27. The end of Darkan

On the night when the High Elves set up an ambush to capture the Blood Master, Darkan revealed a very important piece of information, claiming that he had found the greatest weakness of the King of the Blades, that the life and soul of the Lord of the Dead were connected to the Mother of Blood, and that if he killed the Mother of Blood, the King of the Blades would also be severely damaged.

This undoubtedly showed the upper echelons of the countries who were overwhelmed by the Dark Blade Soul at that time a hope that the sword would go sideways.

Of course, it is not that no one has questioned where Darkan got the news from, but Congressman Silvermoon has never responded positively to this.

There is a suspicion that Darkan has placed undercover agents in the Darkblade Legion, but this sounds impossible, as even the Assassin Alliance, the most powerful Assassin organization in the world, can only place spies in the civilian population in a few regions ruled by the Darkblade, and so far, no one has been able to place spies in the Darkblade Legion.

The nature of the undead meant that the living could not perfectly disguise themselves as one of them, not even the most seasoned Assassins.

Darkan. Drahir doesn't yet have the ability to rebel against a high-ranking undead, and in fact, all he knows about Darkblade's Salein comes from a letter... In 37 days, through the normal postal system, a letter was delivered to him.

There was no signing, no headhead, the person who wrote the letter didn't seem to be in long-term contact with Darkan, the letter even had a lot of grammatical errors, it seemed to have been written in a hurry, but the secrets it told made Darkan's heart tremble, and the letter revealed too much information about the King of the Dark Blades, most of which had not been disclosed.

Darkan had used all means to find out the source of the letter, and finally locked it in the distant Valley of Thorns, but all the exploration ended there, because the Valley of Thorns had become the territory of the Blightless, and the daredevils who were not allowed to enter it were mostly missing in the bellies of the strange plants in the forest.

It can be said that the letter is the most fundamental reason why Darkan took the risk to formulate a plan to capture the Blood Master, and the cooperation between the Silver Moon Council and the Royal Party represented by Darkan has indeed been foolproof, the only loophole is that they miscalculated the strength of the Blood Master, and Darkan did not follow the last suggestion of the letter to kill the Blood Mother directly after catching it, but chose to be imprisoned.

The way the big guys think things is different from the way soldiers think about things, and imprisoning Aurelia obviously brings more benefits to Quel'Thalas and the Human Empire, but it is the strategy of captivity that gives the Darkblade Legion time to prepare for the rescue, and Tyrion time to contact the undead scourge.

To put it bluntly, everything that is happening in Quel'Salas right now is a tragedy caused by information asymmetry, but in any case, the person who wrote the letter has indeed done everything he can to the extreme.

But who wrote the mysterious letter that directly sparked the crisis?

This has always been a doubt in Darkan's heart, and now, this doubt has been revealed... It's this weird black knight in front of you!

"When did the paladins who believed in the Holy Light also side with the undead?"

Darkan's figure flew through the dense forest that had been shattered by the clash of energies, and the blood of Salein gave him unimaginable lightness, and he stood on top of a broken tree trunk, and between the ten fingers danced, the sharp and strange arrows of blood roared and stabbed at the black knight who rushed towards him, and the holy light visible to the naked eye formed a shield-like halo on the surface of his body, and the blood arrows smashed on it caused ripples of light.

This guy is full of brute strength, but Darkan is not worried, he is completely sure that he can finish him off in a short time!

In the face of Darkan's explicit taunt, the silent paladin did not say a word, he swung his armor-piercing hammer, like the most ferocious warrior, the hammer smashed on the trunk of the tree at Darkan's feet, and the scorching holy light burst out in an instant, and those sacred runes were suspended in the air, like a storm of energy, engulfing everything around him.

The trunk of the tree was ignited in the spread of the flame of holy light as if it had been hit by a cannonball, but this imposing blow failed to touch the corner of Darkan's clothes, his figure danced in the blood-colored halo, and soon appeared behind the black knight again, the magic of blood did not need to be chanted, and at the moment when Darkan Ten commanded, a huge amount of blood energy gathered behind him, just like the arrogance of the blood master mother that night.

A vivid blood serpent wrapped around Darkan's body, watching the paladin smash the energy hammer of the Holy Light Judgment towards him, Darkan smiled and turned into a bat and disappeared again, but the blood serpent roared and crashed into the black knight in front of him under his control.

It was so fast that the black knight couldn't dodge, and he slammed the hammer into the ground, and a thick golden barrier appeared on his body, like the strongest shield, colliding with the bloody serpent that pounced on it.

"Bang"

The two huge forces collided head-on, rolling up the dirt under his feet, and the black knight's body was unharmed under the protection of the holy light, but he was knocked backwards by this huge force and hit a slanted tree trunk, and the blood snake was also scattered in the burst of holy light energy, but the blood suspended in the air was not volatilized, but like the poison of the tarsal bone, it was attached to the surface of the black knight's body at the moment when the sacred barrier dissipated.

Like a beating snake, at Darkan's command, the blood of Salein twisted its body into the crack of the Black Knight's armor as if it had a life of its own, and the moment it touched his skin, it seemed to melt deep into his body.

"Holy Light!"

The Black Knight let out a roar, and a strong holy light poured into his body at this moment, like a fire in his body, it began to burn and begin to rise, and in this way he wanted to vaporize the blood of Sarein that had penetrated into his body, but at this moment, Darkan's voice sounded behind him:

"You look miserable, friend... Let me help you! ”

The sudden sound made the black knight grab the war hammer and rush behind him, but the whistling war hammer was easily grasped by Darkan's blood claws, his blood-red eyes stared at the black knight in front of him, and the hand of the other hand hooked inward, and the next moment, the blood that seeped into the paladin's body was called out of the skin, and the black knight was like being pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows at this moment, and wounds burst out all over his body, and between the blood splashes, his strength dissipated in severe pain.

"Poof"

Darkan sensed the Black Knight's weakness, and he swung his claws, the power of Salein's blood causing his claws to shatter the Black Knight's helmet from top to bottom, leaving five hideous claw marks on his neck and chest, and in a burst of blood, his broken body was thrown away.

"Bang"

The Black Knight slammed into the mud, his armor-piercing hammer tossed aside, and he struggled to get up, only to be turned into a bat and reappear in front of him with Darkan stomped on his chest.

The blood elf looked at the black knight condescendingly, his emaciated face was covered in blood, but he could barely make out the outline of his company, and under Darkan's careful observation, he also searched for information about the elf in front of him in his mental memory, and after a moment, a flash of clarity flashed in his eyes.

"I know who you are..."

"Alex. Aznab. Flame Blade... One of my students, a promising high-ranking mage, a staunch member of the council, etc... I remember you and Myra. Dawnblade is a friend who grew up, and after Myra betrayed the Knights of the Silver Hand and threw himself into the Darkblade, you applied to take a paladin to hunt him down, so it was... You've been captured by your childhood friend and drawn into his side. ”

A sneer flashed across Darkan's young face, and he bent down to look at the silent Black Knight Aznab, and he whispered:

"Be cautious in making friends, Alex, look at you now, no one, no ghost... The shame of betrayal, you are painful, I can see it, let me come... Put an end to your suffering. ”

The blood elf stretched out his finger and hooked it in the air, and the black knight's body began to struggle frantically, but it was useless, the scattered blood was still drawn from his body little by little, and gathered into a blood ball in front of Darkan's eyes.

"Hmm... Paladin's blood, it smells delicious. ”

Darkan's fingers tapped on the blood ball, and the next moment, the blood splattered in all directions, turning into a blood mist that shrouded around Darkan, and then in a single breath with Salein's eyes closed, all the blood mist was sucked into Darkan's body, and when he opened his eyes, the blood in his eyes became brighter.

"Ahem... Hahahaha"

The Black Knight, who was trampled under his feet, let out a hoarse laugh at this moment, which made Darkan lower his head, looked at the Black Knight, and asked softly:

"Dying man, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at your ignorance, Mentor Darkan..."

The Black Knight Aznab's face was bruised by the bruises from the beatings and the pain of being drawn from the blood, which made him look very embarrassed, but now he smiled happily, he stared at Darkan, and he whispered:

"You're the first Salein to dare to suck my blood, really... The ignorant, fearless. ”

“!”

Hearing this, Darkan's body immediately shook and turned into a swarm of vampire bats, and he wanted to expel the blood he had just sucked into his body in this way, but it was too late.

The black knight struggled to get up from the ground, the holy light on his body was like a layer of dark gauze, it became pale, and even a strange shadow appeared between the connections of light, and with this energy transformation, the blood that was absorbed into Darkan's body also became weird, like a corrosive poison, the blood became viscous, and began to destroy Darkan's body from the inside.

The most terrible thing is that these strange blood have an indescribable greed, like a hungry beast, absorbing the energy in Darkan's body all the time, as if it has been sucked into another dimension, and Salein, who was still dominant just now, became weak in the blink of an eye.

"You! What the hell is in your blood?! ”

Darkan couldn't even maintain his vampire bat form, he staggered back on the ground, his young face began to grow old again at this moment, and the black knight Aznab slowly picked up his hammer, and between the movements of his hands, layers of healing light sprinkled on his body, and strangely, the left half of his body was a gentle light, and the right half, the pale and eerie light.

Even if he is a fool now, he knows that the black knight in front of him is strange, he is not a pure paladin, or rather, the holy light he has mastered... Problematic!

Facing Darkan's questioning, the Black Knight patted the dirt on his body, and he raised his warhammer, a pale and viscous light wrapped around the blades of the armor-piercing hammer, and he whispered in an unpleasant voice:

"The Light and the Shadows swirl in my body, every cell and bone of mine is torn and healed, and I am the true Damned compared to you, Darkan Mentor... And all of this is because of Tyrion and his crazy subordinates, I told you the key to the victory, but alas, you let me down..."

"You and your world missed a best chance, a chance to kill Tyrion before he could truly become invincible, the only chance that was wasted by you politicians, but that's okay... I'll continue my fight, and next time, I won't have any more trash like you by my side! ”

The Black Knight stepped forward, the pale light in his hand converging in the palm of his hand, the shadows mixed in it, and even Darkan heard the scream of the extraterritorial darkness, and he staggered to try to avoid the dangerous light, but in the end, he was still caught by the fingers that shone with pale light.

"Darkan. Draxier, you have failed your city, you have failed your country, you have failed those who have expected from you... Now, enjoy the feeling of being swallowed by the Void... It's a rare experience. ”

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"Whew, we... Seems to be late? ”

When Myra and his party appeared in the completely destroyed glade, the battle was already over, the weak black knight leaned on his horse, at his feet, there was a pile of strange bones, a faint dim light wrapped around these white bones, in the face of Myra's doubts, the black knight turned his head, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the back of the dense forest.

There, the Blood Lord's blood crystal lay intact on the ground, and Myra rushed over, letting out a sigh of relief after confirming that Aurelia had only closed herself off.

"Hey, Aznab, thank you so much this time."

Myra turned her head to her former brother and shouted, and the Black Knight shook his head silently:

"That's what I'm supposed to do, but not for Tyrion, Myrah, it's for you and Lumi."

"Huh"

The Blood Handmaidens appeared around them in a strange way, and when Kodana saw the intact Blood Mistress, all her worries vanished, but only a moment later, Kishan's cry rang out in the dense forest:

"Guys, it's time for us to go! The elven rangers are coming in this direction... They seem to be going to the aid of Silvermoon City, and no one wants to "say hello" to them at such a time, right? ”

"What about Tyrion? Your Majesty, don't we wait for him? ”

Maris carried Sylvanas on his back, and he looked at Myra's back, who waved his hand without looking back:

"Don't worry about him, there's always a way for him to get out... That's the King of the Blades, don't underestimate him, by the way, Mr. Mares, if you don't mind, we might want to invite you to take a vacation in the southern Xinjiang... With your girlfriend, you're not going to turn us down, are you? ”