Chapter Twenty-Three: The Afterimage of Khadgar (Part I)
"Do you see that purple light at the top of the tower?"
Alliance Ghost Knight said.
Looking in the direction the knight pointed, Ronin could faintly see the flickering light at the top of the tower, which emanated from the top of the tower, piercing the sky, and the burning fire clouds rolled here to form a whirlpool of clouds. The sight was magnificent, but Ronin knew that behind this gorgeous scene, there was an endless danger.
"See, that's?"
Luo Ning turned his head and asked.
"The remnant of Khadgar, the archmage of the Alliance Expeditionary Force. The archmage had already left, he had cast a spell to protect the fortress, and after he left, the land exploded, and the magical energy tore through the surrounding space, forming a space-time gap, and the archmage's afterimage maintained this space-time gap at the top of the tower. ”
"So I have to defeat the remnant of Khadgar to get you out of here?"
Luo Ning quickly reacted.
"Yes, that's right. But be careful, the archmage's afterimage is not the archmage himself, it's just a madly twisted illusion that attacks all creatures that come near him, and the force is enough to tear everything here. And it's irrational at all, don't try to make any sense with him. Because that's useless. ”
The knight ghost said.
"Okay, I got it."
Glancing at the strange streamer above his head, Luo Ning took a deep breath and took heavy steps.
The magician's apprentice followed.
The two of them stepped in the alliance tower, the smooth stone walls, the spotless steps, as if roaming through time and space, the law of time does not work here, everything Luo Ning saw was new, they seemed to be the same as twenty years ago. The oncoming soldiers were still greeting them, seemingly completely unaware that they were dead...... This scene suddenly made Luo Ning feel a little sad.
Finally, a few minutes later, Ronin and the apprentice magician arrived at the top of the tower. Here, they were able to see the panorama, the remnant of Khadgar suspended in the air, transparent like a ghost, and two eyeballs revealing an eerie blood-red color.
He turned, the same mage, they could feel each other's presence.
Luo Ning took a step closer, but felt his heart beat faster. A strange energy invaded his body. The battle of magic has unfolded in the invisible horizon of the naked eye.
"Mage, I can feel your magic, your heartbeat, your energy, and even your heart, your mind, yes, I know what you're thinking. Don't be deceived by the soldiers in the camp, they are cowards, they are the devil, I am just guarding this world, guarding these two worlds. And they don't understand anything. You're a very gifted wizard, don't delay yourself. I don't want to kill you. ”
A strange smile tugged at the corner of Khadgar's afterimage, and he said coldly.
Luo Ning was already kneeling on one knee when the afterimage spoke, his heart beating faster and faster, almost bursting out of his chest. He clutched his chest and stared painfully at the afterimage of the road.
Although the image of Khadgar was displayed in front of him, Ronin knew that it had nothing to do with Khadgar. Ronin remembered what the Alliance soldiers at the bottom of the tower had said to him before the battle. Yes, he didn't have to try to convince Khadgar, because it was just an afterimage.
Ronin began to concentrate his mind, trying to use arcane energy to dispel the afterimage's magical erosion of him. But the strength of the opponent is obviously stronger, and the energy is like a surging tide, constantly surging. As soon as Luo Ning was about to fight back, he was repelled again by the energy impact released by the afterimage. Although the two of them did not move at all on the surface, the confrontation of magical energy was already raging.
The magician apprentice behind Luo Ning couldn't resist the energy shock wave released by the afterimage, and blood droplets gradually oozed from his mouth and nose, but like Luo Ning, the young apprentice also persevered. He stretched out his right hand and tried to release the ice arrow, but as soon as his palm was raised, the young mage apprentice was knocked out by an invisible energy, less than a meter away from the edge of the tower.
At this time, the apprentices no longer dared to attack on their own, and they could only defend passively again.
Under the powerful offensive of Khadgar's remnant, Ronin felt that along with the loss of his physical strength, his magic power was also rapidly draining. The remnant was not an ordinary spell attack, but a mana burn. And, this is a high-level mana burning spell. Countless cacophony voices filled Ronin's ears, he seemed to turn into a stiff old man, his movements becoming slow and stiff, and every time the arcane energy wanted to dispel the negative effects of mana burning, the noise around him became more and more obvious, making him unable to concentrate on casting spells. But as time goes by, you will become weaker and weaker.
Looking at the old afterimage in front of him, which was the real appearance of Khadgar twenty years ago, Ronin felt a kind of horror as he saw that his hands were growing horrible wrinkles. With the loss of mana is his vitality, his life force, just like the soul of a warlock absorbs. He was afraid, but at the same time eager to live, the world was too beautiful, there were so many good things in Azeroth, and Dalaran was broken, but the city was being rebuilt. I also have a beautiful and gentle wife. Wen Leisa, yes, in the midst of pain and despair, Ronin thought of his beloved wife. What will she do if she dies? She is still so young, will she have to let Winlessa live a sad life for thousands of years to come? No, no!
Luo Ning shouted from the bottom of his heart. Even under the spell of the remnant, he still couldn't move. However, Ronin's strong willpower caused Ronin to dispel the spell erosion of Khadgar's afterimage from his body. Little by little, step by step, it's like the sun melts the snow. Ronin felt that his mana was stopping.
Khadgar's afterimage was a little incredulous, it strengthened the spell suppression of the magician in front of him, however, unexpectedly, under this strong pressure, Ronin slowly stood up again. He still looked weak as he held his staff, and in the few short minutes he had changed his appearance, and he had lost his life under the powerful spell of the same Kadgar who had raided Karazan. In just two minutes, Luo Ning seemed to suddenly age ten years old.
However, his strong willpower allowed him to gradually break free from the spell suppression of Khadgar's remnant. In the surprised gaze of the afterimage, Archmage Luo Ning stretched out a pair of his thin hands, and quickly drew a strange magic symbol in the air, and the magic symbol changed from a straight line to a plane in an instant, and then turned into a three-dimensional, and quickly flew towards the afterimage. Khadgar's afterimage suddenly saw clearly, it was a spell imprisoned by magical energy.
In fact, in the first few seconds of the spell confrontation, Ronin saw clearly that it was not the magic itself that maintained the powerful power of Khadgar's afterimage, but the powerful magical energy generated in the time rift, in other words, the Khadgar illusion in front of him was just a form under the control of the demon. As long as the magic energy of this alien space is controlled, the space-time gap can be completely closed, just like blocking the source of the huge vortex, the entire distorted space-time will tend to calm and normalize. And the afterimage of Khadgar will naturally disappear.