The Answer

If one looked only at Lei Shen, the answer was yes. He had once merely been a regional lord, but now he ruled the entire Mogu race.

Yet the brutality within him had doomed his empire not to last. Once he...

Nathanos suddenly thought of a terrifying question. If Lei Shen were still alive, what would the world look like? As the Witherer pondered it, he thought he was hallucinating. It seemed as though Lei Shen's eyes had been staring at him all along.

He had not paid much attention at first, but when Lei Shen's lips curled into a smile, an ancient and powerful force coursed through his body. Only then did he realize something was wrong.

Nathanos reminded himself to stay awake!

"It is time for you to experience it yourself." The Thunder King's voice lingered in his mind. He was certain the people around him had not heard it, because they were still immersed in their leader's power. Nathanos, however, had already experienced Lei Shen's might firsthand.

In the blink of an eye, the scene changed. To his surprise, he was standing in Lei Shen's place. A power he had never known before surged through his body. His left arm was no longer empty, but a sturdy arm of stone. He was possessing the Thunder King.

Such immense power! Nathanos could scarcely believe it.

From Lei Shen's perspective, it was not only the Mogu and Zandalari bowing before him. The wind, the rain, and lightning swift as thunder all answered his call. If he wished, he could unleash thunderbolts to destroy mountaintops or summon storms to sweep across the world.

Everything depended on his will.

Of course, power was only one reason for Nathanos's satisfaction. When he looked down at the faces of his people—the Mogu—there was