The longest day had passed. Liam made it through the critical period, while Queen Mia stayed by his side all night. By the next day, protected by medical treatment, Divine Arts, and double-layered armor, Liam had finally held on to his life.
Only after hearing Jaina's news did Deren finally let out a long breath.
"Oh? Liam escaped a fate that was certain to kill him," Lezi Long blurted out at once.
"What? Liam's fate was changed by Deren too?" The moment Jaina heard the Bronze Dragon's words, she understood that Liam was yet another person whose fate Deren had altered.
"What happened to him in the original Timeline?" Jaina could not help asking curiously.
Chromie curled her lip and said unhappily, "Sylvanas shot him dead with an arrow. The reason was the same as why she turned your brother Derek into an Undead—both were for the sake of fighting over Azeroth. Such a boring reason."
"Enough. Let's not talk about things that never happened. Were the assassins caught?" Deren asked.
"They were all caught. The one hiding in the tree was a hunter hired by a Gilnean noble, and his target was Crowley. The assassin hidden among the crowd was a freelance killer who often took jobs in the Eastern Kingdoms. However, he accepted the assignment through an underground intermediary and did not know who was behind it. His target was King Genn."
Jaina said with a bitter smile, "What freelance killer? An assassination attempt on a king... just thinking about it makes it easy to guess it was the old man's doing."
"No way. Admiral Daelin wouldn't do something like that, would he?" Deren did not quite believe it either. "After all, assassinating a king would affect relations between the two countries if word got out."
"Anyway, there's