On the vast endless sea, turbulent waves are rolling, and there are heavy and dark clouds in the sky. Lightning flashes appear from time to time in the clouds.
Such a celestial phenomenon undoubtedly indicates that a huge storm is coming, and storms are a nightmare for sailors!
However, on this stormy sea, there is a small boat riding the wind and waves. This is a typical night elf-style sail warship. Its workmanship is exquisite and elegant, and its hull is so light that It can travel through the violent roaring wind and waves without any hindrance.
But what really allows this battleship to sail in the storm is not the ship itself, but the crew who control the ship, because the crew on this battleship is a group of Nagas who are like snake monsters!
Yes, the owner of this battleship is Illidan who escaped from the cage. Now he has received help from the Naga tribe led by Vashj.
After obtaining the Skull of Gul'dan and waiting for an opportunity to kill Tikrios, Illidan met with Tyrande and his brother Malfurion. As a result, the two of them had a big fight after seeing Illidan's demonic form. Because he was angry and thought that he would not change his ways, he once again embarked on the old path of surrendering to the devil.
But because this meeting was a secret meeting, no other night elves were present. Therefore, due to years of friendship, Tyrande and Malfurion did not conflict with Illidan. They only expelled Illidan on behalf of the night elves. He would never be allowed to set foot on night elf soil.
Illidan was actually very hurt, mentally traumatized. Tyrande was the person he loved most. It was because of Tyrande's face that Illidan agreed to be released from prison to help the night elves resist the Burning Legion. However, he waited for him When he killed Tikrios and once again achieved great success, Tyrande turned against him and was merciless.
Feeling betrayed, Illidan angrily planned to leave Kalimdor. He no longer wanted to care about the war between the night elves and the Burning Legion.
However, at this time, Maiev Shadowsong appeared. She was the night elf warden who had been guarding Illidan for ten thousand years. When Tyrande released Illidan, she even killed Maiev Shadowsong. After the guards under Song learned that Illidan had escaped, Maiev Shadowsong could not hold Tyrande, the noble Priestess of the Moon, responsible, so they could only blame Illidan for the murder of her compatriots. head, so she led the Watcher troops under her command to hunt down Illidan.
Illidan didn't want to get too entangled with Maiev. Although with his current power, he could easily kill Maiev, he still chose to escape and escape from the sad land of Kalimdor.
As a result, when he fled to the coast, a group of strange creatures found him, and these creatures were the Naga family.
After the Highborne Elves, led by Queen Azshara, fled to the bottom of the sea, their living environment naturally changed dramatically. Coupled with the contract between Azshara and the ancient god N'Zoth, the Highborne Elves have been able to survive in these ten thousand years. Over time, they have evolved into the Naga clan. Although they have completely become creatures that live in the sea, their desire for land still exists, and they dream that one day they can recapture Kali, where their upper elves live. Mudo continent.
Originally, for the past ten thousand years, the Naga family has been living on the bottom of the sea and rarely came ashore. However, there have been huge changes in recent times. When Archimonde crossed the endless sea and passed through the maelstrom alone, , its huge evil power alarmed the Nagas in the sea. Out of hatred for being deceived by the Burning Legion, the Nagas tried to attack Archimonde, but were taught a lesson by Archimonde and suffered heavy losses. heavy.
Although they were unable to cause any hindrance to Archimonde, the appearance of Archimonde made the Naga family realize that the world on the ground seemed to have changed dramatically. The Burning Legion once again descended on the planet Azeroth. Understanding what happened on land, the Naga family decided to go ashore tentatively.
Under Azshara's order, the Naga clan gathered a group of troops and handed them over to Azshara's former maid, Vashj, to lead them. They wanted to go ashore to see if there was any opportunity to prepare for a future counterattack on land.
As luck would have it, Vashj sensed Illidan's huge evil power while exploring the coast.
After absorbing the evil energy in the Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan's demonic form has reached, or exceeded, the power of many demon lords. The Naga tribe was already quite sensitive to the power of evil energy, so they came to Illidan.
They originally thought they would meet a powerful demon lord of the Burning Legion, but after meeting Illidan, they discovered that he turned out to be a night elf, which was a bit interesting.
And what's more coincidental is that Vashj and Illidan knew each other during the War of the Ancients. At that time, Vashj, as the maid of Queen Azshara, had several encounters with the legendary figure Illidan, so the two sides merged. They didn't fight, but started chatting after building a relationship.
After this conversation, Illidan learned that the original Queen Azshara did not die, but survived with the upper elves on the bottom of the sea, and became the Naga clan. While Illidan felt incredible, he also felt that There is no longer any anger towards the Highborne. After all, the Highborne has become such a ghost, and he himself has been imprisoned for tens of thousands of years. After being released from prison, he already feels that things have changed.
When Vashj learned that Illidan was being hunted by Maiev Shadowsong, Vashj immediately realized that they and Illidan could be on the same side.
Illidan now looks like a demon, and his whole body is filled with powerful evil energy. This kind of powerful power is what the upper elves are chasing. Coupled with the mutual origin between the two parties, Vashj decided to seek refuge with Illidan.
And Illidan readily accepted it. He was now alone. Even if he had great power, it would be very troublesome for him to deal with Maiev Shadowsong leading an entire Watcher force to hunt him down. And the Naga force led by Vashj The fighting power is also quite strong, so the two sides hit it off immediately.
After accepting the refuge of Vashj and the Nagas, Illidan took advantage of the strength of the Nagas to go to sea, firstly to leave Kalimdor, and secondly because when he received the power of the Skull of Gul'dan, he also received A memory in the Skull of Gul'dan.
This memory is the last memory of Gul'dan, the legendary warlock of the orc clan, when he visited the Tomb of Sargeras more than 20 years ago! Gul'dan died while exploring the Tomb of Sargeras, and this memory became an obsession and was carved deep into Gul'dan's skull. Although Gul'dan's skull passed through the hands of many people, it has been None of the owners thought about swallowing the evil power in the Skull of Gul'dan, but just used it as a powerful artifact. In the end, Illidan took advantage of it.
In this memory, Illidan learned that many years ago, when Sargeras came to the world of Azeroth, he was defeated by the then guardian Aegwynn and sealed his remains. Of course, Illidan did not listen to this history. As I said, after all, he has been imprisoned. If he hadn't absorbed the power of the Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan would never know this history.
In this memory, Illidan learned that after the guardian Aegwynn defeated Sargeras, he did not dare to destroy Sargeras' body. Even Aegwynn's defeat was strictly speaking, he only expelled Sargeras. It is just most of the soul in the body. In Sargeras' body, there is still a trace of soul power. The nightmarish and powerful evil power contained in his body is likely to be released once it is destroyed. , causing huge pollution to the world of Azeroth.
So Aegwynn finally thought of a way. She summoned an island from the bottom of the sea. This island, Saldanas, was the territory of the upper elves of Suramar. It was sunk to the bottom of the sea due to the explosion of the Well of Eternity. On this island, there is a temple of the moon of the upper elves. The temple still contains the power left by the upper elves when they sacrificed to the moon god Elune.
Aegwynn sealed the body of Sargeras in the Temple of the Moon, hoping to use the power of Elune to purify the remaining power of Sargeras. At the same time, Aegwynn also imposed a powerful barrier on the island. , to prevent someone from coveting Sargeras' power and causing huge trouble.
After doing this, Aegwynn sank the island into the depths of the sea again, and then deleted as many historical documents as possible that recorded this incident, intending to make the secret of the Tomb of Sargeras disappear forever. In the eyes of the world.
However, it is a pity that Aegwynn did not know at the time that what she sealed was just a clone of Sargeras. Sargeras' power was limited by Azeroth's planetary shield, and the power that could enter this world It is very limited, and even if this clone is defeated, it is only a false defeat by Sargeras. It is precisely because of Sargeras's layout that the Dark Portal War and the Draenor Orc Invasion occurred.
Even Aegwin did not expect that many years after the island sank to the bottom of the sea, someone actually dug up this history by consulting various materials and documents, and the person who dug up this history was no one else. It's Gul'dan!
About twenty years ago, near the end of the Second War, Gul'dan fled to the sea with a group of warlocks and slaves after his defeat. Then he found the place where Aegwynn sunk on the Broken Islands, and brought The island rose again.
After entering the Tomb of Sargeras, Gul'dan tried his best to destroy the powerful restriction left by Aegwynn and found the place where Sargeras' body was buried.
Over a long period of time, under the power of purification, Sargeras's body has decayed and weathered. However, due to the existence of a trace of soul originally remaining in the residual body, Sargeras' remaining power was finally guided by the soul and condensed in Together, a powerful gem was formed. This gem was the Eye of Sargeras!
Feeling the powerful power of the Eye of Sargeras, Gul'dan naturally wanted to take the Eye of Sargeras as his own. Unfortunately, Gul'dan did not realize that although he broke the restriction, he also The demons in the Tomb of Sargeras have been unleashed!
While Sargeras's body was sealed here, his evil power spread unchecked and had already polluted many creatures on the island. These creatures eventually turned into demons. Originally, these demons were still affected by the restriction and could not penetrate deep. In the tomb, but after Gul'dan broke the restriction, these demons swarmed out and attacked Gul'dan crazily.
Gul'dan was eventually torn apart by these crazy demons. Only one survivor of the warlocks and servants he brought escaped. After the demons dispersed, he recovered Gul'dan's body and finally He left with Gul'dan's head. As for the power of the Eye of Sargeras, he didn't dare to make up his mind. There were so many demons guarding this artifact, and whoever touched it would die.
After reading this memory from the Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan immediately realized that the Eye of Sargeras was the best gift of darkness!
Illidan has been pursuing a way to defeat the Burning Legion, but no matter which method, it cannot be separated from powerful power, so Illidan has also been pursuing powerful power. The Skull of Gul'dan allowed him to become a demon hunter and have a rival. The strength of the demon lord, but this is not enough. After seeing Archimonde, Kil'jaeden, Osiris and the power of Sargeras, he understands that the power of the demon lord is not enough to defeat These powerful enemies.
Illidan was fascinated by the Eye of Sargeras. Since it was formed from the remaining power of Sargeras, getting it was equivalent to getting part of Sargeras' power. There was no reason for Illidan to let it go.
And now, he is on the way to the Broken Islands. Perhaps it is impossible for others to find an island in the vast sea without any charts, but Illidan because of Gul'dan With the help of Naga's memory and Naga, it was a piece of cake.
Of course he knew that Maiev's Watcher troops were still biting him, but he didn't care. After he obtained the power of the Eye of Sargeras, Maiev's troops would not be taken seriously by him at all.
However, what Illidan didn't know at this moment was that through the thick storm clouds, higher in the sky, a pair of eyes were staring at his movements...
After driving in the storm for more than an hour, when the storm finally dissipated and the sun appeared on the sea again, Illidan ordered to slow down.
Taking this opportunity, a Naga in the sea also caught up with Illidan's battleship. After climbing tiredly on the deck, the Naga brought a message to Illidan.
The Burning Legion led by Archimonde was defeated, and Archimonde himself died, but then another demon king, Osiris, suddenly appeared and led a group of Dracolich legions to destroy the world tree Nordrassil and destroy Mount Hyjal. , the three-community coalition was completely defeated...
After listening to the news in silence, Illidan remained silent for a long time. Vashj looked at his expression and asked, "Master, are you sad because of the destruction of Mount Hyjal and the World Tree?"
"No!" Illidan shook his head and said: "From the moment I left Kalimdor, the night elves have nothing to do with me anymore. Even if the World Tree and the Holy Mountain are destroyed, they have nothing to do with me. It is Osiris, the King of Despair who is thinking..."
"Demon King Osiris..." Vashchi fell silent after hearing this name.
Yes, Roy himself doesn't know it yet, but both Illidan and Vashj have actually met Roy...
