【8】Fire of Shadowfang Castle (Revenant)
“…… Your?! Could it be the human mage Uhl who wrote the Book of your? Calvin exclaimed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"That's right, it's him, the good friend who carried me away, your." Arugao sneered.
“…… Isn't he already dead?! ”
"He's dead, but I've summoned his soul back." Arugao laughed, looking at the illusory shadow beside him in fascination.
In this way, I probably figured out the origin of this shadow, this shadow seems to be the ghost of the mage your, Calvin told us about his deeds during the special training in the Undercity - he is a human mage who studied and summoned werewolves with Arugao, and they originally wanted to use werewolves to deal with the undead scourge of the Lich King, but the bloodthirsty nature of the werewolves could not be controlled at all, and your first thought that this was a plan to drive away the wolves and chase the tiger, because even if the werewolves could be used to fight the undead disaster for a while, but it would be infinitely harmful, So he and Arugao parted ways, and joined forces with the kingdom of Lordaeron and Dalaran to launch an attack on Shadowfang Castle, but unfortunately, that operation did not eradicate Arugao, but ended with the total annihilation of the human army, and the mage Ur and the elite of Igandarlaran were also killed in that operation.
"I sealed his soul in the shadows, so that he would always be by my side, to atone for his previous mistakes." Arugao Secluded Road.
“…… I didn't expect you to have mastered such evil magic...... Ahem! Calvin coughed up a mouthful of black blood, "I can't spare you......" He staggered to his feet, ready to wave his staff and cast a spell.
"Guy who can't do it himself." Arugao casually shot another ice arrow, and the ice arrow passed through the shadow of your in front of him, and in an instant, the ice arrow took a layer of shadow.
"Arcane Shot!" I hurriedly opened my bow and fought back while tearing Master Calvin away, and the arrow with arcane magic hit Arugao's magic arrow, a layer of ice mist instantly unfolded in front of me, and at the same time, another shadow arrow pierced through the ice mist, seeing that there was no hurry to dodge, Master Calvin hurriedly waved his staff and said: "Mana shield!" ”
A layer of azure blue transparent shield unfurled from Calvin's body, enveloping the two of us, the shadow arrow hit the shield, and the powerful mana fluctuation spread out from the shield wall in front of him, the shadow arrow plunged into the shield, but did not pierce, the power of the shadow was gradually offset by the mana shield, and finally disappeared in front of our eyes.
Calvin spat out a mouthful of black blood, and the mana shield disappeared in vain, and it seemed that the mana shield just now seemed to be very expensive for him.
"Old fellow, you're injured like this and still use the mana shield?" Arugao said at the end of the rooftop, "Arugao...... I won't die until I kill you! Master Calvin gasped.
"Oh, really? Then I'll kill the others first. Arugao raised his hand and waved, and an ice arrow shot towards the thief on the side of the rooftop, the thief had just been shot by Arugao's ice arrow, and now his hands and feet were not flexible, and the ice arrow was about to hit him, at this time, a Xiaoice wall rose in front of him, and the ice arrow hit the ice wall, and the ice was suddenly torn apart, and it was Calvin who cast a spell to save the thief's life.
"Good job, old fellow~" Arugao said, "I think you can save a few." He quickly swung his staff and fired two arrows of ice, one towards Calvin and me, and the other at the bottom of the roof. Calvin hurriedly put up his mana shield and took the first ice arrow, and at the same time coughed up a mouthful of black blood, and suddenly there was a scream from under the rooftop, and I looked back, only to see that the minotaur shaman had fallen in a pool of blood, and an ice pick was inserted into his back.
The vibrations at the top of the tower subsided, the shaman's seismology disappeared, and the werewolves who had just been pinned down immediately surrounded them, the warlocks and priests were surrounded by groups, and the two magicians had to use their staffs to fight the werewolves hand-to-hand, and at the same time, four werewolves rushed up to the rooftop to kill us, and the first to face them was the thief who was a little stiff from the cold.
"It's just one who died, it's a pity, come again~!" Arugao raised his hand to cast the spell again, when the old mage Calvin coughed up blood and shouted, "Bastard! …… Never let yourself do whatever you want again! He raised his staff to the sky and chanted, "O elemental of ice! Lend my strength and let the frost dance in the hurricane - a blizzard! ”
The ancient incantation echoed in the dark air, the clouds churned, the cold wind blew, the snowflakes began to fall one after another, and then the strips of hail began to fall from the sky, densely smashing towards the rooftop where Arugao was, the roof was smashed by the ice and crackled and suddenly turned into a piece of ice and snow, and the werewolf who rushed to the roof was smashed by the blizzard and howled in pain and fled around, while Arugao turned on the mana shield, and at the same time, a demon shadow rushed above him and spread his body to resist the invading frost, and the center of the blizzard suddenly ignited a gloomy green flame.
"Enough old fellow! Stop me! Arugao's voice came from the blizzard, and then the green flame in the blizzard suddenly disappeared, and the shadow chains rushed out of the wind and snow like long snakes, and the thieves and Master Calvin were caught in the shadow chain at once, I dodged a shadow chain that came from it, but immediately it turned around and followed me, and I struggled to dodge the shadow chain that followed me, and at the same time, on the other side, the warlocks and priests under the rooftop had been bound by the shadow chain, even the orc warriors in the corner who were frozen in madness, They, along with the Thief and Calvin, were pulled up high by the Shadow Chain and hung in the air.
Master Calvin was about to chant a spell and cast a spell, but an ice arrow suddenly shot out of the blizzard, hitting him in the chest, only to see the old mage fall on his back, the cedar staff loosened from his hand, and then the roaring blizzard on the rooftop immediately stopped.
"Master Calvin!" The thieves, warlocks, and priests exclaimed, and I hurriedly turned my attention to Calvin's situation, but forgot to dodge the pursuing Shadow Chain, which tied me by the waist and pulled me into the air.
When the snow and ice had receded, Arugao reappeared on the rooftop, unscathed, and the shadows beside him bloomed with clusters of shadows that were the culprits that bound us. I looked left and right, and saw Master Calvin, who was bound by the shadow chain, limp and drooping on all fours, looking dead, while the others were bound by the shadow chain, and had no power to fight back, so they could only wait for death to come, but Arugao didn't seem to want to kill us so quickly, he used the shadow chain to bind us in the air, and pulled Calvin's body in front of him, and smiled gloomily: "This old guy is full of mana, it's a pity to waste it, it's better for me to turn him into a shadow, And how about letting this old man's shadow kill you one by one? “
"Arugao, you bastard!!"
"Hahaha~!" Arugao laughed maniacally, and he removed the shadow chain from Calvin's body, and Calvin's body fell to the rooftop, and a magic scroll fell out of his robes. Arugao picked up the scroll, unfolded it and glanced at it, then said contemptuously, "Your has written such a thing, but it's so whimsical that you are trying to use this to defeat me." ”
He threw the scroll back at Calvin's corpse.
Arugao used his staff to draw a six-pointed star array on the rooftop, and then lit the circle with the green fire at the head of the staff, and the green flames burned, and the old mage's body and the scroll were gradually consumed by the flames, and the cry of the soul came from the fire, and the sound sounded so heart-wrenching, so painful, that the rest of us were so sad and indignant. Gradually, a demon shadow slowly appeared in the magic circle, and Arugao laughed: "It's successful, another demon servant of mine, hahaha~!"
We knew that our death was near, but at this moment, the shadow chains on everyone's bodies suddenly loosened, and everyone fell from the air, and those shadow chains quickly recovered and wrapped around Arugao, who did not expect this situation at all, and was suddenly entangled by the shadow chain.
Arugao looked at the demon shadow on the side in amazement, only to see that the demon shadow was burning with green fire all over his body, and an illusory figure appeared in the green flame, Arugao shouted in panic: "Your!?" You! How did you show up!? ”
The shadow that lit up the green flame gradually approached Arugao, and let out an illusory and ethereal voice, "Arugao...... I'm here to stop your wickedness, stop, your lust has killed too many people. ”
"All this is won by my hands and talent, and no one can take it away! I'm going to be the most powerful mage in Lordaeron! Arugao said.
"Well, that's all I have to do." The flaming shadow burned the green fire through the shadow chain to Arugal, who immediately let out a howl of pain: "Ah! Stop it! Yes! It hurts! Stop! You are my Shadow! Stop!! ”
But the shadow of your didn't stop, and the green flames flew up Arugao's body through the shadow chain and began to burn, and a huge green flame burst into flames on the rooftop.
Arugao's screams echoed in the green flame, which not only burned his body, but also his magic and soul, and the tongue of fire of the green flame rose into the sky from time to time, reflecting the surrounding of the tower in a gloomy and transparent area, and gradually Arugao's voice became weaker and weaker and gradually disappeared completely, and the green flame also suddenly became smaller and extinguished on the rooftop.
On the top of the tower, the werewolves recruited by Arugao before were terrified and fled, and there were only a few of us left, and everyone didn't understand what the situation was just now.
"Is Arugao dead?" The thief asked.
"He's dead, and there's not even a fragment of his soul left." The warlock replied.
“…… Me, what did I just do......" asked the mortally wounded orc warrior beside him. "Have you come to your senses? Werewolf mania is dissolved! The pastor excited.
At this time, the sound of the tribe's war drums came from under the tower, and everyone hurried to the wall to look down, only to see that the tribe's army had broken through the Shadow Fang Castle, and the werewolf troops below had either fled or been captured, and it seemed that everything related to Arugao had disappeared with him.
A beam of light passed through the thick clouds in the sky and fell to the top of the tower, only to see a faint shadow on the rooftop, that was where Calvin was before, we hurriedly ran up to the rooftop and walked to the shadow, there were still traces of the circle under the shadow, but Master Calvin's body had turned into powder.
The shadow flickered before us, as if it had something to say to us, "Warlock, can you speak to Master Calvin's soul?" ”
"I'll give it a try." The warlock took out a green soul stone and placed it at the foot of the shadow, and then the shadow suddenly appeared as Master Calvin's illusory appearance, and he said in an ethereal voice, "Everyone, you have finally destroyed Arugao, and when you see him burned by the flames, I am also dead." ”
"Master Calvin, what the hell just happened, and why did Arugao's shadow turn against him?"
"Providence, I have the soul seal scroll of the human mage your on me, and when Arugao burned me into a shadow just now, he also released your soul from the seal book, and it was Master you who helped us destroy him."
"Arugao killed your and turned him into a shadow, and your soul regained control of his shadow and killed Arugao, what a cycle of cause and effect." The pastor said.
"Yes, dust to dust, dust to dust, everything is cause and effect." Master Calvin's Shadow Shadow said, "Go back, everyone, bring my fir staff, commander, and other warriors back to the Undercity, let us rest in the grave of the Undercity, and then tell the Queen that we have finally cleared Arugao of evil." When Master Calvin said this, the shadow dissipated in the light.
The dark clouds of sunlight pierced the sky one after another, falling on the top of the tower, as if the haze of the sky was also swept away with the passing of Arugao, we looked down on the whole castle from the top of the tower, the ancient stone walls and fortresses looked very safe, there was no longer the haze and evil of the past, the wind blew, the silver pine forest shook gently, and the Shadow Fang Castle came to an end.