mtlumby2d Chapter 354 East Meets West
Chapter 354 East Meets West
Freed from his shackles, Lorraine watched helplessly as the token that made him a member of the new Council of Tirisfal, the token sought by the Kirin Tor mages, the legendary staff of Atiesh & the Guardians, and the key to the secret library of Karazhan, became stuck at the root of the Faceless One's tentacles.
The Faceless One's entire body and tentacles followed the Bloodstone Egg that Lorraine had thrown, a staff stuck in its mouth.
The entire staff was twisted and deformed by a black hole-like force. The legendary Guardian Staff, forged with the combined power of humanity's top archmages, seemed to have developed cracks. Perhaps it wasn't the genuine article; perhaps it was merely a key with mysterious power, a symbol of status and identity for mages, much like the original emblem of the Kirin Tor.
The Karazhan Key, worth 500,000 gold coins, was smashed to pieces right under Lorraine's nose...
He didn't know if it was an extremely foolish decision.
Once he returns to Undercity without the token, will Lady Aegwynn believe him?
What have I gone through all these hardships for?
However, if one does not get rid of the Faceless Ones, one's fate will be to be shattered to pieces!
In the instant of contact, Lorraine clearly felt a significant amount of power drained from her body—magic, life force, and even the necromantic power that had once been invincible.
The Faceless Ones are inherently enemies of life; they are, in essence, avatars and minions of the ancient gods...
The appearance of each Faceless One signifies impending disaster and destruction.
Lorraine inadvertently completed the summoning ritual, causing a major headache for the mayor and his entourage near Atonement Island, who had clearly performed the sacrifice according to the prophecy and vision. Most of the town's residents who fled to the island were guided to the island's lighthouse.
Hidden here is an altar, where the mayor tricked the trusting people of Hillsbrad into entering the sanctuary inside the lighthouse.
However, none of the human residents who entered the shelter ever returned.
Soon, Atonement Island fell silent, leaving only the mayor and a few others dressed in Twilight Cultist attire, praying before the pool of blood in the secret chamber...
In the pool of blood, there is a sculpture, none other than the Faceless One who was hunting Lorraine.
The ancient god's apostle, summoned by sacrificing half the town's inhabitants, appeared in the underground passageway of the lakeside camp. The anxious mayor of Born, looking puzzled, carefully examined the ancient sacrificial texts.
I don't know what went wrong.
The summoning ritual was clearly completed, so why didn't the ancient god's avatar appear?
......
A blood moon hangs high in the sky, dawn is approaching, and a large number of warhorses cross the Dark Fortress in Silverpine Forest, charging into the defenses built by the undead... The Alliance has launched an attack on the Forsaken territory.
The flames of war spread across the entire edge of Silverpine Forest, with the battle line stretching from the sea to the area around Lake Lordaeron. Large numbers of Scarlet Crusade troops appeared in the direction of the Undead Stronghold on the side of the capital city of Lordaeron.
The Scarlet Crusade and some Alliance outposts at Icewind Pass joined forces to attack the Undead Stronghold, leaving the Argent Dawn members unable to make a decision... They could only contact the frontline commander at the Church of the Holy Light as quickly as possible...
Make a choice.
......
at the same time.
Across from Atonement Island by the sea, in the jade mine... Lieutenant Rayleigh had already started fighting with Mayor Bonn's men. Neither side exchanged words or explained their reasons; they simply began to fight...
Lieutenant Rayleigh, who was in charge of arresting the mayor of Bonn, could only conclude that the people of Hillsbrad had betrayed the Alliance.
He led the Southshore reserves to fight against the town mayor's militia, and soon he discovered that many of the people on both sides knew each other and were veterans who had survived from the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
Now they've joined the opposing side, and for unknown reasons, they're fighting each other...
The struggle for the jade mine did not go smoothly. Even though Mayor Bourne was not present, the jade mine, as the mayor's stronghold, had a force far exceeding Lieutenant Rayleigh's expectations.
No matter how much Rayleigh tried to persuade his former comrades to surrender and accept the mayor of Hillsbrad Foothills's favors, the Lordaeron veterans he took in resolutely refused to surrender to the Stormwind Alliance...
They claim that the true alliance ceased to exist the day the Kingdom of Lordaeron fell, the day Lothar died in battle...
The former paladin, Lieutenant Leylan, the Sword of Tranquility, could only declare the militia of the Jade Mine as enemies!
Due to insufficient manpower, they could only seek help from Southshore, who brought in musketeers and cannons... to break through the defenses and rescue people on the island... Rayleigh heard that a large number of Hillsbrad's people had been taken to Redemption Island outside the Jade Mine, which he found very strange.
The intensity of the battle far exceeded that of the Hillsbrad Foothills home ground...
Near the jade mine, blood stained the ground.
Everyone was bloodthirsty, whispers echoing in their ears: "More, I need more..."
......
Right above Lorraine's head, the town of Hillsbrad, except for the mayor's hall, was in ruins and engulfed in flames... Most of the infected undead were wiped out, but Major William's elite cavalry also suffered heavy losses, at least 30% of their men, before they finally managed to wipe out Lorraine's remaining forces with the support of Dalaran mages and priests.
Three berserker corpses!
The headless zombie, the flame ghost, and the magic-resistant skeleton were all firmly locked down by the elite members of the Holy Light Priest Order using Holy Light spells...
The remaining resurrected Flame Riders and Skeleton Minions, without Lorraine's covert command and control, were quickly divided and annihilated... completely incinerated... The price was that William suffered multiple injuries, but even so, he had no time to heal and still had to lead his army towards Ambermill...
His troops were originally the vanguard of the true offensive cavalry... The human forces at the lakeside camp were the main force.
Now, because the rescue operation in Hillsbrad was delayed, several groups of troops from the lakeside camp have become the vanguard and have penetrated deep into enemy territory. As a result, the elite cavalry company of the 7th Army Corps led by Major William has avoided total annihilation, a regrettable situation that Major William never expected.
He only wanted to save more people, even if it meant risking the serious crime of disobeying military orders. He just wanted to save more civilians in Hillsbrad; it was a knight's duty and mission.
With a slight delay, by the time William led his troops to prepare for departure, it was already broad daylight...
At this time, something magical also happened in Lorraine underground.
He never imagined he would escape such a perilous situation. The mysterious portal to the underground kingdom didn't seem to be the dark gate he remembered... Yet, its mystery and eeriness were even more enigmatic than the massive teleportation portal his teacher often mentioned, standing in the cursed land...
In a life-or-death moment, he instinctively pulled out his staff, plunged it into the Faceless One's mouth, and barely escaped...
Lorraine had no time to feel regret or remorse for using the 'Chicken Leg Staff' as a fire poker. The Key to Karazhan shattered into pieces right before his eyes, and he dared not retrieve it. He could only watch from afar as the Faceless One lunged at the Bloodstone Egg he had thrown, artifact fragments scattering across the ground...
Lorraine's heart was bleeding.
The imagined scenario of the Bloodstone Egg being thrown into the Great Ancient Portal did not happen...
The distance he perceived was far beyond the limits of a mortal's throwing ability, especially considering the portal was actually only a hundred meters in size...
The Bloodstone Egg emitted an eerie red light as it landed on the massive stone steps... Calling them stone steps was relative to the giant Titan's stature; to mortals, they were an insurmountable platform several meters high...