Chapter 391: Twilight
"Reinforcements are coming soon! Prepare for a counterattack! β
As soon as Unas entered the camp, he immediately shouted loudly, the army of the Copperbeard King was about to arrive, and it was a good time to counterattack.
"Wait! What about my daughter? Magni yelled, "Give her to me!" β
"When the enemy is repulsed, I will let her see you at once." Unas changed his story, he couldn't give Moira to Copperbeard easily, that would make Lundahn angry with him.
"Paladin, I'm not asking you!" Magni swaggered the majesty of the king, "If you don't let me see Moira, I'll have to find it myself!" β
The implication is to break into the camp, Unas is angry in his heart, he is born to eat soft and not hard, driving King Kong in front of the dwarves, "This is my camp, without my order, trespassers will be executed!" β
"You bastard boy!" Magni smashed the hammer with a clatter, "No one is qualified to sentence me to death!" β
Unas raised his shield and sword and made a battle gesture, "Your Majesty, you can try!" β
Magni roared, "Pink Skinny Boy, do you know where you are now? β
The situation is quite bad, the enemy on their side has been temporarily routed and has not been reorganized, but the fighting in several other directions has not stopped, the violet barrier is more than defended, the attack is insufficient, and the camp is still in a difficult situation.
Unas felt more and more strange about the dwarven king's eager and roaring attitude, and when his army arrived and the enemy was resolved, the dwarves would have an absolute advantage in the negotiations, and he would not forcefully refuse to see his daughter Unas.
But now that I am so anxious to see Moira, it will not be because I am thinking about my daughter - how many years have I been waiting, and I can't wait for this moment or three?
There must be ghosts when things go wrong, Unas only grasped one point, "After repelling the enemy, anything can be discussed, and now His Majesty's request is no different from a robber who takes advantage of the fire to rob." β
Magni bared his teeth, and he couldn't tell how bitter he was when he met such a difficult paladin - where was the army?
It is impossible to hide the mobilization of a large number of people, and the rescue of the dwarf princess is a secret operation, so it is impossible to mobilize too many troops in order not to startle the snake.
Under the pretext of hunting, he quietly went here with a hundred personal guards, and it was already the limit, and there was no so-called army at all.
The big words he said casually were to give the soldiers confidence, and the second was to deceive the obedience of humans, but I didn't expect to meet a guy who didn't see a rabbit and didn't scatter an eagle.
He only wants to take his daughter to break out of the siege and return to Ironforge now, where does he have the heart to entangle with the large number of Black Iron rebels here.
Cunning humans!
Secretly cursing in his heart, Magni did not know how to resolve the current stalemate for a while, as a king, he could not admit to lying, and under the siege of the enemy, it was simply a stupid pig to fire with humans.
At this moment, a small group of dwarves came running from the direction of the camp, led by two large bald heads who were panting, and did not even have eyebrows and mustaches, which in the eyes of the dwarves were simply ugly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are here!" Stone Eyebrow and Red Eyebrow slurred their words excitedly, and took the lead in saluting the dwarven king.
Magni dropped all the pointless questions and went straight to the point, "What about my daughter?" β
"Her Royal Highness the princess is resting in the camp," Shi Mei looked at the paladin and didn't dare to say anything about Moira being stunned by the whip, "Your Majesty, please rest assured." β
"Bring her to me!"
The dwarven brothers subconsciously obeyed the order and turned around, and a roar of rage caused their steps to be frozen in ice.
"Stone eyebrows, red eyebrows! Don't forget who you are now, what are you supposed to do now?! β
The Dwarven Brothers, who are now condemned for their crimes, should have been on standby in the stormtroopers, but when they were told the news of the king's arrival, they couldn't help but leave the team and run to meet them, which was supposed to have broken the oath they had made.
The two brothers turned again, facing the garrison and the king, and could only be stiff and speechless, struggling with whose orders to follow.
"So you're Stone Eyebrow and Red Eyebrow?" Magni was familiar with the two names, and the two brothers were the key figures in the rescue operation, "Thank you very much for your loyalty to the Copperbeard family, I will remember you." β
It sounded like a thanksgiving, but it seemed like a threat, and the king remembered that good and bad things depended on their current preferences.
Unas had no confidence in which side the dwarves would be on, and betraying his race and king was a huge psychological barrier for anyone.
"Stone Eyebrow and Red Eyebrow are now the soldiers of Silver Dawn, and they can only obey the orders of the commander, that is, me, otherwise only military law awaits them."
"Nonsense," Copperbeard replied, "I declare that the alliance recruitment order for Stone Eyebrow and Red Eyebrow has been lifted, and you are now free dwarves!" β
The Dwarven Brothers were recruited to join the Alliance forces supporting Lordaeron, Red Eyebrows were combatants who later joined Silver Dawn, and Stone Eyebrows were in charge of weapons transportation and joined Silver Dawn after being rescued by Unas from the Dreadlord.
Although their choice was made out of practical helplessness, legally speaking, they were still under the framework of the alliance's recruitment order, and the dwarven king wanted to make a move.
"This won't change anything, King Copperbeard, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here, either fight off the enemy with me, or go back and forth from there, there are no extra options!"
Unas had had enough, and there was no point in embarrassing the Red Eyebrow brothers, even if they obediently obeyed the king's orders, Unas would not let them go to Moira.
Magni didn't bother with this multiple-choice question at all, he knew that the king's name could not scare the paladin, and began to launch a family offensive, "You have no right to stop an old father from looking for his long-lost daughter, no one has this power!" β
At this point, Unas learns the personality of the dwarven king - he can't be persuaded with his mouth until he achieves his goal, for both sides.
Is it just here to argue and stalemate? The rebels in the distance were regrouping their ranks, and soon they would be out of the chaos, and the previous charge was in vain.
Magni was equally anxious about the enemy's movements, but the current standoff could only be ended by one side making concessions, and it was clear that neither side had the intention of doing so.
At this moment, on the horizon farther away, a little fire suddenly flashed, and the firelight continued to gush out, converging into a long snake and rushing towards the battlefield.
Unas thought that Magni's reinforcements had arrived, but the dwarven king's expression did not relax in the slightest, only shock and a hint of panic.
Unas immediately sensed that something was wrong, "That's not Your Excellency's army?" β
Magni shook his head and calmed down, "Get ready for the toughest battles, Paladin, as far as I know, there are no friends of yours in this wilderness. β
Unas flew into the air, looking at the army in the distance, and the Black Iron rebels also noticed the arrival of a new force, and unconsciously slowed down the pace of the attack.
The long serpent of the firelight quickly scurried close enough, and before Unas could see why, the Black Iron rebels were the first to make a noise, not at all greeting their allies.
Unas finally saw clearly, it was a team composed of ogres, including orcs, dwarves and other races, and the guys at the head looked familiar.
The commotion of the Black Iron Rebels grew, and it was clear that they had seen who was comingβundoubtedly the enemy, and the enemy of life and death.
These days, in order to open the way for the human team that "escorted" the queen, the rebels have cleared up some robbers and bandits, completely offended the bandit forces in the scorching canyon, and now it is one of the strong bandits.
Under normal circumstances, the bandits would never dare to take the initiative to attack the large number of rebels, and they obviously want to fish in troubled waters.
The human camp could not be attacked for a long time, and one after another problems occurred, and the three leaders of the rebel army had a headache, but the retreat was likely to evolve into a major rout, and they could only fight hard.
A rebel army was split off and attacked the ogre bandit army head-on, weakening the front besieging the camp even more.
Unas in the air saw everything clearly, and it shouted excitedly: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, start the counterattack!" β
The whole army was immediately mobilized, and even the refugees, who had little military training, took up the weapons of self-defense that were distributed.
Fire Leaf and several mages who accompanied him immediately gave up supporting the Violet Circle and set about unleashing offensive spells.
Unas flew down on King Kong's back and shouted to the dwarf in front of him in high spirits: "Your Majesty Bronze Whisker, my friend is here!" β
Magni was a little confused by the situation in front of him, those ogres and orc bandits can also be called allies?
"Fight alongside me, or watch me destroy the enemy, your majesty, the choice is yours!"
After saying this, Unas no longer paid attention to the dwarven king, and with a few shouts, he straightened up his cavalry and charged quickly in the weakest direction of the encirclement.
Magni hesitated, no one stopped him from breaking into the camp to find his daughter, but in the current situation, if he did do so, it would seem too small and not in line with the king's status.
With a long sigh, the Dwarven King raised his hammer, "Fight, my loyal warriors! β
The fierce Copperbeard cavalry followed their king into the chaos of battle at the sound of a war cry.
A big scuffle began, and after the ogre bandit army joined, the disparity between the two sides in terms of numbers was no longer so great, and coupled with the general mobilization of nearly two thousand storm refugees, the number of rebels was not dominant.
In terms of mage strength, the Black Iron Rebels can't compare with Omar and Fire Leaf at all, and no one can stop the offensive of Unas and Magni in the charge.
The encirclement leaked on all sides, and the rebels, who were already unstable, immediately showed defeat.
As they saw that they were about to defeat the enemy, several low but clear roars suddenly came from the sky, waking up the people who were immersed in the slaughter.
Unas looked up and saw a huge blue beast scurrying through the moonlit clouds towards the center of the camp.
"Twilight Dragon!"
Unas recognized the origin of the behemoth at a glance, this dragonborn with a black-blue sheen was not a natural dragon species, but an experiment made by Deathwing's spouse using the Void Dragon and the Black Dragon Essence Demon, as you can see from the name, and is also related to the Twilight Cult.
Oh no, there's only one thing in the camp that piiques their interest - Moira - Copperbeard.
"Keep fighting!" Unas gave the order to King Kong and the cavalry, and flew back to intercept it.
The golden wings were so conspicuous that they immediately caught the attention of the enemy, and the Twilight Dragon turned to meet him, but the three figures leaped away from the dragon's back and landed quickly to the ground.
The Twilight Dragon leaped forward and swooped in front of it, its purple dragon's breath spreading out at almost right angles, enveloping the entire sky where the paladin was.
Unas immediately activated his defensive ultimate, the Holy Blessing Shield, and as soon as the heavy golden shield appeared, it made full contact with the dragon's breath.
Strangely, he didn't feel any heat, but the power of the Holy Blessing Shield was rapidly draining, and the light wings behind him were also shattered under the impact of the dragon's breath, turning into bits of golden light.
Unas continued to move forward with inertia, and the Twilight Dragon's giant snout opened wide, and he inhaled sharply, and the purple dragon's breath suddenly flowed back, wrapping Unas and throwing it into the dragon's mouth.
Can you swallow it back if you spit it it out?
Unas had seen the peculiarities of the Twilight Dragon, but he didn't want to be the food in the other party's mouth, so he immediately turned on the wings of vengeance again.
The wings of light only existed for half a second, but they had enough power to propel Unas over the dragon's head, stepping onto the back of the Twilight Dragon's neck and stabbing it at his feet.
The blade of the sword pierced into the dragon's neck without any sluggishness, as if it hit the air, it was impossible! How can dragons' skin be so fragile?
The Twilight Dragon's body swung violently, and Unas was thrown out of the way on his footing, but not a drop of blood was brought out of the sword, and when he looked closely, there was no wound where the tip of the sword was drawn.
Immune to physical damage?
Unas somersaulted in the air, sending three flame slashes in quick succession, and the golden-red waves of fire swept away, and the Twilight Dragon quickly turned his head and opened his giant kiss, instantly sucking up the waves of fire.
Damn, Unas couldn't help but curse secretly, the Twilight Dragon seems to have the ability to transform into a virtual body, not afraid of physical attacks, and the spell energy is eaten by it as food, how can this be fought?
Out of his eye, he saw that the three figures had descended into the center of the camp, and Magni on the ground was rushing there.
Snatching Moira was the key, and now was not the time to entangle with the dragon, so he turned on his light wings again, turned around and flew towards the ground.
The Twilight Dragon howls and follows after him, and Unas sprints at full speed, shaking off the dragon for some distance and landing first into the camp.
But it was still a step too late, and the three figures had disappeared in a burst of purple light, but Moira was not taken away, she was lying on the edge of the tent covered in blood, and there was a hideous slap-long slit in her abdomen, which was constantly gushing blood.
Didn't the Twilight cultists come to snatch her? Instead to kill her?
The other party had already succeeded, and the Twilight Dragon seemed to have received the order, flapping its huge fleshy wings, turning from diving to climbing, and disappearing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Magni also rushed to the scene, and when he saw the tragic condition of his daughter, the dwarven king roared in anger and rushed forward to cover the wound in Moira's abdomen.
"Quick!"
Several dwarven cavalry immediately jumped off the goat, pulled out bandages and medicine, and treated Moella's wounds urgently.
The dwarf princess didn't die, but she only had one breath left, she didn't pay attention to her father who hadn't seen her for a long time, and when she opened her eyes, she only saw the paladin not far away.
"Hahahaha!" She laughed maniacally, "My child, my child, he will become the greatest dwarven emperor, human, you will be torn to pieces by my son!" Ahem, ahem! β
"Moella! Don't talk! Magni exclaimed anxiously, "Your wounds..."
"Father?" Only then did the female dwarf see that what was in front of her was her blood relative, "Is this an illusion?" How did you get here? β
"I'm here to pick you up, you're safe, I'll protect you and don't talk anymore."
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, I'm going to die, but my bloodline will live in this world."
"You won't die, my daughter, I won't let you die!"
Having said that, in fact, the female dwarf has lost too much blood and her internal organs are severely damaged, and she has no way to recover.
"Father, your beard... It's a lot whiter, ahem. Moira struggled to see the dwarven king's face, much older than her father she remembered.
"You've grown up, my daughter, and you're not going to dieβ" Magni looked at tears in her eyes, relieved in vain, perhaps comforting herself.
Moments of tenderness were always short-lived, Moira's consciousness blurred, the hatred in her heart gaining the upper hand, her godless eyes staring at the paladin, "It's him!" He was the one who made me like this, killed him to avenge me, father, killed him, killed him! β
The female dwarf's high-pitched screams drained the last shred of her life, swallowing her last breath in a violent cough, and then completely silent, only the last words of "kill him" seemed to echo in the air.
"No ββ!" Magni roared in grief, and several of his men immediately resorted to resuscitation techniques, but to no avail, they could only retreat to the side and stand stunned.
"You!" The dwarven king turned his head sharply, his eyes glowing red with hatred.
Unas felt like he was being stared at by a hungry beast, uncomfortably spreading his hands, "I..."
With just one word, he had to keep his mouth shut, because the hammer in Magni's hand was whizzing like a wheel, and he could only dodge to the side with all his might.
Bang!
The hammer slammed into the ground, splattering the canopy of sand and creating a terrifying hole.
However, the direction where the warhammer landed was half a meter away from where Unas was originally standing, and it turned out that the dwarven king was only venting his anger and did not really attack Unas.
"After defeating the rebels, I need an explanation!"
Forcibly suppressing his emotions with reason, Magni's anger did not go away, and he ordered his two men to watch over his daughter's corpse, and then strode towards the battlefield, and now he must have been unlucky to meet his enemies.
The dwarven king's back made Unas feel a sense of admiration, and indeed, defeating the rebels was the priority, and in the event of infighting, the advantages created would be lost.
If it were himself, his daughter would die in front of him, and the murderer who would have been pointed out in his last words was also in front of him, and Unas didn't know if he could hold back his hands.
So he paid homage to the dwarven king, and while charging into the battlefield, he thought about how to properly solve this problem.