ebookland Chapter 464 The Shadow Finally Appears
Chapter 464 The Shadow Finally Appears
Romans was originally a high-ranking, prestigious, and powerful elder in Silvermoon City.
In the current situation, he has merely stepped back from the limelight, serving only as an advisor to the new Silvermoon City Council... In reality, both Aethas and the Sunreaver appear immature and young in his presence. Romanus was unwilling to return to Dalaran, and the Sunreaver returned to Dalaran to inherit the chairmanship of the Kirin Tor once held by the blood elf prince Kael'thas and the Sunstrider.
Romans was more qualified than Aethas to return and succeed as Speaker, but he was unwilling to leave Silvermoon City.
Aethas's return to Dalaran with some of the high elves gives the blood elves more options, preventing them from suffering another catastrophe due to choosing the wrong side. Just like the long-gone faraways, such as Vereesa and Windrunner who led the ancient faraways to completely align with the Alliance, Romans doesn't believe it was a wrong choice.
One fact is that many of today's famous heroes are his juniors...
Romans outwardly scorned Aethas and his Sunreaver Temple, a group of high elf mages who refused to call themselves blood elves. In reality, his favorite disciple, Terra, was also a member of the Sunreaver Temple.
Upon learning that Terra was in danger...
Romans teleported thousands of miles away to rescue them, joining forces with the Silver Covenant human faction, with whom he had a strained relationship, to head to Atonement Isle.
Although Master Yuvel called himself a Grand Mage, he dared not be presumptuous in front of the truly ancient Grand Mage of Dalaran, Romans, and was even pleased with him.
This blood elf archmage, a living fossil, possesses extraordinary strength and rich experience.
Even members of the opposing Silvermoon City Council, any current Speaker of Dalaran, including Lord Rhonin, would respect this blood elf elder... Perhaps only Lord Krasus, the red dragon, could truly suppress Romans...
Romans never claimed to be a member of the Council of Tirisfal... yet he seemed intimately familiar with everything about Lorraine... A major reason Terra sought out Lorraine was to invite him to Silvermoon City to meet his teacher...
Romans seemed to have something to say to Lorraine.
At this moment, with Romans joining the falcon riders, the battle in the sky reversed once again.
The pressure was on Kel'Thuzad, the Scourge's Grand Marshal... Although only three Frostbone Dragons were deployed, the space inside N'Qiraj, this small death fortress, was already at its limit.
Despite the defeat in the sky, the great lich Kel'Thuzad was not in a hurry.
Even if all the Scourge members here were to perish, the High Lich would not be afraid, for it is immortal... as long as the Life Box remains intact, it can be resurrected.
Most members of the Scourge are fearless, only capable of creating fear. Evil is innate to them, and they are like tools. Death is a belated release and happiness for them.
Lorraine peered down and noticed changes on Atonement Island.
The human assault force was as flimsy as paper against the Scourge's elite... without even a powerful figure like Kel'Thuzad intervening. The once dazzling, magnificent, gleaming white-armored human shield-bearing soldiers, along with the advancing dwarven musketeers forming a defensive line...
In just three rounds of frenzied ghouls' fierce attacks, the human and dwarf island defenses were torn apart... In less than three minutes, the more than eighty elite human cavalrymen who had broken into Redemption Island, along with the makeshift defenses formed by dwarf gunners, were easily defeated.
The spies sent by Master Yuvel, who knew the secrets of the former Twilight Church stronghold, had just entered the crypt when they fell silent.
The human race's goals align with those of the undead army.
Miss Terra fought alongside the wounded and human survivors, but the extremely experienced battle mage, upon seeing the floating fortress and the Great Tomb of the Dead reveal their true forms, wisely led her people back to the beach to seize a landing craft and leave Atonement Island.
She originally wanted to find Lorraine's whereabouts, which is why she turned around and attacked.
Sensing the danger, Terra, realizing she possessed a secret treasure, instinctively retreated...
This battlefield, especially the narrow, small island of Atonement, had somewhat undulating terrain, with high on one side and low on the other. However, the situation was constantly changing. As soon as the human assault boats landed, they immediately engaged in battle with the puppet undead left behind by Lorraine.
Terra initially wanted to stop her, but after thinking it over, she immediately calmed down.
She remained cautiously on the sidelines until the battle was over, at which point she revealed herself to be a member of the Kirin Tor of Dalaran, although she was actually a battle mage from the Temple of the Sunreavers.
When they encountered the assault soldiers from Southshore, Miss Terra was smart enough to only say that she was a member of Dalaran. Lieutenant Leylan and the Scarlet Warriors, who were with them, also tacitly agreed this time and only said that they were survivors.
He didn't say much...
Terra, Rayleigh, and the others, each with their own agendas, launched a counterattack against the Southshore assault forces. However, they were surprised to find that a major boss like Kel'Thuzad was leading a force to reinforce them. Terra, sensing the danger, turned and fled...
She had barely reached the shore when she saw Lieutenant Rayleigh, his protégé Britney, Blankard, the Crimson Warrior Hernold, and the Pure One Jordan running towards her desperately...
The original sailors and first mate were nowhere to be seen; following them were all former members of the South China Sea Commando Team who had been turned into zombies...
"what's the situation?"
"Let's go... hurry up and get on the boat."
......
Where are your companions?
"Get off this island now. Immediately, right now. Get out... Those things are beyond our capabilities. They're liches! Archliches... and death knights, and crypt demons..."
Jordan was panting heavily...
These people are incredibly lucky to be alive.
In reality, their comrades and fellow soldiers died one after another... They were only able to muster the courage to continue fighting because they saw reinforcements.
But even with firearms, cannons, and metal shields, this supposedly well-coordinated and invincible human and dwarven assault team was ultimately defeated by the overwhelming, surging, and incredibly powerful and coordinated elite forces of the Cataclysm.
It was already heroic of them to barely withstand the first and second waves of attack; with the addition of necromancers and cave demons, the human defenses were utterly crumbling...
The main problem was the narrow space and terrain of Atonement Island, which were also unfavorable for defense. The assault team had originally intended to stabilize the formation for the reinforcements behind them, then continue to send reinforcements and search for what Master Yuvel desired; now, that was a pipe dream...
A hundred or so people are simply not enough to kill Old Mograine, the leader of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a single Death Knight... His Ashbringer was once incredibly effective at killing the undead, and now he can easily cut through human soldiers of flesh and blood with the same ease.
One person broke through the formation, followed by the familiar sight of ghouls pouncing on living people...
There's nothing we can do; their weapons are enchanted with shockwaves, the power of dark gems, and the power of Fallen Slaughter, making them even more potent!
......
"Wait, look what's that?"
......
Terra was about to be the first to help the injured Alice and the dragon-eagle behemoth Ball get to the small boat when she turned around and heard the Spellbreaker exclaim in surprise, pointing to the highest point of Redemption Island, where the dungeon entrance had once been.
Everyone felt a black phantom that enveloped the entire island. Its size was comparable to most of the island, and it was even the same size as the Great Tomb of Death in the sky.
A gigantic black phantom, stretching out its deformed, tiny Tyrannosaurus Rex-like hands, groaned: "What a beautiful wailing of souls... Undead? Just our worst food... Let me begin my feast!"