Sarlayan, who has dragon bloodline, has been strong and free from illness and disaster since he was a child. He cannot understand the feelings and choices of Baron Rivendell.
Sarlayan once heard a saying from Danmu.
A person will die three times in his life.
The first is physical death when the heart stops beating.
The second is a social death after the funeral.
The third time is absolute death when everyone in the world no longer remembers him.
Baron Rivendell, who has been frail and sick since childhood and has been struggling between life and death all year round, has long been aware that he may die at any time.
But being aware is one thing, being able to accept it is another.
It is human nature and instinct to struggle for survival. Who would be willing to give up life easily if they are not really helpless.
Titus Rivendell, who has been wandering on the edge of life and death for a long time, has regarded physical death very lightly, but he does not want his existence to be forgotten. Even if he gives up this fragile life, he still wants to continue " "live".
Even Saint Alonsus Faol could not completely cure Baron Rivendell's congenital genetic disease, which basically declared that the Holy Light could not save him.
After Sarlayan learned about this during the meeting, he specifically used the power of life to check the physical condition of Baron Rivendell.
The situation is not optimistic.
Years of lingering on the sickbed had already caused the organs in his body to be close to depletion. Even if Alexstrasza, the Life-Binder, personally took action, it would be difficult to recover.
Choosing to turn yourself into an undead is the last resort to save yourself.
After learning of his old friend's choice, Kel'Thuzad, who never regarded death as the end, readily agreed and soon introduced this noble lord who held considerable power in Lordaeron to the Lich King Ner'zhul.
Of course, this was just a performance by Kel'Thuzad to show his loyalty and to further win Ner'zhul's trust.
Ner'zhul just fell in love with this trick. When he learned that Lord Stratholme was coming to surrender, he made a promise without saying a word that he would personally give Baron Rivendell a second "life" at the right time.
In human terms... he will personally instill the pure power of death into Baron Rivendell, and use the knowledge stored in the Skull of Gul'dan and the techniques he has learned from the Shadow Realm over the years to make Rivendell The Baron became Azeroth's first true death knight.
The people of Azeroth first became aware of the concept of death knights during the Second Orc War many years ago.
Since Orgrim Doomhammer, the second warchief of the Horde, explicitly prohibited the use of fel energy, Gul'dan had no choice but to play with the death spell that he was not good at, and killed the Shadow Council warlock who was killed by Orgrim himself. The soul is stuffed into the body of the human knight.
This is the original version of the death knight. The production method is simple and crude. It is nothing more than changing the bodies of those warlocks, replacing the original evil spells with crappy death spells.
Not to mention, these melee warriors who rode skeleton horses on the battlefield and fought with sword-shaped staffs really showed good combat effectiveness and caused a lot of trouble to the Alliance's Paladin Legion.
The battle between the black and white knights lasted throughout the Second Orc War. It was not until the death knights led by Talon Bloodfiend saw that the situation was bad and escaped back to the slowly dying Draenor that the battle finally ended with the victory of the Paladins.
The second-generation death knight developed by Ner'zhul's mastermind is the truly mature version. Compared with the degraded version of the first-generation made by Gul'dan, the second-generation death knight no longer only rides on a horse to cast spells.
According to Kel'Thuzad, the new death knight can effectively combine spells and melee capabilities, and also has some unique spells that have never appeared before.
As long as the physical body had enough experience and foundation during his lifetime, the death knight's combat effectiveness after transformation and training would never be weaker than that of a paladin of the same level.
Ner'zhul had already tried it on the undead Vrykul in Northrend, and the effect was pretty good. He also absorbed the advantages of the Vrykul's rune magic, and developed a weapon called the Rune Sword under the inspiration of Kel'Thuzad. A staff in the form of a sword.
Unlike the pretentious staff sword in the hands of the first-generation death knight, the new rune sword can take into account both melee capabilities and spell amplification, making it the most exclusive weapon for the second-generation death knight.
"Rune Sword..."
Looking through the rune sword research information that Kel'Thuzad copied to him, Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully.
"I don't know how similar and different this method of carving runes is to Quel'Thalas' enchantment. Let's leave it to the Royal Arcane Society to study it carefully. Maybe it can further enhance the power of Quel'Thalas' enchanted equipment."
Rune magic is a method of using spells inherited by the Vrykul from the Titan Guardians. It has some advantages that traditional spells cannot achieve.
The most typical feature of rune magic is that it does not require incantation to cast spells. With the help of pre-prepared runes, it can truly cast large-scale spells instantly without incantation.
Sharlayan has not studied arcane magic in depth, but he still has relevant common sense after spending time with Stellagosa and Tinagosa for so many years.
What the arcanist calls giving up chanting is actually just reciting the spell silently in his heart.
The speed of thinking is much faster than that of speaking with the mouth. This can indeed shorten the casting time to a certain extent, but it still cannot achieve a truly instantaneous spell.
If you forcibly give up chanting without using special skills such as calmness and calmness, the power of the spell will be greatly reduced.
This dilemma has troubled arcanists for generations, but no one has been able to completely improve this problem.
If the advantages of the rune magic concept can be absorbed, Quel'Thalas' magic technology may be further developed.
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Dark Portal In February 2015, the internal fighting in Lordaeron that lasted for more than a month was not over yet. The armies of both sides were still fighting back and forth near the town of Brill.
Due to insufficient strength, Calia's army, which had performed well in the early stages, gradually turned to the defensive.
Under the control of Alexandros Mograine, an excellent commander, the Alsace army, which had a numerical advantage, never found a chance to defeat the enemy.
But on the other hand, it is not that easy for Mograine to break the situation. He can only try his best to delay the time as Princess Calia said, waiting for the day when the wind direction changes.
At the same time, there has been a bloody storm in the King's City of Lordaeron recently.
After a long period of peace, the Knights of the Silver Hand, who always gave people a gentle and loving impression, suddenly went on a killing spree uncharacteristically.
The leader of the knights, Uther, abandoned his usual blunt war hammer and charged forward personally with a sharp two-handed knight's sword.
This also seemed to mean that he gave up compassion and humility, and mercilessly waved the bloody sword at those Lordaeron dignitaries who colluded with the devil.
Uther, who let himself go, truly showed the powerful combat power of the Lightbringer.
With the assistance of Tirion and Saidan, two colleagues from the first generation of Paladins, it took only half a month for the Knights of the Silver Hand to basically eliminate the cannon fodder that was pushed out to block the gun by the demon hiding behind the scenes, and finally caught The first real demon.
It was a succubus who was good at arousing people's inner desires, a low- to middle-level demon with a low rank.
In front of a large number of onlookers who looked on with fear, Uther, whose face was still stained with the blood of the enemy, chopped off the head of the succubus without hesitation, and used the power of the tyrannical holy light to destroy her body. It was completely "purified", leaving only a cloud of black ash in place.
"Bah! What bullshit purification."
Daniel Lieyue, who was hiding in the dark and monitoring the whole process, curled his lips and complained: "They just used the scorching holy light to forcibly bake the succubus into ashes. These believers of the holy light are still so good at packaging themselves."
"Ha~"
Another masked thief next to Daniel Lieyue chuckled indifferently: "Daniel, Dan Ding, this is not the first day you have seen a performance from the Holy Light Church. Don't be so surprised. of."
Daniel Lieyue rolled his eyes helplessly: "Yes, you are the director, you have the final say."
The thief who stood on the bell tower with Daniel and turned on the Eagle Vision to peer into the scene was named Galad Brokenstar. He was once one of the most powerful generals under the leader of the Backlight Blade, Viles Deep Shadow, and was later transferred to the newly established Served as the first-generation director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The change of throne in Lordaeron is likely to affect the future of Quel'Thalas. Sarlayan persuaded Kael'thas to pay more attention to it and sent Garad Shatterstar, who was supposed to be on the mainland, to the front line. Supervise task execution.
"It's about time."
Galad, who was still using his eagle eye skills, used the corner of his eye to look at a dark corner somewhere in the royal city.
"There is not much cannon fodder left that can be pushed out, and those demons should not be able to sit still. The war that will truly determine the future of Lordaeron is about to begin."
"Pfft~"
Daniel spat out the grass in his mouth, and finally straightened his face and asked Galad, "So, it's time for us to take action?"
"Um."
Galad calmly ordered: "Execute the order of the Duke of Deep Shadow, inform everyone to do their best to collect intelligence, and make sure that the latest movements of every high-level demon can be delivered to the hands of the Knights of the Silver Hand in a timely manner."
