What appeared in front of me was the ruins of Lordaeron. The Undercity was built under these ruins. Actually, the current Undercity couldn't be called a city yet. If I guessed correctly, the underground city should only be a gigantic underground tunnel dug out from the original sewers of Lordaeron. After all, no matter how violent the plot was, the Forsaken had only been independent for a few months. Coupled with the harassment from the Scarlet Crusade and the remaining Undead, it was impossible for the Forsaken to develop peacefully due to the lack of resources.
Even though it was in ruins, the ancient city in front of me still exuded a trace of its past glory. The city walls that were hundreds of meters tall were built entirely with huge stones. Between the stones were melted lead and a trace of mithril that could strengthen the city walls' resistance to magic. Such a sturdy wall was enough to withstand the strongest external attacks. But who would have thought that this glorious city would ultimately fall within its own walls?
Under the gloomy setting sun of Tirisfal, the ancient city walls of Lordaeron reflected the dim light. Half of the walls had already collapsed, revealing the ruins behind them. The once bright and huge emblem of the Alliance was now hanging down from the top of the city walls like a rag. It had already become a paradise for spiders, swaying weakly in the dirty breeze. Near the collapsed city gates, there were shocking deep cracks that crisscrossed each other. Under the desolate light of the setting sun, it silently told the story of the war and death that this land had once experienced.
"Master …" Anveena suddenly leaned towards me, her voice carrying traces of sorrow.
"It's alright. Everything will get better. Alaya will definitely have a way to purify this land." I patted Anveena's head comfortingly and said after calming my somewhat depressed emotions.
Zaken, who was beside us, suddenly stopped in his tracks. Then, he spoke in a low and threatening tone through the little zombie behind him, "Purify this land?"
"Don't worry, I am different from those Crusaders whose brains were fried by the Holy Light. I will heal this world, but I don't think that the Forsaken are tainted. Perhaps you can look forward to a world where the Forsaken and the living coexist peacefully under the same blue sky."
"Hmph!" The other party snorted. "Living human, I'm getting more and more curious about you. If you're not a powerful prophet, then you're a lunatic with a mental disorder. In my opinion, the latter is more likely …"
"If I were you, I would think so too. But your mission is only to bring me to Cirvanas. My identity doesn't mean anything to you, right? Oh, right, we don't have to go through the sewers, do we? "
I couldn't help but ask curiously when I noticed that Zaken wasn't leading us from the front. Instead, he was leading us towards the hillside.
"Sewer?"
"You don't know? In the west of Gloom City, there's a sewer exit on the slope next to the ruins of the Rotterdam Kingdom. I think you're probably leading the way there, right? "
"Who are you?!" Zaken finally couldn't suppress the shock in his heart. He abruptly stopped in his tracks and questioned me loudly. "How do you know the location of the emergency passageway that isn't even in the process of being designed?!"
Impossible, this is definitely impossible. Zaken kept repeating in his heart. Even among the Forsaken, there aren't many who know about the emergency passageway. Furthermore, he had only heard about it once from his superior. Furthermore, the passageway itself is only a blueprint. The underground sewer exit of the Rotterdam Kingdom that can reach the surface already exists. However, that place isn't even connected to the underground cave. Yet, this mysterious human in front of me actually knows about that place?!
Is he really a living human? It can't be that some bored banshee ran out to invade a corpse that had just died not too long ago to make fun of me, right?
At this moment, a hilarious thought suddenly flashed through Zaken's mind.
"So it hasn't been activated yet." I didn't know what the skeleton in front of me was thinking. Instead, I nodded my head and said, "Looks like you've been affected by the plot … Oh, you don't have to worry about it. Just continue leading the way."
Even though his head was filled with questions, Zaken decided to remain silent. In his heart, he was even more curious about this strange human who seemed to have grasped all of the secrets.
Finally, we arrived in front of a hidden cave at the foot of the mountain. According to Zaken's description, this is the current entrance to Gloom City.
"Living human, this is the entrance to Gloom City. I don't know what the elevator you are talking about is, but we are currently entering and exiting the underground cave from here. Of course, this is only a temporary entrance." Perhaps it was due to his curiosity towards me, Zaken actually took the initiative to explain all of this to me.
"Oh … This place is quite dark. Do you have any lights?"
"To an Undead, darkness isn't a problem." Zaken led the way into the dark cave, followed by me and Anveena. The last one was the silly little Zombie that Zaken was controlling.
How hilarious, we were surrounded by 'a person' from the front and back …
"It's probably because of the lack of resources and the lack of candles, right?" I chuckled softly in the darkness.
I couldn't see any awkward expression on Zaken's high-calcium face, but I guessed that he must be feeling rather awkward inside. Everything I said was the truth. The Forsaken's lack of resources had already reached an alarming level. Due to the ravages of the plague in Tirisfal, there weren't many resources that could be obtained. Although the Undead's normal material needs were similarly low, their daily resources had already reached a level where they couldn't make ends meet. Skeleton soldiers were rather useful soldiers on the battlefield, but they definitely weren't qualified workers. Relying on them to gather resources was far too inefficient. Don't believe in the development speed of the Undead in the game; that was all a lie. Most of the Undead's hands were deformed and deformed, so they wouldn't be able to use normal tools. A Corpse Eater using its claws to cut wood would definitely be no match for a farmer holding a hoe. Furthermore, their claws were definitely not suitable for work that required precision such as construction. High-level Undead could make their bodies look no different from when they were alive, but could you imagine the scene of a reinforced company of Undead Knights collectively digging holes in a mine with bare arms?
What Zaken said was correct. The Undead didn't fear the dark. However, as the Forsaken who already had free thoughts, their memories from when they were alive still made them yearn for the light. I believed that Cirvanas wouldn't like to stay in a pitch-black hole all day long.
"Anveena, can you give me some more light?" I beckoned for the ghost maid behind me to come closer.
"Yes, Master, watch me!" After being reminded by me, Anveena immediately reacted. She released a little of the energy in her body, and the originally dim body of light that was no different from a normal ghost immediately turned into a dazzling little sun.
"It's a little too bright. Dim it down, dim it down … Yup, a little brighter … Adjust it to white natural light … Good, very good. Keep it like this, and focus the light a little more …"
Beside me, Zaken was already dumbfounded. The light on a ghost could be adjusted in such a way?
Furthermore, there were actually such boring Undead in this world?
"Stop! Who's there? "
Just as I was praising my own genius creativity, a voice suddenly came from the front. Looking up, it turned out that we had already reached the end of the tunnel. An Undead officer who seemed to be of a much higher rank than Zaken was standing in front of us. Looking past this tall and burly Undead officer, I could already see the corner of an underground city that was just beginning to take shape. Of course, this city still looked more like a huge hole.
"Zaken? Why are you back? " At this moment, the Undead officer had already recognized Zaken, who was walking at the very front. Then, he slightly raised his head, as though he was sensing something in the air. "The aura of a living person!? Zaken, did you bring back a captive? "
As the Undead under the Lich King were controlled by the same mind, they could directly rely on the mental connection to transmit information. However, the Forsaken who had already obtained free thoughts had lost this ability, so they could only choose a less effective method. The little zombie behind us walked forward and began to introduce us to the Undead officer.
"A strange living person." The Undead officer turned his gaze towards us. "And … an even stranger Specter …"
I noticed that when I looked at Anveena who was playing the role of a moving searchlight, the severely withered face of the Undead officer twitched twice. Then, he pretended to look at me as though nothing had happened. "Living person, I have to tell you that no matter who you are or what you want to do, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for you to leave this city for a very long time in the future."
"It's fine. I'm also quite curious about this Circle City. I'll stay for a few more days. Now, can you let me see Cirvanas first? Or do you have to inform him first? "
"I hope that this fellow isn't a pitiful fool …" My reaction made the Undead officer a little confused. He said to Zaken in a low voice, "Perhaps our Queen will be interested in this strange fellow. I hope that Her Highness won't think that we are wasting her time with a crazy fellow."
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