Bright sunlight streamed down from the sky, spilling over the earth.
Rex was living a remarkably leisurely life. A month had passed in the blink of an eye since he completed his time-node mission.
Over that month, Rex had visited the Royal Palace from time to time, but his conversations with King Genn were always casual. He had also asked about the time nodes.
Everything was progressing smoothly. Under the Prophet's direction, the time nodes assigned to the Kingdom of Gilneas were being completed one after another.
Even when a mission failed, they could use the fallback measures prepared by the Bronze Dragonflight.
Rex therefore had plenty of free time. Recently, his days consisted of exercising at home, visiting the Military Camp, and then going to the Industrial Base. Beyond that, he had nothing to do.
Over the past few days, he had even been strolling around Lordaeron City with Rona. But fate would not let him remain so idle forever.
That day, Rex got up, ate breakfast, and settled into the courtyard to bask in the sun.
The archmage hurried over. Rex pointed toward a seat and said, "Sit!"
The archmage sat down, and Rex beckoned to the maid.
She immediately turned and left, returning shortly afterward with steaming coffee.
"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" Rex asked leisurely, rubbing his forehead.
"Our efforts to establish contact with the Draenei have failed completely," the archmage said with a sour expression, struggling somewhat to get the words out.
"If they failed, they failed." Rex sighed. He had already anticipated this outcome. Their contact with the Draenei had begun long before he left on his time-node mission. By his reckoning, it had been roughly half a year. Accounting for the difference in the flow of time between the