Aegean plane, Emerald Emerald, in the Hall of the Ancestors.Grand Elder Anduin and Richard sat facing each other, in the unknown void, and Amun, the Lord of Nightmares, was perched high above.This was the first formal conversation after the orc feast, and the first open conversation since confirming Richard as the savior of the orcs."
It was the most glorious time of our Lord, and we Nightmare Believers from countless planes followed Him and fought against countless planes across the multiverse.We have conquered the level of the Abyss and dealt with the Demon Prince with our own hands.She also fought fiercely with the kingdom of the gods, the master of magic, the powerful goddess who compiled the magic net, was defeated by us, and had to choose to be reborn in destruction.We have challenged the kingdom of the devil, and the Nine Levels of Bato Hell have been penetrated by us, and three Devil Grand Dukes have changed their candidates, until the army has reached the gates of the Nine Layers of Hell, and the Lord of Hell, Amostirs, himself comes out to make peace.We have sealed the gods, destroyed the ancient evils, provoked the Grim Reaper, and combed the River Styx.Our brightest moment is in the first layer of the abyss, on the plain of the blood abyss, fighting the alliance of the gods and demons of the heavens, fighting demons, demons, undead, angels, and supplicants for countless days and nights, until they admit the supremacy of the Nightmare Master, and even the gods of great divine power must bow respectfully when they see Him.At that time, our orc legion had always been the main force on the frontal battlefield, a powerful legion that could avoid the rampaging demons and the demon legions, and the name of the orc warrior was once spread in all corners of the multiverse. ”This is Grand Elder Anduin telling the glory of the past, mainly to popularize knowledge to Richard, so that he can truly appreciate how great and noble it is to be a nightmare agent.Of course, Richard listened to it with relish, and although he had seen a lot of it from Anduin's memory fragments, it was also a good feeling to hear people brag about it now.As for Richard, he was dumbfounded for a long time, and one mouth seemed to be dislocated, and he had never closed it until now, and the turbulent waves in his heart could drown the entire plane.However, as soon as the conversation changed, Anduin's tone was full of sorrow: "I don't know when the great Lord of Nightmares seems to have something on his mind.He began to be melancholy, he began to show no interest in the plane of conquest, he seemed to be thinking about things that we could not understand, but he was unwilling to share them with the faithful believers.At some point, He began to tell us and other Nightmare Walkers to hide and hibernate, and the great hall where we are now can hide the mutual perception and positioning of the Nightmare Power, which is the technology given by our Lord at that time.At that time, our Nightmare Walkers also initiated a meeting with the Seven Rainbow Dao to discuss, and finally prayed to our Lord to seek a solution to their doubts.It was also at that time that we learned that the Great Lord of Nightmares was seeking a great thing, a great thing that He had to do, but which was destined to be the enemy of the countless great beings of the multiverse.At that time, we were so proud and fearless, and we felt that there was such a big thing, and we were naturally gearing up, waiting for our lord's call.However, in the end, we did not wait for the call of our Lord, but waited for the bad news.I will always remember that day, the day when I could no longer summon the power of the Nightmare to descend, never enter the Rainbow Road again, and no longer be able to communicate with other Nightmare Agents.We have lost the teachings and guidance of our Lord, and the once mighty Nightmare Legion has become a mess of sand to be slaughtered.It should be said that I am cautious, even at the most expansive moment, I do not expose the coordinates of the plane.And at the moment of my lord's disappearance, I realized that something was wrong and immediately hid my breath, and used all means to block the contact with the outside world, so that the plane entered a state of seclusion, so as to avoid the strangulation of those powerful beings afterwards.As a result, the orc warrior legion that once shocked the multiverse disappeared overnight, but it also preserved the inheritance of the race. ”Speaking of this, Grand Elder Anduin's eyes were already full of sighs and sentiments, and Amon and Richard did not speak, as if they were quiet in those long years.It wasn't until a long time later that Amon took the lead in asking, "So, you don't know what that big thing is?"
”Anduin shook his head and smiled wryly, "We actually had many, many guesses, but none of them made sense.And don't be afraid of your jokes, after winning that battle on the Plains of the Blood Abyss, we really feel that even with the vastness of the multiverse, there are really not many things that can make the Nightmare Legion retreat, or even be unsure of it!
”"So?"
Amon nodded slightly, his expression a little serious, and some speculation.At this time, Richard finally recovered from the shock, he did not remember too much about the glory of the past, after all, it was only the past, and he valued the current situation of the Aegean plane more.So, he said to Grand Elder Anduin, "And what about Netheril's Floating City?"
And your prophecy?
Have you really seen through the river of fate and seen me?
”A question, Richard was a little interested, he also looked at Anduin, waiting for his answer, and Anduin smiled, a little self-deprecating in his smile: "The long river of fate, I can still peek out a corner when I am in my heyday, but now, do you think that life is exhausted like me now, and I can still perceive?"
I knew the floating city was coming because I watched it discover the Aegean Plane and try to stop it.I wanted to defend against the enemy and the plane, but you saw it as well.At that time, I was already very weak, and I couldn't stop it even with all my best efforts in the face of a pinnacle creation of an arcane mind.As for the orc savior I prophesied?
Well, it's not that I'm prophesying the birth of an orc savior, but I'm betting that the great Lord of Nightmares will eventually return.Naturally, then, a new Nightmare Walker will appear, and all I need to do is find this new Nightmare Agent. ”Richard: "Amon: "Well, this answer is really unexpected, even Amon didn't expect it, but after reacting, he knew that although it was a gamble, it was the old turtle's in-depth understanding of the power of nightmares, as well as the deep insight into people's hearts and human nature."
So, in fact, the situation in the entire Aegean plane, the orcs are retreating, and how much is your deliberate indulgence?"
Amon asked: The old turtle replied without the slightest hesitation: "It's a little, but it's not much."
If I mobilize with all my might, I can indeed decide some partial victories and expand the territory of some orcs, but that doesn't make any sense.As long as they don't drive the floating city out of the plane, and don't completely let this group of Nethriel's invaders rout and give up, otherwise, a partial victory will only spur them on. ”"And what about the war that is intensifying on the Rhine steppe this time?"
Amon continued to ask, but it was Anduin who asked him, but he said it to Richard: Sure enough, Grand Elder Anduin nodded slightly, and said to Richard: "This increasingly fierce war was also intentional on my part, for too many years, the prophecy of the savior inspired the orcs, which is a good thing, but it is not entirely a good thing.Because, people's hearts will always hesitate and fear, even I, I dare not say that I can completely control the movements of the orcs.Therefore, when the orc savior appears, when this war begins, it must intensify, and all orcs must be full of hope and there is no way back.Only in this way can the power of the orcs be twisted into a rope, can they be gathered in one place, can they be like an arm, and can they be completely controlled by the orc savior, who is also the new nightmare agent. ”At this moment, Richard did not feel the joy of being a new orc commander, but felt fear, yes, fear.These days, he has traveled a lot, seen a lot of things, heard a lot of past events, and seen a lot of truths, and he suddenly discovered that this great elder of the orc race, who is highly respected, is not the gentle and kind eyes he once imagined.That's just the appearance of him, the one he lets outsiders see, not the real him.The real him, good at calculation!
He counts not only the invading enemies, but also his own kindred, including the orc warriors who love him and are willing to die for him.He is more able to understand people's hearts, and between a few words, every choice and every step is counted as dead, manipulating people's hearts like a cold machine, and it seems that he doesn't care how many people will die in the process, how many orc compatriots will die.This made Richard very uncomfortable, because such a Grand Elder of Anduin made him wonder if Walter's sacrifice was worth it, but he remained silent, trying to listen, understand, learn, and grow as fast as he could.I have to say that at this time, he is no longer the immature teenager in the Colosseum, he has his own mission, and he goes straight to the mission.So, he asked, "Since Grand Elder Anduin has made sufficient preparations, what is the next step?"
What do we do next?
How do you repel the Arcane Legions, and most importantly, how do you expel the invaders?
”After all, it was Netherel who left too much shadow, and even now, Richard only dared to use the word expulsion.It's just that he was full of confident expectations, but he was poured cold water on Great Elder Anduin.Grand Elder Anduin was a little embarrassed and a little helpless: "That, cough cough, I don't actually have a specific follow-up plan here." ”"What?"
Richard's mind was full of question marks: Anduin looked at Richard's wide eyes, and he was even more embarrassed: "That, as everyone knows, the creatures of the outer plane enter the other main material planes, and they must be rejected by the plane's pan-consciousness, and to solve this problem, there is the so-called plane invasion."
And now, if we want to expel the invaders of Netheril's plane, we must also solve the problem of the suppression of the pan-consciousness of the Aegean plane, that is, the new moon in the sky.Only in this way can we truly cure the symptoms and root causes, and solve them once and for all.It's just that I haven't been able to solve this problem until now. ”This is the problem of Anduin's vision, no matter how long he lives, how knowledgeable and perceptive he is, but there are some things that are really not in the realm of his access, such as the nature of the plane's pan-consciousness, such as Netherre's means of suppressing the plane's pan-consciousness, etc., Anduin is an old clever ghost, and as soon as the conversation turned, he said: "Of course, in front of the great Lord of Nightmares, these are not problems. ”As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Amon in the void, his old eyes full of anticipation.Good guy, he actually threw this question directly to Amon!
In the void, Amon grinned, he also felt that Anduin's stomach was bad, which was not a good thing, but his wisdom was indeed worthy of respect, as for the problem that he couldn't solve, in Amon's place, it was not a problem.If you want to solve the problem of the shackles of the plane's pan-consciousness, to put it bluntly, you have to destroy the path from the Floating City, even the Lord of the Floating City, the Grand Arcanist of Sandreil, has been holding a forbidden spell for several days, a spell up to level thirteen, the origin projection of Iolum.That's the crux of it all!
These days, although Amon is busy in reality, he has not left anything to do in the Nightmare Plane, and after smoothing out most of Anduin's memory fragments, he took out the plan he had made when he first came to this plane.This time, he revised and expanded the plan again in light of the actual situation, and came up with a final plan.It was also at this moment that Amon had a real and perfect plan for the salvation of the Aegean plane.Frankly speaking, looking at this plan, Amon himself is quite satisfied, because as long as this plan is successfully implemented, not only the orcs of the Aegean plane can be redeemed, but his harvest can also break through the sky!
Of course, the difficulty of executing the plan is also sky-high.But Amon still finalized it, until this moment in the void, Amon spoke: "I already have a plan here, Richard, Richard immediately sat upright, and said in a deep voice: "I will do my best, even if I die without regrets!"
”"I don't want you to die, if you die, the plan will be broken!"
Amon waved his hand and said, "The plan can be divided into three steps, the first step, Amon, you need enough prestige.The orc savior is just the beginning, you also need to spread your name, you have to get more orcs to recognize you, trust you, rally around you, and even worship you. ”"The second step is that you have to be strong enough.Now you are already a third-order transcendent, but this is not enough, far from enough, I need you to achieve the legendary throne in the shortest possible time, and even climb higher peaks. ”Richard: "This, this, this, what should I do?"
”Amon: "War!
It's the war in front of you!
Now that the war has begun and is getting more and more intense, let's be more intense, and you can get the two things you want in this war. ”"But what about after that?
Step 3: What should I do?
”Grand Elder Anduin asked, and he could naturally see that the first two steps were foreshadowing, and the third step was the real core.Amon didn't speak, but closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment he reached out and reached into the void, and when he withdrew it, he already had one more thing in his hand.Then, he threw the thing out, and a brilliant crystal shard appeared in the ancestor's Valhalla.It is so luxurious, so coercive, so incomprehensible, and it seems to tell all the original truth.It was Amon's acquisition from the previous main material plane, a fragment from the sun god Randherson.Fragments of Godhead!
That's right, Amon took this fragment from the real world, and this is the key to breaking the game for the orcs of the Aegean plane!