"Anyway, this won't be something left by the archaeological team." Magni praised, "As long as you are a dwarf, you can tell the age of these models at a glance... How did they do it?"
If you look carefully at the map of Uldaman in the exhibition hall, you will see that almost every palace, corridor and street has been scaled down, and these scaled-down models actually have no difference in size from the real ones.
Magni searched carefully on the map and found the hall where he and Alsace were based on the characteristics of the building and the route he had taken.
"These ancient runes... seem to mean an exhibition hall or a map room?" Magni was also a little unsure. Although he was one of the founders of the Explorers Association, his brother Brian's archaeological attainments were indeed Taller than him.
If Brian were here, he would be ecstatic to look at this intricately crafted map from beginning to end.
Although I don’t know how many years have passed, other exhibits in the exhibition hall have been buried in the soil, and most of them are scattered around the archaeological site in pieces. However, it can be seen from the fallen soil layers that this hall once had A glorious time.
Arthas observed the hall, but he was not as excited and excited as Magni. After all, he already had a general understanding of the situation in Uldaman.
"Magni, let's do the cultural relic appreciation later. We have to first..."
"Alsace, what do you think this is? I feel like the roof of this model is a bit like... a keyhole?" Magni looked at a model building in front of him. This building is the only one in the entire map model that is not Restore the model of the building.
Alsace was about to say that it was best not to touch those strange locks, but before he could say anything, he heard the sound of gears turning.
"Alsace, did you hear it?" Magni obviously heard the sound. After all, in the empty and silent hall, the turning sound was quite obvious.
"Yes, Magni...I think we might be in trouble."
Alsace's hand had already grasped the hilt of Frostmourne's sword, and his eyes were staring at the direction where the sound of gears came from, which was a bronze door that had just been excavated not long ago.
"Damn it, isn't it? Apart from those trogg cavemen, what other weird things can there be in this ancient city?" Magni complained after hearing what Alsace said, and tightened his grip on his war hammer and Tomahawk.
"Anyway, it won't be something easy to solve..."
Alsace had already felt that a sleeping existence was awakening, and she was behind this door.
At this time, Arthas was very puzzled. He remembered that to open this door, he needed to insert a special key into the keyhole that Magni just found, in order to trigger Uldaman's mechanism and wake up the door. The presence.
The key was supposed to be kept in the hands of the earth spirits of Uldaman, but due to the riots of the Troggs, the key was turned into several fragments and scattered throughout Uldaman.
Why did they trigger the mechanism of this door just by entering the exhibition hall?
Arthas couldn't figure out where the problem was. He didn't want to wake up the sleepers in Uldaman too early, because their attitude after waking up might not be very good.
After all, for them, who had been sleeping for a long time, their first reaction when they saw Arthas and Magni was that creations contaminated by the curse of flesh and blood had "invaded" Uldaman.
"Alsace, do you know what's in that door?" Magni was also staring at the door with all his attention. He asked Alsace in a low voice.
"Inside is one of the guardians of Uldaman... Her name is Elonaya, and she is one of the first creations created by the Titans."
Arthas shared the information he learned with Magni without reservation, "As one of the first creations of the Titans, her strength is far beyond mortal imagination, but when she wakes up from her slumber, she will definitely be It affects his sanity and strength."
The metal and rock creations of the Titans are very magical, and their souls are difficult for even the Scourge to study thoroughly. Perhaps those Titans followed a completely different path from the existing necromancy.
Arthas could only vaguely sense that a soul was awakening, but he could not affect the process of the soul's awakening. However, he did notice that Elonaya's soul did not seem to have recovered to a very powerful level.
It seems that, except for those guardians who have been blessed with authority and strength by the Titans themselves, other creations will still be affected by time. At least these dozens or even hundreds of centuries of slumber have not reached the point where His own peak state.
However, after the door opened, Alsace and Magni's vigilance turned into confusion: no rock giant came out of the room inside the door.
Arthas originally wanted to leave, but after he detected the soul fluctuations again, he chose to stay, "Magni, look out for me. I'll go see what's going on."
"Hey - are you crazy? You don't know what happened in that room! Hey!" Magni kept shouting at Alsace in a low voice, but Alsace was determined to go and did not stop. Footsteps plan.
He walked into a room that was extremely huge for humans. He raised his right hand and a holy light slowly lit up, illuminating the somewhat dark room.
Guardian Elonaya was lying on a bed-like stone platform, her eyes closed tightly, and although her soul was pulsing, she did not wake up from her deep sleep.
——The process of her soul's awakening stopped before it was completed, just like a car that ran out of gas in the final stage. Although the fluctuations of her soul were still stable, it could not reach the critical point that could allow her to wake up.
Arthas pushed the holy light towards Elonaya's face, and he attached a hand to Elonaya's rock-carved body with a puzzled expression.
"Alsace?" Magni approached the door and asked Alsace, "How is it inside?"
"She should have woken up, but she stopped at the final stage for some reason." Alsace withdrew his right hand. Elonaya's soul did not receive a curse or become disabled. Sleep made her soul seem a little inactive, but it existed completely.
"Oh...she is really a big guy..." The moment Magni saw Elonnaya, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
It's not like the dwarves have never seen large stone puppets or other rock creations, but the face of the giantess in front of them is extremely soft, without any sharpness, giving people a natural feeling.
Compared with her, the creations made by dwarves and gnomes that were passed down in memory were as crude as children's improvised toys.
And, most importantly, Magni felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy and familiarity in this sleeping giantess.
Magni was a little confused. He didn't know where his emotions came from. "I feel a little bad... This giantess gives me a very sad atmosphere... Is it some kind of magic?"
Sad vibe?
When Arthas heard Magni's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately made a bold guess. He controlled the holy light used for illumination and sent it to Elonaya.
He began to continuously inject more power into the holy light. His skin covered by armor took on a metallic luster, and the runes representing the holy light began to flicker on and off.
Just like breathing, the continuous power of the Holy Light caused the Holy Light Flame, which was originally the size of a lamp, to gradually grow larger and warmer. After ensuring that it could take care of the giantess's huge body, Arthas stopped. Guidance to the Holy Light.
This seemed like a mindless move, but Alsace felt that under the warm holy light, the soul of the giantess Ellonaya, which had fallen into silence again, was becoming active little by little.
In other words, this light gave her a warm feeling and lifted her out of that state of indifference.
This holy light also dispelled the inexplicable sentimentality in Magni's heart. As a son of rocks and mountains, he could easily feel the emotions of the rock guardians who had a deep connection with the earth spirits.
This is the origin of the sorrow that surged deep in Magni's heart. Elonaya is indeed awakening for some reason, but without the stimulation of the magical power of the key, the process of her awakening is not perfect, but Stopped at the last moment.
Arthas' actions helped the guardian gradually regain consciousness, and the Holy Light, as a gentler energy, made the giantess no longer as excited and vigilant as if she was awakened by a key.
Thousands of years of time were like a dream, and the giantess's sleep-like words echoed in the room.
"Tyr...is that you?"
She opened her eyes, and Elonnaya looked at the warm holy light in front of her, sighed, and took it to her side with her hands.
Rocks don't shed tears, but she, who was born from a rock, felt sad again after thousands of years.
Elonnaya propped up his body, sat up from the stone platform, looked at Arthas and Magni below, and hid his sadness.
"Did you awaken me, descendants of Tyr and descendants of the earth spirits?"
Her loud yet gentle voice sounded completely different from the somewhat crazy and extreme roar in Arthas's memory - it seemed that the Holy Light had brought the guardian out of the manic state during his recovery.
"Both you and I should be glad that it was not Uldaman's protection mechanism that awakened me. Otherwise, after I just woke up, I would desperately attack the enemies who 'invaded' Uldaman."
Elonaya sighed softly. The moment she woke up completely, she had established a connection with Uldaman and she already knew the current situation of the city. Uldaman, as a shelter, had been completely destroyed in the dust of time. Buried, most facilities and features have been abandoned.
What's worse is that the failed products that were originally sealed escaped for unknown reasons and are wreaking havoc in Uldaman. The stone statues that were originally guardians have also become indistinguishable from the enemy due to their disrepair.
This once extremely majestic and glorious city could not defeat time after all. Even she herself almost lost herself in this long sleep.
If the familiar yet unfamiliar holy light hadn't awakened her dormant soul, perhaps the moment she woke up, her rationality as a guardian would have allowed her to fight the intruders hard.
"I think this is not all our fault, I just finally awakened your sleeping soul."
Arthas didn't feel nervous at all when facing Elonaya. He was already sure that the giantess would never attack him and Magni again without any reason.
"Sometimes, the difference between success and failure is the last step, Tire's successor." Elonaya seemed to mean something, but she immediately changed the subject, "Apart from you, I am still feeling it on the periphery of the palace. When we arrived at another group of earth spirit descendants...but why do they have the burnt smell of the Fire King?"
"You should be talking about the Dark Iron dwarves. They violated their ancient oath and made a stupid decision using the spell to summon Ragnaros in their homeland. This also caused their tribe to be eternally condemned by the Lord of Fire. Slavery." Magni answered Elonaya's doubts.
"Ragnaros...I am afraid that he did all this not only because of his nature, but also to take revenge on us." Ellonaya shook his head. After all, the King of Elements entered the world again, and he enslaved the Dark Iron Dwarves. This behavior is a kind of revenge against the guardians from ancient times.
She was a little worried about the fate of the Dark Iron Dwarves, but this was their own fault. Now Uldaman and the Guardians did not have the extra strength to deal with the Fire Lord who had escaped from trouble.
Elonaya looked at Arthas and said softly, "Successor, you awakened me. With your help, I can awaken my colleagues in this ruins. After that, we will answer your questions. But I also have some questions for you.”
"no problem."
The giantess nodded in agreement. She turned around and walked to the other side of the room. She pressed on the wall full of strokes, and a stone slab like a console poked out from the wall.
Elonnaya pressed his huge rock palm up, and with a dull roar, one side of the wall slowly opened.
"Follow me. Although Uldaman's energy supply is almost cut off, there is an emergency passage that leads directly to the Seat of Khaz'goroth, where we can see the sleeping Azadas."
Under the leadership of Elonaya, Magni and Arthas walked into the stone door, and followed the giantess directly through the complex area of Uldaman from the spiral stone stairs and entered the sacred Kazig. Rose's Seat.
The door here was still closed, but Elonaya directly pushed the closed door open. The internal situation of the Seat of Kazgoros was seen by mortals for the first time in a long time.
