As the leader of the Magic Kingdom of Dalaran and the Speaker of the Kirin Tor Council, Antony Das is undoubtedly a very cautious person who only trusts his own judgment.
This is almost also a common problem among most high-level mages.
So after getting the news from Zuo Si, he did not rush to make a decision, but immediately started trying to confirm the accuracy of the news.
It is obviously not an easy task to find out whether the elusive mysterious prophet is Medivh, the last guardian.
But scouting Icecap Glacier is not too difficult.
At least this extremely cold place in the north of Northrend continent will not escape.
As long as you use the power of engineering and magic to create a flying creature, add the eye of arcane magic, and remotely control it to fly over this frozen mountain peak, you will naturally be able to clearly see the situation below.
So, Antony Das immediately found the best dwarf engineering master in Dalaran, and worked with him to build a mechanical bird that could fly long and long distances, and added a lot of protective magic to it to resist Northen.
Germany’s ultra-low temperature environment and biting cold wind.
Finally, he personally gave the mechanical bird a pair of eyes full of arcane magic energy, which could transmit the observed images across long distances and project them onto the crystal ball in the tower.
After preparing everything, he immediately released the mechanical bird and sat in his room patiently waiting for the results.
In order to avoid missing important scenes, the Archmage even canceled all routine meetings and work, and sat in front of the crystal ball 24 hours a day, waiting for the results.
Because this is so important, so important that it will determine the life and death of humanity, the alliance, and even the entire world.
As for Zuo Si, Jaina accompanied him to visit the city of Dalaran. As long as it was not a top-secret location where artifacts such as the Book of Medivh were stored, he could enter and exit freely. Even the large library that recorded countless arcane magic knowledge was no exception.
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And these things are precisely one of the most important purposes of this trip.
Therefore, he did not take Antonidas's neglect to heart at all. Instead, he spent all day in library management, absorbing the magical knowledge of this world, and occasionally had some related discussions with Jaina.
Especially the frost and teleportation magic that the latter is best at.
You must know that Jaina invented an improved version of large-scale group teleportation magic, which can easily and quickly mobilize troops to launch a surprise attack within a certain range.
This makes her tactics extremely unpredictable, and she also gains a high degree of initiative in the war, forcing the enemy to deploy heavy troops around the commander to prevent possible beheadings at any time.
For some unknown reason, teleportation spells in this world are not classified into the conjuration system, but into the transformation system.
Whether it is the human mages of Dalaran or the high elf mages, they all believe that controlling time, space and matter should fall into the category of some kind of change.
This point is clearly mentioned in the textbook compiled by the Archmage Ansrem Ruinvivor.
In fact, Dalaran's magic is divided into several major factions like protection, conjuration, prophecy, enchantment, illusion, necromancy, and transformation, and has been studied in depth.
Many people have the stereotype that mages can only make fireballs and create blizzards. This is most likely related to the fact that during the wars, various kingdoms sent talented young people to learn magic.
It is different from the traditional Dalaran mage who studies step by step and lays a solid foundation bit by bit.
The purpose of these guys learning magic is very simple, just to kill the enemy faster and more efficiently to cope with the cruel war.
They skipped the long and difficult theoretical parts and only practiced how to use the power of fire, ice and arcane magic to destroy the brutal orc army.
Finally, add some life-saving spells such as mana shield, elemental armor, flash, ice barrier, invisibility, summoning water elements, etc., and you are almost ready to go to the front line.
In other words, it is a standard war mage.
When Dalaran was destroyed by Archimonde and was no longer able to continue to train mage talents for the alliance countries, it was inevitable that those war mages would be put on the shelves and start teaching apprentices.
But they themselves have not laid a good foundation, and it is certainly impossible to impart a complete knowledge system. They can only teach their apprentices the spells they have already mastered.
That's why war mages became the mainstream four or five years after the Battle of Mount Hyjal.
As for the hand-kneaded bread and water, it is actually not a creation as many people think, but a summons from the spell system, that is, the already existing bread and water are summoned from other places.
Since this summoning is completely random, no one knows where the water and food will come from.
Maybe a mage summoned a piece of fresh bread in the wild, and a piece of bread would suddenly be missing from the store in Stormwind City or the farmer's home in Elwynn Forest. Therefore, Dalaran ordered that the casual use of this magic be prohibited to prevent ordinary people who are not rich in the first place.
Life is getting worse.
Only when hunger is severe or when armies and refugees are in urgent need of supplies during war, mages will use magic to summon food and water to tide over the crisis.
In short, Zuo Si can be said to have gained a lot during his stay in Dalaran.
Of course, he also taught Dalaran mages, including Jaina, some magical knowledge and insights from other times, spaces and even universes, as well as shadow, death and fel spells obtained from the fear lord Mal'Ganis.
I also took the opportunity to communicate with many well-known archmages, and gained a deeper understanding of the overall magical environment of Azeroth.
Some members of the Kirin Tor Council even invited him to stay and become an archmage in the Magic Kingdom.
In just a few days, Zuo Si had successfully won the praise of Dalaran's upper-class circles by virtue of his huge knowledge reserve and his unique perspective gradually formed by blending many magic systems.
Among them was Kael'thas, the high elf prince who always appeared around Jaina intentionally or unintentionally.
Unfortunately, the prince did not know that Jaina was not interested in thin, handsome elves at all, but liked a tough and strong type like Arthas.
Therefore, no matter how he displays his charm, elegance, grace and knowledge, he cannot get even the slightest chance, and he is not even qualified to be a spare tire.
However, Kael'thas didn't seem to realize this, and instead felt that his performance was not good enough.
Especially after learning that Arthas committed atrocities that massacred the city in Stratholme, he seemed to think that this was an opportunity to snatch Jaina away from her love rival, and was not aware of the dangerous situation of the high elves at all.
As the meeting point of Azeroth's magical energy, the Sunwell can provide the necessary huge energy for the cross-universe portal. It is destined that whenever the Burning Legion launches an invasion of this world, it will inevitably be listed as one of the highest priority targets.
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Therefore, the tragic fate of the high elves is inevitable.
Even if you escape this time, there will be another time.
What's even more tragic is that due to their long-term enjoyment of the endless energy provided by the Sunwell, they have become seriously dependent on high concentrations of arcane energy, and even their physical constitution has mutated to a certain extent.
Once lost, it will immediately trigger severe addiction symptoms and make life worse than death.
"My dear friend, what do you think is the chance that the Crown Prince of Lordaeron will return alive from his expedition to the cold Northrend?
Don't get me wrong, I didn't curse him viciously.
Rather, I want to analyze this issue from a neutral, objective, and rational perspective.
After all, that continent is so far away and full of countless unknown risks.
Moreover, the Dread Lord and the Undead Scourge are not easy to deal with either."
While Jaina was buying desserts, Kael'thas finally found the opportunity to ask the question he was most concerned about.
"Prince Alsace will return safely."
Zuo Si resisted the urge to reveal the other party's dark thoughts and answered in the affirmative. At the same time, he added in his heart, but not in a living manner.
But Kael'thas obviously had a predetermined position on this issue, and he touched his chin and questioned, "Are you sure?
You must know that his troops are not large, and he does not have enough magicians and priests to accompany him.
At best, there are only two to three thousand human soldiers and a small number of dwarf musketeers and mortar squads.
I heard that the species on the roads of Northrend are often extremely tall and strong, and there are countless violent and terrifying giants.
Coupled with the low temperature and cold wind that can freeze people to death, I personally think that this expedition will definitely end in failure."
"Failure? Maybe. Anyway, there will be results in just a few months. Let's wait and see."
Zuo Si was obviously too lazy to dwell too much on this question whose answer was already determined. Anyway, the elf prince could just be happy.
Just when Kael'thas was about to say something, Jaina walked out of the dessert spot with three portions of ice cream, giving one to each of the other two people.
Due to the widespread use of magic throughout the city, Dalaran can be said to be quite developed in terms of catering.
Not only are there a variety of meals with different flavors, but there are also snacks and drinks such as ice cream, sparkling water, fresh milk cakes, etc. that have only appeared in modern society on earth.
And made with the help of magic, it tastes better and more refined than on earth.
Of course, the price is also higher.
Just three large servings of strawberry-flavored ice cream cost one gold coin.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the slightly poorer mage apprentices can't afford it.
But it is obviously nothing to Gianna whose family has a lot of money.
The robe she wore and the staff in her hand alone were enough to be worth the entire tax revenue of the declining Stromgarde for two years.
As for the wealth of the elf prince Kael'thas, it is beyond most people's imagination. Just making a magic item can trigger countless mages to compete for it, and even sell it for thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins.
So with these two people, Zuo Si didn't need to be polite at all, he took it and said thank you and ate it with relish.
To be continued...