si-mexico Chapter 616 Ancient Stone Tablet
Chapter 616 Ancient Stone Tablet
Lorraine had unknowingly become hard-hearted.
He felt he was truly close to being a necromancer, especially with the presence of the extremely evil disciple, and he suppressed his bloodlust.
He didn't want to bully the weak, nor did he want to create bloodshed out of thin air, even though his runic right eye desperately needed replenishment of vengeful spirits...
The three Death Knights truly feed on death; they were born as apostles of Death.
Of the eleven Death Knights, only Death's Oath and Yurev have exceptionally high levels of justice, one being a guardian knight protecting the Eye of Light, and the other a man who has died nearly three times...
Yurev's resentment stemmed from a profound desire: his longing for the living, his wife and children, his helpless loyalty to the Lich King and the Forsaken, his doubts about the Scarlet Crusade and the Holy Light, and the injustice of fate. This led Yurev to accumulate power in the Necropolis, eventually evolving and returning to the mortal realm to become Lorraine's most valued henchman.
Deathsworn and Yurev regard Lorraine as the sun, the sun of the tribe, the sun that never sets, the embodiment of justice and light, the child of light and shadow.
The three new faithful servants also regard Lorraine as the sun, the evil sun, the dark sun, the lord of death and destruction, and true believers in death.
There are a few more: some are traitors who have defected, some are imprisoned, and some are on display. Lorraine may not care about their lives or deaths, but when ordinary people wield a terrifying power, will they act recklessly or use this power cautiously?
Lorraine was so engrossed in savoring the Stormbrew master Chin's exclusive brew that it forgot the guardian of the Storm Altar and the Path of Faith had once asked him...
What kind of person do you want to become?
"What kind of person deserves to be called a human being? Is it status, wealth, or cruelty and heartlessness? Or is it being ordinary, even mediocre, fragile, and prone to aging..."
"What is the foundation of a hero's existence? First and foremost, he is a mortal, upright and indomitable... not a god. He doesn't crave divine power to do whatever he wants... all gods are idols created by mortals... the ultimate desires cannot protect mortals in the slightest; only by relying on oneself can one survive and create everything..."
The Storm God spoke of three seemingly profound topics, but Lorraine, drunk, had already forgotten them...
He replied with a smile:
"If death is no longer frightening, then the only truly frightening thing in the world is to live on in fear and trembling. Just live... to live without hope, to live for illusions, to strive, like how I'm not even sure if I can find my teacher's body, if I can escape, but I still have to go, to go, to go..."
The Pandaren nodded: "Use your abilities with caution, Necromancer. The greatness of God lies in its complete lack of mercy towards the weak..."
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The Storm God, who wielded the power of storms and protected the troll village countless times, did not appear before the villagers this time. That pandaren was probably already hungover... Those who possess only a little power always yearn to control everything, while some truly powerful individuals would say not to get involved in worldly affairs...
The village chief, Black Panther, was somewhat desperate...
These village chiefs are experienced enough, but their knowledge isn't necessarily extensive, and they also have their own little secrets and methods.
The troll village is mostly populated by women, men and women alike. They dance, they perform rituals, they chant ancient legends... The temple is hidden beneath a larger thatched hut. In troll culture, the so-called temple is actually a tomb.
Just like how the pyramids, stone cities, and altars are all tombs...
The so-called tower is actually a tomb...
The Broken Spear tribe has maintained its primitive customs, dislikes fighting, and has lost the regenerative abilities of trolls. They hide here not only because they are cursed by darkness, but also because they have been banished by their own tribe.
The dark trolls were once an incredibly powerful tribe, but they have now vanished because the high trolls who wielded the power of the Well of Eternity have long since changed their appearance.
Even though the night elves would never admit that the dark trolls were their ancestors, the story of the Well of Eternity and the Moon Spring is still recorded on the ancient stone tablets in the troll village.
The moon goddess blessed some of the prophets, removing their fangs, making their skin smooth, and giving them stars in their eyes...
The primal dark trolls, however, were shrouded in the shadow of death. Originally tasked with hunting down the remnants of the Aqir, they themselves were infected and cursed by the Faceless Ones...
The old village chief compromised because women and children were hidden within the mystery. The elders took up arms to fight, but the village chief was destroyed in the end. In the prophecy and divination ritual, the black knight was destined to arrive, and the subsequent flames and bloodshed symbolized that the descendants of the last remaining spear would never find peace...
Lorraine didn't know what to ask either.
The old village chief revealed all the ancient secrets and legends...
The villagers of Troll Village are all descendants of cursed dark trolls...
They have lost many abilities, regeneration being just one of them. None of their past witchcraft and skills have been preserved, and any user will be twisted into a monster and kill their own villagers.
The night elves were fortunate; soothed by the moonlight, their wisdom grew, and they became more peaceful...
The waters of the Well of Eternity extended their lifespans, allowed their bodies to evolve, and increased their strength; magic gradually nourished the original dark trolls...
At the foot of Mount Hyjal, the dark trolls, aided by the Well of Eternity, began to build cities, transforming into an extremely powerful and advanced civilization. They had never shown any respect for the savage trolls; expulsion and capture were commonplace...
Otherwise, who do you think drove the trolls away?
Are they really insects? Insects were once a formidable enemy. The descendants of the troll empire indeed suffered heavy losses in the years they fought against them. Some troll tribes even forgot who their ancestors were fighting, foolishly awakening the sleeping insect general. The Faceless General once slaughtered countless small troll tribes...
When the night elves truly rose to power, the trolls could only hide in the corner...
Lorraine was somewhat interested in these ancient legends, but that was about it. The old village chief rambled on for a while, basically saying they had incredibly powerful ancestors. But the tribe grew weary of fighting and had lost its already weak strength, so they could only hide away...
Led by the old village chief, the hiding troll villagers, women, and children were found, and countless tombs were discovered beneath the temple, each containing ancient mummies, all tightly wrapped up...
The birth and destruction of two empires are recorded on the huge stone slab.
The first to be affected was the Dark Empire established by the insectoids, servants of the Old Gods, before the War of the Ancients. Afterwards, the troll tribes clashed with the insectoid empire, and the two sides fought over their territories. The trolls were once forced to retreat in defeat.
If it weren't for someone standing up to unite and awakening many powerful Loa spirits to join the war, the trolls would have been on the verge of extinction.
After the tide of battle turned, internal strife broke out among the trolls.
In the struggle for power and profit, the original troll empire's upper echelons declared that any territory successfully conquered by the insectoid race would belong to the tribe. Thus, all the trolls scattered across the lands to hunt down the remaining insectoid remnants, forming the ice trolls of northern Northrend, the desert trolls of southern Kalimdor, the forest trolls of the north-central Eastern Kingdoms, the jungle trolls of the southern tropics, as well as some dark trolls hidden in Mount Hyjal and the island trolls on the islands...
In the years that followed, having lost their insect enemies, these trolls formed their own factions.
There are Zul'Dak, Zul'Farrak, Gurubashi in Zul'Gurub, Zul'Aman, Hinterlands, Zandalari, etc...
According to the stone slab, the worst off was the old village chief's group...
An inescapable dark curse, ostracized, forced to hide in the mountains...
Until the explosion of the Well of Eternity, not only were the trolls' original cities damaged, but the night elves also suffered heavy losses... The ancestors of Shattered Spear, relying on altars to hide in the cracks in the ground, lived peacefully and prosperously for a long time.
Everything came to an end after the goblins discovered the Storm Altar.
The ancestors wrote on the stone tablet: "Children of the Tiger God, forever stained with the blood of the ancient gods, will be drawn into darkness by the embrace of the Blood God—there is already a precedent for this. The Moon Well has been occupied by traitors, and we have become exiles, destined to bear the curse of darkness. May our descendants never again face war, and hide away until the day darkness returns..."
"Tiger God?"
"Gibber's soul dwells with me; I am the incarnation of the Tiger God's offspring; spirit beasts are eternal..."
Seeing the Black Panther spirit beast proudly introducing itself, Lorraine was speechless. "It's not a tiger, it's clearly a leopard! The teacher said that Tiger King Broken Tooth is actually a lion, and Lion King Humar is actually a leopard. Ugh, trolls really have no culture..."
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