God comes to visit?
Today's dawn is about ten minutes later than usual.
This strange phenomenon almost drove Arcane Academy's astrologers crazy. According to tradition, they are responsible for making all preparations for Summer Solstice Festival, and time management for important ceremonies is definitely a top priority. This is Eredar's first ethnic gathering after more than 20,000 years. If it doesn't go well, it might really be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
But no matter how hard the astrologers try, they can't resist the fact that Lord of Dawn likes to mess around. Even though many people have guessed that today's delay in dawn is related to Diakum the Saint, few dare to say it out for fear of triggering a "blasphemous" incident.
This kind of thing is always big or small.
Although the fanatical tendencies of Army of the Light are now being curbed as a whole, and each clan and even Light Cosmic Domain are vigorously conducting research and debate on theology in order to shift the attention of People of Light people from war and confrontation to a more peaceful state, Eredar's devotion to Lord of Dawn is an "instinct" engraved in the blood.
To this day, Faith Faction of Diakum the Saint has come from behind and replaced the original Holy Light Doctrine of Eredar.
But when encountering this kind of trouble, the determined old Arcane Mage has to take action. When Governor Hutton sent people to "raise the troops to prosecute", Dean Veilara personally took action and just fought back against those officials who made rude remarks.
Arcane Mage is giving you face by coming to blame us for other people's mistakes?
The students have repeatedly calculated the time to ensure that there is no problem at the moment when the ceremony starts. Since everyone knows that Diakum the Saint intervened, do you have the ability to speak loudly in the temple of Lord of Dawn?
Why is it that whoever does more gets wronged?
These explicit words made Governor Hutton's ritual officers all disgraced. They were also complaining crazily in their hearts. If they really dared to go to the Temple of Dawn to curse, why would they come to the academy to find a sense of presence?
You all know that people are gods, so what's wrong with taking the blame for the gods?
Lord of Dawn is protecting all sentient beings Eredar. For some reason, his old man messed up and delayed today's dawn. Those of us who are followers should be considerate and considerate. It is the duty of a courtier to take the blame for the superior!
Didn't you see Governor Hutton preparing an apology letter with a cold sweat on his face?
You Arcane Mage are the only mavericks, right?
Of course, the ceremony must continue despite the scolding.
When Dawn finally emerged from the horizon at dawn, bringing the most magnificent sunrise on the Argus planet, Governor Hutton, wearing Eredar traditional clothes, finally took the stage. In the solemnity that everyone expected, he did not make a long speech, but followed the ancient rituals with a trembling voice, announcing the start of Summer Solstice Festival.
When the festive music was played by the musicians, the previous little unhappiness was immediately forgotten by everyone. Each clan held its own flag high, just like the entrance ceremony of athletes in a sports meeting, and took turns in the huge venue that could accommodate 100,000 people.
The appearance of each clan will trigger a burst of cheers, especially Governor Hutton, in order to show unity, specially hired several "famous mouth" hosts from Azeroth and Draenor to serve as announcers.
The Goblin and Two-headed Ogre read out loud the achievements of each Star Sea Clan who walked through the square in the past 20,000 years in Eredar with a slight accent, making this celebration ceremony a process of "recognizing ancestors and returning to their ancestors" in a sense.
At this time, it has only been a year since the end of Restoration War. For Eredar, that great victory seems like yesterday, making it very easy for them to empathize.
Therefore, when every Star Sea Clan sends their warriors to enter with their own banners held high, during the enthusiastic announcement, there will always be some emotional Eredar who shed tears, and there will also be some Ancient Eredar who sing the Holy Song of more than 20,000 years ago to pay tribute to their compatriots and brothers who have returned to their homeland.
Of course, in the year after the restoration of their hometown, a huge number of Eredar returned to their hometown from various clans, so that the number of clan members on the home planet can be divided into different Governor District, and Mac'Aree No matter how big the venue is, it is impossible to accommodate everyone, so Governor Hutton specially arranged in advance for Arcane Mage of the Arcane Academy to go to different Governor District.
They used magical ritual crystals to build a "canopy" there, and used a real-time live broadcast method so that Eredar everywhere on the entire planet could experience the excitement and unity of the summer festival.
There is also a very important part of the ceremony, which is that Eredar wants to pay tribute to those Warrior and compatriots who died in exile.
The commemorative monument carved by Lord of Dawn himself is located on Krokuun Great Plains. It is a real racial artifact and cannot be moved. Therefore, Arcane Academy's The practitioners are also responsible for projecting the ceremonial images of the representatives specially sent to Krokuun Great Plains to pay tribute to the deceased on behalf of all Eredar to the main venue of Mac'Aree.
When that heavy and solemn moment arrived, the entire planet and even the starships in orbit fell into a sad silence.
At this time, Diakum, who was walking among the crowd to "rejoice with the people", also chose to stand up and pay respects to the deceased who were being served in the garden and with memorial wine in the picture.
This is not Lord of Dawn's pretense.
He knew very well that without the sacrifices of these compatriots, no matter how powerful he would be 20,000 years later, he would not be able to lead his people to retake their occupied homeland.
He once said that there is no Lord of Dawn in this sea of stars, there is only a Garrison Commander who carries the expectations of the dead forward.
He was glad that he had not let down his compatriots who sacrificed their lives for the same goal.
During this sad moment of silence, Diakum suddenly felt someone tapping him on the shoulder. This made him turn around in surprise, and saw Velen dressed in white next to him with a gentle smile.
Oh, who summoned Death to this lively ceremony?
What a bad luck!
Dick complained like this, and stretched out his hand to hug White-clad Death God for a moment, then turned his head and looked to the other side. Sure enough, the black-clothed Death God, dressed in black armor, wearing a battle helmet and a cape, was pouring himself a drink at the table behind him, and then lightly sprinkled the wine in the glass in his hand on the ground as a memorial to the victim.
"Why don't you see Sarkir?"
Lord of Dawn asked:
"The three of you share the function of the racial death god and should appear together. Although it is not allowed to leave Shadowlands, a clone can be sent to participate in today's event. Even if I am harsh, I will not make any harsh comments on this."
"I invited you, but Sarkir believes that since you have made an oath and an agreement, you must abide by it, and although it has not arrived, its eyes have been fixed on your hometown. I think that at this time, Sarkir will also send condolences to these deceased people who sacrificed their lives for the great cause in their own Judgment Court."
Velen explained:
"Moreover, Sarkir and we have been searching for those lost souls in the labyrinth of Between Life and Death this year, and introducing them into Land of the Dead of Eredar.
Every soul must accept the Judgment of Sarkir. It is not willing to let the tribe lose their dignity after death, so it carries out the Judgment of each soul very carefully, which makes Sarkir's workload very huge.
I guess it might be trying to save something."
"You are always willing to treat everyone with kindness, but you have never thought about it. Isn't it the dark nature of Sarkir that makes it indulge in the joy of sadism and punishment?"
The black-clothed Death God said hoarsely:
"As far as I know, Sarkir even lived in Revendreth to learn the art of condemnation from those psychic vampires for the sake of better Judgment dead souls. He also accepted Prince Renathal's invitation to serve as the leader of the guilty punishers, Court Advisor.
It obviously enjoys it.
Maybe in the future, Sarkir in red will also need to accept Judgment, and when that time comes, it will have to Confession again for its own mistakes!"
"Error?"
Diakum heard a hint of ripples in the words of the black god of death, and he asked curiously:
"Shadowlands Did something happen again?"
The two Death Gods were silent for a moment, and finally Velen spoke:
"To be precise, something happened to Revendreth.
Just a few days ago, an elite demon force suddenly crossed the border of the Kingdom of the Dead and infiltrated into the territory of Venthyr. Their goal was very clear. Under the leadership of a group of Nathrezim, they rushed straight into the secret palace where Sire Denathrius was sealed.
That day coincided with Stonewright going out, and she went to Holy Land in Moon Goddess to listen to the hadith. Therefore, Stone Legion did not respond enough and was entangled by the demons in a short period of time, creating an opportunity for Nathrezim to get close to the prisoner.
Fortunately, Ardenweald recently sent that "Black Pawn" to Revendreth to be cleansed of sins and shape his immortal soul.
The place where Black Pawn received his punishment was right above the secret hall. Those invading Nathrezim rushed into Black Pawn's training ground, but were single-handedly sent to see their God of Conspiracy by the opponent.
If not, I'm afraid the prisoners being guarded by Sarkir will really break out of prison."
Hearing the news, Diakum frowned slightly. He now understood why the black-clothed God of Death had such a big opinion against Sarkir, and asked:
"Sarkir was not at his post at that time?"
"It's in Judgment Revenant."
Velen shook his head and said:
"The identity of the souls of Eredar who were to accept Judgment that day was very special. They came from the seven fallen Star Sea Clan who had abandoned World Vow. They died in the hands of Sargeras. Their souls were almost swallowed up by Fel. It was Sarkir who personally dragged them back to Shadowlands.
Precisely because of the special status of those Betrayer, Sarkir must visit them in person instead of handing them over to the Judgment Court judges under its command.
That was obviously not a job that could be finished quickly, so when Sarkir received the news and rushed back to Revendreth, the invading demons had been completely wiped out.
Nathrezim has obviously cast a curse on those demons, and even Revendreth's punishers who are best at torture cannot collect any useful information from their Dragon Soul.
But this is a bad sign.
The Dreadlords, who were expelled and went into hiding due to casualties in the ambush, became active again in Twisting Nether. They now have a common goal to unite with each other.
Based on Nathrezim's loyalty to Sire Denathrius, we can imagine that this accident will probably become the norm in the future.
This is something related to war, let Kil'jaeden explain it to you.
I want to go see my children. He and I cannot leave our posts for a long time. We will return to Shadowlands at dusk today."
After saying that, Velen waved goodbye to Diakum, smiled again amidst the Holy Song echoing around him, drew Holy Crest on his chest as usual, took a death step and disappeared in the refreshing summer breeze.
When Diakum turned his attention to Kil'jaeden, the god of death in black had also stood up.
He obviously didn't have much to say to Lord of Dawn, so he simply explained:
"After Denathrius almost escaped from jail, the two leaders of Shadowlands immediately decided to show their attitude to Twisting Nether.
The Necrolords of Maldraxxus have been mobilized, and a hunt for Nathrezim in Twisting Nether is about to begin. I have also been recruited as the commander, but to be honest, I have doubts about the effect of this hunt.
Nathrezim is a cockroach!
When one or two appear in front of you, it means that there are already hidden cockroach nests in the area around you.
With their ability to fan the evil wind and ignite the will-o'-the-wisp, it is estimated that a fourth party force that does not belong to the "Fel Three Phases" has appeared within the now chaotic Twisting Nether.
The demons who were united by conspiracy had only one purpose, which was to rescue God of Conspiracy from Nathrezim.
However, this is not the worst case scenario."
Kil'jaeden paused, then looked back at Diakum and said:
"I guess, when they have a premonition that things can't be done, those Nathrezim will take the demon camp they formed and join Sargeras again."
"Is this possible?"
Vigilant narrowed his eyes.
Even though Black Sun of Twisting Nether has not yet been fully born, everything related to Sargeras must be treated properly, he said:
"Even Dark Titan won't be fooled a second time after suffering a loss, right?"
"Hard to say."
Kil'jaeden sighed:
"Sargeras, who will be resurrected this time, will no longer have the desire to rebuild order. He will completely embrace the Fel true nature of Disorderly Destruction, which means that "betrayal" is no longer a sin in his eyes, and any chaos that can cause destruction can be used as a weapon for God of Destruction.
From this point of view, Nathrezim and their God of Conspiracy are exactly the most perfect subordinates of the God of Destruction, Sargeras.
Especially Denathrius.
That guy's bad character and the intelligence network in his hands that has not been completely destroyed to this day are too terrifying. Once Dreadlord rescues him, once he and Sargeras reach a destruction agreement, then a more terrifying force than Burning Legion will be born.
The good news is that there is a high probability that they will not be able to complete the integration within thousands of years, and it is also very troublesome to break through the blockade of Twisting Nether, which has been divided up.
The bad news is that sooner or later they will throw their troops into the Material Star Sea and other realms again.
It's just a matter of time.
I even have a hunch that Denathrius's jailbreak is only a matter of time.
Even if Sarkir and Stonewright guard the King's Sorrow magic blade all the time, they cannot prevent God of Conspiracy from breaking out in the future.
Denathrius obviously represents some kind of symbol of the "chaos" of this world, just like the destruction symbolized by Sargeras. As long as civilization still exists, as long as the sea of stars still exists, he will always gain strength."
"But we will delay this moment."
Diakum rubbed his chin and said:
"It is not appropriate for High Heaven to make big moves at the moment, but I will instruct Xe'ra to gather the most fanatical and keen People of Light and join Twisting Nether in a hunting group to help you complete the hunt for Nathrezim.
However, shouldn't this kind of hunting of demons be done by "professionals"?"
"Illidari has been notified."
The black god of death said coldly:
"As expected, Illidan Stormrage and his subordinates have also begun to hunt Dreadlord. They are keenly aware of Nathrezim's activity. Even Avenger Aggramar has sent Eredun Overlord to expel and destroy Dreadlord in his star field.
But there's something wrong with the number of those Nathrezims
It stands to reason that they were ambushed and killed before, leaving only the remnant force, but judging from the wreckage we found in Revendreth, the Dreadlords used some strange method to "copy" some of the fallen Dreadlords."
"Well, no wonder you two came here today."
Diakum nodded clearly.
He said:
"Do you suspect that Sea of Darkness is involved behind this matter? After all, "copying" and "shaping" are also one of Path of the Void's paths. Do you want me to start from this aspect?"
"Well, this is our request, and it is also the need for peace that Eredar civilization longs for in an era of rest and recuperation."
Kil'jaeden said:
"We are all race gods and cannot refuse such a responsibility. Once Nathrezim really does something dangerous, all civilizations in the entire star sea will not be able to stay away."
"I understand."
Dick nodded and said:
"Then after Summer Solstice Festival, I will use my contacts in Twisting Nether to investigate this matter, and the frontal battlefield will be left to you for the time being. Speaking of which, are you and Velen still happily cooperating after death?"
This question had a strong sense of voyeurism, and the black-clad Death God was too lazy to respond.
He was not the kind of weak character who would open his soul to other people's judgment. Therefore, Kil'jaeden disappeared into the lively venue amidst the blowing of the cold wind, but Diakum clearly saw the fleeting smile under his helmet.
Oh, everyone is so dumbfounded by Kil'jaeden.
It seems that the company of White-clad Death God and the black god of death Eternal Life is quite satisfactory.
Just when Diakum was about to make a harsh comment, Archbishop Nali suddenly came over in a hurry and whispered to Diakum who was smiling like an aunt:
"Illidan Stormrage disappeared in Twisting Nether. It is said that Demon Hunting Operation, who he personally led, was ambushed by unknown forces! Those Demon Lords who worship Sargeras have already spoken out, saying that Star Hunter will return his soul to the black flames of Fel."
"Huh!?"