Nozdormu Had a Plan Too

Jaina looked at her side, with two Black Dragon and two Archmage, and felt they had a better chance of winning. However, she worried that if a fight broke out, the city would be destroyed.

Therefore, the outcome was a 50/50 situation. Jaina concluded by saying, "Great Blue Dragon King, as an honored guest, I hope you can come to the Mage Tower for a while so we can discuss things properly."

Malygos also felt his chances of winning were slim, and losing would be humiliating. So he finally nodded. The group (of dragons) eventually sat down in the Mage Tower's reception room.

Jaina, as the host, sat in the center, opposite Malygos had transformed into an elf.

She spoke first, "Great Blue Dragon King, you say you lost an artifact, and that the orcs accused us of stealing it. This is very strange. How could we possibly steal an artifact from Blue Dragon? We haven't been to Northrend recently."

The only connection to the Blue Dragon is that Kalecgos caused trouble in Theramore for a while. He didn't steal any Blue Dragon artifacts at all. Please investigate this thoroughly.

Malygos's face darkened upon hearing about Kalecgos, but he didn't mention him again. Instead, he pressed on, "You didn't steal my artifact, but I couldn't find it with the orcs. They've identified you as the prime suspects."

"We've had some conflicts with the orcs recently, so it's not surprising that they've framed us," Jaina said calmly.

Malygos knew his reasoning was untenable, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Don't you know that the orc city of Orgrimmar recently experienced a massive explosion? That was caused by my artifact Eye of the Storm."

Jaina made a strange expression. "Why did your artifact blow up Orgrimmar? Are you finally going to start wiping out the orcs?"

"Don't talk nonsense! That's... that's..." Malygos said, both angry and hesitant, unsure of what to say.

Jaina wasn't in a hurry; she just smiled and waited for him to finish speaking.

After hesitating for a long time, Malygos finally said, blushing, "That's because the orcs stole my artifact first, and then mishandled it, blowing up their own city. But the explosion wouldn't have damaged the artifact; it should still be underground in Orgrimmar."

I went there, but the artifact was nowhere to be found. I interrogated the Great Chieftain, and he suspects you stole it.

Jaina calmly said, "So it was the orcs who stole your Blue Dragon artifact, then accidentally blew themselves up, and the artifact disappeared, so the orcs said we stole it?"

Malygos, shameless as he was, found this logic utterly absurd and nodded nonetheless.

Jaina finally asked the question that would surely lead to her death, "When did you lose your artifacts?"

Malygos knew the truth could not be hidden any longer, so he forced himself to say, "About a month ago."

Jaina pressed her advantage, asking, "Your artifact has been missing for over a month, why are you only finding it here now?"

Malygos was speechless. With his pride, he would disdain lying to these mortals, but he could not reveal the truth.

Jaina ignored the fact that the Blue Dragon King's blue face was even darker than Nefarian's, and continued her relentless pursuit, "Did you just find out that the artifact was stolen by the orcs, or did you know from the beginning?"

Malygos remained silent again.

"Your Blue Dragon artifact was stolen over a month ago. Have you conducted any search or investigation?"

"I've heard that the Blue Dragon is skilled in magic, so that artifact should have a special tracking mark. Have any of you used magic to sense where the artifact is?"

"The artifact was stolen by the orcs, but they also blew up half of Orgrimmar. Was the orcs' original goal to bomb Theramore?"

Malygos was asked three more questions in a row, and he couldn't answer any of them. In fact, the answer lay in his silence.

Looking at the Blue Dragon King, who remained silent with a somber expression, Deren suddenly wondered if his gradual descent into madness in history was driven by some underlying truth.

After a long silence, Malygos lowered his head and said dejectedly, "Stop asking, stop asking. Just tell me whether the artifact is with you or not."

"Of course not here. We know nothing about the truth, so why would we go to Orgrimmar to steal any artifacts beforehand?" Jaina said firmly.

"Can I search for it?" Malygos asked tentatively.

"Of course not!" Jaina immediately refused. How could she allow anyone to search her territory so easily? Wouldn't that be beneath her dignity?

She paused, looking at the Blue Dragon King whose face had turned ashen again, and said, "But I can invite the great Blue Dragon King to visit my Mage Tower. What do you think?"

With a "whoosh," Malygos, who had been completely demoralized, was fully revived. "That, that's great!" The Blue Dragon King rubbed his hands together again and again, "Can we do it now?"

"Okay, I'll have my teacher show you around!" Jaina winked at Aegwynn.

The former Guardian stood up, gestured for Malygos to proceed, and led the Blue Dragon King Aspect on a tour of the entire Mage Tower, even showing Malygos around Jaina's secret room.

Given the Blue Dragon's familiarity with the Eye of the Storm, even if there were any hidden corners trying to collect this artifact, they wouldn't escape Malygos's senses.

So after visiting the Mage Tower, Malygos turned pale; there was no Eye of the Storm at all. It seemed the orcs had deceived him.

He politely bid farewell to Jaina before disappearing from Theramore.

Watching the departing figure, Jaina nestled into Deren's arms, letting him encircle her belly. A new life was growing there.

"Whoosh!" Chromie teleported up from behind, clutching her chest, and said with lingering fear, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, I thought Malygos was going to destroy Theramore. I was so scared that I quickly hid."

Deren didn't turn around, but gently hugged Jaina and said to Chromie, "It's not your fault. These Aspect Dragons are used to running rampant. The artifact has been missing for over a month, and they're only coming after us now."

You've noticed, haven't you? Your Dragon companions are all a bit eccentric, always hiding something."

Chromie nodded and said, "Yes, I've seen through it. What Aspect Dragons? It's just a tool dragon. Even when the orcs bully us, we have to be polite."

Like when Alexstrasza was imprisoned by the Dragonmaw Orc, all she could do in the end was kill a couple of minions to vent her anger, she couldn't do anything else.

This time, she left those three red Dragon Maid in her lair at the Dragonblight Temple. Looks like she's too ashamed to send them over for us to take care of. Let her be disgusting herself."

"Interesting. Now that the Blue Dragon King has come to ask for the artifact but failed, why not ask the Bronze Dragon Nozdormu first?" Deren muttered to himself.

"Hehe~" Chromie let out a lewd laugh, "As soon as I got back, I used the Lucky Gold Coin Star Soul gave me to mess up the Timeline and make the goblins take the blame."

"Perhaps Nozdormu has his own plans," said Deren thoughtfully. "These old guys who have lived for thousands of years, aren't they all more slippery than eels?"

Second update.