Violet Castle?
Arthas pondered for a moment. Would Tichondrius choose this seemingly most difficult place to penetrate?
The people in the Violet Castle are all the top mages of Dalaran. If Tichondrius or his Dreadlords were really hiding inside, they would undoubtedly be taking huge risks.
But this kind of risk also brings the greatest benefits. If the Dread Lord really captures the body of an archmage, the whole of Dalaran will have no secrets from him.
This possibility is very small, but it is not impossible, and even the prince of Lordaeron has no good way to investigate the archmage. These people are above the mortal class.
Unless he has very clear evidence, let alone searching for an archmage, he is likely to be treated coldly by Dalaran like he is now.
Perhaps the best way is to cooperate with the secret intelligence personnel of the Privy Council, take away the [Book of Medivh], and then lure the snake out of the hole...
After wandering around the city for a long time, under the leadership of Rommath and Vereesa, the two paladins, Arthas and Mograine, almost visited the doors of many private intelligence agencies.
However, as expected by Arthas, let alone the Dread Lord, not even any weird events like those in Camp Thirteen had happened.
However, the Paladin would not be easily discouraged. Arthas just said, "Well, at least we know today that there are so many intelligence dealers in Dalaran."
"Haha, this is the closest neutral kingdom to Lordaeron, the most prosperous city in mankind. It is also a city that advocates magic and freedom. It is not surprising to have such a special network."
Vereesa smiled and explained that sometimes, these well-connected intelligence dealers can find ways to get information that even the Rangers cannot get.
Even not long ago, there were intelligence traders who said that there might be some kind of dark power hidden in Stormwind City, and that their noble class was being played as a puppet by some powerful creature.
However, because the guy had just finished drinking and was not conscious, he got into a fight with another dealer in the bar over the argument about "whose information was more accurate and more favorable."
The fate of the two of them was obvious. They were taken into the general prison area of Violet Prison by the Kirin Tor's law enforcement guards for detention. They could not be released until they had been held for three days or paid a fine.
Arthas nodded slightly. He already knew about the situation in the Violet Castle and buried the idea of taking away the Book of Medivh deep in his heart. He said, "Well, back to the topic, the whereabouts of the Dread Lord is still a mystery. But as long as the Burning Legion wants to come, there must be two conditions that cannot be circumvented."
Rommath added flatly: "That is the coordinates of the astral world and the energy source that supports the completion of the summoning ceremony."
"Obviously, there are only two places in the entire Eastern Kingdom that meet these two conditions, and that is Dalaran and Quel'Thalas——"
After hearing the name of her hometown, Vereesa frowned slightly and asked aloud, "You mean... they are likely to attack the Sunwell?"
"Yes, but I think the mixed bag of Dalaran will make it easier for the demons to succeed than Quel'Thalas."
There was a little worry in Vereesa's blue eyes, "But if they really capture the Sunwell..."
Arthas's face immediately became serious, "Then we will definitely face a huge catastrophe similar to the ancient war."
"But don't worry too much. The Sunwell is definitely guarded more tightly than the treasure house of Dalaran. And I have also told Kael'thas about this. Now that the Dreadlord cannot hide, we can only do our best. Reduce risk as much as possible.”
Vereesa nodded after listening to Alsace's words. When the enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear, this is the only way to minimize the losses caused by emergencies.
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"Is this Dalaran?"
The rich arcane energy made Onyxia feel uncomfortable. Her transformation magic was not impeccable. In addition to specific ancient dragon language incantations, powerful detection spells could also see through her disguise.
However, since her identity was not enough to directly pass through the portal from Stormwind City to Lordaeron, she could only choose to arrive at the neutral Magic Kingdom for transit, and then take a boat from Dalaran to Tire, where the royal capital of Lordaeron is located. Sfar woodlands.
Fortunately, as long as you cross Lake Lordaemir between Dalaran and the Royal Capital of Lordaeron, and after landing, you can reach the prosperous Royal Capital in a short carriage ride.
However, due to the unclear intelligence, Onyxia did not know where Queen Tiffin and Little Prince Anduin went for "vacation" and what kind of defense they had, so she planned to send someone there first. Dalaran tried his luck to see if he could gather some useful information.
After wandering around the market, her servant returned to the inn where the countess stayed. "Mastress, the information dealer here said that the convoy from Stormwind City went north by land. After arriving in West Weald, it went to Kyle Dallon Lake.”
"Keldaron?" The countess pondered for a moment. She originally thought that Queen Tiffin and Prince Anduin would choose to live closer to the royal capital because it would obviously be safer.
In the middle of Lake Keldaron is the territory belonging to the Barov family, and this family is also the richest noble among the seven human kingdoms. Many of the rich lands in Lordaeron are their private property.
However, due to the betrayal of the Alterac Kingdom, the Barov family, a member of the Alterac nobles, also suffered a major blow. The king of Lordaeron announced that he had withdrawn the land deeds of the richest places in their hands.
Since then, the Barov family has been unable to recover and can only stay in their ancestral land of Keldaron and run the remaining family property there.
But in fact, the Barov family had never betrayed the Alliance. Instead, they stood firmly on the Alliance's side when the Alliance was about to be successfully raided by the Orcs due to betrayal by Alterac.
They united with the high elves' fleet, blocked the waters of Keldaron, and handed over all those who fled, the real "betrayers" - the remaining noble forces to the Alliance.
But the Barov family was so rich that even the king was jealous. Tenaris ruthlessly seized their wealth and used it as an industrial base to support several important fortresses in Hillsbrad.
The cunning countess immediately realized that maybe she could do something with the Barov family's hatred of Lordaeron, and they might be willing to help her.
However, due to the decline of the family, in recent years, Alex Barov, the current head of the Barov family, and his wife Janice Barov have rarely been seen attending high-society banquets.
Their two sons also seemed to disappear and never appeared again. On the contrary, their daughter, Ilushia Barov, still appeared in social events in Dalaran.
"Typical style of a down-and-out aristocrat." The Countess commented as she took the information.
Human beings themselves are too weak. Once their wealth and power are deprived of themselves, and they do not have strong strength, they will easily lose their dignity as human beings in the huge gap.
"Let's go, let's go to Keldaron too. I heard that the scenery there is very good. Maybe we can meet the king's lover and son there, not sure."
At this time, a huge family tomb was hidden under the Barov family castle far away in Keldaron County. It was originally an underground palace built by the ancestors of the Barov family to avoid war and store wealth.
In order to restore the glory of his family, Alex Barov made a deal with the fallen archmage Kel'Thuzad and converted this place into an academy for necromancers to learn necromancy knowledge.
Among the gloomy tombs and underground palaces, the Scholomance Academy was born.
However, recently, the person in charge here, Dark Dean Gading, felt that he had encountered an important turning point in his life.
Not long ago, his boss, Kel'Thuzad, was killed. Within a few days, he suddenly discovered that his boss's boss had also been replaced!
Any psychic who belonged to the Scourge Legion would be aware of the strangeness when the Lich King fell, and the new Lich King almost instantly locked the locations of many high-level undead in the Scourge Legion.
The Lich King's first words at that time were, "Obey or be utterly destroyed."
Gardin was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until the chilling soul fluctuations spread throughout his body that he realized that although the master was no longer that master, the Lich King was still the Lich King!
The new His Majesty still has absolute control over the Scourge Legion!
So what else is there to think about? Although Gardin is a master psychic with deep magic power, he doesn't think he can come into contact with the guy who killed the Lich King and replaced him.
Even if other people from the Scholomance Academy were included, they would still be far from the power of the Lich King, so the shrewd Gardin immediately decided on his position - to obey the Lich King's wishes to the death.
However, the Lich King's first order to the Scholomance Academy was that the Barov family must leave one living person, and the others had better have normal sanity.
This put Gading in trouble. The head of the Barov family, Alex, and his wife, Janis, had both received the blessing of "eternal life." Their two sons also discovered the changes in the family and ran away secretly. Go out, leaving only their daughter Ilucia who has not been transformed into an undead.
If you restore the consciousness of those two people... you will encounter such a situation.
"Gadin! You monster, how dare you do this to the Barov family. We made a contract with Kel'Thuzad in the first place!"
Alex was locked in a cage and roared with splitting eyes, but in fact, he was full of regret and unwillingness in his heart. His wife leaned against her husband with a sad face, knowing that everything was irreversible.
The cooperation with Kel'Thuzad was also forced. The family was deteriorating. Seeing that Keldaron was about to be annexed by Lordaeron, Alex had to make a difficult decision.
Although he knew that he might be closely watched by a special agency in Lordaeron, in order to let the world know that the Barov family had never betrayed the alliance, and to regain the property belonging to the Barov family, Alex took the risk. Work with the undead.
"Alex, can that kind of waste paper with no magical power be called a contract?" Gadin smiled contemptuously. Alex was deceived by Kel'Thuzad. The contract they signed had no Magical potency.
In other words, from the beginning, Kel'Thuzad had no intention of truly making a fair deal with the Barov family.
The Barov family is nothing more than flesh and blood, and the greatest kindness of the Scourge is to grant them a dignified death.
But that was the policy of the previous boss. Gardin understood that his current boss did not seem to intend to expand the power of the undead. He began to integrate the power of the undead, and seemed to want to create a more powerful undead creation.
This actually plays into Gardin's hands. He is a master of black magic and has long been obsessed with the study of various dark creations. His biggest dream in life is to see higher scenery on this road.
But Ner'zhul just wanted an undead natural disaster that could sweep across the continent. Massive ghouls and skeletons were enough to solve the problem. There was no need to delve into more advanced things.
Gardin had long been fed up with those low-level creations made of bones and flesh. Arthas's approach made Gardin feel that he might soon be able to obtain a better position in the Scourge, rather than being rebuilt in this tomb. Those useless students are taught in the college.
"Please...please let my daughter go!" Janis burst into tears. She simply couldn't imagine Ilucia's fate.
Both of her sons have disappeared and are very likely to be killed by the minions of the undead. Only Ilucia is left, who is still a normal living person in order to run the Barov family's industry.
Janice didn't want her daughter to become the same monster she and her husband were.
"Okay, I'm not here to listen to you being rude or crying. As for Ilucia, that girl is really unfortunate. His Majesty the Lich King has temporarily given up the opportunity to grant her eternal life."
Gadin waved his hands very impatiently, but his words made the couple's already pale faces even paler - they knew what kind of existence the Lich King was, and they also knew that giving up giving Ilucia eternal life, and It doesn't mean that he just let her go.
On the contrary, this may herald a more terrible end...
Janis and Alex recalled all the horrific scenes during their time as undead. The chill that surged from the depths of their souls turned their anger and crying into dullness, filled with endless regret. Their hearts that no longer beat——
The Barov family has embarked on a road of no return...
