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In Stormwind Fortress, inside the palace, Jiang Chen and Khadgar were warmly entertained by King Ryan and Marshal Lothar. It must be said that Khadgar’s identity as a mage from Karazhan was quite useful. The banquet that followed , he told everything about evil energy without hesitation.
After hearing this news, Ryan and Lothar couldn't help but fell silent for a while, especially Ryan. He couldn't forget that when he was crowned Prince of Azeroth, he disappeared for many years at the dinner celebrating the coronation. Medivh, the guardian of Azeroth, suddenly appeared and announced his return, and even gave him an obsidian hourglass that symbolized the eternal prosperity of Azeroth.
This is a magical hourglass. The sand in the hourglass will keep flowing down from the top, and it seems that it will never be able to fill the lower half of the hourglass. However, just recently, after he woke up on a very ordinary morning, he found that the lower half of the obsidian hourglass was almost filled. At that time, he felt a bad premonition.
Sure enough, during this period of time, various places in the continent of Azeroth have been frequently attacked by mysterious attacks. It seems that there is an invisible and terrifying force that is stirring up the continent. Now, the information brought back by Khadgar and Jiang Chen goes one step further. confirmed this matter.
"Medivine's disciple? Khadgar." Lothar suddenly said: "I haven't seen your teacher for a long time. I wonder if you are interested in going to Karazhan with me. The emergence of evil energy It’s no small matter, we need your teacher’s help, after all, he is the guardian of our continent Azeroth.”
"This..." Khadgar hesitated for a while.
"Go, let's go together." Jiang Chen said calmly: "Although some things are helpless, we have to face them after all."
Without further ado, the three of them headed to Karazhan on a gryphon.
Karazhan, located on the Deadwind Pass south of the Redridge Mountains, is an ancient magical tower secretly built by the Council of Tirisfal a long time ago. The reason why it was chosen to be in this remote southern mountainous area was because there were anomalies there. Powerful magical energy.
Medivh once used a metaphor to describe this uncertainty: time in ordinary people's concept is like a clock. At every moment, where the hand goes is determined. His tower is like an hourglass, and people cannot Knowing the movement of every grain of sand in the hourglass at every moment, those chaotic illusions are like these sands, but the final effect of the hourglass is like a clock, time advances in a specific direction, because eventually every grain of sand will fall to the bottom .
Once upon a time, Karazhan also had a golden age. As the lord of Karazhan, Medivh ruled a small town under the tower. He also dug a large wine cellar under the town to store wine. The town once had a large population. Even Medivh hired dozens of people to look at the cellar.
Ser Lothar and King Llane had been Medivh's best friends since childhood. Medivh stayed in the tower all day and rarely went out on his own initiative. Therefore, the place where the three good friends gather is usually at Medivh's house. The king's travels were naturally accompanied by princes and nobles. Therefore, Karazhan was bustling with people every day at that time, and the opera house and ballroom were often full.
However, as the three of them grew older, Ryan's visits became less and less frequent. On the other hand, despite the suppression of Medivh's power, visions of Karazhan still occasionally appeared and were encountered by visitors, so rumors that Karazhan was haunted gradually spread. The residents of the town thought of their rarely seen, eccentric lord, and the strange light source in the tower, and concluded that these were evidence of haunting, so they moved away one after another, and eventually, the entire town was abandoned.
As a result, the once-splendid Karazhan's popularity rapidly withered, and now, only Medivh himself and his two most loyal servants, a man (Moros - butler) and a woman (Cook - cook), are left in the tower.
"Is Medivh here?" After getting off the backs of their respective griffins, Lothar, as a former regular customer, was still quite familiar and asked the butler Moros who came to greet him and others.
"Of course." Moros said with some sigh: "Since your Excellency was appointed Marshal of the Kingdom, it has been a long time since I came to Karazhan."
"There is no way. Controlling the kingdom's military is far more difficult than I thought." Lothar said helplessly: "Let's not talk about these things for now. Just lead me to see Medivh."
"Everyone, please." Moros saw that Lothar seemed to be in a hurry, and immediately led Jiang Chen and the others into the tower.
"The space here?" The moment he stepped into Karazhan, Jiang Chen felt the wonderful changes in space and time in an instant, making him feel an inexplicable sense of excitement. If he could analyze the irregularities here, time and space, then his strength will inevitably increase greatly.
The hall on the first floor was very empty. There was a huge magic pool in the middle, which contained the purest magic energy, exuding dazzling blue fluorescence, but Jiang Chen could clearly feel that this seemingly pure In the magic pool, there is still a huge amount of evil energy hidden.
Going up, the second floor is a huge library, which contains the richest collection of books in Azeroth. To be honest, Jiang Chen really had the intention to completely empty it out, and he did so. Release the Red Queen and ask her to collect all the contents of all the books here.
Khadgar also stayed here. For some reason, he didn't seem to intend to meet his teacher.
Helpless, only Jiang Chen and Lothar were left to follow Moros all the way up to the third floor. On the third floor, Medivh was making a huge clay golem. Although the golem was not finished yet, it couldn't help. The emanating energy aura clearly shows that once this devil is completed, it will have extremely terrifying power.
"Medivh!" Seeing his old friend, Lothar immediately spoke first with some excitement.
"Lotha, you're here, but can you please don't disturb me first?" Medivh responded while going about his work: "There is also this Eastern magician from another world, although I don't mind if you read Read my books, but you just let your assistant record all my treasures, isn't it a little too rude?"
"Then I'm really ashamed of my rudeness." Jiang Chen said with a bit of a smile: "Guardians of Azeroth, we finally meet!"
"Nice to meet you." Medivh finally stopped his movements and raised his eyes to look at Jiang Chen. The two extremes from different worlds, as their eyes met, an invisible ripple wave suddenly spread.
This is definitely a tragic legend. His mother is Aegwynn, the guardian of the previous generation. At first, she just wanted to break away from the mercy of the Tirisfal Council and give birth to a child to inherit her knowledge and power. However, she never expected that Sargeras, whom she thought had been eliminated by her many years ago, had already quietly sneaked into her body and eventually invaded the unborn Medivh. So, despite appearances, Medivh inherited all of the Guardian's energy. However, as Medivh grew, Sargeras' dark power gradually emerged.
Medivh's mind has been struggling against Sargeras' will, and he has never given up his efforts to regain his physical and mental freedom. This seemingly endless tug-of-war caused Medivh's cyclical personality to recur, sometimes being peaceful and sober, and sometimes being crazy and abnormal. To outsiders, he seems to make incomprehensible decisions suddenly and often completely overturn his previous views and opinions on a matter. When the battle between the two wills becomes too intense and exceeds the limit that this body can bear, Medivh will fall into a state of mental breakdown and completely lose the ability to respond to the outside world.
When he took control of his mind, Medivh was a kind and wise man. He devoted himself to protecting several of the highest leaders of mankind, and believed that the interests of the kingdom were always above all else. For many years, he guarded Lordaeron and defeated the fierce attacks of the invaders time and time again. The people regarded him as the indestructible protector of Azeroth.
He treats all races equally without any narrow prejudice. When hearing the legends and customs and culture of a certain race, no matter which race the narrator comes from, he sincerely respects the other person and shows the same strong interest in these legends and cultures from different regions.
However, once Sargeras gained the upper hand, Medivh's character changed drastically. "He" will become gloomy and withdrawn, almost completely unable to recognize his closest friends, and completely indifferent to strangers. "He" behaves secretly and often suddenly goes out on long trips alone. When no one is around, this "Medivh" will not hesitate to use spells to drive away visitors who disturb him, or simply kill them. But for "his" plan, the identity of the leader of Lordaeron is really a very important cover, so in public, "he" is careful enough not to easily expose Sargeras' true character.
When Jiang Chen shook hands with him, his soul, which had reached the Sanxian level, could clearly feel that the other party had been seriously eroded by the power of the devil. This situation undoubtedly doomed the tragedy later on. His best friends turned against each other and faced each other. Eternal infamy, endless sinking!
Sargeras also seemed to feel the threat from Jiang Chen, and tried hard to hide his existence, leaving his body completely under Medivh's control. Therefore, after hearing Lothar tell all the reasons, he immediately responded in a deep voice: "This matter is of great importance, I will immediately set off with you to Storm Fortress." As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the curse broke out, drawing pictures all over his body. A huge magic circle came out: "Let's go, I think, no matter how you compare it, the speed of my teleportation magic should not be slower than that of the gryphon. Time is exactly what we lack most right now..." .. .”