Menethil's Power

Chapter 256 The Cage
"Hurry up, we must leave Silvermoon City as soon as possible!" Alleria shouted to the fleeing team.

Salorian is also gone, and she can only lead these people to live by making herself stronger.

The Shepherd's Gate was very close, only two streets away.This means that the goal of leaving the city can be achieved soon. As for what to do after escaping from Silvermoon City, Alleria currently only has some vague ideas.

First of all, we must find a place to settle these civilians. It is impossible for them to go far in the wild. At the same time, we must pass the news to Sylvanas and Halduron, let them bring troops back, and ask other races if necessary Aid—Although the relationship between Quel'Thalas and almost all the forces in the Eastern Kingdoms is relatively stiff, at least Lordaeron will send troops for Windrunner's sake.

By the way, there is also His Royal Highness.Alleria was suddenly thankful that the Sunstrider royal family had sent Kael'thas to Dalaran, so that even if the royal court fell, the Quedorei would not be without a leader.

There was a faint smell of sulfur, and Alleria suddenly became alert. It was the breath of a demon. At the same time, she felt the ground tremble faintly. The ranger immediately activated Eagle Eye, and saw A dark tide.

A black tide composed of countless demons.

No one can stop the Burning Legion's footsteps anymore, and the large number of living breaths in the fleeing team are like beacons to the demons. The demon guards, angry guards, hellhounds, and destroyers form a tide of destruction, heading towards the only remaining elves. They are approaching.

The tide of demons spreading outward from the center, this scene is so similar to Azshara in 1 years, history is always repeating.

No one would be foolish enough to believe Aurelia's "magic accident". They really felt the threat of death, and the originally neat formation fell into disarray in an instant, and the people at the end of the line rushed forward in panic. , the people at the front are desperately trying to squeeze into the Shepherd's Gate - the gate of Silvermoon City was not considered to allow so many people to pass through it at one time when it was built, so it is really not spacious.

Disasters will tear away all human camouflage and expose their true colors. Several elf nobles who have been enjoying the protection of Alleria with the large army immediately asked their servants to drive the carriages and forcibly opened a road, which also caused More chaos, more sadness.

"Rillas, Liadrin, go to the front to maintain order!" Alleria ordered, and when she saw that Lilas was still hesitant, she had to increase the volume, "Go!"

Seeing the figures of the two merge into the crowd, Alleria's mood suddenly relaxed. She turned around to face the tide of demons, and raised Sasdora. At this moment, her heart was at peace. Lorien chose to sacrifice, and now it's her turn.

That's right, sacrificing for the sake of defending your compatriots should be regarded as a worthy death, she thought.

However, not everyone is scrambling to go to the shepherd's gate, at least Umbric and his men did not take any action, "It's really noble, ready to sacrifice yourself, isn't it?" The dark blue-skinned elf magister smiled .

Alleria looked at him coldly, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that you alone can't stop those demons for too long, and you understand this by yourself. But I have a way to delay them, at least to ensure that everyone has time to escape from the silver Yuecheng, it's just that this method is a little, uh, disgusting." Umbrick struggled with his words.

"In this situation, do we have any choice? Besides, we can't use any means to deal with these ugly monsters." A murderous look flashed across Aurelia's face.

"Since you have no objection, then I will do it." Ubrick took out a purple-black crystal and a transparent bottle from his arms, and the bottle contained a purple-black monster like a small octopus.Umbric carefully opened the bottle stopper, poured the monster in the bottle on the face of an elf corpse, the octopus monster sucked on it like a sucker, stretched its tentacles into the corpse's seven orifices, and then the corpse suddenly moved For a moment, he staggered to his feet.

Alleria suddenly understood why Ulbrick called this method "disgusting".

The corpse stumbled towards the direction of the demon tide, but he did not resurrect. It was the octopus monster that controlled the corpse, and the crystal in Ubrick's hand controlled the octopus monster.The corpse soon arrived very close to the demon tide, and there were also many elf corpses around him.

Umbric stopped manipulating, and he threw out the crystal in his hand with a cautious posture. The crystal hit the octopus monster precisely, and then became like a liquid, merging with it.After that, Alleria saw a terrifying scene that she had never seen before, which refreshed her understanding of the word "disgusting".

The octopus monster seemed to be unblocked. After fusing the crystal, its body suddenly became the size of a washbasin, and then assimilated the corpse under it at an extremely fast speed, and then stretched out at a lightning speed. Several slender tentacles pulled the surrounding corpses to him, and a giant black mouth suddenly opened on the small body to swallow them all.And after completely "eating", its body swelled to the size of a demon guard. It was no longer like an octopus at this time, because the mouth was surprisingly large compared to the whole body, and the tentacles seemed a bit small in comparison. It is ridiculously short, and its giant mouth is densely packed with sharp serrations, indicating that it has a very good appetite.

The tide of demons has finally reached the location of the monsters.The demon guards in the lead slash without saying a word, and the legion never asks who the enemy is, they only destroy everything that stands in the way.But the giant mouth monster obviously possessed extremely high physical resistance, the sharp blade just slashed across its body, and it stretched out its tentacles to roll up the demon guard and pull it towards its huge black mouth.

It actually started to devour the demon.

In the next scene, just like a school of sardines hitting a giant whale, the demon charged fearlessly, the giant mouth monster ate tirelessly, many tentacles were cut off, but more tentacles grew out, and soon the monster's The body shape has reached an astonishing level.

"Let's go, this guy is invincible if there are only low-level demons." Umbric said.

"What kind of monster is this?" Alleria asked in shock, she couldn't imagine that Umbric was actually researching such a terrifying existence on the Windrunner's territory.

"A void monster, I call it 'Boundless Thirst.'" Umbric replied.

They caught up with the fleeing team, but found that the Shepherd's Gate was still crowded, and it seemed that not many people had left Silvermoon City at all, and Alleria instinctively felt something was wrong.As a senior ranger, she has a more convenient path, and she jumped over the city wall with a light jump, and then she saw everyone.

In the open space outside the Shepherd's Gate, there stood a large group of petrified elves. Among them were the commoners who rushed out of the Shepherd's Gate first, the nobles who drove and crushed their compatriots, and Lilas and Liadrin. , their faces were all absurd or unbelievable expressions, and a strong breath of despair spread among them.

Umbric appeared next to Aurelia. He traveled through the Shadow Plane. The blue-black elf, who had always been calm, couldn't help but gasped, "Surprise!" He sighed in a low voice.

Alleria was already numb. She suddenly understood why the Legion invaded so recklessly, and also why Rillas felt that the demons didn't care about their escape. At this moment, everything came to light. In front of the person is a light golden energy barrier.

Sunwell Barrier.

After the Burning Legion captured the Sunwell, they opened the barrier as soon as possible, which is enough to prove that there is a traitor among the magisters, and his betrayal is extremely fatal.This invincible barrier guards the glory of the high elves. After going through troll wars and orc wars, it never fell even under the attack of giant dragons. It was once the pride of all elves.

But now, this solid barrier blocked everyone's way of life.

Alleria suddenly wanted to laugh, which is really ironic. Was it true that Quaidore was trapped to death by his own pride?This impenetrable barrier, the barrier that represented the glory of Quel'Thalas, the barrier that had protected the high elves for nearly ten thousand years, turned out to be a deadly cage at this time.

All the previous sacrifices, all the parting, all the pain, all the intrigues are meaningless, because none of the people here can escape.

Is there anything more hopeless than this?

Alleria felt a little suffocated. It was theoretically possible to penetrate the barrier with personal strength. Maybe Salorian could do it, but she couldn't, and no one here could do it. The reality is so cruel.

The ending is already doomed, everyone is a fish in a urn, and death is only a matter of time.

Alleria suddenly put her hand on her neck, where there was a string of necklaces.Like Thasdora, the Necklace of the Windrunner is a treasure passed down from generation to generation by the Windrunner family. As a symbol of the Ranger General, one of the main functions of the Necklace of the Windrunner is to open a short gap in the Sunwell barrier. It should have It is the key to survival for everyone here.

Unfortunately, after the Second War, Alleria divided the Windrunner Necklace into three parts, and gave two of them to Sylvanas and Vereesa respectively, leaving only one third The effectiveness of the necklace is naturally greatly reduced, it can only allow the wearer to pass through the barrier alone.

Alleria will never give up everyone and escape alone, her personality will never allow her to do so, but someone must take out this third of the Windrunner necklace, not only to tell the news of the Legion's invasion This world is also the key to counterattack Silvermoon City.

She looked around, and finally her eyes fell on Lilas. If there was any selfishness in Aurelia, it was only on her only younger brother. She jumped off the city wall and came to Lilas' side.

Before Rillas could react, his body was picked up by Alleria, and at the same time, a warm metal pendant suddenly appeared on his neck, "Take this and go to Sylvanas." Alleria Said hurriedly in Lilas' ear.

Rillas only had time to nod before his body was thrown out by Alleria. A strange wave spread throughout his body, causing him to pass through the barrier like nothingness and fall outside.

Rillas' escape immediately attracted everyone's attention, countless pairs of fiery eyes looked at Alleria, and the elf spread her hands flatly, "There is only one chance, now I am a prisoner just like you .”

The atmosphere returned to despair again.

"I know what you are thinking. Yes, we have nowhere to go. Most of you will die, but some of you will survive." Aurelia continued to state the cruel facts with a calm tone. People were chilling, "I need such a person, if you don't want to be slaughtered, then come with me."

"What are you going to do?" Someone asked in a crying voice.

"Live," Alleria said word by word, "and, revenge."

She turned to Umbric, "Is there any way you can control that 'endless desire' again?"

"It should have grown to a very scary level by now. To control it again requires a strong will, otherwise it will be swallowed by it. I have never tried it before." Uubrick said with a frown.

"Then I'll do it." Alleria's tone remained calm, as if what needed to be tamed was just a docile kitten.

I need power, any power, any price I will pay for it...

This is her heart at this time.

……

Lilas fell heavily to the ground, the tip of his nose was filled with the familiar fresh breath of Eversong Forest, tears could not stop falling from his face, he hated himself, he was a deserter, a deserter from Quel'Danas Island, Deserters from Silvermoon City.Alleria left him the only chance of survival, and she herself...

However, self-pity is useless. Lilas clearly knew his mission. He not only needed to go to Sylvanas, but also told the whole world:
The Burning Legion is back.

Rillas managed to stand up, and staggered towards Eversong Forest. He didn't dare to turn his head, and didn't dare to think about what fate Aurelia would face. Only a firm belief supported him, "When I come back, elder sister."

(End of this chapter)