Chapter 178: The Ranger General and the Banshee King
When Jiang Weihan and the others fought all the way to the Sun Chase Royal Court, the bombardment in the sky had ended. The Tower of Sunrage has been razed. Akmund stood alone among the ruins, a green portal in front of him.
Akmund still succeeded.
The Great Demon was half in size. When he just came, he was more than twenty meters tall, and Jiang Weihan could only reach his feet and neck. But now Akmund is only a dozen meters tall, although it is still very large, but compared to the previous body full of explosive power and absolute oppressive power, this has greatly relieved the heroes who are fighting against him.
Size was almost equal to strength for Akmund. For this summoning, Akmund's strength had been reduced by half.
He now looks incomparably wolf. When summoning the portal, he couldn't move, and he had to protect the magical energy that distorted time and space from being disturbed, so most of the more than twenty mana bombs were carried down by him. As a result, he was blown apart by the raging arcane energy.
Seeing Jiang Weihan and them appear, the hatred and anger in Akmund's eyes almost erupted: "I still succeeded." Your end has come! ”
The portal behind him had been stabilized, and perhaps a demon had entered the world through the portal on the other side of the void. However, the material and immaterial worlds do not come instantaneously, and no one knows how long it will take for the Burning Legion to enter this world. Maybe the next moment (the first demon will come out, maybe it will be another three or five days or even half a month.
Jiang Weihan's heart tightened, it seems that they still haven't been able to stop Akmund?
At this moment Anna flew down from the sky and came to them.
"This isn't a long-lasting teleportation array!" She is confident in her judgment. "I can feel that the energy contained in this portal has been reduced by more than half compared to before the bombing."
Only then did the crowd relax. If the Burning Legion were to have unlimited access to Azeroth, it would be impossible for everyone to unite and win.
"So you're bluffing!" Jiang Weihan mocked loudly. "Akmund, you look a little lacking in self-confidence right now!"
Akmund immediately retorted: "Will the Burning Legion still have to go all out to conquer this small world?" You think too highly of yourselves! One percent of our strength is enough to crush the world a dozen times! ”
He didn't leave the portal to attack because he hated them. Now the Burning Legion has not yet arrived. A qiē is unknown. If these people had destroyed it in any way, then his act of using half of his strength to protect the portal would be meaningless.
"We're going to find a way to break the portal." Jiang Weihan said in a low voice.
Everyone knows that this is the key to stopping the Burning Legion. If they were able to destroy the portal before reinforcements from the Burning Legion arrived, Akmund would be left alone. He probably won't even be able to leave Lordaeron. Without the help of his minions, and without the replenishment of his strength, sooner or later he will be consumed to death.
"Let's use the Rainbow of Focus!" Anna takes out her magic artifact.
Last time, she destroyed Akmund's body with the disintegration ray Yan Zòng. Now this guy doesn't dare to leave the portal, he can only resist such an attack.
The archmages in the sky descended.
"We're here to give you a good hand!"
Crassus was among them. He knew very well where the Rainbow of Focus came from. This is an artifact that has been guarded by the Blue Dragon Clan for generations, and it has incredible power. But the Blue Dragons would definitely object to anyone but them mastering the Rainbow of Focus.
When Anna's secret to it reaches the ears of Malygos, the King of the Blue Dragon, he will surely bring his children and grandchildren to retrieve the artifact that they should have guarded, even if the Rainbow of Spotlight of this world remains in Malygos' control.
Malygos had sabotaged Jiang Weihan's plans during the Battle of the Frozen Throne last time, and now the Alliance has nothing but bad feelings towards him and Nozdom. Crassus was able to imagine. The Blue Dragons will definitely be the opposite of mortals in the future - but what can he do? Crassus could only try to keep this secret as much as possible, so that the blue dragon could get the news later.
More than twenty powerful spellcasters infuse their mana into the Rainbow of Focus. Huge amounts of energy were gathered in this artifact, and even the surrounding space became unstable as a result. The last time Anna's power was amplified by it, it was able to traumatize Akmund, and one can imagine what kind of power more than twenty of Azeroth's top mages would let it use.
It was a force that even Akmund's heart trembled.
He called out to the Legion's minions to protect him, but few answered. Now that the Burning Legion has been defeated, the remnants of the demons are being chased and intercepted by coalition forces several times their size in the city, and they are in constant fear.
The loyal Dreadlords are ready to come back, but they themselves are behind bars.
Marganis took on the form of a normal human and prepared to lurk in the court of the Sun. Answer Akmund's call. But he didn't go far when the shouts of the coalition soldiers were heard from all directions:
"Over there!"
"The man with short maroon hair and chain mail!"
"That's him! Quick, surround him! ”
"Don't let him escape!"
Marganis's heart tightened, these people couldn't be looking for him, right? He looked at the chain mail on his body. and the chestnut hair in front of his forehead, which was frightened to death.
Sure enough, these natives have a way of seeing through their disguise!
Marganis didn't know that it was his former good brother Valimas, who was now commanding everyone to surround and intercept him. Now he's in high spirits. Without shame, he became the "leading party" of the coalition army. He saw firsthand the destruction of the Scourge and the rout of the Burning Legion, as well as the bombardment of the Tower of the Sunrage, where Akmund was located. In his opinion. It is clear that the Burning Legion is gone. Isn't it a good time for him to make a meritorious service?
Cunning and vicious demons have no sense of loyalty or honor, and they submit only to the strong. Now the Burning Legion has failed. Varimathas definitely doesn't mind falling into the trap.
So Marganis and the many Nasrezm demons died in a daze under the ubiquitous pursuit. In the end, only the clever Annetheron escaped—but he didn't go to his master's aid. Ever since he discovered that the natives could see through his disguise, he had only one thought - to escape. The farther away the better!
As for going to Akmund's side? Only fools will go over and send them to death! If you run far away, you might still have a chance to survive and go to Sunfury Square. Then it's definitely dead!
Ten thousand years after joining the Burning Legion, Annetheron heard Akmund call his men to protect him for the first time. Doesn't this mean that this great demon can't hold it anymore? Annatheron knew that Akmund was going to pinch himself to death as easily as an ant. Since Akmund could not cope with the difficulties. Isn't it useless for him to go?
Annetheron ended up choosing the direction of Northrend. The Coalition has long since retreated from the frozen ground, and perhaps only there are still people alive there.
When Arthas, the Lich King, saw the violent explosion of the Tower of the Sunrage, he saw that the Burning Legion was gone, and he was powerless to resist, so he flew into the sky on his invincible horse and fled north. He's going to go back to Icecrown Glacier and start over, and come back after a few years when he's built up enough strength!
Inadvertently, he and Annatheron both went in the same direction.
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Sylvanas, the Banshee King, has also come to her end. When the Dreadlord Gogannon tried to help her kill Ronin, she was already hard to support. And after Goganon was killed. She was soon shattered into flesh and turned into a banshee state. By this time, the Scourge had been defeated. Even though she let out a spirit-destroying banshee howl, the steam engine qì man Britz was completely unaffected. He rushed up and unleashed a powerful electric current to disturb the banshee, interrupting her howl. Angel Hiko and Burning Heart then joined forces and purified her with the Holy Flame.
Sylvanas, who had returned to his soul state, finally regained consciousness. She saw that she was still a High Elf, and she was still so healthy and beautiful in this world, her heart was still beating, and her blood was warm. This is the feeling she misses the most after becoming an undead.
and her sister Wen Leisa, leaning next to her lover Ronin. The happiness and dependence that is inadvertently revealed is enviable.
How blessed they are!
"Thank you, my sister...... I was finally freed from the endless pain......"
Wen Lesa felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, this was her sister in another world, a tragic sister. Fortunately, nothing in this world has happened. Sylvanas is still normal. She couldn't help but reach out and grab Sylvanas, feeling the warmth of her palm.
But now her palms are a little cold.
Sylvanas knew it was her alter ego. I heard that it was the king of banshees who was resurrected after being killed by the death knight Arthas.
At the Alliance meeting after the Battle of the Frozen Throne, Mograine named the three Scourge heroes who had been summoned to this world. Since then. Sylvanas was in constant agony. Perhaps the same is true of Arthas and Kael'thas. But just now she saw that Prince Kael'thas had killed the evil tainted self with his own hands, and got the result he wanted.
She wanted to prove to people that she wasn't going to be like that. She wanted to wash away the shame that hadn't happened yet. It's like when she was still alive and well, and suddenly a prophet told her: a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day. In what way will you die.
It was a terrible feeling.
After killing the banshee-turned-herself, Sylvanas only felt mixed feelings at this time.
She reached out to touch the banshee's soul and barely smiled, "I'm relieved too." ”
This is the result she has been looking forward to, but she is not happy at all now, but feels extremely heavy inside.
"Cherish the one in front of you and find your happiness!" Banshee Sylvanas smiled wistfully.
"You...... Do you have any regrets? Sylvanas couldn't help but ask.
"Regrets?" The banshee tilted her head and thought about it, and when she saw Wenlesa and Ronin, she thought about what it was. She whispered, "There's a ...... I've never been in love...... So you have to find someone you like to marry him, okay? ”
“…… Good. Sylvanas blushed a little. She thought about getting married, and when she was a child, she had put a gold coin into Dalaran's wishing fountain, and made a wish to grow up and marry with her sisters. But the eldest sister Aurelia has children, and Wen Leisa also has a lover, so she has not found a favorite object until now.
"That's great!" The banshee was content, with a beautiful attachment to the world, but her soul could not be left alone in the sun. After giving up the negative energy that protected the banshee's body, she would soon dissipate between heaven and earth. She knew it was time to say goodbye, "My time is coming." Thank you! ”
Sylvanas was suddenly reluctant. It's another self, and apart from that identity, they're the same person -- just with a different fate.
Now she saw herself die, or a loved one was about to die, two lines of tears flowed from her sour eyes and rolled down her face. She felt a part of her heart lose its life like a dying banshee.
"I—"
"It's really a sisterhood," a terrifying and eerie-looking ghost appeared next to her, it was the hammerstone carrying the lantern, "if you are so reluctant, I can keep her soul." Or you can go to Karthas and figure it out. There will be a place for this banshee in the Legion of the Forsaken. ”
"I still don't want to, I don't want to live like that anymore. My hands are covered with sin, and it is Divine mercy to be able to be liberated in this way. Please don't do that. Think of it as my last wish, okay? ”
The Banshee also saw the hope that had just been ignited in the eyes of Winlessa and Sylvanas and the loss of her refusal, but she had once been the queen of the Forsaken. The chasm between the dead and the living will never be bridged. She has no hatred now, no ambition, she just wants to sleep quietly and disappear quietly.
"I love you guys!" The banshee looked at the two sisters affectionately.
Her soul seemed weightless, and began to float slowly into the air, gradually turning into mottled spots of light in the sunlight.
Sylvanas threw herself into Winesa's arms, sobbing under her breath. Wen Lesa comforted her as she wiped her tears. Luo Ning sighed, he also felt a little uncomfortable. Parting from life and death is always extremely sad.
But these invisible soul fragments did not completely dissipate. Somehow attracted, they scrambled to pounce on Sylvanas. She only felt that her whole body suddenly became warm, and some memories that did not belong to her, but she felt that she should have experienced them, slowly appeared in her mind.
Sylvanas froze, was that another memory that belonged to her?
They are now one......
She suddenly felt that her life was no longer ordinary. She has to live not only for herself, but also for another self.
Hammerstone shook his head and walked away. He's going to collect more souls. (To be continued......) R1292