Perhaps spurred on by Arthas, Kael'thas decided to reforge Flamestrike as soon as possible after the battle of Icecrown Citadel.
Only by possessing a divine artifact could he have the ability to confront Arthas head-on.
For nearly a month, he stayed in Silvermoon City, sending people everywhere to search for materials to reforge Flamestrike. During this time, he also visited Jiang Jie and obtained a large number of World Tree branches from Jiang Jie, which is how Jiang Jie found out.
Furthermore, along with the reforging of Flamestrike, Strom'kar will also be reforged, as well as an unquenched ancient blade: Quel'Serrar.
So when Jiang Jie arrived at the Sunstrider Court in Silvermoon City, he saw not only Kael'thas, but also Liadrin.
Liadrin, the former High Elf elf Priest, is now a qualified Paladin, and the holy sword Quel'Delar has been personally handed to her by Fenna.
In the name of the "Holy Sword," Liadrin slew many Undead and made great contributions to the purification of the Eastern Plaguelands. Now she is a duchess, in charge of leading all the High Elf Paladin.
Of course, it wasn't Countess, but a baroness; her achievements weren't enough.
"For the past few months, we've been busy purifying the Eastern Plaguelands. Stratholme has been completely purified, and now tens of thousands of people live there; everything is progressing well. Apart from the thousand Ashen Army, most are refugees from surrounding towns and villages. In addition, we helped Darrowshire hold off the invading Undead forces, and many excellent soldiers are now part of the Ashen Army: Horgus the Ravager, Marduk Blackpool, Davi Lefal, Joseph Redpath, Kalin Redpath... Oh, and there's also a human girl named ' Pamela,' and a Gnomes girl named ' Chromie.'"
When Liadrin saw Jiang Jie arrive, a broad smile spread across her face, " Fenna has been talking about you non-stop for months, and you haven't visited her at all. Be careful she doesn't come at you with her sword... Knowing her as I do, she's really capable of doing that."
Jiang Jie felt a chill run down his spine, as if he could see Fenna holding Ashbringer to his neck. The divine sword, radiating Holy Fire, was so cold, colder than the glaciers of Northrend...
"Alright, once the divine sword is reforged, I'll go to Stratholme to see her... Wait, what did you say? Chromie?" Jiang Jie smiled, but suddenly remembered that name and froze instantly. " Chromie? A Gnomes girl?"
"Yes, a strange little girl, with Pamela, they're both in Stratholme now. By the way, she seems quite interested in you, keeps saying she wants to meet you... Nicholas, you're really charming. From ten-thousand-year-olds to teenagers, everyone's interested in you."
Liadrin sized Jiang Jie up and down for a while, then nodded and said, "You became a marquis at sixteen, but you look more like twenty. You're very handsome, and you're already qualified to be listed Legendary. There aren't many people like you in ten thousand years... If I hadn't met Lor'themar first, perhaps I would have fallen in love with you too."
General Lor'themar, standing to the side, didn't know what to say.
Yes, he is no longer the Ranger Lord; he was recently appointed Ranger General of Silvermoon City.
After Sylvanas was crowned Regent Queen, her status rose, making it impossible for her to continue managing the Ranger Forces. This role originally belonged to Sylvanas's sister, Vereesa Windrunner, Windrunner family had historically been the highest-ranking commanders of the Ranger Forces.
However, Sylvanas believed that Vereesa was not as good as Lor'themar, and since she had just returned and was not familiar with the ranger forces, the position fell to Lor'themar.
Hearing Liadrin's words, he felt a little awkward, wondering if this was a confession.
" Chromie... being targeted by her is no good!" Jiang Jie shook his head and sighed.
What Gnomes little girl?
Actually, it was a bronze mother dragon that had lived for who knows how many years!
Furthermore, although she is presented as a loli, she is definitely not a fledgling dragon or a young dragon.
She is a true dragon. She is qualified to serve as an ambassador for the Bronze Legion, on par with Krasus, and her high status is self-evident. No one knows her exact strength; her upper limit is estimated to be Krasus, and her lower limit is a weak blue dragon.
Jiang Jie simply hadn't expected her to appear in Darrowshire. Now that Darrowshire had been saved, what was she doing there?
Being targeted by the Bronze Dragons that oversee the Azeroth timeline made Jiang Jie feel extremely uneasy.
However, remembering what Medivh had said before, he felt much more relaxed.
At least Medivh has communicated with Nozdormu, the Bronze Dragon Aspect, so his existence shouldn't be considered a "bug" anymore...
"Let's pause the small talk," Kael'thas said. "Come with me. The reforging will take place on Isle of Quel'Danas, and we'll need Anveena's help... The others are already waiting for us. Let's go!"
Runes and magic circles on the ground flickered with spiritual light, and in an instant they arrived at the Sunwell Plateau.
The magnificent building still stands, its countless magical runes ensuring its survival during the Sunwell's explosion. And where they are now is the very location of the Sunwell: the Sunwell Shrine.
However, right now, the place is filled with the aura of the Undead and rampant Arcane turbulence. In the distance, you can even see some Arcane anomalies and Undead wandering around, but nobody cares.
At this very moment, a dozen High Elf mages, led by Grand Archmage Telestra, have constructed a large magical barrier to ensure that the Sunwell Shrine will not be disturbed by Undead, Arcane anomalies, or anything else.
Several High Elf Paladin are using Holy Light to purify the Undead aura here, while mages are calming the Arcane turbulence to ensure that the entire Sunwell Shrine will not be disturbed by other uncontrolled energies.
A massive furnace stood in the very center of the Sunwell Shrine, where several High Elf blacksmiths were working busily and methodically. Jiang Jie also spotted a Night Elf mage flipping through a book, discussing something with the blacksmiths.
Yes, despite appearing as Night Elf, she is a mage with a very strong and strange energy.
Night Elf are forbidden from studying Arcane Magic, so how come there are still Night Elf mages appearing?
"He is the Lorekeeper Lydros, the librarian of Dire Maul, probably one of the most learned men in the world. The book he carries is titled ' Foror's Compendium of Dragon Slaying,' which details the ancient dragon-forging methods," Kael'thas explained. "I asked him to come and help. Besides Quel'Serrar, the reforging of Flamestrike and Strom'kar will also refer to the ancient dragon-forging methods."
Jiang Jie nodded slightly.
The method of forging dragons requires dragon fire and dragon blood.
I wonder where Kael'thas got the dragonfire and dragon blood. Is he going to slay a dragon? Surely he's not going to Stormwind City to kill Onyxia, the Black Dragon Princess?
Having guessed Jiang Jie's thoughts, Kael'thas said, "I have invited Lord Krasus, who is willing to offer us assistance and in return for destroying Icecrown Citadel and the Lich King."
Jiang Jie's lips curled slightly; he hadn't expected Kael'thas to invite Krasus.
Indeed, the biggest beneficiary of their killing of the Lich King was the Red Dragonflight, which had been threatened by Lich King. Of course, Kael'thas's ability to enlist Krasus suggests they had a long-standing personal relationship.
This can be seen from one point:
Dragons can freely transform into any form, far surpassing the Polymorph of Druid, but they usually only transform into forms they prefer. The red dragons' favorite form is that of High Elf (at this time, Blood Elf did not exist), demonstrating the consistently good relationship between the Red Dragonflight and the High Elf.
Immortals prefer to befriend other immortals; if they can't find other immortals, they'll seek out long-lived beings. The only species with relatively good relations with humans is the Black Dragon, whose assimilation into humanity is for the purpose of dominating them...
Yes, that's it.
The wait wasn't long; Krasus arrived quickly.