16. Exposure --- for FreeNight Brothers [8/20]
Ronin and Gianna don't know what's going on in the outside world.
They didn't know one thing, including the little star of the Blue Dragon Princess who was guarding the Demon Tower... The reason why the Arcane Elemental Lord Elunis, who was sealed in the Blue Dragon Treasury, became so active at this moment was not because of its own will, but because a group of guys who were good at using energy had opened the seal of the Staff of the Protector itself from a long distance.
However, the Ethereals, who had been planning for months, were killed by the Darkblade Legion on the side before stealing the legendary staff, so the free arcane element Elunis is now a problem for the mages and the blue dragons.
Seriously, it's a real big hassle!
The arcane element is actually not a pure elemental creature, because among the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth, there is no one who is biased towards the arcane... This thing is more like a strange creature created after the strange fusion of arcane and elemental, one of the six basic powers of the stars, they will only exist in a special arcane elemental plane, enter the present world without being summoned, and unless there is a large supply of mana, they will quickly decompose and die.
The most troublesome thing about the arcane element is that it has both the mystery and penetrating effects of the arcane, and the strong vitality of elemental creatures and the magic reserves far beyond other creatures, so unless they are very confident in their skills, mages generally do not take the risk of summoning arcane elements, in contrast, the water elemental that is willing to accept the mage's summoning and has a more docile personality is more suitable to be the mage's assistant.
Especially for mages who are proficient in ice magic, it has almost become a tradition to summon a hand of water elementals to help in a fight.
Just like now, the staff of ice in Gianna's hand flung downward, and all four heads shone with waves, and the water elemental with huge size and elemental shackles roared and set off huge waves, and under Gianna's order, rushed towards the larger and more arrogant arcane elemental lord in front of him.
And for Gianna, the daughter of the sea, summoning 4 water elemental thugs is absolutely easy, and when necessary, she can even use her extraordinary talent for ice magic to set off huge waves on the sea, or simply freeze a sea area... It is privately rumored that this is because the Sea Demon King Dai Lin rules the sea, so his daughter Gianna can manipulate the power of the sea, but this supernatural theory has little market among the evidence-conscious mage community.
But in the face of the water elemental called by Gianna, the besieged arcane elemental lord Elunis doesn't care, on the contrary, it even wants to laugh a little...
It really laughs!
"Ah, young child, you have a potential that rivals Azhara, and you only use it to summon these weak little ones?"
This element can actually speak a lingua franca, and it can be seen that its intelligence is more terrifying than the archmages imagined, of course, it may also be the "heartfelt teaching" of Ms. Egwene, for a while, this guy and Egwene have a very good relationship.
And just as it let out a low laugh, this arcane elf with a height of more than 6 meters, its whole body wrapped with unimaginable arcane power, no face, only a vague body waved its left claw, and more than a dozen impactful arcane impacts smashed on the body of the flying blue dragon princess Little Star, smashing the little star out in embarrassment.
Then it turned, its right claw spread, and a blade of energy that spewed arcane fire slashed backwards, sending all four of Gianna's water elementals back to the water elemental realm with a single slash.
Between the crashing waves, the water stains that flowed on the ground seemed to mock the incompetence of the human archmages.
"Compared to Metri and my dear Magna, you are proud of your skill... It's not worth mentioning! β
The next moment, the energy sword in Elunis's hand shattered, and the endless chaotic arcane magic turned into arcane stars flying in the sky, and then scattered towards Gianna and Luo Ning who were preparing spells in the form of meteor falling.
Just this casual blow has the power of strategic magic comparable to that of a human mage, and I don't know how Egwene caught this crazy arcane element back then, and what makes people can't help but wonder how powerful Egwene, who can tame Elunis, was in his heyday?
"But you betrayed her!"
Gianna raised her staff in her left hand, and the cold frost wrapped around her perfect body like a storm, and between the frost dances, a huge cold wind barrier was held in Gianna's hand, and between the ice cubes and the frost surge in the air, blocking all the scattered arcane stars, the Daughter of the Sea taunted in a deep voice:
"You call Ms. Egwene 'my dear'? Where were you when she needed help? Where were you when Lady Egwene died alone? β
"What do you say!!"
Gianna's words seemed to infuriate the noisy arcane elemental, and it let out a sharp hiss that shook everyone's ears and bleed, and it became angry.
"Magna is dead? How could a creature as powerful as her die! You're lying to me! Stupid little mage! You're lying to me! β
This taunt is extremely accurate, and the effect is full, the hatred of the arcane element was immediately held by Gianna, while Elunis frantically set off the arcane barrage and attacked Gianna who supported the enchantment, Ronin, who was ready for magic, disappeared in place between a burst of light curtains, and when he reappeared, he was already standing behind Elunis's home field...
And in the treasure chest not far from him, a purple staff surrounded by purple crystals and arcane rings was lying quietly.
Elunis. The Staff of the Dharma Protector, or the Staff of the Supreme.
That was the key to this battle, Ronin and Gianna knew from the beginning that it was impossible to defeat the free Elunis head-on, unless Dalaran's 4 archmages and 2 archcistas went out together and were fully prepared, for only two people, and a little star who couldn't help much, the best way to fight was to reactivate the seal that Egwene had left on the staff.
"Grab" Elunis back into the Staff of the Supreme.
But it sounds like a simple job, but it's not simple at all...
Luo Ning stretched out his hand to touch the purple staff of the protector, between the collision of his fingers and the thick arcane power wrapped around the staff, the sparks of magic burst out and made Luo Ning feel a tingling pain, obviously, the arcane elemental lord shrouded his power in the staff, and it was very difficult to break it.
Fortunately, as Gianna said, Ronin is not a mage with mediocre talent.
Luo Ning has never stopped taking dragon blood essence in the past few years, and the dragon blood in his body has been extremely rich, although Azeroth does not have the word "dragonborn", but Luo Ning's special situation means that he can already use some abilities that ordinary people can't imagine.
"Wow"
The fire of life burned on Luo Ning's arm, and between the orange flames, Luo Ning's left hand was quickly covered with scales like dragon scales, and the entire left arm turned into a claw similar to a dragon's claw, this "dragonization" posture could not last long, but it was enough for Luo Ning to do what he had to do.
"Bang"
With a low, muffled sound, the moment Ronin's left hand, covered with dragon scales, was scarred by the arcane, he finally clasped the staff of the protector in the treasure chest.
And at the moment when the purple staff was picked up, the arcane elemental lord who was frantically storming Gianna's shield was awakened, and Elunis turned his head to see Ronin who was preparing to cast a spell, and it screamed:
"Put it down! Little Mage! You're not qualified to touch it! β
"Wow"
Elunis's roar opened the portals of the four arcane elemental planes in the space on Ronin's side, and under the command of the arcane elemental lord, four huge arcane elements roared towards Ronin, the arcane elements in their bodies were extremely unstable, like four moving bombs, in the next moment, they would...
"Boom"
With the terrifying explosion that shook the entire demon hub, between the energy explosions that shredded the space, the 37-fold guard circle of the blue dragon treasury was overloaded in an instant, and the crystal bridge connecting the treasure house body was also blown up at this moment, and Gianna's shield was shattered, and the pale-faced archmage used a standard flashing technique to avoid the ravages of arcane energy, and the little star that flew in the sky and kept spewing out ice breath was unbalanced by this vibration, howling, and falling into the space below the treasure house.
And in the center of the explosion of the four-headed arcane element, the incomparably strong arcane ice made by the King of Magic himself has already shown traces of explosion like a crater, and the scattered broken ice looks shocking.
And in the center of the crater, Luo Ning maintained the posture of holding the staff of the protector in his hand, and the incomparably solid cold ice enveloped his body, and Luo Ning, who was frozen in the ice, looked at the dense cracks on the ice of the protective body that was theoretically difficult to destroy, like a spider's web, and the archmage breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Ah, I escaped another fatal disaster today.
Just a little bit... He's going to see his brother-in-law, who doesn't have a good temper...
Wait, when you think about it, it seems that you don't need to be scared at all! Anyway, when he met Tyrion, it was his own family, and even for Wen Lesa's sake, he would send his soul back...
Luo Ning's mind suddenly had a very deadly thought, but as the archmage's reason, he quickly suppressed this idea, the resurrection technique is not omnipotent, especially the resurrection technique performed by Tyrion himself, what if the body is missing two parts after being resurrected? Or two more?
With Tyrion's personality, this kind of thing is very likely to happen! So it's better not to try it.
"Huh"
At the moment when the ice protector was lifted, the spell that Ronin had prepared was slapped on the top of the staff of the protector in a glittering light, and when Elunis saw this, it howled and rushed towards Ronin with a flash, it didn't want to be sealed into the staff again.
However, Gianna also used the flashing technique at this moment, at the moment when Elunis appeared in front of Luo Ning's eyes, the dragon mage's deep breath was just completed, and above Luo Ning's head, a virtual red dragon head roared and sprayed the scorching dragon breath towards the arcane element in front of him, and Gianna, who flashed to Luo Ning's side, also waved her staff, and a cloud of ice magic balls that flew wildly whistling rushed towards Elunis, constantly hanging heavy frost on the body of the roaring arcane elemental lord, making its movement speed very slow at this moment.
"Wow"
Ronin's spell fused with the spell of the Protector's Staff itself, and the Archmage raised the Protector's Staff in his hand, and the next moment, the dark blue arcane power shone like the sun, illuminating the entire ruined blue dragon treasury, Elunis let out a low sigh, and its massive body quickly dissipated, indicating that it had been resealed by the Protector's Staff.
Soon, this arcane elemental lord will return to his cage.
And at this moment, Elunis suddenly let out a strange laugh:
"Ahh Little mage, I smell some strange smells from you, it seems that you and I have secrets... Isn't it? β
"Wouldn't you like to share your secrets with your companions?"
Hearing Elunis's words, Ronin's face changed dramatically at this moment, and he quickly threw the staff of the Protector in his hand to the ground, trying to get rid of the attack of the cunning element, but it was too late...
The purest arcane power seeped into Luo Ning's arm along Luo Ning's fingers that were in contact with the staff of the Protector, "melting" the hidden protective spell and exposing the traces of the black broken blade engraved on the back of Luo Ning's hand to everyone present...
Well, actually, it's just one person...
Gianna, who was standing next to Ronin, saw the emblem, and she even saw the details of the black broken blade emblem, and under the broken blade mark, there was a small letter abbreviation... T.D.
Gianna knows better than anyone what these two seemingly ordinary letters mean in what Azeroth means today...
Tyrion.DanBladeοΌοΌοΌ
Tyrion. Dawnblade !!
"You! Ronin! β
A painful feeling of betrayal pierced Gianna's heart like a sharp sword, she thought that the man in front of her was a good friend she could trust, she thought that the man in front of her was the one who could help her, she was even willing to vouch for Ronin with her reputation, nominating him as a member of the Council of Six, becoming one of the most honorable people in the entire wizarding world, but... He's a traitor!
He betrayed everyone! He's Tyrion's pawn hidden in Dalaran!
"It's horrible!"
Gianna's face was pale, she staggered back a few steps, she looked at Luo Ning in front of her with a look at the stranger, and she whispered:
"Who the hell are you? You're the magic apprentice who studied magic with me? Is it the mage who is always ridiculed but has a kind heart? Or a villain? A devil with the name Ronin! Who are you! β
In front of Gianna, Ronin closed his eyes in pain, he clenched the staff of the protector in his hand, the surface of his fist was bruised, and the low mocking voice of Elunis, who was sealed in it, echoed in his mind:
"Look! Magna taught me... You stupid little mages are always arguing over trivial things, and with just a little "help", you'll be in a mess of yourselves... Ah, Magna, I miss you so much, look at these juniors of yours, tsk, what a disappointment! β
"Buzz"
The staff, embellished with purple crystals and arcane rings, spun around in Ronin's hand, and finally hit the ground with a crisp sound, and the dragon mage turned his head, his face already calm.
He looked at Gianna, who was pale in front of him, and he said without a trace of emotion:
"I don't have anything to explain, all I can tell you is that it wasn't my intention."
"If you want to kill me... I'm not going to take it back here, just as you have a family, I have people I have to protect... Jaina. Prodmore, I ask you to forget today's events, completely forget! β
"What if I don't!"
Gianna also clenched the staff of ice in her hand, and she said in a cold voice:
"What if I have to break your disguise in Dalaran?"
"Ugh..."
Luo Ning sighed, a bright flame ignited in the palm of his hand, and he whispered:
"Then there's nothing to talk about."
"Daughter of the Sea, let's settle this dispute decently..."
γ Nine Heavenly God Emperors