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Aikie Kahet.
A mysterious place, a forgotten place, a prosperous place.
This ancient city belonging to Nerubian was once the center of the Nerubian's splendid civilization, just like Azjol-Nerub. However, the impact brought by Great Sundering was not limited to the surface of the continent, and even the underground kingdom of the Nerubian was affected.
The continental shelf of the entire world was torn apart, causing Aiki Kahet to be thrown into the corner of the world. When the influence of Great Sundering gradually dissipated, it took a long time for these Nerubian to regain contact with the Nerubians.
However, the kingdom of Nerubians was thrown to the north of the world, and the underground cave where Aiki Kahet lived was thrown to the south of the world.
This terrifying distance is difficult to cross even for Nerubians who can run in spider silk tunnels. Therefore, over time, Aiki Kacht's Nerubians can only maintain the most basic contact with their relatives far away.
But this does not affect the local Nerubians who hide in their own underground kingdom where they will not be disturbed and continue their enjoyable little lives.
They built the gorgeous city City of a Thousand Threads according to the tradition of Nerubian, and then wantonly spread conspiracies and sow the seeds of chaos, causing the city to be destroyed and rebuilt again and again.
Today, the underground abyss of Aiki Kahet is full of abandoned city ruins, which were once the cities of the Nerubians.
But to be able to create such exaggerated ruins through internal fighting alone without the invasion of natural enemies is enough to show how keen the Nerubians of City of a Thousand Threads are on chaos and confrontation in the dark.
This also seems to indicate that the Nerubian here is closer to the nature of Void Creature than the Nerub people in the north.
They enjoy chaos and adapt to it, and they also establish a unique order based on the changes of chaos.
However, recently, the attention of a large number of Nerubian executives living in City of a Thousand Threads has been attracted by a group of "foreign distant relatives".
Those are the war refugees from Azjol-Nerub. It is said that their ancient kingdom perished under the attack of Undead and the dangerous insect swarm. Even Crypt King, who was good at fighting, died in the terrible disaster.
This matter has become the most popular topic of conversation among the local K'ahetis (the self-proclaimed names of the Aiki Kahet Nerubians). They use exaggerated language to describe the few words they heard, and try to imagine the misery of the poor Nerub people losing their hometown. Then they arrogantly expressed that the generous K'ahetis are willing to provide shelter for the exiles.
The premise is that those "countrymen" from the North must abide by the rules of City of a Thousand Threads.
Well, "regional discrimination" exists in any world. For example, the local Nerubian will discriminate against the northern Nerubian, but in the Ahn'kahet ancient kingdom's scriptures, the Nerub priests will also ruthlessly ridicule the K'ahetis for being a group of frogs in the well who live their own lives behind closed doors.
After all, they are poor relatives who look down on each other, but in times of crisis, they will still be the first to contact each other.
The local ruler, the noble Queen Nefiries, has ordered her loyal royal spinner, Ms. Arachnae, nicknamed "The Widow", to be responsible for hosting this group of exiled relatives.
It is said that after Queen Nefiries heard about the destruction of the Nerubian kingdom, she said sadly, "Aiki Kahet has become the last kingdom."
The Queen was right.
Looking at the current situation of Azeroth, this underground territory far away from the disputes of the civilized world has indeed become the last bastion of Nerubian civilization.
However, what Queen Nefiries and her courtiers don't know is that they want to stay away from the conflicts of the world and live their own little life full of intrigues, but the disturbances from the outside world will not let them go so easily.
Just when City of a Thousand Threads opened a new day in the underground world, when those hard-working Nerubian businessmen drove the spider cars to leave the city to purchase biological supplies, and the four-legged residents in the city While they were asking around for the latest palace rumors in the city today, the Sunwell female ghost Anveena had quietly been hiding in the rock formations above the Nerubian city.
Anveena admired the Nerubian city below with a surprised look.
Seriously, it's not ugly!
Nerubians are indeed the most knowledgeable group of Brahmins in the swarm. They designed their cities with a rather dark aesthetics but with their own set of logic.
This City of a Thousand Threads stands in a "suspended" posture on top of layers of rock formations. Tough spider webs are used as bridges to connect various parts of the city. Different aesthetic styles are differentiated according to the different classes of the residents.
The city in the civilian area and business district is simple but tough, and the small houses are arranged in a nest-like manner, while the aristocratic district and the royal court where the queen lives are extremely luxurious. Nerubian people do not use gold, silver and gems as currency, but they will embellish these precious objects around the buildings.
The casters of Nerubian used local rocks to carve quite gorgeous pillars to support the huge palace. Especially the large-scale gilt murals on which Nerubians recorded their history made even Anveena "born" in Quel'Thalas feel amazed.
"What a work of art!"
The Trolls princess Talanji next to Anveena sighed with emotion. This Bug Herder, who followed Anveena to "gain some knowledge", held a gorgeous Goblin Telescope in her hand, constantly adjusting the focus to appreciate this Nerubian city.
She has a feeling that this City of a Thousand Threads is very likely to be older than Dazar'alor of Zandalari Troll, and the Nerubians living here do show a rather exaggerated order.
Apart from their appearance, they seem to be no different from the various races on the surface.
Talanji even saw a "Nerubian wedding" held on the edge of a civilian area. Although I didn't understand why the Nerubian groom kept crying, the scene was indeed very lively.
"So, how do you plan to eat this Nerubian kingdom?"
Talanji turned to the frowning Anveena and said:
"Shadow Chasing Swarm was able to capture Azjol-Nerub within half a month because Scourge was already attacking Nerubian in the North. Most of the defense force there was consumed, but the order of Aiki Kahet was stable.
Just look at the Nerubian guards patrolling around City of a Thousand Threads and you will know that the bugs here have an elite standing army.
This army is definitely not worth mentioning to Shadow Chasing Swarm, but the Saviors Swarm under your command has just been hatched. It is obvious that it will not be able to break through such a stable Nerubian force in a short time.
I just took a look, and there are quite a few Crypt Lords wandering around the city, and there are even special military fortresses here."
"Indeed, it would be a bit difficult to attack from the front."
Anveena is no longer the "King of Micro Operations" who doesn't understand military matters. Her vision has been honed by constant conquests. After seeing the situation of Aiki Kahet with her own eyes, she realized that she could not attack by force.
Then his mind changed, and he understood why instructor Diakum knew about the existence of this place, but did not instruct Shadowstalker Bugs to annex Nerubian here.
This Nerubian kingdom is a puzzle left to your own "Saviors Swarm".
"But it doesn't seem like I need to break them?"
Anveena rolled his eyes and said to Princess Talanji:
"The Nerubian here claim to be civilized people, so we can definitely reason with them. As long as they recognize themselves as a branch of "Aqir Empire", we can talk about this matter.
Swarm Mind of the Aqir Empire has reappeared in Shadowstalker Bugs's system, and Saviors Swarm has completely inherited the genes of Shadowstalker Bugs. My insect swarm is also the most orthodox successor of the Aqir Empire.
From a legal perspective, K'aheti Nerubian people should "recognize their ancestors and return to their clan."
"Uh"
Princess Talanji thinks Anveena's idea is a bit whimsical.
Queen Nerubian can even refuse relatives' requests for help, which shows that she takes the inheritance of K'aheti Nerubian very seriously.
In this case, if you ask someone to give up their independent status and submit to Saviors Swarm, wouldn't that cost their life?
Azeroth's insect swarm is very realistic!
Especially for Nerubian, a highly intelligent insect, all of them are masters who never see the coffin, so Anveena probably needs a combination of kindness and power to make K'aheti Nerubian succumb.
But the Shadow Hunterss followed the Nerub refugees all the way to Aiki Kahet, and what they discovered was more than just City of a Thousand Threads. They established this lookout point here to directly observe the direction of the Queen's Palace.
A few minutes later, Shadow Hunters, who had been tracking here, said to Anveena and Talanji:
"They've appeared! Look, the messenger of Old God!"
"Huh?"
The two of them immediately looked around.
Sure enough, under the escort of a team of elite Nerubian guards, Faceless Ones wearing "clothes" and several K'thir Warlock were entering the palace of Queen Nerubian Nefiries.
"Look at the badges on them, are they servants of N'Zoth?"
Princess Talanji widened his eyes and said:
"Why did Thousand Tentacle Demon send people here to Nerubian? This must be another shady conspiracy.
Ah, right!
I heard that the Tidesagess of Kul Tiras have been blocking the sea area recently. If the sea sages are really the servants of N'Zoth, it means that they are planning to cause trouble in Kul Tiras.
Is it here to invite Nerubian to return to "Dark Empire"?"
Anveena didn't answer, she thought about it, and after a moment, she asked:
"How many times did Queen Nefiries meet with the envoy of N'Zoth?"
"What we have observed is five or six times."
Shadow Hunters said in a cold tone:
"Although we are unable to obtain first-hand information, we guess that the peace talks between the two parties did not go smoothly. The Nefiries queen does not seem to intend to lead the K'aheti people back to the embrace of Old God."
"But they must choose a side!"
Anveena blinked and said:
"Jarod taught me that the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a friend, but it is possible to turn neutral people into friends with the help of the enemy's grievances. Maybe we should start in this direction.
Oh, I heard Lothar talk about what happened to Draenor before. It is said that Orcs's legendary heroine Ms. Draka once used a similar method to win Mok'Nathal Clan to join K'ure Alliance.
Perhaps, we should plan an "assassination" on Nerubian's territory, once N'Zoth's messenger dies in the city of Queen Nefiries
Tsk, then Queen Nerubian has ten mouths and she can't even explain it clearly. Old God is not a reasonable bastard."
"This is such a bad idea. Ahem, I mean it's great!"
The name Shadow Hunters's eyes lit up and he immediately replied:
"I will contact the headquarters immediately and ask General Staghelm to send a powerful assassin over. I must complete this matter before Old God's envoy leaves.
However, do you want to go to the "underworld" further north in Aiki Kacht to see the "wonders" we discovered?
To be honest, that thing is much more spectacular than the city of Nerubian."
"Okay, I heard you guys say that thing may have something to do with Holy Light. I'm curious. This place is already under the continental shelf and is a real underground world.
Given the living conditions of the Nerubians, no one has disturbed this place for at least thousands of years, so why did the miracle of Holy Light happen here?"
Anveena is really interested in that "wonder".
However, Princess Talanji did not go with her this time. She said that she would stay here to observe some of these unique Nerubian, and then she would use Loa's spell to go back to Zandalari Island and continue to be "Bug Shepherd".
Considering that Talanji is also Saviors, there is no problem in self-protection, so Anveena did not disturb her "elegance".
After Sunwell female ghost and Shadow Hunters left, Princess of All Spirits looked left and right, and after confirming that no one was around, he summoned his luxurious Golden Pterodactyl mount, summoned Loa's Mist to cover his breath, and jumped down from the lookout point on the high rock formation.
She walked through the ruins of Aiki Kahet's Nerubian, and finally arrived at an abandoned "Excavation Site".
"Are you sure you're here?"
Princess Talanji jumped off Pterrordax and asked softly.
World Spirit Rezan then replied:
"Yes, right here, that magical "creature", if you hadn't come to this isolated place, I and other Loa would not have been able to find their traces.
You should remember that there have always been legends about "Haranir" in the Troll Empire. It is said that those strange "Trolls" live in seclusion underground in Un'Goro Crater. They protect certain sacred things and are endowed with powerful abilities.
If they don't want to be found, then no one can find them."
"But that's just a legend."
Talanji was looking in this abandoned Excavation Site, and she found that the abandoned equipment here had a strong Goblin style. The excavation camp was forcibly destroyed and torn apart by the roots extending from the ground.
It looks like Druid magic, but it is obviously more violent and primitive than ordinary Druid spells.
She said:
"We sent Sandfury Clan to venture into the mysterious Un'Goro Crater a long time ago. Although we did find a tunnel leading to the underground, we did not find the legendary "Haranir" Trolls at all.
You mean, they're here?"
"Yes, a team, they're spying on you."
Rezan reminded:
"Goblin Excavation Site of "Old God Black Blood" was destroyed by them, remember? Lordaeron Dragonborn acquired a lot of black blood from Goblin of Rustwater Syndicate before.
What I want to tell you is that this underground area is very close to Goblin's Kezan Isles, and even closer to their commercial city Undermine.
The black blood in the hands of Goblin of Bilgewater Fortune was dug out here!
Find those "Guardians", Talanji.
Zandalari Troll is being strengthened by Azerite Crystal and evolving into a more perfect form. I think the legendary Haranir Trolls will definitely be able to help us in this matter."
"But I can't even see them."
Talanji sighed and said:
"I have to go back Nazmir Swamp to take care of those bugs later."
"Well, get them interested in you, Talanji."
Rezan let out a deep laugh and said:
"This Haranir Trolls left their ancestral land, which shows that they are very curious about the outside world and take advantage of this curiosity!
You don't need to find them, if the legendary "Guardians Trolls" are really dedicated to protecting something sacred in this world, then they will show up."
"Oh my god! What is that? Why does it feel like a sun hanging in Inner Earth World? Is that a crystal? What a joke! How can there be such a big Holy Light Crystal in the world?
It's bigger than the Exodar spacecraft!
And why does it appear in the center of the earth in Azeroth?
This.
This is not normal!"
Anveena indeed saw the "sacred thing" in the north of the Nerubian kingdom.
The environment here is completely different from the dark Aiki Kahet. If it is a dark place suitable for bugs to live, then this is a fertile and beautiful hilly ravine, and there are even huge Planet Core Sea flowing here.
Except that what you see when you look up is a solid crust, this place is almost the same as the natural scenery on Kalimdor.
Anveena even feels that the scenery here is more beautiful than that of Quel'Thalas.
But there is "sun" here!
It hangs above everyone's heads, embedded in the rock formations in the center of the earth Azeroth. It is an irregular crystal the size of a city, exuding bright golden light.
"Holy Light."
Anveena is the spirit of Sunwell. She is extremely sensitive to changes in energy. After floating up and letting the golden stream of light shine on her body, she confirmed that the crystal that sneaked into the center of Azeroth was indeed emitting "Holy Light".
But it is not exactly the same as the Holy Light used by believers, or the Holy Light used by Naaru. If anything, its light is really like the sun.
Not only does it have light, but it also has heat.
"How long has this thing been here?"
Anveena turned around and said to those Shadow Hunters:
"If Nerubian people migrated here 10,000 years ago and this thing existed, doesn't it mean that it already existed more than 10,000 years ago, before mortal civilization was born?"
"You could be a little bolder."
Commander Shadow Hunters, who was responsible for leading the team to track Nerubian, shook his head and said:
"Perhaps the time when this crystal appeared is as old as our world itself. I'm not talking nonsense, madam, I have proof. When we observed its light these days, we found that "illusions" would appear in certain places where the crystal shines.
That is the ancient memory of the world!
We even saw the silhouette of the Dark Empire era in those memories. If this crystal is related to our Supreme Star Soul, it means that it already existed at least before the establishment of the Dark Empire.
It has been present since the creation of the world."
"Oh my God."
Anveena sighed with emotion, and then said:
"This matter is not something we can handle. Please contact instructor Diakum immediately! Ask Lady Aegwynn to come over too. I am not sure whether World Mother knows that there is such a "gallstone" in her body.
If even He doesn't know
Well, things are really serious."
"We have informed Light Weaver that he will come here after completing Gilneas's werewolf return ceremony."
The Shadow Hunters stared at the divine Holy Water crystal in the sky and said softly:
"So, how many more secrets are hidden in our world?"