By the way, what the hell is the Eternal Dragon?
Why does the Eternal Dragon have whispers of the Ancient Gods?
This is a very long history.
Initially, when the Titans left Azeroth, they gave each of the five guardian dragons unique abilities and responsibilities.
For bronze dragons, this responsibility is much more complicated than that of other dragons - they have to guard time and stick to the path of destiny. In the process of being the guardian of time, Nozdormu faced many dilemmas, and he eventually became the leader of the Eternal Dragons, forming a dragon army that disrupted the timeline in various ways.
So, what does this distant story have to do with Draenor? In a word: closely related. The fate of Draenor has long been tied to that of Azeroth. Although it is a different planet, the two worlds have been inseparable since the first day of the birth of this universe, and will continue to be closely related in the future.
More importantly, Azeroth is not the first planet transformed by the Titans. The Titans have traveled among countless worlds, each of which has been crafted into a unique jade with its original appearance, but all worlds have a common connection - time.
When Aman'thul, the leader of the Pantheon, Sargeras' brother, the consort of Iona the Giver of Life, and the Titan of Creation, bestowed upon Nozdormu the power of time, he also gave the bronze dragon a motto:
"The great mission entrusted to you is to preserve the purity of time. Understand that there is only one true timeline, and you must protect it. If time does not flow as it is supposed to, the consequences will be beyond your imagination. The fabric of reality will fall apart. It is a heavy task - the foundation of all tasks in this world, for without time there would be nothing."
There is only one true timeline, not only for Azeroth, but also for the entire Hongyu.
So do parallel times exist?
Of course. And the parallel time is threatening this real timeline all the time.
If you have enough time power, the character can jump from a broken timeline to other times, causing various effects: for example, Thrall was probably sold as a slave and died in the arena. Another example is to let Neltharion really pretend to be Lord Prestor successfully, and then kill Terenas and eventually become the leader of the Alliance.
These characters exist, and each of them is a living being - some are vicious and terrifying; some are noble and righteous - it all depends on the direction of the timeline they are in.
But the timeline they are in is not the real timeline, and the life they are living is not a predetermined one. The bronze dragon travels through the timelines, cleaning up the time fragments caused by the eternal dragon, so that these events will not affect the real world where Duke is now.
This is the role of Nozdormu and the bronze dragons.
Initially, when Nozdormu gained the power to travel through time, he also knew how he would understand his life. Was this unnecessary? Of course not. This was to tell Nozdormu that even after gaining the power of time, he would reach the end - death.
Where there is life, there is death; where there is a beginning, there is an end; this is true for everything.
Therefore, Nozdormu is very aware of the importance of protecting the true timeline because he can see the changes in other timelines.
However, in a certain timeline, Nozdormu was influenced by the whispers of the Old Gods and became Murozdor, and established the Eternal Dragonflight. The purpose of the Eternal Dragon is to change the fate of the world and destroy the real timeline - the timeline where Duke is.
Although Duke himself couldn't figure out whether the timeline he traveled through was the real main timeline, throughout history, humans have actually been mostly self-centered creatures. Didn't you see that Copernicus was sent to the stake for violating the "geocentric theory"?
Since Duke has come to this timeline, maintaining this timeline has become one of Duke's obligations.
Although I, Duke, am a guy who will never stop making trouble as long as I am alive, making trouble is my privilege, okay?
You eternal dragons who have been brainwashed by the ancient gods and turned into moron, dare you say as soon as you come out that you want to destroy the empire that I have built with my own hands and destroy my harem?
Bah! If I don't fight you, who else should I fight?
The Eternal Dragon Lung who claimed to be Andom was furious. Maybe he was Andom, but he could only be the brain-dead version of Andom who was brainwashed by the Old Gods in that collapsed timeline.
He wanted to kill Duke.
Didn't Duke want to kill him?
In the time gap above the long river of time, an eternal dragon and a traverser started a desperate duel.
In Duke's sight, Andom healed the wound on his chest that Duke had just pierced.
"Hahaha! Stupid mortal! Nozdormu's lackey, you don't understand the greatness and power of time at all. All your harm is ineffective to me! Hahahaha—" Andorm laughed wildly.
Then, he was slapped in the face by Duke.
"Huh? I wonder why a certain Eternal Dragon would consume 30% of his strength just to go back to the time when he was not injured?"
Andom's laughter stopped abruptly, and there was clear fear on that highly anthropomorphic face.
"Eternal Dragon Andom, you may be able to fool those fools who have no common sense, but you can't fool my eyes." Duke pointed at his own eyes, actually pointing at the system parameters displayed on his retina.
There, Andom's health bar was fully restored, but his mana bar dropped by 30%. More importantly, the system determined that Andom's hostility level was not the skeleton level that symbolized invincibility, but the silver dragon mark that symbolized rare elite.
The richest person in the world is of course the boss, but in normal single-player mode, rare elites are also a good way to make a fortune!
"Hmph! You know nothing about battles in the time realm!" Andom roared, and as if for no reason, he spewed a stream of black flames behind him.
Unexpectedly, Duke neither moved forward nor backward, but took three steps in the air to the left.
A strange thing happened. The next moment, the black flames actually passed through Duke's left side. It looked like Duke almost hit the dragon's breath head-on, but in fact he was not hurt at all.
"Impossible!? How could a mortal see through that..." Andom was so surprised that he almost bit off his tongue.
"Haha! Isn't it just the calculation of time and space?" Duke looked at Andom with the care of a mentally retarded child, which made Andom almost crazy.
The calculation of time and space is an easy thing to say, and even many fighting theories throughout history are actually based on this theory.
But in the long river of time, who can calculate as accurately as Duke, who possesses the system AI?