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Chapter 589 The Legend of the Centaurs
Twenty-eight days, non-stop...
Following his teacher's obsession and memories, he fought his way from the Eastern Kingdoms to the Starry Lands of Kalimdor... Lorraine always felt very busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with. They all seemed to be trivial matters, yet the troubles he encountered were intricately connected to the very fabric of the world.
But the main characters aren't you or me...
They weren't just tools; the master and apprentice were sometimes out of their minds, sometimes lost, and sometimes lost that initial feeling.
The main characters are those so-called alliances and tribes, even dragons, who bear the weight of divine scripts and carry the fates and interests of various races and organizations...
Even Marcus, the successor as the Lightbringer, since becoming the frontline commander of the Alliance's vanguard, has had to lead human warriors in bloody battles against non-humans and allies, fulfilling the oath he swore when he joined the Knights of the Silver Hand, disregarding everything for human justice, protecting human homes, and upholding order, even if it meant being stained with blood...
It goes against the principles of universal love and non-aggression. The so-called killing is for the sake of vindication... Only by raising the banner of the Northern Expedition against the Demon King can we unite the scattered human alliance and redeem many lost warriors of Lordaeron.
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Similarly, Lorraine, the unexpectedly rising queen warrior, has just achieved great feats, but is now on the run in hiding... He has an unspeakable mission, euphemistically called a duty and responsibility, in other words, finding his teacher's body is the foundation of everything.
The conditions and price for the adoptive father to resurrect the mage apprentice...
Lorraine will still have to play the role of a lost sheep, a necromancer.
Whether he likes it or not, it seems he has no choice but to move forward.
People can't go back. Once the initial novelty wears off, they crave even greater stimulation to satisfy their aging, dulled senses. Delayed gratification is often described as a superior, priceless, and more lasting happiness; the thrill of revenge, the fight against evil—doesn't that resonate more with the youthful passion of young men and women...?
However, the withered skin, the shrunken brain, the emaciated and hunched body...
The reason the forgotten persist in surviving is not only because of fond memories or bittersweet innocence, but also because of the hope to one day fulfill unfulfilled wishes and the yearning for greater progress...
In other words, it means being more greedy, more successful, and more satisfied...
Desire is the ladder of human progress, and obsession is the underlying driving force.
Suddenly falling asleep, Lorraine felt an unprecedented comfort, a sweet sensation seemingly brought on by the brief suppression of the Plague Seed's soul-wrenching whispers by the White Bull Venerable...
Perhaps it was because Lorraine, burdened with too many desires and longings, was suddenly put to sleep, forcibly easing her tense nerves...
When focused on, or burdened with an impossible task, a poor mental state can lead to chaos, even confusion about the meaning of one's perseverance. The teacher might just be an excuse for Lorraine's progress...
He also yearns for greater power, to no longer be manipulated, and even to control others...
Lorraine firmly believed that she was a good sun, warming people's hearts, treating her subordinates with kindness and fairness, and absolutely not just using them as tools... absolutely not... how could it be so absolute? If necessary, she herself could sacrifice herself, let alone a group of wandering ghosts, death knights who depended on her for survival...
Becoming the king of the land of death seems to be the future everyone wants to see...
But the necromancer Lorraine's true obsession was to return to the world of the living.
Being a human is much harder than being a Forsaken, especially in Azeroth, a beautiful land ravaged by war and monsters...
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Let's talk about centaurs... these offspring of true gods... or wondrous creatures born from the combination of earth element and wood element of life force, considered by their parents to be lowly beings...
Lorraine had never been to the grasslands. He had spent many years living and growing up in the western wilderness of the Eastern Kingdoms, where the climate was slightly dry, and he could often feel the warm sea breeze of the Gold Coast. He saw fields of wheat stretching as far as the eye could see, and vast orchards, as well as tropical fruits and seafood from Stranglethorn Vale...
If it weren't for the later conflicts between the Syndicate and the Defias Brotherhood, and the frequent harassment of local residents by pirates and murlocs, Lorraine and many of the Stormwind Kingdom's inhabitants would have been living in the kingdom's most fertile grain-producing region...
The weather is neither too hot nor too cold, the land is rich in resources, and the region is peaceful and stable...
Relatively speaking...
The northern Deadlands, encompassing Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest, are bordered by Undercity and Lordaeron Lake, extending north of the Undead Stronghold to the Eastern and Western Plaguelands, and further to the Ghostlands and the outskirts of Zul'Aman...
Almost the entire earth was completely polluted. The aura of death and the poison of plague not only contaminated the water sources but also caused all living things and plants to mutate.
It can be said that the areas inhabited by the Scourge within Naxxramas and Stratholme have long been transformed into 'black' land.
Of course, the 'black' soil here doesn't refer to soil rich in nutrients that has accumulated fertility over many years, but rather to a completely black area that has been thoroughly infected and permeated by the undead plague... the so-called wasteland.
The undead's structures are built in desolate lands, where the corroded soil, soaked in blood and debris, contains the power of death. Everything withers, nothing grows, and it's often used for burying and raising corpses...
To be precise, the Eastern and Western Plaguelands have been completely corrupted and occupied by the undead, including parts of Undercity, and are no longer suitable for normal human life...
Even if humanity conquers most of Lordaeron's territory, it cannot completely purify the land and make Lordaeron a habitable place for humans...
Therefore, the Scarlet Crusade's obsession extends beyond revenge and sheltering the last living refugees of Lordaeron; it also involves searching for a way to purify and redeem their homeland, a pursuit that drives them to madness...
Why bring up the Scourge of the Eastern Plaguelands when we're talking about centaurs?
This leads us to the calamities and traumas the Earth Mother suffered after being sealed away for many years... It is known that... deep within the Eastern Kingdoms lies a sealed gate, where the Earth Mother, Therazane, is suspected to be imprisoned... In the human ancestral lands of the Arathi Highlands, inner and outer sealing arrays can still be seen. The elemental seals there have replicated many high-ranking beings from the elemental planes, including one of the Earth Mother's princesses...
In other words, humanity has always stood in opposition to the elemental lords, or at least feared the forces of wind, fire, earth, and nature...
Tyr's followers and descendants believed that the key to the power of order, or perhaps the power of domination, lay in restraining the raging forces of wind, fire, and lightning, thus making nature work for humankind...
Before the Well of Eternity exploded, the world was a single entity, so the seal of the Stone Mother was probably not very secure as the earth shattered... However, the power of the Titans was beyond human imagination. They not only cleansed the original Old Gods' infected, but also imprisoned them in the prisons of the Titan city-buildings.
The Titans also shaped the land, mountains, rivers, and oceans of Azeroth... The evolution of the sky elements into the life forms we know today is likely the result of an external force that brought about this qualitative change, including the birth of the dragons.
Dragons are mythical beasts... It is said that the Proto-Dragons evolved from the elemental spirits that soared through the sky... The earliest Proto-Dragons not only possessed the power of thunder and hurricanes, but also devoured their own kind, were immortal, and were said to be the earliest representatives of the Death Walkers. The first Proto-Dragon to fall was the terrifying Galakrond...
The five chromatic dragons are the new guardians chosen by Tyr, the Guardian of Order and one of the Titans. They were granted a portion of the Titan power because they defeated Galakrond, a powerful being imbued with death and destruction, who had become an undead dragon...
Galakrond's remains still lie near the Dragonsbane Temple in Northrend, where the earth itself harbors terrifying protodragon power, a legend within the dragon race.
The reason for bringing up the five guardian dragons again is to illustrate that elemental forces are considered destabilizing by the Order faction, and they must be imprisoned or controlled... Those imprisoned are naturally the elemental lords, including the Earth Mother Stonemother, the Fire Lord Nagnaros, the Water Elemental Lord Neptulon, and the Wind Lord Al'Akir...
The five guardian dragons were recruited...
Those that were destroyed and suppressed were the malignant tumors of the Old Gods...
The centaurs, being demigod offspring and an unexpected byproduct, possess life and elemental power, along with savagery and intelligence, making them no weaker than orcs and tauren... Their weakness lies in lacking legendary leaders like Thrall and Cairne & Bloodhoof...
There are very few advocates for them, and even their parents and ancestors wanted to eliminate them...
However, the centaurs not only thrived but also occupied many valuable areas of Kalimdor, including some oases with water sources. This inevitably made them enemies of the new Horde, who were eager for water...