The Eye of Ysera is the home of all green dragons. It is a spatial magic artifact, located in a special dimension, and its position is not fixed, but constantly moving, and may appear in every corner of the dream. With it, the Green Dragon Legion should not have been invaded by nightmares, but this magic artifact was also contaminated by the power of the Nightmare Lord. Last time, Xavius snatched Ysondre in front of them, and this is not the only green dragon that was captured.
Since the Nightmare officially took the stage, the Eye of Ysera is no longer a safe haven for the Green Dragons, but the front line where the Green Dragon Legion directly faces the Nightmare Lord Xavius.
Xavius has mastered the movement pattern of the Eye of Ysera, so no matter where it flies, he can always catch up and force the green dragons inside to submit to his power.
Aiden felt a little hesitant when he learned that the Eye of Ysera was still a little far away from here.
He had previously increased their speed to the maximum through the authorization of the blueprint system, and at the same time sensed that the Titan's dream-maintaining system equipment was installed on Mount Hyjal, even in the G'Hanir tree in front of him.
Should he go to the Eye of Ysera to find Malfurion and the others, or stay and try to modify the permissions?
At this moment, a huge shock suddenly came from the entire Emerald Dream. A virtual picture flashed before Aiden's eyes. He saw the G'Hanir in front of him turn into the withered Nordrassil on Mount Hyjal, and a group of druids were casting natural spells around the scorched tree trunk to heal this World Tree.
"This, this is a scene from the real world!" Broll showed an unbelievable expression. The scene in front of him was the home of the night elves, how could he not recognize it? But the meaning behind it is even more terrifying.
The green dragon looked terrified and said in a trembling voice: "The dream... is merging with reality... Queen, something must have happened to the Queen!"
Before Aiden and the others entered the dream, the green dragons from the dream had begun to invade the real world, and a large number of nightmare minions had also entered the real world, but that was only the influence of the dream on reality, and there was still a possibility of being corrected.
But now, everything has become irreversible. Only by completely killing Xavius, who is pushing all of this behind the scenes, and killing both his body and soul, can it be possible to stop all of this.
Realizing this, Aiden's face suddenly turned livid.
"Should we go to the Eye of Ysera immediately?" Remulos looked at Aiden. He understood that everything now depended on this extraordinary mortal.
Aiden slowly shook his head: "I'm afraid it's too late."
His answer made Remulos's heart sink. His father was also in the Eye of Ysera. Could he also be in danger?
"We can't be led by the nose by the Nightmare Lord." Aiden looked at everyone, "He wants us to go to the Eye of Ysera now, it must be because he is confident that he can defeat us in that place, or he has set up a trap there waiting for us to jump in. We can't do what he wants!"
"But what else can we do?" Kael'thas asked, "What method should we use to defeat him?"
"Let's pray that the blueprint system will have a surprise!" Aiden said in a deep voice.
He put his hand on the trunk of G'Hanir and tried to sense the connection point of the Titan system port.
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Before the irreversible fusion of dream and reality occurred, Xavius learned that Aiden and others had gone to Mount Hyjal, and he immediately began to implement N'Zoth's next plan.
In the Eye of Ysera, Ysera is inside a safe golden dome, protected by mysterious forces, so there is no need to worry about the entanglement of nightmares.
Green Dragon Queen Ysera was immediately encouraged when she heard her deputy Leyara report that Aiden and the others were very close to G'Hanir.
"Next, my children will bring them here, and then we will be saved!"
"We must be prepared to fight back against the Nightmare Lord!" Cenarius said excitedly, "This human really did not disappoint me!"
"Do you know him, teacher?" Malfurion asked.
"Of course, I once met him in a dream two years ago." Cenarius smiled, "I just didn't expect that in just less than two years, he would have grown to such a point—he would actually become a key figure in saving us and fighting against the Nightmare Lord!"
Of course, Cenarius would not forget that he had once given this human a mark of his own in the dream, allowing him to cast natural spells. However, this mark only had an inspirational effect. At that time, he told Aiden that if he could not understand the way of nature, the power of the mark would soon be exhausted. Now it seems that this human is probably making much greater progress than he imagined.
"Actually, you should have all seen him." Ysera was also in a very good mood at this time. She showed a long-lost smile, "War of the Ancients, have you forgotten?"
"War of the Ancients?"
This word made Cenarius and Malfurion fall into deep thought.
"Mother, are you saying that he is the one who stopped Sargeras?" Cenarius was shocked. Seeing the Green Dragon Queen nod, he blurted out, "How is this possible!"
Cenarius had hardly seen his real mother, Elune, since he was born. Ysera raised him, so although he knew his identity, he always called Ysera mother.
"Nothing is impossible." Ysera's voice was smiling, "Are you all unable to recall the details about him and the other two people?"
Malfurion and Cenarius nodded at the same time. The War of the Ancients should have been an unforgettable battle, and they have extraordinary memories. They remember many details of that battle very clearly, but the only thing missing is a key part—three people helped them in the War of the Ancients, but no night elf can remember what their identities, races, or names were, or even whether they were male or female.
Ysera knew this very well, and she said softly: "Time has blinded your memories—because these three people did this in the future. They traveled back to ancient times and participated in the war against the Burning Legion. Only when this thing happens in the future will your memories that are shielded by time become clear. But this is the dream, my domain, and I can tell you. But once you leave this dome, you will still forget all of this."
Cenarius and the two looked at each other. Their doubts were answered, but more doubts followed. This involves the secrets of the timeline, which is the domain of Nozdormu, and Ysera also knows what it is but does not know why.
But without a doubt, having discovered more secrets about Aiden, they had unprecedented confidence in defeating the Nightmare Lord.
But at this moment, outside the Eye of Ysera, the Nightmare Lord launched another fierce attack, and the entire space was shaking under his attack.
Feeling the vibration under his feet, Cenarius said: "I'll go take a look."
The Eye of Ysera has been attacked by the Nightmare Lord many times, but this time the intensity is much greater than in the past. Cenarius was worried that the other party also knew something, so he was desperate.
Malfurion also said: "I'll go take a look too."
"Notify me if the situation is urgent!" Ysera ordered, "Be sure to pay attention to safety!"
"We know."
The master and apprentice left the protection of the dome and came to the valley outside, preparing to scout what was happening outside.
Just after the two walked out, the voice of Green Dragon Warrior Leyara sounded behind Ysera: "Queen."
"Hmm?" Ysera turned her head.
What greeted her was Leyara's unannounced attack. Before losing consciousness from a head injury, Ysera widened her eyes. She saw her loyal warrior beginning to be corrupted by nightmares.
"Mother!"
"Queen!"
Seeing this scene, everyone around was plunged into horror and anger.
Leyara retreated into the depths of the dome, holding Ysera hostage, and his arrogant voice reached everyone's ears: "No one can resist the invasion of nightmares! The world will belong to the Nightmare Lord!"
Cenarius saw another huge green dragon, Emeriss, appearing on Leyara's retreat route, and he immediately shouted: "Emeriss, stop Leyara! He has fallen!"
Emeriss is also a powerful green dragon, no worse than Leyara, but she did not follow Cenarius's order, but opened the passage.
Then her distorted voice came: "As you can see, he and I have both chosen the Nightmare Lord!"
Cenarius almost fell into despair. His mother was betrayed by her most trusted subordinate!
Outside the Eye of Ysera, the Nightmare Lord Xavius controlled Emeriss and Leyara to hold the Green Dragon Queen hostage and enter the depths of the golden dome.
"Master, the plan has been achieved!" Harvis excitedly reported the victory to the Old God N'Zoth.
"Very good, then proceed to the next step." N'Zoth transmitted his power to Harvis's main body from afar, and this energy was reflected into the dream.
Feeling his power doubled, Harvis was full of confidence.
Black mist spread from Leson's dragon claws, the black mist stained Ysera's head, and then merged into it. When everything was over, Ysera opened her eyes, her eyes were full of struggle, but her body uncontrollably activated the core facility of the Eye of Ysera.
"No, no, I can't—" Her expression was terrified and desperate.
Ysera understood what she was doing, and also understood what kind of result it would lead to.
"Rumble!"
In the roaring loud noise, the dream began to forcibly merge, and everything became irreversible.
"Thank you for your help, Ysera." Harvis's mocking voice entered Ysera's mind, and her pupils lost their luster and turned into dead gray.
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Aiden sank his consciousness into Garnier's interior, and he quickly sensed the Titan system's authentication port. After successfully passing the verification, a huge suction force sucked him into the tree trunk. He felt as if he had turned into countless small particles, entering deeper along the pipes and meridians inside the tree trunk.
He let himself not resist this process, but let this force take him forward. When the suction disappeared, he found himself standing in a huge room, and all he heard were shrill alarm sounds.
"Alarm, system error"
"Alarm, system error"
"Alarm..."
Aiden strode towards a large instrument, the display screen was full of incomprehensible garbled characters, and he couldn't distinguish the meaning at all.
He asked loudly: "Voice system, is there a voice system!"
Previously, in the Titan laboratory at the bottom of the Shattered Spire Fortress, there was a file library voice to intelligently answer questions. Aiden was guessing whether this was the standard configuration of the Titan system. If not, he would have to start exploring how to use it from scratch.
"Please verify permissions"
Above Aiden's head, a huge bronze Titan head's eyes bloomed with two strong lights, enveloping him, just like the verification when he entered the Shattered Spire laboratory.
The verification passed quickly, and he was still considered a Titan.
At this time, the intelligent voice replied: "Welcome back, Titan."
Aiden immediately asked: "What's wrong with this system?"
"Analyzing... The blueprint system has been invaded by a virus and maliciously modified... The Guardian has executed an illegal program... System error"
"How to solve it?" Aiden didn't understand what this meant either. Perhaps the nightmare created by Harvis was judged as a virus by the blueprint system. As for the "Guardian", this should be referring to Ysera, he secretly guessed, perhaps the irreversible fusion was caused by Ysera?
"Plan 1: Clear the system virus, delete the source of corruption, and restart the Guardian's permissions"
"Plan 2: Seek help from the Initial Gods"
"Plan 3: Call the Observer"
"Plan 4: Activate the system emergency rescue plan"
Aiden asked the system voice to explain each one clearly, and it took a while to understand.
Plan 1 was to kill Harvis's entity and soul, and let Ysera regain control of the Emerald Dream, stopping the fusion of the dream and reality.
As for the Initial Gods in Plan 2, after the system query, it gave three beings that could provide help: the Mother Earth, the Father Sky, and the Sun God and the Moon God. The former two can independently reverse the fusion process, while the Sun God and the Moon God must work together to achieve the goal.
Aiden was not surprised to see the Mother Earth, but what is the "Father Sky"? He had never heard of this god who could be compared with the Mother Earth.
The subsequent call to the Observer meant the arrival of Algalon. Maybe this guy would send the code directly when he saw the situation, and let the Pantheon reshape Azeroth.
It's not maybe, it's almost certain—now that this group of demons is dancing wildly, and the Old Gods are all ready to move, Algalon will choose this way 99.99%.
Aiden didn't think much about it, and prepared to start the second plan, "Seek help from the Initial Gods".
But soon the system voice rang: "The request for help data was intercepted and cannot be connected to the Initial Gods"
Aiden was immediately anxious and asked: "Why was it intercepted?"
"The Guardian executed an illegal program and cannot send a distress signal"
Aiden had a headache. He looked at the last plan four and tried this last possibility.
Fortunately, this set of plans can be enabled.
After connecting to the system, Aiden saw several options:
Enable Celestial Active Defense System (Unavailable);
Enable Illegal Data Clearing System (Unavailable);
Enable Guardian Permissions;
Obviously, the first two systems seem very useful, why are they unavailable? Aiden asked the system, and the answer was not beyond his expectations: because the system's key data has been tampered with, these cannot be enabled temporarily.
The only solution is to enable Guardian permissions, and Aiden chose to enable it.
After confirming the selection, Aiden felt a phantom image in his mind: a solemn platinum Titan holding a staff and casting a spell, instilling a piece of information containing countless runes into his memory.
Then the platinum Titan who cast the spell disappeared. Aiden learned through memory that this was the Titan of the Pantheon, "Dream Weaver" Norgannon. Ysera was able to become the Guardian of the Emerald Dream because she inherited his power.
Aiden opened his eyes and woke up. He felt his new permissions and found that he had some special abilities.
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In the real world, Aiden gathered all the forces he could gather in the Land of Justice, gathering an army of more than 600,000 people—but more than a quarter of them were undead from the Forsaken Legion.
Just as the vanguard of 40,000 people had just entered Azshara, Harvis in the dream ordered Leson and Amoris, two chess pieces, to hold Ysera hostage, and forcibly activated the irreversible fusion of the dream and reality using Ysera's permissions.
The violent earthquake not only occurred in the Emerald Dream, but also in the real world.
Aiden saw the original appearance of Azshara in the dream, and the conflicting fusion of the blueprint and the real world became more intense.
What was even more terrifying was that after this moment, the originally relatively thin green mist spread wildly. Countless nightmare minions roared around them. In the sky, the fallen Eranikus led the flying corps that had once intercepted Aiden in the dream, broke through the green mist, and appeared in their sight.
And around the vanguard, nightmare minions more than ten or twenty times their number suddenly emerged from the green mist, completely surrounding them.
"Defense, defensive formation!"
"Quick, cast a defensive barrier!"
Although the warriors reacted quickly, the enemy's attack was even faster! Seeing that they were about to be completely submerged by the boundless tide of nightmare minions, most of the warriors fell into despair, but at this time, the Light Naaru Deori stood up, and he and the other five Naaru opened a huge holy barrier, protecting everyone in a translucent golden shield.
The dragon breath spewed by the green dragon, the lightning and acid of the chimera, and the boulders thrown by the fallen mountain giants were all blocked by the holy barrier.
At the edge of the barrier, the nightmare minions frantically tore at the light shield, trying to rush in and kill all the living.
Although the warriors were all under protection, they were still .
Everyone understood that the Naaru's barrier would be broken eventually. By then they will be completely submerged by the tide of nightmare minions.
Despair grew in everyone's hearts.
When the vibration occurred, the Nightmare King truly revealed his claws.