Alsace was sitting on a pile of stones, closing his eyes to rest, when dangerous magic fluctuations caused him to open his eyes immediately.
An icy blue beam of light struck from the side of the sky. Arthas reacted very quickly and opened an anti-magic barrier to resist the beam before it hit Frostmourne.
At the moment of collision with the barrier, part of the magic power was offset and part was ejected by the barrier. Those ejected barriers fell into other unprotected places and instantly condensed into biting ice.
"Scoundrel! Don't even think about harming the residents of Theramore again!"
Arthas was stunned for a moment after hearing this angry rebuke - is this voice... Jaina?
Although the Jaina of this world is more than ten years older than the Jaina of her own world, due to magic, time has left few traces on her body, and Jaina's voice is not much different from the one Arthas is familiar with. , but with more majesty as a leader and ruler.
Jaina's figure quickly appeared in front of Frostmourne and Arthas. She was stepping on a huge water element, her eyes full of anger.
Arthas really didn't expect to bump into Jaina here, so he didn't make any disguise. After all, Theramore was already a dead zone after the explosion, and it was in the deserted Dustwallow Swamp. I never thought I would meet a living person here.
But now Jaina really appeared, and even rushed in front of Arthas as soon as she came out, leaving him completely defenseless.
Jaina followed the fluctuations caused by Arthas's undead souls to find her way here. She originally thought that someone was using Theramore's dead souls to do something bad, so she angrily launched an attack at the center of the fluctuations, thinking To destroy the evil people here.
However, when she actually came to Alsace, her whole body stood there as if struck by thunder, because she saw a face that she had forgotten forever, a face that should not have appeared in this world. face.
"Alsace?"
Jaina's voice sounded like she was dreaming, and she couldn't believe her eyes at all. However, after a brief surprise, she immediately became alert again, because this was most likely an illusion caused by the enemy.
With this thought in mind, Jaina immediately applied several buffing spells to herself. However, after applying these magics that could help people escape from the illusion and stay calm, Jaina opened her eyes again, and she still saw the big boy with a helpless smile. .
"Jaina, don't doubt your eyes so much, right?" Arthas was really dumbfounded, but who said he was not the person who should appear in this world? Anyone who saw him would hesitate.
The familiar tone and voice made Jaina unconsciously withdraw her magic. She took two steps forward in a daze, but her previous fierce look was gone.
She couldn't believe what she saw. The trickle of her soul drew a picture behind Alsace that was like a starry sky. The man who had been forgotten by her but who always appeared when she was vulnerable appeared again. appeared in front of her once.
When facing Arthas in Icecrown Citadel, Jaina could only run away when facing Arthas who had degenerated into the Lich King, and all her emotions turned into panic and uneasiness.
However, when she truly heard the news of the Lich King's fall, she realized that all her careless pretense was just a trick to deceive herself.
In her memory, Alsace was always the gentle and handsome prince. She never wanted to compare him with a cold-blooded executioner, but Alsace committed a crime that no one could forgive.
Since then, Jaina has frozen her heart and isolated Arthas' name from outside. Until now, when the living prince stood in front of her, she became confused again.
Jaina was afraid that this was an illusion from the past, and she was also afraid that Arthas would suddenly disappear. The conflicting emotions continued to gather in Jaina's heart, making her hesitate to move forward and lose the ability and perseverance she had as Lady Proudmoore.
"Snapped"
Jaina raised her head in shock and looked at the warm hand on her shoulder, "Isn't this...an illusion?"
"Of course not, Jaina," Arthas's voice was still as gentle and clear as in the past, as if she and he had returned to Lordaeron and the gardens of the royal capital.
Arthas originally thought that he would not be able to handle the situation when he saw Jaina in this world, but when he actually put his arm around Jaina, this thought disappeared.
Although this was not strictly the same person as the Jaina he knew well, the person in front of him was indeed Jaina Proudmoore.
At the first sight of Jaina, Arthas felt the sadness and uneasiness deep in her soul. Theramore, Ronin, the Burning Legion, the Horde, and so on opened countless hearts in this girl. Kouzi.
When her heart could no longer bear the pain, her strong exterior finally collapsed, revealing her innermost vulnerability.
She regretted that she had not been able to accompany Alsace and help him reverse his wrong decision. She regretted that she had betrayed her father and allowed the tribe to take away the lives of her loved ones.
But these are all suppressed in her heart, because she must show the demeanor of a ruler of Theramore and lead the refugees from the Eastern Kingdom to live in this new continent.
The destruction of Theramore destroyed Jaina's faith and reliance, causing her to fall into hatred and self-doubt all day long. From the moment she began to hate the tribe, she also began to hate herself.
As time went on like this, Gianna fell into self-blame and regret day after day. Although she kept trying to make changes to reduce her guilt and free herself, the gap between the past and reality was too big. As a result, Jaina gradually began to think that nothing she could do could change it.
Tens of thousands of Theramore civilians and innocents were torn into pieces by magic bombs. The solid city walls and ships were as fragile as toys under the power of the Focusing Iris. The annihilating magic storm destroyed everything within the range. Devour them all.
Archmage Ronin also died in this disaster. He opened a portal and guided the Focusing Iris to his location, pushing Jaina away from the disaster at the last moment.
However, in the past, Jaina had long "died" in the ruins of Theramore. After experiencing such a tragic tragedy, Jaina almost turned half of her hair gray overnight. Her tolerance for the tribe and her commitment to peace Perception was shattered the moment Garrosh's rampage began.
Jaina, who once longed for peace, died in Theramore forever, leaving only an archmage who hated Garrosh and the Horde.
