As soon as he stepped into this area with more magical power than Azurewing Whelplands, Aaron felt a strange feeling. To put it bluntly, it felt like every inch of his skin was being electrified. Although it did not affect his movements, Aaron still felt a slight discomfort.
"This place is no longer suitable for survival." Vereesa frowned. The magic concentration here is too high and exceeds the range that ordinary people can adapt to. Even those who like high-concentration magic environments will feel a little uncomfortable when High Elf is in it.
It may not be a problem if you stay here for a short time, but if you stay here for a long time, you will inevitably be affected by the high concentration of magic power, and maybe crystallization may eventually occur.
"My grandfather once said that the concentration of magic here is too high to be habitable, so he didn't choose our place to live here." Stellagosa nodded in agreement and continued, "But those Nightfallens don't care about this. They wish they were buried in magic crystals."
"Being buried in a magic crystal? It doesn't seem impossible." Aaron turned around and looked around and said.
It wasn't obvious when I looked at it from the air before, but now that I'm in the tunnel, Aaron has a deep understanding of the density of magic crystals in the ruins. Basically, you can see clusters of purple Ley Line crystals within a few steps. The larger ones are taller than Aaron, and the smaller ones are as tall as half a person.
"Where should we go to find those Nightfallen?" Vereesa looked around and said, "The concentration of magic power here is too high, and my perception is disturbed."
Stellagosa shook her head. Although she had encountered Nightfallen's magic attack before, it was too sudden and she didn't have time to see the source of the spell. Naturally, she didn't know where Nightfallen and the others were at the moment.
"Go and look at the buildings that are still intact." Aaron pointed at the crumbling buildings in the ruins. Most of them have collapsed and are uninhabitable, but there are still some that seem to be in relatively good condition.
"Then let's go and take a look." The other two people had no reason to object. Fortunately, the ruins were not too big. Even if they couldn't fly up to investigate, it wouldn't take much effort to explore a few buildings.
However, when they detected the first building that was suspected to be the ruins of a temple, they still encountered a little trouble. There were several Withereds entrenched in the building.
"What is this?!" Vereesa saw Withered once, and was startled by these guys with rickety bodies and haggard faces.
Most of these Withereds have become skinny and can only act on instinct. After being disturbed by Aarons, they immediately staggered towards the three of them.
Withered, who was the fastest, had already rushed in front of Aaron. Aaron had just taken out his shield and blocked the punch from the slow-moving guy. Aaron put aside his shield slightly and swung it in a circle at the Withered in front of him. He knocked the Withered back a few steps and then immediately stabbed the sword towards Withered's throat, knocking the opponent to the ground.
Just when Aaron knocked down the enemy, several more Withereds rushed towards Aaron, but more Withereds still rushed towards The two people behind Aaron, Aaron, threw a Hammer of Judgement and knocked down one Withered, but they were too late to intercept the other Withered, so they had to remind the other two to be careful.
However, Stellagosa seemed to have expected this situation. When he saw a dozen Withered coming over, he quickly chanted a few lines, summoned several ice picks and shot out, knocking several Withered down to the ground.
After reacting, Vereesa opened his bow and fired several times. Several arrows shot out rapidly, hitting several Withered who were still standing. The Withered who were hit screamed and took a few steps back. Vereesa opened his bow again, knocking down these Withered completely.
Aaron had just neatly eliminated several Withered in front of him. He was about to rush to help the other two people deal with these Withered, but he did not expect that the two girls had quickly eliminated those enemies, leaving Aaron with no room for action. He had to put down his shield angrily and prepared to leave to search for traces of Nightfallen in other intact buildings.
However, Vereesa approached the Withered who fell on the ground, looked at the Withered carefully, and said in confusion, "How did they become like this? Are they really elves too?"
"Yes." Aaron sighed, walked over to Vereesa, and squatted down to look at this Withered. Its face was covered with criss-crossing wrinkles, and it looked like it had reached the twilight of its life. If you look closely, you can see that the skin on this Withered's body is also a little loose, especially the palms of its hands, which are as skinny as chicken feet.
However, judging from the remaining clothing material on this Withered's body, this Withered should have had a good status before turning into this ghostly appearance. And judging from the few remaining accessories on this Withered's body, Judging from the remaining magic fluctuations, this Withered may still be Arcanist, but no matter what his identity was in life, now he is just a Withered who only has incoming air but no outgoing air.
"Aaron, do you know why they became like this?" Vereesa turned to look at Aaron and asked.
Aaron sighed again and said, "I know, but... forget it, let's just say it."
The reason why Aaron is a little hesitant is because this kind of change will not only happen to Nightfallens, High Elfs are also at risk of becoming like this.
The reason is that the elves who follow the path of Arcane will become dependent on the energy of Arcane. With the energy provided by Sunwell or Nightwell, there will naturally be no problem. However, once they stay away from these energy sources for too long, they will gradually lose their minds due to the ever-expanding magic addiction because they cannot replenish their magic power, and turn into monsters that are close to beasts.
"You mean, I will also become like this... such a monster..." After listening to Aaron's words, Vereesa looked at the Withereds on the ground in shock, with unconcealable horror in his eyes.
"Well... actually, as a ranger, the impact on you is relatively small."
Vereesa nodded, put away his expression because he suddenly learned the terrifying fact, and suddenly smiled again, "By the way, you said that as long as Sunwell is still here, Quel'dorei will not have any problems, right?" At this point, Vereesa showed a happy smile.
Vereesa's mood changes are not difficult to understand. For High Elfs, the existence of Sunwell has almost become a natural phenomenon. Most of them feel that Sunwell will exist forever.
But Aaron is very clear that once Lich King completes the penetration of Eastern Kingdoms, Scourge's invasion plan will almost certainly be launched, and then High Elf's Sunwell will be contaminated and will no longer be able to provide magic power to the elves.
However, Aaron is not going to tell Vereesa about this for the time being. After all, although Vereesa has not expressed any doubts about Aaron's identity as a prophet, the rulers who rule Eastern Kingdoms will not believe it so easily.
Aaron Do you still remember that when Medivh pretended to be a magic stick and went to various kingdoms to warn them of the upcoming Scourge, no one believed him at all. I finally listened to his Jaina, and it was only after Lordaeron encountered Scourge that I believed the words of this prophet who refused to reveal his identity.
Aaron If he went to Quel'Thalas King Anasterian and pretended to be a prophet and told him this kind of thing, the old king would probably be considered a man of good temper if he didn't kill him with Felo'melorn.
But thinking about this now makes Aaron feel like he is overestimating his abilities. After all, Aaron is now just an adventurer who happened to complete a rather legendary mission. If you think about this, you might as well think about how to enhance your own strength to prevent yourself from dying in the disasters that will frequently happen to Azeroth in the future.