It's not easy to lurk surrounded by a horde of ghosts.
The entire Black Crow Castle is filled with strong death power, and there are only two living people, Sarlayan and Valeera.
If you are not careful, the breath of the living will be sensed by the ghosts.
Although Sarlayan and Valeela tried their best to restrain their presence, they still walked on thin ice while sneaking all the way to the Lord's Palace.
Fortunately, Jarod, who was familiar with the structure of Black Crow Castle, provided a detailed map in advance. Otherwise, God knows how long it would have taken the two of them to wander around Noda's castle to find the real owner.
Going deeper into the enemy camp, the longer the delay, the more likely it is that things will change.
Except for the ghost guards standing outside the door, there are only two "people" in the entire Lord's Palace.
After sneaking silently from the top floor window, Sarlayan and Valeera patiently eavesdropped on all the conversations between Lord Ravencrest and Latusius.
Compared with those ghost soldiers who can only act according to certain rules, Lord Ravencrest obviously has a certain degree of self-awareness.
But judging from the stupid look on his face when talking to Latusius, the mastermind behind the scenes still put some restrictions on his thinking mode to avoid accidental and uncontrolled situations.
There is no doubt that the awakened Lord Ravencrest is none other than Kutalos Ravencrest himself.
But the leader of the Moon Guard known as Latusius... is almost certainly a fake.
There is a very magical thing about Druid's wild transformation. It can not only transform people into animal forms, but also imitate various characteristics of beasts.
Sarlayan's five senses were already very keen, but after turning into a black panther, his sense of smell and hearing were further improved.
Now Sarlayan and Valeera are sneaking and hiding on the third-floor terrace of the Lord's Palace. Directly below them is Ravencrest's Lord's Throne.
Ghosts have no sense of smell, and Lord Ravencrest never noticed anything strange about Latusius next to him.
But Sarlayan smelled a strange fishy smell, which was a bit like the smell of sea water, but after careful analysis, it seemed that it was not the same.
'This unique fishy smell... I seem to have smelled it somewhere before.'
Sarlayan's memory was very good. After reviewing it like a revolving door in his mind, he quickly found the answer.
‘By the way, Zlos of the Blighted Realm! Habulon and Hylagal are using each other with Gorak Tuor!’
Thinking of this, Sarlayan looked at Latusius with a deeper look.
'Could it be...'
When Sarlayan informed Valeela of his guess using the soul link, he was astonished as expected.
"Hela, God of Death, I have read this name from the information library of Backlight Blade."
"She is the god of Hell in the legend of the Vrykul. According to legend, Vrykul who cannot ascend to the Hall of Valor will be thrown into the abyss of Hell controlled by Hela after death, and endure endless suffering and torture."
Sarlayan solemnly explained: "This is not just a legend, but a fact."
"I once had brief contact with Hela's subordinates in the Blighted Realm. Those hell warriors called Helagar all have an unpleasant smell of water and grass... just like this Latusius.
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Valeera narrowed her eyes slightly, thoughts racing in her mind.
"Why does Hela like Lord Ravencrest? Vrykul are her base, right?"
Sarlayan said noncommittally: "Who knows, maybe the Death God is not satisfied with the status quo of being able to only dominate among the Vrykul people, and has begun to actively develop new businesses."
"Or... this is just a task assigned by the boss behind her."
"Boss?" Valeera asked doubtfully: "Isn't Hela the God of Death? Is there a higher-status shady story behind her?"
Sarlayan also found out through the barrage that the so-called Death God Hela was just a pawn of others.
Her backstage is not in Azeroth, but in the Shadow Realm, where all the dead end up.
Sharlayan: "According to you, until the boundary between life and death is torn open, the warden's black hand should not be able to reach Azeroth, right?"
[That’s right, so just feel free to do things. 】
[In order to bind Odin and the Hall of Valor, Hela cannot leave the Abyss of Hades and can only rely on her subordinate Helagar to interfere in the material world. 】
[The highest combat power she can use is the captain of the Nagfar, Fabron.]
Sarlayan once met Fabron. Although the captain of Helagar has legendary level strength, he is still far behind the full-level bosses like Malfurion and Tyrande, and is not strong.
So suffocating.
As a general under Hela, it was obviously impossible for Fabron to lower his status and pretend to be Latusius himself.
This fake with the smell of water and grass on his body is probably just one of Fabron's subordinates.
"The problem is..."
Sarlayan looked thoughtfully at Latusius, who seemed unable to sit still for a moment and kept walking back and forth in the hall.
"Hela...or the boss behind her, what is the purpose of deceiving Lord Ravencase?"
"Stealing souls with the Shadow Realm?"
【Not impossible.】
[The operation of the Shadow Realm is inseparable from a special kind of energy - anima. 】
[Heart energy is generated through the soul. The more major events experienced during one's life, the more anima energy is produced. 】
[To put it simply, no matter whether the souls entering the Shadow Realm are superheroes or super villains, the anima they can produce is far higher than that of ordinary souls who have done nothing but merit.]
[And these souls are undoubtedly hot commodities in the Shadow Realm. Anyone who chooses the four major covenants can be reused quickly. 】
[Kutalos Ravencrest is a powerful soul that meets the standards of a hero, but I don’t know why he has not been led to the Shadow Realm after thousands of years.]
[These heroic souls in Black Crow Castle have all participated in that epic ancient battle, and have far more abundant mental energy than ordinary souls. 】
[Considering the warden’s plan to deplete anima later on, it is logical to reserve souls that can produce a large amount of anima in advance. 】
"Warden..."
This was not the first time that Sarlayan had heard this name, but because the boundary between life and death was so far away, he had never paid much attention to the warden before.
"It is indeed a troubled time."
Sharlayan sighed inwardly with a headache: "With the Burning Legion on the Chaos side, the Ancient Gods on the Shadow side, and now the Warden on the Death side, Azeroth's attraction must be too great.
"
"If there are any other 'surprises', please tell me once and for all. Where are the bosses from the Order Test, the Light Side and the Life Side? Are they also looking at Azeroth?"
[Uh~ We haven’t experienced the later version yet, but... your guess has a high probability of being true. 】
[No way, who makes Lolita-chan so sweet? 】
【Troll Ai-chan.jpg】
【Gan! Brother, your xp is so weird.】
According to Danmu, once the star soul of Azeroth officially matures, it will immediately become the strongest titan surpassing Aman'Thul and Sargeras.
Excluding the order side that stands on the same front as Azeroth, that is, the Pantheon led by the Titans.
The big bosses of the other five origins all covet the immature Azeroth, and God knows when they will be unable to resist taking a bite.
What? The Holy Light is the embodiment of justice and will not have dirty thoughts about Azeroth?
Undead Paladin Warning.
In barrage terms, the force of light is an unruly bitch. As long as your obsession is strong enough, she will respond to your expectations indiscriminately, regardless of whether the obsession is positive or negative.
As for the life side... At this stage of the barrage, we only know that Elune is most likely one of the bosses on the life side. The specific situation is currently unknown.
"Forget it, let's leave these matters related to the origin of the universe to the bosses."
Sarlayan retracted his wandering thoughts and looked sharply at Latusius below.
"Due to the existence of the Blighted Realm, I am in alliance with Bwonsamdi, Hela's rival, and I am inherently on the opposite side of her. If I offend her, I will be offended."
"Valeela, prepare to take action and kill 'Latusius' as quickly as possible, at least let him appear in his original form in front of Lord Ravencrest."
"no problem."
Valeela silently pulled out the dagger, and Sarlayan also arched his streamlined black panther body, patiently waiting for "Latusius" to divert his attention.
After 3 minutes, the opportunity came.
A soft silvery white light suddenly began to shine near the cemetery on the western outskirts of Black Crow Castle. As expected, the fake Latusius raised his head and looked in the direction of the light.
But at this moment, murderous intent suddenly appeared, and a dark shadow appeared behind him without warning.