Azeroth’s Death Track

ah!

A miserable howl was heard from the residence of Astrana, the largest elf city in Ashenvale. It was the painful scream of a night elf woman, and it sounded like she was in danger.

But not so.

A male night elf wearing a robe anxiously circled outside his house, looking worriedly at the closed door. Inside lay his wife and the Luna priests who came to deliver the baby.

Having a child is not uncommon in Kaldorei's civilization of more than 10,000 years, but it is strange to say that after the World Tree was burned by the hateful undead half a month ago, Kadorei's life form happened The other changes have not shown their power for the time being, but the most important one has caused the entire night elf society to be in a state of turmoil in the past two weeks.

The frequency of night elf women getting pregnant and giving birth has become more frequent. In just two weeks, nearly a thousand female night elves were pregnant in Astrana. This phenomenon did not exist in the previous Kaldorei society. In the past, it may take several years for the immortal night elves to have a newborn, and adult elves are not very keen on getting married and having children.

The great increase in pregnancy rate is only one aspect. On the other hand, the life of expectant night elf mothers who are about to give birth has also become worse. I don't know if it is because the blessing of the World Tree on the night elves has failed. In short , Childbirth, which used to be sacred, has become bloody in these two weeks.

ah!

The night elf mother who was tossing and turning on the bed let out another scream, her beautiful face was distorted due to the pain, and the Moon God Priest on the side wiped her face nervously with water, while the other Moon Goddesses beside the bed The priest of God was in a hurry and didn't know how to help the mother.

Because the childbirth in front of them is completely different from those they have seen in their previous lives... It can be said that it is beyond their comprehension.

What are you still doing?

In the end, a human Sister of Holy Light, who was temporarily staying in Astrana and tried to preach to the elves, rushed over to help after hearing about this incident. She rushed into the room and saw these frantic moon The embarrassing scene of the priests made the nuns and old mothers of the Church of the Holy Light immediately furious.

In the culture of the human empire, the Church of the Holy Light is the most knowledgeable group of people, and the nuns in it occasionally play the role of midwives, and this old nun with sincere faith is seen by the elves in her short life. , helping at least 30 children to be born smoothly, her experience is so high that these elves don't know where to go.

You! Girl, hold her hand, don't let her scratch herself!

You, girl with big braids, come here to help, wait, wash your hands first!

And you, go prepare some hot water!

The human nun held the scene with her rich experience. After a lot of busy work, when the elf mother was about to faint, a pair of beautiful twins finally gave birth smoothly. The old nun wrapped the two elf babies in a clean blanket and handed them over. In the hands of the bewildered father, amidst the night elf's unstoppable thanks, the old nun looked suspiciously at the young and beautiful Luna priests beside her.

As a practitioner of faith, the old lady of the Church of Holy Light doesn't care about the beautiful face of the elf, she cares more about the beauty of the heart, but now, she has a strange doubt.

I heard from the archbishop that each of you has lived for thousands of years...

The human nun and old mother asked curiously:

Then you should have experienced many times of baby delivery, why... why are you acting so flustered, as if it's the first time you've seen this kind of scene, look at the poor little girl, almost seeing blood Passed out, this shouldn't be!

Facing the question from the human Sister of the Holy Light, the senior priest of Astrana Moon Temple said softly with some embarrassment:

Sister of the Holy Light, you don't know much about our night elf traditions. In the previous years, night elf mothers did not need our help in childbirth.

Yes, old lady.

A younger pastor lady then said, she danced and pointed to a moon well on the edge of the city:

We will put the mother who is about to give birth into the well water dug from the moon well. Under the blessing of the moon god, she will not suffer pain or bleed. The moon god will help the baby to be born smoothly...

Oh, that sounds convenient.

While turning the rosary, the old human mother commented:

No wonder you haven't seen such a natural birth...but why don't you use it now?

This question made all the Luna priests around her sad, and after a while, the older senior priest whispered:

Because the World Tree is gone...the blessing of the Moon God is gone. The Moonwell still has healing effects, but it can no longer help mothers give birth to babies smoothly. We have been busy in recent days Unfortunately, we don't have your experience, and frankly, we don't even experience natural babies at all.

It's unfamiliar and it feels ... scary.

The young Moon God Priest couldn't help shivering, she whispered to the old human mother:

The mother looked so painful just now, she bled a lot...I'm scared, I won't get married in the future.

Hahaha, silly boy.

The old human mother recited a few prayers for the Holy Light. She smiled kindly and stroked the hair of the young Luna Priest. She whispered:

In my belief, human beings are born from pain and bear the sins that make their mothers suffer. They need to use good deeds to cleanse their lives, but the birth of flesh and blood is not dirty. It is a sacred ceremony, representing life and blood. Inheritance... Well, let me teach you how to help those mothers who are in pain. Judging from your current situation, you really need to learn this.

After finishing speaking, amidst the thanks from the other pastors, a shrewd look flashed in the eyes of the old nun, and she whispered:

But you also have to give me the right to preach here, at least give me a small church. I am still living in your hotel. For a practitioner of faith, this is a bit too inappropriate.

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Astrana has given birth to 213 newborns in the past two weeks? And one third of them are twins?

In the Temple of the Moon God on Mount Hyjal, Tyrande looked at a report in her hand in surprise. She looked at General Ryan Wolfwalker, who was still pale in disbelief, and asked:

Is this true? Are you sure you're not mistaken? General! More than 200 newborns, that's the number of new people we've had in the past 10 years!

I know it's hard to believe, High Priest.

General Wolfwalker shrugged helplessly:

But it's true, you haven't seen the next census... Pregnant moms have peaked in the past half month that the Kaldorei haven't seen in 10,000 years, predictably Yes, in the spring of next year, Astrana, and even the entire Kaldorei civilization, will usher in an unprecedented wave of baby boomers. Preliminary estimates, especially Astrana, will have babies born next year. A staggering 2,000-3,000 ranks!

this...

Tyrande felt that her thinking was a little confused. Even she, who was well-informed, was a little at a loss for the sudden situation in front of her.

Ever since Queen Azshara founded the Elven Empire, the elves were not a race that multiplied quickly. Their physical conditions were too superior, so difficulty in reproduction became a standard feature of the elves. Even the elves were quite different from the night elves. The birth rate of the high elves is pitifully less than that of humans.

And this unprecedented baby boom is definitely abnormal.

These newborns...their bodies, are they healthy?

Tyrande suspected that this might be another Old God's conspiracy. He looked at General Wolfwalker, who replied seriously:

The moon god priests in Astrana have tested the newborn's body, and it is very healthy, even a little too healthy...

boom

Just when Tyrande and the wolf walker were speechless, the door of the Moon God Temple was suddenly pushed open, and a Moon God guard walked over quickly and said to Tyrande:

The High Priest...General Garrod, who has been missing for thousands of years, is back!

What?

This news made Tyrande and Wolfwalker widen their eyes at the same time. Jarod Shadowsong, this is the younger brother of the warden Maiev Shadowsong, and the commander of the frontal battlefield of the War of the Ancients. Commanding dragons, demigods, night elves, and nature's family members and the Burning Legion to deal with on the roads of Kalimdor, without Garrod's command, the outcome of the War of the Ancients would definitely be very different.

And at the end of the War of the Ancients, Garald's reputation among the night elves was higher than that of Tyrande and Malfurion. If Garald wanted to be the king of the elves at that time, he probably wouldn't get too much. Unfortunately, Garald is not a person who is greedy for power, especially after being almost killed by Illidan, Garald quickly took his wife to live in seclusion.

Why did he return to the Kaldorei civilization at this juncture?

Tyrande and the wolf walker looked at each other, and finally the wolf walker asked loudly:

Guards! Have you asked why General Jarod suddenly returned?

Ask...uh.

The lady guard's expression was somewhat strange. Under the questioning eyes of the two commanders, she said hesitantly:

General Garrod's wife is about to give birth, but she is seriously ill. He doesn't know who to turn to for help, so he can only return to Mount Hyjal. This is what he said...

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By the time Tyrande returned to the Moon God Temple, it was already a night with few stars.

She personally welcomed Jarod Shadowsong who had returned to Kaldorei society at the pass of Mount Hyjal, and his wife Sarah Hill, a gentle and generous female elf with the blood of the Highborne, Probably because of the sudden disappearance of the World Tree, Sarah Hill's already bad physical condition was worsened, and she developed a very serious disease.

What's worse is that Kaldorei's weird baby boom also affected Sarah Hill. Judging from the big belly of this elf, this is definitely a twin, maybe even a triplet.

Tyrande comforted the agitated Garald, but she didn't tell Garald the tragic fact that all of Sarah Hill's life force had been used to support the newborn baby in her stomach, and it was this The respectable mother volunteered to do this, which means that once the child is born, it is likely to be the day when Sarah Hill, who is terminally ill, will die.

Even as the High Priest of the Moon God, Tyrande couldn't heal such injuries. After losing the World Tree, Sarah Hill's last hope of surviving had also disappeared.

And there is an even more terrifying fact that Tyrande has concealed.

Garald's only relative, his sister Maiev Shadowsong, has been confirmed...died in battle on the Darkshore battlefield, and it is very possible that the body and soul were taken away by those damned Darkblade undead. Regarding Jarod's current state, Tyrande still felt that it would be better to conceal this news.

Tyrande pushed open the window of the Temple of the Moon God. The newly built building was not as majestic as the original Temple of the Moon God, and was even called shabby. But after communicating with Elune himself, Tyrande already understood The reason for the birth of the night elves and their mission, although Elune did not tell her clearly, but Tyrande is a smart woman, she can guess...

The ancient god hidden in the darkness of the world, that is Elune's greatest enemy, and the enemy that the night elves must defeat!

call

A cold wind suddenly blew in Tyrande's room, and the night warrior turned around abruptly, with a silver double-headed scythe already in her hand, she looked at the shadow behind her vigilantly with a standard warrior posture, But saw a most familiar person.

Malfurion... her dead husband, her love.

boom

The war scythe in Tyrande's hand fell to the ground, and the poor woman took a step forward with a sad face. She reached out and tried to touch Malfurion's cheek, but the latter shook his head and took a step back , to place myself between that icy darkness.

My Tyrande...I am no longer the Malfurion you remember. I came here tonight to tell you something you need to know.

But I want to hear from you more, I want to hear from you, you will not leave me!

Tyrande, who was as tough as steel in front of outsiders, was like a vexatious girl at this time. She took a sudden step and hugged Malfurion tightly in front of her. The latter wanted to kill Tyrande. Rand pushed away, but finally, he sighed, stroked his wife's hair as before, and said softly in an emotionless voice:

Tyrion took away the inheritance of the night elves...but Elune personally came to the dead world, forcing the lord of the dead world to return all the elf souls he plundered to you in the form of newborn babies... this The process may last for several years, and after the baby boom is over, the birth rate of the night elves will reach the same level as that of the high elves, and the Kaldorei civilization will not collapse because of the loss of the World Tree...

But the rules of the dead world have begun to change the world. My Tyrande, elves, humans, orcs, all civilizations will eventually be included in the cycle of life and death established by Tyrion, but don't worry, Elune is still Under the protection of the Kaldorei, under the majesty of the Moon God, the night elves will obtain a new form of reproduction that will no longer be restricted...

This is a disaster, but this is also a new life. The shackles that bound the Kaldorei have been completely broken. Although we paid a heavy price, you are finally free. Go on bravely, Tyrande, and Together, Illidan and Jarod, lead your people to continue on, and eventually become a part that cannot be ignored in this changing world...

I don't want this! I don't want to hear this!

Tyrande screamed tearfully:

I only want you! I only want you! Malfurion, don't leave me!

well...

Malfurion stretched out his icy fingers and lifted Tyrande's sad and tearful cheek. He bent down and gently kissed Tyrande's forehead. He said:

I have been with you for ten thousand years, my Tyrande, that was the best ten thousand years of my life...

But, that is already in the past, forget me... I must be forgotten too.

Start a new life... I will be in hell, praying for you.

Goodbye...my love...