"Howling Fjord?"
Arthas felt a little calmer... It seemed that Anub'arak hadn't gone crazy yet, at least he didn't ignore his own advice and dug a hole into the Storm Cliff.
If something had been dug up in Howling Fjord, Alsace probably had a guess.
"Go on and talk."
Lothar recalled Anub'arak's statement and explained, "When the cave demons responsible for digging the cave were digging the underground passage leading to Dagger Sheath Bay, they passed an ancient castle as tall as a mountain. There is no one there, but the items, decorations and other furnishings inside are as good as new.
Anub'arak said that the castle was originally the capital of the ancient Vrykul people, but for some reason, they all seemed to disappear overnight. All the living people in the castle were missing, but the wine glasses they left behind It even contained wine.
Until...the Crypt Demons dug the Vrykul's 'graves', where thousands of Vrykul were buried. "
Lothar paused for a moment and then said, "It may not be accurate to describe it as a grave, because our psychics found that most of the Vrykul there still have some signs of life, and they seem to have fallen into a deep sleep. , rather than death.”
The soul flame in Alsace's eyes kept beating, and his voice seemed to echo directly throughout the space, "Does that mean there are dead Vrykul?"
Lothar nodded, "Yes, they seem to have fallen into a deep sleep under the influence of some ancient magic. The magic on some people has expired after a long period of time, so they cannot continue to sleep. , but old age and death.”
The underground tombs of the Vrykul... It should be the decision made by King Ymiron after facing the continuous weakening of the curse of flesh and blood. Unexpectedly, Anub'arak dug it out. Although the timing is not right, this can be regarded as a "little gift" to the undead natural disaster.
The Vrykul who fell into a deep sleep were undefended. Under the restrictions of magic, they could not even wake up on their own initiative. There were even more unlucky people whose protective magic disappeared, but the sleeping curse did not disappear. , causing them to die of aging directly in their sleep.
But it has to be said that Ymiron's approach still allowed the Vrykul to preserve most of their vitality. But what the king regretted most was that his wife also died in this sleep. He loved his wife so much that when he was killed on the throne atop Udgart Castle, he was still wearing a pendant in her memory.
He is an infatuated Vrykul and an iron-blooded tyrant. He forces his people to kill those "fragile" babies who are cursed with flesh and blood. These babies are the ancestors of mankind. Their parents cannot bear to kill their newborn children. Then some people quietly left the Vrykul kingdom.
Therefore, in fact, Ymiron's actions led to the formation of human beings, but he was indeed a tyrant. He even led his tribe to join the Lich King for the sake of power and resurrecting his dead wife. Able to resist the flesh curse of the Old Gods.
The Vrykul are aggressive beings against any race other than their own, but for the current Scourge Legion, they are a good new force.
Arthas' tone was calm, even indifferent, "Let the psychics try to resurrect the dead Vrykul to see if they are useful."
Lothar hesitated for a moment and replied, "Actually, they have already tried it. The souls of those dead Vrykul have long since dried up or left. There is no way to get powerful warriors at all. They can only be resurrected into a kind of more powerful warrior than ordinary people." Skeleton soldiers and ghouls are stronger low-level undead.”
Vrykul are naturally tall. For most of the existing races in Azeroth, they are like half-giant bodies. The undead resurrected from their corpses are slightly stronger than other creatures, but compared to death knights, Liches or other high-level undead are just low-level undead.
This is no different from what Alsace thought at the beginning. In fact, the powerful essence of the undead is their soul. A body without a soul, even if it is resurrected, is just a low-level undead like a puppet.
"Then... study those Vrykul who are still alive."
"This..." Lothar's expression was a little hesitant, and he seemed to be worried, "Alsace, is this really good? Even if we are already undead, it is not a good thing to take the lives of unrelated living people like this. It will sow hatred between the living and us.”
Lothar has long realized that since the day he became an undead, his feelings for the living have become weaker and weaker, so he is accustomed to using exaggerated words and humorous expressions to prevent himself from completely becoming involved with the world of the living. gap.
However, the undead are undead after all, and some things cannot be changed by personality and habits. That kind of thing is called instinct, just like a living person can eat and drink water. Even if he consciously restrains it, he cannot change it.
This approach made him feel uncomfortable and made him doubt his own existence. Sometimes he also had doubts about Alsace - because he was obviously a living person, but most of the time, But he seemed even more indifferent than himself.
Anduin Lothar is dead, but the ideals of justice and chivalry he upheld have not dissipated with him. This is why he became very troubled and entangled when resurrecting other undead.
He worries that his indifference to the living will one day become more terrifying, just like people don't care about the life or death of ants. The most terrifying emotion in the world is not hatred, but absolute indifference.
Arthas sighed. He had suppressed most of the advanced undead's hatred of the living, but this indifference to the living could not be eliminated.
Without this indifference, they would not even be able to become undead, because they exist in two worlds from the living. Undead souls are changed and enhanced because of their soul essence, and their emotions will also be affected.
Lothar's worries were not unreasonable. He was worried that he, Arthas and the entire Scourge of the Undead would one day be unable to control their instincts and switch sides to launch a massive attack on the world of the living.
"Sir Lothar, I understand your thoughts, but if we don't look for opportunities, then the existence of Icecrown Fortress will be meaningless." Alsace's voice reached Lothar's ears, "I We will not easily take the lives of irrelevant people to increase our strength, but the Vrykul are different. They will actively pursue the Lich King's gift... I just give them a chance in advance.
Wake them up, and they will give you the answers you want. Life has its shortcomings, and so does death. "
