8. Lingering

On the shores of Lake Milondal, in the stillness of the wilderness where almost no one comes, two sides are facing each other, one exuding an indescribable coldness and evil, and the other is so cold that it almost freezes the soul. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Kel'thugad, it's really you!"

Gianna was blocked by Dick, but when she saw Kel'thugad walking out of the space door, she still showed a sad expression that was difficult to disguise, and even broke through Dick's protection, and it seemed that she was going to rush to Kel'thugad's side.

"Why? Why do you do this? The Mentor thinks so highly of you. ”

Frankly speaking, this is also the first time Dick has seen Kel'thugad's human form, how to say it, although his temples are gray, but with his cold face, there is an unexpectedly handsome feeling, just like the kind of uncle with a cold face and a hot heart, but Dick can be sure that this guy in front of him, his heart, is definitely much colder than his face.

So for the first time, he hugged Gianna who rushed out in his arms, hugged her stiffly, and took several steps back.

Kel'thugad just looked indifferently at the crying Gianna and Dick who was wary of him, and then he shook his head,

"You little girl, you will never understand!Astral mage Medivan opened the dark door, attracting the orc invasion, but he also brought us the mysterious and precious warlock spell, which is not much worse than the magic system we inherited from the High Elves, and even more aggressive!"

With a mocking smile on his face, Kel'thugad looked at Gianna, as if he saw the stubborn influence of Antonidas from her, and he couldn't help but snort coldly,

"But Antonidas is already old, he no longer has the wisdom of his youth, he actually locked such a precious book in the basement of the library, and no one is allowed to study it, he doesn't understand the power of those spells at all, the whole Dalaran is full of cowards, they dare not challenge the majesty of Antonidas, only me, and only me, can see the value of those spells!"

"That was the beginning of a new era! a magnificent era of magic!"

Kel'thugad opened his hand, as if to embrace that great time, but his madness and sanity seemed to coexist at the same time, he looked at Dick who had removed his shotgun from his back, and Gianna, who had wiped away his tears and clenched his staff,

"Only those who have been selected are qualified to enter this great era! You're all about to be eliminated!"

Dick looked at Kel'thugad, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face,

"Oh, is this what the old madman of the orcs imprisoned in the Ice Throne told you?"

Hearing this, Kel'thugad's eyes suddenly widened, and he asked in disbelief,

"You... How do you know?"

"Bang!"

The answer to him was Dick's covert aiming, and then pulling the trigger.

In the twin muzzles of the dwarven muskets, a flash of fire appeared, and two specially made black projectiles, propelled by the primordial and bursting gunpowder of this world, roared and pounced on Kel'thugad's face.

A triumphant smile had just appeared on Dick's face, but the next moment, Kel'thugad raised his left hand, and a white, half-human-tall energy palm that exuded a cold aura that froze everything rushed towards him, and Dick only had time to block his arms in front of him.

His feeling was like being swept away by the trolls two days ago, half of his body was frozen, and the whole person flew towards the rear, and at the moment he landed, he saw Gianna wielding his staff, summoning two huge turquoise water elements, and the eldest lady skillfully released a spell to attack the opposite side, which had been protected by a blood-colored shield.

At the same time, the task was triggered.

"Drop... Lingering"

"From Kel'thugad, save Gianna Prodmoor, an important figure in future history"

"Friendly reminder: Kel'thugad will let go now, only Arthas is alone, Gianna is not important enough to make him give up the mission given by the Lich King, if you are still using the original history as a reference, you will undoubtedly die a miserable death. (This quest is extremely difficult!Unlock the main quest after completion!)"

In the few seconds that Dick read the mission description, the fledgling Gianna went from being active to quickly becoming a passive defense.

Antonidas himself is good at time magic and ice magic, but he also dabbles in fire magic, so his two disciples, Kel'thugad previously majored in fire magic, while Gianna is a genius who is naturally suitable for learning frost magic, an excellent fire mage, which is the small impression that Kel'thugad left on Gianna.

But this time, after a year of separation, Gianna, who was good at ice magic, was suppressed head-on by Kel'thugad with frost magic, which she was not good at at before.

The two-headed intermediate water elemental summoned by Gianna has its own ice and heavy attack skills, but they are enough to rival the trolls head-on, but they can't even break through the shield on the surface of Kel'thugad's body, on the contrary, Kelthugad can attack Gianna wantonly through the shield.

His frost magic was amazingly powerful, and as soon as he threw it away, a fist-sized ice arrow roared and rushed towards Gianna, which was so fast that Gianna had to use the flashing technique to dodge, but the staff in Kel'thugad's other hand was lightly clicked, and a green light rushed out from the top of the staff, hitting Gianna's body who escaped from the flashing technique.

Dick recognized the spell, it was clearly the warlock's "life-sucking", Gianna's sudden attack made her original attack rhythm a little disturbed, along with the vitality being sucked out, and there was also a stumbling under her feet, Kel'thugad seized this opportunity, and the staff connected the dots, the curse of pain, the curse of weakness, the curse of fatigue, and the curse of the elements, which were added to her one after another.

These curses ignore defense and directly act on the body, under this completely different effect of the curse, Gianna's combat power was quickly weakened to the minimum, and finally, with a smug smile, Kel'thugad smug a sulfur-smelling flame in his left hand, and threw it at Gianna, and the flames smashed on Gianna's body like a cannonball.

This blow not only smashed the mage's ice shield, but also knocked her body out of the air, smashing straight into the arms of Dick, who had just stood up, and knocking the two people to the ground again.

Although the battle of the legendary mages was only a dozen seconds, the surrounding ground had been corroded and frozen by ice and shadow energy, making it like a battlefield bombarded by cannonballs.

This is also the first time Dick has seen a battle between mages, the light and shadow effect is max, the destructive power is max, if it is not the opponent who wins, Dick is estimated to jump up and applaud.

And even now, the situation of the two of them is already terrible, Dick's whole body is frozen, his combat power is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Kel'thugad, who combines the frost mage and the shadow warlock, and the most important thing is the eldest lady, Gianna still has four deadly curses on her body, and she was even more confused by the last sacrifice technique, and the magic power of her whole body was confused.

Her face had turned flushed, her body was twitching, and Dick's frozen hand pressed against her forehead, and she could feel the heat.

"The power of the spell is okay, but the combat awareness and spell-casting skills are a mess, and Antonidas has ruined another genius, hehe, it's really sad!"

Kel'thugad removed the blood-red shield, and the two water elementals had already dissipated in place when Gianna lost his combat effectiveness, leaving only four broken elemental confinement bracelets, looking at Kel'thugad who was walking towards the two people step by step, feeling the cold and corrosive aura coming from the body of this future great lich.

Dick knew that there was not much time left for him, and this guy had already made a murderous intention!

"Do you have any last words? I will be merciful enough to give you a chance to speak!"

Kel'thugad held up his strange staff carved with a dragon-shaped ornament, dark red throughout, and four blood-red stones floating above and below it, but at this moment, Dick, who had been staring at him, suddenly spoke,

"Come and trade, Kel'thugad!"

"What?"

Kel'thugad thought he had misheard, what qualifications did this human bastard have to make a deal with him?

Kel'thugad thought that this was all a trick of Dick's trick, and that his staff was about to fall, and Dick cried out,

"An artifact left behind by the Titans!"

"Whew!"

The reddened dragon-shaped staff was wrapped in terrifying cold and shadow power, and stopped above Dick's forehead, Dick looked at this staff, if he remembered correctly, this staff should be called "Curse", it was one of the drops of Naxxramas in the Scourge Floating City, the shape is very handsome, but due to the average attributes, there are few staff that player mages will use.

"What did you say?"

Kel'thugad finally gave Dick a chance to speak, but judging by the staff that was as steady as Tarzan resting on his forehead, if he didn't answer well, he and Miss Gianna would have been greeted with a cold death.

Under the pressure of life and death, Dick swallowed his saliva, organized his words, and said,

"The Titans left this world after they created them, but they left behind the Guardians to guard Azeroth, and those Guardians live in a secret realm in Northrend, and when I was in the Fourth Legion, I accidentally entered another secret realm in the Tirisfal Glade, where the remains of a Guardian are buried, and I am sure that the artifact left by the Titans is left there!"

"Huh!"

Kel'thugad looked at Dick like a madman, and shook his head, and the staff was about to be swung down, and Dick shouted again,

"Our lives are in your hands, what's the benefit of me lying to you? you come with me to take a look, if it's true, you give me a chance, I... I'm willing to join the Lich King, and I'll persuade Gianna to join you, don't you hate Antonidas, and let him see with his own eyes that two of his proudest disciples have betrayed him, isn't that the most vicious punishment?"

"Oh... It's kind of interesting!"

Kel'thugad squinted his eyes, looked at Dick, and then at Gianna, who was unconscious, but still convulsed in pain, and tilted his head,

"Last question, why should I believe you? You are just a soldier, and Gianna is the royal daughter of Kul Tiras, why would she listen to you?"

"I... I..."

Dick was stopped by this unusual question, he glanced at Gianna's anguished face, gritted his teeth, and took the violet badge from his belt and placed it in front of Kel'thugad's eyes,

"Because we've made a secret agreement for life! You don't know this thing, she gave it to me as a token of love! So, I can convince her to join the Scourge Legion, but not now!"

"Hmm~ Gianna's identity badge when she first joined Dalaran, hahaha, I didn't expect the dignified princess to fall in love with a vulgar human soldier, this is simply the funniest joke I've heard this year!"

Kel'thugad withdrew his staff, stretched out his hand, and touched Gianna's forehead, and the eldest lady's body immediately softened, but she was still unconscious.

Dick had just breathed a sigh of relief, but he was caught by Kel'thugad in his left hand, and with a light touch, Dick let out a painful wail, the pain of flesh being cut, burned, and burned.

"I still can't trust you, but with this mark of the Catastrophe, if you disobey my orders, your body will slowly transform into an undead, I think, a filthy ghoul, very much in line with your identity... Hahahaha!"