14. Elunes. The Guardian (Part 1) - Brother FreeNight [6/20]
Dalaran is a magical organization established by the Human Empire more than 2,000 years ago, but its predecessor, the Council of Tirisfal, has a much longer history.
The magical knowledge of human civilization is taught by high elves, and the magical knowledge of high elves is inherited from the upper elf magicians of the elf empire ten thousand years ago. However, human short-lived thinking has affected the teachings of high elves.
In the magical tradition, humans, with their extremely creative thinking and bold actions, completely broke the elegant magic system of the high elves, and thus created the eclectic spellcasting forms of human mages.
It can be said that although the three are of the same origin, upper elves, high elves and humans are three completely different magic systems.
An organization with a long history will inevitably experience many strange things. In the experience given by time, there will always be strange objects of one kind or another. For Dalaran now, a very important task is to take good care of them.
Prevent those dangerous items left by our predecessors from falling into the hands of people with ulterior motives.
Frankly speaking, this is not an easy job.
"Buzz"
The blue portal opened at the edge of Kaudala Island outside the Borean Tundra. The two archmages stepped out of the portal. The cold breath that hit their faces made Jaina and Luo Ning immediately open their mana shields. Only then did they feel
Better, while Jindi Sparks and Daphne Marin who were following them were wearing thick furs.
The high-level mage's magic power is not as abundant as that of the archmage, and the two of them cannot hold up a magic shield for a long time in the magic node monitored by the blue dragon, so they can only use the oldest method to keep out the cold.
Looking at the icy and snowy scene in front of him, Luo Ning couldn't help but sigh:
"It's really strange that the always proud blue dragon would seek help from mortals... In addition, I have been thinking about a question, Jaina, you have to tell me honestly, I don't believe that there is no one in Dalaran who can suppress
The mage of Alunes, why is it me?”
"Of course, Dalaran is full of talented people."
Jaina said with a mocking tone, then walked forward and explained to Luo Ning:
"But Archmage Modera refused this mission due to physical discomfort. She is indeed quite old. Recently, she is even considering resigning from the six-person council to focus more on the internal affairs of the Kirin Tor.
Mage Vargos and Archmage Xirem both said that they are not suitable to deal with blue dragons... Well, I mean, they don't want to be involved in such troublesome things. You also know that mages are
They’re a bunch of weird guys.”
Jaina, who is both the Archmage and Her Majesty the Queen, rubbed her forehead and said to Luo Ning, who was silent:
"You are outside the system of Dalaran. You may not be aware of the changes in this city in recent times. After the establishment of New Dalaran, the six-person council has always been a model of 4 mages + 2 warlocks.
To ensure that mages and warlocks can coexist in the same city, leaving aside the warlocks for the moment, Master Kel'Thuzad can suppress the dark ambitions of those warlocks. He also nominated the orc warlock Yolin. Deadeye as another council member, of course.
, that is due to political considerations."
"But our mages have always been in a state of inactivity. Modera, Cressim and Archmage Ansrem, who just resigned last month, are all figures from the previous era. They are all very old. Dealing with
Things are always a bit overwhelming, and although the newly appointed Archmage Ansrem, Archmage Vargas, is in his prime, as I said, he has an eccentric personality and is not very willing to take over these tedious affairs."
Jaina looked at the giant blue Demonic Nexus tower standing in the distance among the snow-capped mountains, and she said softly:
"The Kirin Tor has recently been discussing a plan to replace new councilors. Archmage Modera and Archmage Cressim intend to step down from their posts and then focus more on training new mages. As for the positions they vacate, we plan to re-
Invite His Majesty Kael'thas to return to Dalaran, and..."
Jaina turned to look at Luo Ning:
"you!"
"What?"
Luo Ning's eyes widened:
"You want me to be a councilor? Forget it, I don't want to get involved in these things! After listening to what you said, I feel that Dalaran has begun to get involved in political affairs again. I don't want to be with those nobles and kings.
We have to deal with them, so let me go. You can find an orc, tauren, or night elf to be the archmage councilor."
Dragon Mage Luo Ning raised his head, and he keenly saw a young blue dragon flying towards them, so he took the initiative to stop talking:
"I won't go! Jaina, don't persuade me."
"dragon!"
The little dwarf Jindi who was following the instructor also used a telescope to see the beautiful young dragon flying towards them. She shouted loudly:
"Teacher! A dragon is coming!"
"Okay, don't make such a fuss, Jindy."
Jaina asked her somewhat nervous apprentice to calm down. She straightened her robe and said:
"This is the Demonic Nexus, the holy land of the Blue Dragon Legion. Isn't it normal for dragons to appear here?"
Miss Marin next to Jindi was also a little nervous. Although they were high-level mages in Dalaran, not every high-level mage was well-informed. For mortals, the fear of dragons will always be engraved in their minds.
Deep down, even if it flew here, it was just a young dragon that had just grown up.
"Wow"
In the light of the transfiguration, Little Star, wearing a blue dress and a magic sword made of pure ice, appeared in front of the two archmages. She looked at the two powerful mortals in front of her with a scrutinizing gaze.
, after a moment, Little Xingxing said to Jaina and Luo Ning in front of her with the grace that a giant dragon should have:
"You are finally here... There is no time to chat. We must solve this problem before the traveling King of Magic finds that his palace is messed up by the unruly arcane elements!"
"Um?"
Jaina and Luo Ning looked at each other, and Her Majesty the Queen asked:
"Dragon lady, do you mean that the King of Magic is not here?"
"Of course, if the powerful Lord Malygos is here, how could the crazy element cause such a big thing!"
Little Xingxing, the proud blue dragon princess, replied angrily:
"Those are the items that the ancestors of you mages left with us, so you must take responsibility! Also, call me Miss, I am still very young."
There is a reason for Miss Stellagosa's anger. She originally lived a carefree and happy life in Winterspring Valley with her good friend Harlin, playing with the baby dragons every day, and occasionally going to the goblin city.
After taking a walk around, I found that I was living a very relaxed life. However, within a few months, bad news came from the Magic Hub. A magic item placed in the Blue Dragon's treasure house was out of control due to the tide of magic power, and the entire Magic Hub was destroyed.
The hub made a mess.
The King of Magic, Malygos, who had been in the Demonic Nexus for more than 10,000 years, was traveling. No one could contact the King of Magic. In addition, the Blue Dragon Legion, which monitors the magic tide of the world, really couldn't find the manpower, so haha
Erlin and Little Xingxing had to end their happy vacation and returned to the Demonic Center to take charge of the overall situation.
But it wasn't until they came back that they discovered that the arcane element called Alunes was not something they two blue dragons who were not good at fighting could handle. That guy was very powerful and had his own wisdom and thinking. He liked to cause trouble and tease those who
Poor draconian, after several failed attempts to capture it, Harlin had no choice but to lodge a strong protest to Dalaran!
The treasure you have here is going crazy... Come and take it away! The further away the better!
"Come with me!"
Little Xingxing transformed back into the dragon form. She twisted her beautiful and slender neck and said to the mages behind her:
"Come up, I'll take you to the inside of the Demonic Hub. Little dwarf, I saw the pliers in your hand. Don't try to pluck off my beautiful scales, or I'll throw you into the Demonic Cage! Be careful with your movements.
, I have just had my scales maintained and waxed, well...it may be a little slippery."
Jindy Sparks put the pliers in his hand back into his storage pocket with an embarrassed look. Four mages sat behind Little Xingxing, grabbing the bone spurs on the back of the blue dragon, and then placed them on Little Xingxing's back.
As their wings flapped, the four people took off in the wind and flew toward the Demonic Nexus Tower in the distance at a speed close to the speed of sound.
The little dwarf who was flying on a dragon for the first time wrapped her fur tightly, her face was full of joyful smile, and the little star asked in a magic secret while flying:
"By the way, what is the origin of that damn staff you store here? How did you seal that arcane element in the staff? With such a powerful free element, it's hard for me to imagine what your ancestors actually did.
How is it done?"
"Oh? This question should be clearer to the blue dragon than to us, right?"
Luo Ning asked curiously:
"Because it was the Blue Dragon Legion that first discovered Alunes. The creation of the Staff of the Guardian was already a later event...how could you not know these stories?"
"Uh, I'm an alien blue dragon!"
Little Xingxing said with some embarrassment:
"My ancestral home is not here. Anyway, tell me the story. If the story is exciting enough, I can allow you to take away some more things from the treasure house~"
"All right."
Jaina smiled. She had indeed heard about some blue dragons returning to the Demonic Nexus in the past few years. The good-natured blue dragon in front of her was probably one of those blue dragons.
In the wind, Jaina cleared her throat and began to tell the story of Aluneth and the Staff of the Guardian.
"Alunes, the arcane element, is not a creature of Azeroth. It lives in the arcane plane, which is a mysterious place to this day. Blue dragons naturally like to explore and solve the mysteries in the stars.
Therefore, when they unexpectedly discovered Alunes, an arcane element with its own wisdom, the blue dragons were very happy. They even found a way to summon Alunes to the living world... Well, it was in the Demonic Nexus! How long should that be?
It happened thousands of years ago.”
"It is said that Alunes has a weird personality. As soon as he came to Azeroth, he began to destroy the treasures and books collected by the blue dragons. However, the blue dragons were not angry because an arcane element with its own personality made them feel
The mysteries among the stars made them very happy. They conducted many harmless experiments on Aluneth. After their curiosity was satisfied, the blue dragons sent Aluneth back to its world...
"
Gianna said:
"The story should have ended here... However, during the heyday of the Night Elf Empire, an upper elf mage named Metrie encountered a mysterious blue dragon. There were rumors that it was a beautiful
In short, after a period of time, Maitri gained knowledge about Aluneth and the arcane plane from the blue dragon, and Maitri began to pursue the secrets of Aluneth."
"All magic systems in the world now are actually based on the scrolls left by Maitri. From this, we can see Maitri's powerful talent. He quickly found Alunis, but he did not
There was no need to enslave it, because Alunis has free will and is difficult to be enslaved, so Metrim reached an agreement with Alunis, and he drew some weak power from Alunis' body to strengthen his spells."
"But even these powers that are extremely weak and insignificant in the eyes of arcane elements have made Maitri one of the most powerful spellcasters in the Elf Empire. There are rumors that he can even rival Queen Azshara...
.”
"Then what?"
Little Star was listening to the story and flying at the same time. She urged Jaina to continue telling the story, and the Queen fulfilled Miss Blue Dragon's request:
"In the War of the Ancients, most of the upper elves followed their queen and sided with the Burning Legion, but Maitri did not. He knew the evil of the devil, so he sided with the rebels, and in that cruel
During the war, Maitri frequently used the power of Aluneth, and soon, a close fit was formed between him and the arcane elements."
"In a battle, the legion led by Maitri was ambushed by demons, but this spellcaster just waved his hand and sent thousands of people safely to another place. His power is like a god to us.
The same, and in Maitli's scroll, he also left his words: The true greatness of the mage is that we can both destroy the enemy and save lives. And the real wisdom lies in knowing when to destroy,
When to save."
"Yes, Master Maitri is not only an outstanding spellcaster, he is also a hermit with superhuman character."
Luo Ning also chimed in:
"Some of his ideas are still influencing the mages of Azeroth to this day."
"But the power of Aluneth is also affecting Maitri... After the War of the Ancients, he could have become a hero, but the night elves banned the use of arcane power, and Maitri had a feeling about it.
Weird fear, when he thought that he could no longer borrow the power of Alunes, he began to doubt his excellent spellcasting skills. Although it was not necessary, in the end, Maitri left Mount Hyjal and became
A hermit whose whereabouts are unknown."
Jaina said with some emotion:
"Master Maitri was so obsessed with using the power of Aluneth that he even forgot that he was also a powerful spellcaster. This is a lesson his story leaves us."
Having said this, the little star flapped its wings and landed in the middle of the Demonic Nexus Tower. The mages jumped into the ground. Jaina brushed her blond hair. She looked back at the asteroid that had turned into a human form. She smiled and said:
"The story of Aluneth and the Staff of the Guardian is not over yet. Do you still want to hear it?"
Little Star blinked at this beautiful human woman, and she said softly:
"It's still a long way from the inside of the Demonic Nexus, so I guess I can finish listening to this story... So let's continue~ My friend Jaina."
