Tirion thought he would be punished for this matter, but to his surprise, Arthas, who had never had a good attitude towards the orcs, actually turned a blind eye to the matter.
He is still the High Lord of Hearthglen and the Paladin of the Silver Hand.
The Holy Light did not abandon him because of his behavior of shielding the orcs. On the contrary, Tirion felt that his understanding of the way of the Holy Light had improved to a higher level.
From that time, this noble paladin began to think about whether there was some deviation in human's understanding of the Holy Light. This power does not come from faith, but from belief.
This vague thought made Tirion ponder all day long. In the end, he decided to gradually transfer his power to his young son, and he secluded himself in a farm outside Hearthglen, thinking about the true meaning of the Holy Light.
Even Alonsus Faol never knew that Tirion had harbored the orcs, and no one except Arthas knew about his relationship with Eitrigg.
But Tirion himself still felt guilty for concealing the truth. Whenever he felt a little confused, he would come here to the cemetery, not only to confide his feelings to the former archbishop, but also to torture his own soul.
Since things needed to be kept secret, Tirion usually came to the cemetery alone at night, and when he was about to leave, he noticed something strange.
The paladin found a place to hide himself, but the too fresh bouquet he left behind made Lothar alert, but he didn't think much about it.
After all, generally speaking, no one would come to the cemetery to pay their respects at night.
When Tirion discovered that the two men actually opened Bishop Faol's tomb and entered it, he believed that the motives of the two men must be impure. Whether it was to maliciously destroy the bishop's tomb or something else, Tirion had to go Prevent.
So he followed Alsace and Lothar into the tomb, and prepared to put them down first, but he didn't expect that his sneak attack was blocked by Lothar.
Although he is older, Tirion is still quite confident in his own strength. Lothar can easily block his attack, which shows that the opponent's strength is at least as good as his own.
However, when Lothar's face appeared in front of him, even the determined Tirion was a little shaken for a moment, and even thought that he had been confused by some kind of illusion.
"I really didn't expect to be able to talk to you face to face, Sir." Tirion's expression was extremely complicated. He had now confirmed Lothar's identity as the deceased.
"I didn't expect to climb out of the grave either."
"Time flies so fast, it's already been more than ten years," Tirion stared at Lothar and asked with a frown, "But... Sir, why are you in this state?"
Lothar originally planned to fool him, but facing his friend's gaze, he sighed and said truthfully, "As you can see, I was 'resurrected' in the form of an undead."
Before Tirion could ask further questions, Arthas added from the side.
"I was the one who resurrected Lothar."
After saying that, he took out Frostmourne from his waist. The temperature around him dropped sharply, and even the holy light in the tomb was suppressed to a certain extent.
Tirion's expression changed instantly. He stared at Arthas and whispered, "Your Highness, this sword -"
"Every paladin will think it is synonymous with ominousness and curse," Arthas returned the magic sword to its scabbard, and the temperature in the tomb slowly rose.
Tirion was very confused. Arthas was not deceived by an evil creature. If this was the case, why did Arthas hold this dangerous magic sword?
"If it were another knight, maybe I wouldn't tell the truth, but, Tirion, I can tell you without reservation that I am here today to resurrect Bishop Faol."
Hearing the word "resurrection", Tirion's eyes flickered slightly, "Your Highness, the resurrection you are talking about...could it be..."
"That's right, it's a gesture like Lothar's."
Tirion did not object directly. He said, "Arthas... if you do this, it will definitely cause an uproar. Even the Silver Hand will refuse to recognize your identity."
The Paladin's title for Alsace no longer carries the honorific title. Needless to say, Tirion is still opposed to this matter, but he has not shown a strong attitude.
Arthas seemed to have known that Tirion would have such a reaction. He was not in a hurry to convince Tirion. The prince put his hand on the archbishop's coffin and said slowly, "Tirion, you should have already Have you realized the true meaning of the Holy Light?"
"Powerful holy light users, by virtue of their mastery of the holy light, can heal physical wounds, remove diseases and toxins, and even recall the souls of the dead to complete the miracle of resurrection of the dead."
Tirion could not refute, because he knew that everything Arthas said was correct. It was not impossible to resurrect the dead in the true sense, but very harsh conditions must be met.
First of all, the body of the deceased must be intact, and the death time cannot be too long, otherwise the soul will be driven away from the body by instinct; and the injuries on the deceased must be healed at the same time as resurrection, otherwise it is very likely that at the moment of resurrection, , the already fragile body will be unable to retain the soul.
Moreover, the same object can only withstand one resurrection within a long period of time. This is because the mortal soul cannot withstand the consumption of resurrection.
Even the powerful demigods of the wilderness cannot be resurrected at will. When their physical bodies are killed, their souls will also be damaged. Forced resurrection will shorten their lifespan and reduce their strength.
Therefore, they will rely on the Emerald Dream to nourish their souls. When their souls are strong enough, they can return to the material world and reshape their bodies.
However, the most important point is that such normal resurrection methods have no effect on people who have reached the end of their life span.
Because mortals are not like the wild demigods, whose souls are directly connected to the Emerald Dream and can be nourished and protected, thereby becoming "immortal" in a sense. The souls of mortals will weaken along with the failure of their bodies, unless they have Individuals with powerful magical powers can forcibly suppress this weakness, and it will not dissipate even if they completely transform themselves into a soul state.
Tirion didn't know whether the Archbishop had the strength to make his soul never die, but he knew that Arthas' behavior was contrary to common sense and quite dangerous.
Because the "resurrection" that Alsace talks about is not an act of resurrection in the true sense, but a way of binding the soul within the body and creating an undead posture that is dominated by the soul but also has a physical body.
After being transformed into the undead, the undead energy and dark magic power that are difficult for normal souls to absorb and use will become quite easy to absorb, and the undead can also maintain its own existence by absorbing these dark energies.
The appearance of a high-level undead like Lothar can increase the intensity of dark energy in a certain area, because his ability to draw and absorb these energies is far beyond that of ordinary undead cannon fodder.
However, as a paladin, Tirion found it difficult to accept Alsace's approach, because during the Second Orc War, some warlocks from the tribe used this method to send the souls of orc warlocks who died in the battle. Enter the body of a human knight.
This was the birth of the first generation of death knights, but their fighting methods were the same as before, because they were spellcasters and could use spells directly.
After warriors like Lothar, who originally didn't understand magic, were transformed into death knights, they used runes to rationally mobilize the energy of death and formed a new way of fighting.
"Tirion, as you think, there are noble ones even among the orcs. In my opinion, there is no difference in power. It only depends on its user. Even dark magic can fight for justice!"
After saying that, a strong holy light burst out from Alsace's hand, forming a solid barrier to trap Tirion inside. Lothar quickly ducked away to avoid being affected.
For Tirion, such high-intensity holy light only temporarily overwhelmed his own control of the holy light and was unable to mobilize the power of the holy light. But for an undead like Lothar, it was simply a terrifying blast. Destruction beam.
Under the holy light of Arthas, Tirion was surprised to find that it was difficult for him to control this level of holy light energy. Moreover, due to the excessive purity of the holy light, his body was weakened due to his old age. It also began to gradually disappear.
——This is a blessing and a prison.
Tirion was forced to accept the benefits that the Holy Light brought to him, but was unable to stop Arthas' next actions. He could only watch helplessly as Arthas inserted Frostmourne into the center of the magic circle.
Under the illumination of the holy light, another kind of completely opposite dark death energy quickly gathered. Under the wash of this energy, the dark material dropped by Alsace quickly turned into a liquid state and flowed into the lines on the stone bricks.
Due to the concentration of holy light on Tirion's side, the power of holy light in the tomb was inevitably pulled away, so that except for the place where Tirion stood, there was no interference from the power of holy light.
But this attempt to control two powers at the same time made Arthas very careful. Although his physique was far beyond that of ordinary people, if there was a violent collision of energy, the outcome would never be good.
This is why he initially planned to let Lothar help him suppress the power of the Holy Light, but now, due to Tirion's intervention, the original plan was disrupted.
"Wait—Alsace!"
A dark shock wave spread, pushing back Tirion's next words. Lothar raised his hand to block it in front of him, and Arthas himself took a step back under the thrust of the shock wave.
The ripples of death and darkness gradually disappeared, and the originally shining tomb dimmed in an instant. The blessing of the Holy Light that Tirion received also ended. He strode to the side of Arthas and put his big hand on the prince's shoulder. On the way, when he was about to question Alsace, a dull friction sound was heard.
Arthas squinted his eyes and stared at the sarcophagus in the center of the tomb. He held the edge of the sarcophagus lid with a slightly dry hand and slowly pushed the lid open.
Archbishop Fao, who was somewhat thin but still retained his appearance in life, sat up from the sarcophagus like an old man who had just woken up from sleep. His drooped eyelids opened the moment he sat up straight, and the burning eyes in his pupils The soul flame proved that Alsace's ritual was successful.
Pure power of death surged out of the Archbishop's body, but the tide of death thoughts quickly faded away, replaced by the pure power of Holy Light that Tirion was so familiar with.
The Archbishop calmly looked at the three people in front of him and said in a hoarse voice, "The Holy Light never treats people with narrow-mindedness and prejudice."
Tirion's eyes widened, and even Lothar looked at Archbishop Faol in disbelief. He originally thought that Arthas wanted to turn the Archbishop into a powerful lich, but what happened now was that he didn't expect it at all. of.
——The Archbishop who was resurrected as an undead is still protected by the Holy Light.
Only Arthas had a smile on his face. He never intended to use words to make Tirion agree with his actions, so he chose a slightly more radical approach, because when the Archbishop revived, he would use the actual situation to , and shut Tirion's mouth.
"Long time no see, Arthas, Lothar, and Tirion. I didn't expect that when this old guy like me came out of the coffin, I would be greeted by so many familiar faces."
Arthas put away Frostmourne and saluted Bishop Fao, "Welcome back, Archbishop."
