32. Sores of the planet

What kind of creatures are the Old Gods?

This is actually a difficult question to answer, in the oldest Titan texts, the gods who are older than the whole world, almost omniscient and omnipotent, have given the ancient gods a name that is not very easy to understand.

Light and dark parasites are the names given to the Old Gods by Nogannon in Ulduar's literature, and in the same rock book held by the archivist Orlia who has been trapped in chaos for tens of thousands of years, Dick also finds more Titans' notes on the Old Gods.

It is said that this distorted ancient creature came from a place called the Shadow Realm, and was thrown into the entire living universe by the Void Lords who ruled that place, with the purpose of corrupting those planets that contain star spirits, but have not yet grown into real star spirit Titans, and Nogannon recorded very clearly in that book that the ancient gods are very weak creatures for the real Titans, and their proud psychic corrosion ability cannot shake the mind of an adult Titan, so they can only attack these young Titans.

The reason for this seems to be because the invasion of the real universe by the Void Lords is always stopped by the Titans.

In short, it is a war story that has spread for tens of thousands of years, full of deception and deceit, and the Void Lords have cast millions of light and dark parasites into the present universe, that is, the ancient gods, these creatures are essentially parasitic creatures, and of course, the target of their parasitism is the planet!

"The mountains of sick flesh and blood, filled with filthy and chaotic will, are like twisted reptiles born in the most disgusting black mud, they are all over the churning and wriggling swarm tentacles, or a thousand eyes, or a thousand throats, always like a scar, this is the most malignant disease suffered since the birth of world civilization, we are too late countless brothers have died in this evil disease that spreads all over the universe, but fortunately, the last hope is still there in Elune!"

This was the last passage of the rock book that Nogannon had left with his own hands, and just reading it made Dick's whole body numb, even though he had already personally eliminated the Thousand-Eyed Demon Cthun, one of the three existing ancient gods in Azeroth, but he still had a shudder from the bottom of his heart when he faced Yugsaron who was about to appear in front of him.

"Check the status! Make sure you're sane! If you have a problem, ask it immediately!"

Dick and the four dragon kings, Heimdall, and the four awake guardians stood behind the scattered corpses of Vizax blasted by the tide of light and other energies, behind them was a battlefield of debris, and in front of them was a starry gate, obviously, the last warriors had reached the edge of the final battlefield, they were only one step away from stepping into the battlefield, but before the real decisive battle, the wisest warriors never hesitated to take a moment to check themselves and make sure that everything went smoothly afterward.

The paladin walked up to the somewhat silent Green Dragon Queen, who had heard from Heimdall about what had just happened in the Inner Ring, and frankly, he even wanted to get Ysera out of the doomed battle, after all, no one could be sure if the nightmare mark that Enzos had left on Ysera by some means would be triggered again.

Before Dick could speak, however, he was interrupted by Ysera.

"Don't persuade me, I won't quit!"

Dick's words were blocked in her throat, and Ysera probably sensed that her way of speaking was too strong, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and she looked up, her beautiful face a little pale, but there was a hint of determination in the yellow dragon eyes.

"I mean, I have to fight this battle! I have the power of my dreams, but this encounter has broken my mind, and if I fail to face my fears, it will soon become a burden to me, and even cost me my life. ”

"Huh?"

It was the first time Dick had heard such a statement, and the voice of the Red Dragon Queen sounded behind him, " Ysera is right, the Emerald Dream has been corrupted by Enzos, this is the responsibility that Ysera must bear, if she can't survive the battle with Yugsaron, it means that she can't face Nzos directly, we have to be ready to completely lose the Emerald Dream You have been there, Dick, you know what's there, you know what it means there, so you must also know what it means to the world once we completely lose the Emerald Dream. ”

Dick was silent, and after a moment, he looked up and grinned at Ysera,

"Yes, Dream Queen, I believe in you!"

With that, he reached out and untied the power of the gods behind him, this was the first time since this cloak was given to him by the Holy Spirit that it had left his body, and he draped this cloak that shone with the will and power of the four living beings on Ysera's body.

"It will protect you, and I'm honored to fight alongside you!"

"You gave it to me, what about you?"

Ether stretched out her hand and stroked the belt of the big straps wrapped around her shoulders, as the dragon king, she could see at a glance the rarity and power of this cloak, it is no exaggeration to say that even in the treasure house of the dragon, there is absolutely no such powerful item, but Dick will give it to her before the battle of life and death, is this full of confidence, or is there another reason?

The paladin didn't answer the question, he shook his hand back and strode towards the door in front of him, which he was about to open.

As for Yugsaron's corrosion, he has long been not afraid, and he has a more powerful hole card than the power of the gods of passive defense.

Standing in front of the gate of the seal that the Titans had forged and placed before they left Azeroth, Dick took a deep breath, he placed his left hand on the steel knocker in the center of the gate, and he turned his head to look behind him, as if to find his teammates, to find the brothers who had fought with him all the way to this place.

He saw Heimdall wrapped in golden rage, and the Heroic Spirit gave him a thumbs up.

He saw Nozdorm with a serious face, the Lord of Time, the Dragon King who always treats everything indifferently, and seemed a little nervous at this moment, but when they looked at each other, Dick saw that the King of Time's face became calm at this moment, and there was even a smile that had never appeared before.

Is this a sign of good luck?

Dick turned his head, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then gently opened the door that had been closed for hundreds of thousands of years, and at this moment, the things of the past, the knowledge left by Nogannon, were once again tumbling in his mind, making him no longer afraid, and making him hopeful again.

"Click, click, click"

With the turn of the gears of the mechanism, the sound of collision, the door was made of black unknown steel, and the starlight shining up and down was opened, and it slowly opened before Dick's eyes, like a scene from antiquity, where everything that had been stagnant in time, even forgotten, appeared in front of this world at this moment.

It was a blue space, airtight, dusty, without the slightest loophole, like a small world that was completely locked off.

In fact, it is true, according to Mimiron's description, what exists here is the space that the Titans cut from a broken world with infinite power, specifically used to block the dangerous old gods, and even said that when Dick and his party stepped into this space, they were no longer inside the world of Azeroth, of course, this is an inaccurate statement, but as three-dimensional creatures, no one present can describe the feeling of stepping through the gate.

But compared to the ethereal feeling, what you see in front of you is really amazing.

The same shattered and twisted world and space, the distortion here is much more serious than the shattered territory, what can be seen with the naked eye can no longer be used as a real reference, and on the edge of the distance, Dick even saw the image of a star spirit fixed in a crack, seemingly a dying Titan, but that was obviously impossible.

It was a world completely distorted by the power of the old gods, like a strange cavern, Dick looked around, and in the blue light, he saw the thick black chains embedded in the transparent walls of non-gold and jade, and the pool of water that permeated the center of the cavern, which looked extremely clear, and above the pool, there was a beautiful green mist lingering.

The paladin's eyes lingered on those suspicious green mist for a long time, but there was nothing unusual, he was a little impatient, he opened his mouth, and shouted,

"Yogsaron, Sarah, come out, don't play hide and seek with me!"

"Come out!"

"Come out!"

The sound vibrated back and forth in this empty environment, as if mocking Dick's caution, he simply stepped forward and reached out to touch the green mist floating above the pool, and the next moment, the calm mist seemed to be disturbed by some kind of creature, and it scurried quickly, like a gust of green wind flying in front of the paladin's eyes, so that he couldn't help but take a step back, and a few seconds later, the figure of a female Viku appeared in the green mist, but the shadow was not clear.

Dick couldn't see her face, but he could clearly see her eyes, which were a pair of emotionless beast pupils, which made people's bodies tremble, and the next moment, the paladin seemed to feel something, he suddenly looked up, and there was nothing above!

It's like those absurd myths of evil gods and gods when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss looks back at you, but it never cares about you, because you mean nothing to it

The yellow pupils opened above the empty space, and they looked at him indifferently like a lamb to the slaughter.

"Thou hast stepped into my realm, flesh and blood, and thy soul is mine"

At the moment when Dick's breathing stagnated, the scorching temperature suddenly came from his left arm, like a scorching, red-hot steel, the silver flames burned completely along the arm at this moment, and soon enveloped Dick's entire left arm, the paladin shook his head suddenly, and everything in front of him shattered at this moment, like a completely cracked space, like glass shattered from the center, like a dream that fell into a dream at some point.

When he was fully conscious, he found himself still standing in front of that door, and he had never stepped into it.

"What's wrong with you, Dick?"

Heimdall's voice sounded from behind him, and Dick didn't look back, but gently took something out of the storage ring, a treasure in a gray cloth bag engraved with hidden runes, and the paladin's hand reached into it, grasped the handle, but did not take it out, but put it back in the ring, and after a moment, he gritted his teeth, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and strode into the cage in front of him.

"I won't be fooled by you again this time!"

The first round of encounters is over, and the tie Yugsaron has the advantage!