Chapter 617: Confrontation with Sargeras

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Roy’s attack was almost instantaneous. By the time Illidan and Vashj reacted, they were the only ones remaining.

Vashj’s face was pale, and she stood rooted to the floor, not daring to move at all, afraid of causing any misunderstandings with Demon King Osiris. Roy was pressing Illidan’s head, and he also didn’t dare to move rashly.

No one had expected Osiris to appear at this place at this time. Illidan’s mind was spinning rapidly. Although he abhorred demons, he knew very well that demon kings were completely different from ordinary demons. He had no chance of winning against a demon at Osiris’s level, so he couldn’t resist now and couldn’t be killed by Osiris.

As long as he was alive, there was still hope…

Fortunately, Osiris didn’t seem to have any intention of punishing him.

Roy moved his hand away from Illidan’s head and said casually to him and Vashj, “Go out and wait for me outside the temple!”

As though they had been granted amnesty, Illidan and Vashj quickly responded respectfully and hurriedly retreated from the Chamber of the Demon Eye. Neither of them thought about escaping by ship after leaving the temple. Instead, they planned to wait obediently on the island according to Roy’s instructions.

After Illidan and Vashj left, Roy held the Eye of Sargeras with one hand and sent a strand of his consciousness into it.

Yes, Roy had followed Illidan to the Tomb of Sargeras to find traces of Sargeras. The Broken Isles, where the Tomb of Sargeras was, was in the vast Great Sea, and there was no map recording its exact location. Only Illidan, who had absorbed Gul’dan’s memories, could find this place. Following Illidan, Roy would definitely be able to find this tomb.

What was buried here was only a clone of Sargeras. But in Roy’s opinion, even if it was just a clone, it was probably at the demon king level. It was no wonder that Guardian Aegwynn didn’t dare to destroy this clone of Sargeras and could only seal and purify it. It had to be known that the energy that erupted from the explosion of a demon king’s body was enough to cause the destruction of an entire continent.

Since it was a demon king-level clone, the soul in the clone would definitely contain a small divine spark fragment. This was a necessary condition to drive the demon king-level body. Without the support of a divine spark fragment, the power of the clone could only be at the lord level and not reach the demon king level. In other words, there was definitely a small divine spark fragment that belonged to Sargeras’s main body in this clone. It was precisely because of the existence of this fragment that it could ensure that the power of Sargeras’s clone wouldn’t dissipate after he died.

But due to the barrier seal set up by Aegwynn and the continuous purification of the power of the Moon Temple, under many suppressions, the strength in Sargeras’s clone could only gather together to fight against it. Thus, it finally formed the current Eye of Sargeras with the soul containing the divine spark fragment.

When Roy saw this gem, he immediately felt that it was familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered. The reason why he felt that it was familiar was that he had seen something similar before.

Anu’s spine crystal! Yes, it was the enormous crystal in the High Heavens. The material of the Eye of Sargeras and Anu’s spine crystal had many similarities. Perhaps it was because both were transformed from the power of world-soul titans.

Roy didn’t look for the Eye of Sargeras for the fragment of Sargeras’s divine spark. This divine spark fragment could only be regarded as an inferior replica of Sargeras’s divine spark. It couldn’t promote Julia or Benia to the demon king level, and taking it for himself wouldn’t bring him any benefits. On the contrary, Sargeras would be angry. The reason why he looked for the Eye of Sargeras was nothing more than to find Sargeras through the soul connection between the clone and the main body.

In fact, after possessing Medivh, Sargeras completed his plan, which was opening the Dark Portal in Azeroth and attracting the invasion of the Draenor orcs. But because Lothar killed Medivh later, Sargeras’s soul was missing. Of course, it was impossible for him to die. But in the past few decades, Sargeras had never appeared again. He had never returned to Argus, nor had he appeared in the Twisting Nether. Archimonde and Kil’jaeden had been in charge of the Burning Legion’s work over the years.

In fact, Sargeras wouldn’t appear for a long time. Of course, Roy couldn’t just keep waiting for him to appear, especially after realizing that Sargeras had most likely already gathered the one hundred trillion souls. Roy didn’t want to wait anymore. He had to find Sargeras as soon as possible and obtain this massive amount of souls.

When Roy’s consciousness penetrated the Eye of Sargeras, he was immediately counterattacked by it. This artifact had the soul of Sargeras’s clone. Although it was in a deep sleep, it still had a self-protection mechanism. A large number of demon runes appeared on the surface of the gem. As the light of the runes became brighter and brighter, cold malice permeated the entire Chamber of the Demon Eye, and a powerful will that could make people’s souls collapse was fighting against Roy’s will.

However, this will had been suppressed and purified by the Moon Temple for many years, so how could it compare to Roy’s? Although it was slow, Roy still broke through the defense mechanism of the Eye of Sargeras bit by bit and penetrated his consciousness deep into it.

Here, Roy found what he was looking for. It was a small glowing Ouroboros Mark wrapped in a black soul. This was the divine spark fragment and Sargeras’s clone.

When Roy’s consciousness touched this soul and the divine spark fragment, a furious will instantly roared in Roy’s mental force field. “Who is it?! Who is coveting the soul of the great Sargeras?!”

This berserk and violent will that was like a tsunami naturally couldn’t have come from the clone’s soul. It was the will of Sargeras’s main body after he felt the invasion of his clone. It was Sageras himself who asked the question angrily.

Unlike when Roy used the Staff of Sargeras to contact Sargeras on Argus, this connection with Sargeras’s main body was much clearer through the Eye of Sargeras. He seemed to see Sargeras’s gigantic demon head burning with raging flames in his mind and watched him spray sparks and roar at him.

“It’s me, Sargeras. It’s Osiris!” Roy replied in his mind.

“Osiris?! How dare you touch my divine spark?!” Sargeras’s anger didn’t subside as he continued to roar. “Do you want me to cut your body into pieces with my own hands?!”

Hearing this, Roy didn’t panic but said calmly, “Don’t misunderstand, Sargeras. I have no interest in your divine spark at all. I’m just contacting you through your clone’s soul.”

“Damn it!” Sargeras was still irritable. “Didn’t you contact me not long ago? Why are you disturbing me again and again?!”

“I’m just informing you of the war situation…” Roy said. “The Legion’s invasion plan failed again. Archimonde died on Mount Hyjal, his soul returned to the Twisting Nether, and the demons he led were defeated…”

It was as though someone had been woken in his sleep and even told something that made him very unhappy. This was what Sargeras felt at this moment. He cursed repeatedly, “Idiot! Idiot!! Archimonde is an idiot!!”

After cursing for a while, Sargeras said to Roy in an unfriendly tone, “And you, Osiris! You should be on Azeroth now. Since you’re also on Azeroth, why did you watch Archimonde die?”

“I won’t pay for his failure!” Roy grinned fiercely. “But don’t worry. After Archimonde died, I attacked the natives of Azeroth, destroyed their World Tree and sacred mountain, and defeated their alliance army. I even turned one of the Aspects into a dragon lich and made him my subordinate. I think these war achievements should be able to make up for Archimonde’s failure, right?”

“This is indeed good news…” Sargeras calmed down a little. “You did well, Osiris. In that case, I won’t hold you responsible for not saving Archimonde…”

Before Sargeras could finish speaking, Roy interrupted him. He said with a sinister grin, “What a joke. That idiot Archimonde paid the price for his recklessness. Why should I save him? What wrong have I done?!”

“… Okay!” Sargeras also seemed to feel that Archimonde’s death had nothing to do with Roy, so his tone relaxed a little. “Since there’s progress in this war, it is your credit. I’ll reward you when I return!”

However, Roy snorted coldly. “Wait for you to come back? Sargeras, to tell you the truth, I don’t care about any rewards. I contacted you this time just to get you to fulfill the contract between us! I am very disappointed in you now, and I’m also very disappointed in the Burning Legion you lead! If you can’t fulfill our contract, tell me earlier. I won’t hesitate to abandon you and your Burning Legion!”

As soon as he said this, monstrous waves immediately rose in Roy’s mind. Sargeras’s angry roar was like a tsunami that wanted to devour Roy.

But Roy remained unmoved in the face of the powerful pressure from Sargeras’s will.

A moment later, Sargeras said in a gloomy voice, “Osiris, you’re becoming bolder and bolder! From the beginning of this contact, you haven’t maintained the slightest respect for me! Even your tone has been questioning me… What gave you the courage to question me like that? Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?!”

Sargeras was really furious now. How would you feel if a former subordinate spoke to you in such a rebellious tone?

However, Roy didn’t feel panic or fear because of Sargeras’s anger. He sneered. “Yes, I admit that you’re very powerful, and I’m indeed not your match… But am I wrong? Sargeras, since you’ve formed the Burning Legion, how many planets and worlds have you flattened in the past tens of thousands of years? But now, you’ve been struggling for ten thousand years on a small planet like Azeroth, and you haven’t even made the slightest progress. If I hadn’t taken over, not only would Archimonde have died, but the invasion would have failed again. What about you? At this time, you’re missing, and no one even knows where you are. I even needed to find your clone to contact you. A leader like you makes me doubt your ability…”

These words stunned Sargeras. Yes, just as Roy said, after the establishment of the Burning Legion, its momentum was simply unstoppable. In the same span of time, the Legion had destroyed at least ten thousand worlds. But now, ten thousand years had passed, and the Legion was stuck on the small planet Azeroth, unable to advance an inch in the crusade. What was the reason?

Sargeras himself was a little depressed, so he wanted to defend himself. “This planet is different…”

“Yes, it’s indeed different. It’s an experimental field of the titans of the Pantheon!” Roy sneered. “But even so, aren’t there such experimental fields on other planets? Stop making excuses, Sargeras. Admit it. A large part of the reason why the Legion’s footsteps are blocked here is because of your greed. It’s because you want to seize the power of Azeroth’s world-soul, so you’re unwilling to destroy this planet from the outside, forcing the Legion to come to the surface of the planet to fight against the natives here in conventional warfare. This is simply using the Legion’s shortcomings to compete with others’ strengths…”

“Shut up, Osiris!” Sargeras’s sore point seemed to have been hit by Roy’s words, and he was a little angry. “I’m the leader of the entire Legion. I don’t need you to question what I want to do. You only need to obey orders!”

“It doesn’t matter if I obey orders…” Roy suddenly sighed and didn’t continue to irritate Sargeras. His attitude softened. “Lord Sargeras, of course, I firmly believe that the Legion will obtain the final victory, but time waits for no man. You have been delayed on this planet for more than ten thousand years. Have you ever thought about how many material worlds the Void Lords have devoured in these ten thousand years?!”

This was the art of language. Through his contact with Sargeras last time, Roy realized that the contract between him and Sargeras regarding the one hundred trillion souls was very likely based on the sense of urgency that the expansion of the Void brought to Sargeras. Otherwise, Roy couldn’t figure out why Sargeras would make such a contract with him, a demon king under him. There had to be some external force forcing him to do this.

And now, Roy once again brought up this external factor to continue putting pressure on Sargeras.

Sure enough, after Roy finished speaking, Sargeras fell silent for a while. Then he said meaningfully to Roy, “Osiris, to be honest, you have been in a state of detachment with me and the Burning Legion from the beginning. This has always made it difficult for me to truly trust you. When you told me that you had a way to solve the threat of the Void, I was actually skeptical. A hundred trillion souls isn’t a lot to me, but I doubt what you can do with these souls…”

Roy said nothing and stared at Sargeras’s will in his mind.

“I can’t fully trust you, and I even considered the possibility that you would deceive me and escape back to your home in the Abyss with the souls. So I’ve been detaining these souls and haven’t completed the contract with you!” Sargeras said.

“Hmph! I guessed right. You probably gathered enough souls a long time ago, right?” Roy sneered.

“That’s right! I gathered them long ago!” Sargeras admitted directly. “Since you didn’t hesitate to confront me today and even shed all pretense of cordiality to question me, I’m afraid you’re already prepared, right? If I don’t intend to complete the contract, are you planning to leave the Burning Legion and return to the Abyss?”

Roy didn’t say anything, but Sargeras was right. This was indeed his last test. If Sargeras still didn’t want to complete the contract, then he was already prepared to bring Julia and the others back to the Abyss.

It had to be known that he had come to this world on a whim. He had wanted to see the world of Azeroth, so he had entered with Lilith. He actually didn’t have any specific goals in this world, so he could leave at any time.

Even if the Void completely devoured this world, what did it have to do with him? What did the victory or defeat of the Burning Legion have to do with him?

Desireless was referring to Roy’s current state. He didn’t have much time to play games with Sargeras. The reason why he was so tough with Sageras in today’s exchange was that he had already made a decision. If he could tell from Sargeras’s tone that he didn’t intend to fulfill the contract, he didn’t intend to waste any more time.

He knew very well that in the next ten years, the Burning Legion would fail again and again on Azeroth. After all, the Burning Legion had too many enemies. Knowing that they would fail, Roy naturally couldn’t continue to stay in the Legion and get beaten, right?

Sargeras wasn’t a fool. From Roy’s tone, he understood what Roy meant. If other demons dared to speak to him like this, he had many ways to deal with them and punish them. But the problem was that Roy was the only demon he couldn’t control, and his current state was indeed not good, so he really couldn’t do anything to Roy for a while.

So after thinking about it, Sargeras said, “Go to Karazhan, Osiris. I’ve hidden the one hundred trillion souls in a broken space in Karazhan. Whether you can find them or not depends on you… If you can’t find them, then there’s nothing to say. But if you find them, even if our contract is fulfilled, I will keep an eye on you, Osiris! I want to see what you plan to do with these souls and how you’re going to stop the expansion of the Void. Once I find out that you’ve dared to deceive me, I’ll definitely kill you even if the Legion chases you to the Abyss!”

“Hmph, let’s wait and see! Lord Sargeras…” Roy smiled. With that, he cut off the soul connection with Sargeras and withdrew his consciousness from the Eye of Sargeras.

After the exchange ended, the power of the Eye of Sargeras calmed down, and the darkness and malice filling the Chamber of the Demon Eye subsided a lot. Roy held this gem, walked out of the depths of the tomb, and returned to the surface.

When he came out, he saw Illidan and Vashj waiting obediently at the gate of the temple, while Julia and Benia were sitting on Rafaro’s head and monitoring the two of them in the sky.

After Roy appeared, he signaled to Julia and the others before turning to look at Illidan.

“Lord Osiris…” Illidan greeted nervously, not knowing what Roy would do with him next.

But unexpectedly, Roy casually threw the Eye of Sargeras to him.

Illidan caught the Eye of Sargeras in a flurry. After catching it, he looked up at Roy in disbelief.

But Roy ignored him. He spread his wings, flew into the sky, and landed on Rafaro’s head. “Let’s go!”

With that, they flew away from the Broken Isles.

It was not until the figure in the sky completely disappeared that Illidan confirmed that Roy had really let him go. It was the same for Vashj. She lay weakly on the beach, and her long snake tail began to twitch from intense fear.

“Master, what… should we do next?” Vashj asked weakly.

Illidan’s claws held the Eye of Sargeras. After a moment of silence, he said, “Let’s follow our original plan…”

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