Volume IV The Reign of Chaos 277 Imiron

In this ice and snow, I have spent more than ten years with him.

How long have you been sitting on this cold stool, do you have an idea of what you can do?

Hehe, have you lost track of time? What years have become the most indifferent consumption. I believe that since you became the Lich King, you have lost the impression of time, you will not age, and your body will not change, even if you ...... Not dead.

Arthas's real death was the one he was killed here by the tribal alliance, and you seem to be too. He ruled the Scourge of the Dead for decades as a living man, and now you have taken over his class and once again ruled the world of the dead as a living man. I'm not joking, and I don't mean any sarcasm. I just wanted to tell you that you have sacrificed more than anyone else.

I know you're bored, but you never go to me when you're bored, don't you know I'm still on this land?

Well, it doesn't matter, after all, you're not a person who likes to make friends. I didn't mean anything else when I told you so much, and now I find that one of the problems is that some of the words are a bit ...... I can't remember and can't tell. You don't have to think about it...... I didn't mean to catch up with you, huh......

I'm just here to ...... I ask you one thing.

Tut...... When you look at me like that, it always reminds me of the mare I had at home when I was a kid.

Hehe, I'm serious.

Yes, that's right, for that woman. I want you to free her soul and let her ...... Rest.

She's not one of mine, at most she is a little bit of a friend.

You're ...... Does a little friendship mean that you have to do something else? I'm about the same age as her father, okay?

That's not what it means? Hmph, what does that mean? What exactly do you want to say?

I just feel like she's a poor person too, and that's why.

I know that others are pitiful, and the souls trapped there are pitiful, and I didn't say that others are not pitiful. But I ...... I happen to know her, is that okay?

You can't say the same about them, the Crusaders weren't really that heinous in nature. They are just a bit extreme, and then they are taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives. You need to know the Scarlet Crusaders at that time...... Well, I guess the Scarlet Expeditionary Force has actually taken some of the pressure off you when they arrived here. At a time when they were hated by the Scourge Legion, your naval base was thousands of miles away.

So although they are disgusted by you and the Horde, they still have merit, and they don't actually do you much harm, at most they are a little entangled with the Forsaken of Sylvanas on the Horde's side. But they can't be blamed either, and there is a constant struggle between Tirisfa and East and West Verd. Brigitte's father died in the Scourge invasion of Hearthvale.

Yes, I think I told you her name.

So here I implore you to ...... Let that girl go.

No, no, no...... No! You are already the Lich King, and as a king you should be just and merciful. These people may be unmeritorious and annoying in your eyes, but I want to tell you that their intentions are good, and if they were anti-human at all, I don't think they would have come so far and wide to get to this place, and they haven't done anything to your detriment during your march. Am I right?

Nothing else, just this one to intercede.

Hah, okay! I've taken note of your favor, Lord Regent. If there is one day that needs my help, I will do my best.

What preparation? I don't know what I'm going to do, I've been away from that world for too long, too long.

Get back?

No...... Know. I...... Well...... Why do you ask this?

Your daughter?

Ha! Oh! Right! Yeah! I forgot about it, you still have a daughter. You helped me just now, of course I will help you with this favor. It's just that I don't know where she is.

The last time you had news from her was ...... Before you set out? He's in Kurtilas, right? What's her name?

Yes, yes, Tyria! Well...... Was it her mother who gave her the name?

I still remember being in Hillsbrad......

Well, I won't talk about it.

I promise you, but not now, I have to go back and see if the poor girl's soul rests, and you don't have to worry about it, I say do it.

This is my third time here. Yes, when I leave again, it's the fourth time.

The first time was when I fled here with Arthas chasing the Dreadlord, the second time I came back with Arthas to come to the rescue, the third time I followed you to end his life, and this time if I left here, it would be the third time. The last time I left was the 10th year I was by my side, I can't remember, I really didn't think that one day I would come back with you and kill the people I once guarded.

I left because ...... I felt that he had lost control of me.

As I've said before, the Lich King's power and willpower are the key to controlling all the dead. But he seemed to be weakened for some time before Arthas rushed back, and I think it was then that Sylvanas had full will of her own and was freed from the Lich King's bondage before she established her own king and army. It was at that time that the woman and the resurrected people gained their independence, and I don't think I'm wrong.

But I'm different, I've always been under the nose of the Lich King, by Arthas's side...... That's probably one of the reasons why I can't get out of my shackles as easily as Sylvanas.

But in the end, I still ...... Get rid of him completely.

The number of dead people who have gained self-consciousness far from Northrend is not a handful, but many. I'm not talking about the forsaken, but the ones who can actually do things of their own will without being bound by some kind of magic from some people, and I'm not talking about the forsaken, the most representative of which is probably the great pharmacist Putres who almost killed you back then.

The farther away you are, the less bound you are.

I woke up completely in my sixth year with him, probably sixth. I remember that it was just a moment, and suddenly I felt that lingering haze in my head that could not be erased disappeared. At that time, it felt like a dream, and although I could still remember the things in the dream, I unconsciously doubted the reality of these things. Even when I was confronted with the familiar Soval, Sassarian and others, I didn't dare to reveal anything.

Meaning...... I...... I knew I was just as dead as they were, but I had a feeling in my heart that we were supposed to be different. But instead of leaving immediately, I chose to stay here and do things for Alsace.

I feel like he's supposed to notice that I'm different from everyone else.

Thinking is a controllable and uncontrollable ...... Conscious. Arthas hesitated as I spoke in my head, when a strange thought popped into my head.

The idea is ...... What's wrong with me!

There was a brief pause in Arthas's indifferent voice when the thought popped into his mind, but he didn't ask me what had just happened. Since then...... I...... I did encounter some dangerous things, but fortunately I survived.

Some of the Viku chose to submit, while others did not, and this situation was very upsetting to King Imiron, and it was not just a matter of his subordinates disobeying orders. Therefore, for some tribes, since they are not willing to surrender voluntarily, then use force to let them join.

And in the process, King Imirons led by example, and their madness was very similar to that of the fanatics of the Cursed Sect. They don't care about their own lives, for them life is just a bondage, the loss of this life is a test and a blessing, and they are very willing to give their lives in battle in exchange for what they think is great eternal life.

Imiron thinks it's worthwhile to give his life to the Lich King, but some in their clan don't, and some are still unwilling to give up their faith.

In fact, these creatures are inextricably linked to humans, and the appearance of humans is recorded in their distant stories, and some of the women who gave birth to babies were not as strong as before, but were noticeably thin and weak. In their eyes, such a baby is a freak, a curse. At first they abandoned them, but there were also women who could not bear to abandon their flesh and blood and raised them in secret, and the freaks left after they were old enough to survive on their own.

This is how the ancestors of mankind were born, and I don't know why they gave birth to such children, but I know why they abandoned them. They are tall in their own bodies, but they are savage, but they know how to worship greatness, what is greatness? That is the ancestor of the gods, the king of the gods, which they say has been passed down from generation to generation...... Titans.

The Titans created all things, and Odin, Tyr, and Loken, who were the spokesmen of the Titans, became the objects of their worship. Their legends of the Titan's creation god are more detailed than those of humans and certainly more true. In their words, they had truly feared, respected, and worshipped them, but the gods on high did not give them the gift of prayer and desire.

Strength, Salvation, Eternal Life! Not a single one, those things were pure hoaxes in the mouth of King Imiron, they had never gotten them, they had never even seen them. Even so, they did not abandon their faith.

Until the Lich King extended an invitation to them.

No, of course, they won't be convinced right away.

The only way to make the strong surrender is not only to be stronger than them, but to let them see the hope they never had!