Rise of the blood elves

583 [Neltharion’s doubts]

Boom, boom...

High-level guardian Lai walked out of the portal completely, and stepped on the ancient rock floor with his feet, making a huge sound that made the entire temple tremble.Standing among the huge guardian dragons, this majestic rock giant does not look dwarfed at all.

No one doubts that he can compete head-on with any guardian dragon without falling behind at all. Perhaps only when facing the largest guardian of the earth, Neltharion, this guardian will feel some difficulty.

Like a traveler who has finally returned after being lost for a long time, Lai's eyes moved around the hall inch by inch.Every wall here, every lamp that has been emitting a soft light since the completion of this magnificent building, exudes an aura that is extremely familiar to him...

Dragon Sleep Temple, this building represents the rise of the five-color dragon clan, and... the guardians finally saw the shining points in the mortal creatures that they had never looked down upon, and deeply admired them.Although they - the former Ancestral Dragon and now the Guardian Dragon - had primitive bodies and were just weak beasts born in the native world at that time, their noble acts of justice clearly demonstrated their commitment to practicing what is right. The courage and nobility of the road.

Countless thousands of years ago, the Guardians made a huge mistake.

During countless years of guarding, their thinking gradually became rigid. They only cared about the creation devices, mechanical creations, and the cages of the ancient gods, but ignored the threats from within the planet.When the ancestral dragon Galakrond became a zombie dragon that could cover the sky due to endless gluttony and became the greatest threat to all living things in Azeroth, only Tyr was aware of the problem and knew that he had to do something. Something.

But Tyr was unable to convince his colleagues, so he had to turn to the help of local creatures - the five guardian dragons today. At that time, they were still young ancestral dragons.

The battle was earth-shattering and will be remembered forever.During the battle, one of Tyr's arms was completely torn apart by Galakrond. Fortunately, these five young ancestral dragons united sincerely to help the world resolve this catastrophe.

When the huge corpse of the zombie dragon fell into the center of the snowy field, triggering a violent earthquake that covered half of the continent and sending up snow and fog that reached into the sky, the guardians woke up from this terrifying momentum. Come over.

Looking at Galakrond's body, all the guardians felt deep fear.Because Tyr's torn arm is the best proof.This zombie dragon almost became a catastrophe for all living things, but they, the guardians of this world, ignored it.

In the past, they never looked down upon the savage creatures bred in the local area, because these creatures neither knew the all-encompassing knowledge of the universe, nor did they have the lofty belief that they were willing to sacrifice themselves for the mission of protection. They were weak, unbearable, and could only Acting on instinct... showing irreparable imperfections at every turn.

But these five ancestral dragons who helped Tyr defeat Galakrond lived up to their belief in justice and protection.

Tyr convinced them, saying that maybe everyone was wrong.The so-called imperfection has nothing to do with the inner self.Imperfect creatures still have no less noble inner qualities than those who exist in the realm of order.

So they mobilized the power of their respective creators and blessed the young Ancestral Dragons, allowing them to evolve into the current Guardian Dragons and share the important responsibility of guarding the world with themselves.

After that, they built a high tower here, named this magnificent building overlooking the Dragon Bone Wilderness Wyrmrest Temple, and created a five-color dragon clan to assist the guardian dragons in carrying out their duties...

Scenes from the past come to mind one after another.Lai lamented that after so many years, the guardian system had long since collapsed.

Loken betrayed, Odin was sealed in the Hall of Valor and his whereabouts were unknown, Azadas and Elonaya were missing, and Tyr was also dead...

But he himself locked himself in a dark dungeon and wasted countless years.

He often couldn't help but wonder, when Loken and Yogg-Saron were working together to corrupt Ulduar's defense system, would things have been much better if he hadn't fallen into depression?

He knew that he would immediately lead the army of creations composed of mogu and tol'vir, join forces with Tire, Azadas and Elonaya, as well as all the surviving titan creations in the frozen land of the north, to launch a counterattack against Ulduar. …

Along the way, the Aspect Dragon will also join the fight.There is no doubt that if this happens, Tire will not be left alone and forced to protect his followers and flee to the southeast, eventually ending up dead.It is very possible to save a part of creation from the corrupt claws of the ancient gods, or even save a few guardians...

even……

It is even possible that before Yogg-Saron is completely freed from the shackles of the physical plane, just like the war in the Sequencing Period, it is possible to carry his dark whispers and throw him back into prison to completely end this unprecedented catastrophe...

Can……

Rai just locked himself in the dungeon and did nothing.

Whenever he thought of this, he felt deeply guilty.It's like killing your brothers and sisters with your own hands, and letting the haze of the ancient gods once again envelope this planet...

He is worthy of the title of "High-Level Guardian".

Lai sighed, and glanced at the guardian dragons present one by one, and said happily, "I'm glad to see you, guardian dragons. I heard that in the nearly ten thousand years since the collapse of the guardian system, you have been faithfully performing Following my responsibilities, I..."

He paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "I'm very pleased."

"Senior Guardian, you are indeed still alive. After you disappeared, we sent members to the south to search for your traces, but found nothing..." Alexstrasza's beautiful head underground said respectfully.

Even though the original power bestowed by the Titans gave the Aspect Dragon the same power as the Guardians, each of them still remembers the kindness of the other.Because it was the Guardians who created their own tribe and led themselves to their current path.The guardian is the guide of the guardian dragon.

Lai smiled bitterly and said, "Because at that time, I didn't want to be found by anyone."

"What happened, Guardian?" asked Malygos, the blue dragon king.

"Actually, the prophet has explained everything to you," Rai replied. "I locked myself in the underground palace and fell into a long-term depression."

"Lord Sargeras really betrayed? Are the Titans of the Pantheon really... all dead?"

Rai shook his head, "The former is true, but the latter is inaccurate. The Titans only lost their bodies, and the remaining souls were imprisoned by Sargeras and endured the most vicious torture in the universe. Thousands of years ago, The memory fragments that were passed into the minds of us guardians through the connection are actually fragmentary... We all mistakenly believed that the Titans were dead, and were deeply affected, giving the ancient gods an opportunity. Three years ago, the prophet I was rescued from the Throne of Thunder - why I was there is another story.”

"Guardian," Ysera spoke at this time, "That mortal, I mean, the prophet...is it really worthy of trust?"

Rai nodded and unleashed his power.The guardian dragons were surprised to find that he was extremely weak, almost losing all his strength compared to his former heyday.

"You...your power..."

"I am ashamed of Aman'Thul, my creator. It turns out that I am not worthy of this power, so I found another good owner for it. In the hands of that person, this power can be better used, and in this The world is more beneficial,” Len explained softly.

The guardian dragons looked at each other in confusion.

As owners of the original power given by the Titans, they all understand the importance of this power.But now Lai willingly handed it over to the prophet. This is no longer a question of trust.

"But why haven't you contacted us in the past three years?" Alexstrasza asked puzzledly. "That person said that you are looking for your missing colleagues. At least we can give you some help."

"His actions changed the direction of history, attracted the attention of the ancient gods, and almost caused a catastrophe. You all know the terrible consequences of changing the timeline. It is difficult for him and I to make an accurate assessment. Do you want to let you - the witnesses of this history, and the beings with the most power to rewrite this history - participate in our actions? However, after three years of careful consideration, we have made a decision. All of them He went to the land of the night elves, became a prophet, and predicted war... In the end, you found him," Rai said.

This passage is also half-truth.Even before arriving at Wyrmrest Temple, Rai had unified his approach to the problems they might face through their inner connection with Angmar.The two of them had actually decided to contact the five-color dragon clan after the ancient war began. The reason why they had never contacted the Aspect Dragon in the past three years was because they were both worried about Neltharion's problem.

After all, Neltharion had been driven crazy by the dark whispers of the Ancient God long before the War of the Ancients began.He knew clearly - especially at this time, when he decided to deceive his compatriots to create the "Dragon Soul" and control the supreme artifact that suppressed all members of the five-color dragon tribe - he would eventually break with his former identity as the "Guardian of the Earth". Become a traitor among the dragons and bring destruction and disaster to this world.

He will be deeply disturbed by the arrival of a future visitor who knows everything he will do in the future.Out of worry, perhaps this future Deathwing will do something beyond his control, which will lead to changes in the direction of history.

"After all, no one can truly control the power of time and find out the trajectory of historical changes that will definitely occur among the endless possibilities. Moreover... he lost most of his memories of this era in the process of returning to this era, so We have to tread carefully," Len lied.

Upon hearing this, Neltharion, who had been silent in the corner, suddenly looked at Len with suspicious eyes, as if he wanted to confirm the authenticity of this statement. After a long time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.