stonecrandall 615【Tuling Mountain】
615【Tuling Mountain】
At this time, Uldaman was far less dilapidated than it would be in later generations.Walking inside the majestic building, there were earth spirits and mechanical gnomes on both sides of the road who were undergoing various maintenance, and they all cast curious glances at Angmar.
There was confusion and uneasiness in those eyes.
The terrible news brought by Angmar has completely spread. For these titan creations who once enjoyed eternal life, although they only spent 1 years of closed life in Uldaman, this period of time is compared to the past. The long years seem not worth mentioning, but the changes that have been experienced before - the death of the Creator, the collapse of the Guardian system, Loken's betrayal, the death of Tyr, the return of the ancient gods, and the curse of flesh and blood - have made this Just 1 planetary cycles are enough to change many things.
When the curse of flesh and blood caused them to continuously decline towards the mortal body, become weak, become threatened by diseases, and would die if they did not eat, an extremely inefficient way of absorbing energy, they began to become confused.
Does the sacred mission that all creation once shared really still have meaning?Their worldview experienced a great impact during this period. From the past, they were born for the welfare of Azeroth, and they began to consider their own future more.
But no one knows what the future will bring. They have gradually become accustomed to a closed life. In fear, they mechanically protect Uldaman day after day, trying to hide themselves and isolate themselves from the outside world to avoid being hunted by Loken... …
Without creation, it would be impossible to shape mountains and change the landscape as we once did...
Rather than saying that they still obeyed the orders of Azadas and Elonaya loyally, it is better to say that they just don't know what to do.
After hearing that the high-level guardian Rai had returned successfully, the forces of the Ancient Gods once again extended their claws to Azeroth. It was not that they did not want to follow Azadas, who was bound to answer the call, to seek revenge and uphold justice, but because... …When their former forms no longer exist, will they still have the capital to fulfill their sacred mission?
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"Master Prophet, is the outside world really... turned upside down?" This leader of the earth spirit warriors who seemed to be responsible for the peripheral defense issues of Uldaman led Angmar through the intricate corridors of Uldaman for a long time. In a place with few people, he finally asked with some uncertainty.
But he immediately added: "I have no intention of doubting it. I hope you can understand that we have been closed to ourselves for 1 years and have become somewhat... out of touch with the outside world."
The tone of the earth spirit warrior was much more pious than when he was asked outside.It seems that when repaying Azadas, he used some kind of internal spell in Uldaman to detect Angmar, confirming the power of order in his body and the "token" given by high-level guardian Rai, confirming Despite his identity, he still got the instruction from Azadas. In short, he no longer regarded Angmar as an uninvited guest who broke in rashly.
"What's your name?" Angmar suddenly became curious about this earth spirit.
"I don't have a name, only a number." The earth spirit warrior shook his head. Perhaps because he had lowered his guard, he spoke more. "But I gave myself a new name according to the new customs of my compatriots. My name is Gao Shan. ', because during the Sequential Period, I was one of the hundreds of thousands of earth spirits responsible for shaping Mount Hyjal, the roof of the world, under Lord Azadas."
"Gaoshan? What a good name."
Angmar was astonished at the number of earthlings.
At the beginning of the Sequential Period, the world was still devastated because the Dark Empire had just been defeated and the Ancient God was imprisoned.Not only does it suffer from the residual effects of the Shadow Corruption, but it is also ravaged by war.Clearing away the corruption and transforming Azeroth into the paradise it is today was a huge undertaking. During this period, countless creations were created, the deep seas were dug, and the mountains were shaped.
And just in the Mount Hyjal project, there are so many earth spirits involved. I really don’t know how many earth spirits exist in other parts of the world.I'm afraid millions are too few, right?
But why are dwarves so rare in later generations?
Although the lifespan is long (hundreds of years); the ability to reproduce is relatively weak; the earth spirits that have degenerated into dwarves are only a few of the earth spirits in Uldaman... These are the main reasons, but aside from the number of dwarves, Among all the known Titan ruins, the number of earth spirits still sleeping is probably far less than one ten thousandth of the number in their heyday.
After a second thought, Angmar came to his senses.
So why are flesh and blood vrykul and mechanical dwarfs not like this?After the Sequential Period, their number must have reached hundreds of millions, but only a small part of them followed Tire, Azadas and the female giant Elonnaya southward.Humans, dwarfs and dwarves, the three mortal races that flourished in the Eastern Kingdom, were all descended from the degradation of this small part of creation.
Most of the remaining creations probably died in the war caused by Loken's betrayal.The historical record of that war is not very clear, only a few words, but judging from the sharp decrease in the number of creations after this war, we can know that it must have been a quite tragic war.
Yogg-Saron broke out of prison and Loken betrayed him, spreading corruption throughout Ulduar, seriously threatening the safety of the Forge of Will and Azeroth... Countless creations came from all over the world to attack Ulduar one after another. Try to resolve this crisis.
These creatures use courage and sacrifice to interpret their loyalty to the supreme divine mission, but the ultimate outcome is unknown to everyone.
Ulduar still fell.
Angmar suddenly felt quite emotional.
Perhaps in later generations, under the snow on the Storm Cliffs, there are layers of corpses of creations buried, including earth spirits, tol'vir, vrykul, frost giants, and mechanical gnomes... In the long years, their bodies Re-entering the natural cycle of Azeroth, becoming the soil for vegetation to grow, and becoming the magical breath brought by the breeze. It is just a different way to continue to extend his life and continue to practice the Titan in the most inconspicuous way. assigned mission.
"The mountains are real. In the past 1 years, the outside world has undergone earth-shaking changes. Intelligent humanoid creatures have flourished and become the mainstream of Azeroth." Angmar said.
"Then..." Gao Shan frowned - his eyebrows were very strange. The left eyebrow arch was infected by the curse of flesh and blood and turned into flesh, and the eyebrows grew out of the hair follicles.And the eyebrow arch was still the bare rock skin - and asked, "Are there any other creatures alive? I mean the Mogu or the Tol'vir."
"As far as I know, very few," Angmar answered.
Gao Shan fell into silence and didn't ask again for a long time.The two continued to move forward. When they came to a slightly narrow hall, a fishy smell hit their faces, which made Angmar feel strange.
He looked around and found that this place turned out to be a corral, housing chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and other livestock.Some earth spirits and mechanical gnomes with slightly slender bodies and slightly bulging breasts, who under the influence of the curse of flesh and blood, have evolved from being genderless - or degenerated - into gender differences and become women, are picking up eggs inside. , or milking the cows.
"Hundreds of years ago, the degree of degradation was so severe that we had to rely on eating as our main source of energy intake. We organized an outing expedition to collect crop seeds in the surrounding areas and brought back the cubs of functional animals to To meet the food needs of our compatriots. There are many more such corrals, there is also a mushroom farm deep in Uldaman, and three wheat fields that use artificial light sources to meet the lighting needs." Gao Shan explained in a timely manner.
This was unexpected and reasonable... Angmar nodded.But as he walked, he saw a prison at the end of the corral. Behind the high iron bars, there were actually more than a dozen stone jaw monsters imprisoned.
Sensing his surprise, Gao Shan explained again, but this time his tone sounded a little sad, "That is... we are relatives in a certain sense. The earth spirit was originally here, and was killed by Azadas." Created by Lord. However, the initial creation inevitably resulted in deviant individuals, which led to the birth of those stone jaw monsters. Lord Azadas could not bear to destroy them, and has been imprisoning them in Uldaman for countless thousands of years. In a specific area. In the past, we despised the troggs and were not even willing to admit the connection between this failed creation and us, but..."
Gao Shan sighed, smiled mockingly, and pointed at the mottled flesh and blood on his body.
"Ever since we arrived here more than 1 years ago and infected the troggs with the curse of flesh and blood, we have found that... they are far more adaptable to the degeneration after infection than we are. Now we are destined to be reduced to mortal bodies, and we have nothing to do with it. What's the difference between them?"
Angmar also let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.
For the titan creations that once had perfect bodies, the curse of flesh and blood... is indeed tantamount to annihilation.As a result, everything about them has undergone drastic changes... He suddenly felt that maybe it was not a bad thing for future generations of humans, dwarves, dwarfs and other descendants of Titan creations to forget their past history.At least they don't have to endure the extremely painful struggles and self-doubts like their ancestors, and can face the new world with a new look after the guardian system collapses and Titan creation comes to an end.
After leaving the corral, the two took several lifting platforms maintained by magic and went about a thousand meters underground. After walking for a long time, they finally stopped in front of a simple stone door that was nearly [-] meters high and extremely thick.
Gao Shan stretched out one hand towards the door and said: "Master Prophet, this is the resting place of Guardian Azadas. I hope that in the battle in a few days, I will be lucky enough to fight alongside you."
After that, he bowed deeply, turned around and left.
At the same time, a hoarse voice with extremely weak breath also came from the stone door: "Come in, a mortal with the power of order... I feel... my brother's breath in you."