"Karin, wake up!"
"Good heavens, this lad has been asleep for almost a whole day... Avery, go fetch some strong liquor!"
"Yes, Lord Kurdran!"
As a refreshing coolness spread over his head, Karin suddenly regained awareness and struggled to open his eyes.
"Oh, by Aerie Peak, you're finally awake!" Kurdran Wildhammer could not help muttering beside the bed.
"Where am I?" Karin asked quietly.
"Aboard the Khardros, Karin!" Kurdran answered. "You ordered us to retreat here aboard the Khardros, and said you would teleport back... I sent the Gryphon Riders out to search for you. It took us quite a while to find you."
"Oh, right... I remember now!" Karin managed a strained smile.
Not long ago, he had lured Deathwing to the Blade's Edge Mountains and gravely wounded him using the Dragon Soul and Unlock. Meanwhile, the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza, who had been hiding behind him, had seized the chance to emerge and engage Deathwing in a battle to the death.
"How did the battle over there go?" Karin hurriedly climbed out of bed as he asked.
"I'm sorry, I don't know, Karin!" Kurdran shook his head. "The shock waves from the battle were so terrifying that my Gryphon Riders couldn't get anywhere near it. They only began to fade this morning!"
"Did anything escape from there?"
"No, nothing did, apart from that black dragon you imprisoned aboard the Khardros... It was chaos at the time, and we couldn't stop her!" Kurdran answered.
"Onyxia escaped?" Karin murmured to himself.
Though it was somewhat unexpected, it was not such bad news... The two black dragons, Onyxia and Nefarian, were hardly much of a threat, at least compared with their father, Deathwing.
"Let's go take a look first!" Karin said.
"Shall we bring the Khardros over?"
"No, a few Gryphon