Chapter 220: The Cracked Code
The answer was already predestined.
In the Warped Void, Kil'Gardan's spells can tear apart the shield of light. Now that he has unleashed the most powerful blow, it will naturally be easier to deal with the Naru ship that has entered the real world and has reduced its defense.
Despite the best efforts of all the Naru on the Stormkeep, the mask was torn apart by the pillar of demonic light, and the remaining force crashed into the ship, breaking through its dome and damaging some of its powertrain.
The Storm Fortress jolted violently, staggering, and almost falling. The people in the fortress screamed in panic if the ship crashed - the Draenei who had experienced a ship crash could not imagine what it would be.
Naruk Uray and Adar rushed up at about the same time, ready to plug the loophole and prevent the power of evil from polluting the innocents in the ship. Kokwuray is one step faster. His lilac body erupted with unprecedented light, holding up a small shield of light that blocked the pillar of demonic light.
The essence power in his body passed rapidly in the confrontation with evil energy, and his body became dull. The process of transforming into a shadow form, which had been suppressed by Adar and Jiang Weihan, was finally irreversible this time.
His lilac body was gradually darkening as if it had been soaked in ink.
The rest of the Naru tried to stabilize the ship, but thanks to their efforts, the Storm Fortress did not crash.
Skyrim's spells were gone, and the Naru sensed that one of them was dying.
Jiang Weihan saw another part of Valoran's reinforcements - the Forsaken Legion led by Karthas. This group of undead warriors had suffered a lot of losses when the hellfire fell before, but now that they have subsided, most of them have survived.
"Commander!" Karthas paid tribute to the flying Jiang Weihan. The same goes for the hammerstone beside him.
Jiang Weihan nodded. "You're here."
"Just now this force ......"
"It should be Kilgardan." Jiang Weihan said in a deep voice. He looked at the storm fortress in the sky. The ship, which had been attacked and damaged, was slowly descending, and it looked like it was about to land.
Jiang Weihan received Adar's psychic message. Hearing the news of Cwure, he immediately rushed over. Hammerstone and Karthas looked at each other. They couldn't help much, so they chose to stay here and straighten out the army.
The place where Kwure is located has now been concentrated by a large number of people and Naru.
The transformation that had happened to him terrified the souls of the orc ancestors who had followed him into the ship. Grandmother Gaia felt the affection of her ancestors and eventually came here. There are also Draenei such as the prophet Veron. Thrall, who had just arrived in the Outlands, was also here, and he didn't even know that the old lady next to him was his grandmother, whom he had never met.
The Naru gathered here, and every emotion was filled with sadness.
"Let's get started, my friends." The dying Kwure, who is in the process of transforming into the dark Naru, sends such a message.
Adar and the other Naru surrounded him and prepared for the ritual.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Weihan asked.
"Choure is transforming into a dark form."
"It's a rare thing for Naru."
"He will become very dangerous after the transformation."
"As the Naru of Light, according to custom, we will purify him with the power of our Light."
"And what about after the ceremony?" Jiang Weihan asked again.
"He's going to go back to his roots." Adar's voice was a little heavy.
"I'm going to be liberated." There was no sadness or fear in Cwure's mind. Instead, he rejoiced, "This is the way I have to go." ”
Jiang Weihan was a little silent.
The life of this Naru is a life of selfless dedication. He had protected the fleeing Draenei, and had just protected tens of thousands of people in the fortress. Jiang Weihan had made a modest contribution to the treatment of the dying Naru in Voshugu, and if Keure died like this, he would be very sad.
He remembered that Adar had said that if Dark Naru was to be reborn in light form, he would need to absorb enough soul power. The Light Naru thinks this is too cruel, so they choose to purify the Dark Naru that was accidentally born in the race. to avoid the scourge of the dark Naru.
Now that Kwure is transforming into Dark Naru, Adar and the others are stepping forward again, preparing to perform the purification ritual.
"Wait!" Jiang Weihan suddenly shouted to stop, and he took out a Transformation Stone. "I have a plan, I can give it a try!"
He had just been pumping his head to find a way to save C. "Absorb the soul and be reborn". Hearing this condition, it occurred to him that he happened to have an expert under his command who liked to collect souls.
He will be able to help.
Naru all looked at Jiang Weihan. Jiang Weihan said to Kyle, "Go and get the hammerstone!" He's right down there, with Karthus! ”
Kyle responded.
Jiang Weihan explained the role of the Transformation Stone. and tell his solution: let C. Ouré accept the conversion and prevent him from becoming mad because of his fall into darkness; Then let the hammerstone release the soul in the lantern to nourish him and let him be reborn!
The Naru looked at each other, and if someone else had suggested it, they would have refused. But if it was Jiang Weihan, they exchanged a little and chose to agree.
Time was pressing, and Jiang Weihan immediately began the transformation ritual. Ke Wulei did not resist at all, and the transformation went very smoothly, and Jiang Weihan soon felt that he had a new hero under his command. He can always choose to use Choure as a vehicle to summon the dark Valoran heroes.
And after the transformation ritual is completed, Kyure also completely transforms into a dark Naru. The Holy Light Essence in his body had been completely depleted, and all that was left was a pure dark body.
He was in stark contrast to the other Bright Naru around him, but after surrendering to Jiang Weihan, he would not lose his mind.
Jiang Weihan examines the transformed hero, but unexpectedly discovers something else - in his mind, there is a new password on Kwulei's body. It was very different from the Light Code that Sidar had given him before.
Although looking at it alone, whether it is the Holy Light Code or the Dark Code, it is completely incomprehensible to him. But this dark code faintly corresponds to a special symbol in the Holy Light Code.
Combining the two, Jiang Weihan immediately parsed a unique piece of information:
'Codename: Cwure
ID: 127
Certification period: 2431――????
Status: The certification period is over
Recycling redundancy jù: 0'
Jiang Weihan was able to read every word of this paragraph. But the information in it left him completely confused.
How long is the certification?
Reclaim the redundant number jù?
2431?
He couldn't understand what they meant.
Could it be some kind of Naru's black technology?
Now the Naru are in sight. He threw these questions at Adar, but the answer he received was that the other party didn't understand the meaning of these things at all.
However, Adar heard a voice of joy: "Although we don't understand, it proves that you are the guide, the changer, and the savior - there is no one who has not analyzed even the contents of the Holy Light Code except you. ”
Jiang Weihan was dumbfounded, he couldn't find any reason to refute it.
Grandmother Gaia looked at Jiang Weihan and asked, "Young man, are you saving this Naru?" ”
"Yes, I'm trying." Jiang Weihan nodded and replied.
"Hopefully you'll succeed...... I felt the sorrow of the souls of the ancestors. Because of Cwure. Grandmother Gaia's frowning brow made her look preoccupied.
After all this time, she had already believed in what the prophet Velun had said—the sacred mountain of Washurgu, which the orcs worshipped. It's actually Cwure's ship. And the souls of the ancestors were also attracted by the light power emanating from Cwure.
If Cwure died, she didn't know what would happen to the ancestral spirits - perhaps they, the shamans, would be completely deprived of the ancestral souls.
"I'll try my best!" Jiang Weihan saw Sal not far away beside him, and asked in amazement, "Don't you recognize each other?" He pointed to Sal: "This is the son of Durotan and Draka!" ”
Grandmother Gaia noticed the green orc: he was wearing Orgrimmar's black plate armor and holding Orgrimmar's hammer of destruction, so much so that she subconsciously thought of this man as some descendant of the hammer of destruction. At this time, Jiang Weihan revealed the identity of the other party, and she could clearly see the face that was six or seven points similar to her son, as well as the unique, blue eyes full of wisdom.
"Gouyle?" Grandmother Gaiaan cried out.
Thrall turned his head and saw an old brown-skinned orc lady staring at him.
"That's your grandmother. Great Chief! The old orc Itrig reminded.
"Grandmother?" Sal didn't expect to see his grandmother on such an occasion, just as Grandmother Gaiaan didn't expect her to see her grandson casually.
Originally, she also wanted Sarufar to bring a letter, and asked Sal to come to Nagrand to see her when he was free, but she didn't expect to need to bring a letter. Now the two meet.
The two grandfathers and grandchildren who knew each other wept with joy, and the female orc shaman Agra looked at her enviously, and she asked curiously, "Are you a warrior?" Gouyle? ”
Thrall's inheritance of the black plate armor and the hammer of destruction from the previous Grand Chief Orgrimmar would indeed give the impression of this, he replied, "It was. Later, I learned the way of shamanism from Drektar, and now I am a shaman too. ”
"Shaman?" Agra's eyes widened. With a face full of disbelief, "Are you a shaman?" ”
She had never seen a shaman in plate armor. How could there be such an orc shaman? This Gouyl doesn't look like a shaman at all!
While they were here to treat Cwure, the people of the Storm Fortress had already begun to leave the place in an orderly manner, heading towards the Dark Gate. Thankfully, this is not far from the Dark Gate, and they will hopefully be the first to break through the barrier before the Akmund army arrives.
A large army opened the way ahead, clearing out the legions of Hellfire demons scattered across the land and spontaneously assembled. All of them are in an orderly manner.
Hammerstone came here, and after hearing about the treatment plan, although he was reluctant to give up the soul in his lantern, he would not go against the commander's wishes.
He graciously departed some of his soul from the Soul Lamp to absorb for C. However, this is not an overnight process, and it may take some time for Cwure to "digest" these souls.
Hammerstone is not very distressed about the consumption of souls. After being summoned, he collected countless souls in the many battles he experienced, and Hammerstone believed that as long as the war continued. His soul-gathering cause will flourish even more, providing for a dark Naru. There should be no problem.
Adar said they could repair the Storm Fortress in an hour and get it back on the ground. Jiang Weihan felt that this was still very necessary. But he couldn't help much, so he was ready to go to the front line to open the way for the follow-up legions!
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Invisible Illidan silently cleared the demons near the Dark Gate. He looked back more than once and found Anlun. The Seeker and the other Night Elf warriors did not return, and he was both happy that the other party had obeyed orders, but he also had a faint sense of frustration that he had been abandoned by his kind.
He wanted it to be Tyrande or Malfurion, who would find out that he hadn't followed, and would come back to fight alongside him.
But these Night Elves' elite expeditionary force didn't do that.
"I escaped the cage. I should be happy about that. Illidan laughed at himself for his self-inflicted passions.
After he solved the hidden danger of the Black Sea, he received a message from Tyrande, saying that Mavi. Shadow Song is chasing him with the Keepers. He could only say goodbye to Vasqi, who he had worked with so happily, and her Naga troops.
Vasqi promised them that they would not attack the Black Sea again, nor would they continue to fight against him, much to Illidan's satisfaction.
After breaking away from the dense demon horde, Illidan did not rush to leave. He noticed that the number of Hellfire Demons in all places except near the Dark Gate had plummeted. This is obviously unusual. He decided to stay and see what the devil was up to.
Soon he sensed a group of demonic wizards gathering, and they created a huge magic circle and began some kind of ritual.
Illidan, who was sensitive to magic, could sense that it was a summoning ritual. A very powerful being is descending through this teleportation array.
And he had already smelled the familiar smell - his heart suddenly struck him, he remembered the smell, and he remembered it very well - the breath of Akmund, the most powerful creature that had ever walked in Azeroth!
This great demon will appear here!
Illidan smelled conspiracy.
He didn't know what the coalition forces were moving now. But this important information must be reported to the commander of the Outlands quickly!
Akmund came here suddenly, and there were so many Hellfire legions, it was clear that there were important plans.
In fact, when Illidan discovered that the demon wizard near the Dark Gate was summoning Akmund, Kagemo, who had been monitoring the movements of the archdemon, also discovered the anomaly.
At this time, Akmund's army was rushing back to Blade's Edge Mountain. When Kergomo saw Akmund suddenly disappear into the teleportation array, he immediately whispered the news to Evelyn, who had been secretly lurking near the Legion to keep in touch with him, and Evelyn, who was also aware of the seriousness of the matter, sent a message to Quinn in the sky. Quinn then uses teleportation. Return directly from Blade's Edge to the teleportation beacon in Storm Fortress, then rush to the Commander as fast as you can.
"You mean that a circle of Akmund has disappeared?" After Jiang Weihan learned the news. Immediately I had a bad premonition.
"What's wrong, Ginger?" Crassus asked.
Jiang Weihan told the information obtained from within the Burning Legion. "Akmund can only appear on our way. I'm afraid we can't leave through the dark door. ”
Although this news has not yet been verified, Crassus believes that it is highly likely. The recent bombardment of the Storm Fortress by the Evil Beam made it clear to everyone that the Burning Legion was determined to prevent them from returning to Azeroth, and that was the case, it was almost certain that Akmund was doing something to prevent them from returning, no matter where they went.
"Shall we move on?" Crassus asked.
"Let's go scout!" Jiang Weihan said.
They now have a large number of air forces, and no matter what, they can't hold back before this Great Demon has even appeared.
Jiang Weihan and Crassus were about to go there in person, but before they could set off, someone brought a Night Elf armed with a pair of half-moon scimitars. Jiang Weihan was too familiar with this dress - who else was this black cloth blindfolded and holding the two blades of Love North, except for Illidan?
He hadn't expected to see Illidan on such an occasion.
"You're the commander here?" Illidan asked.
"That's right, I'm Jiang Weihan."
"Very well, that's what I'm looking for. I am Illidan, the commander of the Night Elf forces. Fury, I've just come through the Dark Gate, and something very bad is happening there. Illidan introduced his identity and then went straight to the point, "Akmund, the demonic wizard near the Dark Gate summoned Akmund over. Now this great demon is waiting for us at the Gate of Darkness to throw ourselves into the net! ”
Jiang Weihan and Crassus looked at each other, they didn't expect the news to be confirmed so quickly.
"Thank you, Illidan." Jiang Weihan nodded to the other party, "We have just received similar information and are preparing to go to reconnoitre." ”
"Looks like we're going to have to think about the previous plan." Crassus's voice was deeply apprehensive.
None of them had the slightest doubt that Akmund had the power to destroy the Dark Gate once again. Now that this path is out of reach, they can only consider the method of directly using Naru's spaceship to make a space-time jump.
After going around in a circle, a qiē seems to be back to square one.
Jiang Weihan, in his capacity as the supreme commander, ordered the troops to stop advancing towards the Dark Gate. When the people who had thought they would be back in Azeroth soon heard the news, they inevitably felt a strong sense of frustration, and the morale of the troops became a little low.
But this is a last resort, and the way to the Dark Gate is not a way home, but a road to ruin. (To be continued......)
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