"who I am?"
Alsace showed a smile that made Brian's heart tremble. He spoke the words clearly, word by word, unhurriedly.
"I am Arthas, the crown prince of Lordaeron and the future king."
"Still a paladin of the Silver Hand, a messenger of light and a student of Archbishop Faol, who protects the holy light, supports justice, and eradicates evil."
"Founder of the Privy Council, Grand Lord of the Privy Knights, founder of Theramore, troll slayer, ally of the elves."
His words seemed to ring directly in people's hearts, and Brian could clearly feel Alsace's voice echoing in his heart.
But under such circumstances, Brian was not as scared as before. He frowned and stared at Alsace for a long time, "...you are Alsace, wait, how can you become like this? This It’s so weird, this kind of power is no joke!”
The power exuding from Alsace's body became slightly weaker. He looked at Brian with a meaningful look and said calmly, "So when you first saw me, did you think that I was probably bewitched or corrupted? "
Brian was still holding the war hammer, but he was no longer nervous. He understood the meaning of Alsace's words. After a few seconds, he realized, "You have had such an ability for a long time?! But, this is incredible. ……if it is like this……"
"Then the Holy Light won't protect me, right, Brian?" The expression on Arthas's face finally returned to normal, and he seemed to still be the gentle prince.
Brian paused, not knowing what to say, because Arthas did say what he wanted to say first.
"The power in this world may indeed be divided into good and evil, but the key lies in our control of it."
Arthas waved his hand, guiding all the ghosts blocking his path to obtain [Frostmourne] to disperse, and the path to the Seat of Ice where the magic sword was hidden was immediately unobstructed.
"Brian, you are not a stubborn guy, which is why I want to tell you this today." Alsace sighed, placed his palms on the ice, and looked at the ice with complicated eyes. rune sword.
"Arthas... this... this can't be accepted by everyone - it's too dangerous. Have you forgotten what happened to Kel'Thuzad and the mages who played with souls before him?" Brian did not directly refute Arthas. Si's words, but he still felt that Alsace's exposed power would not be accepted by the world.
At first, Kel'Thuzad's magic experiments were only conducted on animals such as rats. After being discovered, he was stripped of all titles and expelled by the Kirin Tor Council of Dalaran. But now that Arthas has revealed his power, Much more exaggerated than Kel'Thuzad.
Shaking his head helplessly, Alsace's expression became determined, "Of course I know what you said, so I hid it for more than ten years, waiting for this opportunity."
It's no longer time to continue to hide your power. The vanguard of the Burning Legion has spread a web of tricks in this world. If you are not careful, Azeroth may be in ruins.
Arthas is unwilling to give his hope to those stubborn Kaldorei. Their tribe is definitely not tolerant, otherwise Illidan Stormrage and his demon hunters would not be so miserable; however, he seems to be playing a role now. A character similar to Illidan.
But he will not wait for others to judge him like Illidan. Arthas is determined to protect the entire kingdom and the world. Just prejudice and misunderstanding cannot shake his pace. This is why he spent more than ten years on his own. Time operates in the mortal world.
Taking a deep breath, Arthas clenched his right fist, and ice and shadow surrounded his arm under the entanglement of the power of death.
"boom!"
A punch full of energy hit the ice seat hard, and blue cracks immediately spread on the ice. The power of [Frostmourne] that had been suppressed for a long time began to be released from the inside out. The base separated from the shadow ice from the void suddenly exploded with a crisp sound.
Brian was shaken back a few steps by the shock wave of the explosion. Countless sharp ice flakes attacked the dwarf. Just before he made an evasive action, a powerful barrier of holy light rose in front of Brian, enveloping death and shadow. The ice fragments of power melted quickly after colliding with it.
Arthas stretched out his right hand and firmly grasped the exposed hilt of [Frostmourne]. He lifted it in the ice and held the magic sword that had been forged with countless Nasrezim's efforts. in hand.
The moment he picked up the long sword, a strange voice sounded in Alsace's ears, but without him having to introduce who he was, Alsace already knew his identity.
"Now, go find Mal'Ganis for revenge. He is in the undead base to the north of your camp, but you'd better hurry up, otherwise..."
At the same time as the voice invaded Arthas' body, there was also a huge, cold and evil thought. This came from Nasrezim's curse on [Frostmourne], and the Lich King's hidden secret that caused Arthas to fall. Seed.
Unfortunately, these evil thoughts and influences were filtered by Alsace's almost pure power of death, and no trace of them remained.
[Frostmourne] seemed to realize something, the sword made a buzzing sound, and the flames in the hollow eyes carved with the devil's skull on the hilt instantly ignited, wanting to fight Arthas for dominance over his will. .
"Obey or destroy." Arthas was like a supreme king. A large amount of death power poured into [Frostmourne], completely erasing the traces left by the Dread Lords and the Lich King.
If Arthas only knew how to use the Holy Light, he would not be able to do this anyway, but the path he chose was between light and darkness.
Although his knowledge of darkness and necromantic magic is not as good as those of the demon lords in the twisted void, the energy Arthas can use is several levels higher than the demons in terms of purity. If his body cannot bear it, his holy light and death It can even pose a direct threat to the Titan gods.
The Titan gods are not Loa and wilderness demigods born on the planet. Their power can be exactly consistent with the title of "Creator", and they themselves are cosmic creatures infinitely close to their origin.
Without Sargeras's rebellion, even all the demons in the universe combined would not have been able to pose a threat to the Titans.
In just a few seconds, Alsace's power completely reversed Frostmourne's master-servant relationship. The sword was no longer the master, but the man wielding the sword.
However, the current [Frostmourne] has not tasted the delicious soul, and its power is only slightly stronger than the epic weapon. In a sense, although [Frostmourne] is a two-handed sword, it is more suitable. As a ceremonial sword, not a combat weapon.
Its power lies in the control of souls and devouring souls to strengthen itself and feed back to the sword holder. The original Arthas held this sword and slaughtered almost the entire residents of Lordaeron, and also brought the undead natural disaster to crush the elf kingdom Kui. Er'Thalas achieved the reputation of the magic sword and the invincible death knight.
However, no matter how much souls an ordinary person absorbs, the enhancement of the Rune Sword is very limited. After all, the essence of life is there, and Arthas does not want to become a burden to [Frostmourne] by devouring too many weak souls.
In addition, because of Alsace's high-purity power of death, he can directly convert the harvested souls into pure energy for his own use or to strengthen [Frostmourne]. There is no need to devour it superficially.
However, killing creatures is not his style, but this does not mean that the maximum effect of [Frostmourne] has been limited. On the contrary, it will be Alsace's weapon to kill all enemies.
You know, it's not just humans, trolls, orcs and elves who have souls, demons, demigods, dragons and even titans all have souls.
Compared to the Lich King's mindless approach of absorbing remnant souls, Arthas had already set his sights on something of a higher level.
Under Alsace's control, [Frostmourne], which originally showed signs of rebellion, quickly calmed down. The runes on the sword dimmed one by one, and the blue flames in the skull's eyes gradually extinguished.
[Frostmourne] recognizes this master and will serve him. It sensed Alsace's desire for power. This magic sword was extremely greedy. As long as it could give it a soul, it would serve its master.
Brian carefully walked out from behind the holy light barrier. After making sure there was no danger, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked Arthas, "Hey, are you okay?"
After saying this, Brian swallowed, and his hand holding the war hammer tightened unconsciously.
"Don't be so nervous, Brian. I am not controlled by any demon's curse. I am still me, Alsace." Alsace hung the dim rune sword on the buckle of his belt, and his hair returned to its normal golden color.
Without a large amount of magic power of death and darkness, Alsace's body will not change accordingly. And that sentence, apart from being a joke, is actually to be able to quickly switch abilities during battle, which is equivalent to a self. hint.
This little trick from the field of magic is quite easy to use. With this kind of psychological suggestion, Arthas was able to hide the fact that he had the power of death almost without any trace for more than ten years, and even exposed it to the Kirin Tor. It was not exposed right under the nose.
Brian looked at Alsace suspiciously, and after realizing that he couldn't see any difference in Alsace, he handed the warhammer to Alsace.
"Okay, actually, when you can still protect me with the Holy Light, I know you are fine." Brian said pretending to be confident, not at all like he was panicking just now.
Arthas caught [Holy Light's Revenge], weighed it, and found that compared to [Frostmourne], a magic sword that was almost giving birth to self-awareness, this warhammer had no other advantages except being heavy and handy. .
He even believed that if he held a rune sword and faced off against a paladin holding this war hammer, he would be able to cut off both the hammer and the paladin in just two or three encounters.
The difference in weapons became apparent at this time. Except for the artifacts that were at the same level as [Frostmourne], the other weapons and armor were as brittle as paper shells in front of the Rune Demon Sword.
But Arthas also felt at this moment that [Frostmourne] was, after all, just a tool forged by Nasrezim to restrain the Lich King under the orders of the leader of the Burning Legion, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver. A lot of effort has been put into it, but there is still room for improvement.
Putting the warhammer on his back, Arthas said to Brian in a solemn tone, "Bryan, I have something to ask you."
"Hey, you said that as if I would still refuse!"
The enthusiastic dwarf would not allow his friends to question him like this, although Brian actually had mixed feelings about Arthas controlling the powerful dark power. He deeply understands that power is not good or bad, it only depends on the user's principles, but power that is biased toward darkness requires a strong heart from the person who controls it.
The good news is that Alsace naturally belongs to the type of people with a strong heart, but the worry is that in Brian's opinion, the power Alsace displayed at this time is a bit too exaggerated. He has never been among humans. Feel that pressure on your body.
When facing Alsace's death form, Brian even felt that he was really about to die. The feeling of cold oppression and suffocation could not be faked. Brian, who had rich experience, rarely encountered such a feeling.
"Take my Privy Knights and hurry back to the camp and take the boys back to Dagger Sheath Bay." Alsace moved his neck, making a crisp sound as bones rubbed against each other.
"What? How could they listen to me..."
Before Brian could finish his words, Arthas threw a badge to him - it was the royal seal of Lordaeron. Anyone who saw this seal was equivalent to meeting a member of the royal family.
Alsace's name was also engraved on this badge. Brian was stunned and asked, "Then where are you going?"
"Go and solve the problem once and for all."
