5. Crystals from the sky
The welcome party was somewhat awkward because of the confrontation between Dick and Dai Lin, but the people present were all old rivers and lakes, where would they stop the celebration because of such a little thing, and Dai Lin is also an atmospheric person, although his face was a little cold, but when he went to the palace with Kalia, he kept waving his hand to the people watching the excitement along the way, which attracted cheers from the enthusiastic young men. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
They all grew up listening to the stories of human heroes defeating evil orcs, and now such a living hero, the characters in the story appeared in front of their eyes, if it weren't for the guards to stop them, these hot-blooded young men would have rushed up to surround Dai Lin.
Dick and Gianna knew that they would be embarrassed to see each other, so they simply told Princess Kalia about their illness and left, but the princess only sighed lightly and did not stop her.
As the lord of Theramore and Gianna's best friend, Kalia definitely hopes that she can get together with Dick, but Dalein... His Majesty's status is too special, and those old soldiers who came out of the war all have the same temper, Dick really suffers now.
And there is not enough time left for him, Dai Lin plans to stay in Theramore for a maximum of 10 days, and then he will go to sea to eliminate the Blood Sail Pirates who have gathered again on the Raid Island, the grievances and hatred between Dai Lin and the "Blood Sail Duke" Farreville cannot be said for a day, in short, this pair of old opponents to death has been fighting each other on the endless sea for nearly 10 years since the end of the Orc War, and the grievances between the Blood Sail Pirates and Kurtilas are almost the same as the grievances between orcs and humans.
The war will not end until one side falls completely.
No one wants to see a true master of the sea, so the vulnerable Bloodsail Pirates have received a lot of assistance, the biggest of which comes from those goblins, and two years ago, at the height of the battle between the two sides, Helix Hessor, the notorious goblin mercenary leader of Hessotech, even stepped in and joined the Bloodsail Pirates' camp, which barely helped them save a life from Dai Lin's terrifying sea offensive.
Of course, these are the stories between Dareen and the Bloodsail Pirates.
In short, Dick only has 10 days, otherwise when Dai Lin leaves Theramore, he will definitely take Gianna with him, and the grievances between father and daughter, even Kalia herself is not easy to interfere with, not to mention that when it comes to combat effectiveness, Dick is not at all dominant, and the 2,500 sailors brought by Dai Lin are all elite people, and when they really fight, the Silver Dawn, which has only been established for more than 2 years, may not be able to achieve victory.
Of course, if things don't go that far.
On the seashore outside the city of Theramore, Dick and Gianna sat on the reef, and next to them sat the dignified Liadline, and the relationship between the three of them was wonderful, and if it weren't for Dick, Gianna and Liadeline would be very good friends, really good friends, but if Dick appeared, these two beautiful girls would have become very eccentric.
Just like now, Dick's left hand was holding Gianna's palm, and his right hand was held in Liadeline's arms, and the three of them sat next to each other, sitting on the reef, watching the distant tide lap against the shore.
The paladin was whispering to Gianna, and although he had answered very hard at the time, to be honest, he really didn't have anything to do. But as a man, you can't always leave the responsibility to a woman, so the paladin has a very reluctant smile on his face,
"Don't worry, Anna, it's a big deal I'll take you to Quel'Thalas, or to Mount Hyjal, where the scenery is beautiful, and everyone welcomes us, in fact, it's not impossible to go back to the north, let's go back to Stratholme, I heard that Dalyan manages it well, you know, on land, I'm not afraid of your father. ā
Gianna cocked her nose, patted Dick's palm, and said with a sad sigh, "But I can't bear to be here, I can't bear the mage tower I built with my own hands, and Kaliya, alas, my father sent me to Dalaran in the first place in the hope that I could stay away from the royal dispute, but after my brother died... I know my father thinks highly of me, but I really don't want to do it, so I let Fenna do it, anyway, she can live for a long time, and she has enough time to learn how to run a country. ā
"Fenna-Golden Sword, the half-elf girl who followed Her Majesty Dai Lin?"
Liadline looked at Gianna curiously, she flicked the sea crab on the beach next to her with her hand, and then whispered, "Actually, I saw that child, when she was very young, I also prayed for her, people say that her father is a big man, when I saw you, I thought you looked like her, I didn't expect her to be your sister!"
Liadrin's hair had been tied together since Blackstone Mountain, and she knew that this was Dick's favorite look, and the High Elf had never snatched-on with Gianna, but all three of them knew that in Dick's heart, there was always a place that belonged to Liadline later, and that never changed.
Hearing Liadrin's words, Gianna shrugged her shoulders and leaned on Dick's shoulder, her eyes slightly closed,
"My mother died very early, when I was still very young, my father fanatically paralyzed himself with battle, maybe after a certain naval battle, in short, I only learned about Fenna's existence when I became an adult, she didn't like me, she was also cold to my father, she hated everything about the Proudmoor family, stubbornly kept her mother's surname, but anyway, she was still my sister, the only relative I had left besides my father. ā
"Then you're in for it. ā
Liadline chuckled, "The Golden Sword Family is known for its eccentric temper in Quel'Salas, and Fenna should have inherited the temperament of the Golden Sword Family, but they are all very good people, and I don't think Fenna is a mean child, you know, at Fenna's age, in the elven society, she is an out-and-out child." ā
Dick took Liadeline's words and was about to speak to comfort Gianna, but at the moment when he spoke, there was a sudden violent burning in his chest, and he didn't have to look down, he could feel the beating of the red crystal fragment, as if he had a life of his own, this special perception made his body tremble slightly, and then subconsciously looked up at the sky.
This action woke up Gianna and Liadline, and the two of them also raised their heads, and saw that in the cloudless sky, a small black dot was whizzing out of the clouds, followed by an obvious turning of the head, and then fell from the sky, and its landing point happened to be where the three Dick were!
Thanks to the excellent eyesight of the three people, they could clearly see the whole picture of what had fallen from the clouds, it was a crystal, a prismatic, hexagonal black crystal, and as it fell from the clouds, the crystal spun in the air, and then flew out in all directions, and many small, identical crystal pillars flew out in all directions.
From Dick's side, it looked like a meteorite that was rapidly disintegrating, whizzing down from the sky, and at its speed, it would be smashed into the sea in front of the three Dick in 10 seconds at most.
"Need to smash it?"
Gianna moved her fingers, the cold breath was beating in the palm of her hand, her face was ugly, obviously because this ghost thing had disturbed the date of the three of them, "I'm in a bad mood right now, I thought, breaking something, maybe it can make me feel better." ā
Dick stretched out his hand to stop Gianna's movements, and his left hand began to get hot again, obviously, this thing that fell was definitely not a good stubble, and the worst thing was that Dick had seen this kind of thing!
"Bang!"
The black-purple crystal smashed on the surface of the sea, stirring up waves like a sea tide, the eldest lady propped up in front of her with one hand, and the sea water that pounced on the three people was a meter away from her, and they all turned into little ice beads and fell on the beach, Liadline pulled out the dragon's summons, but was drunk back by Dick.
"You two!
The paladin stepped forward, the sea in front of him changed strangely, he glanced behind him, the stern gaze made the two girls stop immediately, from Dick's look, they also sensed that something was wrong, Liadline moved the steel armor, waved in front of Gianna, and the original flow of the eldest lady was also in his hand.
Ignoring the coldness of the water, Dick strode towards the strange crystal erected on the edge of the shoreline, and the sea around the crystal seemed to be pushed away from the crystal by an invisible force field, the thing floated on the wet sand, slowly spinning, and when he got closer, Dick saw strange runes on the surface of the crystal, each side was there, and each side was different.
As if sensing Dick's approach, the crystal hummed, and as soon as Dick pulled out the sword of the Brotherhood in his backpack, the crystal "melted" quickly.
The real melting, like a candle burned by flames, the black liquid seeped into the sand, and Dick looked at it and immediately his scalp went numb!
Where was that liquid! It was a myriad of hair-sized black strange bugs! It looked like a beetle, but it was all black, and it let out a high-pitched chirp, and they all pounced on Dick.
"Hell, the worm!"
Dick's face changed drastically, he took a step back, the sword of the Brotherhood in his hand pierced into the ground, and the silver holy energy spread out under his feet, evaporating the sea water of the prototype with a radius of one meter around the paladin in an instant, this ring blocked the black insect tide in front of him, but in the face of this scorching barrier, those black insects were not afraid at all, they let out a chaotic scream, and pounced on them fearlessly.
The first wave of insects was burned to ashes the moment they stepped onto the scorching earth, but the subsequent waves of insects broke through the burning ring by nearly a third, and the black torrent that rushed over was considered to be eliminated, but it was not over, as Dick retreated to the beach, the sea in front of him began to roll boiling waves, as if the sea in front of him was boiling.
Blood! Blood like a red tide spread out on the surface of the sea, everywhere you could see was scarlet, it was the fish in the shallow sea, those insects were attacking those fish, the situation in front of them was too weird, the three of them stood on the beach and watched, and a minute later, the black beetle that had grown to the size of a human head pounced out of the sea again, and was frozen into ice sculptures by a wave of small blizzards waved by Gianna.
After 3 minutes, the bugs the same size as the child's body rushed out again, and after 7 minutes, the number of bugs that rushed out in the last wave was already very small, but their bodies had become the same size as adults, and their attack and defense were much stronger.
Although it is still vulnerable in front of a guy like Dick, after Liadeline stabbed the last hideous insect to death on the beach, the entire quiet and beautiful sea has become a Shura hell, and between the surging waters, the fish that are eaten in the water are only skeletons, even including the fierce hammerhead shark, the stacked fish bones make Gianna tremble, and Liadline also grabbed Dick's arm with some fear.
In just 7 minutes, there was no living creature left in the sea in front of me!
The terrifying growth speed and super attack power of those bugs, as well as the madness of not fearing death, stunned the three of them, even Dick, who had experienced this scene himself, couldn't help but clench the red crystal on his neck that was no longer hot when he saw such a scene in the real world.
"What's that? Dick!"
Gianna's voice was still a little trembling, and it could be seen that this sudden scene frightened the eldest lady, as a mage, she saw farther than everyone else, most of the small crystals that were thrown out by the giant crystals fell into the swamp outside of Theramore, once they were egged, and if they were not contained in the early stage, it might only take less than 3 days, and Theramore would be finished.
"That's Chira... It's the Zerg, the creature that once destroyed the Ancient Troll Empire! Go back to the palace, there should be a crystal falling there!"