Chapter 24: When Despair Turns to Hope
After obtaining the exchange mechanism, Anduin took out the inventory crystal and prepared for the outbreak of the crisis.
A ship-borne artillery cannon costs two crystals, although it can only be attacked once, but the powerful artillery strike is huge, and there is no need to adjust where to hit, which can be called an absolute example of good quality and low price. Relying on the sudden artillery attack, which directly caused the Twilight Dragon to shut its mouth, Anduin felt that a cannonball was more direct and effective than [Silence].
However, after all, the dragon is the most powerful race in life, even if the flesh and blood in its mouth are rotten and bleeding, it will endure the pain, and look at all humans with fierce eyes, the Twilight dragon is completely enraged, these small humans who can only be reduced to food, actually dare to hurt the great Seriona, must pay the price of blood!
I don't want to roast you guys, I'm going to grind you into pate!
The Twilight Dragon soars into the sky, smashing through the church spire, and then crashing stone into the ground, intending to kill the humans in despair.
"Hide!"
Anduin shouted, causing everyone who was stunned to wake up instantly, and hurriedly fled from the danger zone, but in a hurry, many manor guards with weak hands and feet had no way to leave in time, and Anduin, who was in the center of danger, didn't even have the idea of dodging.
"Anduin!"
Eddard, the great knight who had already run away, saw this scene and immediately rushed back with a shout, but at the last moment, Anduin threw a confident smile at him, and then he was stunned to see a cannon appear beside Anduin, and the barrel raised high was aimed at the twilight dragon falling from the sky.
Carried away by her anger, Seriona finally saw the culprit who had injured it, but she had no intention of backing down, and was confident that it would not be harmed if she was on guard.
This is the friend introduced by Benedictas?
Ahaha!
Die, my friend!
Feeling the overwhelming pressure on his face, Eddard stopped, not because he was afraid of death, but because he sensed something different from Anduin's smile, and then gritted his teeth and gave up the idea of support, and instead helped evacuate the men.
Because of this, he failed to see a second cannon appear next to Anduin, followed by a third and a fourth......
Anduin's eyes flashed with rage, and he held his head high and faced the Twilight Dragon, and Sen Ran laughed angrily, "One cannon is not enough, then two!" If two is not enough, then five! Didn't you rely on your rough skin and thick flesh? Well, I've aimed every shot at my eyes, let me see if your eyelids are thick! ”
Boom Boom Boom!
As the words fell, the five cannons around Anduin erupted one after another, each shot heading straight for Seriona's eyes.
In a hurry, the Twilight Dragon was already unavoidable, and it didn't want to retreat, so it was so angry with Anduin's provocative eyes that it didn't care about the cannonballs, just to crush this arrogant human into a pulp, even if it was blind, for a dragon, it only needed to recuperate for a while, as long as it could kill Anduin, it would do whatever it wanted!
This scene finally made Archbishop Benedictas no longer sit idly by, he didn't want Anduin to die early, so he immediately pointed the scepter in his hand to the ground, and then Anduin's place quietly fell.
At the same time, the flying cannon bombarded the Twilight Dragon's head, each shot hitting its eyes, and even if it was in great shape, it was blown up by the cannonball, and it opened its mouth and let out a strange roar, but not in anger and lost its light, but because it crashed headlong into the earth, it lost the trace of Anduin!
Beneath the church is the dungeon, which has been specially reinforced to shield Twilight from the evil spirits, so that Seriona can only crash headlong into the place where Anduin fell, but her entire body falls uncontrollably to the ground in a comical position due to the strong impact.
Its mind was now full of vengeful fury, and it didn't care if this posture matched its great identity, and the dragon head that crashed into the dungeon kept sensing, but it couldn't find Anduin's breath at all.
At the level of a fourth-order powerhouse, he could use his breath to explore without eyes, but Anduin's aura disappeared inexplicably, just like those several cannons, annihilated invisibly out of thin air.
Benedictas and Eddard do the same, one of them immediately retreats into a secret passage to try to find out, while the other, with a face full of remorse and a replica of the Silver Holy Sword in hand, rushes towards the Twilight Dragon, determined to avenge Anduin.
"Anduin is dead, and you don't want to live!"
Seeing this, Van Cleef and the others were equally indignant, and joined the army of revenge, and they took up their weapons and rushed to the dragon's side, attacking again and again while it had not yet pulled its head from the ground.
Even if the dragon scales are too hard, there are fatal gaps that cannot be defended, not to mention that the backward posture reveals more flaws, and under a storm-like onslaught, even if it is physically strong, it is also scarred, especially the great knights Ed and Van Cleef, the two of them teamed up to slash and kill Seriona's neck scales, and actually pierced it alive.
In pain, the Twilight Dragon writhed its massive body and slammed its head out of the way of the humans around it, and when it was ready to pull out its head, it began to go on a rampage, trying to wipe out every human breath to fill its boundless flames.
However, it was covered in scars, which eventually left a negative impact on it that could not be ignored, and under the leadership of Ed and Van Cleef, Celiona did not succeed, not only did she not kill many humans, but she added several scars to her body.
It's like a different kind of bullfight, but those who stay in the arena to dance with the dragon are elite players, and after the scramble stage, they begin to form a tacit understanding, using the two strongest men as bait to lure the Twilight dragon to expose his weaknesses and leave them scarred.
The anger burned Seriona's sober will, not realizing that the scales of victory were no longer in her favor, and each injury made her anger worse, and every time she became angry, it also revealed more flaws.
Gradually, the Twilight Dragon's strength waned, and its fate was sealed in the face of the brave matador.
This change was always under the watchful eye of Benedictas, but he now walked through the dungeons, just to find Anduin's traces, and did not want to help at all. While Seriona tried to eat him, why didn't he want to take out this self-righteous stupid dragon?
The main reason why the Twilight Holy See placed Seriona by his side was to spy on the maverick and ambitious Twilight priest, in fact, Benedictas did not explain the fourth reason for the attack, that is, he wanted to use Ed and others to kill the redundant Twilight dragon and get rid of the real-time monitoring of the Twilight Holy See.
Now, the plan is nearing completion, but what matters most to him is getting Anduin into Twilight's arms.
Just now he watched Anduin's every move as a bystander, which made him appreciate this young pastor more and more, seeing Anduin was like seeing himself at the beginning, but he was far more outstanding than himself in his special abilities!
Benedictas has no jealousy in his heart, and instead he wants to lead Anduin to grow up and eventually return to Twilight's arms, just like Lazarez, the right hand of the Light.
Finally, a smile appeared on the archbishop's face, for he saw Anduin, and at the same time the petitioning townsfolk beside him, and the fanatical faces that had once believed in him were now casting angry glances at him.
They were sent into the secret passage by Benedictas himself, and finally locked up in a crowded and damp dungeon, with the roar of the dragon and the screams of the humans ringing in their ears, and they realized what the once amiable archbishop was hiding from him, feeding not only the orc corpses to the Twilight dragons, but also the priest knights under his command, all of whom thought that they would die soon......
Panic spreads, remorse is born, but in the end, in the screams, it returns to trembling silence.
In times of desperation, they could only pray for the Light, but the thought that even Archbishop Benedictas had betrayed the Light plunged them into an even deeper adversity of despair.
When Anduin was asked if he would save them, a sense of grief ensued them, and they came to the church precisely to bring Benedictas to expose Anduin's ugly face, sad and ridiculous loss, but the opposite turned out.
No one thought that Anduin would come to the rescue, because they felt that when they walked through the church door, they no longer belonged to Stormwind, and at that time, they still had the Holy Light in their hearts, but now even the Holy Light is far away.
Some lamented that they had made mistakes, so the Light would punish them for giving their lives.
Thinking that it was impossible to survive, helplessness immediately enveloped everyone's heart.
But it was this most unlikely thing that happened, but it became a reality, and suddenly the dragon left, the battle began, and the aftermath of the collision intensified, which suddenly gave hope to the townspeople, and then the dungeon shattered, shedding a little light, and making everyone cry with joy.
At this moment, all the townsfolk realized that they had abandoned their lords, but they wanted to get them back, regardless of their previous suspicions!
I can't describe that feeling, but when Anduin quietly appeared in front of everyone, it turned into tears and burned his cheeks.
Anduin activated the scepter's light, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the townspeople were all safe and sound, at this time, he sincerely felt like a parent, no matter how stubborn these children were, after all, there was a time when they would grow up, and he was looking forward to this day, and he felt that this day would not be far away.
Facing the crying faces, Anduin did not choose to reprimand, but smiled and said: "After tomorrow, it will be the Winter Veil Festival, don't forget, come to my place for dinner!" ”