Chapter 322: Shadow of the Leaves
The five members of the Synod of Bishops were at odds with each other because of their different positions.
For example, the steady Neri and the always whimsical Hataru, these two archbishops often quarrel because of their incompatible personalities.
This conflict is all just out of business, and Nelly never intended to kill Hataru, who disagreed with her.
However, due to the frequent verbal altercations between the two, when the news of Hataru's assassination was released, many Draenei regarded Nelly as the primary object of suspicion.
That's exactly what Socresa wants to achieve.
The Council of Bishops was unable to agree with each other because of mutual suspicion, and Nelly led the rangers out to fight on the front line against the orc tribes.
As Scar Ranger Hogan leads the way, he gives a brief account of Nelly's actions after parting ways with the other archbishops.
The speed at which the orcs stormed the city was far beyond the Draenei's expectations.
When Nelly received the news of the siege of Shattrath City and Oakington one after another, and tried to lead the guerrilla rangers outside to rush to support, each time she was a step too late, and she could only watch the city be breached under the bombardment of a large number of hellfires.
When the Frostwolf Clan attacks Talmo, Nelly, who had been prepared in advance, finally catches up, but she is unfortunate enough to be targeted by Tarongor, who is hiding behind Durotan to spy on her.
Tarongor was one of Gul'dan's most valued disciples, a prominent figure in the Shadow Council, and an extreme egoist like his mentor Gul'dan.
When Orgrim came to power, he did not hesitate to slaughter all the members of the Shadow Council except for Gul'dan, including Tarongor.
After revitalizing from a coma, Gul'dan collected the souls of these members of the Shadow Council and used the corpses of the human knights to resurrect them, making them the early Death Knights.
Tarongor, the Talon Bloodfiend who is now assisting Neozu in opening a transgalactic portal.
Like Guldan, Tarongor sacrificed the blood of his entire clan to his own in order to destroy humanity.
After the Horde defeated Oakington, Tarongor absorbed all the Draenei souls wandering in this sacred tomb, and his strength increased greatly.
Although Nelly tried her best to kill Tarongor, she was unable to catch it and was hit by Tarongor's chaotic arrows.
She fled the battlefield with the pain of her wounds, and when she returned to the camp, she was unconscious, hovering on the edge of life and death.
Just as Maradal predicted, the refugee camp set up by the rangers is near Telmo.
Although Nelly did not succeed in saving Termo's fate, she took the Atama Crystal Leaf Shadow before Talmo fell, preventing it from falling into the hands of the Horde.
Each of the seven Atama Crystals has a special function, and Shadow of the Leaf's main ability is to create a wide range of illusions, allowing the entire city to be hidden from being discovered by foreign enemies.
If it weren't for Durontan, the vengeful leader of the party, the tribal army would not have been able to find the exact location of Termo.
With the help of scholars (mages) among the refugees, Hogan and the others relied on the ability of Shadow of the Leaves to hide the refugee camp so that no outsiders could find them.
Led by an anxious Hogan, Salaen, Valeera, and Stella Gosa were able to keep up with him with ease, but Tulani, who was not in good shape, began to run out of breath after a short walk.
Salaan glanced at Stellagosa, who immediately slowed down and unexpectedly picked up Princess Tulani, who couldn't keep up with the rhythm.
"Yikes!"
Tulani was startled by Stellagosa's movements, and subconsciously wanted to struggle.
"Don't move, don't blame me if you fall."
"Hmm......"
Tulani also knew that she could only drag her feet if she continued to be reckless, so she reluctantly acquiesced to Stella Gosa's princess hug.
When they came to a wooded area southwest of the ruins of Termo, Hogan and the other rangers, who had been leading the way, suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Saljan, who followed closely behind, did not stop in amazement, and continued to move forward.
After passing through a layer of water-like barriers, the scenery in front of everyone's eyes changed greatly.
From the outside, all you can see is a lush wood.
In fact, there was something else to the area, with a large number of Draenei-style tents scattered through the woods, and rangers armed with bows and arrows energetically guarded the edge of the barrier, scanning the Sarjan and other outsiders with sharp eyes.
Hogan, who had entered first, had already informed his companions that the rangers had not raised their bows and arrows to aim at them.
The other rangers handed over the deer they had hunted to their companions at the fire, and Hogan strode straight to the largest tent in the center of the camp.
Compared to Oakington, the camp is much smaller.
Perhaps because the hunters are professional rangers, the hunting efficiency is higher than that of Orange, and the refugees in the camp seem to be in good shape, not as yellow and thin as the refugees in Oakington.
Like Hogan and others, most of the refugees in the camp wore animal skins due to inadequate conditions.
When Sarean and the others arrived, the refugees were busy with their duties.
Sarren and Tulani did not have time to pay attention to the status of the refugees, and at Hogan's urging, they went directly into the marquee to check on Archbishop Nelly.
"This smell is ......"
As soon as they entered the tent, Salian and the others frowned, and the tent was filled with a faint stench of evil energy, which came from the female Delaney lying on the floor.
Several Draenei priests half-knelt in front of Nelly's hospital bed to release the Holy Light Spell, but due to their lack of strength, they could not get rid of the powerful evil energy entangled in Nelly's body, and could only barely keep her injuries from worsening.
"It's rude."
Hogan walked over to the bed and lifted Nelly's quilt, and an even stronger stench of evil energy hit his face.
Nelly's left side of her abdomen was festering, and the dark green evil energy still clinging to her wound, not expanding under the suppression of the Holy Light.
Tulani jumped out of Stellagosa's hand and crouched down on the edge of the bed with a serious face to check on Nelly's injuries.
"It's not good."
Tulani frowned and said, "Although the Holy Light has suppressed the further deterioration of the injury, it is only a symptom after all. ”
"If the evil energy is not eliminated for a day, Archbishop Nelly will not be able to wake up for a day."
"With just the nutrient injection spell, her body will one day not be able to hold on."
"If it drags on too long, even if you can wake up in the future, you will be irreversibly damaged."
Hogan had heard similar conclusions more than once, and it was clearly not this that he wanted to hear.
"Turani, are you and Archbishop Maladal sure you will heal her?"
Tulani noticed the look of hope in Hogan's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth.
"Unfortunately, Priest Auginny's best skill is not light and healing, but the opposite of shadow power."
"If Archbishop Akama were still around, he might be able to draw a professional battle priest from his command, but now ......"
The light of hope in Hogan's eyes gradually faded, and the disappointment visible to the naked eye made Tulani very unbearable, but the truth was so cruel that she couldn't deceive Hogan with good words in her conscience.
"The ......"
Sarian suddenly raised his hand to interrupt the silence: "Can you let me take a look?" ”
"You?"
Tulani remembered Sarren's inappropriate joke and snorted with her nose in displeasure.
"Do you know how to heal the Holy Light? Don't be reckless, Archbishop Nelly's situation is very dangerous, and there is no room for error. ”
Saljan spread his hands disapprerovingly: "My healing spells are not the same system as the Holy Light, have you heard of the force of nature?" ”
There are no druids within the Draenei, and there is no custom to harness the forces of nature.
But they have traveled to many planets in the universe, seen many strange races, and once come into contact with races that can be healed by the power of nature.
Tulani paused for a moment, then looked at Sarean with scrutinizing eyes.
"Are you sure?"
Sarian shook his head: "I haven't checked it myself, how can I jump to conclusions now?" ”
"Get out of the way."
Sarean pushed Tulani aside and crouched in front of Nelly's bed, her right hand, glowing softly emerald green, dotting above her wound.
Although the forces of nature and evil energy are also green, these two energies give people completely different feelings.
Evil energy represents chaos and makes the race, which is instinctively disgusted by the order-worshipping race.
The force of nature in Sarren's hand made people feel the breath of vitality, and Hogan, who was already dead, rekindled the flame of hope in his heart, staring nervously at Sarren, afraid to hear words like "sorry" and "I did my best" from his mouth.
"Hmmm......"
Sarjan frowned slightly and said, "The evil power in Archbishop Neri's body is indeed very powerful, but it is not invulnerable. ”
"Stella, I need your help to suppress its activity with arcane power that is contrary to the nature of the evil energy, and I will expel it from the body."