The whereabouts of the Seeds of Elements
Stormwind City has two libraries: the Stormwind City Grand Library and the Stormwind City Royal Library. The former has a vast collection of books, reportedly exceeding 500,000 volumes, though they are all general books that anyone can borrow after obtaining a library card.
The Stormwind City Royal Library holds only five thousand books, but every single one is a treasure. Among them are many unknown secrets, historical scrolls, and records of all sorts of mysterious events or secret documents. These materials are of little practical use to most people (adventurers). Ordinary players are concerned with equipment, skills, and materials, and if they want to know how to run dungeons, they can just go to the forums to look up guides. There's no need to waste time here.
However, for players like Xiao Yu who focus on the storyline, these books are extremely valuable. Many of the things recorded on them are related to various plot events in the game. After all, there are countless creatures in this world that can live for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Finding a monster's weakness, discovering how to trigger a plot event, or discovering a way to improve one's own strength is entirely possible. Therefore, many people want to enter the Royal Library to read them.
However, ordinary people do not have this opportunity; only high-ranking officials and nobles like Esmehalda are qualified to enter.
Furthermore, the Royal Library is protected by a magical barrier, rendering teleportation spells completely useless. So don't even think about using magic to steal the books here, or taking a book and then teleporting away.
Several royal guards also stood in front of the Royal Library, and they were level 60 Lion Guardian Knights. Don't be fooled by their elite template; their combat power was even greater than that of a typical mini-boss. With their level of 60 and a total of twenty of them, if a real fight broke out, Xiao Yu and Esmehalda would be defeated in no time.
The two entered the library and immediately split up. Esmehalda was looking for books and information about Medivh, while Xiao Yu was looking for books and information related to the Night Elf.
Since the Seed of Elements was obtained from the Night Elf, it's very likely that they possess similar items, or at least they should know the origin of the Seed of Elements.
Xiao Yu glanced at the bookshelves. Although the Royal Library only held 1% of the books in Stormwind City Grand Library, there were still a full five thousand books. It would be impossible to go through all of them one by one. Fortunately, there was a shortcut: in the center of the library, there was a golem.
Library Manager 4000 (Arcane Golem).
Xiao Yu had seen this kind of golem before. It possessed a certain level of intelligence and was somewhat similar to a robot. Here, it was probably designed specifically to serve those who came to read books. It was like a service-oriented intelligent robot. Many mages liked to have one to use as a browser and part-time security guard for their libraries.
Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Hello Library Manager 4000, I'd like to look up some information. Could you help me find the relevant books and materials?"
Library Manager 4000 (Arcane Golem): "Of course, please enter what you want to search for."
Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "I'm looking for information about the Seed of Elements."
Library Manager 4000 (Arcane Golem): "Searching for information. Matching complete. Third row, fourth line, fourteenth book: Night Elf History, Volume 2, War of the Ancients, Chapter 7 - The Treasures of the Night Elf. I think you can find what you're looking for there."
Following the directions given by Library Manager 4000, Xiao Yu quickly found the book, opened it, and flipped through a few pages.
The following passage is recorded in Volume Two – The War of the Ancients.
In this cataclysmic event, the Night Elf' treasures accumulated over tens of thousands of years were reduced to ashes. Their exquisite weapons and armor were either destroyed in battle or sunk into the Maelstrom along with the Well of Eternity. Many other treasures met the same fate, but this did not include their sacred relic— the Seed of Elements.
[Seed of Elements: These are sacred relics left over from ancient times. It is said that at the beginning of creation, there were many such orbs, each containing the purest power. However, as time passed, the power within these orbs was either absorbed by powerful beings, disappeared without a trace, or crafted into powerful artifacts. During the war against the Troll, three Seed of Elements fell into the hands of the Night Elf.]
[With the outbreak of the War of the Ancients, the three Seed of Elements fell into the hands of different people.]
The first Elemental Seed was taken away by Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage. Ten thousand years later, after the Night Elves joined the Alliance, Stormwind Kingdom granted Nightwhisper Forest and its surrounding territories to the Night Elves as their foothold on the continent of Azeroth. In order to purify this land contaminated by the Scourge plague, Malfurion Stormrage entrusted the Elemental Seed to Archdruid Manster Moonwalker, who took it to Nightwhisper Forest to purify the polluted forest.
During the Nightwhisper Village crisis, Archdruid Manster Moonwalker was killed by Eric, a local goblin pyromancer, and the Seed of Elements was also taken by Eric. Despite sending a large number of Night Hunters to pursue Eric, the cunning goblin still managed to escape.
Eric later joined the Defias Brotherhood and died at the hands of Galax the Balrog Lord during the 'Rampage in Stormwind City'. The Seed of Elements disappeared without a trace, most likely falling into the hands of Jaraxxus Galax the Balrog Lord or Dark Rod, leader of the Defias Brotherhood.
The second Seed of Elements fell into the hands of Dath'Mare Sunstrider, the Highborne Sunstrider, during the chaos of the War of the Ancients. After the Highborne and Night Elf parted ways, this treasure drifted through various hands and eventually became part of the Silvermoon City royal collection. It should still be in the hands of the Blood Elf of Silvermoon City.
The third Seed of Elements sank into the Maelstrom along with the Night Elf Queen Azshara. Azshara and her Night Elf were transformed into the Naga by an evil force, and thus the Seed of Elements fell into the hands of the Naga.
"Wow, this is really unexpected," Xiao Yu thought to himself. "In that case, if we want to seize the remaining two Seed of Elements, we have to start with the Naga and the Blood Elf. As for where to start, it's obvious without even thinking. It has to be the Naga. After all, the Great Sea where the Naga live is connected to the Water Elemental Plane. We just need to pass through the Maelstrom to get there."
The Blood Elf are a bit more troublesome. Although Silvermoon City isn't as untouchable as Stormwind City or Orgrimmar for the Horde, it's still a major city, and it's definitely not easy to deal with. It'll be a real headache. But that's a matter for the future. Right now, he needs to return to the Elemental Plane, gather a bunch of followers, and prepare to go to the Great Sea to fight the Naga.
Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "I've found what I'm looking for. What about you?"
Esmehalda (Kirin Tor Councilor): "I found it too." Esmehalda said, waving a thick book in her hand.
Just then, a system notification sounded in their ears.
[System Announcement: Dear players, please note that the Sky World will undergo maintenance in one hour. Please prepare accordingly. Thank you for your cooperation.]
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