Light's Dawn of Azeroth

Chapter 39: Maldelain's Fate Interference

The Atama Crystal, an ancient sacred object of the Eredar, is quite magical.

It appeared almost at the beginning of the history of the Eredar and is highly relevant to the history of this race, but its true ability has always been a mystery. The ancestor wizard Augure once used it to tame the elements, and Velen used it to summon the arrival of the Holy Light Naaru in an accident.

It always shows different magical abilities inadvertently, and even Velen discovered that this thing can enhance his prophetic ability.

But ultimately, few could truly articulate the magical power of the Atamar Crystal. Even Thal'kiel, once a leader among the Eredar spellcasters, could only speculate.

But Dick was an exception.

He is probably the only eredar in this era who knows the secret of the Ata'mar crystal.

This holy object is suspected to be related to the mysterious primordial Naaru, that is, the Naaru who were born from the first outbreak of holy light during the Great Order of Light and Darkness. Even among the Naaru, a mythical group famous for its number among the stars, the primordial Naaru are extremely powerful and rare.

But the Atama Crystal was only a remnant.

It does not have the ability to make the user become a saint overnight. It can only enhance a certain power, and this enhancement can only be truly manifested after the Atama Crystal is broken into seven pieces.

The Heart of Fury that controls anger, the Shadow of Leaves that provides shielding, the Song of Souls that strengthens prophecy, the Shield of Naaru that dominates defense, the Eye of the Storm that manipulates energy, the unpredictable Kiss of Fortune, and the last gem, the Brilliant Sun (Ps1), which is most closely connected to the Holy Light.

The best thing is.
This last gem is now in Dick's hands.

You thought he just picked up some random pieces.

Do not!
Not!
It is precisely because he has this thing in his hand that Dick dares to choose to start the final duel in the Argus world with Sachir, who is far stronger than himself.

Each Atama crystal has its own power. At this moment, the Brilliant Sun, which was ignited for the first time by Dick with his own holy light, also began to show its prowess in the battle with Sachir. When Dick clenched it into a fist and hit Sachir's fel shield, the Enlightener, who originally did not care about this kind of rude melee attack, suddenly changed his face drastically.
Well, considering his now overly exaggerated "flaming skull", his changing expression was more about the flames wrapped around his skull jumping violently into a weird shape at this moment.

He felt the abnormal agitation of the hot crystal in Dick's hand!
But it was too late to retreat at this close combat moment. He could only roar and sacrifice the roaring demon guard at hand to create a thicker shield for himself. However, it was useless!

"boom"

It was like a bombshell exploding between the two of them.

The violent burst of holy light tore apart all of Sachir's shields with great destructive power, and left a horrific explosion wound on his resurrected fel body.

The first burst of the Brilliant Dawn knocked Sachir away. The embarrassed Enlightener rolled twice on the ground before getting up, without the dignity of an old legend.

This duel, which should have been one-sided, was exciting enough at the beginning, and this scene made the surrounding Manari warlocks even more horrified.

Is Dick, a mortal garrison officer who is burning himself to break through to the legendary level, so powerful?
After being stripped of the blessing of the world's power, can he still confront the Enlightener head-on?
Even though Sachir was not willing to accept Lord Sargeras' blessing and complete his glorious ascension to demonhood in such a destitute state, even this body had been tempered by fel energy, and its power should not be able to contend with even a garrison officer who was extremely exhausted from the battle.

But it is what it is.

If his body had not been infused with fel energy, that single burst of holy light at close range would have been enough to defeat him.

"it's a pity."

Dick showed a helpless expression.

His plan was indeed to take advantage of the fact that Sachir did not understand the wonders of the Atama Crystal and kill him instantly with a sneak attack.

But the facts prove that this old legend is indeed quite capable.

In the seemingly embarrassing knockback, most of the energy released by the Brilliant Dawn was blocked by Sachir through continuous demon sacrifices. The price was that the demons "watching the battle" around him fell down inexplicably in a row.

However, who cares about the physical and mental health of the devil?

No, not really!
Even they themselves don’t care about these!
On the contrary, Dick's outburst sent Sachiel flying, and the raging demons cheered. They didn't care who won. They just wanted to see a bloody fight! Wow, seeing such a powerful duel, even if I died today, it would be worth the return trip!
It turns out that the Eredar really have a talent for being gladiators.

"So this is the correct way to use the Atama Crystal?"

Sachir stood up from the ground, reached out and grabbed the edge of the skull, and with a click, straightened the crooked skull.

He didn't care about the wounds on his chest and abdomen caused by the holy light. He just looked at the dimming Brilliant Sun in Dick's hand with curiosity. The thing was held tightly in the garrison officer's hand like a small sun that had fallen into the world.

他 说:

"The Atama Crystal has been passed down through our hands for tens of thousands of years, but you've unleashed its true power for the first time. That strike just now was truly powerful.

Unfortunately, it’s a little off.

You were too impatient, child. You should have used your killing move when I could not dodge my magic."

"But it can be used many times, Enlightened One."

Dick clasped the Brilliant Sun Crystal in his hand and said:

"You'd better be more careful next time and don't act too badly in front of your master. Lord Sargeras is not an easy boss to talk to, especially when you are just cannon fodder.

You keep asking me questions, so let me ask you one too!"

His hooves stomped the ground, and with the power of his legs bursting out, he grabbed the sharp fragment of Naaru and rushed towards Thal'kiel. With a sharp move of his sword, he chopped down the demons that rushed out from the vortex of fel energy to stop him, turning them into ash one by one. He roared loudly as the momentum of his continuous charge accumulated:
"The Dark Titan used you to clear the threat of the Void. He believed it was a just act, but what happens after the victory? Sachir, tell your followers loudly! What happens after you flatten the starry sea and complete the expedition?
Would the Dark Titan really allow an army that knows only destruction to continue to roam the starry sea that He had 'purified'?"

"boom"

The fragments of Naaru that were chopped off with all their might collided with the Demon Spine Staff swung by Sachir.

The tremendous power of fel energy allowed Sachir to withstand the attack. He then stepped forward and kicked Dick in the chest while roaring, repelling the garrison commander.

"You will die!"

Dick regrouped and attacked again.

His strength was burning, his mind was burning, even his flesh and blood were burning in the golden holy flame. It was not only the gathering and condensation of legendary power, but also the final outburst of a desperate fight.

In terms of absolute strength, he is no match for Sachir.

He could only rely on this fierce attack to win a narrow victory for himself. As for how to escape from this world occupied by demons after defeating Sachiel, he didn't know.
But he doesn't care anymore!
Old Hatton could survive for more than 20,000 years in the polluted Argus, so could he!
Even if his body is broken, even if his spirit is sunk, even if he loses the Holy Light, he will definitely persevere and will persist until the day when Old Velen and Father Hatton return to Argus with millions of lords!
Only when he saw with his own eyes that Argus's world oath was fulfilled could he allow himself to end his second life.

"You will be strangled to death by Sargeras himself! Like tools whose last value has been squeezed dry, it's only a matter of time before you are abandoned!"

He roared, like a final outburst.

The attack became more and more fierce under the continuous swinging of the sharp Naaru fragments.

The silent Sachir kept blocking with his staff in an offensive and defensive posture, and took the opportunity to smash out a ball of corrosive evil energy, hanging more and more curses on Dick, accompanied by the absorption and transformation of vitality.

He knew what Dick said was true.

He knew that Dick's "prophecy" would most likely come true after the Burning Crusade was completed, but having embarked on this path meant there was no turning back.

"You are leading your people to their deaths, and that is only delaying the end."

The crazy brigadier general raised the recharged Brilliant Sun and swung a heavy punch forward, but Sachir sneered and used the Demon Teleport to dodge the attack in a flash of his figure, and chose a "lucky spectator" from the watching demons to replace himself.

With a loud bang, the burst of brilliant light instantly burned the terrified succubus into ashes.

Sachir, who appeared from behind, spread out his left hand gracefully, opened and closed his five fingers, as if an order had been issued, causing the effects of more than a dozen curses on Dick to erupt at the same time.

At this moment, Dick, who was rushing around like an angry thunder elephant, was drowned in pain in an instant, and his body and mind seemed to be torn apart.

This is not an illusion.

The explosion of evil fire and shadow made him a sacrifice.

As his life force faded, he transformed into a moving demon seed, sacrificed his flesh and blood to summon the Doom Guardian to break through the space, and when he landed, he swung the Greatsword of Destruction and dealt a heavy blow to Dick.

This sword was a standard beheading move, but before it could strike, it was blocked by a thick layer of holy light.

The Divine Shield came just in time.

In order to protect himself from injury and clear away all negative curses, Dick stood up with his "turtle shell", waved his hand and cast high-level healing on himself, and then used a few flashes of holy light to replenish his precarious health.

At the moment the Holy Shield ended, the Spirit of Light was also summoned into the form of the Kings Guard.

He led his heroic spirits to attack at the same time, and in a short while, he hacked the Doomguard to death on the battlefield. However, Sachir had already opened up the distance, and the caster had gained enough advantage to decide the outcome.

This Enlightener with a burning skull strolled around, constantly slamming out Dark Fury and Death Coil, forcing Dick to endure mental fear checks every minute and every second of his charge.

He knew that if he was defeated once, or even fell into panic for just a second, Sachir would be able to kill him as easily as slaughtering a pig.

He can't dodge, let alone retreat!

Once again, the dark fury exploded and struck down, causing Dick to spit out blood from his mouth.

The blood was manipulated by Sachir with a sneer and infused with fel energy, erupting again around Dick, igniting the curse in his body with a fierce smoldering fire. The blood filled with fel energy dripping onto the ground was like fuel that triggered the outbreak of hellfire.

Although he was purified by Dick's Burning Devotion with his wings opened the next moment, the delay of a few seconds caused him to be cursed again.

Warlocks have always had a vicious fighting style, not to mention that Sachir is a master of three types of warlocks.

He is also proficient in curses, destruction magic and demon summoning. Fighting against such a master spellcaster is basically like Dick fighting against a walking army of demons alone.

The distance between him and Sachir was widened again, and with the demons constantly summoned by the fel energy vortex, Dick seemed to be getting further and further away from victory.

Especially when the King's Guard, which was gathered with holy light, turned into beams and dissipated in the roar, it meant that Dick's "Scorching Guardian" had been triggered.

He had just "died" once, and only thanks to the protection of holy light did he escape the pursuit of death.

But this is the moment the Brigadier General has been waiting for!
When the Kings' Guard collapsed, they ignited their last energy in an explosive manner, turning it into a brilliant strike of divine revenge, which instantly cleared out all the lower-level demons entangled around Dick. When he raised his head and showed a hideous smile, Sachir felt a chill in his heart.

He began his charge.

Driven by the flapping of his shining wings, Dick's charge this time was faster and more ferocious than ever before, while the waterfall of light constantly released around him prevented the demons from getting close to support him.

At the moment when Sachir used demonic teleportation to change his form, Dick applied kinetic energy to the Brilliant Sun in his hand while turning around, and threw the fully charged gem like a flying axe the moment Sachir appeared.

No matter how powerful a warlock is, it is impossible for him to change his position once the demon's teleportation beacon has been set!

In other words, Dick had already locked on the location where Sachir would appear after this teleportation. Just as he had just "taught", Dick's killer move should be used when the opponent was casting a spell and could not dodge, just like now, when he was in the aftermath of the teleportation and could not dodge at all.

So, please enjoy this ProMax version of Hammer of Fury!

The Brilliant Sun, which continuously drew upon Dick's holy light to complete another charge, turned into a flashing meteor the moment it left his hand. Amid the roars of the demons who covered their blinded eyes, its brilliant spear of light hit Sachir's chest.

Then, a violent explosion engulfed everything.

The holy flame formed when the light exploded even surpassed the golden light. The milky white fire obviously had a higher temperature, and even made Sachir scream.

He struggled to get out of the area where the holy flame was burning, like a burning pillar of fire flapping in place, calling for the rain of evil energy to fall to suppress the body that was burned by the holy flame.

This body is just a carrier of the soul.

For the master sorcerer, the body is nothing more than a burden that can be discarded at any time, and the integrity of the soul is the top priority.

But the problem is that this time the holy flame attached to his body and spirit and burned, which was enough to make Sachir lose his composure.

He knew clearly that Dick's legendary promotion was complete!
The Holy Light granted him even greater power, and he was the first victim of this power.

This is indeed the case.

At the moment Dick delivered the fatal blow, when all his strength was drained by the blow, the dancing golden runes before his eyes regrouped, gleaming as if in celebration.

[External forces access!]
Power Path: Holy Light Force.

Access method: aggregation/enhancement/blessing.

You have proven your moral integrity and your oath of determination to the Holy Light, and your legendary promotion has been completed!

The legendary talent [Ashebringer] has been obtained!

The demons you purify will have their souls burned and will be unable to return to the Twisting Nether to be resurrected.

The legendary talent [Lightforged Knight] has been obtained!

The Holy Light grants you the honor of riding a holy steed, a vehicle whose appearance and capabilities can be transformed according to different situations.

The legendary skill [Seraph] has been obtained!

Replaces the skill [Rage of Vengeance], granting you a stronger burst of holy power for a short period of time.

The legendary skill [Holy Nova] has been obtained!

Your [Holy Aura] and [Hammer of Wrath] skills are upgraded to more powerful forms, and passively apply the [Holy Fire Incineration] effect to the enemy.

Legend promotion completed, the third career slot opened!
Legendary promotion completed. Legendary/Heroic class slots open. Available Legendary/Heroic classes detected: [Sun Herald], [Lightforger], and [Archon]. This class change requires the special material, Sacred Relics [2/1].

hint!

The individual's life is in extreme danger, please leave the battlefield immediately!
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"hehe."

Such a perfect advancement deserves celebration.

However, the problem is that Dick now has no chance to escape from the battlefield.

To be honest, he had no intention of running away after being beaten to this point.

I was able to transfer more than half of the Eredar before the arrival of Sargeras, thus preventing the destruction of the Eredar civilization; I was able to personally kill four demon demigods in the Thirty Days of Argus, forcing Sargeras to take action himself to clean up the mess!

I can transfer the fragments of the will of the Argus star soul and try my best to prevent the birth of the Annihilator in ten thousand years.

It hasn’t been long since I came here, but I’m undoubtedly a true legend!
Ha, my life is worth it!

"Sachir! Look at me!"

Dick used the blood-stained Naaru fragments to support his body, and with the help of the physical strength and holy power restored by the legendary promotion, he launched a final burst.

In the cool outburst of the Seraph, his shining wings turned into a bright milky white beam of light behind him, and his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of sacred armor.

As he charged forward with the fragment in hand, he roared as if descended from the heavens:
"You want answers, and I'll give you answers!

Sargeras can kill me, but he can't scare me. I know where his soul will go, just like I know you will be banished to hell! This is the fate you are expecting and obeying, and I am fighting against!

There is no resistance! No resistance!
In front of it, you and your master are cowards! But I am a fighter!
You have no right to stop me, let alone judge me!"

"boom"

The demon blocking the way was repelled by the holy impact. In Dick's attack, Sachir only had time to smash out the soul fire in his hand.

But the brigadier general, who had already put his life and death aside, did not dodge at all. He took the fatal blow and moved forward. In the pain of his left leg bursting, he pressed Sachir's shoulder with his left hand, and the Naaru fragment in his right hand pierced into the Enlightener's heart, which was driven by fel energy, in a flash of light.

"You will be sent to hell by my own hands! You weak bastard! When you chose to betray your people and the world for your so-called 'salvation', you lost all dignity and the right to live!"

He grabbed hold of Thal'kiel's burning skull and pulled the thing from his spine.

He cursed:

"May you endure endless torment in the Abyss. May you ultimately become a pathetic ghost. Your stinking, cowardly soul is only fit to be devoured by wild dogs. I curse you! You are a coward who only dares to kneel before the strong in order to survive!"

"Yet I have been blessed by the fel, child."

Sachir's skull made a regretful sound in Dick's hand, and he said:
"That was a great fight! Diakam, you're right. A dark soul like me deserves only hell. So, I wish you and I a safe journey to hell together."

"boom"

Pure liquid evil energy erupted from Sachir's torso, just like the magma under the ground was ignited and exploded, and in an instant it engulfed the shining Dick and the surrounding demons who were unable to dodge.

Thal'kiel destroyed his own torso, burying the last warrior of the Eredar civilization.

Maybe it's out of kindness.

He didn't want Dick to suffer the same tragic fate as he and Kil'jaeden.

Perhaps it was done with malice.

This is a way of mutual destruction to finally destroy Dick.

But it's all over.

There was no way a newly minted Legend could survive such a surge of fel energy.

Dick is dead!

Did the Light's favored one die on the day when the Eredar civilization set, and fall into a deep sleep amid the weeping of the world of Argus?
"Ok?"

Dick also thought he was dead.

Sachir's final outburst was so violent that even the earth of the Archon's Seat collapsed. It was the first time he used the power of the "Great Demon Lord" bestowed upon him, causing a spectacle of destruction, but Dick opened his eyes in painful weakness.

He felt part of his body melting away, but the call of death had not yet arrived.

With difficulty in seeing, he saw the thin but solid light curtain around him that was as strong as a city wall. It was this thing that protected him in the final destruction.

But this is not his holy light.

Dick turned around with difficulty and saw Malderan half-kneeling beside him and the Naaru escape pod falling rapidly from the sky. There was also a teleportation light spot next to the old garrison commander that had not yet dissipated.

Malderan maintained a protective posture, but his vitality and all his holy light were poured into this last refuge.

Through the light curtain, Dick struggled to stretch out his only remaining left hand, which had been burned to the bone.

He wanted to hold Madeleine's fingers.

But at the moment of contact, the old garrison officer's fingertips began to disintegrate like wind and sand.

"The holy primordial light taught me this trick last night."

His body was like a weathered statue, covered in cracks as it lost its luster.

Brigadier General Malderan gave a final smile.

He said to Dick:
"Although it can only be used once, He has generously granted me the same power to reverse and shake fate as you, Diakum. He commanded me to come here to save you! Just as He sent you to save us.
Dick, no matter how difficult the future may be, you must remember the Holy Light.
He makes us eternal.”

In this final farewell, Mardellan, who had used "divine intervention" to exchange his life for another's, was blown away by the weeping wind of Argus right in front of Dick.

He used the only chance in his life to interfere with the course of fate and saved the person he had to save. Like collapsing quicksand, he remained forever on the land he loved. Only the battle-scarred Heart of Argus pendant remained, held in Dick's hand.

"no, do not want"

Dick struggled to gather the ashes.

But he had reached his limit.

In his last vision he saw his children appearing in the beam of light and rushing towards him.

He saw the crying Nellie picking him up from the scorching ground and yelling something at him.

He saw the strange fragments gathered on his body, held by Farea and Telamon.

He saw the crying twins and Imira, and for the first time the three of them used teleportation magic together to try to send them back to the escape pod.

The field of vision is rotating.

Dick tried hard to stay awake, but in his dim mind, he saw Sargeras above the sky, and vaguely saw another weak human-shaped light waving goodbye to him, and a flash of light that cut through the sea of stars.

It is very much like the legendary primordial light that tore through the darkness and brought light during the great ordering of light and darkness in the universe.

Under its illumination, endless fragments of Argus's will were scattered across the starry sea.

It's like the shining stars, or like a meteor flying in the opposite direction.

Every Eredar who leaves is a star, and their gathered starlight will eventually be cast into a lighthouse to illuminate the way home for the wanderers.

"sorry"

He said.

"That's not necessary. You've done well, Diakham."

The voice said:

"Rest, my brave child, and may fate be kind to you and may your journey be safe."

So, with the farewell of the Argus Star Soul Baby, the tired soul fell into a deep sleep.

Just as he was when he came into this world.

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"I command you! Shoot it down!!!"

The embarrassed Dreadlord Tichondrius raised his wings that were broken by Dick and roared at the Mo'arg Engineer at a fel cannon position:
"Shoot down that Naaru escape pod! We can't let them leave! The Dark Titan is watching!"

The Dreadlord's eyes were filled with resentment.

It was unwilling to let the last Eredar escape the battlefield so brazenly, cursing in its heart what a waste the Enlightener was, unable to even take down a small garrison officer who had just entered the Legend. However, it completely forgot the shameful fact that it had attacked Dick with the power of a demigod but was crushed to pieces by the other party with a stick.

That's not a proper garrison officer at all.
A mo'arg engineer would not dare to disobey the orders of a great demon.

It immediately drove the biological fel cannon to aim at the jewel-like Naaru escape pod hovering above the battlefield, but just as it was about to fire, a terrifying shadow unfolded behind it.

Mo'arg was terrified.

It turned around and saw an Eredar with red skin and wings on its back staring at it coldly, and then it died.

This is the price of ignoring the Great Demon Lord.

"Kil'jaeden! What are you doing?"

Tichondrius cursed:

"Are you going to let the enemy escape? Who gave you the guts?"

“He promised me!”

Kil'jaeden, the ascended demon, had a blank expression on his face.

Appointed by the Dark Titan as the commander of the Burning Legion, he didn't care about the Dreadlord's personal grudges at all and just said casually:
"You want to go against the Dark Titan's will? At least today, no more Eredar will die in this world, because He promised me! Also, Tichondrius! You, the incompetent one, should call me 'Commander'!
But I forgive you for your rudeness towards me, you pathetic loser bastard.

get out!

Don't show up in front of me, at least not today."

The Dreadlord looked furious.

But under the cold gaze of the Manari warriors who were armed with weapons and gathered around it, looking at it with death eyes, it finally turned into a group of bats and disappeared.

I don't even dare to fart in dissatisfaction.

"Talgas."

Kil'jaeden watched the escape pod soar back into the sky and disappear into the gloomy clouds. He said to the ferocious but still loyal Man'ari leader behind him:

"Send them something for me"

"Is it a souvenir, Commander?"

"No, it's a declaration of war! It's a warning and even more of a threat. Of course, you can also think of it as a souvenir. After all, I don't have any use for it anymore."

Ps1:

The most enduring legend concerning the Radiant Sun Diamond concerns the forging of the Ashbringer.

Over the past many years, most players and even some official personnel have been convinced that the Holy Light Crystal used by Mograine to forge the Ashbringer is the legendary Diamond of the Radiant Dawn. This is actually a very romantic and very reasonable statement in terms of the plot.

However, it is not known whether those planners drank too much horse urine, but they did not adopt this fantastic rumor when they brought the Radiant Dawn to the world. Instead, they arranged it as a racial branch of the Eredar in the Allied Races mission.

The text shows that the Radiant Sun has actually always been on the world of Argus, kept by the Man'ari.

Frankly speaking, this text, which was obviously written for self-entertainment, greatly reduces the prestige of Atama Crystal and Ashbringer.

However, according to the records in the chronicles and the speculation of some players, the "Dark Crystal" used to forge the Ashbringer most likely came from the Void Crystal on the body of Dark Star Kara, which is basically on the same level as the Atama Crystal.

After all, no one knows which level of Naaru the Atama Crystal came from, so if this statement is true, the status of this artifact is not too bad now.

(End of this chapter)