flstandardbreds Chapter 167 I Smell the Necromancer
Chapter 167 I Smell the Necromancer
He must be here!
"I smelled his scent! It was that damned, disgusting, all-too-familiar smell of death. No, it was the stench of rotting, immortal, eternal beings... the aura of an extremely evil cursed magic."
"I can't be wrong, I remember that taste..."
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Although Yuville couldn't remember Lorraine's appearance, he could remember her smell.
The archmage of the Argent Covenant human faction, who participated in the defense of Dalaran and witnessed countless deaths, is a survivor of numerous calamities.
He hated the dead because most of his relatives and friends had died in that natural disaster and plague.
Later, he had to fight against the bodies of his deceased and resurrected relatives. That pain and hatred was one of the reasons why Yuvel and his group of staunch Alliance mages hated the Horde.
Yuvel harbored a deep hatred for necromancers who were adept at manipulating corpses...
He hadn't initially seen through Lorraine's disguise, but when the mind-control shadow spell on Taylor was dispelled, this power from the shadows, even the magic of the Void Old Gods, was mixed with a faint aura of the Forsaken...
This instantly reminded Archmage Yuviel, a key figure in the Silver Covenant of Dalaran, of the faint necromancer scent emanating from Lorraine...
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Human pride has now surpassed that of the elves...
The noble and arrogant high elves once looked down on humans, believing them to be short-lived, immoral, greedy, and lewd...
Clinging to life and fearing death, seeking advantage and avoiding harm...
But elves are a demigod race...they were once immortal...
High elves who worship the sun, night elves who worship the moon goddess... powerful and ageless.
However, once humans also learned magic, the talent and abilities displayed by human mage apprentices surpassed those of the elves themselves... Even though elves possessed lifespans of thousands of years, some were near-gods, such as Azshara, the Highborne queen who was responsible for the dissipation of magical power...
However, after rapid multiplication among humans, geniuses inevitably emerge, possessing various bloodlines and talents... Humans are not inferior to elves; the humans of the Arathor Empire in Azeroth are all descendants of the Titan Guardians...
They were merely afflicted by the Curse of Flesh and Blood, losing their immortal bodies...
Tens of thousands of years later, human empires flourished everywhere...
The so-called Elf Empire declined and split apart.
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However, humanity's true strength lies in its ability to utilize all forces, both dangerous and peaceful. They are not only adept at learning, but also at improving upon them.
Although Yuvel and the others were mortals, they were not afraid of the so-called elves and dragons, even though these legendary races and magical beasts possessed earth-shattering power and formidable bodies.
Humans will exploit the weaknesses of their enemies to find opportunities and ways to defeat them.
Even the mightiest dragons or elemental creatures are nothing more than mounts and henchmen in the hands of the Twilight Cultists... For the mages of Dalaran, all power can be researched to benefit humanity.
Besides necromancy...
Kel'Thuzad in the past, and now Arugal and Thule & Duckclaw, always crave necromantic power and the power from the abyss and the shadows of other worlds.
But the power of death is what humanity fears most; no one can escape the fate of death.
Therefore, humans are envied and hated by elves who have long lifespans and eternal youth... Their immortality and the decaying power of humans are two extremes.
Why are elves immortal? Are they protected by some god, or have they stolen some kind of power...?
The necromancer immediately declared war on all living beings, and the power of the undead, once it spread, was like opening Pandora's box...
To stop this catastrophe, the native inhabitants of Azeroth had to unite... first to quell the plague in Lordaeron, their former rear base...
The Silver Covenant was originally the first true 'alliance' in Azeroth.
While humans were still thriving in the Arathi Highlands, they faced invasions from trolls and wild beasts... The high elves always viewed humans as hairless monkeys, until the birth of the Lich King...
The undead army shattered the pride of the high elves... Silvermoon City and the Sunwell...
Although the Lich King was merely a servant of the Burning Legion... they were far more terrifying than the Burning Legion's demonic army, endless, corrupt, and depraved...
Blood Elves are avengers, but they are part of the High Elves, including the current Lady of Dalaran, Vereesa, and the Windrunner Ranger General, who is also the third sister of our Dark Queen... The Farstriders firmly stand on the side of humanity!
They believed that humans, like elves, were kind, brave, and noble.
The high elves of the Faraways have joined the Silver Covenant, and humans and elves are now fighting together against an unprecedented enemy...
Their primary enemy is the Scourge undead... the undead legion that destroyed Lordaeron and Silvermoon City... an army of soulless skeletons... controlled by the Lich King, the necromancers of the Cult of the Damned, and their elite members, the liches they transformed into...
Therefore, Lorraine has been identified as a necromancer by Yuval and others...
Also, to clarify, the Forgotten Ones themselves don't actually have much of a smell; many of them, possessing free will, retain human habits...
Lorraine is very clean.
A skilled mage can even use a dust-repelling spell to keep earth elements away from them...
Lorraine's ice magic can also cleanse her; if all else fails, she can summon a magical spring to wash herself.
The enemy doesn't care about any of that; they just want to catch the spy. Meanwhile, our agent Lorraine is torn between a desperate, all-or-nothing attack with bombs, or trying to evade the search...
Because the enemy was very close, he had already noticed that Eileen, who was surrounded by people in the crowd, had seen him, but she didn't say a word...
Lorraine couldn't help but feel a surge of...