Light's Dawn of Azeroth

Chapter 591, Section 52: The Fire Element Has Invaded! For the sake of the Dark Empire, let's lend a hand to our brother!

Lysages's campaign to recruit storm dragons in the Broken Isles had barely begun when he was rushed to the Skywall to prepare for battle.

But this is not to blame her for being slow. After all, it hasn't even been three days since the Sky Fortress crashed down from the sky. Even for a dragon with a special identity and the title of "World Guardian," it would be good enough if she could gather her initial hunting group in three days.

After all, the Thunder-Eating Dragon isn't the main character, so it can't command a huge following.

On the other hand, the Storm Dragons followed Odin after being sealed in the Skyhold. The tradition of "loyalty" that they had cultivated over tens of thousands of years has permeated several generations of Storm Dragons. This is not an inertia that can be reversed in a short time.

The good news, however, is that Lysages has had a perfect start in rebuilding his hunting party.

Nithogg, the "walking lightning scourge," was originally the biggest traitor in Stormheim, and could be considered a "world boss." Whenever he dared to appear, a large number of fanatical Vrykul would immediately spawn to hunt him down.

But now, after being recruited by Lysages and being severely punished by the Iceheart Dragon Velanos for his rudeness, he finally bowed his head in submission and transformed into the vanguard of Mother World.

It was appointed by Lysajers as his own "Storm Wing Commander".

This is how the proto-dragons refer to their capable and powerful lieutenants. What's most interesting is that Nisogg is also a "womanizer" dragon who likes to have a harem, and he has several storm dragons as his mates because of his large size.

It has a bad reputation in Stormfjord. It usually hides and doesn't have much to do except mate, which has resulted in it having a sizable hunting pack.

Leisages recruited it, and naturally took over its hunting pack as well. Now, including the hatchlings, the Thunder Dragon has about twenty "experts" under its command.

Of course, the only two truly powerful demigods are her and Nizogg.

Relying on just two demigod dragons to challenge the entire Sky Wall, they probably wouldn't even be able to get past the "gatekeeper" of the Throne of the Wind God, the Cloud Peak, and would be slapped on the spot by the Sky Wall Grand Chancellor appointed by Al'Akir.

Fortunately, Lessajes doesn't need to start from scratch this time.

Not only does she have her sister, the Iceheart Dragon Velanoz, to help her, but even her brother, the newly appointed "Fire Demon Dragon" Philek, urgently needs an external war to stabilize his rule and better deter those restless guys in the Firelands.

Thus, many years after the ancient elemental wars had long since ended, another invasion between elements was put on the agenda.

These were all pre-arranged plans, so the two sides coordinated their actions extremely quickly. Al'Akir had just "slapped the Vigilant in the face (physically)," and within four hours, the army from the Firelands had already been fully integrated.

Velanoz is the commander of the dragons, a job that should normally be done by the Stonescale Dragons, but Ilydikon has been quite "isolated" lately.

The Iceheart Dragon couldn't contact it and had no idea what that guy was up to, but it had no choice but to take matters into its own hands.

Fortunately, the Iceheart Dragon was also a veteran of many battles. In the later stages of the War of the Scaled Ones, after Lysages and Philec were captured and sealed by the Guardian Dragons, and Ilydikon was hiding underground plotting, she had to shoulder all the responsibilities of commanding the front-line battlefield. During that time, she did indeed hone Velanoz's leadership skills.

“Philake and its fire army are ready to go. We need to open the portal between the elemental territories for them at the top of the swirling clouds. The subsequent battle will be carried out by it and the exploding fire elementals.”

At this moment, Wilanos, with the air of a general, spoke in a low voice to the eager Lysages:

“We learned about the power structure of the Skywall from Thunderaan the Windseeker. To ensure you can take over more smoothly, this time we need to eliminate all the high-ranking elemental lords, including Al'Akir, all at once.”

But you don't need to worry about these things.

Once the Cloud Peak is breached and Philek and the army from the Land of Fire enter the Sky Wall, you don't need to worry about the Council of Four Winds or the Air King; Philek and I will handle those matters.

You have only one goal: Al-Akir!

You are the 'Wind God' chosen by Mother World, so this battle can only be fought by you alone. Philek and I will make sure you are not disturbed. If you die, we will avenge you, on the spot!

We will never postpone it until later.

Willanos reached out and patted Lessages on the shoulder, saying:

"But you'd better not die, you know?"

"Ah."

Lysajers nodded and said:
"I think you should think about how to celebrate the birth of the new Wind God. Also, I heard from Sunderland that there are unique 'Gem Dragons' in Skywall and Deeprock, which are elemental dragons created by Al'Akir and the Stone Mother in imitation of the guardian dragons of the material world."

Considering your desire to protect all the wyverns, when you conquer the Sky Wall for Mother World this time, how about you also scavenge some elemental dragons along the way?

“I already inquired about it. The four wind dragons of the Sky Wall serve four wind lords respectively.”

Wilanos smiled and said:

"I've also heard that the Panda people call these legendary elemental dragons 'Mahjong Dragons,' supposedly because these dragons are very similar to the 'East, South, West, North Winds' in their card game."

I'll take care of those things.

Let's go.

Al'Akir has already discovered our situation. That bastard rides the winds of the mortal realm; his intelligence-gathering ability is simply outrageous.

We can't delay any longer.

"Alright, let's set off then! In the name of victory."

Lysages leaped forward, transforming into an exaggerated form as a Thunderstrike Dragon and flying towards the Cloud Peak above the clouds. The Iceheart Dragon followed behind her. At that moment, the weather in the entire Uldum Desert changed dramatically. The Tol'vir cats could see the terrifying black clouds swirling and "absorbing" lightning, turning the entire sky into an unprecedented storm.

The chilling aura stirred up by the flapping of the Iceheart Dragon's wings transformed into a sharp white arrow piercing through the dark clouds, like a paintbrush leaving a cold mark on the sky.

Despite Ysera's repeated invitations, Velanoz has no intention of using the privileges granted by Mother World to change his appearance.

On the one hand, she is a nostalgic person.

She wanted to leave behind this exaggerated and intimidating body to commemorate her difficult choice in the War of the Scaled Ones.

On the other hand, although Saint Diakum, who reshaped his own flesh and blood, was a morally strong and reassuring figure, Velanos really disliked having his body touched by males.

This virtuous dragon maintained this practice after her mate died in the catastrophe caused by Galakrond.

If Alexstrasza were to reshape her flesh and blood, that would be barely acceptable, but unfortunately, the Red Dragon Queen wouldn't go and learn the Void Path, and even if she were willing, Velanoz wouldn't agree.

Both of them were powerful dragon kings, flying at an astonishing speed, like a bolt of lightning and an ice spell streaking across the sky. They quickly pierced through the thick and disordered clouds and soared into the sky above the swirling clouds.

The wind elements have altered the characteristics of the clouds here, making the originally drifting and soft clouds more solid, even allowing entities to stop and walk on them.

Just like "building materials" unique to the wind element, the outer structure of the Cloud Peak is composed of different drifting winds set between different cloud layers by the wind element, which can be used to ride the wind and look quite elegant.

The structure of the Cloud Peak is also very ingenious. The white domed buildings are like temples located in different layers of clouds. The complex is extremely elegant, inlaid with gold and copper, and adorned with various jewels from the material world.

Behind the towering platforms still standing in the clouds, one can clearly see an army of wind elements constantly pouring out from the Sky Wall.

Clearly, Olakil did not close his eyes and wait for death.

Faced with the impending invasion of the Fire Source Realm, it has begun mobilizing its army.

The summit of the swirling clouds is the node connecting the Sky Wall and the material world. It is the gate to the realm of the wind element. As long as this place is guarded, no matter how many fire elementals come, they will not be able to break into the territory of the wind element.

Unfortunately, they were still a bit slow, which may be related to the fact that elemental creatures are not sensitive to "time".

They may think they are already very fast, but four hours is enough for mortals to complete communication and planning between their respective factions.

"rush!"

With a roar, Vilanoz charged forward and unleashed a wave of "Ice Age" attacks.

A terrifying chill swept through the air with each breath, freezing the entrance to the Cloud Peak and all the wind elements within it.

Lysages followed closely behind, summoning her storms and lightning to sweep across the magnificent palace, severing all the air bridges connecting the platforms.

Well, not all wind elements can fly freely, especially those "combat elements" that are clad in lightning armor and are sculpted into enormous shapes specifically for fighting enemies on the ground with other elements; they can only fly at low altitudes at most.

Without these interconnected air bridges, they wouldn't even be able to move freely inside the palace atop the swirling clouds.

Lysages swung his serpentine body left and right, tearing apart or whipping away any wind elementals that came near him.

Its wing commander, Nisogg, was extremely excited about fighting such a large-scale war for the first time. This "moving lightning calamity" had been promised that once Lord Lysages seized control of the Sky Wall, it would become the first "incarnation dragon" to be created in this world. After all, it was a high-ranking attendant of Mother World.

Serving the Supreme Star Soul directly and taking on the World Mother's orders to manage the wind element for the entire world—isn't that much better than the stingy Odin?

With fame and status, one can also greatly enhance their strength. Who knows, they might even be written into poems by those boastful Vrykul and passed down to future generations.

Nisogg, along with his wife and children, arrogantly stormed into the palace of the wind elementals. He was immediately confronted by a giant north wind dragon, its entire body wreathed in lightning, taking flight. This creature was riding the air currents, clearly heading to repair the air bridges destroyed by Lord Lysages.

How can we make it work as it wishes?

Nisogg roared like a lackey and charged forward to fight the North Wind Dragon. This guy was clearly the leader of the elemental dragons of the Skywall, and his strength was quite formidable. In the raging winds it summoned, Nisogg couldn't even keep his footing.

Fortunately, there are many people on this side.

His wife, children, and the whole family joined forces to defeat the North Wind Dragon in one fell swoop, breaking its defenses. The North Wind Dragon wanted to summon its own pack, but the elemental dragons that flew out from the Sky Wall all had to get past Velanoz first.

The Iceheart Dragon used the power of glaciers to create a giant wall, blocking half of the entrance to the Sky Wall. The remaining dragons could only rush out from the direction "specified" by Velanos, and were then beaten down by the terrifying avatar dragon.

Willanos did indeed show mercy.

Given the strength of these elemental dragons, it could easily devour them one by one.

"Get out of here, fall from the sky, you fool who dares to obstruct the will of the world!"

Nisogg used its sharp claws to drag the wounded North Wind Dragon up, scolding it as it scorched the fierce dragon with its lightning, before hurling it from the top of the swirling clouds into the material world.

"If you survive"

Nisogg, mimicking the methods Velanoz had used against him, roared at the falling North Wind Dragon:

"If you survive this fall, I will ask Lord Lysages to grant you the same 'promotion' honor as I have. According to the rules of their time, every dragon incarnate must have two wingmasters, symbolizing wings that never fall."

I see you have good skills, so I'll give you this opportunity!
You have to survive.

The vicious Storm Dragon sneered and waved its claws at the North Wind Dragon, but the next second, a bolt of lightning struck Nisogg on the head, causing it to look up and hear Lessages roar:

"What are you doing there? Get over here! Block out those wind elementals that are rushing in. I'm going to take care of the lord that Al'Akir sent here."

Send your wife and children out to place fire elemental runes throughout the Vortex Peak. Once the Vortex Peak falls into our hands, immediately summon Philek's fire army.

"Roger that!"

Nisogg dared not delay.

After joining Lysajers' ranks, it specifically sought out Lady Velanoz to inquire about its "new boss." Upon hearing about the outrageous massacres Lysajers had committed, even though Nisogg was very bold and dared to defy Odin, it was indeed frightened.

It thanked the Vigilant Saint for casting a "mind spell" on Lysages, sparing it from facing the Thunder-Eating Dragon in its berserk form.

But it really didn't want to provoke her and turn Lysages back into the crazy guy he used to be.

A dozen minutes later, as the "Caliph of the West Wind," Asad, who guarded the summit of Whirlwind, had his Wind and Thunder Heart shattered by the Thunder-Eating Dragon, the entire summit of Whirlwind fell into the hands of Lysajes.

Almost the instant the palace was captured, and once the wind elemental protection failed, the fire runes scattered everywhere began to stir.

Accompanied by Philek's wild roar, one fiery gate after another appeared outside the wind elemental gate.

Felak, wielding two burning battle axes, emerged from the Flame Gate in his Disguise form, swaying his tail. The battle axes in his hands were encased in lava and contained the skull of a majestic Great Fire Demon. As he swung them, one could even hear the cries and roars of those who dared to challenge him so arrogantly.

This thing doesn't look like a proper weapon at all, but Philek likes it a lot.

It felt that this thing could frighten the enemy, and the cries of the defeated made it even happier.

The "Flame Dragon," riding the Fire Source Realm, scrutinized the Wind Element's territory and its extravagant buildings with a critical eye, then compared them to its own Fire Source Realm.

A moment later, it gave a rather sour comment:

"It's all show and no substance. It would be best to take it apart! Yes! It would look beautiful if it were on fire!"

The Flame Dragon laughed heartily.

Behind it, tens of thousands of fire elementals escorted the Great Fire Demon, the Molten Giant, the Flame Spider, and a large number of Fire Demon Warriors out of the Gate of Flames.

Their flickering flames ignited and set ablaze the top of the swirling clouds almost instantly.

This is no longer our era.

Philek remarked:

"But war, haha, war still tastes the same! I love the winds of war, gentlemen, I love war! Let us conquer this place!"

In the name of mothers worldwide!

Those who disobey shall die!

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"The summit of the swirling clouds has been overrun by fire elementals, a monster calling itself the 'Flame Demon Dragon' has stormed into the Sky Wall, and the equally powerful Ice Heart Dragon is also ravaging my land, while that arrogant challenger is heading straight for my throne!"

I sensed the presence of my weak and rebellious son; I stripped her of her power, but she gained new power.
I need help!
Neptulon, lead your Hydraxian water elementals to my aid.

Al'Akir's thunderous voice echoed before Neptulon the Tidehunter's eyes, filled with anxiety and anger.

It roared:

"You must fulfill the oath you swore when you tried to win me over. I demand, no, I command you all to fulfill this oath!"

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense, Al'Akir. I know you're in a hurry, but you can't slander others out of thin air. What do you mean by 'I'm trying to win you over'? Even the sea goblins in the Endless Sea know that I, the Tidehunter, am most loyal to Mother World. How could I possibly collude with fools who oppose her?"

The Tide Hunter responded in a gentle tone:

"You must have been deceived by others. I was not involved in any of the Thousand-Bearded Demon's conspiracies at all. But look at you, colluding with Void creatures. That is a serious crime."

I advise you to surrender, reform yourself honestly, and strive to become an elemental lord useful to Azeroth in the future.

Um, please don't contact me again. I'm afraid Mother World will misunderstand Her most loyal child.

Good luck."

"boom"

The ongoing ritual was shattered by the Tidehunter's own hands, and only Al'Akir's roar echoed here.

After doing all this, Neptulon let out a long sigh of relief, then smiled as he looked at Lady Aegwynn, who was holding Sargeras' Scepter.

It whispered:

Where were we?
Oh, right, so you're sending envoys to pay homage to Mother World, right? How can that be? How can I show my respect and love for Mother World if I don't go there in person for such an important matter?
Please wait a moment.

I'll pack my things and head to Silithus with you immediately. It's not a suitable place for water elementals, but I love Mother Earth and am willing to endure suffering for her sake."

"You really weren't involved in any of the Thousand-Bearded Demon's plans?"

Aegwynn asked a question.

The tide hunter's smile remained unchanged, and it said:

"I can do without it, as long as you stop talking about this terrible topic. I am a loyal subject of the world! I cannot bear to hear such blasphemous words."

(End of this chapter)