Chapter 593: Age Problem
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Although Arthas couldnât identify the races of Julia and Benia, he didnât pay much attention to them. He only knew that these two women had appeared with Tichondrius, so they were most likely demons.
Julia and Benia didnât say anything and only stood quietly behind Tichondrius. Tichondrius stepped forward and grinned sinisterly at Arthas. âWell done, young prince. You completed the Lich Kingâs task very well and captured the kingdom of those long ears. I believe that from now on, they will tremble when they hear your name. Now, it is time to resurrect KelâThuzad. He is already impatient.â
âWhat should I do?â Arthas asked expressionlessly.
âItâs very simple. Immerse his corpse into the Sunwell!â Tichondrius said. âThereâs no need for a complicated transformation ritual. The powerful magic power of the Sunwell can reconstruct KelâThuzadâs body. During this process, you have to protect the coffin. After KelâThuzad resurrects, he will become an archlich, and the coffin will be his phylactery.â
Arthas nodded. He didnât know what a phylactery was, but this didnât prevent him from following Tichondriusâs instructions.
When KelâThuzadâs corpse invaded the Sunwell, the magic power in the well immediately surged, and the exuding golden light became even more dazzling.
The magic power in the Sunwell was originally extremely pure. But during the process of KelâThuzadâs resurrection, after this pure magic power flowed into his corpse, it immediately transformed into an immense amount of death magic power. As the transformation progressed, more and more death magic power gathered, and it gradually began to contaminate the pure magic power source.
Arthas, Tichondrius, Julia, and Benia could clearly see the dark color of death magic power beginning to spread in the golden well water, just like ink spreading in clear water.
Seeing this scene, Tichondrius was very excited. This process of contaminating the pure with darkness was what a demon was most happy to see. How should he put it⊠It felt like facing a taurenâŠ
In fact, the resurrection and transformation of KelâThuzad in the Sunwell to create an archlich, which the dreadlords had induced Arthas to do, could also be done through other transformation rituals. But the dreadlords still chose to contaminate the Sunwell in order to cut off the escape route of the high elves.
The Sunwell in QuelâDanas originated from the Well of Eternity. During the War of the Ancients, Illidan had secretly hidden a portion of the well water. After the Well of Eternity exploded, he had used the well water to create the Sunwell.
The Burning Legion had invaded Azeroth under Sargerasâs lead for the Well of Eternity. Of course, the magic power of the Sunwell was inferior to that of the Well of Eternity, so the Burning Legion didnât take a fancy to it. Since the Sunwell was something that the Legion didnât want and didnât plan to use, the dreadlords naturally had to destroy it.
After the death magic power corroded most of the Sunwell, KelâThuzad finally resurrected. He floated out from the mouth of the well, and under the lich robes was a skeleton full of death and frost magic power. Perhaps because he didnât have flesh and blood, and his bones were relatively light, he was full of an elegant ambiance.
âVery good. Very goodâŠâ Tichondrius looked at KelâThuzad. âThe Sunwell gave you powerful magic power, KelâThuzad. You are many times stronger than when you were alive. Next, Archlich KelâThuzad, you know what to do, right?â
âOf course,â KelâThuzadâs hollow soul replied.
âThen, Iâll leave the rest to you,â Tichondrius said as he turned to look at Julia and Benia behind him. âThese two demon adjutants will assist you in commanding the Scourge and completing the next mission.â
With that, Tichondrius immediately teleported away.
His explanation was without rhyme or reason, and he didnât even explain Juliaâs and Beniaâs identities, making Arthas and KelâThuzad a little confused.
âReport your names, demon⊠adjutants?â Arthas said expressionlessly.
Julia and Benia looked at each other, bowed, and said to Arthas, âFallen Angel Julia, Succubus Benia, at your command, powerful death knight Prince Arthas.â
âFallen angel? Succubus?â Arthas frowned. âYour accent⊠is a little strange.â
âSorry, weâve just learned the common language and arenât used to it yet.â Benia looked up at Arthas with a smile.
âOkay, no matter what race you are, since Tichondrius has arranged for you to be in the Scourge Army, then you will be frontline commanders,â Arthas said coldly.
Then he urged the skeleton warhorse under him to leave. KelâThuzad looked at Julia and Benia and floated away with Arthas.
Soon, the Scourge Army withdrew from the destroyed QuelâThalas. After leaving QuelâThalas, the Scourge Army turned south and continued marching under the command of KelâThuzad.
Along the way, Arthas found an opportunity. While out of Julia and Beniaâs line of sight, he walked side by side with KelâThuzad and asked in a low voice, âLich, donât you hate me for killing you?â
âNo. In fact, before this, the Lich King already told me what the outcome of our meeting would be,â KelâThuzad said calmly. đđđŠđŠđđźđ·đŻđžđđźđ.đŹđžđź
âHe knew I would kill you?â Arthas was a little surprised.
Thus, KelâThuzad told Arthas everything. He told him that the Lich King had already chosen him a long time ago and had chosen him to become the strongest death knight. Everything that had happened to Arthas had been arranged by the Lich King.
During this process, KelâThuzad described the greatness of the Lich King in a fanatical tone.
Although he understood, Arthas was still puzzled and asked, âSince the Lich King is so omniscient, why is he under the control of those dreadlords?â
âThis is because⊠both the Lich King and the dreadlords were created by the Burning Legion,â KelâThuzad replied. âObviously, the dreadlordsâ status in the Burning Legion is higher than the Lich KingâsâŠâ
When Arthas heard the name Burning Legion again, his heart couldnât help trembling. He thought of the powerful will that he had communicated with through Frostmourne.
Although he was shocked by the powerful will of the King of Despair Osiris and knew that he was the true master of Frostmourne and one of the commanders of the Burning Legion, unfortunately, Arthas actually didnât have much of a concept of the Burning Legion.
At this point, Arthasâs age had to be mentioned. Tichondrius was right about calling him âyoung princeâ. The main point was his young age. He was born four years before the first opening of the Dark Portal and was only twenty-seven years old now.
From the time he could remember, the main enemies of the kingdom of Lordaeron and the other kingdoms of the Human Alliance had always been the Orc Horde of Draenor. Although the orc invasion of Azeroth was driven by the Burning Legion, the Burning Legion had not truly stood on the stage during this period of time.
Therefore, Arthas had never actually come into contact with the demons of the Burning Legion before this. Even though he had seen the words Burning Legion in some history books, the history recorded in these history books was almost all about the War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago. It was obvious that this history had long become unclear.
This caused Arthas to lack understanding of the Burning Legion. He knew that it was an evil demon organization, but he didnât know how powerful the Burning Legion was.
Even KelâThuzad, who had described the Burning Legion to Arthas, was a little unclear. His knowledge of the Burning Legion came from the memories passed down to him by the Lich King Nerâzhul. He only knew that it was a massive demon army that had eliminated countless worlds, and now, they were eyeing AzerothâŠ
After knowing that the dreadlords had been sent by the Burning Legion to monitor the Lich King, Arthas couldnât help looking at the front of the army, where Julia and Benia were. âSo, those two demons are here to monitor us?â
âThat must be the case. Tichondrius wouldnât leave two demons behind to help us for no reason. In his opinion, the Lich King and we are all pawns of the Burning Legion,â KelâThuzad said. âBut we canât resist and canât drive those two demons away.â
Arthas was naturally furious about this surveillance, but he was also under the control of the Lich King Nerâzhul, so he had no good ideas. He could only change the topic and ask, âWhat are we going to do next?â
âIn a valley not far ahead, thereâs a remnant camp of the Blackrock clan. The clan left those pitiful orcs behind because their mission is to guard a demon gate!â KelâThuzad said. âItâs a portal left behind a long time ago. Because itâs very difficult to destroy, they can only use this stupid method to ensure that this portal wonât be activated. What we have to do is to kill all the orcs in the camp, activate the portal, and contact Archimonde, one of the commanders of the Burning LegionâŠâ
Another commander??Arthas continued moving forward silently.
Soon after entering the valley, the battle between the Scourge and the orcs began. There were no accidents in this battle. The undead surging forward like a tide quickly tore apart the orcsâ defense line and killed all the orcs in the camp.
During the battle, Arthas and KelâThuzad stared intently at Juliaâs and Beniaâs fights but found that they didnât show too much combat strength.
This discovery made both Arthas and KelâThuzad feel slightly relieved.
âIt seems like theyâre just two ordinary demons. Thereâs no need to worry too much about them,â Arthas said. âLetâs proceed to the next step.â
KelâThuzad came in front of the enormous demon gate, injected powerful magic power into it to activate the portal, and shouted, âI call upon you, Archimonde! Your humble servant awaits your reply!â
With KelâThuzadâs call, a tall and majestic phantom appeared in the demon gate. It was the projection of Archimonde. He looked down at KelâThuzad at his feet and said, âYou called my name, insignificant lich! Are you KelâThuzad?â
âYes, my lord. I am the one who summoned you!â KelâThuzad lowered his head. âThe first phase of the plan has been completed, and we need your instructionsâŠâ
âVery good!â Archimonde said. âYou must find a very special book. It was left behind by the last Guardian, Medivh. Only this magic book and his powerful lost incantation can bring me into your world!â
When Arthas heard this, a noun flashed through his mind.?The Book of Medivh?!
He was surprised because when he communicated with the King of Despair Osiris, he had mentioned the Book of Medivh.
Why are two commanders of the Burning Legion searching for the whereabouts of the same magic book?
If this book is really found, will two commanders of the Burning Legions appear in Azeroth?
Arthas looked at the phantom of Archimonde in front of him with some emotion. Of course, he could tell that the other party was only an illusory projection. But just this projection alone made him feel immense pressure. He couldnât imagine what the other partyâs physical body would be like after arrivingâŠ