"Grow up quickly, Wrathion, this is your responsibility as the last pure Black Dragon!"
Sinestra was also helpless.
As far as she knew, her husband Deathwing, that fated Destroyer, the Ender of All Things, unstoppable and irreversible, the Black Dragon King of the Great Cataclysm, had already died in the world behind the Dark Portal, a stranger in a strange land.
When the Dragon dies, the light goes out.
The direct descendants of the Black Dragon King, Nefarian, Sabellian, and Onyxia, had already become Golden Holy Dragons. Now Sinestra herself had transformed into the Twilight Queen, playing a double agent between the Twilight's Hammer and the Alliance for the future of the Black Dragon Clan.
Young Wrathion, as a descendant of the Dragon King, became the last candidate to inherit the power of the Guardian Dragons.
Fortunately, they still preserved quite a few Black Dragon eggs. Although the Black Dragon Clan was weak now, at least they were not extinct.
Bearing a heavy responsibility, Wrathion and Maizelian took their Black Dragon eggs away from Highmountain. They would head to Blackrock Mountain in the Eastern Kingdoms to establish a new habitat.
This ancient lair of Deathwing would become the fortress of the Twilight Dragon!
At this moment, in the deep pit of the lair, a large number of Twilight Dragon Whelps were feeding. Their food was brought back by Iragon. After transforming his originally adult offspring from Gale Legion into Twilight Dragon, he took them to the northern mountains of Suramar and the wilderness of Aszuna to search for ancient magic crystals.
The Twilight Dragon Whelps quickly digested the ancient magic crystals they had just been fed. After being fed a lot of energy, the Whelps' strength also rapidly increased, and their growth in size became faster and faster, even exceeding their original parents' expectations.
Sinestra was very happy about this. She was waiting for the moment when the Twilight Dragonflight would fly into the sky to hunt and devour real prey!
"Dagul, ten thousand years ago, you and your tribe equipped the Black Dragon King's body with armor forged by Goblins. I remember there are still quite a few replacement parts in the depths of the lair. Organize them and assemble a complete set of armor for me!"
The King of the Drogbar named Dagul trembled in Sinestra's stern tone and said cautiously, "Mistress, the original Master's armor is basically damaged, and even the undamaged ones are almost scrapped after ten thousand years!"
"Hmph! Useless!"
The Twilight Dragon Queen was very dissatisfied. Her patience with these rock creatures was limited.
The Drogbar tribe was once enslaved by Deathwing. After Deathwing went mad, it was the Drogbar who fixed the Goblin-forged armor onto the Dragon's body.
The Drogbar once launched a rebellion, but Deathwing quickly suppressed the rebels. After the Ancient War ended, the Warchief of the Highmountain Tribe, Huln Highmountain, used the Hammer of Khaz'goroth, one of the Pillars of Creation, to banish the Black Dragon King from Highmountain and liberate the enslaved Drogbar.
After gaining freedom, the Drogbar began exploring the outside world. They first established a fragile peace agreement with the Rivermane Tribe among the Highmountain Tauren.
As part of the agreement, the Drogbar and Tauren regularly engaged in barter trade in specific areas.
The Drogbar provided the Tauren with materials for alchemy, rare minerals, and various gems. In exchange, the Tauren provided the Drogbar with grains, fish, leather goods, and wood.
This was a simple symbiotic relationship. Although they didn't like each other, they both needed each other, and after ten thousand years, the interaction between the Drogbar and the Tauren tribes became increasingly close, eventually becoming members of the Highmountain Tribe.
A few years ago, Sinestra returned to her old lair in Highmountain and re-enslaved these Drogbar, making them her new servants.
However, their hearts had been wild for ten thousand years and they constantly wanted to regain freedom. In addition, Sinestra had absorbed the power of the Ancient God, and her mind was greatly affected. She directly used cruel methods to control these rock creatures!
"Either re-forge that armor, or become food for these Whelps of mine!"
Dagul's body trembled again. He saw with his own eyes that those Twilight Dragon Whelps not only craved the energy from the ancient magic stones but also devoured some solid food.
One Drogbar, because he accidentally got too close to their nest, was directly dragged into the nest by the Whelps who could freely use magic, and then swallowed by one of them. As he fell down its esophagus, this Drogbar was still constantly kicking and screaming.
"Mistress! I will go and repair that armor now!" Dagul prostrated himself on the ground, "I will not disappoint you!"
"Get out! Don't disappoint me!"
"Yes, Mistress!"
Sinestra watched the King of the Drogbar scramble away, feeling very happy in her heart!
However, she quickly restrained her emotions. This was not her original nature. It seemed that the Sha still had an impact on her emotions.
"For the resurgence of the Black Dragonflight, this sacrifice is necessary!"
Sinestra reaffirmed her belief.
Next is to contact the Twilight's Hammer. As an undercover agent, she must understand their movements!
Eastern Kingdoms, Stromgarde.
The vast Royal City was bustling with people and traffic, with even more people at the Royal Port. Every morning, a large number of ships poured in. They berthed in order at the pre-arranged docks, and then the workers who had been waiting at each dock entered into busy loading and unloading work.
In the sky, two huge elongated snake-like creatures roared past, leaving a series of cheers.
The residents of Stromgarde City were already used to this. The Gryphon Knights in the City Guard did not come out, which meant that these two flying long snakes were legal.
This was indeed the case. Soon, insiders revealed that these two flying snake-like creatures, called Cloud Serpents, were brought back by their King from the mysterious continent of Pandaria. It was said that the strength of these two Cloud Serpents was at least Legendary High-level!
Legendary High-level creatures, no matter in which kingdom, are existences that can become guardian beasts. Their King is truly amazing, bringing back two at once!
However, what shocked the people was yet to come. It was said that their beloved King directly gave the two Cloud Serpents to the two Queens to serve as mounts.
Well, people could accept this. After all, the two Windrunner Queens were also top powerhouses in the High Elf Kingdom, and their strength was worthy of such powerful mounts.
But...
In the end, these two Legendary Cloud Serpents became the playthings of their Great Prince and Second Prince. Every morning, the two Princes would ride the Cloud Serpents and fly in the sky above the Royal City.
"Hahaha... Legolas, come and chase me!"
"Ahhh! Zhulong, go chase him and bite him!"
"Run, run quickly, Nalak, run quickly, they are coming!"
"Roar..."
In the Royal Palace, Galen opened his eyes. What came into view was a deep red curtain. This was the representative color of the Tollbane Dynasty, used to distinguish it from the Wrynn Royal Family's blue, House Menethil's white, House Greymane's black, and House Proudmoore's green.
All the noble banners in Stromgarde also used a deep red background with their family crests embroidered on them.
Through the curtain was the dome of his room, which was a grayish-white stone brick. On the stone bricks, according to the preferences of the Windrunner Sisters, the starry sky above the Windrunner Tower was painted.
Galen named this exquisite ceiling painting "Dome Starry Sky".
Listening to the laughter outside the window, Galen knew that his two little brats had started their aerial chase game again.
Alas!
He had originally planned to sleep in.
Several months had passed since the trip to Pandaria. The domestic affairs were handled by the King's Hand assisting him. Galen had hoped to have some leisure time before the next big plan began.
He somewhat regretted bringing Nalak and Zhulong out of Pandaria. He just felt that since he had Yu Lei and Iragon, he also wanted to bring some Pandaria specialties to the Windrunner Sisters.
Since Pandaren could not be given as gifts, it was just right to get two Cloud Serpents that were presentable.
Not only that, but after Lei controlled the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, he also presented Galen with a pure white Cloud Serpent. Galen, because of its color, directly gave it to the little princess of the Menethil Royal Family.
Although he was woken up, Galen still felt a burst of joy. He turned over, and Sylvanas's golden long hair came into his sight. Under the long hair and goose down quilt, the smooth back and graceful figure of the Windrunner were reflected in the morning sun.
Galen couldn't help but reach out and stroke this smooth skin. Feeling the touch, Sylvanas groggily reached out and swatted away Galen's wandering hand, grunted twice in dissatisfaction, turned around, hugged the pillow, and fell asleep again.
"Hehe..."
A mischievous smile appeared at the corner of Galen's mouth, and then he turned over and sat up.
A night of fatigue did not make him feel tired. Instead, the Windrunner Sisters were the first to be defeated. It seemed that the plan to help his two wives advance to Demigod should be put on the agenda.
Huh, there were two last night, why is only Sylvanas left now?
Pushing open the door gently, he saw Alleria in a home robe preparing breakfast in the outer hall.
Although they were in the Stromgarde Royal Palace, Galen and the Windrunner Sisters were not used to being served by maids, so the maids and servants only stayed outside. The core of the Royal Palace was just their family of five.
Galen walked over and gently hugged the busy Alleria from behind.
"Why are you up so early today? Don't you want to rest a little longer?"
Galen asked softly. Alleria stopped what she was doing and turned around to hug him: "If I don't get up, you and Sylvanas won't be able to sleep. Legolas and Arathor want to go to the sky again today, but they can't command Nalak and Zhulong, so they came knocking on the door early in the morning!"
"You've worked hard, my dear!"
Galen released his hands from hugging Alleria, and then together with her, he neatly arranged the breakfast. These were all prepared and sent over by the servants.
"Galen, I'll go wake up Sylvanas. You go bring the children back!"
"Okay!"
Galen came to the balcony and looked up. The figures of Nalak and Zhulong were soaring through the clouds, seemingly having a great time.
"Yu Lei, let's go, let's get some exercise too!"
Galen called out in his mind, and then from a building next to the palace, a streak of azure light shot out and stopped steadily at the edge of the balcony.
That was the base building Galen had built in the Royal Palace: the Stables. Most of the mounts he collected lived there. Some other rare and exotic beasts were in the Stables of the Minas Tirith
Galen supported himself on the railing with his hand and jumped down onto Yu Lei's back.
"Ooh..."
The daughter of the Azure Dragon turned into a stream of light and flew into the sky.
Yu Lei also soared through the clouds twice. After completing her exercise for the day, she quickly approached Nalak and Zhulong.
"Legolas, Arathor, Mother is calling you back for breakfast!"
"Aha! Father, you're here!"
Legolas and Arathor on the backs of Nalak and Zhulong were wearing a translucent magic barrier to resist the gale and cold current at high altitude.
"Can we fly for ten more minutes, Father!"
Legolas seemed to not have had enough fun and made a request to Galen!
"Hmm?"
"No, your mothers will be unhappy if breakfast gets cold!"
Galen refused directly. This child was spoiled. Alleria had let them go to the sky very early. Counting the time, it was just right, and besides, they had other lessons after eating breakfast.
"Alright!"
Without their father's permission, if they continued to play, both their father and mother would be angry. What if Nalak and Zhulong wouldn't take them flying in the future!
Legolas and Arathor obediently followed Galen down to the ground.
When Galen brought the two children back to the hall, Alleria and Sylvanas were already waiting at the table.
After the family had breakfast, Legolas and Arathor went together to complete their lessons for the day, while Galen dressed neatly and prepared to go to the Royal Palace's council hall to handle today's political affairs.
"Wait, Galen!"
As Galen was about to leave, Alleria called out to him.
"Is there anything else, Alleria?"
"Midsummer Fire Festival is coming soon, and Vereesa wants to come to the Arathi Highlands for a vacation." Alleria said with a strange expression.
"No problem, Alleria. Just tidy up a room then, the one Vereesa stayed in before."
Galen didn't mind. After speaking, he waved to the Windrunner Sisters and strode out of the room, leaving only Alleria and Sylvanas staring at each other.
"It seems Galen hasn't realized the seriousness of the matter." Alleria sighed.
"Yes, Vereesa has started to suspect that the two of us are the heroines sung about by the Night Elves in the Ancient era. Fortunately, after the Great Sundering, the Night Elves were preoccupied and didn't leave too much information about the two of us." Sylvanas secretly rejoiced.
"Those two Hidden Path Elder insignias, let's put them back in the Minas Tirith's temporary palace. Keeping them with us will cause trouble sooner or later!"
"But what about Vereesa's happiness!"
The Windrunner Sisters looked worried.