Light's Dawn of Azeroth

Chapter 586, Section 47. Ah, my stubborn little brother, take this personality-correcting punch!

"We're late!"

Stormkeeper Thorim, carrying his Titan's warhammer "Kolomir," looked regretfully at the sky.

In the eyes of this Titan Guardian, who is quite "handsome" even from a mortal's perspective, a sky filled with overlapping thunderclouds and ice spells is reflected, while the magnificent sky fortress Valarjar is "shivering" in that catastrophic weather.

That's definitely not just the power to transform into a dragon.

The elemental dragon kings are powerful, but the convergence of elements alone cannot make the Titan Fortress, which is full of orderly power, appear so "precarious".

Mother World is clearly involved.

Just as Lysages proclaimed throughout Stormheim, the two dragons that have taken their forms today are the World Mother's punitive claws hurled at those stubborn Titan Guardians.

This may be the first time in countless long years that the Azerothian world-soul has broken its silence and so directly expressed its attitude.

"It was like a massacre, except that no one died."

Tyr, draped in a red battle cloak, carried a golden greatsword on his back. It was a new weapon forged by Azadas for his master. Although it adopted the style of the Titan's Blade, the sword did not have much of the magic of order.

Even Tyr's aura was completely different from the surrounding Titan Guardians. The golden Heart of Azeroth hanging on his chest was gently providing him with a power that was different from before, but equally immense.

Tyr, a warlike guardian, looked up at the Sky Fortress struggling to escape the catastrophic climate and shook his head, saying:

"It was just a punishment! Lady Velanos looked murderous, but not a single Lightning Forged Spirit was burned by her attack; most of them were left in a painful but not fatal freeze."

Even Ms. Lysages' lightning strike only shut them down, not killed them a second time.

In fact, if the Supreme Star Soul truly wanted to create death, she should have sent an even more ferocious dragon of fire; even a body of steel forged by Titan lightning would be completely melted in such world-burning flames.

Leiden did not respond to the comments made by his two compatriots.

He looked at the golden Sky Fortress with a complex gaze. Ra-den also inherited Aman'thul's power, so he could feel the anger and fighting spirit contained in the lightning crackling in the sky.

Even from a great distance, he seemed to be able to hear Odin's war cry.

But Leiden didn't go there immediately. Instead, under the astonished gazes of Tyr and Thorim, Leiden asked:

"We all know that Odin was trapped in the Sky Fortress by the traitor Hela. It wasn't some strange spell, but rather a forced seal achieved through certain energy flows within the Sky Fortress itself."

In other words, this floating city, cut off from Ulduar, is Odin's prison.

So, I'm curious, when Odin declared that he was enraged by Hela's betrayal and vowed to destroy the evil underworld of the Grim Reaper, didn't he realize that the way to break free from the seal was actually ridiculously simple?

All he needs to do is destroy Valarjar.

Leiden shook his head and said in a complicated tone:
“Odin is the most powerful among us. Even though he is indeed restricted, sealed, and weakened, I still believe he has the ability to destroy the golden sky fortress from the inside. He doesn’t even need to completely destroy it; just damaging a part of it will make Hela’s ‘eternal seal’ on him ineffective.”

So, the question is, why didn't our Lord of War do that?

This question left Tyr and Thorim looking at each other in bewilderment.

For a moment they were a little confused about what Leiden was trying to say. After a brief moment of thought, Thorim guessed:
"Perhaps it's because Valarjar bears an important mission? Especially after the War King was sealed away and all contact with Ulduar was severed, he, as the commander of the war, must prepare for the worst."

If Ulduar falls, then Valarjar will become the Titans' last war fortress on Azeroth, and the Skyhold contains the Lightningforged Legion's forge and armory, as well as the Eternal Hunting Grounds and gladiatorial arena for the heroes to enjoy.

Tens of thousands of immortal lightning-forged spirits and fewer than their Valkyries reside within; it is a true war fortress.

Once Odin tears it apart from within, while he himself will gain his freedom, it will mean that the Titan Guardians will lose their last stronghold.
Well, at least that's what I think.

"Logically, there's no problem."

Tyr nodded, but then the upright guardian shook his head and said:
"But I don't think that's what Lai meant. What he really wanted to say was that the War King wasn't trapped by Hela, but because of some terrible thing, he chose to 'draw a circle around himself' and..."

"Just like my self-imposed exile when I was depressed."

Leiden smiled and said what Tyr had been unable to say in an attempt to save face for him.

It's clear that after this period of "adjustment," Leiden can now evaluate his escapist behavior over the past tens of thousands of years with a fairly positive attitude.

He gazed at the golden fortress, gradually losing its balance amidst the thunder and ice spells, seemingly about to collapse, and said:

“Odin made the same choice as me. The only difference is that I didn’t try to deceive myself or others with any other reasons, but Odin did.”

In the face of overwhelming fear, he made the choice a warrior of his caliber would make, forging a terrifying legion that obeyed only him through extremely drastic means. But were the Lightningforged spirits truly prepared for the 'Ragnarok,' the very thing the Vrykul spoke of?

Leiden asked another question.

Tyr and Thorim did not answer. After all, Odin was their superior, and it was not appropriate to talk about him behind his back like that. Raiden was of the same rank as Odin, so naturally there were no taboos, but they still had to maintain some decorum.

"Let's go ask him."

Raiden pulled his hood down and strode toward the golden fortress that was rapidly falling before him, and the golden giant writhing in lightning and glaciers as it plummeted from the sky to the earth.

奥丁
He failed.

They were defeated by the two dragons that transformed into the World Mother, who was supporting them from behind.

How pathetic you are, Lord of War! When have you ever been so pathetic?

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"boom"

Odin crashed onto the coast of Stormheim, landing right near a village of murlocs, scaring the lower creatures into scattering in all directions as they howled and jumped into the turbulent sea.

The murlocs of Stormheim are quite different from those in other parts of Azeroth.

They used to be the same, but the "murloc ecology" here was completely changed after the demons of Mount Hyjal invaded the world.

A previous report submitted by the Shadow Hunter to Archbishop Saloras mentioned that the local murlocs underwent a strange mutation after consuming a large number of demon skeletons.

They have become rare "demon hunter fish," giving them properties similar to demon hunters. Moreover, these demon hunter fish are consciously spreading this mutation, which has made the coastal environment of Stormfjord quite "harsh."

This even forces Vrykul fishermen to be more vigilant when they go out, lest they accidentally get hit by the "eye beam attack" of these ferocious demonfish while catching fish. These guys are small in size, but frighteningly agile. If they are surrounded by them and cannot break free, then the demonfish will probably get a delicious "extra meal".

However, no matter how powerful the Demonfish is, it can never be a match for the King of War.

Odin lay sprawled on the shore he had destroyed, ignoring the strange fishmen who were terrified and frantically fleeing with their odd little wings. His body, covered in frost and lightning scars, seemed to have lost all its power, and his single eye reflected a golden fortress that was falling.

Valar is about to fall into the mountains where the "Gate of Glory" is located.

That is the base of the Golden Fortress, a sacred site for the local Vrykul. Although it has not completely lost power, the fact that it could throw out Odin, who was sealed within it, shows that the malevolent seal Hela placed on the Sky Fortress has indeed been completely broken.

This should be a good thing.

Although being defeated by the transformed dragon was humiliating for Odin, on the bright side, the freed Titan Guardian was not seriously injured and could still fight.

However, at this moment, Odin seemed to be truly defeated, merely moving his head as he watched his war fortress fall to the earth of mortals.

The golden Valkyries were still fighting, but they were constantly being struck down by the lightning that filled the sky.

The local Vrykul people had also mobilized, rushing towards the mountains where the war fortress had fallen, led by their elders, to protect their sacred land. Odin closed his eyes wearily.

The sound of heavy footsteps made him turn around in surprise, and there he saw Leiden, Tyr, and Thorim, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, appearing before him along the coast.

The sudden appearance of his kin made Odin instinctively want to jump up, but he only raised his head, then pursed his lips and leaned against the broken rocks on the shore.

He stared at Leiden, at the guy who had the same one eye as him.

The two superior guardians together make up a pair of "healthy" eyes.

"You coward who had your heart ripped out by your servant!"

He spoke.

Clearly, Odin knew what Raden had been doing all these years.

He himself was trapped, but his two mysterious ravens could soar to every corner of the world, even through the fog that obscured the continent.

Leiden didn't intend to refute this; he simply asked directly:
"why?"

How am I supposed to answer a question that has no beginning or end?

The Lord of War said coldly:
"Has your self-imposed exile been so long that you've even lost the ability to speak, Lai?"

“I just feel that we don’t need to reopen each other’s wounds anymore, Odin. You are just as cowardly as I am, we are just cowardly in different ways.”

Leiden replied:
“I won’t react like you, to the point of needing to create a bunch of ‘tin soldiers’ to protect myself. The Titans died, died in the Battle of Nalan, died at the hands of Sargeras who betrayed the Pantheon!”

Their souls were captured in Argus and corrupted into something unimaginable to us; perhaps we will see them soon.

But I know that this truth that shattered me is not enough to shatter you.

Because you are the strongest among us, even if you knew about Titan's death, you would only use all your strength and resources to continue to fulfill your duties and mission, instead of forcing yourself to be a cold-hearted bystander to the world as you are now.

Something tragic must have happened to you that others can't understand.

I guess it has something to do with Hela?

Odin did not want to answer.

He remained silent until the golden fortress completely disappeared into the mountains of the holy land, and as the catastrophic weather of thunder and ice spells quietly dissipated, allowing the less bright sun to shine on the earth once more, a gentle voice rang out in the place where the conversation was taking place.

他 说:

Why not talk about the 'eye' that got you tricked?

The vigilant didn't send an avatar; he merely opened the conversation between the two awkward "brothers" in the sunlight, offering a poignant reminder:

"Without that powerful eye you gave me, Zovar wouldn't have been able to control the entire Maw so easily. After all, it's His prison, and even the mighty One of Death needs a sufficiently resilient medium to convey his commands and command his army."

Tell him.

Tell your brothers just how foolish you were to fall under the sway of death, so much so that you almost instantly broke yourself upon realizing the truth, Odin.

This sound is annoying.

He pointed out the War King's greatest secret, causing Odin to clench his fist and unleash flowing lightning from his fingertips, revealing the intensity of his rage. Unfortunately, the obnoxious fellow, who had no sense of boundaries, didn't even materialize, leaving Odin unable to vent his anger.

Under the silent gaze of the three Titan guardians, each with their own unique fate, Odin finally sighed.

He whispered:

I've been scammed.
The moment I looked directly into the world of the dead, the moment I realized I could bring those extraordinary souls back to the world in another way, the moment I realized I could use this method to create a barrier for the world that needs protection, I was deceived.

The powerful being in the Shadowlands deceived me; He exchanged knowledge with me, granting the Valkyries the power to traverse the worlds of the living and the dead, and in return, I gave up one of my eyes.

That's not the most important thing.

It's just an eye. Even without my foolish sacrifice, those cunning people would have found other victims sooner or later and tricked them into giving up the same thing.

My real failure lies in the fact that the sense of duty in my heart was stirred up in a rather terrible way and put into practice in a destructive manner.

I feel I'm doing the right thing, and for that I can convince myself to be cruel.

But as it turns out, that was merely the 'blessing' that cowards who couldn't control their power deserved when they feigned steadfastness but were actually weak after learning of the Creator's fall.

Odin paused, then turned to look at the darkest part of the coastline in Stormheim.

He gazed at the ruins of the Vrykul village, utterly destroyed and corrupted by the darkness and invisible death of the deep sea, and at the once-prosperous Vrykul harbor.

他 说:

"I destroyed Hela!"

By the time I realized what I had done in the name of 'duty', it was already too late.

I could only convince myself that all of this was to protect this world that had to be protected, until the day Loken and Hela joined forces to seal me in Valarjar, until the day I saw Hela embrace death completely and become the Grim Reaper.

All these ridiculous arguments have failed.

I'm blind, that's my biggest problem.

I failed to see those sinister intentions and happily expressed my cowardice in a way that I thought was reasonable.

I, who was determined to protect the world, created a monster that was destined to sacrifice the world to death.

She doesn't hate the world; she hates her father, and she hates me.

well."

The Lord of War closed his eyes and said:

"We're all cowards! You're right, we're just cowards in different ways."

"Ugh"

Leiden sighed.

He was at a loss for words. Even Odin, the most steadfast of the Titan Guardians, had become like this, which showed that the system had indeed begun to collapse from within long ago.

"Uh, you two."

Tyr looked at the two Guardian leaders before him with a rather helpless expression, and amidst Diakum's strange laughter in the sunlight, he said:

"If you've had enough time for your self-pity, shouldn't we get down to business? The war fortress needs repair, and Ulduar is waiting for our rescue. There's so much to do; we don't have time for you two to wallow in self-pity here."

Or should I give you a couple of punches to wake you up?

(End of this chapter)