"Now, let us talk, dear Gul'dan."
Zuo Si ignored the shouts of death and explosions outside the camp all day long, and connected his consciousness with the ugly orc skull in his hand.
moment!
He heard a voice full of pain and despair from inside.
"Who are you? Why did you get the skull that was left behind after my death?"
Gul'dan's torn and mutilated soul was the first to break the silence.
Because ever since he explored the Tomb of Sargeras and was overtaken by a large number of demons and torn into pieces alive, the fragment of his soul remaining in this skull has been suffering.
The powerful evil energy that he had paid countless costs to obtain from the Burning Legion was now like a blazing flame that was constantly burning his soul.
The indescribable pain is enough to drive a sane person crazy in a matter of minutes.
But the problem is that due to the long-term use of evil energy and the power of shadow, Gul'dan's soul has already developed resistance and adaptability to it. Therefore, no matter how painful it is, it will not collapse. On the contrary, the more painful it is, the more awake it becomes, and the more
Be aware of your current situation.
Especially after he fell into the hands of the demons of the Burning Legion, he cast a variety of vicious spells in order to punish him as a traitor.
The fear lord Tichondrius is an expert in this area, and he enjoys the negative mental energy that comes out of the torture process.
Coupled with the fact that he has been sealed inside his skull for a long time and has no idea what is happening outside, just being alone and lonely for a long time is a great devastation to his will.
Therefore, Gul'dan is very eager to have a master who is not too vicious to communicate with him, even if it is just to talk about what is happening outside.
For this, he is willing to pay any price, even if it means revealing the knowledge of shadow and evil that he spent decades mastering, or the huge energy stored inside his skull that even a demon lord would be envious of.
"You can call me Soth, a stranger."
Zuo Si, who was very good at observing and analyzing other people's mental states, stated his name directly.
He obviously noticed Gul'dan's strong desire to communicate with others.
This is certainly a huge weakness that can be exploited.
Because for a big devil of his level, from the moment the other party shows this tendency, it means that the subordination relationship between the two parties has been established.
"Thos? Stranger? Do you know where we are now?"
Tichondrius obviously did not tell Gul'dan much information, so that even the current location of the skull is not clear.
After all, the Burning Legion has occupied too many planets in the physical universe, and he is not sure whether he is on Argus or was taken somewhere else.
Zuo Si replied calmly: "We are in the eastern continent of Azeroth, which is where you led the orcs through the Dark Portal. You know, I paid a huge price to get your skull.
What’s the price?”
"So...you killed Tichondrius and snatched the skull from the Dreadlord?"
Gul'dan realized something instantly, and his tone suddenly became excited.
Because ever since he fell into the hands of the Burning Legion, he has been eager to escape from the other party's control, especially the endless torture.
Zuo Si chuckled and denied: "No, I didn't kill Tichondrius, but another person did it.
All I did was make a deal with this guy.
So you'd better try to show it's useful and make me feel it's worth the money.
Otherwise, it’s difficult for me to guarantee whether I will do anything to vent my inner dissatisfaction and disappointment.”
There is no doubt that it is a naked and undisguised threat.
Zuo Si has studied Gul'dan's life, especially the days when he was bullied and insulted by others all day long before he gained power, which created a huge shadow and darkness in his heart.
This also means that for Gul'dan, family ties, friendship, tribe, loyalty, and glory are all illusory. Only power and strength are the foundation of everything.
He will surrender to those beings with powerful power and serve them in exchange for knowledge and power that will make him stronger and stronger.
For this reason, even if the entire orc race is sacrificed, the hometown of Draenor will be turned into a broken time and space on the verge of destruction.
When facing such people, we must make them understand their situation as soon as possible.
Otherwise, he will try every possible means, even trying to seize a new body to resurrect.
Maybe this is why Illidan always liked to mutter to himself like a psycho towards the Skull of Gul'dan after getting it.
That is actually communicating with the soul sealed inside.
To some extent, their life experiences do have some similarities.
It's just that Illidan has a Tyrande whom he loves deeply, and an older brother who, although he always criticizes and accuses, actually cares about him very much, so he is not as full of hatred and anger as Gul'dan.
and the never-ending desire for great power.
After all, anyone who has studied psychology understands how terrifying a distorted compensatory psychology can be.
Because he was born with a deformity, Gul'dan was bullied, humiliated, beaten and scolded by other members of his clan from a very young age, and his status was probably even lower than that of an animal.
At least livestock will not be humiliated dozens or even hundreds of times every day, let alone be rounded up and beaten every now and then.
The orcs' predatory society without any sympathy is the most perfect embodiment in him.
Except for Ner'zhul, no other orc showed mercy to him at all.
So after gaining power and becoming the original warlock, the first thing Gul'dan did was to completely destroy his clan, driving everyone out and killing no one.
It is estimated that in his eyes, these bastards who only bully him every day are not compatriots at all, but they are all classified as enemies.
What's even more frightening is that this hostility and hatred continues to spread, until the entire orc race is regarded as a tool that can be discarded after use, or a pile of cheap and pathetic consumables.
There is no doubt that Gul'dan's series of actions are all to obtain compensation. To be precise, he believes that all orcs owe him, and they should die for him to compensate for the pain and torture he suffered back then.
"So you are my master now?"
After Gul'dan was silent for a long time, he finally responded with a slightly unwilling tone.
He originally expected an ignorant and cowardly guy to see his skull, and then use deception and lies to erode the other person's spirit bit by bit, and finally realize the plan of occupying the body and resurrecting it.
But unfortunately, this wishful thinking obviously failed.
To be able to make a deal with a fear lord like Tichondrius, it is easy to know that his personal strength is not that weak.
"That's right. From now on, I will be the master you need to serve. If you behave well during this period, I will consider finding you a companion in the near future."
After saying that, Zuo Si pursed his lips and revealed a joking smile.
You don't need to ask to know that he is obviously planning to fuse the Skull of Gul'dan and the Skull of Manshon into a special planeswalker card.
He found it very interesting when he thought about what would happen if the souls of two extremely evil and selfish guys were forcibly locked in a confined space.
"So great master, what do you want me to do?"
Gul'dan is undoubtedly a realist and utilitarian through and through, and he righted his position without hesitation.
But if you think that his low posture means surrender, you are totally wrong.
You must know that in order to gain power, he was also loyal to Kil'jaeden and Sargeras, and directly packaged and sold the entire orc race.
But what’s the final result?
After learning the location of the Tomb of Sargeras, this guy immediately rushed over with his men without hesitation.
And his sudden departure caused a fatal flaw in Orgrimmar Doomhammer's wonderful tactical layout. In the end, he failed to push the battle line into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and destroy the most powerful human being with the greatest war potential.
nation.
The defeat of the orcs also completely ruined the Burning Legion's plan to conquer Azeroth.
Kil'jaeden was so angry that he wished he could pull out his soul and torture him repeatedly like he did to Ner'zhul, making him taste life worse than death.
If there is anything that will accompany Gul'dan throughout his life, it must be betrayal.
But Zuo Si obviously didn't care about this.
As the Lord of Hell, there are countless high-level devils under him who are ambitious and want to rise to power through intrigues and tricks, but now they are not all trying their best to improve their performance under the strict assessment of the KPI system.
So it doesn't really matter whether you are loyal or not.
The important thing is that your subordinates must be capable, and you must have more than one set of constraints.
In this way, no matter what thoughts these guys have in their hearts, they have to use their talents and talents honestly at their posts.
As the saying goes, governance and management is an art.
To be continued...