23.The King and the Princess [56/100]
Legend has it that Rukma, the spirit of the sun, bestowed her life essence on the Kali birds of the Aranka Forest, so that these brightly feathered and courageous birds became Raven Humans, and because of this, the Raven Men actually breed in a way similar to that of birds.
These peculiar creatures are oviparous, laid by females, and after a period of incubation, newborn Kali birds emerge from their shells.
The problem is that not every young Cali bird will grow up to become a raven, which is a chance, but fortunately, in ancient times, the Episis civilization established by the crows was vast, and thousands of newborn ravens appeared every day, so by the time of Rukma's death, the ravens had become one of the largest populations in the world of Draenor.
And the Raven Man, who inherited the most orthodox bloodline of Rukma from the Kali Bird, naturally became the bloodline of kings and sacrifices.
Although the social civilization of the crow people was born around the belief in the spirit of the sun and the spirit of the crow, and the priests also had a lot of power, for a long time, it was the king and the priests who ruled the kingdom of the crow people together, and it was not until the great rebellion set off by the Hagel priests 600 years ago that the blood of the crow royal family was completely severed.
The last king of the Raven was named Tyrok, a powerful warrior who could perfectly control the wind, and during his reign, although civilization had entered the Dark Ages, because of his courage and strength, the Ravens also admired this king, and even called him the King of Talons!
And the greatest feat that King Tyrok did was to lead the Ravens to defeat the fierce Tiger Men who attacked.
It is a legendary story that in the time of King Tyroc, the savage tiger nobles invented a cruel "game" that initially hunted only the exiled fallen ravens and lost their wings, and the fallen ravens were no match for the savage tigermen, but soon these clever cats were no longer satisfied with these "birds" that could only crawl on the ground.
They hide quietly in the forest, and when the crows fly over the ground, they use their throwing nets to catch the crows on the ground, and then brutally kill them, plucking the brightest feathers off the top of the crowmen's heads as decorations for status and power.
And the Tiger Chief Kalash promoted this cruel game to an extreme, and during that period of time, the high-ranking Ravens did not even dare to leave Babel Peak, especially after Kalash's arrogant declaration of war on the Raven People, the entire Raven Society was full of panic, and even the high-ranking Hagel Priest could not come up with a solution.
That's when King Tyrok stepped up!
On a quiet night, under the watchful eyes of the frightened ravens of Tsutenpin, the brave king descended from the sky alone, and with the tigermen defenseless, he set off a storm of killing in the tigermen's camp.
The deadly wind blade surrounded Tyrok, and every time it swung its wingblade, a howling storm swept the tigers in front of it, and when the beasts were dizzy, King Tyrok cut off their heads mercilessly with his wingblades.
No tigerman dared to stop the Talon King's slaughter, until the last moment, a bloodied Tyrok set off an unprecedented storm, and he and the tigerman chieftain, the savage and powerful Kalash, duel in the wind, and finally cut off the arrogant chieftain's head with the tigerman's sharp claws.
As Terok stood on a dead earth and lifted Kalash's bloody head, the entire Mt. Babel chanted Tyrok's name, and because of the appearance of the warriors, the courage returned to the body of the Raven Man, and the guilty warriors volunteered to follow their king.
In less than 2 months, they had cleared the entire Aranka Peak Forest and driven the Tigermen out of their kingdom, which was probably the final victory in the afterglow of the Raven Kingdom.
King Tyrok won the love and respect of all the people by his actions, calling him the King of Talons and even seeing him as the embodiment of the Sun Spirit Rukma, which directly caused fear among the Hagel priests, because until then, they were the only ones who had the right to represent the Sun Spirit.
So just 3 months after Tyrok returned to Mt. Tongtian, the conspiracy against it began!
The vicious Hagel priest kidnapped Tyrok's favorite only daughter, Reich, and declared her exiled and the divine blood belonging to Rukma was extracted, in a process that was extremely painful.
Eventually, a weakened and wounded Rahi was pushed straight off the peak, unable to spread her wings to fly, and as she crashed into the cursed Teroka Valley, Reihy's body was torn apart and she died in a scream.
The next day, the unsuspecting Tyrok was treated in the same way, but he was stronger than his own daughter, and after falling to the ground, he still had the strength to fight back, and it was at this moment that he saw his daughter's broken body... The will of the great king was shattered in an instant.
It knelt in front of its daughter's corpse, howling in grief at a sound that shook the entire Mt. Babel, and the Hagel Priests launched a purge of the city, and any Raven who was loyal to King Tyrok was brutally thrown into the pool of damned.
From that point on, the number of Fallen Ravens increased dramatically, and by the time Tyrok reappeared, it had become a true Fallen Raven, the first Raven to hear Ansu's whispers, which it saw as a new faith, and when the Hagel Priests launched a campaign against the Fallen Ravens, Tyrok stood up again.
Instead of calling out the storm, it uses the power of the Shadows to repel the Raven Men who have lost their glory, bringing together the panicked Fallen Raven Men and, eventually, forming a new race.
But the pain of his daughter's death tormented Tyrok's soul, eventually driving it insane, and after it lost its mind, the grief-stricken Ravental priests had to seal it away in the Shadow Realm where Ansu lived.
And now, when the Fallen Ravens are in a life-and-death crisis, they have summoned the king once more, hoping that he will lead them in another miraculous counterattack, but alas... This time, they are not facing weak tiger people, or civil strife among their compatriots.
"The Queen of Talon can't hold on, we have to find a way to help her!"
Irel raised his head and looked at the confrontation between father and daughter in the sky, in the face of the legendary Tyrok, even though Reich had the help of death energy, she was still obviously inferior, the death knight thought about it, waved his hand and summoned his mount, the heavy armored, quiet and beautiful war horse at midnight, she turned over and said to Sarufar behind her:
"I'll kill the priests who control the Ravens, Mr. Sarufar, and the battlefield will be yours."
Sarufar didn't answer, just nodded, that was enough, and the next moment, Irel rushed down the hill with the Death Knights, and the necromancers along the way got out of the way, and the black knights pierced into the position like sharp knives, and under the leadership of Iriel, they brutally crashed directly into the position of the fallen Ravens, and for a while the people turned on their backs.
The high-ranking Death Knights have mastered the basic use of death energy, and they can completely ignore the dark magic that the crows throw at them.
And the speed of the death knight is very fast, the special treatment of the necromantic war horse is extremely powerful, and there is no fear, under the will of the master, even the human wall where the crows gather together, can not stop the charge of the death knight.
"Bang"
Iriel's warhorse raised its front hooves at midnight and kicked the Ravental Guardians out of the way, while Ariel took advantage of the situation to swing the warhammer, and in the convergence of death energy, a substantial frost storm wrapped around her body, freezing the rushing Ravental Guardians in place.
A cold light flashed in Draenei's eyes, and in the whistling wind brought by the warhammer, the necks of the four Ravental Guards were smashed, and in the spill of frozen blood, the undead warhorse activated again at Midnight, carrying the knights in a collision posture, breaking through the last defense of the Ravens, and the guards loyal to the Ravental Priests had to use their bodies to block Midnight's charge.
When the horse was stopped, Irel jumped up from his saddle, stepped on the head of the raven in front of him, and landed in front of the thatched hut where the Ravental priests were hiding in a forward rolling motion, and when he landed, Irel swung his foot and kicked his hard hooves against the wooden door in front of him.
"Bang"
The wooden door burst open with a loud bang, and the thatched hut itself shook twice as the fragments of wood chips flew everywhere.
Death Knight Ariel rushed into the room like a berserker, and in the psychic circle in front of her stood a dozen stunned Ravental priests, and a sneer appeared on Ariel's lips.
"Samaruo, come out and work!"
"Huh"
"Be on call, my Iriel."
Samaru, who had grown up completely, stretched lazily and lazily, and the next moment, Iriel's good sister, a dark green wraith, roared out of Iriel's body, she was suspended in the air, her body still maintained the slenderness and beauty of a Draenei woman, but her eyes were as blue as wind and snow.
She let out a high-pitched chirp in the air, a shrill sound like glass scraping that interrupted the Ravental Priests' spell casting.
The Draenei Banshee screamed, wielding her monstrous spiritual claws, and at the same time as Iriel's charge, she smirked and dragged the soul of a Ravental priest out of her body, tearing it to pieces in a moment, while Iriel, whose body was wrapped in heavy ice and snow, swung her war hammer, dark red death energy wrapped around her body, and with her dark red eyes, she was like a ghost god on the battlefield.
"Bang"
The Ravental Priest's left arm was smashed off, and in the splattering of blood, the high-ranking death knights who had finally broken through the Raven Man's barrier also rushed into the thatched hut.
A completely unequal slaughter has begun, and the Death Knights have brought undisguised despair and... Death.
At this time, in the forest far from the battlefield, the battle between Reich and Tyrok was also carried out to the end.
The forest around the two Raven Men had been razed by the flying wind blades, and the ground was covered in sliced marks, the forest had been completely destroyed in the storm, and the Talon Queen's body was covered with wounds, leaving a cold blood stain on the ground with every high-speed movement she made, and the dark golden slender blades in her hands were also stained with blood.
Obviously, the queen was not passively beaten, she also gained something.
Although the soul of the Death Raven opposite her was strong, the fragile body was obviously unable to withstand the weight of the soul, and after the frantic battle, the body was already showing signs of collapse.
After all, it was the soul of the legendary king of the Raven Man, Tyrok, and it was by no means something that an ordinary body could bear.
"Why don't you speak? Father! ”
"Wow"
The figures of Reich and Tyrok staggered, and the ground under their feet once again plowed a terrifying ravine, and between the flying rubble, Reihy's left arm was severed, and between the blood, the Queen of Talon looked down at her left arm, and her dead body did not feel much pain.
She raised her right hand, and on the dark golden winged blade, she was picking at a gouged out eyeball.
Opposite her, a third of the high-ranking raven's head had been cut off, but it still hadn't fallen, perhaps because the haughty soul in its body was unwilling to admit defeat.
"Are you feeling guilty? Are you repenting? ”
The light in Reihy's eyes became chaotic, and the negativity of death began to spread in her soul, her eyes filled with hatred and anger, she took a step forward, her wingblade waved, and she screamed:
"A king who can't even protect his daughter! You coward! Coward! ”
"Boom"
In the furiest of Ryhi's roars, a storm wrapped around her body, carrying her battered body and crashing into the silent crow man in front of her, who also summoned a fierce wind and rushed towards his daughter without flinching.
It's the final blow...
"Come on, come on! Kill me and end my pain and suffering! ”
The madness in Reihy's eyes had shone to the extreme, and the Raven Man opposite her was left with only one eye, which was full of calm and indifference, until the moment the storm collided, that look changed violently, and the moment the Ravental Priest who manipulated its soul died, the enslaved soul of Tyrok was freed.
And the wing blade that was originally accurately slashed at Lacey's neck was also thrown to the ground by him at this moment.
"Poof"
Rahi's figure appeared behind her, and behind her, the storm was subsiding, and a red trail of blood appeared on the Death Raven's neck, and moments later, his head fell to the ground with a cut.
At the moment of the collapse of the body, a soul that was 8 points similar to Lexi stood up from the fallen body, his eyes were full of pride and regret, and the moment Reich turned around, the soul that had lost its carrier and gradually dissipated in the dark storm showed a warm smile in her memory.
"My Lehi, I am an unqualified father, and you will always be my pride..."
Tyrok's soul dissipated like a veil of light in the dawn of Alanca, and he reached out his hands to hold Recy in his arms, but in the end it was unable to do so, and with the only remaining sanity, the light of the soul seeped into Rahi's body as if it had never existed.
"My dear... I will always be with you. ”
"Don't be crushed by the darkness, the dawn will always come, spread your beautiful wings."
"Lift up your proud head."
"To the sun."
"Let's fly..."