Chapter 615: Old Friend

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On the vast Great Sea, surging waves were rolling, and heavy and dark clouds were in the sky. Lightning flashed in the clouds from time to time.

These meteorological phenomena undoubtedly indicated that a great storm was about to descend, and storms were the nightmares of voyagers!

However, on this stormy sea, there was a small boat riding the wind and waves. It was a typical night elf-style sail wars.h.i.+p. Its workmans.h.i.+p was exquisite and elegant, but its hull was very light, so it could pa.s.s through the violent and howling winds without any obstruction.

But what really allowed this wars.h.i.+p to sail in storms was not the s.h.i.+p itself but the crew controlling it because the crew on this wars.h.i.+p was a group of nagas that looked like snake demons!

Yes, the owner of this wars.h.i.+p was Illidan, who had escaped from his cage. Now, he had obtained the help of the nagas led by Lady Vashj.

After obtaining the Skull of Guldan and waiting for an opportunity to kill Tichondrius, Illidan had met Tyrande and his brother, Malfurion. After seeing Illidans demon form, the two of them were furious and thought that he hadnt changed and once again embarked on his old path of submitting to demons.

But because this meeting was a secret, and no other night elves were present, out of their many years of friends.h.i.+p, Tyrande and Malfurion didnt have a conflict with Illidan. They only expelled him on behalf of the night elves and forbade him from setting foot on the land of the night elves again.

Illidan was actually very hurt, and it was a psychological trauma. Tyrande was the person he loved the most, and he only agreed to get out of his prison to help the night elves resist the Burning Legion on her account. But after he killed Tichondrius and made a contribution, she fell out with him mercilessly.

Feeling betrayed, Illidan angrily planned to leave Kalimdor. He no longer wanted to care about the war between the night elves and the Burning Legion.

But at this moment, Maiev Shadowsong appeared. She was the warden who had been in charge of guarding Illidan for ten thousand years. When Tyrande released him, she didnt even hesitate to kill the guards under Maiev Shadowsong. After knowing that Illidan had escaped, Maiev couldnt pursue the responsibility of Tyrande, the n.o.ble Priestess of the Moon, so she could only blame Illidan for the deaths of her compatriots. Thus, she led her wardens to hunt him down.

Illidan didnt want to get too entangled with Maiev. Although he could easily kill her with his current strength, he still chose to escape from the sad land of Kalimdor.

As a result, when he escaped to the coast, a group of strange creatures found him, and these creatures were the nagas.

After the Highborne elves led by Queen Azshara escaped to the bottom of the sea, their living environment had naturally changed drastically. Coupled with the contract reached between Azshara and the Old G.o.d NZoth, the Highborne had evolved into the nagas over the past ten thousand years. Although they had completely become creatures living in the sea, their desire for land still existed, and they imagined that they could regain the continent of Kalimdor where the Highborne had lived one day.

Originally, the nagas had been staying at the bottom of the sea for the past ten thousand years and had not gone ash.o.r.e much. But recently, there had been tremendous changes. When Archimonde crossed the Great Sea alone and pa.s.sed through the Maelstrom, the immense fel energy in his body alarmed the nagas in the sea. Out of hatred for being deceived by the Burning Legion back then, the nagas had tried to attack Archimonde, but Archimonde had taught them a lesson instead, causing them heavy losses.

Although the nagas had been unable to pose any obstruction to Archimonde, his appearance made them realize that the world on the ground seemed to be undergoing a drastic upheaval. The Burning Legion had once again descended on Azeroth. In order to understand what was happening on land, the nagas decided to go ash.o.r.e.

Under Azsharas orders, the nagas gathered a group of troops and handed them over to Vashj, Azsharas former handmaiden, to lead. They wanted to go ash.o.r.e to see if there was any opportunity to prepare for their counterattack on land in the future.

Coincidentally, when Vashj was exploring the coast, she sensed Illidans immense fel energy.

After absorbing the fel energy in the Skull of Guldan, Illidans demon form had reached, or rather, exceeded the power of many demon lords. The nagas were quite sensitive to the power of fel energy, so they approached Illidan.

They originally thought that they would encounter a powerful demon lord of the Burning Legion. But after seeing Illidan, they realized that he was actually a night elf. This was interesting.

Moreover, even more coincidentally, during the War of the Ancients, Vashj and Illidan knew each other. At the time, as the handmaiden of Queen Azshara, Vashj had had several encounters with the legendary Illidan. So the two sides didnt fight but instead chatted after building a relations.h.i.+p.

After this conversation, Illidan learned that Queen Azshara did not die but had instead led the Highborne to survive at the bottom of the sea and become the nagas. While feeling incredulous, he didnt have any anger toward the Highborne. After all, they had already become like this, and he had been imprisoned for more than ten thousand years. After being released from prison, he felt that things were different.

Upon knowing that Illidan was being hunted down by Maiev Shadowsong, Vashj immediately realized that the nagas could stand on the same side as Illidan.

Illidan now looked like a demon, and his entire body was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with powerful fel energy. This powerful force was what the Highborne were chasing after. Coupled with the relations.h.i.+p between the two sides, Vashj decided to join Illidan.

And Illidan happily accepted her. He was now alone. Even if he had powerful strength, it would be very troublesome for him to deal with Maiev leading an entire warden squad to hunt him down. The combat strength of the naga troops led by Vashj was quite strong, so both sides. .h.i.t it off immediately.

After accepting the support of Vashj and the nagas, Illidan used the power of the nagas to go out to sea. First, he wanted to leave Kalimdor. Second, when he received the power of the Skull of Guldan, he also received a memory.

This memory was the last memory of Guldan, the legendary warlock of the orcs, when he visited the Tomb of Sargeras more than twenty years ago! Guldan had died because he had explored the tomb, and this memory became an obsession engraved in the depths of the Skull of Guldan. Although the Skull of Guldan had been in the hands of many people, the previous owners had never thought of devouring the fel energy in it and only used it as a powerful artifact, which benefited Illidan in the end.

In this memory, Illidan learned that many years ago, when Sargeras descended into the world of Azeroth, he had been defeated and sealed by the Guardian Aegwynn. Of course, Illidan had never heard of this history. After all, he had been imprisoned. If he hadnt absorbed the power of the Skull of Guldan, he would have never known this.

Illidan learned that after defeating Sargeras, Aegwynn didnt dare to destroy his body. Strictly speaking, she had only expelled most of the soul in his body. Not only was there a trace of soul power in his body, but the nightmarish and powerful fel energy contained in it would very likely be released if she destroyed his body, causing immense contamination to Azeroth.

Thus, Aegwynn finally thought of a way. She summoned an island from the bottom of the sea. This island, Thaldranath, was once a portion of the city of Suramar and the territory of the Highborne. It had sunk to the bottom of the sea because of the explosion of the Well of Eternity. On this island was the Temple of Elune, and the power left behind by Highborne when they wors.h.i.+ped the Moon G.o.ddess, Elune, was still in the temple.

Aegwynn sealed Sargerass body in the Temple of Elune, hoping to use Elunes power to purify his remaining power. At the same time, she also cast a powerful barrier on this island to prevent anyone from coveting his power and causing trouble.

After doing this, Aegwynn sank the island into the depths of the sea again. Then she tried her best to delete as many historical doc.u.ments that recorded this matter as possible, intending to make the secrets of the Tomb of Sargeras disappear from the eyes of the world forever.

Unfortunately, Aegwynn didnt know that she had only sealed a clone of Sargeras. His power was limited by Azeroths planetary s.h.i.+eld, and the amount of his power that could enter this world was very limited. Moreover, even if this clone lost, it was only his feigned defeat. It was precisely because of his arrangements that the First War of the Dark Portal and the invasion of the Draenor orcs occurred.

Even Aegwynn hadnt expected that many years after the island sank to the bottom of the sea, someone had actually dug out this history by consulting all kinds of information and doc.u.ments. Moreover, the one who had dug out this history was none other than Guldan!

About twenty years ago, when the Second War was about to end, Guldan had escaped to the sea with a group of warlocks and servants after his defeat. Then, in the Broken Isles, he found Thaldranath, which Aegwynn had sunk, and raised the island again.

After entering the Tomb of Sargeras, Guldan tried his best to destroy the powerful restriction left behind by Aegwynn and found the place where Sargerass body was buried.

Over a long time, under the power of purification, Sargerass body had decayed and weathered. But because of the existence of the wisp of his soul left in his ruined body, his remaining power finally condensed together with the soul as a guide, forming a powerful gem. This gem was the Eye of Sargeras!

Feeling the mighty power of the Eye of Sargeras, Guldan naturally wanted to take it for himself. Unfortunately, he didnt realize that although he had broken the restriction, he had also released the demons in the Tomb of Sargeras!

During the time that Sargerass body was sealed here, his fel energy spread without restraint and had long contaminated many creatures on the island. These creatures eventually turned into demons. Originally, these demons were still affected by the restriction and couldnt go deep into the tomb. But when Guldan broke the restriction, these demons swarmed out and attacked him crazily.

In the end, Guldan was torn apart by these crazy demons. Only one of the warlocks and servants he brought escaped. After the demons dispersed, he found Guldans corpse and finally left with his head. As for the power of the Eye of Sargeras, he didnt dare to think about it. With so many demons protecting this artifact, whoever touched it would die.

After seeing this memory from the Skull of Guldan, Illidan immediately realized that the Eye of Sargeras was the best gift of darkness!

Illidan had always been searching for a way to defeat the Burning Legion, but no matter what method it was, it was inseparable from powerful strength. So he had always been pursuing power. The Skull of Guldan had made him a demon hunter and gave him the strength to fight against demon lords, but this wasnt enough. After seeing Archimonde, Kiljaeden, Osiris, and Sargeras, he understood that the strength of a mere demon lord was not enough to defeat these formidable enemies.

Illidans heart palpitated with excitement for the Eye of Sargeras. Since it had been condensed from Sargerass remaining power, obtaining it was equivalent to obtaining a portion of his power. There was no reason for Illidan to let it go.

And now, he was on the way to the Broken Isles. Perhaps it was impossible for others to find a small island in the vast sea without any sea map, but because Illidan had Guldans memory and the help of the nagas, it was a piece of cake.

Of course, he knew that Maievs wardens were still pursuing him, but he didnt care. After he obtained the power of the Eye of Sargeras, he wouldnt take Maievs troops seriously at all.

However, what Illidan didnt know was that through the thick storm clouds, in the sky high above, a pair of eyes was watching his movements

After sailing in the storm for more than an hour, when the storm finally cleared and sunlight appeared on the sea again, Illidan gave the order to slow down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a naga caught up to Illidans wars.h.i.+p. After this naga climbed onto the deck tiredly, she brought a message to Illidan.

The Burning Legion led by Archimonde had been defeated, and Archimonde himself had died. But then another demon king, Osiris, had suddenly appeared and led a group of dragon liches to destroy the World Tree Nordra.s.sil and Mount Hyjal. The alliance army of the three races had been utterly defeated

After quietly listening to this news, Illidan was silent for a long time. Seeing his expression, Vashj asked, Master, are you sad about the destruction of Mount Hyjal and the World Tree?

No! Illidan shook his head. From the moment I left Kalimdor, the night elves no longer had anything to do with me. Even though the World Tree and the sacred mountain were destroyed, it has nothing to do with me. What Im thinking about is Osiris, the King of Despair

Demon King Osiris Vashj fell silent after hearing this name.

Yes, Roy didnt know yet, but both Illidan and Vashj had met him before