(Additional update for brother "Huo Zhengtinghao" [3/15])
"Bang"
The body of the sect guard covered in blood was covered with Crystallized Explosive Arrow, and he fell miserably into a secret room on the lower floor of the Skyreach main body. This insignificant splash of blood was just an unknown "accident" in the fierce battle of Skyreach tonight.
There is no need to worry about the unlucky guy's injuries.
It died before hitting the ground, but its death alerted the other guards in the chamber.
Sun Cult has arranged a very elite force here to protect the ancient sacred objects and wealth of Arakkoa. Originally there were raptors like Sunfire Kaliri as part of the security, but those spineless flame birds actually surrendered to the enemy. This is the main reason why these guards failed to detect the intruders at the first time.
But to be honest, facing an assault team composed of three powerful hunters and two legendaries among them, even if the Arakkoas reacted, there would be very little they could do.
Rexxar's Dire Wolf partner Halasa rushed in first and knocked down two Arakkoa who wanted to take off, followed closely by Ghost Wolf Gola attacked Stealth from behind, and then pushed Arakkoa away with blood flying everywhere.
Neri and Yura were like masked gangsters, swinging their tails and grabbing the fully automatic Gem Hunter Rifle and charging in, beating everyone they saw.
This time they were on a secret mission, commonly known as "dirty work", and they had to do it quickly, so they were ruthless.
Arakkoa, who was guarding the treasure house, was quickly killed, but the activated structure was a bit troublesome. However, the archbishop and Yura's exquisite cooperation quickly threw several Akenteni Bombs over. When they landed, there was a close-range explosion, which exploded the structure with a loud noise and opened the door of the treasure house.
The hunters rushed in and were shocked by the huge amount of property piled inside.
The golden utensils of various colors are piled together on the mountain-like mountain wall, mixed with the most perfectly polished Apexis Crystal treasures, making this scene so dazzling that even Neri cannot open its eyes.
"What a weird thing! Arakkoa don't use gold coins to buy and sell goods. I heard Reshad say that they have their own internal currency system. Why do they need so much gold?"
Yura asked in surprise, Neri shook his head and said:
"The entire temple of Skyreach has been plated with gold by these extravagant guys. Their traditional clothes are also decorated with gold. You just saw the armor of the religious order guards. Each one is decorated with pendants made of gold.
These Arakkoa are so beautiful, gold is obviously their traditional decoration.
Look at the lines on these gold coins, they were stolen from the Gorian Ogre Empire! What a group of good bandits! But this is not a big problem, these gold will be used reasonably by Talon King.
Quick!
Find the eggs Golden Sunfire Ring and Reshad mentioned. Rexxar is fighting outside to buy us time."
"Then Orcs is so good at fighting, so he's not afraid of Arakkoa."
Yura held in his hand a Apexis Crystal necklace that made all women enchanted, but in the end the gossip hunter threw it back into the pile of treasures with a look of regret.
Business matters!
And I don't know if it was an illusion, but Yura always felt that after she obtained the position of "Ranger General" recognized by Vigilant Saint, her "moral sense" was suddenly raised a lot, and she actually felt "guilty" when she held this kind of trophy that was supposed to be a "reasonable acquisition".
She even said less dirty jokes these days.
"Your Saint boyfriend turned me into a stoic, uninterested old woman. I suspect he may have some strange skills that will improve the moral standards of everyone around him."
Yura complained to Neri in a low voice while rummaging through the holy objects.
The archbishop rolled his eyes and said in his heart that Yura just doesn't count. Your boyfriend is still looking for you among the stars. Do you still plan to have fun? Who are you going to show your fun to?
Haha, Malas is also my friend!
You little coquettish hooves dare to do anything that's sorry for him. I'll see if I don't break your legs!
"Found it!"
A moment later, Archbishop Nali relied on his legendary hunter's sense to accurately find an ancient box from a large collection of jewelry. After opening it, he saw five golden rings placed inside.
They do not emit any brilliance, but are rather restrained and simple.
Although it is made of metal, it looks like "Lightforging" at first glance. Neri stretches out your fingers and touches the ring and you can feel the comfortable warmth. There are runes on the ring praising Sun God Rukhmar.
In terms of artistic value alone, this thing will definitely make Draenei jewelers worship it.
The artistic bacteria of high-level Arakkoas are simply as outstanding as their gorgeous feathers and the cruelty in their hearts.
"I found it too."
Yura rushed out from another room.
This Ranger General was holding a large bundle wrapped in silk. She showed the contents to Neri and found that there were several quite special eggs inside.
It is very similar to the eggs of Kaliri, but smaller, and the shells of these eggs have a translucent frosted feel like crystal, and you can even see the "flame" beating inside through the eggshell.
"Is this the legendary "Sunlight Eagle"?"
Neri exclaimed:
"As expected of the son of Sun God, he is so shocking even before he is hatched."
"Ouch!!!"
The low roar of some giant beast came faintly through the heavy wall of the Booty Bay room, and then the whole ground shook, and the roar of Rexxar sounded. The expressions of Neri and Yura changed, and they hurriedly packed up the holy objects and prepared to go out for support.
"No! The eggs are alive and cannot be put into the bag."
Yura shouted, but the situation was urgent and she could only carry a few bird eggs on her back and rush out to help.
When they fought out, they saw a huge Sunfire Kaliri. No, this thing should belong to the very rare Sunflare Dread Raven. This bird's whole body was burning with flames, and the exaggerated feathers on its head were like a crown. It was spewing flames crazily, as if it was going to ignite the entire platform.
"But why is it burning Arakkoa! Shouldn't it be burning Rexxar?"
Yura exclaimed, and Neri was also shocked.
Because this raptor, which had obviously been summoned by the high-level Arakkoa to execute the intruders, was now madly venting its anger towards the high-level Arakkoa. Rexxar, who was supposed to be attacked, was sitting on the side panting listlessly, but even though he was burned, he still looked at the flaming raptor with big Divine Might in front of him with a look of relief and affection.
"You released it?"
Neri rushed over and helped Rexxar up.
Orcs nodded, touched his heart and whispered:
"I noticed its confusion. It was hatched by Princess Lacey when His Majesty Terokk ascended the throne, and grew up in the legend of Talon King. It cannot understand why the Sun Priests asked it to kill the glorious Talon King tonight.
The noble Rukhran does not know that Sun Priests promote it to the outside world as the heir of Sun God.
It cannot understand the dark hearts and obsession with power of Arakkoa. It only knows that it obeys the orders of Talon King and protects the city.
And now, its real owner has returned!"
"But Sun Priests will definitely use control methods to control such a legendary beast! Arakkoas already live in symbiosis with birds, and they have too many ways to bewitch it."
Yura exclaimed:
"How on earth did you untie it in such a short period of time?"
"Soul."
Rexxar coughed a few times, stretched out his hand to touch the companion Dire Wolf who was moaning next to him. He looked at the raven lord Rukhran who was sending Divine Might, and whispered:
"I connected my soul with its soul. Just like Ms. Neri used her soul to help the noble Gola get rid of the pollution of the void, I also used the same method to help Rukhran break the control of Sun Cult.
Don't worry, you two.
This kid will be on the side of justice tonight!
It will bathe in the morning light and follow Talon King to fight for the civilization of Arakkoa, just like you and I are fighting for our own people."
"You master beast tamers are really Tai Chi."
Yura sighed:
"I really can't treat a beast as my soul mate as wholeheartedly as you do. I've tried, but I can't always make up my mind."
"Don't be stupid, "Supersonic" I can risk being burned to death for you to ask for help."
Neri patted Yura on the shoulder and said:
"You already have a soulmate."
Just when Yura was about to say a few words, a dazzling golden light suddenly lit up from the highest point of Skyreach, sweeping across like a spear of light illuminating all things, and hitting the platform where they were.
The gathered Sunflare is like a knife, and the platform will be shattered with just a light cut.
Caught off guard, Yura only had time to grab Neri, and then the two of them screamed and fell downwards along with the shattered platform.
There is no exact figure for how high Skyreach is from the ground, but what is certain is that if they can no longer grow wings, then they will say goodbye to the world they love.
"Raven, lend us your wings!"
During the tumbling fall, Rexxar hugged his Dire Wolf partner tightly and roared towards the sky.
Then a dazzling light of fire Gleam came. Raven Lord Rukhran flapped his huge wings to knock away the falling gravel around him, took Rexxar behind him, and then rushed out under the command of Orcs to pull Neri and Yura back onto the saddle of this huge raptor.
But before the three of them could take a breath, Yura discovered something even worse.
"These eggs are broken!"
She looked at the five eggs in her arms in horror. Two of them had cracked their shells due to sudden falls and blows, but Sunlight Eagle among them was not ready to be born at all. The three hunters could even easily hear the death screams coming from them.
Even Lord Sunfire Raven Rukhran neighed anxiously.
Although it is not the descendant of Rukhmar, it also knows that every Sunlight Eagle is very precious, and it prays to its partners to find ways to save these sacred objects.
"Rexxar, think of a solution quickly! You are Beast Speaker, you must have a solution, right?"
Yura holds the broken bird egg tightly.
She could feel the warm egg cooling down, so she looked at Rexxar and begged him to take action.
Orcs is also a little numb now. Although he is Beast Speaker, he has never heard of "Sunlight Eagle" before, a beast that only exists in the myth of Arakkoa.
"There is indeed a way, but you two need to take risks!"
Rexxar stared at the broken eggshell and said:
"Bind the two little flying eagles with your souls, and use your Life Force connection to help them survive! Sunlight Eagle is a born legendary creature. As long as they survive this disaster, they will surely grow up healthily.
But this means that you also have to bear risks. The Life Force required for the legendary creature to survive the call of death is not a small amount.
I just helped Rukhran, my soul is still weak, I can only rely on you two."
"We are Eredar, we are Eternal Life."
Neri whispered:
"Indeed, no one is more suitable to do this than Yura and I. It just so happens, Yura, haven't you always been envious of a soul beast like Gola? Look at Sunlight Eagle, which was born in the sun. The partner you want is already right in front of you.
Oh, you lucky fool.
Do it quickly!
Nubodon is still waiting for us. He will use Astral Gate to send us directly back to Shattrath and then escort the Yanyang Golden Ring to Elemental Throne. We must speed up the casting of World Artifact, do you know? Yura.
Ever since I found out that the blackmail letter was not sent by Arakkoa but that someone deliberately lured Diakum away from Talador, I felt uneasy.
Something bad is going to happen!
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Something very bad is about to happen, and perhaps there will be another confrontation between Diakum and destiny."
"What is that! Why do I seem to see a sun! Ah, my eyes!"
Recklessness's new recruit Yrel covered his eyes and screamed under the chaos of Sun Tower, as if a flash bomb had been thrown at him.
The others around her were not much better. Even Great Uncle, who had always been reliable, was rubbing his eyes that were almost blinded by the flash. Only Garona in the crowd was prepared and relied on the assassin's sense to turn away in advance to avoid the tragedy of his eyes being injured.
What?
Jumping up to hide from Frost Nova, lying down to hide from Bladestorm, and hiding from flash bombs are all basic skills for professionals, right?
Is there really anyone who doesn't?
They had just dispersed Sun Cult's execution guards and rescued Velen's eldest son Eredath from Sun Tower. However, before they even got out of the war zone, they witnessed a magnificent ray of sunlight turning into a blinding Light Sword "slashing" down from the highest point of Skyreach.
The scene was extremely exaggerated.
As the golden Light Sword slid, everything in its path of action was cut in half by the fiercely converging Sunfire.
Whether it is the golden platform that Arakkoa created outside Skyreach, or the huge stone pillar carrying the main body of Skyreach, it is like Sun God waving his own divine sword, turning everything in his way into powder.
"What's going on with these Arakkoa?"
Even Nubodon, who had become calmer due to the blessing of the elements, jumped up. Feeling the terrifying heat remaining around him, he exclaimed:
"They hid an energy cannon in their city? Why do I feel like this thing is so similar to Army of the Light's Vindicator Cannon!"
"It's "Rukhmar's Breath"."
A weak voice sounded in the crowd. Eredath, who was carried behind Maraad and only wrapped in a marching cloak, said in a weak tone:
"When I was debating scriptures with the Sun Priests, and when they threatened me because they could not defeat me on the basis of doctrine, I heard them talk about this weapon several times. They threatened me that if I did not convert, they would use this weapon to destroy our Shattrath Citys.
It is said that it was a weapon built by the Sun Empire when it fought against the invasion of Spriggans in ancient times.
Thousands of years ago, it burned tens of thousands of forest elves, nearly a hundred primitive thorn beasts, and the terrifying "World Eater" beast Tayara to death with just one blow, but most of the arakkoa sun empire was also destroyed by the explosion of that weapon.
Today's Skyreach was built on the ruins of the imperial capital.
Sun Cult has been secretly trying to restore the weapons used by their ancestors, maybe they have succeeded.
Quick!
Let's go up there!
Rukhmar's Breath must be prevented from firing again, otherwise once the stone pillar carrying the main body of Skyreach is shattered, the city will be finished!"
He was very anxious and urged his companions to go to the highest point of Sun Temple. Maraad raised his head and saw the familiar white light shining there Gleam, seeming to be in fierce confrontation with the concentrated power of Sunfire.
"Vigilant is there!"
He said:
"We should believe him! Besides, your situation is too bad Eredath, we must send you to a safe area immediately, otherwise you may really die!"
Great Uncle is not the kind of Garrison Commander who would be afraid of the intensity of the battle. For him to say such words at this time only proves that Eredath's situation is indeed very bad. The unlucky guy was tied to Sun Tower by the Arakkoas and burned by the sun for seven whole days and nights.
The skin all over his body had cracked due to high temperature and lack of water, but this was only the most insignificant part of his injuries.
Perhaps due to the ignition of Sunfire's integration into the body, the skin of Draenei was forcibly turned from blue to pale.
All the hair on his body has been burned, and even his eyebrows have disappeared. Although there is a high probability that it can grow back, combined with his painful posture at this time, he really looks like an "albino" Draenei.
To put it bluntly, he is like a "white ghost".
Although Draenei's adaptability to energy is not as exaggerated as that of elves from another world, and they will not change their body shape into a corresponding posture because of Energy Infusion, they will indeed change their appearance because of Energy Infusion.
Lightforged is a typical example.
Those Lightforged Veterans of Army of the Light are probably the group with the best "whitening" effect among all Eredars. It is said that under the infusion and strengthening of Holy Light energy, their skin has lost any trace of blue and has completely turned into "white-skinned Eredar".
Smooth and shiny skin coupled with glittering golden holy patterns, it's so cool.
Especially the little tails of Lightforging's little hooves. Ahem, in short, now, Eredath seems to have undergone similar changes due to the infusion of a huge amount of Solar Energy.
He needs treatment!
Otherwise, such a monstrous attitude is likely to accompany him throughout his life.
What's more, the burns on his skin were really terrible and he couldn't bear any more pressure.
"No, we have to get there!"
Facing Maraad's persuasion, Eredath was like one of those extremely stubborn guys. He coughed and whispered:
"My brother, my seven days and seven nights of burning are like a suffering to me, not only for my body but also for my soul and my faith. I have fully realized the moral extreme and depravity of Arakkoa.
In the name of light, they fell into darkness. A collective degeneration has occurred. I don't know if this is related to their legendary evil god's curse.
But I confirm that Arakkoa's soul can still be saved!
During these days, every night, Arakkoa civilians would risk being executed to feed me water and food. They listened patiently to my teachings and were inspired by Holy Light. The way of mercy we uphold has shone like light into the darkness, and they still have the possibility of being saved!
But if the city dies, the last pride that sustains them will collapse.
This is the meaning of Holy Light allowing me to undergo this trial here. He wants me to bring this ray of light into Arakkoa's civilization that is blinded by darkness!
Take me there.
My brothers and sisters, I must complete the final step of this Faith Trial.
This may be what my father often said "Time of Redemption", I must complete it with my own hands!"
Eredath's stubbornness silenced the three recruits. Garona in the shadows really couldn't understand Draenei's brain circuit, but she knew that Eredath and her mother Lelan had some strange feelings, so she jumped out and scolded:
"But look at the ghost you look like now! If you don't receive treatment, if you continue to be burned by the sun, you will become a "ghost"! Think of my mother, think of Lelan! Do you really want to see her in such a terrifying posture?
You have brought new teachings to these Arakkoa, you have pointed them in a new direction!
You've done enough.
They can't always rely on you, just like a drowning person who has to learn to save himself, right?"
"Lelan."
Eredath sighed.
Of course he would hesitate because of the girl who had already entered his heart, but when Sun God Rukhmar's beast-like neighing sounded from high up, Eredath made up his mind.
He said:
"Vigilant was stopped by that brainless false god! Sun Cult is still controlling that terrible weapon.
Quick!
We go there.
This is why we are here!
Maraad and Yrel, Garona, we all know that Saint formed K'ure Alliance not only to fight against Demon Blood Horde, but also the more terrifying dark erosion behind Orcs. We also want to Consecration ourselves in this great cause.
If we really want to protect the world, we can't just pay lip service!"
"Let's go!"
Maraad stamped his feet. He was a little hesitant at this time, but when he saw the dangerous light spot above his head lighting up again, Great Uncle no longer hesitated, and rushed up the stairs with Eredath on his back and his Gemstone Warhammer on his back.
The sturdy Yrel follows closely behind.
Garona is very hesitant to follow.
She is Shadow Walker, and this kind of battle in the light is very dangerous for her.
Whether it was Grandpa Vigilant's scorching Sunflare, or the false god Rukhmar's solar fire, or the Rukhmar's Breath that was accumulating energy and was about to explode for the second time, she would really die if she touched it, and she would die if she touched it.
But the hesitant heart did not beat for long.
Again, the relationship between Eredath and her mother cannot be faked. I don't want to see her mother shed tears for the rest of her long life because of that idiot man's self-sacrifice for a foreign race.
She has to bring him back.
But this is not for Holy Light, just for her relatives. Her mother has done so much for her, and she must repay her relatives with the same kindness.