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Chapter 516 Within Reach
When they came to their senses, the Undercity ambassadors' party had already gone quite a distance.
High Overlord Saurfang could only rush forward to meet them. Before leaving the scene of the attack, he ordered that no one present was allowed to leave!
They should all be arrested...
The governor of Orgrimmar, upon hearing the news, dispatched men to clean up the scene in Shadow Rift. It was only a matter of time before the Warchief received the news. However, the fact that this happened in the Horde's capital city, the orcish stronghold, was indeed quite alarming.
The remaining onlookers became increasingly excited...
The king, a man of his word, turned and left without a word. The Kor'kron elite guard immediately arrested them. Any resisting orc civilians were knocked down with two punches; those who dared to draw their weapons were chopped to pieces on the spot...
The others are alright, but Lorraine's condition is extremely bad...
Lilith's involvement in the attack on the Undercity delegation disrupted her plans to take Lorraine back to the Deathwhisperer guild's headquarters. Lorraine, who only intended to rest and gather information in Orgrimmar, found herself inexplicably embroiled in another major event.
The trouble caused by actively watching the excitement has been learned, but the principle of being caught in the crossfire when the city gate catches fire has been learned. The local native Lorraine still cannot understand the Eastern wisdom explained by his teacher.
Now he might not only be arrested again, but his crimes could go far beyond the trouble of just watching from the sidelines.
Those involved in the assassination attempt face extremely severe punishments in Orgrimmar... the lightest punishment is being forced to stand in a wooden cage against the city wall, their feet off the ground, exposed to the scorching sun for ten days...
During the old orcish Horde era, there was a barbaric tradition of impaling criminals on wooden poles as a form of public humiliation. This practice persisted until Thrall established the new Horde, which banned and altered many of the original Draenor tribal customs...
This prevented the prisoners from being tortured; however, with their feet off the ground, standing in wooden cages inside the city gates, even the strongest orcs couldn't withstand it for three days, let alone ten...
The scorching sun and biting sand of the Durotar Peninsula, coupled with dehydration and discomfort, could make life unbearable for prisoners...
Most importantly, even without rushing to find the teacher's second body part, they couldn't expose their identity while being stuck in Orgrimmar... Encountering an old friend should have been a joyous occasion, but Lilith said that the Forgotten Saintess Irene had reported her secret to the elite guard of Varimathras, the dreadlord and regent of Undercity...
A de facto arrest warrant has been issued for Lorraine within Undercity...
On the twenty-sixth day, after crossing the endless sea and reaching Kalimdor, they still could not escape their destined enemy. Lorraine subconsciously sensed that even though his 'godfather,' who had not given any orders for many days, remained silent, his omnipresent eyes were still fixed on Lorraine and his apprentice.
The previously mentioned one-month deadline is drawing ever closer.
The promise the teacher made on Lorraine's behalf has taken effect, and the deal reached with her adoptive father must be carried out.
Easy days...
there is none left...
No, he didn't relax at all. Three days before Lorraine disappeared, he barely escaped from the fateful battle on Redemption Isle, single-handedly defeating the Faceless Monster that neither the Alliance nor the Horde armies could handle. The chief archmage of Silvermoon City and Kel'Thuzad, the great lich of the Scourge, were both injured and forced into hiding. Lorraine enjoyed the spoils of war all by himself, so it was only natural that he would relax for a while.
However, he had to keep a low profile...
Often, it's not that heroes need to save the world; it's that heroes are forced to fight for survival and incidentally save the world in the process.
In most cases, the world doesn't need mortals to save it.
Most mortals struggle and drift in the whirlpool of life, and even those who manage to reach the shore like Lorraine only find temporary respite... The journey is long and arduous; in life, one either progresses or regresses, and the growth of all things is a process of reversing entropy...
You must overcome the pain and step out of your comfort zone...
Understand the applause!
Teachers always say this... those who claim to have saved the world and all living beings are actually just charlatans seeking fame and fortune, or cult members with ulterior motives.
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In short, according to Lilith, after the Alliance's "Stormstorm Project" was destroyed, no one mentioned the Faceless Ones incident on Atonement Isle... No one cared that the entire town of Hillsbrad was reduced to ruins, and near the Dalaran crater, only scattered Kirin Tor guards remained, secretly carrying out their mission to monitor the rift in Lordaeron Lake...
Well-informed sources say that, in the assessment of that localized catastrophe that shocked all sides, the plague messenger was likely dead...
Like the thousands of residents of Hillsbrad Foothills and the thousands of cavalrymen brought by Prince Garin of Stromgarde, they vanished without a trace.
In fact, Prince Galin reappeared in Stromgarde, a bizarre situation that clearly overturned previous conclusions.
Scholomance and Silvermoon City simultaneously announced a reward for information leading to the whereabouts of the Plaguebringer Lorraine.
The Kirin Tor and the Knights of the Ebon Blade are also searching for Lorraine. Lilith is unaware of the reasons, but Lorraine herself knows... Master Yuvel of the Silver Covenant and the fanatical human faction of the Lordaeron Salvation Front have never ceased their efforts.
Lorraine carries the blood debt of the Dalaran refugees and the suspected arcane arts that control death knights...
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The rise of the Shadow of Oblivion suggests that something significant must have happened within Undercity since the news of the Queen's death and their inexplicable appearance on the coast vying with the human navy for the northern sea route.
Lorraine is unaware of the specifics and has no leads or information at the moment.
Undercity's stronghold was guarded by the dreadlord Varimathras and the Grand Apothecary Putres. Even with the new Desolate Council gradually gaining influence, Lady Elwynn, leading a small number of Forsaken loyal to the Dark Queen, was barely able to resist Varimathras and his forces, and overall, they were at a disadvantage...
The fact that military reports consistently targeted Lorraine, a mere sergeant major, hinted at something... There were always orders for Lorraine to carry out missions while simultaneously requiring him to undergo investigation by the Varimathras Elite Guard in Undercity...
It seems that while the other party wanted to win over the young mage Lorraine, they were also warning him not to be ungrateful.
Because of the existence of the Lord of Fear, Lorraine was forced to stay away from Undercity.
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Of course, he was too embarrassed to go back...
The shattering of the Bloodstone Egg and the Guardian Key of Atiesh left him ashamed to face Her Majesty the Queen and Lady Elwynn... Elwynn is Aegwynn, one of the initiators and leaders of the New Council of Tirisfal, who attempted to rebuild the mage organization that would protect the world order of Azeroth.
The Council of New Tirisfal is no longer a guardian magical oversight council composed solely of mages, nor is it an ancient council of high elves and human mages...
Besides chosen individuals like Lorraine, a promising Forsaken mage with a dual soul, the group also includes ancient beings who should have long since vanished from the mortal realm; most of them are no longer human...
Some became undead, others were no longer even considered flesh and blood... but without exception, almost all of them were powerful... The Council of New Tirisfal had always been Lorraine's goal, and becoming a formal member would be a recognition of his abilities...
Currently, Lorraine is still far from achieving the fame, fortune, and status that the world looks down upon... is actually very difficult to attain...