15. A long talk with Zela
Argus and Azeroth straddle thousands of star fields, a distance that is unimaginable for mortals, and an unbridgeable chasm for any rudimentary starry civilization.
Mortals don't need to think about this, as long as they can live their own lives, they are satisfied, and for Dick, in addition to his spiritual connection with Tao Ya, he also has his own way to quickly go back and forth between two places, that is, Algalon, the Observer of the Realms who has joined the guardian system of Azeroth.
After returning to the former site of the Pantheon and seeing the scene of decay and destruction, Algalon knew that he had nowhere to go, that his previous mission would come to an end, and that his mission would be to obey Dick's will and fight to the death with the Burning Legion.
Of course, Dick will not let this special talent go to the battlefield, Algalon as an observer of the worlds, his ability can allow him to freely enter and exit any world where there are star spirits, he has followed Dick's instructions to go to Argus before, and confirmed that there are indeed immature star spirits in that world, but everything that happened to Argus has put the star spirits existing in that world in a very dangerous balance point.
Every time Dick thought of the current state of the star spirit Argus, he felt an indescribable urgency.
After Algalon set off, Dick's gaze fell back on the sword-shaped crystal floating in mid-air in front of him, Zela's heart of holy light, which carried part of Zela's will.
"Are you going to stay silent?"
Dick looked at it and whispered, "Your time and mine are precious, so let's be honest, Zela, Mother of Light, I need all the information on the Legion of Light, as well as your defenses in the world of Argus. ”
The crystal swirled slightly in the air, making a series of pleasant sounds, but instead of answering Dick's question, instead, after a few seconds, it... No, her gentle voice rang out,
"Azeroth... I've known about the existence of this planet for a long time, and everything about Azeroth was the most absolute secret in the universe during the time when the Pantheon had not yet collapsed, and now I finally know why the Titans are so fond of Azeroth, the Star Spirit, this Star Spirit is the one with the greatest potential of all the immature Star Spirits I have ever seen... No wonder Sargeras is doing everything he can to destroy this place... But you will not succeed, you exist in a distorted, changed destiny... This distortion has shown me the results of your reckless war. ”
"You said I would fail, and you meant that the world would fail too, right?"
Dick was not angry at Zela's judgment, he knew a long time ago what kind of twisted character Zela, the Mother of Light, in the years when Dick had not become Dick, there were many game gods who analyzed the causes of Zela's character, Dick felt that what they said was very reasonable, so he would not debate with Zela about this issue, all he needed was Zela's cooperation, even the most rudimentary kind of cooperation.
"I won't discuss defeat with you, Mother of Light, I know that Tulayan and Aurelia are fighting under your command, I know that those who survive in the world of Argus are under your protection, and I know that you have a place in the world of Argus..."
Dick said what he knew, and the pleasant voice of Zela's Heart of Light became more urgent, as if to represent the surprise of the Mother of Light, and a smile appeared on the corner of Dick's mouth, and he spread his hand,
"Look, it's not just you, I'm a prophet, and in the fate I see, we'll defeat the demons of Argus, we'll burn the flames of war to every world the demons control, I'll leave them to their own devices, we'll cut off the heads of Kil'Gardan and Akmund, we'll make Sargeras hate it, but there's nothing to do, we'll make Azeroth an immortal civilization, we'll rebuild the pantheon, we'll establish a new order in the universe... Compared to the fate I see, the one you insist on is too pessimistic and old-fashioned. ”
Zela was silent, she was well versed in the guidance of fate, but she could not refute Dick's claims, on the first day she arrived in Azeroth, from the time she came into contact with her descendant Volos, she had discovered that the fate of this world had been changed too much, and what terrified her the most was that this changed fate was neither original nor distorted by Sargeras... It's a path of destiny that she's never seen before, flourishing, and can't see the future clearly.
And all the twisted nodes of fate are located in the person in front of him, from Zela's point of view, Dick's body is almost like a round of sun, even if you look up, you will be burned in the eyes, and this burn is his best interpretation of the endless majesty after changing fate, manipulating fate, and composing fate.
This is an existence that is not bound by fate, and even the world he manages and protects is beyond fate.
From the moment she was born, from the moment Zela first experienced the rhythm of fate beating, she had never been so helpless and confused as she was now.
Zela is good at prophecy, but she doesn't believe in prophecy, otherwise she wouldn't do everything possible to ask Tulayan to throw her into the rift of the world, travel through the universe in such a dangerous way, and finally reach Azeroth, in a sense, she also tries to change fate, she hopes to pull fate back to its original trajectory, but after arriving here, she is stunned to find that maybe the current fate is the best state of this planet.
"But Illidan, the child of light and darkness... He does have a fate in him that I can observe... I can't just give up, he has to accept what he deserves, he has to be who he is again, he deserves the strength he deserves..."
Zela was still trying to convince Dick, but the paladin had no patience to listen to Zela about Illidan anymore, and he waved his hand to interrupt Zela's narration.
"Alright! Enough! Zela, you're bound by the fate you see, you're obsessed with completing what you've seen, and you think you can only deal with the Burning Legion if you get back to normality? ”
Dick spread his hands, and starlight projections appeared behind him, and on each projection, every war of Dick was recorded, from the undead, to the black dragon, from quicksand, to Mount Hyjal, from Ulduar to Draenor, and those pictures were Dick's own memories, the memories of the planet, and Zela said that the fate of this world had been changed, so what she said should be these, every time the world was changed, it was all that Dick had done with his own hands.
After seeing Akmund killed by Medivan, seeing the Iron Legion rushing out of the legion portal on the battlefield of Draenor, and seeing the First Fleet of Azeroth across the star field and appear in the sky of Shakan, the gentle light beating on Zela's heart of light will quickly rise and fall, shining, which is the embodiment of the emotions of the Mother of Light.
Shock, perhaps...
Compared to the other Naru, Zela's emotions are the most distinct, she is more similar to a kind of anthropomorphism, and even evolved her own personality, that kind of stubbornness and stubbornness, this is the prerogative of Zela as the most ancient Naru, after experiencing too much tragedy about destruction, Zela has a complete soul and will.
However, in Dick's view, it may be this awakening of his own soul and will that has caused Zela to be so obsessed with recovering the trajectory of fate.
In the final analysis, this is a poor person, a poor creature bound by self-will, and Zela's final fate is also tragic, in the original history, she did everything to resurrect the already killed Illidan, but after clashing with Illidan's philosophy, she forcibly poured power into Illidan's body, trying to return the king of the outer lands to his purer state, but was killed by Illidan himself... Completely wiped out.
"Look at these, Zela, you've only seen fate, and I... I've been rewriting destiny, I've been weaving new destiny. ”
Dick stood in front of the Heart of Light with the World Scepter, his voice became low and firm, "The fate you said can't bind me, it can't change me, it can't change Illidan, he is alive and well now, he doesn't need you to "save" him, and you can't save anyone... We've wasted too much time, and now, tell me, Zela, would you like to cooperate, or continue to fight?"
The paladin walked over to the heart of light and flicked it across its surface, a knock that made Zela's light retract.
"If you cooperate, I will send you back to Argus at the beginning of the war, and if you fight... You know, I'm not going to let a guy who spreads some kind of weird idea continue to exist in this world, and I won't allow you to bewitch anyone in the name of fate!"
"You're threatening me? Dick... Are you threatening one of the oldest beings in the universe?"
Zela's voice also became intense, and her light spread again, the most powerful of Gunaru, guiding the scorching holy light to fill the entire Star Dome Hall at this moment, as if a sun had exploded at this moment, but before the light could spread to the strongest, it was gathered from all sides by an invisible chain and oppressed in reverse, so that the light was pressed back into the heart of the Holy Light in the fierce confrontation.
The starlight around them once again bloomed gracefully and quietly, and Dick's indifferent voice,
"Yes, I'm threatening you, in this world, you can only choose to obey, or be completely ruined, along with your ridiculous prophecies... And speaking of which, Zela, don't you realize a problem: Do you really think that what you see is right? Who gave you the confidence to uphold what you see and to serve it as a true holy text?"
"Smack"
The paladin's hands pressed against the throbbing and restrained Heart of Light, and his eyes were filled with an unsarcastic playfulness,
"Your prophecy is wrong!"
"Enough!"
Zela's voice became extremely irritable at this moment, like a young lady who was truly angry, and all her gentleness and that warmth turned into a kind of rage after being mocked.
"You, a mortal... How can you say that everything I see is wrong! You are so arrogant! The power you have has blinded you! You have blinded you from seeing everything that is truly great! You have gone mad!"
"You're crazy!
Dick withdrew his hands, he turned his back to Zela, and with a wave of his hand, he dispersed most of the starlight projections in the air, leaving only the image of him facing Cthun, Yogsaron, Evil Heart, and Enzos, which he magnified and showed side by side behind him, and then he turned around and asked slowly,
"I see in your prophecy only the bitter hatred of the Burning Legion, the determination to get rid of them quickly, the determination to fight them to the end, and the will not to fear destruction, which is good, and this is what we need, but the question is, what about after getting rid of them?"
"Zela, as the most ancient Naru, I don't believe you don't know about the existence of the Void Forces, I want to ask you, who was the biggest opponent faced by the entire Pantheon before the fall of Sargeras?"
"You don't really think that once we defeat the Burning Legion and end the Burning Crusade, the entire universe will be at peace, right?"
"In every corner of the universe that you see, or don't see, there are countless minions of the Void at every moment, destroying everything in this universe, and they are opening their cruel mouths to devour everything in this universe while we fight the Burning Legion..."
"I abide by the balance of order, in fact, in my opinion, the existence of the Burning Legion is not necessarily a bad thing, at least even after the fall of Sargeras, he is still fighting on the front line against the Void Lord... He is still the hero of this universe, even if he single-handedly directs countless catastrophes of destruction. ”
Dick's continuous voice paused for a moment, and Zela's voice of disbelief rang out,
"You actually identify with Sargeras... You madman..."
Dick looked at her indifferently, at the trembling heart of light, he knew that his words had touched on what Zela was really afraid of, so he spoke again, and asked in a deep and clear voice,
"You insist that what you see is correct, then tell me... Where is the void in your prophecy?"
"Click"
At the moment when Dick's question appeared, a clear crack opened on the surface of the Heart of Light, like a prophecy she had insisted on for tens of thousands of years, and the first trace appeared... Confusion.