0p0 Chapter 457 The Eye of Frost
Chapter 457 The Eye of Frost
Plaguebringer North was originally the president of the Lordaeron Necromancy Society, but was tricked into joining the Scourge by the Black Witch Farina... These individuals were originally famous necromancers during the era of human mages. Before necromancy was listed as a forbidden art, the necromancy school in Dalaran had considerable influence.
Until the conspiracy to spread the plague was exposed...
With the covert manipulation and guidance of the Cult of the Damned, almost all necromancers, whether willingly or unwillingly, eventually became the Lich King's subordinates.
Under the Lich King's curse, most of them were transformed into a higher form of necromancer... who can summon and resurrect the dead to fight, use dark magic to influence souls, abandon the shortcomings of mortals, and at the same time completely lose their humanity.
As one of the Lich King Kel'Thuzad's most trusted lieutenants, North led a faction in the Plaguelands. His Scourge scientists, chemists, and necromancers corrupted and polluted the entire Lordaeron, creating and spreading the Scourge plague in the Plaguelands.
Being handpicked by the Lich King to be the Plaguebringer of the Scourge is an honor and a reward for Nors.
He himself heard that the Forsaken traitors in Undercity had established the so-called Royal Alchemy Society, and the so-called Forsaken apothecaries, who not only used the Scourge's technology to replicate war soulless golems such as abominations and constructs, but also secretly improved the plague potions that were previously used to kill living beings.
On the holy city of Enkira, Kel'Thuzad and his companions naturally witnessed the three-way naval battle not far away.
Kel'Thuzad was visibly displeased to see the deadly green poison cloud cast by the Undercity's Dark Tide Navy, capable of killing both humans and ghouls simultaneously. He was astonished that such a devastating potion was not under the Scourge's control.
Kel'Thuzad reprimanded several leaders of the plague zone on the spot, including the Plaguebringer North, the Filthy Hilga, the Reaper Gothik, and other necromancer leaders... He also dealt with the Black Witch Farina and her group of low-level peripheral servants of the Cult of the Damned, who had leaked the results of the plague research at their master's behest, thus amplifying the impact of the plague.
A group of human traitors who willingly and wholeheartedly wanted to become undead. These members of the Cult of the Damned, who had once stirred up trouble in the court and noble circles of Lordaeron, were ultimately just insignificant pawns and were killed on the spot as a warning to others.
The High Lich warned the other spies of the Cult of the Damned that if they failed to retrieve the latest plague elixir from Undercity, they would all face punishment beyond life and death...
The end result was that they were originally thrown into the Soul Millstone, their bodies crushed into materials, and their souls used as fuel to power the Holy City's levitation engines...
In short, the Dark Queen Sylvanas was indeed a traitor to the Scourge. She almost joined forces with the Dreadlords to kill Arthas when he was still a Death Knight. If Kel'Thuzad hadn't secretly arranged for his rescue, Arthas wouldn't have been able to safely return to Northrend and successfully merge with Ner'zhul to become the Lich King he is today.
The Lich King's current enemies are not the foolish humans and the weak Forsaken...
The Lich King has glimpsed the Titans' secrets in the glacial lands... He has a grander plan, known only to Kel'Thuzad. The rest of the Scourge's minions are unworthy to know their master's vast scheme; they are merely mindless followers...
Of course, some people who feel they are about to lose their value and status are unwilling to accept it, such as [Plaguebringer] North.
It continued to advise the Prime Minister of the Scourge Empire:
"Grand Warden Kel'Thuzad, we are currently lacking better experimental subjects... The Alliance and the savage Orcish Horde are encroaching on our territory. I received news from Scholomance that there have been betrayals within our ranks... The Acherus Skyhold in the Tyr's Hand direction has secretly closed the portal, severing the connection—isn't that obvious? His Majesty has taken away a large number of troops; we need fresh flesh and blood, but not these weak Forsaken traitors!"
After Kel'Thuzad warned his subordinates, he did not stop North from continuing...
It pondered for a moment, then emitted a mental link signal, which quickly spread to all Scourge members within the floating fortress... A spell appeared in everyone's mind, and all subordinates with a degree of free will and thought felt an unbearable stinging pain; the human servants who had not fully transformed into undead suffered the most...
The necromancers, necromancers, and shadow mages, all boss-level figures in North, felt a sharp pain in their chests and a tremor in their souls that they hadn't experienced in a long time.
"Your life chalices are all in my hands; this is a gift from His Majesty. Even if you die in battle, as long as your life chalices remain intact, you will all be resurrected and live forever... Of course, this is also a warning; His Majesty has granted me the power to eliminate traitors at any time, and the opportunity to promote you at any time... to share in the supreme power of my Lord. I have no concern for the Forsaken or the traitorous Banshee Sylvanas; you only need to serve the Scourge with absolute loyalty..."
Kel'Thuzad slowly issued his emotionless ultimatum...
"Destroy all enemies who defy their master's will! No matter who they are... Those with merit, talent, and ability will also enjoy this favor, regardless of who they were before..."
Having said that, Kel'Thuzad looked at the dying Lorraine and blew a blast of icy wind directly into Lorraine's runic right eye. Its originally jet-black runic right eye now had a blue magical rune imprinted below the corner of its eye...
It appears to be the mark of an ice dragon...
Bearing the power of the necromancer lich, Lorraine felt like she was dying and being reborn. One second she was exhausted, the next she was fully revived and even infused with icy magic.
The rune's right eye, which had once lost its blue spiritual eye, rekindled, burning like a ball of icy flame... It was a blue frost eye constructed entirely of necromancy... and it seemed to have unlocked some unknown power.
The rune in the right eye indicates an upcoming upgrade, finally breaking through the intermediate Soul Forge level... and rising to an unknown level.
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[Frostblood] grants the caster a 20% increase in casting speed for 20 seconds, and removes all effects that slow down casting. Frost spells are also increased in power by 150% and critical strike chance is increased by 15%.
【Frost Eye】When casting, critical hits will accumulate Ice Shards...a total of 24 Ice Needle Discs.
Within 15 minutes...
Collect 6 pieces: Activate to summon an Ice Phoenix for a ranged attack, freezing enemies in a 45-yard fan-shaped area in front of you for 8 seconds...
Collect 12 blocks: Activate, [Death Transfer] weakened basic version... Within a fixed 30-yard range, targets are trapped in a black ice swamp, slowed by 80% and continuously dealt 3% fixed damage per second... until death. After a target dies within the range, their soul is extracted to continue fueling the Withering spell. The more targets there are, the longer the duration. The longer the duration, the higher the quality of the target's magical soul, and the damage stacks infinitely.
It requires 33 Frost Shadow Elemental Souls.
It can be active for up to 33 seconds...
Collect 24 pieces: Summon the Soul of the Frost Dragon... for protection. (Missing item; requires capturing a dead Frost Dragon; power unknown, depends on target's abilities...)
[Kel'Thuzad's Attention] Negative effect: Activating the Eye of Frost allows Kel'Thuzad to share your vision... probe your mind, read parts of your memories... drain your life force... the greater the difference in level and mana between the two, the higher the percentage...
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This is a warning.
It is also a blessing.