Will Eventually Arrive

As a savior, he had been stabbed in the back after saving someone. Anyone else would probably have flown into a furious rage, but Illidan said he was used to it.

After receiving treatment, Illidan escaped danger to his life and finally had time to interrogate the captured demon. But when he heard that the strange humanoid Holy Light Being that had flown away earlier had been imprisoned by Osiris, the King of Despair, he immediately realized that this might have been a deliberately laid trap.

There was no particular reason—just instinct. In Illidan's mind, Osiris, the King of Despair, was even more terrifying than Sargeras...

Back then, in accordance with the contract, after Illidan created a second Well of Eternity on Mount Hyjal, he threw the sword blank Roy had given him into it. Though this deal appeared to benefit the Night Elves, since they retained the Well of Eternity's power and could continue to enjoy eternal life, Illidan understood that the consequences would be extremely severe. It would give birth to a weapon possessing the power of destruction, and its owner happened to be a demon.

After escaping from his cage, Illidan had more than once considered returning to the Well of Eternity to steal or destroy the hidden sword blank. But after thinking it over, he did not dare do so. Whenever he recalled Osiris's gaze, which seemed to see through everything, he shuddered. He did not know whether his actions were already part of Osiris's calculations. What if... what if destroying that sword brought immense disaster upon all of Azeroth?

The same was true now. A Holy Light Being imprisoned by Osiris had been freed by Illidan. Logically, such a Holy Light Being should bring enormous trouble to the demons of the Burning Legion, which ought