Chapter 371

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Chapter 371: The Evil in the Snowy Land

The three of them quickly left the cave and returned to the corridor. As expected, three Rockjaw Trogg were coming towards them from the other end of the corridor.

Greed and Jesse swiftly dealt with these three individuals, dragged their bodies into the cave, and continued forward from the other side of the corridor, bypassing a few corners to reach another hall where six or seven Rockjaw Trogg resided.

However, this location was far from the cave entrance they had just left, and it seemed like they hadn’t noticed any commotion there. They were just sitting by the fire pits here dozing off.

Walking along the edge towards a dark corner, Daggett pointed to a large door high up in the hall, indicating that they should go through there.

Jesse always worried about the stone that Daggett carried. Obviously, it was not a good thing, and it did not belong to Uldaman.

They sneaked inside the door, feeling like they were leaving a temple and returning to a dig site, with passageways, caves, pits, and trenches everywhere.

Daggett looked at the pit ahead and said, "It seems like the Dark Iron Dwarves haven’t dug much farther than us, always wasting time with these Trogs. I knew they had lost patience for exploring and discovering ancient knowledge. I don’t understand why they still want to plunder the ruins of this temple."

"Let’s go this way, I remember there’s a hall over there," he pointed to the other path.

Jesse glanced at the dead-end on this side, it seemed that at this point in time, Uldaman had not been completely excavated yet.

But this also made him feel a little relieved, he didn’t want to deal with any Guardians inside or powerful stone temple guards.

Entering another passage, it seemed like there was another huge door ahead, hidden in the dark shadows.

In fact, Uldaman is a group of buried buildings. This should be a passage between different structures dug by cave-dwelling creatures.

"I don’t know how to describe this feeling, Jesse," Greed looked up at the hall ahead and said, "I feel like we’re almost there."

"It’s not just you who feels this way," Daggett said. "All the dwarves, when they get close to these buildings, they feel like they are coming home, like the walls are speaking to them."

"Exactly," Greed looked at Daggett and said, "That’s it. These walls here, they seem familiar, like we’ve seen them before."

The three walked up the stairs and approached the doorway of the hall. It was dark inside, and they could only see some stone pillars faintly illuminated by the faint light from outside; there was no sound.

Jesse took out the Azuresong Mageblade to light up the hall and found many collapsed small stone statues and pillars scattered inside.

"I can sense it, Jesse," Greed leaned on a stone pillar, looking into the depths of the hall. "I can feel it, this is the place."

"Are you sure?" Jesse kicked a broken leg of a statue and discovered that these small statues all resembled dwarves.

Wait… Could these be the fallen Earthen?

Daggett said, "This is a hall created by the builders for the dwarf ancestors. We’ve also found these shattered statues in the ancient ruins of Dun Morogh. At first, we thought they were life-size statues made by ancient dwarves, but later we realized that these might be our ancestors themselves."

"Are these the so-called Earthen?" Greed looked down at a lifelike gray stone statue and said, "It’s unbelievable. I can hardly imagine these things moving."

"So what should we do next?" Jesse asked.

Greed handed over all his luggage to Jesse and said, "According to the people in Ironforge, I need to fast for a period of time, maybe one day, two days… I’m not sure. I need to temporarily give up my needs as a dwarf and explore what it feels like to be an ancient Earthen."

"If you don’t eat or drink, you’ll die in four or five days," Jesse said.

"Finish up these supplies. If I haven’t made any progress by then, we’ll go back," Greed said.

"Alright," Jesse said. "I’ll try to eat slowly. I don’t want this trip to be in vain."

"We’re lucky to have a mage who can create water," Greed said, patting Jesse’s shoulder. "That way, we can last a bit longer."

Jesse remembered that there were reptiles and scorpions living deep in Uldaman. He asked Daggett, "Are there any cave-dwelling creatures? If we run out of food, we can search deeper…"

"I’m not sure, mage," Daggett said. "We’ve only explored this area to our knowledge. We know little about what lies deeper. Actually, we don’t know much about the hall we just passed through, let alone what’s inside. But I believe there must be creatures, or else how could these Trogs survive until now."

Jesse nodded and looked at Greed, saying, "You do your thing, don’t worry about us."

"I need someone here, do you remember, Jesse?" Greed said.

"Okay, let’s go."

Just as they were about to leave, Greed gave him a signal and mouthed the word "stone" as Daggett walked out the door.

Jesse nodded, reassuringly gestured, and followed Daggett’s footsteps.

As they reached the door, he glanced at the mysterious stone in Daggett’s hand and asked, "Can you tell me where you got this thing?"

"Northrend." Daggett said. "I found it in the ruins of a giant village."

Jesse wondered to himself, which giants was Daggett referring to, the Storm Giants or the Vrykul?

In Northrend, there are two types of giants. The Vrykul are considered the ancestors of humans. Most Vrykul, both male and female, grow to over two meters tall, with the tallest reaching about three meters.

The Storm Giants, on the other hand, are mythical creatures… In the game, the Storm Giants are as tall as several stories and their steps shake the earth.

In a giant’s village, you should talk about Vrykul.

"Yes, there are giants living in Northrend. Some of these giants are friendly and can communicate. When I showed them this stone, they said it was a goddess from their legends, living in the far northern cliffs and mountains."

"They say that as long as you have the favor of this goddess, your fishing will be plentiful, and even forest animals will come to you willingly."

"Of course, there are so many mythological stories." Daggett smiled and said, "At first, I didn’t take her seriously at all. But now I realize she has a special meaning to me."

"She has been with me through many adventures, facing dangerous situations over and over again. Since leaving her here before, I haven’t had the same motivation for work or the same determination as before. You have no idea how important that is for an explorer. I can’t forget everything she brought to me… After losing her, I tried to let go of thoughts about her, get back to work, take on other tasks. But I know one day I will come back here and take her away, mage. That day is today. I’m very grateful to you, extremely grateful. I don’t even know how to express my gratitude. After this trip, I will take you to Kharanos. Then, whatever you want… money, jewels, everything I have, mage."

As Daggett spoke, he seemed to get excited, a stark contrast to his calm demeanor all the way. Jesse started to be alert, feeling more and more that something was wrong.

Because this woman on the stone being connected to Vrykul, Northrend, made him think of something very, very, very bad.

"Does this goddess have a name?"

"Sarah," Daggett said. "I might forget everything else, but I won’t forget her name."

Jesse confirmed his suspicion, the so-called goddess turned out to be an illusion created by the evil god Yogg-Saron sealed at the bottom of the Titan temple Ulduar in the far north.

Sarah, in the past, repeated the first phase of defeating Yogg-Saron hundreds of times to achieve her goal, ensuring she would never forget this name.

At first, Yogg-Saron would disguise as a seemingly kind witch named Sarah to help players fight against its twisted servants made of corrupted blood, actually trying to deceive the players and keep them unaware of their true enemy.

This so-called stone might be made from the ore formed by Yogg-Saron’s dark blood spread throughout the land of Northrend.

This thing has to be destroyed, or else leaving it in the hands of this dwarf could bring unknown troubles. But not now, if destroyed like this, Daggett might lose control, undoing all their progress so far.

"Sarah," Jesse repeated the name, saying, "She is indeed a beautiful lady, Daggett."

"Of course," nodded Daggett, looking at the stone again, "I will never part with her again."

Take a good look at it, Jesse glanced at him, thinking, once you go out, you will have to say goodbye to it forever.