers abounded, and the wealth of Dalaran that had continued for thousands of years was put to perfect use in this moment.
Today, the entire city of Dalaran has been transformed into a huge magical fortress, and countless soldiers and resources are continuously transported into the city, transforming them into troops and defenses.
It stretches from the wilderness and forests outside the city to the interior of the city.
However, as a magical city, Dalaran still relies on the powerful mage army the most.
Archmages who wield supreme arcane powers, to be exact.
At this moment, in the meeting hall of Violet Castle, the archmages of Dalaran gathered.
Hundreds of powerful mages are witnessing a major event that could change the history of the firmament world - the New Guardian Project.
Three years after the disappearance of the previous Guardian, Medivan, Dalaran has finally decided to create a new Guardian to fight against the Scourge and the growing forces of evil.
Guarding this world, but also protecting Dalaran's position as the core of the continent's power.
However, the Guardian is such a powerful force, naturally it cannot be easily entrusted to anyone, and the lessons of Egwene and Medivan have been learned, and this time the Guardian selection has become extremely cautious.
Antonidas, dressed in ornate robes, stood in the center of the venue, and behind him were thirteen powerful mages and candidates for the Guardian.
Antonidas' gaze swept over the many candidates, and all he saw were extremely confident faces.
"Candidates, welcome to the Violet Council, you are all an excellent group of mages in Dalaran, each of them has great power and sufficient qualifications, but there can only be one guardian, this is a supreme honor, but also a difficult task, if you want to become a guardian, you must complete three difficult tests, this process will be very dangerous, and even lead to death, I hope everyone is prepared, if you are not willing to take the risk, please quit immediately, this is your last chance."
None of the thirteen candidates present retreated, what are you kidding, this is the power of the Guardian, the invincible existence that can single-handedly challenge Sargeras.
Becoming a Guardian is to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, and from then on become a man of the hour in the game, any king or lord, in front of the power of the Guardian, it doesn't matter.
As long as you get this identity, you will be developed.
Looking at everyone's resolute expressions, Antonidas nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, it seems that you are all ready." β
"Then I'm going to announce your first test."
"The Scourge is about to attack Dalaran, we must strengthen the city's defenses, and the first test is to summon, create, and control a powerful minion to become Dalaran's guardian force, which must be controllable, must be able to exist for a long time, and must be strong enough to exert great power in the coming war.
You have three days to complete this task, you can ask someone to help, you can even spend money to buy it, as long as you meet the above criteria, and eventually the council will choose the top seven to move on to the next link, okay, now go and complete your mission! β
Minions?
Hearing the content of the first test, everyone reacted differently, and the research and development of summoning techniques in different schools were also different, so naturally there was a distinction between high and low.
Some schools are extremely good at it, for example, the elemental school is very good at summoning elemental creatures, and the most commonly used 'summoning water elemental' magic used by mages is researched by the elemental school, in addition to many variants, including various elemental creatures, but the water element is the most stable, so it is also the most common.
The Arcane School is much worse in this regard, and the most used summoning spell is to use arcane energy to create Arcane Servants, which are completely artificial magical creatures that are more controllable, but their combat effectiveness is relatively limited.
A handful of Arcanists are able to summon arcane elements from the web, but this is hard to come by.
Of course, it is theoretically possible to create a magic golem, but this thing is extremely expensive, and to create a very powerful giant golem, it will take a lot of money.
Both the Necromantic School and the Evil Energy School have certain advantages in this regard, but these two schools are currently semi-forbidden subjects, and there are many people who secretly study them, but it is not appropriate to summon a powerful undead or demon to deal with it, the key is that whether it is an undead or a demon, the controllability is not very good, and it is easy to mess up.
The School of Shadows isn't much better.
Astral sorcerers are good at summoning exotic monsters from the astral plane, but they are also more dangerous, and the devil knows what they can summon.
But in any case, everyone has some ideas, and the candidates who received the task have left one after another.
Morgan Lisa frowned as she walked out, her main profession is a grand arcanist, and she is a part-time elemental envoy, but elemental magic can only be regarded as a concurrent cultivation, summoning a fire elemental elder is already the limit, and this level of elemental creature is simply a high-level soldier on the battlefield, it is not enough to see at all.
If you want to enter the top seven, the Fire Elemental Elder can't do it.
Fortunately, she had many friends, so she hurriedly sent a message to Mo Fei.
Morgan Lisa: Aidan, the first test of the Guardians has come out, and we want to summon or create a minion, can you help you find a way?
Aidan: Summoned creatures, hehe, that's a coincidence, I happen to have a perfect target, a fire demon lord, a big boss of the third order of the world, it should meet your requirements.
Morgan Lisa was suddenly surprised when she heard this, Fire Demon Lord? This thing is a big killer on the battlefield, and it's definitely enough.
But she immediately had another problem.
Morgan Lisa: Summoning elemental creatures requires elemental essence as a sacrifice, right? If you summon the Fire Demon Lord, at least it must be an existence of the level of [Elemental Heart], this thing can only be exploded by lord-level elemental creatures, and now it has a price, but it is not very easy to do.
Aidan: Don't worry, I just have a copy to play, 100% of which can produce Elemental Hearts, come and gather with me.
Luck so good? Morgan Lisa was very surprised, and teleported away without hesitation.
Looking at the departing candidates, Antonidas smiled with satisfaction, the Guardian Project was a clever move he had come up with, and he was very proud of it.
Mages have great power, but they are often too clever and selfish to give away their power and wealth easily.
Dalaran is also a permanently neutral city, and the mages who come here to study come from various kingdom powers, it is difficult for them to fight for Dalaran with all their might.
There has to be enough temptation, and no matter who becomes the Guardian in the end, at least this test will definitely add a large wave of defense to Dalaran.
There are three tests like this, which are enough to condense the power of Dalaran to fight against the Scourge Legion.
Suddenly, he frowned slightly.
An uninvited guest has broken into the magical barrier of Violet Castle.
As if the visitor had no hidden meaning, a raven slowly landed in front of Antonidas, transforming into the image of a mysterious wizard.
"Who are you? Mysterious wizard, dare to break into Violet Castle, you better have a reason to convince me, or - my magic will ...... you"
"Tear to shreds, right, I know, I understand." Medivan said indifferently, "The world is about to be destroyed, the tide of darkness has come again, the end of Dalaran is coming, and I have brought the opportunity for redemption, is this reason enough?" β
Antonidas looked at the strange outfit of the person in front of him in disbelief, and there was some speculation in his heart, but he was not sure, after all, he had not seen Medivan.
"Please tell me more about it."
Half an hour laterβ
Damn, these stupid mages, blinded by their own powers, have been pampered for too long, and have completely forgotten the cruelty of this world.
Thinking that they could control everything by the power of magic, alas, their efforts would eventually turn into a futile struggle.
Medivan soared in the sky, looking at the brightly lit city of Dalaran, but there was no amazement or excitement in his heart, the huge army and the huge number of soldiers seemed meaningless to him, only prophecy, only the power of fate could reveal all the truth.
But this result has actually been predicted for a long time, mortals are just mortals after all, and they cannot get a glimpse of the truth of fate.
Maybe you really have to listen to Aidan and go find the prince of Arthas.
Either way, there is always a glimmer of hope.
Medivan thought, flying in the direction of Gilneth.
Rudy Town β
"Cheers to our savior!
Ms. Gianna!
Prince of Alsace.
And our warrior Thrall! Oh yes! β
"Oh yes! Hail to our heroes! β
The militia and the surviving townsfolk let out a deafening cheer, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, they finally managed to subdue the town of Rudy, rescue the survivors, and wipe out the undead that were infesting the area.
Many of the surrounding towns have been relieved of the threat of natural disasters.
Gathered in the town hall, people cheered and saluted the three heroes with cheers and wine.
All the militia captains and mercenaries who participated in the battle had a sincere admiration for these three leaders, who, despite their young age, surpassed their King Blaney in strength and command.
The banquet was still going on, but the three of them secretly stayed on the balcony and watched the night outside for a while.
"Okay, Arthas, I haven't seen you grow in strength for two years."
"And you Sal, I didn't see that your strength was so strong, how about it, it feels good." Gianna jokingly patted Sal on the shoulder,
"Hehe, yes."
Sal said that he was extremely entangled in his heart, and it was ironic to be an orc and become a hero of mankind.
But I have to say that this feeling of saving the world is really refreshing, so much so that for a while he almost forgot his father's revenge and the identity of Durontan's son.
Suddenly, he raised his head with a feeling, and in the night, a black shadow slowly passed through the sky.
"What do you see?"
"It's nothing, it's just a bird."
Medivan looked at the three people below, observing the fate of the three with the help of the power of stargazing, but there was a look of shock in his eyes.
He had wanted to observe the Prince of Arthas to see if he had the potential for the prophesied Child of Destiny.
Unexpectedly, he felt a powerful power of fate from all three of them.
Originally, he was just holding the mentality of trying it out, but at this time, he was completely convinced that any of these three people had the potential to become a child of destiny.
When the three children of destiny get together, they simply hit the jackpot.
"Aidan is right! The ones who can save the world must be the three people in front of them. By this point, he had fully believed Murphy's words.
The only question now is, how do you guide them to save the world?
If you have it, let's use the dream technique to contact them first, but who should you contact first?
Medivan was worried that he couldn't find the Children of Destiny, but now he is distressed by the fact that there are too many Children of Destiny.
Meanwhile β Alterac City:
"Hurry up Morgan Lisa, I'll be waiting for you."
Looking at the Morgan Lisa, who arrived last, Murphy greeted loudly.
Morgan Lisa glanced at the people sitting in the palace, and was immediately startled, there were more than a dozen heroes gathered in the conference room in front of her, all of them were top-level existences.
The last time it also started at the gold level.
There are also a few adventurers, all of whom are the presidents of the top adventurer guilds, such a luxurious lineup, what kind of copy is this going to raid?
She silently found a place to sit down, and her heart was moved, Aidan was too good to herself, and she worked so hard for her task!
She didn't know how to express her gratitude for a moment.
Murphy didn't expect Morgan Lisa to have so much mental activity.
This time in the dungeon strategy action, he rarely showed the attitude of a professional player, rather than the king of ancient dragons.
He'd scouted it before, and Aeolus Throne is a legion-level quest on 250-player difficulty.
As the king of the wind element, although Orakir is the weakest of the four elemental kings, it is also a boss of the first order of destruction, and the difficulty is definitely very terrifying.
In the past, he would never dare to do it easily.
In the past, the biggest problem in playing dungeons was that he couldn't enter the dungeon space in the form of a boss, and although he was also strong in hero form, he lacked the crushing ability to control the overall situation.
But now that he has mastered the power of the two major powers, this is finally no longer a problem, with the power of the magic net guard, even if he can't win, he has the confidence to retreat.
The reason why he wanted to attack the Aeolian Throne was not to help Morgan Lisa with a mission, but the real purpose was to forge authority.
Although Mo Fei is ready to use the Brothers' Sea tactics to deal with the Lich King, he still needs to be hard to strike iron, and in the end, he still has to rely on strength to speak.
Therefore, his goal this time is to kill the Wind Elemental King Olaquir, seize the Storm Divine Power, strengthen his Storm Authority, and prepare for the decisive battle with the Lich King by the way.
On the other hand, he also promised to summon Laglious to the physical plane.
To summon elemental creatures, you need elemental essence, and to summon the Fire Demon Lord, you need a powerful elemental core, and killing Olakir is just right to brush a wave of materials.
Finally, there is a third feature in this plan, which helps Morgan Lisa complete the first ring of the Guardian quest.
It just so happens that her mission is to summon powerful minions.
It can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
Although confident in his own strength, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Murphy still issued a summoning order, summoning a group of the most powerful heroes and adventurers to fight together.
Now the power of the Elder Dragon King has been known to the world, coupled with a series of names created by Murphy in the past, the Protector of Alterac, the Storm Demon Dragon, and the King of the Elder Dragon...... The appeal can be described as a perfect score.
Therefore, when he heard that Mo Fei was going to open the Throne of the Wind God, he immediately responded.
Murphy even had to pick and choose, and finally selected twelve heroes, including the four calamity dragons, and himself, for a total of seventeen heroes.
In addition to this, there is a group of top adventurer players to fill the remaining population gap.
Although the adventurer is not as powerful as the hero, the good thing is that he is not afraid of death, and some of the work that needs to be killed can be handed over to the adventurer.
Now it's time to lay out your tactics.
(End of chapter)