"Eh? Grand Duke, you've arrived?" Archmage Alturus was having breakfast in the banquet hall, enjoying the treatment that only Medivh and his servants used to receive, when he suddenly saw Jiang Jie in. Not through the portal, but through the main entrance. He quickly put down his cutlery and greeted him with a big smile.
However, when he saw Jiang Jie clearly, his expression changed instantly. "Grand Duke, what happened to you? By Antonidas, how did you get so badly injured? Is there anyone in this world who could hurt you like this?"
He was certainly surprised!
The legend of the Grand Duke is now known to all humans in the Eastern Kingdoms. If a ranking of all humans were made based on their overall strength, the Grand Duke would definitely be in the top five, with very few stronger than him.
How could such a Legendary figure be now covered in wounds and half-dead?
Then, he saw Itharius following behind, and his expression changed again.
Itharius made no attempt to conceal himself, so he quickly discovered that this creature was actually a dragon, an ancient dragon radiating terrifying dragon power!
By Antonidas, Grand Duke, you yourself are down to your last breath, and the ancient dragons you brought with you are also down to their last breath. Who could possibly have reduced you to this state?
Has Archimonde returned from the Twisting Nether?
Alturus felt a chill run down his spine, his heart sinking.
Having been tasked with researching Karazhan and thus escaping the Devastation of Dalaran, am I destined to face another catastrophe of the same magnitude?
"Master Alturus, contact Lady Aegwynn immediately—I said 'immediately'! Also, summon Master Leryda, Med'an, and the Maiden of Virtue! Furthermore, contact Dalaran and have Archmage Ansirem, Modera, and Rhonin come! If there are any more Archmage, bring them all! Tell them that if they don't come, the world is doomed!"
Jiang Jie ignored Alturus and ran away with Itharius.
Karazhan is not to be trifled with, but Jiang Jie is not confident that he can stop Eranikus. After all, it is not a fully intact Karazhan, nor is Medivh or Aegwynn at their peak leading the charge. Therefore, he must gather everyone he can to confront Eranikus head-on.
This wasn't just his problem; who could have imagined that Eranikus would emerge from the Emerald Dream?
If he were to run rampant in the Eastern Kingdoms, he would absolutely Devastation everything in his path. Stormwind City, Lordaeron, Dalaran, Silvermoon City —no city could stop him.
As he watched Jiang Jie leave, Alturus's face instantly turned extremely ugly.
Archimonde is coming? Is the world doomed?
He quickly took out the image crystal and the first person he contacted was Archmage Ansirem.
" Alturus, what's the matter? Have you finished copying the magic books I asked you to secretly copy? Sigh, ten thousand books really aren't enough. I had no choice. As long as you can copy all the other magic books, even just the ones written by Aegwynn and Medivh themselves, Modera and I guarantee you a seat in the Kirin Tor Council!" Ansirem thought Alturus was trying to negotiate, so he quickly said.
Jiang Jie agreed to let Dalaran send people to copy 10,000 books, but the most important ones, written by Aegwynn and Medivh themselves, as well as many of the Guardian of Tirisfal, and some ancient, mysterious and powerful magical tomes, had long been moved to some independent libraries and were not open to the public.
They only discovered this when they sent someone over to make copies.
Ansirem and Modera were furious: Nicholas, are you serious? You're so insidious!
So finding Alturus to be an inside man was really a last resort, just like more than ten years ago when they sent Khadgar Karazhan as an inside man.
"We'll talk about this later!"
Alturus's face darkened.
The Grand Duke hasn't gone far yet; what if he hears us?
He cared more about his current status than his identity as Kirin Tor senator, and really didn't want to take any risks.
But I can't worry about that now.
He hurriedly said, " Ansirem, the Grand Duke wants you to come quickly, or the whole world will Devastation!" "The whole world Devastation?" Ansirem's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Has the Burning Legion launched another attack?"
Alturus said, "Possibly! I saw the Grand Duke covered in wounds, and behind him was an ancient dragon, also covered in wounds. Who could have injured them like that? I suspect Archimonde might have returned from the Twisting Nether! By the way, I remember the Grand Duke said two days ago that he was going to the Swamp of Sorrows."
" The Swamp of Sorrows? What's there? A desolate swamp."
Ansirem shook his head, then suddenly realized something, his expression changing drastically. " The Blasted Lands! The Blasted Lands are just south of the Swamp of Sorrows Blasted Lands! The Dark Portal is there! I know, the Burning Legion must have used Draenor as a springboard to open the Dark Portal and invade Azeroth again! They might even bring a large number of Orcs!"
"By Antonidas!" Upon hearing Ansirem's words, Alturus thought about it more and more and realized it made perfect sense, muttering to himself, "No wonder the Grand Duke asked me to contact the Keeper Aegwynn!"
"What? He wants you to contact Aegwynn? That makes sense, the Burning Legion must have invaded, otherwise why would they have alerted Aegwynn?"
Ansirem exclaimed, "Alright, I'll summon the Kirin Tor Guardians immediately! They'll be here in half an hour! No, I'll call Modera and Rhonin first, then contact Krasus. We'll head over there first! The Kirin Tor Guardians will follow shortly!"
The image crystal went out, and Alturus breathed a sigh of relief.
He took out another image crystal and contacted Aegwynn.
Luckily, Aegwynn was in the Hall of the Keeper this time, and a lazy voice came from there. "Little Alturus, what are you doing bothering me? It's so early in the morning, you're disturbing my beauty sleep, or I'll spank you."
Beauty sleep?
Alturus got goosebumps: An 800-year-old woman, taking a beauty nap?
That scene is unimaginable.
" Keeper, the Burning Legion has invaded again!" Alturus cried out. "The Grand Duke requests your immediate presence!"
" The Burning Legion has invaded?"
Aegwynn jumped out of bed. "How is this possible! I've been monitoring the Tomb of Sargeras, and there's been no sign of it! Little Alturus, you dare to lie to me?"
Alturus, terrified, hurriedly waved his hands and explained, "They opened the Dark Portal and used Draenor as a springboard to get here. The Grand Duke just returned covered in blood, half-dead, and brought with him an ancient dragon that was also half-dead!"
"What? Ancient dragons have appeared too? Something that could alarm those lazybones must be serious. Has the Burning Legion really arrived?"
Aegwynn initially didn't believe it, but upon hearing that the ancient dragons had been mobilized, he immediately believed it. "Okay, I'll wash my face and head over!"
The image went out, Alturus was stunned:
The Burning Legion is already attacking, and you still have the mood to wash your face?
I really don't understand the world of women.
Alturus sighed and began contacting other people.
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