Ten thousand years had passed, and the night elves had finally "revived" their first demigod who had fallen in battle.
Then, dramatically, this demigod who "returned" from the Emerald Dream was, in fact, a night elf.
In the original timeline, the night elves didn't revive any of the wild demigods who sacrificed themselves in the War of the Ancients. It wasn't until the Cataclysm that they revived a demigod to face the invasion of the Firelord.
They were completely treating these powerful allies as tools!
In Galen's opinion, Tyrande wasn't very kind.
Because his boar demigod, Agamaggan, was connected to the Origin of Knowledge, he knew that this great boar harbored some resentment towards the night elves.
Admittedly, the cost of reviving a demigod was high. Under normal circumstances, the boundary between the Emerald Dream and the reality of Azeroth was impenetrable. The revival ritual required a powerful force to temporarily open a conduit between the two realms, allowing the demigod's soul to return to the real world.
Therefore, each demigod required a huge amount of energy to be revived, but it's not as if the night elves lacked a source of power!
The dragon aspects' blessing on the World Tree, Nordrassil, wasn't just to conceal the aura of the second Well of Eternity; it could also absorb and store the power of the Well of Eternity!
This power, in addition to granting the night elves immortality, also influenced the birth and reincarnation of wisps. Reviving a wild demigod required mobilizing the life energy within the World Tree!
Most importantly, there was more than one demigod that needed to be revived. Excessive use of the World Tree's energy would weaken it, affecting the night elf civilization's reproduction and the birth of new life.
Among the night elf leaders, Jarod Shadowsong had shirked his responsibilities and gone into seclusion, Galen was a fake leader, and Malfurion was wholeheartedly asleep in the Emerald Dream, leaving Tyrande as the sole decision-maker.
When it came to the reproduction and growth of the race, Tyrande ultimately lacked the courage.
If the demigods were merely sleeping, it wouldn't make much difference whether they slept in Azeroth or in the Emerald Dream, but...
Tyrande, you should at least care for their descendants!
The quillboar had been reduced to a barbaric, primitive race that only knew how to rob, and the night elves watched indifferently.
It's normal for their ancestors to have opinions.
However, these things had nothing to do with Galen. If Tyrande didn't take the blame, Malfurion would, and it had nothing to do with Galen!
After the tremors in the Emerald Dream subsided, Agamaggan quickly departed that dreamscape, and on the corresponding altar in Azeroth, Galen Remar appeared in a burst of green light!
Galen wantonly unleashed the life energy within his body, seemingly announcing his return!
Heroic, powerful, and radiant!
The onlookers in Moonglade were shaken!
Ten thousand years, and the first demigod to fall in battle had returned!
This was a huge encouragement for the night elf race, which had suffered great losses after the Battle of Mount Hyjal and was now facing the Emerald Nightmare!
Fandral Staghelm, Talsaren, Naralex, Broll Bearmantle, and other great druids flocked towards Galen's location.
"Master, welcome back!"
Fandral respectfully saluted before Galen, who smiled and patted him on the shoulder as a sign of acknowledgement.
Although Fandral was Galen Remar's disciple, he had not been taken in as a follower, so he was unaware of some of the core secrets about his mentor. Therefore, he genuinely believed that Galen Remar had sacrificed himself, and had been working tirelessly to prepare for his revival all these years.
"May the forest bless you, Great Druid Galen Remar!" A druid younger than Fandral said in a low voice. "I am Broll Bearmantle, a disciple of High Druid Malfurion!"
"Broll! I've heard of you. You are an excellent druid!"
The great druid before him was very similar to Malfurion. The antlers extending from his temples were nearly half a meter long, and although they were inferior to his mentor's, they were still quite striking!
In his previous life, Galen had indeed heard of Broll Bearmantle. He was part of the famous gladiatorial trio with Varian and Valeera, and had successfully defeated the reigning champion team in the Dire Maul Arena.
Of course, he wouldn't have that opportunity in this life. Not only would Varian not be murdered by Onyxia, but Valeera would also not be stranded and enslaved, and Eldre'Thalas would not be occupied by ogres and become Dire Maul.
After the other great druids greeted Galen one by one, Tyrande walked over with two priestesses of Elune.
"Galen, great druids, I'm sorry to interrupt your chat, but we should get down to business!"
As Tyrande spoke, the look in her eyes as she regarded Galen Remar revealed a complex mix of emotions...