It's a quaint ring.

It was not too fancy, it looked dusty from a distance, and even if it was thrown on the side of the road, it would not attract anyone's attention, but it was not until Lothar picked it up that he saw the sign on the back of the ring that had been "carved" in some special way.

The human emperor closed his eyes and stroked his fingers over the sign, and after a moment of skin contact with the nick, the sign appeared in his imagination completely, it should be very similar to the eye-like sign of a mage organization, but it was already broken, and I don't know if it was because the ring was worn out by the long wear of time, or because the symbol was designed to be like this.

It was also likely a magic trap, and the moment the Emperor opened the ring, the explosives hidden in the ring would blow him up along with the house, especially if the ring had been sent by a notorious assassin.

He shouldn't have taken any chances.

Lothar was well aware of this, but after thinking about it for several minutes, he chose to open it anyway.

He felt that if there really was such a person who was thinking about the future of human civilization, then the doubt at this time might make human civilization lose its best chance, a chance to survive in a desperate situation.

"Click"

The magic ring didn't have a code, and when Lothar touched the surface of the ring, several things appeared in front of him out of thin air.

It was a black, heavy toath, a gray sealed scroll, a stacked map, and a letter on top.

There are only four things, which makes Lothar squint his eyes suspiciously, so the so-called future of mankind is hidden in these four things?

Will such a future be a little fluttering?

But the emperor reached out and took out a pair of leather gloves from his drawer, put on his glasses, and then picked up the letter that had been placed on the top.

"Emperor of Lothar:"

"By the time you read this letter, you must have seen the future... The gloomy future looms over your empire, maybe you and all the nobles behind you are trying to save it in any way, maybe you're the only one busy trying to save it, but that's okay, because whether you want it or not, human civilization has reached a fork in the road, and no matter which way you go, you will enter a new era. ”

This passage made a flash of light in Lothar's eyes, but he did not show a special expression, but continued to read quietly.

"Tyrion has forced you into this situation, but believe me, he is not just trying to destroy human civilization, under the light and oppression, all his actions hide a great and noble goal, which is also a point that he is very criticized, at least in my opinion, the blind oppression of the Dark Blade may not make you understand what the King of the Dark Blade expects from you, but he is unwilling to tell you what he expects..."

"He longs for the awakening of the civilized self! I hope that you can truly awaken in the midst of difficult times, and that you can see the human civilization and the whole world that are truly united and detached under the pressure! He wants to see his Legion of the Darkblades defeated by you united, and he longs for you to prove your abilities in war, to prove your potential, to prove yourself worthy to rule the land beneath your feet. ”

"And according to my observations, Tyrion, and most of the undead, have a serious tendency to self-destruct under the cold exterior, but the Lord of the Dark Blades is eager for you to perform the ritual of destruction, and in this contradictory psychology, you are forced by him step by step to the last corner of the battlefield, and you are only one step away from ushering in the final defeat."

"But unfortunately, your performance in the early stages of this war was so poor that I even had hope for you... At that time, I felt that your existence might not really mean much, but from the recent series of events, I saw a glimmer of hope, which is why this letter is in your hands. ”

Emperor Lothar shook his head, even through the letter, he could feel the contradictory thoughts of the writer of the letter, he was describing Tyrion's mental activity, but wasn't that his own mental activity?

Seeing this, Lothar was already sure that the person who wrote this letter was definitely an undead, and he should still be a high-ranking undead commander in the Darkblade Legion, at least he could have access to Tyrion himself in his daily life, and he had a deep understanding of the King of the Darkblade.

"Tyrion is not a pure tyrant of death as you think, in fact, in my opinion, but from the consciousness and wisdom and vision of the ruler, he is more competent than any nobleman in your system, and the existence of him and the civilization system he has single-handedly supported has proved to the humans and aliens of the southern frontier that the people can still sustain themselves and even live better in the face of the disappearance of royal power."

"So you should be afraid of him, and I think you have enough reason to fear him in addition to the oppression of the battlefield."

"War may only destroy the shell of the Empire, but believe me, the flame of another civilization, ignited by Tyrion's own hands, is also capable enough to burn your old world, and although it is still very young, it is catching up with incredible speed... Frankly, in the history of civilization in Azeroth, I have never seen a civilization as dynamic as the Federal District. ”

"Emperor Lothar, if you have not read this, you have not been provoked by the provocation and the arrogant anger in your heart, if you can still think clearly... Then I'm going to talk about something more important, about the future of the Empire. ”

Emperor Lothar rubbed his forehead, he reached out and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and turned the brightness of the hedron lamp in front of him to the highest level, obviously he did not want to miss a word in the letter.

"I can assure you, the Emperor of the Humans, within the Darkblade Legion, the Death Lords have never really regarded humans as opponents, and you must be able to see from the recent arrangements of the Darkblades that the real opponents of the Necrons are demons, that is, you still have one last time to save yourself before the Darkblade Knights have cleared out the demons that rushed into the Eastern Continent."

"Judging from the information from the spies that Darkblade has planted within the empire, you have made a complete set of plans for the westward crossing, which is good, it shows that you have not been carried away by hatred, but no matter what the original time of your plan is, my advice to you is to speed up immediately! Because the sea... It's not as safe as you think. ”

"The ray that killed the Great Demon a few days ago, yes, I can tell you plainly, it was from Tyrion, he could have destroyed your empire with this terrible weapon, but he didn't, in his heart, the demon is the greatest enemy of this world, I think, you should feel fortunate about it."

Seriously, after reading this sentence, a trace of sweat did appear on Lothar's bare forehead, he had witnessed the power of that light, and he didn't think that the Human Empire could survive that light.

And this made Lothar recognize the gap between the Empire and the Dark Blade again, and he hurriedly turned to the second page of the letter and continued reading:

"My advice to you and your empire is: if you can reach Kalimdor safely, then in the short term, don't try to counterattack the eastern continent, the gap between the empire and the Dark Blade is too big, and it is unrealistic to let you catch up with this gap in general, so I gave you three things..."

"The map of the southeast of the dungeon in the Black Iron District marks the location of a very important person for you, he does not serve the Dark Blade, and he can help you plan your own engineering system in a short period of time, the Emperor of Mankind, although I myself am a veteran user of magic, I have to admit that in such a large-scale war, engineering is more useful than magic, and Dark Blade has proven this with facts."

"The second thing, the Silver Ash Sacred Codex, which is a secret system hidden in the mountains of Kurtilas Drusva, which records the complete information of the class system called "Ash Knight", which has a strong restraint against evil creatures, it is not more powerful than the Paladin, but believe me, the cost of training an Ember Knight is much cheaper than the Paladin, it is the most needed class of troops in the Empire. ”

"Finally, an extremely important scroll, which I have prepared for you, I can't tell you what it is for, I can only tell you, when it is confirmed that there is no hope, open it, but, all the results, conceited!"

"Emperor of the Race, I am not sending this letter and these things because I support you, I want to tell you that I am a big supporter of Tyrion's theory of "ashes and rebirth", and I help you because I see the flaws in Tyrion's blueprint, I have tried to communicate with him, but unfortunately, he is not a person who is willing to accept other people's opinions... But he can't be blamed for that, all the undead are stubborn guys. ”

"His plans are big, good, great... Unfortunately, it didn't appear based on the realities of this world, and although Tyrion himself was one of the most powerful of the fantastical creatures of Azeroth, he overlooked the power of magic, and he himself had a strange sense of the power of magic... Distrust, which bothers me very much. ”

"While it is true that Azeroth's magical system is too focused on the individual and ignores the group, we are a civilization born in the wizarding world after all, and if the use of magic is abandoned, no one can predict what the future of this world will be, and you... You are the last "safety insurance" I put on Tyrion's plans. ”

"If we, if the Blade fails, then there is at least another very different civilization waiting to be challenged in this world... The premise is that you have to become tougher, stronger, and you have to prove that magic and technology are not opposites, that they can coexist, influence each other, progress each other, and eventually merge with each other. ”

"But if the future human empire is still as weak as it is now, unable to truly realize the importance of unity and enlightenment, and the wisdom that pervades every individual, and is still bound by a backward ruling system, and still unable to burst into the most powerful flame, then all my plans are just crazy dreams."

"Don't thank me, Lothar, I just did what I thought was right, now, it's your turn to do the right thing."

"Wow"

When Lothar finished reading the last sentence, the two pieces of letter paper in his hand burned strangely, only the cold flames flickered on the tips of the emperor's fingers, but no ashes appeared, as if they had disappeared into thin air.

The emperor's face changed, he hurriedly picked up a pen and paper, and wrote down the key points of the letter in his memory in the notes he carried with him, especially the argument about "magic and technology", which he wrote down almost word for word.

And right next to him, the reports of Arthas and the Master of the Chains were placed there, and the two things converged to make the Emperor's mind feel as if a door had been opened.

If before, he was only thinking about how to protect the Human Empire under the attack of the dark blade step by step, then now, he has begun to think about the future direction of human civilization and the future counteroffensive mode of the Human Empire.

Yes, the empire will leave the northern frontier, the land that has been based since time immemorial, and will have to flee to another continent under the threat of war, but, this is home, no matter what, they will return, even if it is after 100 years, 1000 years...

"You can't extinguish the fire of human civilization... Tyrion, no matter what kind of person you are, whether you are a tyrant or a savior, you don't want to bury our civilization... You can't do it! ”

Emperor Lothar cautiously put the important things on the desk into the storage ring on his finger, he looked out the window into the darkness, in the cold night wind, the emperor's tired thinking was relieved a lot, the confusion in his heart had completely disappeared, he saw the future, this is the first time he saw the future so clearly under the pressure and darkness.

"Maybe I won't see that day anymore, but... The creatures that this land nurtures will eventually return here! They'll come back dignified, Tyrion, and you don't even want to stop them..."

"The Empire... Forever! ”