27. The Desperate Situation of the Children of the Night--Watching the Brothers of the Paws for the
The biggest trouble currently facing all civilizations and races in Azeroth is the reactivation of demonic forces around the world.
Compared with a few years ago, when Archimonde died suddenly and the demons of the demon star Marton "smuggled" into Azeroth to cause destruction, this time the Burning Legion invaded the world of Azeroth in a large scale and caused
The destruction and troubles are obviously more difficult. Every civilization is seizing the opportunity to repair the cities destroyed by the demon fleet, and they also need to face the defeated demons hidden all over the world.
Their numbers are extremely large, and compared to the scattered sand during the last invasion, this time the demons hiding in the world of Azeroth have clear commands, and even have a base camp in Azsuna on the Broken Islands, where there are
Several fear devils and high-level demons command demons throughout the world. They are no longer satisfied with sneak attacks, but go in groups to boldly attack cities and settlements of various civilizations, and even occasionally demon warships.
Appear.
In total, the number of demons currently existing in Azeroth has exceeded 2 million. The demons gathered together corroded the entire Azsuna Wilderness with evil energy, and tried every means to open rifts leading to the Twisting Nether, thus continuously
They are constantly recruiting more demons from the twisted void into this world, and they have a complete system of governance and command, and they are even snatching supplies for the base camp during plunder. This is completely a plan to "fight for a long time" rather than "fight for a long time".
"Run away after finishing" performance.
From a superficial perspective, if these demons could break away from the Burning Legion, they would almost become a complete predatory civilization in this world.
The demonic power in Azsuna Wilderness is extremely powerful, and its composition is also very complex. There are orthodox demons and demon lords from the Burning Legion, fel vrykul who drank fel energy, and when Suramar was broken,
There are many evil Nightborne elves who have fled here, as well as some warlocks of various races who are not very willing to accept the rule of the Black Sickle Council, the exiled pirates who are being hunted down by the Dead Sea Fleet, and finally some cultists who have nowhere to go.
And because the land of Suramar was shattered and fell into the sea when the great demon fell, the terrain of the Broken Islands was permanently changed. Even the continental shelf was cracked and broken. The demons took advantage of this opportunity to destroy it with evil energy.
The connection between Azsuna and the land of Val'sharah has caused the Azsuna wilderness, which was originally part of the Broken Islands, to be completely isolated overseas and become a large island.
At least judging from the current situation, the civilizations of Azeroth have not yet gathered together to completely destroy the Azsuna Island. Each civilization currently has its own urgent matters, and the alliance of neutral organizations alone is not enough.
To wipe out the evil forces entrenched on this island at once.
In other words, at least in the next few years, this originally deserted island will become the base camp of the evil forces of Azeroth, and if we really get an opportunity, the creatures trapped on this island may
, will also truly become part of the intersection of order and chaos in Azeroth at some point in the future.
However, in this chaotic land ruled by demons, there is another force at this time. They are closely separated from the demons and are trapped at the northeastern end of the Azuna Pirates, where there was a well of eternity that exploded 10,000 years ago.
The remaining ruins of the elven palace are said to have been one of Queen Azshara's many palaces back then. They gathered there to absorb the violent magic under Azsuna and make a living from it.
That's the Children of the Night!
To be precise, they are the Shal'dorei elves under the leadership of Archmage Elisande.
The Children of the Night are a relatively unique type of elves among the many types of elves in Azeroth. They were originally elves living in the upper elf city of Suramar.
and food, causing their bodies to undergo horrific changes over time.
Their skin became darker than the purple-skinned night elves, the magic addiction in their bodies became more terrifying than that of the high elves, and their originally plump and beautiful bodies became thin and skinny due to the distortion of magic power.
They eat nothing else and only rely on pure magic power to survive, which makes the Nightborne's dependence on magic power terrifying.
If you don't absorb some magic power for a day, your whole body will feel uncomfortable. If you don't absorb magic power for more than 10 days, the children of the night will transform into the withered form. If the magic power is cut off for more than one month, the children of the night will completely lose their will and thinking, and become
Like living zombies, they are walking zombies who only know how to search for magic power.
In the former city of Suramar, the Nightborne could barely survive relying on the magic power continuously generated by the Eye of Aman'Thul, the Pillar of Creation. But now, the city of Suramar and the Suramar Plain have been destroyed.
The Eye of Aman'Thul was also taken away by the demon and sent to Argus, which caused the Nightborne who escaped from the disaster of destruction to fall into a desperate situation with nowhere to go.
In the past period of time, the demons also tried to attack the Nightborne elves who were trapped in the lonely land, trying to turn all the Nightborne elves under the great magister Elisande into their warriors. However, the demons' attack was blocked by
The Archmages under the Archmage were easily repelled.
The Children of the Night have been immersed in magic and have been drinking magic for more than ten thousand years. The addiction to magic has not only brought them pain and drug-like dependence, it has also given them the greatest affinity with magic in Azeroth.
, the Nightborne elves have the highest affinity for arcane magic among all races in the world, even higher than the high elves Quel'dorei of Quel'Thalas.
The result of the powerful magic affinity is that almost all the children of the night are magicians. Even naughty children who only know how to play can easily release a few low-level magics.
Under such circumstances, facing the invasion of foreign enemies, the Great Mage gave an order, and the demons that attacked the ruins were almost blasted to pieces by the overwhelming terrifying magic. The destruction of this expeditionary force also
Let the demons learn their lesson completely. They no longer try to harass those violent magic elves, but block the mountain road in the northeastern part of Azsuna, leaving them to fend for themselves.
The cunning leader of the demons knows very well that the power of the Children of the Night is superficial. These magic elves have their own fatal flaws. As time goes by, if those powerful Children of the Night do not want to go completely crazy, they have no choice but to join the Legion.
You can go!
Yes, this strategy of the devil is cunning, but it is also correct.
The Nightborne elves, led by the Grand Magister Elisande, are trapped in the northeastern part of Azsuna. It is one of the most powerful magical areas on the land of Azsuna. Although there is a violent hidden under this land.
magic power, but it is obviously not enough to distribute it to hundreds of thousands of people to feed themselves.
After escaping to the island of Azsuna, almost every day, the civilians of the Nightborne elves turned into pitiable withers due to insufficient magic power. There were also some pessimistic Nightborne who really couldn't stand the evil addiction in their hearts, or they were...
Seeing the despair on this land, they simply secretly left this hopeless ruins, defected to the demons of Azsuna, accepted the infusion of evil energy, and became evil elves.
Although the power of evil energy is a little more violent, and the taste is not as good as pure magic power, the minimum amount is enough to fill the tube, and the demons almost never refuse, regardless of your previous status in the Son of the Night system, as long as you are willing to follow the demons
Legion, then they will provide sufficient evil energy, and these demons even send out succubi and warlocks to constantly tempt the unsteady Nightborne to switch to them.
In such a harsh external environment, Grand Magister Elisande's more than 10,000-year rule over the Children of Night has begun to fall apart at the base. A turbulent undercurrent is flowing in the shadow of this ancient elven ruins.
, if this great magician who is good at power does not want to think of a way, soon, she will have no people to rule.
But how easy is it to find a way out of despair?
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Zahnar, this is the name of the ruins built on the node of the magic network in Azsuna. It was once the most prosperous large palace during the Elf Empire. However, in the aftermath of the explosion of the Well of Eternity, only
There are still some relatively complete ruins left.
In the second half of that desperate night, Grand Magister Elisande had a premonition of Suramar's doom. She took her people with her to the ruins that are connected by Suramar and Val'sharah.
, and after witnessing the tragedy of Suramar's sinking, the painful and desperate Nightborne, under the leadership of the Grand Magister, began to rebuild the ruins of the palace, planning to use it as a temporary residence.
The lack of magic power, the confusion of the soul, and after being closed for ten thousand years, suddenly facing a completely different world, this filled the civilization of the Nightborne elves with an atmosphere that was not exactly positive.
As the ruler, the Grand Magister knows very well that temporary fatigue, difficulties or survival challenges are not a problem. As long as she can see hope, her people can continue to endure it. The problem is that the Grand Magister himself,
I don't know where hope comes from.
At this time, on the top floor of the ruined magic network tower, Elisande is discussing this important issue with his think tank. This is already the 13th discussion. Based on what the Children of the Night have learned so far, regarding this
With their poor understanding of the world, they have already thought of almost every solution.
"It has been more than ten days. Representatives sent to Sin'dorei, Quel'dorei and Sindra elves will return at any time. They may bring hope, but they may also bring back worse news."
Chief Astrologer Etraeus sat on the chair. This wise and powerful elf elder whispered:
"I know that our people hold the pride of being the most orthodox successor to the Elf Empire in their hearts, but now is not the time to discuss pride and inheritance. We lack understanding of this strange world. After losing Suramar, we must
People are looking for a way out... addiction, we must find ways to cure or curb addiction."
"Elder Aitaus, I am not criticizing your behavior, but I think that instead of asking for help from those low-level elves, we should find another way."
Next to the silent Grand Magister Elisande, a female magic swordsman wearing cool magic armor wiped her magic double-edged sword and gritted her teeth and said:
"No one knows better than us how terrible the addiction to magic is in people's bodies. Maybe for other elves, addiction to magic can be controlled by will, but for us, addiction to magic is already a part of our existence. It
Let us become strong, we should not give up on it so hastily!"
"What's the use of saying all this?"
The elder astrologer glanced at the young magic swordsman with dissatisfaction and said:
"Your Excellency Oluriel, now is not the time to talk about difficulties. If you don't agree with my opinion, do you have a way to save us?"
"have!"
The most talented and powerful magic swordsman among the Nightborne warriors frowned and said:
"As early as a few years ago, our mages observed the abnormal increase in the magic power of this world. The concentration of magic power in this world is rising every day. At this rate, our people only need to persist for 5-10 years.
We can wait until the magic concentration in this world returns to the state before the ancient war! By that time, we only need to find a place rich in magic to satisfy the magic addiction in the body at the minimum! We are not allowed to kneel to anyone at all!
Not to mention those low-level elves!"
"5-10 years? You're kidding, right?"
Chief Arcanist Thalyssra, who was sitting on the other side of Grand Magister Elisande, was holding her staff dissatisfied. This stubborn and brave arcanist said to the magic swordsman Aluriel:
"According to the speed at which we are absorbing magic power, the magic power under the ruins of Zahnar will not last even half a year before it will completely dry up! By that time, we will not even be able to maintain our sober will. How about 5 years? 5 years from now
, there are no more Children of the Night in this world! In this moment of crisis, Your Excellency Oruriel, please stop making such senseless jokes!"
"No! I'm not kidding!"
The magic swordsman said sharply:
"You don't understand what I mean...Listen to me, compatriots, two years ago, I led the army to arrest those hateful Quel'dorei slave catchers. From their mouths, I learned about the Quel'dorei slave catchers.
The story of the Erdorei elves, I heard, is that they are now living in the ancient city of Elrethalas on the continent of Kalimdor under the leadership of the Sun King Kael'thas! Yes, we have all heard of that city.
City!"
"The high elves are also addicted to magic, but I heard from the captives that there is enough magic in that city, which can be used by the high elves in Quel'Thalas!"
Oruriel's fingers brushed against the double-edged sword composed of magic power, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and she whispered:
"That is a very good source of magic power. We don't need to beg for work from the lower elves at all. We have a complete Twilight Legion in our hands, as well as a huge number of structural mechanical warriors. We only need a fierce raid, and we may be able to
Can occupy that city... You see, we only need that city to support us for 5 years! Or 10 years! By that time, the Children of the Night will be able to usher in prosperity again!"
"Um..."
After listening to Aluriel's somewhat crazy idea, the astrologer Aitaus rubbed his chin. After a moment of thinking, the respected elder whispered:
"It's not that I can't adopt your opinion, let's just use it as a backup plan."
"I still prefer a peaceful approach, elders."
Chief Arcanist Thalyssra moved her body uneasily and said:
"Our people have already suffered a catastrophe. It is not a wise move to start a war with an unknown outcome at this time. Maybe, maybe our messengers can bring back good news? Maybe Quel'dorei and Xin
Are the Dela elves willing to share the source of their magic with us? After all... we all come from the same bloodline."
"Childish idea! You actually put the survival of the race on the kindness of others!"
The magic swordsman sneered disdainfully, but just when she wanted to continue to ridicule Thalyssra's timid behavior, the great mage Elisande, who had been silent, suddenly opened his eyes. This son of the night
The ruler sensed the magic fluctuations in the ruins of Zahnar, and she said in a deep voice:
