Two years after the War of the Ancients, Suramar Port was officially completed.
The entire port boasted ten large docks, specifically designed to berth large ships like the Sunstrider. There were also over thirty smaller docks for Vrykul-type vessels. In addition, a sea wall pier extended from the beaches on both sides of the original Suramar city walls, capable of accommodating hundreds of inshore fishing boats.
These three types of ships would become the standard vessels of the Kaldorei Empire, sufficient for the Kaldorei for a long time.
Gale designated large ships like the Sunstrider as Battleships. Vrykul-type ships were Cruisers, and small fishing boats were Fishing Vessels. In these two years, the shipyard at Suramar Port had constructed a total of three Battleships: besides the Sunstrider, there were also the Morning Light and the Shadowsong.
The Morning Light was Gale's flagship, while the Shadowsong was Garrosh's flagship.
With these two Battleships at the forefront, supplemented by ten Cruisers, Gale formed two fleets, establishing the nascent Suramar Navy.
Due to a shortage of naval talent, Gale transferred Carlos to serve as captain of the Morning Light. When Gale was not present on the Morning Light, the Morning Light would fly the moon flag and follow the command of the Shadowsong. However, when Gale was on the Morning Light, the Morning Light would fly the sun flag, and the Shadowsong would follow the Morning Light's command.
In addition to these two fleets, Suramar Port also had over twenty Cruisers, forming the Suramar Coastal Fleet, responsible for patrolling the Broken Isles.
After the port's completion, Mejia found himself with free time.
During his two years underwater, he had a lot of spare time and often pondered future developments.
The unique nature of a Lich meant that he could only increase his strength by changing bodies. The body Gale had created for Mejia was already top-tier in the current world. Therefore, Mejia had no hope of changing bodies in the short term.
Thus, to enhance his strength, he had to find helpers from the outside.
The appearance of Teldrassil allowed the Kaldorei to achieve immortality, but it also deprived Mejia of the opportunity to find helpers. After all, who would willingly die if they could live?
Moreover, even if they were to die, the Kaldorei would much rather be transformed into Sprites by Aeon, frolicking freely in the wilderness.
Even with Mejia's formidable strength, it would be difficult to find Kaldorei willing to become Liches.
The appearance of a Lich was too ugly, clearly not in line with Kaldorei aesthetics.
Mejia was frustrated. Why were there no Kaldorei who wouldn't be repulsed by becoming a Lich?
It seemed there really were!
He suddenly thought of a group of wandering souls, unconsciously drifting in that place, reliving the same day repeatedly. If they were transformed into Liches, they shouldn't refuse, right?
Indeed, Mejia was thinking of the souls of the Mages in Nathalass.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. After the construction of Suramar Port was complete, he immediately applied to Gale to go to Nathalass to recruit those souls.
Gale's expression was very strange, but he had to admit that Mejia's idea was excellent. There were dozens of Archmages in Nathalass, and hundreds of Mages. If they were all turned into Liches, it would definitely be possible to assemble an army of Liches.
Liches could fight underwater, and hundreds of Liches could completely form a terrifying underwater army.
He was just wondering how to seize territory from the Naga, and Mejia gave him a pleasant surprise.
"You can, go ahead and do it. Farodis and the others will also be grateful to you if they can be freed from the curse."
Mejia was greatly encouraged by these words.
He packed his things and immediately set off for Nathalass.
Because it had become a ghost realm, Nathalass remained peaceful during the War of the Ancients. For the Kaldorei, they did not want to disturb the ghosts there, even though they were restless.
As for the Demons, there were no living people there, so it had no offensive value whatsoever.
After the war, the Kaldorei also avoided this place, choosing to settle elsewhere.
Mejia became the first person to visit here after the War of the Ancients, and his arrival also caused no stir.
The ghosts of Nathalass paid no attention to this strange fellow, still immersed in the beautiful life before the disaster. The Mages conducted their research, while the apprentices practiced newly learned spells in the campus.
Mejia observed for a while, found a lone apprentice, used necromantic spells to bind him, and brought him to the abandoned Forging Factory.
As a Lich, Mejia was undoubtedly unqualified. Although he was proficient in necromantic spells, those spells were learned when he was alive. After becoming a Lich, he hadn't learned any necromantic spells, but he had learned quite a few Frost Spells.
During the War of the Ancients, he also used Frost Spells against enemies. In building Suramar Port, he also gained a great many Frost Spells from the tidal scepter.
The reason he kidnapped a Mage apprentice was to practice the spell for creating a Lich, a spell he had newly learned from Gale when he left Nordrassil.
After binding the Mage apprentice in an ice prison, Mejia used the magic furnace of the Forging Factory to melt nether iron ingots.
Gale had given him all the nether iron ingots in stock, and many other metals for combination.
Having followed Gale for over two hundred years, Mejia also possessed a certain level of skill in forging. He took out some adamantite and put it into the magic furnace. Soon, the alloy of nether iron and adamantite was melted.
Mejia used Frost Spells to create an ice mold. This not only saved time in making the mold but also ensured precision.
The ice mold had an unmelting property. After the alloy liquid was poured into it, it quickly solidified, turning into alloy bones.
Mejia carved runes on the bones, filled them with mithril, and then activated them.
The bones were assembled piece by piece, adorned with a magic robe, and a qualified Lich body was completed.
He injected the Mage apprentice's soul into it, and when the soul fire in the eye sockets ignited, a new Lich was born.
However, this Lich looked around in confusion, then floated towards the factory gate, wanting to return to Nathalass.
Mejia frowned, raised his hand, and imbued the Lich with an Arcane Baptism. The Lich paused, then looked around in confusion.
"I… what happened to me?"
The bones at Mejia's mouth lifted upwards, clearly indicating his pride in his own cleverness.
The Lich turned around, was startled by Mejia, and exclaimed, "What kind of monster are you?"
The soul fire in Mejia's eyes flickered rapidly, clearly indicating he was quite annoyed by the Lich.
The Lich gathered magic, about to launch an attack on Mejia.
Mejia disdainfully raised a phylactery, and soul energy surged into it.
"Ah!" The Lich wailed in pain, "It hurts so much, what on earth is going on?"
Mejia stopped casting and said coldly, "Do you remember when your memory stopped?"
The Lich thought for a moment, "Prince Farodis ordered Mages to assemble, and then a powerful energy came from Sin'dorei. That energy was so powerful it was suffocating…"
He paused, seemingly understanding something.
"No…"
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