18. The Black Dragon and the King
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When a country is cornered, it is even more terrifying, and at noon the day after the capture of the old black dragon Ebotstaff, the mage tower of Theramore welcomes a new guest.
Sean, who was wearing black leather armor, personally led the royal mages to send over the corpse of a huge black dragon dragon man frozen in ice, and along with them, there were also heavily armed Duke Berval, Marshal Wendthor, the royal archmage of Stormwind City, Marlene, and a black-haired middle-aged man wearing hunting suit chain mail and carrying a silver longbow, judging from the rank on his shoulder, it was also a general.
The eldest princess of Kalia personally received the guests from Stormwind, but because of the mistake of the Duke of Berval, King Varian, who was as close as his brother, was in danger, so he didn't expect the eldest princess to have a good face for this group, and after a few words of reprimand, Princess Kalia took the recovered little Anduin back to the court, leaving these professional soldiers to discuss the specific matter of saving the king.
"Knight Dick, Master Marin said that extracting the essence blood of the black dragon is quite difficult, and you must have special skills to do it, with all due respect, can you really guarantee that it is foolproof?"
Duke Bowval's face was still a little gloomy, he sat on the side, touching his long sword with a whetstone, and the middle-aged man with a war bow sat silently beside him, Marshal Wendthor was a person who had dealt with Dick, so it was up to him to ask questions.
To this question, Dick smiled,
"Of course, I don't know this kind of complicated skill, but I have found a real hunting master, he has done such a thing more than once, but his identity is a bit special, I hope you can control your emotions!"
By the end, the paladin's face had become quite serious, and Windthor and the others looked at each other and nodded.
"After all, it is a matter of national fundamentals, and we know what to prioritize. ”
"Alright, Anna, go and ask Lexa to come over for me. ”
Miss Mage opened the door and walked out, and two minutes later, a tall orc hero wearing a black bat-outfit and two heavy axes on his back walked in.
Sure enough, just as Dick thought, the moment Lexa entered the room, Boward's heavy sword, the human general's longbow, Archmage Marlene's staff, and Wendthor's war knife were all suddenly unsheathed, and Sean also escaped into the shadows for the first time.
These people in front of them have all grown up in the death battle with the orcs, not to mention them from Stormwind City, they have a worse sense of the orcs, and these beasts even destroyed their country for a time.
Lexa wasn't too surprised, he guessed that he had encountered more dangerous scenes than this more than once in his lonely safari, he glanced curiously at the human with the longbow, and from that guy, he felt the breath of the same kind. The atmosphere of the whole room instantly became tense, and Dick rubbed his forehead with a headache, slapped the table violently, and roared loudly
"Enough, gentlemen, don't forget what you said before!"
"But you didn't tell us, you hired orcs!"
Field Marshal Windsor's voice turned cold, "I've seen him on the battlefield, Dick, this is a dangerous butcher of murder, it looks like you made a wrong judgment, these beasts won't be our friends!"
"I don't trust him, Knight Dick, you're too young to see them slaughter our countrymen on the battlefield!
The always wise mage also became radical this time, and Marlene's eyes narrowed, exuding a smell of danger.
But Dick's voice rose a few degrees again,
"But gentlemen, how long will it take you to find a master hunter again? How much time do we have? Lexa and I fought side by side in Mount Hyjal, and I confess that he has done unforgivable sins against our fellow man, but at least for now, we need him! So, in the face of more important things, let go of hatred, shall we?"
Duke Berval did not answer, but turned his gaze to the human general beside him,
"Mares, can you extract the blood of the Black Dragon Essence?"
"The knight is right, judging from the hunting skills alone, Lexa is definitely the best candidate for this task, and my mentor may be able to do it too, but unfortunately, she can't leave her duties here and come here. ”
The human general shook his head, and was the first to put down his weapon, his voice was cold, this was Dick's first feeling, and whether it was the posture of holding the war bow or the momentum, it was somewhat familiar, and soon, Dick knew where that familiarity came from, because he recognized the root of the guy in front of him.
Nathanos-Mares, the first human ranger general trained by Sylvanas himself, was born as a nobleman in Lordaeron, a real ruthless character, according to Sylvanas, Mares's talent is even much stronger than some High Elves, but unfortunately in the original history, this promising ranger died in the war of the dead in Lordaeron, but after the war, he was still resurrected by Sylvanas, who has become the queen of the Forsaken, and became the general of the Forsaken.
Later in the game, the Ranger even shows signs of becoming the commander of the Queen's army, which is a perfect testament to his abilities.
But now it seems that Dick's process of changing the world has also changed the tragic fate of the ranger general.
With Mares's words, Duke Berval also laid down his weapons, then Windsol and Marlene, and when Sean also emerged from the darkness around Lexa, the taciturn orc hero shrugged his shoulders, strode over to the frozen corpse of the Black Dragon General, drew a skinned dagger from his belt, and threw down a word.
"I need 3 hours! Human, come here and help!"
The orc deserves to be Mares, and the Ranger General did not object, walked quickly to Lexa's side, and began to help dispose of the corpse of the huge dragonman, perhaps it was the induction between the same kind, in short, although the two people did not speak, they cooperated with each other very smoothly.
When Dick saw this, he whispered to several others,
"Let's change places and move on. ”
Everyone agreed with this suggestion, and it was already their limit to involve the orcs in this matter, and the news of the king's disappearance must not be known to the orcs!
Next to the meeting room, Dikla opened the map on the wall, which was the scouts' latest topographical map of the Dust Swamp, and the paladin's finger pointed to the deepest part of the swamp, which was marked in conspicuous red.
"Here! His Majesty Varian was imprisoned here by that damned she-dragon, many of the people of Theramore saw the shadow of the black dragon skimming the sky that day, the scouts of Theramore also found the most suitable way forward, the soldiers of the Silver Dawn were ready to go, gentlemen, the only thing I have doubts about now is how we can kill that she-dragon while ensuring Your Majesty's safety!"
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While Dick and the others were racing against time to rescue Varian, His Majesty was in the dragon's lair in the deepest part of the Dust Swamp, and his Majesty was bound in the depths of the lava-wrapped dragon's lair in a "big" shape with a painful face, his body tied to the extremely hot rock wall with secret chains.
The fiery red rock wall was surrounded by shocking cracks, full of lava flowing, and Varian's skin clinging to the stone wall had been scorched, but the king, who had always appeared as a drunkard, was now suffering from the unbearable pain without saying a word.
The black dragon princess in human form was wearing a purple dress, strolling in the dragon's lair with extremely high temperatures, and she still looked like Count Caterina, playing with the gem-encrusted cane in her hand, but if you looked closely, you could see that the black dragon lady was obviously missing a finger on her left hand, which looked quite strange.
"Don't struggle, Varian, your will amazes me, there is probably not a single drunkard in the world who can last so long in this soul-torn agony..."
Caterina stepped forward, stretched out a finger, and gently lifted Varian's chin covered with cold sweat, the corners of her seductive eyes were full of vicious curiosity, and her plump mouth opened and closed, like a whisper between lovers,
"I'm curious, what is holding you up? Is it Tiffyne?
Hearing the name, Varian's eyes, which had been closed, opened, containing a beating flame, his lips cracked from thirst moved, and a hoarse voice came out,
"Tell me, Black Dragon, was Tiffine's death an accident?"
"Hehehehehe!"
Caterina pressed her beautiful face close to Varian's ear and whispered,
"What do you think, Great Your Majesty, do you really believe that a mob can storm the palace and assassinate the queen under heavy guards?"
"No, no, no, it's me, it's me who strangled her with my own hands... Ah, at the moment of Tiffine's death, I was still worried about her husband, her children, she was such a perfect wife, I couldn't even bear it, but I still killed her, I wanted to take advantage of her death, to get close to you, to walk into your heart, but it seems that you have lived up to the woman's friendship with you, you love her more than she loves you, so I chose Bowval, the seemingly iron-blooded, but in fact tender ruler. ”
Caterina retracted her head and stared at Varian tightly,
"Speaking of which, am I really not as beautiful as your wife?"
Varian's body was trembling, but instead of speaking, he closed his eyes again, but blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, which was lip-biting anger.
"Yes!
Caterina's laughter echoed in the empty dragon's lair, "You want to kill me with your own hands? Yes, that's the emotion, but you're so weak, you can't even hurt a finger of mine! Even your child needs that damn paladin to save it, you're a coward, Varian, but I know that you actually have a beast hidden in your heart, release it!
The Black Dragon Princess stimulates Varian's mind with vicious words as she quietly unleashes the dragon magic inscribed on the stone wall, an evil magic taught by the Destroyer himself, an evil magic that can split a person's soul in half.
Yes, the Black Dragon Princess's thoughts are far more evil than others', this vicious woman likes to see the world burning, the evil blood and spirit from the World Destroyer are deeply ingrained in her mind, she likes all chaos and despises all order, so she happily took over the task of the World Destroyer, and played with the entire Storm Kingdom in the palm of her hand.
She's a madman! No doubt she, like her mad father, wants to see the world crumble, ruin, and wail in the flames! That was the only thing that pleased her.
Although she may not know it, the fire of war that has been ignited is about to burn to her side.
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