Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"The Catastrophe of the Ancient War has changed many things. What you know is only what the Kaldorei want you to know. There are also many things that happened in the darkness of history, which they have concealed."

In the forest outside the huge hollow tree trunk city, Blake held an exquisite wine flask and said to the little star and the little fishman sitting in front of him:

“Of course, the Kaldorei conceal these things out of good intentions.

There are many things in this world that cannot be widely publicized. There are powers hidden in this world that a young blue dragon like you cannot imagine.

Just reading a name, or a scroll with fallen divine power, is enough to turn a small town into hell overnight.

The most dangerous of these taboos are those that even the dragons avoid because of their corrupted majesty.

The tree in front of us is related to one of the most dangerous forces. "

He took a sip of wine and could sense little Xingxing's uneasiness without the need for Kilrogg's Eye to scan. He laughed again and comforted:

"Don't be afraid, we are still far, far away from contacting the fallen god. What is shown here is only one ten thousandth of its divine power.

Although the druids had used natural magic to clean it up, the residue left behind was already dangerous enough.

I'll keep it short. "

Blake put down the wine bottle in his hand and said in a concise tone:

"The Catastrophe affected the Ancient God's cage that was sealed underground in Northrend, and its fallen power began to emerge all over the world. That was 4,500 years ago.

This matter was quickly noticed by the Kaldorei elves, and after a brief discussion, the druids took action.

They were inspired by the World Tree Nordrassil's deeds of purifying and stabilizing the entire continent of Kalimdor, so they took six branches from the World Tree and planted them in six places in the world.

Eliminate those evil iron disasters caused by fallen divine power.

Things were going well up to this point, but soon, bad things happened.

On the land beneath our feet, this tree named 'Crown of Ice' Andrassil by the druids is the most prosperous of the six branches of the world.

It is held in high esteem by druids.

The guardian of nature hopes that it will protect Northrend with its natural power just as Nordrassil protected Kalimdor.

There were no problems in the first few decades.

Until the roots of this tree spread too far down, and finally touched the edge of the ancient god's cage. Overnight, it was infected and transformed.

When the druids sensed something was wrong and came to Northrend to check, the tree had become a battlefield. "

The pirate pointed at the ground at his feet, which looked a little off in color. He said quietly in a ghostly, ghost-story-telling tone:

“All the creatures in the entire Grizzly Hills, including but not limited to the silent and fierce yak people, the tree demons who protect nature, the powerful and brave bear people, and even the mammoths and northern kobolds in the Dragonblight.

All the creatures you can think of, all the creatures you can't imagine, gathered under this fallen tree, and blood flowed like a river in one night.

The reason why the Gray and White Hills are called the Gray and White Hills is because when the group of druids burned the bones of innocent people thousands of years ago, they burned almost all the surrounding forests.

After that night, Frostcrown Andrassil died.

A group of great druids headed by Fandral Staghelm knew that they had done something wrong with their good intentions. When they regretted it, they had to call on the power of wild nature to plant the druids with their own hands to defend Northrend. The tree is destroyed.

Andrassil's collapsed trunk hit the forest in the Grizzly Hills. It took four thousand years for it to die, and you can still see the remains of that tree throughout the forest.

From that day on, Frostcrown became the Broken Crown, and Andrassil became Vordrassil.

This is the sad place for the druids.

This place taught the druids many things, and since then, they no longer plant trees recklessly.

In fact, speaking more carefully, Nordrassil, the world tree on the top of Mount Hyjal, can grow up healthily not only because of the blessings of the dragon kings, but also mainly because the world tree was planted in Illidan. From the small Well of Eternity created by Stormrage. "

The pirate curled his lips and said:

"The magic of the Well of Eternity protects the World Tree. Without Illidan's reckless behavior, the night elves' World Tree would have never grown into the shape of Vordrassil.

After all, an ancient god is also sealed underground in Kalimdor. "

His story came to an end.

Little Star immediately raised her hand, like a good student asking a question. She looked at Blake, blinked and asked:

"What are the Old Gods?"

"Well, didn't your grandfather tell you? A blue dragon like it should know this very well."

The little blue dragon princess's question made the pirate choke.

He glanced at Silly White Sweet Little Blue Dragon with a strange expression, shook his head and said:

"It's difficult for me to explain their existence to you, and I can't even tell you their names here, because although the root system of Vordrassil has been cut off, the fallen power still exists in this tree.

But I can tell you that the reason your Blue Dragon Legion is in such a state of decline is inextricably linked to the Ancient God.

The reason why the black dragon king Neltharion degenerated into Deathwing was because he listened to too many voices of corruption in his sleep. The demigods of the void seduced it with sounds, nightmares and illusions.

Its fall is one of the greatest victories achieved by the Void forces after the end of the Dark Empire era. "

"That"

Upon hearing Deathwing's name, a flash of anger and hatred appeared in Little Xingxing's eyes. She clenched her fists and asked again:

"Then how powerful are these ancient gods? Are you their enemy?"

"Ha, you got the point right."

Blake chuckled, glanced at the darkening sky, drank the last sip of wine, and explained:

“They have always been hidden in the shadows of history, and their existence is rarely known, but the entire world of Azeroth 10,000 years later developed under their eyes.

They know all our weaknesses and they know exactly how to deal with us.

But we also have our advantages.

If you want to know more, go to Dalaran in the future and I will take you to meet some of my friends. They are all very powerful people and they will be willing to accept an outstanding member like you.

Well, Eldagosa is one of them.

I think this is probably why the Spellweaver was so kind to me in the Nexus and allowed me to take the Scepter of Aluneth. The wise Spellweaver will not be fooled by my evil yet charming appearance.

It knows that it and I have a common enemy.

This should be one of the reasons why it will let you follow me.

Old Merry will tell you the rest after you join the organization that fights against the void. Now follow me, and we will go around Graymaw Keep in Vordrassil.

I'm going to find something there.

By the way, find out where the little cutie from Grizzly Hills has been all these years.

My stupid wolf has already sneaked in. It seems that he knows that he is about to have a competitor, which makes him very stressed. He has been very active in the past few days and finally looks a bit like a war beast.

Well, sure enough, healthy competition is needed at all times. "

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As night falls, most of the bears in Gray Maw Castle have entered a never-ending nightmare. There are also a few "night owls" who are wandering back and forth in the hollow big tree trunk city.

These werebears look pretty awesome.

Each one is the same height of three meters. Their heads are like bears, but their bodies are like humans, walking upright, and their thick fur is full of twitching muscles.

There are claws hidden in the fleshy pads of the palms. When threatened, these claws can be thrust out like those of a certain wolf.

The claws of the werebears are their main weapons in hunting and fighting, and they will continue to harden with age. Some simple natural magic is attached to the claws of some old werebears who have been blessed by life.

In addition, despite the fact that the werebears look silly when walking, they do have spellcasters.

There is a legacy of shamans in the bear tribe, and they can master powerful natural and elemental magic through learning. Some bear shamans in ancient clans can even summon lightning hurricanes, or summon tree people to fight with the power of nature.

Since there are shamans, the bears must know the iconic shaman spell bloodthirsty.

Some powerful and talented Ursine warriors can even learn "autonomous rage", an unscientific skill that makes many warriors burst into tears.

These ferocious bears, whose brute strength can compete with the Vrykul, will become unstoppable when blessed by a large-scale bloodthirsty spell.

In the ancient war of Zin-Azshari ten thousand years ago, at least ten demon legions were torn apart by the bear people from the front.

Well, it is worth mentioning that the most powerful hunter in history, the legendary Huon Gaoling, also became famous in this battle.

The crazy tauren hunter, with his legendary war beast Airot, blocked the demon portal and carried out a brutal massacre, even scaring the notoriously brainless demons like the demon guards from passing through the portal.

So, to sum up, these bears are not easy to mess with.

In the Grizzly Hills, they are the real overlords. All frost trolls and human colonists will have to stand aside.

Grizzly Hills is a mess or not, the bears have the final say!

but.

At this moment, the pirate who was walking quickly in the tree ring of Greymaw Keep raised his head and glanced at the moonlight shining above his head and shining on the hollow tree trunks of Vordrassil.

Holding the moon blade, he couldn't help but have an inflated thought.

Maybe he can kill all these fallen bears in the infinite shadow escape enhanced by moonlight. Well, as long as your physical strength can hold it, it shouldn't be difficult.

Little Xingxing, who had magical invisibility skills on her body, followed the captain step by step. Compared to the pirate's professionalism and silence, she was far behind.

But in the dead of night, as long as you don't make too much noise, there won't be any trouble.

Little Xingxing's focus has always been rather strange.

When she passed by a bear tree house, she took a look inside, and an unspeakable stench suddenly hit her face. Little Xingxing pinched her nose and complained:

"Something must have died here."

"I advise you not to look. For the sake of your breakfast tomorrow, hold back your curiosity."

Blake persuaded quietly.

But Little Star's curiosity is as big as that of a whale shark.

A young blue dragon like her was already interested in everything, so she ignored Black's advice and peeked into the bear-man hut.

What she saw almost sent her away on the spot.

"Hey, it's so disgusting. How did these bear-men become like this? Look at them. Their skin is sore. This smell is disgusting."

The little princess's physical limit was exceeded.

Her San points were all gone, and she covered her mouth and made a retching motion. The plump young dragon Emmygosa flying on her shoulders also covered her eyes in fear.

Don't blame her for making such a fuss, it's just that the bears here are a little too

Their originally smooth skin was now covered with corrosive sores and gangrene, and some had disgusting sarcomas on their bodies, which were constantly squirming like external hearts.

Each one looks like a zombie bear infected with biohazard.

Some eye sockets were ulcerated, disgusting liquid leaked out of the black eye sockets, all their teeth were missing, and even weird little tentacles grew out of the wounds on their bodies.

Blake had known this for a long time.

He has dealt with the void too much, and he knows very well what kind of disgusting things will be produced where the power of the void remains, so he closed the Eye of Kilrogg in advance.

Here comes the "see no evil" message, so as not to affect your mood.

"Do you think Void Infection is something fun? Now you have seen with your own eyes the power of the Ancient God."

As the pirate followed the paw prints left by his ghost wolf, he said to Little Star behind him, who was covering his eyes and shaking all over:

"They don't even need to appear in front of you. A whisper, a vision, a nightmare is enough to distort normal life into a state of depravity that even mom doesn't recognize.

But the saddest thing is that this is not the end.

The burning of everything brought by the Burning Legion is so kind compared to the methods of the Void.

Before your body is distorted, your soul has already decayed, and your consciousness will be filled with knowledge you cannot understand.

You are awake and confused.

You will do anything for the will implanted in your mind.

Suffocate your children with your own hands, kill all your brothers and sisters, and pierce the most poisonous blade into the hearts of your parents. They don't even mean to let you do this. They don't appreciate tragedy.

They rarely even think.

But the madness of falling into the void will make you continue to commit such tragedies and serve the void.

The Burning Legion is simply the enemy of order.

But the void is the enemy of all life. Be wary of the corrosion of the void. It always comes quietly. I said, don’t listen! "

"Snapped"

Blake didn't get an answer. When he turned around, he saw that the silly blue dragon's eyes were a little blurry. He turned around and slapped Little Xingxing on the face.

Such a rough method completely woke up Stellagosa who was seduced by the faint phantom sound in her ears.

This slap alerted several sleeping void-infected bears around them, but before they opened their eyes, the moon blades swung in the form of a shadow strike crisscrossed back and forth among the bear-men.

Ignoring any real damage caused by armor defense, it cut off their spines accurately and fatally, and the burst of Shadow Strike turned their shrunken brains into a mosaic.

Blake returned to the original place in the next second and shook away the dirty blood on the moon blade.

Little Xingxing covered her face blankly.

Feeling the chill emanating from the captain in front of him, he realized what had just happened. This also made the little blue dragon, who encountered the power of the void for the first time, break out in a cold sweat, fold his arms and start to tremble.

"Ugh, I won't play anymore."

She said with a cry and shaking body.

"Then get out! Wait for my signal outside. Don't cry! You are not a child anymore. Hold back your tears and behave decently, or I will beat you."

The pirate pointed outside to her. This time, Little Xingxing didn't object. He wiped his eyes honestly and used a teleportation spell to leave.

She was really frightened.

Alas, considering the dragon's age, he is still a child after all.

Tonight's "really damn" encounter will probably leave a psychological shadow on her.