7. First acquaintance with the void spirit
The Ethereals, a very mysterious race in the Warped Void, knew no more about them than they knew about the Warped Void, in fact, these races had already been found in Azeroth long before the orcs first opened the Dark Portal.
At Karazan, at the top of Medivan's Mystic Mage Tower, there is also a group of exiled Ethereals living in exile, who seem to have made some kind of agreement with Medivan to help the Astral Mage protect his library and his secrets.
But those ethereal spirits never had more communication with the other members of Karazhan, and even the current owner of the mage tower, Medivan's bloodline Median, could not give them orders, fully demonstrating the mystery of this race, according to the information left by Medivan, the ethereal spirit is essentially a special energy creature, with its own will, and it is not clear whether it has a soul or not, but there is no doubt that the special scientific and technological power they have mastered is much higher than that of Azeroth.
It's a cosmic creature... A creature that can travel freely in the universe.
"Huh"
Accompanied by a silver lightning bolt that streaked across the endless night sky, Dick's figure appeared on the land northwest of the Void Storm, the environment here was as harsh and dangerous as other places, but in front of the paladin, a super-large purple ** magic enchantment the size of several cities stood on the ground.
Something unimaginable to mortals!
It was a curtain of light that constantly shone with soft light, forming a barrier with special energy, isolating the things inside from the terrible environment outside, and to be honest, such a large barrier was unimaginable for Azeroth at the moment.
Farther away from the barrier, a special style of black tower pierced into the sky like a sharp sword, very slender, but it had a special beauty, like a building twisted along the central axis, and in the top of the layered black tower, a dazzling blue electric spark swirled and swirled, like a beautiful storm, enveloping the top third of the tower.
It seemed to be some kind of energy-harvesting device, but it looked like some kind of special weapon.
This is the Ethereals' largest base in the Shattered World of Draenor, the super-large eco-dome made with their special technology, and the storm spire of the Astral Consortium.
Dick felt like he could get what he needed here... Segit Fireplug intends to rob it openly, but in reality, he doesn't know that for the Ethereal Merchant, there is nothing that cannot be sold, as long as he can afford the price.
It's not for nothing that the Ethereals are called "Astral Goblins", their profit-seeking nature and the notorious Goblin Consortium are simply carved out of the same mold.
"Brush Brush Brush Brush"
As soon as Dick's figure appeared, several ethereal spirits in strange red armor jumped out of the space and rushed from all directions, trapping Dick in the very center.
The pace of these ethereal movements was particularly interesting, as they leaped back and forth between appearing and disappearing as they rapidly advanced, and in a flickering manner, they flew over the ground quickly, and when they appeared in front of the paladin, Dick could be considered to have seen the real ethereals.
Similar to the height of a human in Azeroth, he was more slender, holding a weapon with sparkling energy in his five fingers, a dagger, a knife wheel, or two strangely shaped firearms.
But the impression is very weird!
The crimson armor that constantly shone with starlight aside, these ethereal spirits were all in human form, but their bodies were covered with white bandages, from their foreheads to their horns, and everything was covered in dense bandages, looking like the mummies of Dick's memory.
But from the gaps in those bandages, Dick could feel bursts of special energy fluctuations, and even this kind of bandage was engraved with mysterious magic patterns that could not be seen by the naked eye, they were not only bandages, but also tools used by the ethereal spirits to maintain their bodies.
Don't forget, these guys are energy creatures, more similar to the existence of elemental creatures, they don't have a fixed body, and under those bandages, it is estimated that there is nothing except the energy that carries the will of the ethereal spirit.
This is definitely a form of existence that mortals in Azeroth cannot imagine, but the universe is so big that there are no wonders, and after seeing the form of the astral observer, Dick said that the ethereal spirit is just a child.
"Buzz Buzz"
The faceless ethereal guard let out a muffled voice at Dick, probably their language, but unfortunately, it wasn't among the many languages Dick mastered, so the paladin used a more direct approach.
He first raised his hands to show that he had no malice, and then, a powerful spirit swept across the body of the five-headed void spirit, at this moment, the will of the five-headed void spirit was like a candle flame in the wind of a great storm, and it was about to be extinguished in an instant, and they even directly lost control of their bodies at this moment, the weapon fell to the ground, and the bandage used to fix the body also showed many traces of breakage.
Obviously, the mere touch of the soul had brought these mysterious extraterritorial creatures to the brink of collapse, but fortunately, this brutal exchange lasted less than a second, and after Dick realized that these creatures could not withstand the full touch of his soul, he immediately weakened this soul-level contact.
The ethereals were relieved at this moment, but before they could regain their grip on their weapons, a gentle voice appeared in their hearts in a way they could not understand.
"The Astral Consortium can sell anything, right? I'll shop and lead the way. ”
Despite Dick's friendliness, after the accidental collision just now, the five Ethereal Guardians had already understood what kind of brutal the harmless-looking "meat man" in front of them was, and they re-tightened their weapons, and took two steps back vigilantly, obviously, it seemed that they didn't intend to let Dick into their large ecological dome just like that.
And from the red glow on the Storm Spire in the distance, it was clear that they had called for backup.
"Hey... I really came to buy something, it was just an accident!"
Dick also tried to explain something, after all, although he was not afraid of these ethereal spirits, he knew very well that there was an ethereal nodal prince stationed in the Storm Spire, and in the outer area of the Void Storm not far from the Storm Spire, the official army of the Ethereal Spirits, the "Order Faction" and the "Avenger Army", were facing each other, although the two sides were hostile, it was difficult to say whether they would unite to drive out the foreign enemy first once the Storm Spire was attacked.
The paladin is very strong, and even as long as he is willing to pay a certain price, it is not impossible to directly destroy the Void Storm Continent under his feet, but since Azeroth and Illidare have decided to build a starport in the Void Storm, then for these forces who also live in the Void Storm, peace may be the most important thing.
And just as Dick was about to perform another soul shock and disarm these stubborn and unwilling ethereal spirits, a mysterious, hoarse, metal-like voice sounded in Dick's mind, just like the method he had used against these ethereal warriors before.
He could feel that a special soul and his soul had been lifted, and a special message had been transmitted.
"Welcome, leader of the Meat People from afar... Please forgive my recklessness, they were just frightened by your great power, come on, come to Storm Spire, I am the node prince of the Astral Consortium, Haramad, I am very interested in your "business"!"
At the same time as this voice sounded, more and more ethereal spirits ran out of the ecological dome and the encirclement of the ethereals also dispersed in an instant, but they did not disappear, on the contrary, like a welcoming attendant, they stood on the left and right sides in front of Dick, and the super-large magic enchantment without the slightest crack also opened a gap at this moment.
Dick straightened his clothes and strode forward.
He should be the first "flesh man" to be invited into the ecological dome of the ethereals, yes, there is no doubt about it... Flesh people, this is what the ethereal spirits who exist as energy creatures call humans, it's very vivid, isn't it?
The Paladin stepped into the ecological dome for the first time, even if he had seen the true face of this thing in the game, he still couldn't help but be surprised, because everywhere he looked, there was a green forest, yes, a large forest, no, a huge forest.
Trees and plants grow like crazy under the lilac sky, almost reaching the highest point of the dome, and the forest is home to a wide variety of creatures, from huge, black bobcats to salamanders that can change color at will, and small creatures everywhere.
There was even a large lake in the dome, and Dick didn't have to look closely to feel the life in it, and the earth beneath his feet even gave Dick a special feeling, as if they were not dead, but still a living world.
These ethereal technologies are really powerful, and they have somehow built an ecosystem that is still growing normally in a dead world.
And just as Dick was amazed by the miracle of life, the ground began to shake, and a super-large beast about 15 meters tall poked its head out of the forest, it was a black tyrannosaurus king, each with black scales the size of a shield, the teeth in its mouth were like sharp sword blades, and those eyes shone with the gaze of a ruthless and cruel predator.
It's like the most powerful beast on land that Dick had ever seen in Angolo Crater, and this one, apparently even stronger, was only one step away from stepping into the level of a transcendent creature.
It was supposed to be the most powerful beast in the dome, but before its first roar could be uttered, Dick glanced at it, and the ferocious beast's violent aura immediately stopped, and then it let out a scream, turned and fled into the jungle.
This giant beast that could easily destroy a city is already panicking just by smelling Dick's breath.
The episode didn't affect Dick's mood, in fact, an idea sparked in his mind as he walked to the Storm Spire ahead.
Dick raised his head, and in front of him was a black, about 60-meter-high minaret, with a central axis in it, but the overall architecture of the minaret was like a spiraling staircase, constantly circling around this central axis, which was probably the special architectural form of the ethereal spirits.
Outside the spire, there are also ethereal spirits with various missions busy with their work, Dick's arrival did not cause too much surprise, as astral merchants, they have already seen too many wonderful creatures, humans, just one of the very inconspicuous.
"Come, my honorable guest, I am waiting for you at the top of the spire. ”
Dick nodded, and the next moment, his body turned into a silver bolt of lightning and disappeared in place, which caused the busy ethereals to let out a burst of incomprehensible sounds.
"This flesh man is very strange... It can actually transform life forms. ”
"Well, maybe it's a special breed of meat people. ”