Azeroth Trail of Light

2. Yellowing memories

The Magic House, this is the most famous tavern and hotel in Dalaran. Many wizards who like fine wine will choose to have a glass of wine here when the night falls, and then go back to the wizard tower to start meditation.

Especially for the academic masters, being able to temporarily free themselves from the heavy research work is definitely something that can make people cheer.

Apprentices are generally less likely to come here. The expensive price is on the one hand, on the other hand, because they really don’t have much time to relax. Dalaran’s teaching of magic apprentices is very strict. Generally speaking, 3 years Apprentices who have not yet been able to enter the junior mage will be retired or incorporated into the administrative system of Dalaran.

Although there will be a good job, in this life, I will probably say goodbye to magic. For those who are interested in creating a career on the magic stage, this is simply the most terrible torture.

But there are always people who think differently, such as the girl sitting across from Kel'Thuzad.

Two people sit in the box on the second floor of the Magic House. This is where Kel'Thuzad comes most often. His identity determines that a box is just the most basic privilege, but what Kel'Thuzad thinks is very common. There was a little horror in the eyes of other people.

"Hey, who are you? My mentor, Mr. Luo Ning, is in the Magic House, but he doesn't have this treatment!"

The girl looked curiously at Kel'Thuzad, who was sitting across from her reading a book. The woman's keen senses made her discover Kel'Thuzad's secret glance at her more than once, but this had nothing to do with lust, at most it was just a trace of appreciation and a trace of curiosity.

This discovery made the girl happy too. At least it proved that her charm was still there, but no one had discovered it before. Thinking of this, her feelings for Kel'Thuzad improved immediately.

In fact, to be precise, this girl is indeed a beauty, her figure and face are very good. The only thing that makes people headache is her character. Kel'Thuzad, who has seen too many magic apprentices, knows that this character will make her It is difficult to be taken seriously in the apprentice group, and even squeezed out by their peers.

This is Dalaran, and what is needed here is calmness and talent, not enthusiasm, not to mention a trace of rude outrage.

But this does not prevent him from admiring the girl opposite. Although the two people have only met for the first time, it may only require a meeting of eyes for things like feelings and fluctuating heartstrings.

Facing the girl’s question, Kel'Thuzad closed his magic book, and showed a jerky smile unaccustomed to him.

"I, I'm just a mage... the most common mage in Dalaran."

"hypocritical!"

Faced with this answer, the girl got her nose in disdain, but soon she stopped struggling with this topic. Everyone has their own secrets. This is one of the few things she has learned in Dalaran for more than a year. One of the few truths, so she picked up the fruit wine in front of her, sipped it lightly, and said to Kel'Thuzad,

"Do you know? Your voice is good."

Kel'Thuzad shook his hand holding the wine glass, but it quickly recovered. He cracked his mouth and smiled.

"Really? The first time someone said that to me."

The girl nodded seriously.

"It's very magnetic and has a convincing taste."

She thought about it and used a metaphor, "It's exactly the same when she talked to my father."

"puff…"

This analogy made Kel'Thuzad almost squirted out the wine in his mouth, and then he laughed uncontrollably, maybe it was an inexplicable feeling, which made him feel particularly relaxed with this big and different girl.

Then he heard the girl's next sentence,

"Actually you look good when you smile... Why don't you laugh?"

Kel'Thuzad was silent. He didn't know how to answer this question, because from his memory, he entered Dalaran, from apprentice to mage, and now, it seems... it is indeed rare to see people laughing.

The girl may not need Kel'Thuzad’s answer, she sipped the wine in the glass, and said in a very emotional tone,

"Did you know? This is a city that doesn't laugh... Since the first time I entered here, I have discovered that everyone is always coming and going in a hurry. It seems to be very busy, and everyone is very serious. I remember my mentor Ronin I laughed at first, and then slowly became like everyone else... I don’t like this place, it’s like a cage."

The girl drank another glass of wine, put the glass on the table as if she was sighing, and made a crisp sound.

"A cage of emotions."

There was a blush on her face, she propped her chin with her hand, looking at the silent Kel'Thuzad,

"I'm leaving, the day after tomorrow, I'm going back to my hometown."

Kel'Thuzad suddenly raised his head. This action exposed his emotions. Seeing the doubt in his eyes, the girl showed the iconic cheerful smile again.

"It's not what you think. It's not because of schoolwork or other reasons."

"I just passed the assessment of the junior mage, but I found that I still can't adapt to this. My father sent me here in the hope that I will become a noble mage, but I know that he wants me to avoid the war with the orcs. I His home is in Arathi, where it is about to fall. I can’t give up my family, so I want to go back.”

The girl stood up, opened her arms, like a dancer about to start dancing, she turned her head to look at Kel'Thuzad,

"Do you know? From the beginning, when I was a child, I actually wanted to be a traveler, to see the scenery around the world, and then to find the lost history. Later, I thought that becoming a mage is actually good and mysterious. , An elegant mage, that is almost every child's dream."

"But I... I still can't adapt."

The girl leaned against the window, looking at the slowly shining light in Dalaran, suddenly turned her head and looked at Kel'Thuzad.

"What about you? What is your dream? Why did you want to become a mage?"

Kel'Thuzad remembered his past blankly. The memory seemed to be filled with complicated magical knowledge, slurred spells, and the scenery of Dalaran that seemed to be frozen in time. He couldn't think of his dreams, and he didn't even think about it. Why did he become a mage.

So in the face of this question, he was silent... He wanted to use gorgeous language to express himself in front of the girl he favored, as it was written in those stories, but he remained silent in the end.

"I... I don't know."

A trace of sadness and regret flashed in the girl's eyes. She walked behind Kel'Thuzad, gently placed her arm on his shoulder, and looked at the thick black technique that seemed to separate himself from the world. robe.

"It's so pitiful... you are a child who has no dreams and no past."

"Thank you for your wine, I'm going back, good night."

The girl picked up her scarf, waved her hand without looking back, watching her about to disappear at the door, Kel'Thuzad didn't know where the courage came from, he stood up and asked in a trembling voice,

"Then...will you come back? After the war is over."

The girl's footsteps also stayed where they were, and the two were silent for a few seconds, and then a chuckle sounded.

"I don't know, do I have a reason to come back?"

Kel'Thuzad drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, letting the spicy taste beat in his mouth, stimulating his emotions, he seemed to have caught the tail of something beautiful, so he said loudly,

"I still lack a wizard assistant. I am Kel'Thuzad, an alternate member of the six-member assembly. I will submit an application to the six-member assembly. You...will you refuse?"

The girl turned her head, the blush on her face looked so cute under the shining of the magic light, her eyes blinked slyly.

"Wow, I really am a big man, refuse...no, why refuse?"

After speaking, she let out a series of laughter like silver bells and disappeared at the door. Kel'Thuzad shouted loudly.

"I'll wait for you to come back!"

Fifteen minutes later, Kel'Thuzad returned to his mage tower. His mood had never been so happy. He even hummed a song, but he looked at the piles of complex research topics in front of him, just like those ghost symbols. The young mage couldn't help but shook his head. He had a headache. It is estimated that tonight will be a sleepless night.

But when he looked up and saw the moon over Dalaran, he grunted with satisfaction, sat on his black velvet chair, stretched his waist, and prepared to start today's work.

But just as Kel'Thuzad picked up the quill, a loud noise suddenly rang in his ears, which frightened him. He got up from the ground embarrassedly, and walked to the window regardless of his painful arm. By the side, outside the window, there was a change of chaos. In the north of Dalaran, a group of flames had ignited, and then there was a scalp numb shout.

Kel'Thuzad hurriedly took out his magic wand and applied an eagle eye technique to himself. The next moment, his eyes spread rapidly and he saw everything that happened in the northern part of the city. It was flames, wars, orcs!

damn it! How could the orcs still in the Arathi Highlands appear in the Dalaran Plain?

Are all the soldiers of Alterac Kingdom dead?

wrong! Those orcs!

The mage's keen perception made Kel'Thuzad immediately noticed something wrong with the orcs, especially the orcs who were riding on skeletal horses, wearing black armor, and wielding rune weapons. Their breath is not alive!

It's taboo magic!

Kel'Thuzad felt that something was wrong for the first time, and just as he was about to observe and signal again, another loud noise exploded in Dalaran. At this moment, all the glass on the window beside Kel'Thuzad was broken. Cracked, shattered together, and the entire street glass.

He looked up at the sky, and the whole sky was shattered in the night!

It's like a shard of glass!

Shield...Dalaran’s city shield is broken!

The war came, Kel'Thuzad's mind was still a little confused, but this did not prevent him from preparing for the battle immediately. He took out several scrolls from under the desk, inserted them into his belt, and carried several more. A bottle of emergency potion, and finally picked up his archmage's staff.

The slurred magic was fluently read from Kel'Thuzad's mouth. As the teleportation light shattered, his body disappeared into the magic tower.

Instead of going to Antonidas' Violet Tower, he went to another place.

"Take up weapons! Take all your weapons! Don't panic, prepare to follow me to the Violet Tower!"

Archmage Ronin waved his staff in his hand. With the blessing of sound amplification, his voice spread throughout his magic tower. The chaotic apprentices of the mage rushed like headless flies, and suddenly appeared. The war made these children a little panicked.

But this is just a small scene for Ronin. Not long ago, he had a fight with Deathwing, although since then, his reputation in Dalaran has changed from a "moving disaster" to Hero, but in fact, Luo Ning knew that his foundation was still very shallow, so he took the initiative to take the responsibility of teaching the apprentice of the mage.

But when Ronin tried to calm down the panicked apprentices of the mage, a light of teleportation appeared in his mage tower. This move made Ronin raised his brows and used teleportation in Dalaran at will?

It seems that a big man is here!

Kel'Thuzad's voice came out of the light, and Ronin's expression immediately became weird. Of course he knew Kel'Thuzad. In fact, none of the entire high-level wizards in Dalaran did not know him. This was a lonely weird person. , But his talent in the study of magic is absolutely amazing, even the sage Antonidas is very proud of his disciple.

In fact, Kel'Thuzad was already one of the representatives of the academic wizards in Dalaran. In the face of him, a hero like Ronin had to treat the wizards of the same level, so he quickly greeted him.

"Mr. Kel'Thuzad, what are you doing here at this time?"

"I'm looking for someone!"

Kel'Thuzad is not good at dealing with people, so facing Ronin’s question, he chose to go straight ahead, "One of your apprentices, a girl from Arathi Highlands, uh... I don’t know her name, but her personality is very Straightforward, I also like to go to the fountain to feed the stray cats. Do you know where she is?"

Luo Ning stunned, but still answered quickly.

"You should be talking about Miss Bigworth, but she is not here. She submitted an application to return to her hometown. She should currently be living in the Dalaran Visitors Center on Magic Commercial Street."

"In the north? Where did the fighting happen?"

Kel'Thuzad's face changed drastically, and he turned to leave. Ronin asked curiously behind him.

"With all due respect, you and Miss Bigworth?"

"She is the assistant mage I ordered!"

Kel'Thuzad turned his head and glanced at Ronin. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he shook his head. The staff in his hand touched the ground lightly, and the whole person disappeared again in the light of teleportation.

At this time, in the panic north of Dalaran, when the orc army rushed into the city of wizards along the rift in the city, the wizards who responded immediately launched a counterattack, changing a corner of the city in an instant. It became a battlefield of magic flying, the flames melted the buildings, and the ice swept everything. In almost five minutes, it became a real hell.

The magic commercial street near the battlefield has also been affected by the war. Crazy orcs are rampaging here, destroying everything they can see, chasing and killing the residents of Dalaran, adding to the otherwise quiet night A trace of frightening desolation.

The light of flame magic illuminates the sky. In the completely ruined block, Miss Bigworth stubbornly squeezed her magic cane, tried her best to avoid the dagger of the orc assassin in front of her, and stabbed the purple ice cone in her hand. Entering his abdomen, he threw a wave of arcane impact with his cane, and blasted him out.

The hideous expression of the orc assassin still remained on his face, but his life was gone.

This struggle exhausted Miss Bigworth’s little magic power. She leaned against the ruins of the wall, breathing heavily. The scorching breath of the battlefield filled her lungs with thirst, and her face was already Beaten up by sweat and ashes, she knew that her appearance must be terrible, but it was not the time to talk about it now.

She took out a small bottle of magic potion from her rucksack with difficulty, shaking her hands, trying to pour it into her mouth, but the wound left by the assassin on her arm just now exudes severe pain, this action is difficult to complete, and Just before the success, a huge sound made the ground shake again. Miss Bigworth, who was caught off guard, fell over, and the magic potion in her hand fell on the ground.

"No! No no!"

The young girl got up from the ground, but the vital potion was gone. Without it, Miss Bigworth didn't know how to escape from this hell.

There are orcs and civilians being hunted down everywhere. At this moment, the magic city seems to have become a real frontline battlefield, cruel and bloody. Miss Bigworth knows that she can't stay here for long, she must be with the orcs. Before finding her, rush to the Violet Tower, or another safe place.

In her difficult movement, I don’t know why, Kel’Thuzad’s shadow always dangled in front of her eyes. She gave a wry smile. From this afternoon’s contact, she knew that Kel’Thuzad was a real academic. The knowledge of magic may be very strong, but the actual combat ability is very weak. She only hopes that the fool will not come here to take risks.

"boom!"

The price of being distracted is serious. Miss Bigworth was knocked to the ground by the orc assassin who suddenly appeared in front of her. Her mind was a little blurred, and she could only watch the orc assassin walking towards her with a dagger. .

Hopeless.

In this dim, **** street corner, there is no hope.

The orc assassin tilted his head and looked at Miss Bigworth, bared his teeth, then leaned down, holding the dagger in his hand high, the blade shining a deadly light in the light of moonlight and magic, and then After Miss Bigworth closed her eyes, she stabbed her abruptly.

The moonlight was covered by black clouds, and it seemed that he couldn't bear to see this cruel scene, and then torn apart by a sharp roar.

"Give me... Get out of here!"