Episode 280: Karazhin

[This volume is shorter than I expected, the next volume is Oriental mythology, guess what, what story? It involves a man I admire the most!

Storm Fortress, in the palace, Jiang Chen and Khadgar were warmly entertained by King Lane and Marshal Lothar, I have to say that the mage from Karazan, Khadgar's identity is still very useful, and at the subsequent banquet, he did not hesitate to tell everything about evil powers.

Hearing this message, Ryan and Lothar couldn't help but be silent for a while, especially Ryan, he couldn't forget that when he was crowned Prince of Azeroth, at the coronation party, Medivan, the long-missing guardian of the continent of Azeroth, suddenly appeared and announced his return, and gave him an obsidian hourglass that symbolizes the eternal prosperity of Azeroth.

It's a magical hourglass, and the sand inside the hourglass will flow down from the top all the time, and it seems that it will never fill the bottom half of the hourglass. However, just recently, when he woke up on an ordinary morning, he found that the bottom half of this obsidian hourglass was almost filled, and he felt a bad premonition at that time.

Sure enough, for a period of time, various places on the Azeroth continent have been frequently attacked mysteriously, as if there is an invisible and terrifying force that is stirring up the situation on the continent, and now, the information brought back by Khadgar and Jiang Chen has further confirmed this matter.

"Maddivin's disciple? Lothar suddenly said loudly: "I haven't seen your teacher for a long time, I don't know, if you are interested in going to Karazan with me, the appearance of evil power is not trivial, we need your teacher's help, after all, he is the guardian of our Azeroth continent." ”

"This" Khadgar hesitated.

"Go, let's go together. Jiang Chen said indifferently: "There are some things, although we are very helpless, but we have to face them after all." ”

Without saying a word, at the moment, the three of them took a griffin to Karazhan.

Karazan, a headwind trail south of the Red Ridge Mountains, is an ancient magic tower that was secretly built by the Council of Tirisfa a long time ago, and was chosen because of the unusually powerful magical energy it contains.

Medivan once used a metaphor to describe this uncertainty: time in ordinary people's concept is like a clock, every moment, where the watch hand goes is determined, his tower is like an hourglass, people can't know the movement of every grain of sand in every moment in the hourglass, those confused illusions are like these sands, and the final effect of the hourglass is the same as that of a clock, time advances in a characteristic direction, because in the end every grain of sand will descend to the bottom.

Once upon a time, Karazhan also had a golden age, as the lord of Karazan, Medivan ruled a small town under the tower, and dug a large wine cellar under the town to store wine, and the town was once so populous that even Medivan hired several dozen people to watch the cellar.

Sir Lothar and King Lane have been close friends of Madison since childhood. Medivan spends his days in the tower and rarely goes out. As a result, the meeting place of the three best friends is usually at Medivan's house. Naturally, the king was indispensable when he traveled, accompanied by princes and nobles. As a result, Karazanri was bustling with people at that time, and the opera house and dance hall were often full.

However, as the trio got older, Ryan's visits became less and less. On the other hand, despite the suppression of Medivan's power, Karazan's visions occasionally appeared, and were bumped into by visitors, so rumors of Karazan's haunting gradually spread. Thinking of their rarely seen, eccentric lords, and the strange light sources in the towers, the townspeople thought they were haunted, and moved away, eventually abandoning the entire town.

As a result, the once-glorious Karazan's popularity quickly withered, and now only Medivan himself and his two most loyal servants (Moros - butler) and his (Cook - cook) were left in the tower.

"Is Medivan here?" asked Moros, the butler who had come to greet him and the others as he got off the backs of his griffons, and Lothar, who was still quite familiar with him.

"Of course. Moros sighed with a bit of a sigh: "Since Your Excellency was crowned Marshal of the Kingdom, it has been a long time since you have come to Karazan. ”

"No way, controlling the military of the kingdom is far more difficult than I thought. Lothar said helplessly: "Let's not talk about these things for now, lead me to see Medivan." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please. Moros saw that Lothar seemed to be in a hurry, and immediately hurriedly led Jiang Chen and the three into the tower.

"The space here?" The moment he stepped into Karazhan, Jiang Chen instantly felt the wonderful changes in space and time, making him faintly feel an inexplicable sense of excitement, if he could dialysis the irregular time and space here, then his strength would inevitably have a great jump.

The hall on the first floor was very empty, and there was a huge magic pool in the middle, which was the purest magic energy, glowing with dazzling blue fluorescence, but Jiang Chen could clearly feel that there was a huge evil energy hidden in this seemingly pure magic pool.

Going up, on the second floor was the huge library room, which contained the richest collection of books in all of Azeroth, and to be honest, Jiang Chen really had a desire to empty it completely, and he did so, he released the red queen and asked her to collect all the contents of all the books here.

Khadgar also stopped here, and for some reason, he didn't seem to be planning to go to meet his teacher.

Helplessly, only Jiang Chen and Lothar were left to follow Moros all the way up to the third floor, on the third floor, Medivan was making a huge clay puppet, although this puppet was not yet completed, but the energy aura that couldn't help but overflow clearly showed that once this puppet was completed, it would definitely have extremely terrifying power.

"Medivan!" Seeing his old friend, Lothar immediately took the lead in speaking with a bit of excitement.

"You're here, Lothar, but don't bother me just yet. Medivan replied as he went about his work: "And this Mr. Oriental Magician from the Other World, although I don't mind you looking through my books, isn't it a little rude for you to just ask your assistant to record all my treasures." ”

"Then I'm ashamed of my rudeness. Jiang Chen said with a little smile: "Guardian of the Azeroth Continent, we have finally met!"

"It's a pleasure to meet you. Medivan finally stopped his movements and raised his eyes to look at Jiang Chen, the two extremes from different worlds, accompanied by the gaze of each other, an invisible ripple fluctuation suddenly spread.

This is definitely a tragic legend, his mother was the guardian of the previous generation, Egwene, who only thought of breaking free from the mercy of the Council of Tirisfa and giving birth to a child to inherit her knowledge and powers. However, she never imagined that Sargeras, whom she thought had been eliminated by herself years ago, had already sneaked into her body and eventually invaded the unborn Medivan. So, despite the appearance, Medivin inherited all of the Guardian's energy. However, as Medivan grows, the dark power of Sargeras is revealed.

Medivan's mind has always struggled against Sargeras's will, and he has never given up his efforts to regain his physical and mental freedom. This seemingly never-ending tug-of-war has caused Madison's periodic personality to recur, sometimes calm and sober, sometimes crazy and abnormal. To outsiders, he seems to make an incomprehensible decision all of a sudden, and often completely overturns his previous views and opinions on something. When the battle between the two wills is too intense, beyond the limits of what this body can bear, Medivan will fall into a state of mental breakdown, completely incapacitating to the outside world.

When his mind is in control, Medivan is a kind and wise man who does his best to protect several of humanity's supreme leaders, believing that the interests of the kingdom always take precedence over all else. Over the years, he defended Lordaeron, breaking up the onslaught of the invaders, and the people regarded him as the impregnable protector of the land of Azeroth.

He treats all races equally, without the slightest prejudice. When he hears about the legends and customs of a certain race, he genuinely respects the narrator, regardless of his ethnicity, and shows the same strong interest in the legends and cultures of these different regions.

However, once Sargeras gains the upper hand, Medivan's personality changes drastically. "He" will become gloomy and withdrawn, almost completely unable to recognize his closest friends, and completely indifferent to strangers. "He" is secretive, often going out on a long distance alone and suddenly. When no one is around, this "Medivan" 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 still careful enough not to easily expose Sargeras's true character.

When Jiang Chen shook hands with him, the Yuan Shen who had reached the level of Scattered Immortals could clearly feel that the other party had been seriously eroded by the power of the devil, such a situation was undoubtedly doomed to a tragedy later, and the best friends turned against each other, carrying eternal infamy on their backs, and they sank into ruin!

And Sargeras also seemed to sense the threat from Jiang Chen, and tried to hide his existence, leaving his body completely under the control of Medivan himself. Therefore, after hearing Lothar explain all the reasons, he immediately replied in a deep voice: "The stakes are very high, and I will immediately set off with you to the Stormwind Fortress." As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the spell erupted, drawing a huge magic array around him: "Let's go, I think, no matter how you compare, my speed of teleporting magic should be no slower than that of a griffin, and time is exactly what we lack the most" (to be continued.) )