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Chapter 356 Spider Guardian

Lorraine was certain she heard a voice, deep and resonant, unlike any human vocal cord.

It was a primitive syllable that vibrated in unison, originating from insect-like mouthparts.

The owner of the voice must be one of the creatures that captured him. They were talking, and when they heard the words "The gate has been breached..." and the millions-year-old contract, Lorraine suddenly became interested.

The language spoken by the other party resembled High Elven, a language used for magical runes, and these pronunciations and syllables were deeply imprinted in Lorraine's mind.

Since awakening from the tomb, in his first magic lesson, the Forsaken's instructor explained the most basic magical runes and their pronunciations. When Lorraine obtained the Arcane Wisdom Grimoire, its contents, written in ancient High Elf script, deconstructed the truth of the four elements and the six fundamental forces.

The underlying logic of the world of Azeroth was deeply imprinted on Lorraine's soul from the moment he awoke.

It was only then that Lorraine realized that she seemed to have mastered the most basic thing about magic: specialized runic incantations.

Blood Elves still use some runic codes today, while a small portion have been lost.

I've heard that the secret library of Karazhan contains numerous ancient texts written in the Highborne script... containing countless forbidden spells and runes, treasures coveted by many archmages of the Kirin Tor.

Unexpectedly, without her teacher's help, Lorraine accidentally broke the keepsake given to her by Master Merlin...

I don't know if this is a coincidence or fate.

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The teacher was ultimately just an observer; his knowledge was mostly superficial... not even that. It was merely the remnants of experience and sentiment from another world. He couldn't offer much help to his apprentice. Now that the link had been severed, Lorraine suddenly felt lonely and helpless.

Hanging upside down, I felt somewhat powerless...

He lamented his own incompetence and carelessness.

The tingling, comfortable sensation after poisoning is actually a death sentence.

After mastering the Mirror of Truth, Lorraine could see subtle magical elemental flows that were difficult for ordinary people to detect... and could also break through ordinary illusions and magic circles... However, in the midst of escaping for his life, Lorraine forgot about this precious treasure he possessed.

Those were the spoils of war fought alongside the teacher...

"I wonder if using the Mirror of Truth will awaken the teacher?"

The thought flashed through my mind: the teacher's transformation cooldown hadn't ended yet. Lorraine was in the underground world and didn't know the time outside. She tried to use the artifact but failed and had to give up. The 24-hour cooldown was so long.

Waiting is an agonizing experience, especially when you're in a difficult situation.

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"We may never escape this prison! The king of Az'jörn & Nerub has been captured by death and has become a servant of the foolish Lich King. The true masters of Ankahet are manipulating everything from behind the scenes, and they will break free of the cage sooner or later. The Qiraji are suppressed by the quicksand prison, and the corruption of the Time Reptiles is imminent... And we are imprisoned here guarding the gates that imprison the pit lords, for ten thousand years... The offspring of Az'yakki are still being seduced and enslaved by the Old Gods!"

"Yes... they've forgotten that the Faceless Ones are our enemies. The Titans blessed us, allowing us to defend against the Faceless Ones' attacks, but this is also a curse; the Aqir and trolls cannot escape the so-called divine prison!"

Two enormous, multi-legged creatures were communicating openly in the ancient Elvish language right beside Lorraine... Lorraine could hear their emotional fluctuations and sense their sorrow and resentment.

Unfortunately, I couldn't understand a lot of the information...

Without a teacher's explanation, Lorraine only vaguely heard the Lich King's name: Aqir.

The enemy of the ancient gods!

The monster that almost killed me was defeated, and it seems to be the work of these two intelligent beings who captured me. They must be very powerful to have been able to defeat the Faceless One that I was helpless against.

Lorraine's intention to break free wavered; he was unsure if the other party would easily tear him to pieces immediately.

Through the gap, Lorraine observed that the nearest creature had no fewer than six ventral legs, each one exceptionally sharp, moving nimbly across the fluorescent web... When it conversed with its kind, its face displayed subtle expressions, and its mouthparts trembled, producing sounds that Lorraine could understand.

Lorraine was seriously injured in the previous battle; as an undead, her body is more vulnerable than that of a mortal...

It saved a lot of trouble, at least the bleeding didn't stop... but the pain doubled.

However, half of his body was almost drained, and he was only able to hold on until he reached the vicinity of the huge portal, which was already his limit.

Bound in a spiderweb-like upside-down net, Lorraine felt warmth, mainly the restoration of his life force, and the slow recovery of half of his mutilated body. This was strange; Lorraine thought he had been poisoned, but after being entangled by the glowing threads, his bodily functions were recovering extremely quickly.

Could it be that the other party had no malicious intent?

"The enemies that appeared in the Holy Land are not powerful. They are not the personal guards of the ancient gods... But we haven't had any invaders here for a long time? It seems the Faceless Ones came in with these little things!"

"Yes, this is not a complete form. Its core was easily shattered outside its body, which is extremely rare..."

To Lorraine's surprise, the spider demon who had been talking to him opened its humanoid claws, revealing the Bloodstone Egg that he had been so desperately trying to protect... However, the Bloodstone Egg's heartbeat was no longer perceptible, and only a few fragments remained.

Unlike the previous jewelry fragments that carried the Bloodstone Egg, this time it was the Bloodstone Egg itself that was shattered.

So this is the weakness and core of the monster that was chasing him.

Lorraine was both amused and exasperated. He had never imagined shattering the Bloodstone Egg; it was the mission objective and a treasure he had painstakingly acquired. It was originally a gift for the Queen, a symbol of so-called merit and status...

He naturally wouldn't understand that the physical vessel conjured from the blood of the ancient god, the Faceless One's reliance, was the Bloodstone Egg itself.

Not only did he not know, but his teacher, the ancients of Dalaran, most of the people of Undercity, including Queen Sylvanas and Lady Aegwynn, would not understand... what the Old Gods were!

During the conversation, the spider demon opened one of its six hands on its chest!

In his palm lay many items familiar to Lorraine—fragments of Atiesh shattered by the Faceless Ones, though a significant portion was missing. It was unclear where they had been lost...

"The Faceless One is an apostle of the Ancient Gods; it must have sent a message to its master. Our troubles are probably far from over... This fragment looks very much like the blood of that guy from the north..."

"Yes... strange blood here, it must be from the explosion above us earlier... Has the Stone Mother's seal been discovered?"

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