Truth of the Matter
"Mighty Lord of the Woodlands, I am Broxigar from ten thousand years in the future. With the power of the Bronze Dragon Aspect, Nozdormu, I have returned to ten thousand years in the past to prevent the Infinite Dragonflight from destroying the timeline!"
"Infinite Dragonflight?" Cenarius looked puzzled. He only knew of the five Dragon Aspects, and he had the best relationship with the Green Dragonflight, but he had never heard of the Infinite Dragonflight. However, from the name, he could infer that the Infinite Dragonflight should be related to the Bronze Dragonflight.
"This…"
Broxigar had never seen the Infinite Dragonflight either. In the first half of his life, he had only seen the red dragons enslaved by the Dragonmaw clan.
"Broxigar, what else? What about the Burning Legion you mentioned?" Malfurion reminded him from the side.
Compared to the dragons, who also belonged to Azeroth, Malfurion was more worried about the changes in the Well of Eternity. That portal had kept him from getting a good night's sleep for a long time!
"Burning Legion?"
"That's right, the Burning Legion. In our time, they invaded Azeroth, and according to the records of your night elves at the time, it was their second invasion!" Broxigar tried to recall the information that Highlord Galen had told him.
"Second invasion?" Malfurion and Cenarius, who were present, understood. If the second invasion was ten thousand years later, then the first invasion was in this era!
"Broxigar, can you tell us more about the Burning Legion?" Malfurion had wanted to ask this question in Suramar, but he was too busy escaping at the time and didn't have time to say it.
"The Burning Legion is a legion founded by a dark titan named Sargeras. They constantly destroy planets with life in the universe. It is said that the Pantheon has been fighting the Burning Legion for over ten thousand years."
Hiss!
"Dark Titan?"
Cenarius looked horrified. As a demigod with close ties to the Dragon Aspects, he naturally knew that the five Dragon Aspects were so powerful because they were blessed by the titans!
The titans were so powerful, and according to the law that they could become stronger by turning to darkness, the backer of the Burning Legion was very powerful!
Cenarius had learned from the Green Dragon Queen that their titans had not returned to Azeroth for tens of thousands of years!
"Things have become complicated!"
Things had become very Tricky, beyond his ability. It seemed he needed to summon his little partners!
Cenarius didn't necessarily believe everything Broxigar said. As a demigod, although his combat power was a little lacking, his perception was not bad. What Broxigar said was true.
"We'll talk about this later." Cenarius had just closed his eyes, but he suddenly opened them again, walked past Malfurion and Broxigar, and stared at the outskirts of the forest.
At this moment, the canopy of trees on the outskirts of the forest was shaking violently, and the forest was furious!
Cenarius stretched out his arms, pressed them tightly against the giant tree next to him, and after a while, he said with a gloomy expression: "We are under attack. The energy on the enemies is chaotic and strange. I have never seen it on this continent!"
"Prepare for battle, children. There are many enemies, and I fear that even I cannot protect all of you!"
Malfurion's expression changed: "Teacher, are they red, four-legged creatures that look like hounds!"
"Correct!"
Malfurion looked annoyed: "Teacher, they tracked us here! Broxigar said they are felhounds raised by the Burning Legion, the bane of mages!"
As Malfurion spoke, the felhounds were tearing at the oak sentinels guarding the forest!
These ancient guardians standing in place were grabbed by the felhounds, and the evil tentacles on their necks quickly extended, striking the thick tree trunks and beginning to suck the magic power inside the trees!
Truly, they were sunning the trees!
The ancient guardians felt the threat to their lives and desperately used their roots to entangle the felhounds' claws, trying to throw them off. The felhounds, relying on their thick skin and flesh, completely ignored the attacks and accelerated their magic absorption!
Seeing the trunks of these ancient guardians begin to wither, in despair, the guardians let out sharp wails, the sounds extremely harsh, soon exceeding the hearing frequency of most creatures.
In the end, these trees, which Cenarius had given life to, lost their ability to resist. The magic in their bodies was gradually sucked away by the felhounds, becoming more and more withered, and finally fell to the ground, sacrificing heroically.
After absorbing the magic, the felhounds' bodies swelled up, and then their bodies began to split, from one to five, instantly increasing the number of hundreds of felhounds fivefold!
The people in the center of the forest also heard the sharp wails of the ancient guardians before their death!
"Prepare for battle, children!"
At Cenarius' call, the entire forest seemed to come alive, and many creatures appeared in the forest. They were Cenarius' children, like him, centaurs, both male and female.
The males were keepers of the grove, strong and with exceptionally sharp claws, seemingly capable in close combat. The females were dryads, petite and powerful, holding sharp wooden spears!
Broxigar, wielding his knockoff Gorehowl, stood at the front of Cenarius' children.
He craved battle!
Before, without a weapon, he could only use his fists to kill the felhounds, but now with an axe in hand, he always wanted to chop something.
The Windrunner sisters had been listening to their conversation and now entered the battle state, jumping directly into the canopy of trees.
Although Malfurion hesitated, he did not retreat. Even though he knew that the felhounds would devour magic and witchcraft, and that his advantage lay in spellcasting rather than swordsmanship, he still stood firmly here!
This was Malfurion's precious quality.
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At this time, Vashj was holding a thick book and walking towards the Queen's palace, while Galen was slowly following behind her, strolling as if he were in his own courtyard.
If Galen could see Vashj's face at this moment, he would find that the maid's face was full of disbelief.
She had never imagined that opening the portal would be so simple. With just a flash of white light, Galen took her hand and left the palace, appearing in front of a hidden city.
Then, after obtaining the book the Queen needed, another flash of white light, and they returned to the palace!
The Highborne now were like a group of nouveau riche, with the power of the Well of Eternity that they could never use up. Once the mages absorbed the magic power of the Well of Eternity to their body's limit, their level of strength would immediately cap out, unable to break through their own limits.
They ignored the various basics and the innovation and optimization of magic, unlike the later high elves who carefully calculated the magic power in their bodies before building the Sunwell, and the human mages of Dalaran who had no Well of Eternity, let alone the Sunwell, and could only find ways to use the least amount of magic in their bodies to release more powerful spells.
The primitive Highborne could not imagine the wonderful variety of spells that would emerge in later generations.
Dath'Remar was completely bewildered. Just an hour ago, Queen Azshara had arranged for him to rest in a side hall. Before he could even warm his seat, a maid had led him back to the Queen.
Entering the palace, Dath'Remar saw Galen and Vashj, who had just said they were going to Eldre'Thalas, were already back. He thought there might have been some difficulty, but instead, he saw Vashj respectfully presenting a book to Her Majesty the Queen.
Had they succeeded?
So quickly!
Dath'Remar was shocked!
Queen Azshara was even more shocked!
She wouldn't doubt the loyalty of her personal maidservant, who had colluded with Galen to deceive her!
Besides, the book bore the mark of Thalosse'Darin. Surely, they wouldn't all betray her!
"Little mage, it seems you have some ability!" Azshara casually placed the book on a nearby table and stood up.
The two maids beside the Queen became tense, one stepping forward to support her, the other draping a gorgeous robe over her shoulders.
"Thank you for the Queen's praise. Galen is willing to swear allegiance to the Queen, to serve Her Majesty loyally and devote his life to her cause!"
Galen had wanted to use the same rhetoric as Doron, the Royal Guard, but his integrity wouldn't allow him to be so obsequious. He could only maintain his own academy-style mage's rigid, taciturn persona.
"Very well, Galen, I accept your allegiance." Queen Azshara was pleased with Galen's initiative, believing it was a testament to her personal charm. "Come with me; the time to demonstrate your value will soon be here. If you can prove your worth, I wouldn't mind bestowing a title upon you!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Light of Lights!" Galen lowered his head, saying flattering words against his will.
I, the master of the Crusader, second only to one and above ten thousand, am actually flattering someone here. It's so against my conscience!
Fortunately, there's no one familiar around!
Dath'Remar later became Thranduil!
Can I silence him!
My heart is so tired; let's just destroy everything!
I really want the war to start soon!
Queen Azshara's retinue began to depart, and Galen finally saw the Well of Eternity for the first time!
It was a large lake radiating a shimmering light. From afar, Galen could clearly sense the powerful arcane aura emanating from the lake.
However, due to the excessive abuse of the Well's water by the Highborne elven mages, the Well of Eternity's water had turned a dark, inky black!
Am I really going to pour ten bottles of pitch-black well water back?
That's too disgusting!
Hakar the Hound-Master and High Advisor Xavius personally came to greet the Queen upon her arrival at the Well of Eternity.
Although Xavius believed his current power was greater than the Queen's, the entire empire still belonged to Azshara, and the nobles still obeyed the Queen's commands. He had no choice but to lower his noble head.
"Light of Lights, Queen adored by all, your arrival makes the moonlight in the sky even brighter!"
Galen glanced at the sky above the Well of Eternity. Due to the presence of the portal, it was covered in dark clouds, constantly generating storms and lightning.
What the hell!
That's some serious ass-kissing!
Awesome, awesome!
"My dear advisor, and High Priest," the Queen said softly, "After working so hard for so long, I want to know when we can welcome the arrival of the gods?"
Xavius lowered his head even further.
"We are doing our best to extract the power from the Well, Your Majesty. Perhaps we still need some time!"
Azshara gazed at Xavius with her golden eyes: "Of course, I know this takes time, but my patience is limited, and I'm afraid I can't wait that long. Today, Dath'Remar recommended a mage who is proficient in magic control and spatial teleportation; I want to let him try!"
At this point, Xavius seemed to have just noticed Dath'Remar and Galen behind Azshara, as if the Queen's imperious tone and attitude had not caused him any displeasure. He said with an excited expression, "May the Queen be blessed; that would be wonderful!"
Azshara tilted her beautiful head slightly to the right, nodding to Galen: "Galen Laremar, the time has come to show your worth. If you satisfy me, I will not hesitate to bestow generous rewards!"
Upon hearing this, Galen thanked Queen Azshara and quickly walked out of the crowd to an altar in front of the Well of Eternity, where three Highborne elven mages were maintaining the stability of the portal.
Galen released his mental power. Based on the crash course Aegwynn and Gandalf had given him, he carefully detected the stability of the portal and the surrounding spatial structure.
"The spatial structure of this portal is quite stable, even flawless!"
As soon as Galen said this, not only Xavius but even Hakar the Hound-Master showed a satisfied expression.
"The problem lies with the Well of Eternity."
A master reveals himself with a single move. Galen directly stated the reason for the slow teleportation of the portal, causing a stir of tension around him.
"The energy of the Well of Eternity is very powerful, more than enough to maintain this portal connecting to the stars, but I sense that other casters are diverting the vast magical power elsewhere, causing the Well of Eternity to lack power!"
The Queen heard what she wanted to hear and excitedly said, "Then why don't we stop the external interference with the Well of Eternity? Wouldn't that be simple?"
Xavius wanted to explain to the Queen that the complexity of Highborne elven magic did not allow him to do so, but then realized that saying so would make him seem incompetent!
Stopping the external interference with the Well of Eternity was difficult to achieve with the power of the Highborne elves alone.
Xavius decided not to be the one to stick his neck out.
But often, things don't go according to his will.
"My dear advisor, the problem has been identified; now it's time to solve it!"
"This…"
This exceeds his level of magic!
What to do?
Xavius looked at Hakar the Hound-Master for help, but Hakar at this moment was staring intently at Galen.
Talent!
This is the talent he's been dreaming of!
Hakar had long been fed up with these stupid Highborne elven mages, who possessed magic but lacked the operational skills, making them utterly foolish!
Every time they failed, they delayed the arrival of their boss, and he had to supervise them day and night for the past month, fearing that the progress would be delayed and he would be severely punished!
A savior!