Warcraft®: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak
Author:Richard A. Knaak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Published: 2021-07-15T00:00:00+00:00
TWELVE
Lord Prestorâs ascension seems almost inevitable,â the shadowy form in the emerald sphere informed Krasus. âHe has an almost amazing gift of persuasion. You are correct; he must be a wizard.â
Seated in the midst of his sanctum, Krasus eyed the globe. âConvincing the monarchs will require much evidence. Their mistrust of the Kirin Tor grows with each day ⦠and that can only also be the work of this would-be king.â
The other speaker, the elder woman from the inner council, nodded back. âWeâve begun watching. The only trouble is, this Prestor proves very elusive. He seems able to enter and leave his abode without us knowing.â
Krasus pretended slight surprise. âHow is that possible?â
âWe donât know. Worse, his chateau is surrounded by some very nasty spellwork. We almost lost Drenden to one of those surprises.â
That Drenden, the baritoned and bearded mage, had nearly fallen victim to one of Deathwingâs traps momentarily dismayed Krasus. Despite the manâs bluster, the dragon respected the other mageâs abilities. Losing Drenden at a time like this could have proven costly.
âWe must move with caution,â he urged. âI will speak with you again soon.â
âWhat are you planning, Krasus?â
âA search into this young nobleâs past.â
âYou think youâll find anything?â
The hooded wizard shrugged. âWe can only hope.â
He dismissed her image, then leaned back to consider. Krasus regretted that he had to lead his associates astray, if only for their own good. At least their intrusions into Deathwingâs âmortalâ affairs would have the result of distracting the black. That would give Krasus a bit more time. He only prayed that no one else would risk themselves as Drenden had done. The Kirin Tor would need their strength intact if the other kingdoms turned on them.
His own excursion to visit Malygos had ended with little sense of satisfaction. Malygos had promised only to consider his request. Krasus suspected that the great dragon believed he could deal with Deathwing in his own sweet time. Little did the silver-blue leviathan realize that time no longer remained for any of the dragons. If Deathwing could not be stopped now, he might never be.
Which left Krasus with one much undesired choice now.
âI must do it â¦â He had to seek out the other great ones, the other Aspects. Convince one of them, and he might still gain Malygosâs sworn aid.
Yet, She of the Dreaming ever proved a most elusive figure ⦠which meant that Krasusâs best bet lay in contacting the Lord of Timeâwhose servants had already rejected the wizardâs requests more than once.
Still, what else could he do but try again?
Krasus rose, hurrying to a bench upon which many of the items of his calling stood arranged in vials and flasks. He scanned row upon row of jars, eyes quickly passing chemicals and magical items that would have left his counterparts in the Kirin Tor greatly envious, and more than a little curious as to how he could have obtained many of the articles in question. If they ever realized just how long he
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