Chapter 263: Garrod - Shadow Song
When the energy ball had almost touched the edge of the black mist, Jiang Weihan finally finished casting the spell. Time froze before his eyes, and the whole world turned gray.
He swung his sword first and severed the tentacles that bound him, freeing himself. He quickly thought of a plan that would save as many people as possible.
Someone has to be able to help him and get everyone out before he can control the time!
Kyle, Liam, Sal, Jana, Sindra!
Both Kyle and Liam's weapons are effective at cutting through the entanglement of Harvey's tendrils; Thrall's shamanic spell was very useful in this situation, and it might be able to limit the burst of that energy ball as much as possible; Jana had regained the favor of the Wind Spirit before she entered the Dream Realm from the real world, and her Tempest would surely work as well; And Sindra's telekinesis can also drag everyone out of the entanglement of the black mist!
Jiang Weihan walked towards Kyle from the stagnant space under tremendous pressure, severing the tendrils that were wrapped around her and restoring the time she had been stopped.
"Split up!" Jiang Weihan conveyed his plan to the past with his mind.
It was quite difficult to move through the space that had been stopped in time, and both the Nightmare King and the approaching magic orb's massive energy were trying to break Jiang Weihan's confinement of time.
He spread his wings of light and flew towards Sindra with all his might, freeing the telekinetic hero as well. Kyle also rescued Sal and Cana. Jaana uses the wind to blow away the black fog around her, Thrall invokes the elemental spirits to push away the energy orbs with the power of fire, water, wind, and earth to relieve Jiang Weihan's time imprison, and Sindra throws the heroes who have been cut off and regained their freedom but time has stopped to safety.
Jiang Weihan also wants to restore everyone's time. But that would greatly increase the burden on him to resist the cessation of time. The effect of time is reciprocal, and if he only stops the time of Harvey and the flying ball of energy, then the collision between the space around him and the space under the normal flow of time will make it more difficult for him to maintain that state.
After rescuing half of the heroes, Jiang Weihan felt a strong resistance from time. He knew he couldn't hold on for much longer!
But as far as the eye can see, there are still more than a dozen heroes still tied up.
"Do you want to give up on them?"
Jiang Weihan tried to speed up his actions. While sweeping over the rest of the people.
Hecarim, Lisandro, Ahri, Marzaha, Morgana, and Natilus were still in bondage, and in addition to these Valoran heroes, Tyrande, Illidan, Mavi, Fordin, Dasohan, Anastarian, Hamuel, and Lexa had not yet been able to escape.
Jiang Weihan only had a few seconds left, and they could still save up to two people!
Although the heroes will and will die here if they die, this will inevitably lead to a great loss of the power of the Dream Realm Alliance!
Jiang Weihan was very unwilling, but now there was no other way. He swung his sword to cut off the tendrils that bound Anastarian in front of him, and relayed the news of his retreat to the others.
At this moment, a high-pitched dragon roar suddenly sounded in front of him, and two huge dragons flew from the sky. A red dragon, a green dragon.
Sisters Alexstasa and Ysera finally arrived at the battlefield at this time!
Jiang Weihan was overjoyed. He gave the two dragon kings a time boost, allowing them to come at a faster speed. Almost in one breath, they flew closer.
Alexstasa judged the shape of the appearance in an instant, and she shouted, "I'll deal with that dangerous energy!" ”
"I'm here to save the others!" Ysera spoke.
The two sisters went their separate ways. At this time, the time that was stopped has returned to normal.
Morten, Cenarius, Malfurion, and Browl hurriedly jumped off the dragon's back.
Morten brought a string of black shadows and burst into the black mist, and he also possessed the power of nightmares, and it was much faster than the others to rescue these heroes.
Kyle severs the tendrils that bind Morgana with a single sword, and the Fallen Angel regains her freedom. The Nightmare King immediately condensed a thorn of shadow and shot at her. She instantly summoned a dark shield to protect herself, neutralizing the Shadow Thorn's energy and escaping from the black mist.
Kyle was watching her from outside.
Morgana couldn't help but feel like scolding. But she still held back, "Can't you move faster?" ”
"I can't."
Morgana was almost mad, but she could only vent her anger at the other Nightmare minions, summoning a large expanse of boiling black water to drown out all the eye-catching Nightmare minions. Seeing those nightmare minions struggling in the boiling black water made her feel better.
Alexstasa opened his mouth and spat out a cloud of red energy. Wrap the energy orb that Egwen had released earlier and that had resumed its action, so that it could not explode immediately.
Ysera casts spells. Summons a vast expanse of pure green mist and pounces on the Nightmare King's black mist. These two forces are opposites. She can temporarily restrain the Nightmare King's actions!
"Ysera!" The Nightmare King roared, "You can't stop me! ”
After time returned to normal, Harvey resumed his movements. The time confinement just now and the arrival of the two dragon kings now made him angry. Seeing Ysera and the same Nightmare Incarnate Morten trying to thwart him, he immediately launched a counterattack, ready to take revenge on them!
Malfurion found the trapped Tyrande in the mist, and he immediately cast a spell to save Tyrande from the Nightmare King's clutches.
Malfurion anxiously asked, "Tyrande, how are you, are you okay?" ”
"I'm fine." Tyrande's face was a little pale, and some of the nightmare power had just been instilled into her body, although it was not enough to control her, but it still made her feel cold and very uncomfortable.
She suddenly remembered something, and immediately said in a panic: "Quick, Illidan, he's still in there!" ”
"Illidan?" Malfurion didn't have time to think about why Illidan was here, and immediately rushed into the fog again. Tyrande rushed in again, despite his physical discomfort.
As soon as she entered, she saw the scene of the Angry Wind brothers staring at each other.
Malfurion didn't expect his twin brother to become what he is now, a demon! He asked angrily, wanting a reasonable explanation from the other party!
Tyrande didn't have time to explain for Illidan. She urged, "Save Illidan, Malfurion!" ”
Recently, Jiang Weihan told her that Illidan was their key hero in defeating "Polluter" Akmund, and that the changes in his body were due to this. Before meeting today. Tyrande even thought that Illidan was mutilated, disfigured, or something else had happened, and she was so worried that she was even ready to take Illidan back to Mount Hyjal in the future and try to pardon him for his past crimes, but she didn't expect Illidan to become a demon.
But it's not his fault. He should not be treated differently for that.
Malfurion gave his brother a deep look, breaking the shackles on him. And after Illidan was restored to freedom. He spread his wings and burst out of the fog.
At this time, the Nightmare King was dealing with Ysera and Morten with all his might, and he didn't have the time to care about the others.
The roots of his body turned into countless sharp spears, which flew towards Ysera with a desperate force, and the black mist that encircled him condensed into a ball. Attack the Moten that pounced on him.
Ysera, though powerful, was no match for the furious Harvis. She could only barely resist the onslaught of the opponent's onslaught.
Seeing this, Cenarius, who was standing on the periphery, immediately waved his hand to summon a large number of thorns at the feet of Harvis, and they grew into a jungle of thorns in the blink of an eye, binding Harvis's body. Then Cenarius poured out his natural rage, and a hurricane appeared above Harvis's head, which was pregnant with countless lightning bolts, turning into lightning and slashing into the black mist.
"Get out of the way!"
That's when Alexstaza shouted. She was almost unable to control the dangerous energy.
Ysera saw the opportunity to retreat, and Moteng was being attacked by the nightmare energy of the black mist, and he summoned a translucent shield to protect himself. And ran wildly beyond the black mist.
The ball of energy, unbound by the Red Dragon Queen, roared and rushed in its original direction, sinking headlong into the black mist that enveloped the Nightmare King. Harveys, who couldn't move, could only eat this blow hard!
That blue and white pure energy touches people's hearts, whether it can severely damage or even kill Harveys is up to it!
Everyone held their breath.
The black fog engulfed it, as always. After a breath, there was still no sound.
"Did you get swallowed by the nightmare energy?"
Even Jiang Weihan had such a thought.
Its releaser, Egwen, had a grim smile on his face. She knew best the mechanics and power of this magic. I want to use the method of coercive repression to eliminate its power. It will only make it explode more violently!
It's like when a firecracker is placed flat on the ground, it will kick up a handful of dust at most after exploding. And if you bury it in the dirt, it can blow up a hole!
One more breath. A faint pale blue glow suddenly lit up in the black mist. There was a muffled noise inside.
"It was detonated." Egwene smiled confidently.
The faint blue light only bloomed for a moment, and then it was completely obscured by the black fog again, and people thought that this was all its power.
But at this moment, the Nightmare King suddenly let out a terrifying roar, and all the nearby Nightmare minions were so frightened that they all fell to the ground, not daring to resist.
The Nightmare King's body, so thick that no light could penetrate it, suddenly erupted with an even more intense pale light, and it grew rapidly, soon becoming too bright to be opened. Countless bolts of lightning shot out through the black mist, followed by an incredibly violent explosion.
People were buzzing in their ears, and at the same time, they couldn't keep their eyes open because of the sudden bright light. Only the few mighty could see what was happening—they saw the Nightmare King's skeleton and withered branches shatter in the explosion, and most of the black mist was drowned out in pure arcane energy.
The terrifying power caused no living creatures to be left within hundreds of meters of its body, and it itself almost completely disappeared, leaving only a crater more than ten meters deep.
His death boosted the morale of the Dream Coalition, chanting slogans and charging the remaining Nightmare minions until they cleared their sight of all the Nightmare minions.
"The Nightmare King...... Harveys just died? Jiang Weihan felt a little incredible. Although the process is difficult, if this is true, the result is truly beyond expectations!
Ysera, in human form, stepped forward, her eyes fixed on the pit. Hear Jiang Weihan's words. Her face was stern, and she said in a deep voice, "No, not yet. ”
Everyone around looked at the Green Dragon Queen, and she explained, "The Nightmare King is the embodiment of nightmares, which is the power that exists in dreams. Harvey is able to control the power of these unconscious nightmares. As long as the dream still exists, he can invade the dream through the real world and rely on the power of the nightmare to resurrect infinitely! And if we ignore the Nightmare King in the dream realm and only kill the real world, he can also attach his power to any other tree and resurrect infinitely. ”
"If that's the case, how are we going to defeat him?" Prince Liam, who came up, asked the question that was of most concern to everyone.
Ysera said, "We can only do it at the same time that the Nightmare King of the Dream is dead. Kill Harvey in the real world. Only then can Harvey be truly eliminated. ”
The answer was the same as what Jiang Weihan and Anna knew, and Ysera explained why she did it.
"It seems that our power in the real world is also about to be activated."
"It's another tough battle."
In the real world, if Harveys who was climbing on a cliff had the same abilities as in his dreams, the battle would be even more difficult than in his dreams.
People here are not afraid of death, because after death. It's alive in reality. But if you die in reality, you are really dead.
Moreover, in reality, Harvey's position is also destined that only a small part of the forces can attack him, and the coalition forces will completely lose their numerical advantage.
Alexstasa stepped up and spoke, "I know there's a way we can make it easier for us to kill Harvey - we need a part of his body, a real body. ”
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With the end of the first battle of Mount Hyjal in the dream, Malfurion and Cenarius finally broke away from the dream in the real world.
When he woke up from the furious wind beast**. Cenarius was already waiting for him.
"Let's go. We are already late, but we cannot be absent from this war. Cenarius said.
Cenarius Stone Guò spell to take Malfurion directly to his abode in the Ashen Valley. Then depart from the Ash Valley and rush to Al Shara.
Malfurion was about to reach the Nushui River when a clansman in front of him caught his attention. It was a white-haired Night Elf who walked with his head bowed and a woman in his arms, which Malfurion guessed might be his wife.
He looked down. The pace was heavy, and I was probably thinking about it. So he didn't even notice when Cenarius and Malfurion approached.
However, his direction was not to go to Aysara, but to Mount Hyjal.
Malfurion felt that the figure seemed familiar. But he couldn't quickly connect him with the person he remembered. It wasn't until Malfurion noticed the distinctive cutlass at the waist of the white-haired elf that he remembered the other party's name, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "Garrod!" ”
The white-haired elf looked up suddenly, and it was only then that he noticed the king of the forest and the great druid who were walking towards him. He was a little moved, and then became pleasantly surprised:
"Cenarius! Malfurion! ”
"It's really you, Garrod!" Malfurion didn't expect to see each other in this place.
Garrod. Shadow Song, it's a legendary name, a name that will shine forever in the history of the Night Elves!
10,000 years ago, when the War of the Ancients broke out, and two Night Elf military commanders died one after another, it was he who was ordered to command the entire resistance army at the most difficult moment of the war. He seems to have been born a genius commander, leading these armies to turn the tide of defeat as more and more resisters willing to resist the invasion of the Burning Legion join.
At that time, even Cenarius, the "King of the Forest", led a group of immortal demigods to join them, willingly kneeling and swearing to obey his command and leadership.
The war was won, and Garrod himself was nearly killed at the hands of Akmund. Later, after Yiqiē subsided, he disbanded the army and chose to retire with the people of Xin**, disappearing from everyone's sight.
There have been various speculations about his disappearance, with many saying that he died from two fatal wounds sustained in that war, which is almost the consensus of most Night Elves. Even Malfurion didn't expect to meet the hero of the Night Elves here at this time.
Upon approaching, Malfurion saw the woman in Garrod's arms, her face haggard, her eyes closed, her lips chapped, and she looked very sick.
Both he and Tyrande knew this woman, she was a ** man from Garrod, named Chara Hill, who was once a pastor of the Elune Sisterhood.
Before returning from the dream, Malfurion had learned from Tyrande about the recent events within the Night Elves.
The withering of Nodashir has deprived them of their eternal life and health, and illness and aging have re-entered the life cycle of the Night Elves.
The druids were able to accept such a transformation, birth, old age, sickness and death were originally the normal laws of nature, they had been given 10,000 years, and they should not ask for more. Malfurion believed that they would be able to persuade the rest of the people to dispel their fears of death and old age and accept this fact.
However, it is precisely because of the withering of Nodashir that Garrod's frail wife was unfortunately devoured by nightmares, and has fallen into a deep sleep for many days now.
Garrod had been taking care of her with all his might, and had tried to wake her up in any way he could think of, and the results were predictable - it was not a slumber in which healing techniques and herbs worked.
In desperation, in order to save his dying wife, Garrod can only come out of his seclusion and prepare to return to Mount Hygar to find Elune's sacrifice or find a druid to heal Shalahir, at least to keep her alive.
After meeting Malfurion, Garrod rekindled the flame of hope, Malfurion was the best druid, and Cenarius was a demigod who was skilled in all natural spells, and he couldn't find a better healer than the two in front of him!
"Please, please, save her! I'm willing to do anything! Garrod pleaded in a low voice. Only in this moment will he show his vulnerable side.
"Don't worry, we will." Malfurion gave the other a smile of encouragement.
If Garrod did not choose seclusion, with his prestige, plus his sister Mavi. With the support of Shadow Song, he will definitely become the most powerful person in the Night Elf clan. Why would he plead for help in such a low profile? As long as he gives orders, there are countless people who will serve him. (To be continued) R640