Chapter 246: Darkan's Conspiracy
The questioning in the Hall of the Phoenix is over.
The Sun King Anastarian didn't care about Dick's changing face, he waved his hand, and an order stamped with the Sunstrider insignia floated up from the table and fell into Sylvanas' hands.
"Since Mr. Dick is willing to gamble with his future freedom, then I think we might as well ask the Darkan ** division to confront you, General Sylvanas, please "invite" the Darkan ** division over!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Sylvanas received the warrant and walked out of the Phoenix Hall with a somewhat ignorant Dick, and after the two men disappeared, Anastarian groaned for a moment, picked up the small golden bell on the table, shook it gently, and after a few seconds, a slender woman with a black cloak shrouded in her whole body stepped out of the puff of smoke and stood behind the Sun King.
"Command, Your Majesty!"
The Sun King touched his chest, his expression a little strange.
"Uh... Lanather, I'm feeling a little uneasy, this happened last time, but it was at the beginning of the Troll War, you go and gather the Firewing Guard, we may have another war!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The woman with the hood turned and walked into the smoke when she came, and if Dick was still here, he could tell at a glance that this woman was clearly the leader of the famous "Sarein" in the previous game, the Queen of Blood, Lannasser.
After the fall of Quel'Thalas, she followed Prince Kael'thas to the demon hunter Illidan, only to be forced by the archdemon Kil'Gardan to fight with Arthas, who had returned to Northrend, to get rid of the Lich King who betrayed the Burning Legion.
However, Illidan was defeated, Kael'thas fled, and Lanasser died on Icecrown, where she and her elven mages were resurrected as high-ranking undead after the second Lich King Arthas awoke, calling themselves Salein, the transliteration of the Salas (ancient elven) word for "vampire".
However, after the plot of the destruction of Quel'Thalas was changed by Dick to the point where she might be able to escape the encounter of becoming an undead.
But this has little to do with Dick now, in fact, it wasn't until Sylvanas was dragged into the barracks and saw Sylvanas quickly take off his robe and put on the leather armor used in battle, that Dick woke up from that deep thought.
Then he saw the half-naked Sylvanas changing his clothes with his back to him, well, Dick immediately felt the warm liquid running down his nostrils, and without saying a word, he ran out of the tent with his nose covered, and the sound of the Ranger General's beautiful laughter came from behind.
High Elves... In fact, all the elves are very "generous" in this regard.
But the good thing about the paladin is that Dick grabbed a ball of holy light and stuffed it into his nostrils, well, stop the bleeding!
By the time Sylvanas and Dick had led two teams of spellbreakers through two silent streets to the Mage Tower in Darkan, Dick finally met the Ranger Lord Haduron Brightwing, who had survived the previous war.
Haduron is also a celebrity, after the destruction of Quel'Thalas, he and Rothman** will become the right and left men of the regent Lotherma Theron, in fact, his position at that time is the current position of Sylvanas, and in the previous battle, the reinforcements led by Theron set off first, and Haduron followed Theron's troops, but Theron was killed by Arthas, and the lucky Haduron escaped.
This is not to say that Haduron was timid, in fact, it was because of the Ranger Lord's decisiveness that he not only brought back his reinforcements intact, but also saved his life because of his retreat.
As a hardcore player who advanced the game to a very deep level in his previous life, Dick certainly knows the strength of this guy Haduron, he is not only an excellent commander, but his own archery and hunting skills are also quite powerful, and he is a member of the Ancient Hunter Organization - Hidden Path, you know, even Lotherma Theron has not been accepted by this organization.
As for Sylvanas, Dick estimated that the eldest sister and her two sisters should be high-ranking members of the Secret Path.
Haduron carried a heavy and ornate crossbow in the shape of a golden-red phoenix with wings outstretched, and Dick recognized this crossbow, the crossbow of merciless strikes, which was once a hard commodity for high-end hunter players.
"General, we have surrounded the front and back of the Mage Tower, and the apprentices have been evacuated, but Darkan is still hiding in the laboratory in the deepest part of the Mage Tower."
Haduron said to Sylvanas very succinctly, and as he spoke, he glanced at Dick with his eyes, Haduron had heard about this human knight who had saved the Ranger General in the chaos of the war, Haduron had heard about it two days ago.
Sylvanas looked at the ornate mage tower, muttered for a moment, then waved his hand back, and the spellbreakers streamed in.
"Dick, Haduron, the three of us go in, and the other rangers are on guard! Darkan is not an easy guy to deal with, and the lawbreaker alone can't take him down!"
Haduron nodded, Dick didn't speak, he touched the holy deed on his waist, and after opening it, his left hand gently touched the page, and two halos blessed Sylvanas and Haduron one after the other, and two golden fist standards appeared on the heads of the two powerful rangers.
Blessing of strength!
Dick knew that with his current strength, going in was definitely just a formality, and the real combat power was still Haduron and Sylvanas, if he could, he even wanted to add blessings to the dozen or so cold spellbreakers, but unfortunately those guys had a strong resistance to any magic due to the special profession, even if it was buff magic.
The Ranger General had experienced the feeling of power blessing in the Second Harvest War, and this was the first time that the young Haduron had enjoyed the amplification spells of the paladins, he clenched his fist with some curiosity, felt the obvious increase in strength and agility in his body, grinned at Dick, then patted him on the shoulder, and followed Sylvanas into the mage tower.
"This guy is still a self-cooked..."
Dick looked at Haduron's back and couldn't help but complain, but for the mage tower, he still maintained due caution, holding the fire of justice in both hands, and the last one walked into the wide mage tower.
In any Western magic story, the Mage Tower is a dangerous place, and the mages often suffer from persecution paranoia, so as their last bastion, the Mage Tower will be placed with a mess of magic, some crazy guys, and even high-powered magic that kills with one hit, or bad magic like "mentally retarded".
In short, Dick followed Haduron vigilantly on the winding up stairs with an attitude of entering the tiger's den in Longtan, Haduron felt the nervousness of Dick who was looking around, and he whispered to Dick,
"Don't worry, the rangers have already removed all the magic traps before you come, and this is the mage tower in the city, and the mage council will not allow Darkan to set up large-scale destructive magic!"
"Oh... Alright!"
Dick felt a little embarrassed now, he touched his head, and after putting the fire of justice back into the silver armor, those elves who loved cleanliness even helped him clean the armor and some broken black jazz cloak during the two days he was unconscious, which somewhat flattered Dick.
There are obvious traces of space magic inside the mage tower, even a layman like Dick can see that the internal structure of this mage tower is obviously a little inconsistent with the external structure, and the internal space is much larger than the outside.
"It's here!"
Sylvanas made a "stop" gesture, and more than a dozen spellbreakers gathered in front of the closed laboratory door, forming an assault formation, Sylvanas took his war bow from behind, Haduron also touched the crossbow, and after putting on the blue demon-breaking arrow, Sylvanas made an attack towards the leader of the spellbreaker.
"Bang!"
The Spellbreaker's Demon-Breaking Physique played a great role at this moment, and the tall Spellbreaker Captain raised the golden double-headed recurve sword and accurately slashed at the magic lock of the laboratory door, and the purple ** magic energy that was enough to destroy the human body hit his palm, and he didn't even react at all.
The spellbreaker standing behind the captain raised the Phoenix Emblem Shield, and with a standard shield blow, the mahogany door was broken, and the group rushed into the laboratory.
Dick followed last, but when he entered the laboratory, he found that all the spellbreakers were standing in a circle around the busy white-bearded elf old man, and the old mage was not panicked in the face of a dozen recurve swords and two top rangers' demon-breaking arrows, on the contrary, there was an incomprehensible excitement on his face.
"Ah, look who's coming! Sylvanas... Tsk, the little girl of the Windrangers, the boys of the Bright Wings, and the watchdogs of Anastarian... Hey, there's also a human paladin... You're the one who angered the righteous fire of Arthas, and you're a brave young man!"
Darkan looks like a steady elven elder, he has a pair of wise eyes, a long white beard and eyebrows, and holds a staff of ** master in his hand, which makes people feel good at first sight, even if his face is full of ridicule now, it is difficult to make people angry.
In other words, this is a villain full of a certain special temperament.
He held a small thing with purple light in his hand, looked around, and grinned at the corner of his mouth,
"So, are you all here for my "farewell ceremony"?"
"Darkan Drakir, take it all in your hands! the Silvermoon Council will give you a decent one!"
Sylvanas opened his war bow, and the arrows of the Demon Breaking Arrow emitted a deadly light, and at a distance of less than 5 meters, not even a single bug could escape the accurate shot of the Ranger General.
"Decent?
A look of disdain flashed in Darkan's wise eyes, and he ignored Sylvanas' threat, and instead turned his gaze in the direction of the Sunwell,
"Mortals do nothing all their lives, pursuing worthless things, I used to be one of mortals, but now, I see the path of true detachment, right there, the sunwell... Source of magic, hahaha, Anastarian never knows what kind of thing he is guarding, you... You are all worthless inferior beings, and I will soon have my ascension! Look, this is the key to sublimation!"
Darkan held the purple energy mass in his hand aloft, like a god holding a torch.
"You're crazy! Darkan, I'll say it one last time! Hold it back! Or I'll be rude to you!"
Sylvanas' indifferent voice sounded again, but Darkan looked back at her, smiling and tapping his staff on the ground.
"Come, little girl of Windranger, let me see how much you have learned from your father... Oh, I almost forgot, I don't have time to play with you here, I have more important things to do! goodbye! we'll see you soon!"
Sylvanas heard Darkan's voice, she immediately let go of the bowstring, and the Demon-Breaking Arrow disappeared the moment it was shot, and when it reappeared, it had already pierced Darkan's body and pierced through the walls reinforced by magic, and it was only then that the sound of a boom sounded in the air.
But no one cheered, Dick stepped forward and reached out his hand, trying to touch the smiling Darkan, but his hand touched the air... That's a phantom!
They've been deceived! Darkan escaped!