frightfiction 573【The war has arrived】
573【The war has arrived】
At this time, a soft voice suddenly sounded in the magnificent hall.
"Actually...someone has predicted the coming of this war." The one who spoke to break the silence was Ysera, the guardian of the Emerald Dream.
Compared with the other three dragon kings present, the green dragon queen's body seems a bit petite, especially compared to the huge Neltharion.But when her voice sounded, it seemed to resonate naturally.
"Every day, mortals who think they have understood the secrets of the world make prophecies of annihilation. This is not uncommon." Neltharion sneered at this. Two hot white smoke spurted out from his nostrils, which reflected the scene. The disdain in the Dragon King's heart.
But Malygos seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked subconsciously: "Is it that person?"
After receiving Ysera's affirmative reply, the Blue Dragon King's eyes that shone with magic revealed an expression of "Sure enough."
Neltharion looked at them in confusion, "Why can't I follow your thoughts? Who is 'that person'?"
"My friend, as the guardian of the earth, it is normal for you not to know him." Malygos shook his head and smiled bitterly, and placed his big scaly tail on the base of the Black Dragon King's wings.
For the dragons, this is a quite intimate behavior, just like the arm-in-arms of humanoid intelligent races. It may be more common among "husbands and dogs", but for the noble guardian dragon, this is undoubtedly a kind of behavior. Disrespect for manners and status.
But Nesario has no objection to the behavior of the Blue Dragon King at all, because the friendship between the two began long before everyone was transformed into the five-color dragon clan under the blessing of the Titan, and they were still the ancestor dragons. It continues to this day and no one knows the experience. Thousands of years of precipitation.He glanced at Malygos helplessly and said, "Don't be so secretive, just tell me."
"It's this 'mortal'." Malygos said, raising his huge forelimbs, and the colorful magic light intertwined with a human figure in his claws.This man has pale skin, short golden hair, and is wearing a fiery red robe. He is Angmar.
Any dragon king can tell that when he mentions the word "mortal", he can emphasize his tone.
"Weird, I have never seen such a humanoid creature. In my eyes, only the queen of the night elves is reasonable among mortals... So, what is so special about this mortal that makes you so impressed?" Nessari Ao asked confused.
"Because of his control over arcane energy..."
Malygos told the story of Angmar.
Three years ago, this mortal appeared above the Well of Eternity and caused horrific visions.When that day came, the entire Demonic Center was in chaos.Because Blue Dragon, who was engaged in monitoring the magic network, was surprised to find that someone was extracting the magic power of the Well of Eternity to a great extent.
The magnitude was so great that even Malygos himself was shocked.As the guardian of magic, no one knows what this means better than him.
Just like the Titans who blessed the five-color dragon clan and brought order to the world.The Titan Star Soul bred within Azeroth is also the ultimate embodiment of the realm of order.
The Well of Eternity - due to their relationship with the Guardians, all Aspect Dragons know the history before their birth - is the wound caused by the ancient god Y'Shaarj when he was captured from the surface by the Titans.The Titans transformed it so that the source of order of the Star Soul would no longer be lost from it, and instead feed back to the planet itself in the form of the Well of Eternity.
In other words, the Well of Eternity is not only the source of magic power, but at its root, it even involves the six supreme fields of original power. It is arcane energy diluted and embodied by the power of the original order of the Titan Star Soul.
And that "mortal" can actually activate the magic of the entire Well of Eternity!
Malygos was extremely shocked at the time, because looking at the planet of Azeroth, there were only a handful of existences that could do the same thing.
As a guardian of magic, he counts as one.The wisdom king Loken, who has the same origin as the blessing root in his body, all originating from Titan Norgannon, is also considered one - unfortunately, this guardian has already fallen - this is the first echelon.In addition, those guardians who were shaped and blessed by the Titans can also use the power of order contained in their bodies to mobilize the magic of the Well of Eternity to a certain extent, but it is much weaker.
After all, arcane energy is the embodiment of the origin of order. In a sense, it can be regarded as a servant-master relationship.
In short, no matter how you look at it, this unknown mortal will never be one of them.But as Malygos investigated further, he discovered an even more shocking fact - this mortal contained the power of order!
Hearing this, the other three Dragon Kings present couldn't help but frown.Because everyone knows that it is impossible for a mortal body to control such pure power.
Malygos continued, and just as he was about to run to the Well of Eternity to find out what was going on, the mortal disappeared, and there was no news for the next three years.Malygos had no choice but to keep this uncontrollable thirst for knowledge in her heart, and secretly made up her mind to find out the origin of the other party if she had the opportunity in the future.
Until today, the blue dragon who monitored the arcane energy fluctuations in Azeroth reported to him the anomalies in the Well of Eternity.The mortal returned and once again summoned the magic of the well water.But this time it's different, it's just about enchanting a weapon.
At this point, Malygos expressed his regret.
Because when he was about to teleport to the Well of Eternity, make friends and chat with this magical mortal, and find out what happened to the power of order in his body, a sudden change interrupted his plan.
As soon as the mortal completed the enchantment, demons from nowhere launched an invasion.
"Then you all know what happened. I happened to be observing the situation at the Well of Eternity, so as soon as I saw those demons, I immediately issued a warning to you, so we met here."
"So...old friend, do you understand now why I immediately thought of him? I wouldn't be surprised at all if this magical 'mortal' could predict this war."
Neltharion nodded slightly, remembering this mortal's appearance deeply in his heart, and said no more.
"Then how do you know about this man and his prophecy, Ysera?" Malygos turned to Ysera and asked softly.
"Cenarius told me. Not long ago, that mortal entered his territory, took away two other mortals who should not exist in this world, and at the same time spoke this prophecy." Ysera explained. .
All the giant dragons suddenly realized.
Those wild demigods who thrived under the guidance of Titan Guardian Freya are all closely connected to the Emerald Dream.As the guardian of dreams, Ysera also has a very close relationship with them.
Malygos thought deeply: "Maybe he really knows something that even we don't know, such as these demons... For this war, we should send people to contact him."
The other three Aspect Dragons all agreed with the Blue Dragon King's suggestion, and even Neltharion, who always despised mortals, did not express any objection.
"How about Cleostrasz?" Malygos suddenly suggested, "Hasn't he been observing and studying mortals? In my opinion, no one is more suitable for this task than him."
Cleostraz...a young and talented red dragon, a rare magic genius among the red dragon clan. In terms of magic talent, even most blue dragons have to be jealous of his talent.
But what he is more widely known to dragons is undoubtedly his curiosity about mortal races. Even every member of the five-color dragon clan knows this.
Hearing the name of her youngest consort, Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza blinked and shook her head: "But his physical condition is not very good. I'm not sure whether he can do this job, but... "
The beautiful Red Dragon Queen raised her head, "You are right, he is indeed the best candidate. And he must also meet that person."
"That magical mortal?" Malygos asked curiously.
"No, the other one, the 'mortal' whose life characteristics are the same as Cleostrasz," Alexstrasza said meaningfully, "I will go with Cleostrasz."
At this time, Neltharion, who had been silent for a long time and was thinking about something, suddenly looked around and said, "Don't you think this meeting is getting further and further away from its purpose? What we should discuss more is how to get rid of these people. Invaders, save the world.”
The four guardian dragons returned their gaze to the scene revealed by the orb. Looking at the fel cannons pointing neatly at the sky and the magic circles set up by the Eredar warlocks, they understood that this war might not be that simple. .
At least……
It won't be as simple as gathering all the dragons and blowing a burst of dragon breath over the Well of Eternity to solve it.
The giant hellfire, which is more than tens of meters tall, is undoubtedly powerful enough to confront an adult dragon head-on.And the evil spell that uses the magic power of the Well of Eternity as energy source can tear any giant dragon into pieces without any suspense.
Those demons were obviously guarding against enemies from the sky, not mortals who could only rely on ground troops.Judging from the speed at which the demons have consolidated their defenses and continuously poured out of the portal, by the time the five-color dragon army is assembled, they may not be able to break through this impregnable defense line.
Except for Neltharion, the other three dragon kings knew very well that among the countless demons, even the most powerful of them could not escape unscathed.
If there are too many ants, they can kill an elephant.What's more, the devil is definitely not an ant.
"Don't worry, Neltharion. We have sent out the call, and the dragon army will be assembled in less than three to five days."
"But I have an intuition that these demons not only know our existence, but also know that we will attack them in order to retake the Well of Eternity. Looking at those defense facilities, it is obvious that they are to prevent our air attacks." Marigo Si said uneasily.
"No, old friend," a hint of subtle cunning flashed across Neltharion's eyes, "I have a better way to defeat these demons."
"What can we do?" the other three Dragon Kings asked curiously.
"An artifact that gathers the essence of all dragons, can annihilate all demons in one fell swoop, and solve all disasters once and for all..." Neltharion said meaningfully.
……
The terrible disaster that happened in the capital city of Zin Isshari spread throughout the entire Kaldorei Empire in just half a day.
The Queen, who retreated to the northwest with the refugees from the capital, also issued a war call order to every noble, minister, and lord with fiefs in Kaldorei.
The recruitment order stated that this was the most terrifying catastrophe that had ever been experienced since the emergence of the night elves. It could not be resisted by all the strength of the entire clan. All nobles were strictly ordered to obey the command of the regional military chief and must assemble the army within a month. Completed, prepare the logistics, launch a counterattack towards the Well of Eternity area that has been reduced to ruins, and close the portal that continuously brings reinforcements to the demons.
In order to prevent the trolls from taking advantage of the situation, all regular legions at the border were transferred back except for a small number of troops staying at the border.On the way, they will join up with the army urgently recruited by the local lords. As the backbone of this war, they will fight to the capital together to save the people from the fire and water.
The night elves' counterattack force mainly comes from three directions.
One is the army originating from the aristocratic city of Erethalas in the west, led by Prince Tortheldrin.
The second is the army from the south. Prince Farodis, who controls a large area of land, will go north together with the army from Vasqir, another large territory in the southeast of the empire.
Several regular legions originally deployed along the long southern border to guard against the Zandalari trolls and Gurubashi trolls would meet up with the two princes halfway.
The third one is from the direction of Suramar City. Kutalos Ravencrest (Ravencrest), a great nobleman who made great achievements in the expansion war and the owner of Black Crow Castle, will withdraw from the northeastern border together with him. Those who came down, the regular troops who originally suppressed the Amani trolls, launched a counterattack from the east and west.
For this army, the mages of Suramar City are also crucial.Even though most mages have barely experienced war, their spells are powerful aids that cannot be ignored.
For a whole day, the transmission network nodes in Suramar City were not stopped and were operating at almost full capacity.
Led by Lord Culotas Ravencrest, there were only a few nobles who attended war meetings and discussed army preparations. The greater number were elite troops from major regular legions who took advantage of the passage to the capital area.
The Queen will set up a defense line in the capital area and try her best to delay the devil's advance.On the one hand, it is to buy time for the surrounding civilians to evacuate, and on the other hand, it is also to give the country's war machine time to operate at full capacity.
After all, war is not just talk. A war of this scale is unprecedented.From the preparation of logistical supplies, to the rationing and distribution of armaments, to recruiting soldiers, or moving regular regiments to the front line, all are time-consuming tasks.
To assemble an army strong enough to defeat the demons, not to mention one month, one year is not enough - this is still based on the fact that the Kaldorei Empire has just experienced the expansion war against the trolls, the army has not been reduced, and the quality of the soldiers is very good. , on the premise that the training level is both good.
No matter how convenient the transport network is, it has its upper limit.Even if the energy of the magic network is extracted and the teleportation network is fully supplied, the number of troops that can reach the surrounding capital in a short period of time is very limited.Everyone knows that they, the Queen's Guards, the second-line permanent corps in several nearby areas, and the urgently recruited security forces cannot delay the devil for too long.
Just as the nobles gathered in Suramar City to discuss war matters, Angmar's apprentices also came to the western suburbs at his summons...