ebookland Chapter 143 The Legend of the Three Divine Artifacts
Chapter 143 The Legend of the Three Divine Artifacts
Save the gravedigger, capture Ambermill...
With Archmage Atal'ik's head in hand, the Battle of Ambermill is considered over.
The initial plan devised by the gravedigger, Carlos, has actually been achieved. Pyrewood Village is now in ruins, and Arugal, the original owner of Shadowfang Keep, has been killed, with no survivors left inside.
The Forsaken's plan to guard the border has essentially been accomplished.
However, when three goblin gunboats arrived as reinforcements, the battlefield situation reversed. The Forsaken's objective expanded to eliminating all threats around Undercity and conquering the entire former territory of Lordaeron...
The Kingdom of Lordaeron has a vast territory. In the earliest days, Alterac and Dalaran were actually within its borders... In other words, although the Kingdom of Alterac, the city-state of Dalaran, and the city-state of Gilneas were independent, they were actually subservient to Lordaeron.
On the contrary, in the Arathi Highlands, within the former Stromgarde Keep, the once mighty Arathi human empire had fallen to the point where only a castle remained...
The so-called Stromgarde Dynasty of Stromgarde claims to be the legitimate successor to the ancient human empire of Arathor, but in reality they are just a group of warlords occupying Stromgarde... essentially an ordinary city-state.
Of the true descendants and nobles of the Arathorian Empire, King Thoradin went to Tirisfal Glades, and Elwynn Forest...
The kingdoms they established far surpassed those of other city-states, namely the former White Lordaeron and the current Blue Stormwind...
The two sides are secretly vying for power, and other states, including Kul Tiras, are implicitly led by Lordaeron... Stratholme and the territories of various lords in Lordaeron are far more prosperous than other regions.
Lordaeron is bordered by the elven empire of Quel'Thalas, a place where the high elves and humans once suppressed the trolls and dominated the northern part of the Eastern Kingdoms...
The forest trolls of Zul'Aman were forced to seal off their ancient cities, hiding inside and barely surviving...
Arathor was originally a hunter of trolls... However, after the trolls were defeated and suppressed, peace did not last long. When the Dark Portal opened for the first time, humanity faced an invasion by orcs...
Back then, Lordaeron, in alliance with Stormwind and members of the other seven nations, fought against the visitors from another dimension...
Ultimately, the primitive orcish tribes were defeated, and many captured orcs were enslaved. The nobles who enslaved the orcs were mostly former lords of Lordaeron... including Thrall, who grew up enslaved as gladiators in Durnholde Keep, not far from Alterac...
However, this period of peace was short-lived... When Ner'zhul was trapped within the icy barrier and fell to Northrend, Kel'Thuzad, driven by his research in dark magic, voluntarily traveled north to join the Lich King Ner'zhul, willingly becoming a necromancer...
Then they secretly formed the Cult of the Damned, and infiltrated Lordaeron to spread the undead plague...
Prince Arthas, along with Uther and others, went to investigate the truth and killed Kel'Thuzad, who was still in human form. But this lich's servant had long since transformed into darkness... and the plague had already corrupted all of Lordaeron...
Cities with large populations, such as Stratholme, were among the first to be affected... In his quest to purify and eradicate the undead plague, Arthas, seduced by the Dreadlord, grew increasingly mad, until he was consumed by inner turmoil and despair...
Originally intending to rush to Northrend to eliminate the Lich King Ner'zhul, the root of the Scourge, he instead stumbled into the cave where the cursed sword Frostmourne was sealed. There, he pulled out Frostmourne, becoming the lich's sword forever... a fallen paladin of light transformed into a death knight...
The result was that the prince's northern expedition was incomplete, and he returned to Lordaeron prematurely, personally destroying the kingdom and murdering the king... turning Lordaeron into a realm of the dead. Using this as a springboard, he attacked Dalaran and other states, causing endless slaughter and cults, accumulating power for the Lich King.
Clear the way for the demon army...
However, the Lich King Ner'zhul actually wanted to take this opportunity to break free from the control of the demons and use the power of death to fight against the Burning Legion.
Ner'zhul was once the leader of the orcs, but also their sinner... The destruction of the orcs' homeland was related to Ner'zhul.
Years ago, he was seduced by the fraudster Kil'jaeden, gradually allowing Gul'dan to seize power and corrupt the orcs' homeland with fel energy. In order to escape and find a new home, he attempted to open a portal using the Scepter of Sargeras, the Book of Medivh, and the Eye of Dalaran.
The so-called Dark Gate...
However, the energy generated by these three items tore apart the orcs' homeland, forcing them to follow Gul'dan's guidance and attack Azeroth...
When everything became clear, Ner'zhul had already been imprisoned and tortured by demons, his physical body stripped away...
The Dreadlord was ordered to seal his soul power within magical artifacts such as the Crown of Domination and Frostmourne, forged from Saronite... and, as if following someone's plan, tossed them into the icy mountains of Northrend...
The Creator's relics are hidden there, Ulduar!
Sealed within is an Old God: Yogg-Saron... All flesh-and-blood races are connected to him, for it was he who corrupted the Titan Guardians and cast a flesh curse upon all Titan-made beings...
That's how billions of flesh and blood beings came to be in Azeroth...
Whether it's Ner'zhul, Arthas, or the Many-Faced Demon sealed within Ulduar... they were all part of the plan. They were all puppets... commonly known as tools.
Despite possessing immense and terrifying power, he could not control his own destiny.
Unable to realize their own will, always being led by the nose, doing countless things they didn't want to do but had to do.
The Forgotten Ones will never repeat the same mistakes!
This is the Queen's will...
Lorraine patted the commander of the [Hand of Vengeance] on the shoulder, as a way of celebrating Ambermill's victory together.
He used to feel a bit inferior, but now he is qualified to truly face this elite Undercity officer with a rank of 10 or higher.
Although he is still a low-ranking combat infantryman, after this battle, the title of Plague Bringer is well-deserved.
No longer the object of the Varimathras Elite Guard's surveillance who can be monitored and threatened at will!
He was promoted three ranks in a row, which made him a first-class sergeant major!
He can be considered a real military officer now!
Although I might still not have any subordinates, it's okay, I can find them myself... Even though Lorraine is almost 5 ranks lower than the opposing commander...
However, he didn't mind at all that the big shot opposite him respected him and addressed him as the Plague Messenger!
He also has notable military achievements and merits...
Now that the Dalaran plan is complete, Lorraine believes he will soon become a true Blood Guardian or a centurion or higher.
He might become a general or a warlord.
Dalaran must go, but not to destroy him... He has his own plans and goals... which cannot be revealed to this elite officer of Undercity.
With a simple arrangement, the weakening of the magic circle in Ambermill was completely completed...
Lorraine dismissed the elites of Undercity; he was going to sneak into Dalaran... to complete the true mission of the Plaguebringer.
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