Chapter 177: Take Me Away
Drowsy and cold, he fell on the surface of the ocean ice in the night, one cheek was red from the cold, but he was unconscious for a long time, and his eyelids fluttered from time to time, indicating that he was in some kind of dreamβit was the moment when the frost dragon collided with Naru, and Anduin lost consciousness due to the sudden and powerful impact before he could react.
This was Anduin's first experience, the collision of two demigod powerhouses, and the results showed that his current strength was far from enough to mix with this level of struggle.
In his dizzy mind, constantly replaying the moment of lightning and flint, Anduin didn't even have time to capture the trajectory of the frost dragon, and in the next moment, he saw the floating island that was originally at his feet, which appeared at the end of his sight, and then, as soon as his eyes went dark, his consciousness returned to the moment when the frost dragon attacked, and then began another dream cycle.
A howling cold wind came from the north, carrying sharp crumbling ice and cold hard stones, leaving a trail of blood on Anduin's face.
Tingling, waking him up.
[Thankfully, the host has finally woken up!] γ
Anduin struggled to get up, only to feel pain all over his body, as if none of his bones were good, and he was in a trance for a long time before he was completely awake in the pain of grinning, holding his hands on the cold ice, unable to look at the endless night sky, Anduin realized that he was on top of the sea at this time, thanks to the cold weather, the sea was frozen, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Hurriedly brushed himself with a few healing techniques, and used powerful healing potions, finally activating the life potential in his body, and pressing down the sore spots that filled his limbs, Anduin couldn't help asking, "Where am I now?" β
[Somewhere in the northern archipelago.] γ
"Nonsense! I know that, too! Anduin said angrily, but because he moved his lower lip and pulled the injury on his cheek, "I'm asking how far is it from Stormwind Town?" β
[Approximately thirteen distances from Stormwind to Silver Fortress.] γ
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Anduin's heart was blocked, and it took three days for Stormwind to reach Silver Fort on horseback...... He patted the torn clothes, but accidentally ripped off another piece, and the cold wind suddenly rushed into the breach, which really made Anduin feel excited, even if he had the physical fitness of a third-order bishop, it was difficult to resist the bone-chilling cold, not to mention that he was now covered in injuries, and hurriedly took out a lot of clothes from the badge, and then found a warm feeling.
"Then here's the problem." Anduin looked around at the ice field, "How are Arthas and Gianna?" β
[If Arthas and Gianna are both unconscious due to the collision of the demigod-level, then according to the data, Arthas fell in the direction of the host at two o'clock, at least six distances from Stormwind Town to the Silver Fortress, Gianna is standing with the host, so the distance between you is not far, as long as the host's course of action is a little further south, you should be able to meet Gianna, but ......]
"But what?"
[If Gianna didn't have the means to protect herself, her current condition might be very bad, and the system spent a lot of energy to help the host fall safely during the host's fall. γ
Anduin pointed to his blue nose and swollen face, frowned and asked, "This is also called a safe fall?" β
[The energy of this system is limited, please do not find fault with the host.] γ
"I'm too lazy to talk about you, mark me Gianna's exact direction, and by the way, open the scanning range to the maximum."
Anduin gave the order and used the Shadow Step to move forward, and only before the dawn of the morning could he summon two Legendary-level kobolds to speed up his journey, and now only with the power of the Shadow Walk.
It is worth mentioning that once again diving into the shadows, Anduin has an unprecedented feeling, as if the fish has returned to the sea, and the journey is extremely happy, not only much faster, but also more time-saving and labor-saving, compared to the treatment of being rejected by the shadows in the floating island, the opposite is the opposite.
The abrupt change made Anduin immediately think of the Black Shine Magic Stone that was swallowed by the Holy Light Diamond, this magic stone belonging to the Stalker profession, naturally affinity with the Shadow, although it is now devoured, it can also affect the Shadow, Sonia's outstanding talent, it is estimated that part of it is due to this Black Shine Magic Stone, and I don't know what impact it will have on Sonia without it.
Anduin shook his head, retracted his mind, and concentrated on the shadows sneaking, he estimated that his disappearance had already caused Stormwind Town to explode, and the knight guards and mage regiments of the Silver Fortress were probably the same, rather than staying in place and waiting for rescue, it was better to support themselves, it was really the speed of Frost Grief to control the floating island, far beyond the legendary level, and in just a short time, it was completely far away from the bay corridor.
I don't know how long later, Anduin received a prompt from the system, and the drowsy feeling caused by boredom was suddenly swept away, and he immediately rushed to the prompt, and was stunned to see a blood-red shining crystal, which appeared on the dark blue sea ice in the night.
Anduin took a closer look and found that Gianna was in the midst of the ice crystals, unconscious, holding the magic stone ruby in the palm of his hand, shining, it seemed that it was in danger to resolve the impact of the fall, Gianna was unconscious, but the vital signs remained in a normal state, Anduin took a closer look, and found that Gianna in her sleep was quiet and elegant, beautiful and moving, more than the amazing Eliza who was seen at first, definitely not much better, and I don't know why Arthas was incarnated by the black dragon princess in the first place, and she was so fascinated that she couldn't give up.
Probably because what you don't get is the best?
Anduin shrugged his shoulders, not ready to experience Alsace's feelings, and immediately set out to wake up Gianna, however, perhaps because the Holy Light Diamond was too powerful, the ruby in Gianna's hand flashed a danger signal, but Anduin just felt the slightest bit of badness, and the provoked Holy Light Diamond was full of might, and the dazzling white light flashed, protecting Gianna's blood-colored crystal, and disappeared.
In order to prevent the Holy Light Diamond from being indigestion and getting out of the control of the system, Anduin hurriedly put it into the badge space and helped the delicate and sour Gianna.
Suddenly, Gianna opened her blue eyes, and after the initial trance and panic, she quickly returned to a state as light as autumn water, but Anduin clearly caught a trace of disappointment in the change of expression, probably because he couldn't see Arthas?
With a raised eyebrows, Anduin straightened Gianna and immediately stopped, but in order to protect Gianna, the magic stone ruby almost drained all the energy in her body, not to mention standing firm at this time, even speaking was a problem, numb legs, just blown by the cold wind, and fell down, helplessly, Anduin could only rush forward, gently pulled Gianna's arm, looked at a remote island surrounded by sea ice not far away, and said softly: "Let's go there first to avoid the wind, the temperature is getting lower and lower, You're not in a good position to travel overnight. β
After speaking, without waiting for Gianna to say, in fact, she couldn't say it, Anduin took her and walked on the ice-covered island in the sea.
Although it is called an island, the scale is not small at all, at least Anduin can see the existence of the reef and the beach, and the center of the island is a stone mountain that is not too high, the two of them went around half a circle, and saw that there was a small depression in the leeward of the stone mountain, Anduin summoned a ship-borne artillery, and according to the trend of the depression, he fired a few cannons in a row, and easily opened up a cave that was enough to accommodate two people.
From beginning to end, Gianna was supported by Anduin, silently observing the surroundings.
"This person knows my relationship with Arthas, he didn't take advantage of the maneuver, he can be regarded as a righteous gentleman, and he didn't insult the name and priesthood of the incarnation of the Holy Light." Gianna judged Anduin's performance in her heart, since she was a child, she had come into contact with all kinds of outstanding men, and it was rare for Anduin to be unmoved by beauty, behave well, and speak politely, so she scored a good impression in her heart.
Seeing the appearance and power of the ship's artillery, Gianna's spirit was immediately lifted, the reason why she braved the big disapproval and became the mage of Dalaran was to explore the mysteries of the world, but since she knew that Anduin had a special ability, even if she thought about it day and night, she couldn't get a reasonable answer, she could only sigh in her heart: "This summoning ability is really special, there is almost no energy fluctuation, it appears out of thin air, if according to what he said, this is a gift from the Holy Light, then the attack of the Frost Dragon, wouldn't it be easily resolved by the Holy Light?" How did the two of us end up here? β
Because she saw the summoning ability with her own eyes, Gianna glanced at Anduingao again, she wanted to find Anduin's cat by looking closely, but suddenly saw a flame of holy light, lit firewood, and the warm light dispelled the darkness, and instantly enveloped her.
Sensing Gianna's puzzled eyes, Anduin was not ready to explain that the wood was ordered by the kobold geodiviner, took out the soft cushion, and gently placed Gianna, Anduin turned around and took another candle to illuminate the entire cave.
"Weirdos!"
Gianna sneered in her heart, the flickering firelight reflected in the blue eyes and showed a strange look, ordinary people go out to play, at most carry clothes and food, where would they think of Anduin like this, he took out a lot of candles and wood, and when he turned around and returned to his original position, he actually set out a square table, Gianna glanced at Anduin's earl badge quietly, and estimated the size of the space in his heart.
There are very few existences in this world that can come into contact with space magic, so the number of space props is also extremely rare, she has two space rings on her body, but the space is limited, there is no place for sundries at all, Gianna doesn't know that the several earl badges on Anduin's body are all from the kobold's treasury, even if her space rings add up, they are far smaller than the badge space.
Gianna wanted to ask Anduin how many miscellaneous things there were, so she felt the warm holy light fill her body one after another, mobilizing the life energy that was a little silent, and after a while, Gianna's physical strength recovered some, she glanced at Anduin, silently, elegantly sat on the cushion, and the mana crystal in her hand closed her eyes and meditated, filling the almost depleted magical energy.
In her contemplation, the slightest scent of fragrance came to her nose, which made her feel a little uneasy, and when she opened her eyes suddenly, she saw Anduin roasting the meat, and the dripping grease fell into the flames, making a crackling sound, and even the enticing aroma wafted away.
After the twists and turns of exhaustion, both of them were hungry, especially Gianna, who was physically exhausted, and needed more energy, which was not only magical energy, but also natural food.
Gollum......
After three seconds of silence, Gianna was very glad that it was not sent by herself, and Anduin saw the slight smile on her face, mistakenly thinking that she was mocking herself, so she adjusted the heat and sprinkled the seasoning, and explained embarrassedly: "I just finished lunch, and I received the news here, and my physical strength is a bit too much." β
Gianna still didn't speak, and continued to meditate, but the slightest smell of flesh was really seductive, so that she couldn't calm down no matter what, generally speaking, she wanted to enter a state of concentration, it was easy to get started, but now the environment is special, for a while, it is inevitable to be upset.
Gollum......
After only a second of silence, Gianna's cheeks flew away, the only daughter of the dignified Admiral of the Holy Empire, the closed disciple of the Chief Mage of Dalaran, actually screamed in front of a strange man with a certain status! It really made her face a little unbearable, and she glanced at Anduin, who was smiling and silent, and said lightly: "I haven't eaten for two days." β
"Oh? Is it because of Blackmore? β
I really couldn't find a meditative state, Gianna simply put away the mana crystal, slightly pulled up the mage robe, and made herself sit more comfortably at the same time, without losing her elegance, her face did not have Eliza's arrogance, but her blue eyes were a little cold, and her thin pink lips moved slightly, and she came out with a melodious voice like a silver bell: "Yes, Blackmore launched a sneak attack while we were eating and resting, and killed a companion, so ......"
Anduin nodded, freed up a hand, put a cup of milk tea on the table, and gently pushed it in front of Gianna: "Maybe it's a little cold, can you try to heat it up?" β
"What is this?"
Lonely man and widow, Gianna maintained proper vigilance, Anduin turned around and continued to barbecue, and said: "Tiramisu milk tea, you should have heard, it was originally going to entertain Arthas and Princess Eliza at noon, but then it happened suddenly, all left, don't worry, the cups and straws are clean." β
"Happiness?"
"......" Anduin nodded a little wordlessly, remembering the meaning he had made up for Tiramisu.
Gianna picked up the milk tea, and the palm of her hand condensed the flame element to heat it, but her eyes caught the unnaturalness that flashed on Anduin's face, and suddenly asked, "I'm afraid this is not the true meaning of tiramisu, right?" β
Anduin was tempted to say that a clever girl could not marry, but when he remembered her relationship with Arthas, he changed his tune and said, "You are so smart." β
This compliment made Gianna glare, generally speaking, this tone, this tone, this kind of rhetoric, are all said by the elders to the juniors, for the sake of barbecue and milk tea, she did not get angry, took a sip of tiramisu, and immediately felt sweet to the heart, the unique taste of coffee and cocoa, made her feel the refreshing warmth, her expression couldn't help but be cheerful, and even her voice became more and more flexible: "So what is the true meaning of tiramisu?" β
"Take me away."
Anduin explained lightly: "The inspiration for Tiramisu's practice came from a remote village in the Holy Empire, where a housewife mixed the only biscuit bread left in the family to make a delicious cake and gave it to her husband who was about to go to the front as rations. β
Gianna took another sip, and did not question Anduin's claim, but secretly believed that Anduin had ulterior motives, otherwise, why did he make such a cake and milk tea with the meaning of "take me away" at the wedding banquet of Kalia and Presto?
"Even though this cup of tiramisu is really delicious." Gianna took a sip and sucked the milk tea very leisurely, "But this guy's words are getting more and more unbelievable." β