Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"Ouch"

A low and painful roar sounded on the ground leading to the Palace of the Heart of Fear. Under the impact of the violent Qiraji worms that were not afraid of death, the Mantid's giant beast worms, like walking fortresses, had been knocked down. Three heads.

This scene was very much like a piranha hunting. The earth-yellow workers swept past, leaving only miserable and incomplete corpses on the spot.

And workers.

This is just the lowest level of cannon fodder in the Qiraji combat system. The sickle springtails and armored bugs that follow behind and are responsible for harvesting have not yet officially entered the scene.

It seems that the Mantid's evolution is not perfect either.

The advantage of being able to fly allows them to ignore the power of the ground. It will definitely be no problem to deal with the pandaren just relying on those huge, mountain-walking fortress bugs.

But when facing the savage Qiraji swarm head-on, it immediately showed its shortcomings.

This resulted in the quantitative advantage they gave up slightly for quality advantage becoming their biggest weakness at this moment.

But the battle of the Qiraji swarm was not smooth sailing. Their leader was completely defeated in the confrontation with the Great Queen Xia Kesiel, and was almost defeated along with the will of General Lyressa.

However, at this critical moment, the appearance of Xal'atath directly reversed the situation of the battle. The moment she appeared, the will of the swarm belonging to Princess Yalki was transferred to the dark essence.

Even the pressure brought by the Great Queen Xak'sir was taken over by Xal'atath.

The transfer of the will of the swarm made the advancing Qiraji confused for a moment, but soon, the dark will belonging to Xal'atath shrouded the simple minds of these confused insects.

They feel that their fallen god of darkness seems to have returned at this moment!

The dark glory once again enveloped the ignorant and pitiful souls of the Qiraji, and their last flaws were filled!

They have found the meaning of survival again!

For the God of Darkness!

charge!

A few seconds later, General Lyressa and the swarm hunters she commanded were dumbfounded as they watched the already violent Qiraji enter an even crazier fighting posture again.

Those cannon fodder workers even began to open the way for the fighting bugs in the rear with frenzied charges and self-destructions. The Mantid's ground front, which was already able to withstand the impact of the bug swarm, was crushed in an instant.

It looks like a boring reef trying to block the crashing waves, but it is easily submerged by the incoming tide.

The swarm consciousness sings in the weak soul of every Qiraji, like a charge, igniting the dogma of dedicating everything to the supreme dark god engraved in the ancient blood of the Qiraji.

The charges of the bugs were truly soulful at this moment.

And the swarm hunters finally discovered the supreme secret of the Qiraji swarm. Only when commanded by an ancient god or similar dark thing can the swarm truly burst out with destructive power that overwhelms everything.

They were born to be loyal servants of darkness!

Without darkness, their existence would be meaningless.

"With your current state, you still have the nerve to call yourself a swarm hunter? You really embarrass such a majestic name!"

While Xal'atath applied the anger BUFF of "Devotion" to the charging swarm and began to challenge Xak'sir to a duel of swarm consciousness, he also made ruthless and arrogant taunts to the people on his side.

Especially Lylitha Windrunner, whom she had disliked for a long time.

She viciously spread the power she had just mastered in Windrunner's mother's consciousness. She turned words into sharp blades and attacked Lylessa's soul wantonly.

she says:

"Look at how weak you are, are you worthy of him being so protective and paying attention to you? Do you really think that he is your student, so you can ask him to do everything for you?

Do not be silly.

You are just a 'little pet'.

Look, you can't even fight by yourself. Your efforts are so cute, Windrunner, but can you still keep up with him?

Doesn’t looking up at your back make you despair?

give up.

Accept your sad fate of being forgotten.

Only a strong woman like me is worthy of standing beside him! Maiev Shadowsong is good, Sephiel is good, Elya Blue Moon is okay, but you.

Tsk tsk, you are a little far behind. "

"Xal'atath, your attempt is interesting, you can continue, but I am an undead, and I know you are trying to plant some strange things in my soul.

I can feel it. "

Windrunner's mother scoffed at this.

She patted Princess Yalki who was sitting down to recover, reached out and took out the long bow from her back, and fired several arrows forward without looking, piercing a group of elite mantid flying overhead.

Faced with Xal'atath's malicious ridicule, General Lylessa responded expressionlessly:

"Do you think that standing next to my disciple is the greatest honor of your life? Tsk tsk, look, a tamed puppy is barking at people.

Has the ambition to destroy the world fallen to this level?

You are so pathetic! "

"Sharp teeth! But unfortunately you and I both know that what I just said didn't just anger you, I was just stating the facts. Windrunner, you are already a remnant of the previous era.

There is no place for you in this era! "

Xal'atath snorted and proudly ended this meaningless confrontation.

She left her last words and withdrew from her consciousness, and began to focus on dealing with the Great Queen Xia Keshier who had already sensed something was wrong and started to run away.

After the Dark Essence took over the leadership of the swarm consciousness, Princess Yalki became a member of the swarm, and she hummed to her master with guilt.

He was probably repenting of his own weakness, which caused his master to be humiliated as well.

But General Lilesa didn't care, she just patted her beast to cheer it up.

This is just the beginning.

As Princess Yalki returned to battle, the expressionless Lyresa waved her hand and gathered a ball of dark spiritual energy like fire and waved it back.

The moment she drew her bow, all the insect corpses within a few dozen yards, not counting Qiraji or Mantids, were infused with the Dark Ranger's death aura and staggered back to their feet.

This allowed Windrunner's mother to instantly have an "undead guard".

The precise shots belonging to the legendary ranger weave a curtain of death in the sky. Any mantid that comes close will be shot in the head with an arrow. The combination of hunter and insect swarm is by no means an ordinary beast master.

This is the complementarity of the two forces.

After encountering some insignificant obstacles, the Qiraji swarm continued to advance rapidly, and they were getting closer and closer to the palace of the Great Queen Xak'sir.

They are getting closer and closer to victory.

As for whether Xal'atath's vicious words had any impact on Windrunner's mother?

Probably, only she knows.

The war outside the Heart of Fear palace was raging, and the Great Queen's desperate move to send her elite legion to the front line brought her great trouble.

Faced with the sudden attack from the tunnels and the aggressive Qiraji swarm, after something went wrong in the confrontation of the will of the swarm, Shakosiel had no good way to stop these ancient kin.

In such a sudden situation where the opponent has an absolute numerical advantage, a flash of inspiration and a plan are completely useless except to comfort oneself.

She could only rely on the tight defense of the Heart of Fear Palace to buy herself more time to deal with it.

The moment Xal'atath took over the Qiraji's will of the swarm, Shakosir gave the order to the mantid army on the front line to return reinforcements. She was only fortunate that the decisive battle with the pandaren was in the Dread Wasteland. It started at the border.

The frontline battlefield is not far from the Dreadheart Palace. With the super-fast mobility that Mantids can generally fly, as long as her palace defense line can hold on for an hour, her loyal elite can rush back to rescue her.

"Zorrok! Go to the outer hall in person to supervise the battle!"

The high queen's shrill scream echoed in her throne room, and she issued an order to her loyal prime minister:

"Release Galalon! Release my invincible war beast, and be sure to keep the intruders away from my palace, these shameful traitors who surrendered to their humble lives!

Their existence is a disgrace to the ancient glory of the Aqir Empire! "

"As you command, my lord."

Zorrok, the royal prime minister who was previously responsible for communicating with the fallen sea sages, was now panicking.

The sudden pressure of the army left little time for the mantid nobles to think.

However, it still had touching loyalty. After receiving the Queen's order, the royal prime minister, whose legs were weak from fear, still led a team of palace guards and personally rushed to the outskirts of the palace front line.

In less than a few minutes, there was a low hum of insects outside the palace gate, and the sound of the ground shaking, indicating that a huge beast was released.

After the destruction of Anubisath's Sentinel in the Qiraji Ruins, the Qiraji swarm lost its Colossus unit, but the Mantid had war beasts like the Bastion Dread.

As the Grand Queen's favorite pet, the fortress beast Galalon is a symbol of the Mantid Empire's undefeated power.

Its mountain-like size and brute force that can destroy the dragon's spine make it the most dangerous creature in Pandaria. Even if the Qiraji swarm in, it can't even think about it.

"Little sister, I'm coming."

Xal'atath's malicious voice echoed in the dark palace stained by the evil evil of the Great Queen, interrupting the boring fantasy of the Great Queen whose mind was extremely active due to the possession of the Evil of Fear.

This dangerous opponent was mixed with the will of the Qiraji swarm, and exploded with a mental shock in the palace of Shakosir filled with gray and white dangerous evil energy.

The limbs of the mantid guards who guard the Great Queen are all stained with black and white spots, which means that they have also been affected by the power of the Sha of Fear, and they have also been strengthened!

But this single enhancement that grew out of fear was as fragile as paper when faced with the concentrated outburst of the five evil energies Xalatath had swallowed.

There was a flying mantid guard on the spot, his mind shrouded in despair, and he fell to the ground with a thud, throwing away his weapon and holding his head, trembling.

There were also guardsmen who were dizzy with rage and hatred, and guided by the vicious thoughts of suspecting that their companions had rebelled. They shouted "Defend the Queen" and waved their amber halberds at the closest companions.

The best thing is that the angry aura is exploded by the vicious dark essence, adding a collective violent BUFF to these fighting mantids.

Let them chop down their own people with ease.

One minute after Xal'atath descended on the palace, the Great Queen Xakshier, who was loyally protected by the Guards, became the polished commander. Her last two loyal guards were fighting each other in front of her eyes, and there was a perish together.

The most amazing thing is that when the two guards killed each other until they fell to the ground, they were still shouting slogans for the Great Queen.

This scene of blood flowing all over the ground made Xia Kexier feel desperate in his heart.

In the will of the invisible devil in front of her, she felt a threat that came from the same source as her own strength. The possessing Sha of Fear dispelled her fear and encouraged the Great Queen to fight back.

Apparently, the Sha of Dread, which had grown rapidly by feeding off the fear of the Mantid Empire, also sensed the crisis.

It is already ready to abandon the incompetent host Xia Keshier and escape. This guy in front of it can swallow evil energy and is simply the natural enemy of the evil remnants!

"I guess the Sha of Fear must have told you bugs that the mantid without fear is the most powerful civilization in the world, in order to encourage you to launch an attack on the ancient enemy."

Xal'atath sneered and taunted the Great Queen who was standing in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood:

"The Sha power in your body can indeed allow you and your servants to ignore fear and be full of courage, but accepting the 'blessing' of the Sha of Fear means that your soul will no longer be in front of its 'brothers'. Fortify.

My poor little sister, your glory is worthless in my eyes, your faith is meaningless!

The humble little queen is like a plate of delicious cakes. She dresses herself up beautifully, and then pours desperate soup on it and delivers it to me. Now, I am free to taste you however I want.

for example

so? "

"ah"

The Great Empress, who had no idea how to fight back against an invisible consciousness, felt sharp teeth biting at her soul, and a piece of her soul was forcefully chewed off by her.

The pain that came from her soul made the Mantid Queen twitch and retreat.

Her four Sha-stained spider legs and insect-limb arms covered with black and white Sha energy spots were waving in the air, and Mantid sound waves and magic balls full of Sha energy danced everywhere.

But it couldn't hurt Xal'atath, who was laughing wildly.

She is a ghost of consciousness incarnated with the help of the power of the demon. There is no entity that can be attacked. The only way to defeat her is to fight her head-on on the battlefield of will.

But Shake Hill had already tried it just now.

With the same will of the swarm wrapped in her, she is no match for the dark essence Xal'atath. Xal'atath, who has devoured the remnants of the five evil demons, can already be regarded as an "incomplete Y'Shaarj" .

However, the strengthening power that Shakosil was so proud of was only one-seventh of Y'Shaarj's remaining will.

Weak and helpless, she is no match for the dark elder sister Xalatath in every sense of the word.

"Your soul stinks, it almost makes me salivate."

The dark elder sister commented disdainfully:

"Ambition but no means, ambition but no talent, wisdom but no perseverance, talent but no hard work. From the perspective of emperors, you are really the most incompetent queen I have ever encountered.

No wonder the mantid elders of the Klaxxi Council want to depose you.

Under your 'wise' leadership, the Mantid empire will come to an end sooner or later, and only in this way will you be deceived by the Sha of Fear's smooth words into becoming the Sha's host.

I guess those outside N'Zoth servants saw this and easily stirred up your ambitions, using your obsession with power to launch a war.

The queen who has been in charge of this empire for ten thousand years has actually become a tool in the hands of mortals. You are really pathetic!

Release the Sha of Fear, and you can go away. "

Xal'atath said in an uninterested voice:

"I'm no longer interested in you. Your head is destined to become a trophy for others to show off their victory. Or do you want to continue struggling in a desperate situation and create more fun for me?"

This straightforward sarcasm made the Great Queen Xia Kexier extremely ashamed and angry.

She worked hard like this if she wanted to, and the evil spirit of fear that surged in her spirit encouraged her in this way.

But in the end, under the satisfied gaze of Xal'atath, and under the angry and frightened roar of the Sha of Fear, Xak'sir made the wisest decision in his life.

She gave up decisively.

The power of the Evil of Fear was actively discarded, and while the evil energy was continuously released in gray-white color with a hint of scarlet, the Great Queen quickly escaped from her evil-stained palace.

And Xal'atath did not pursue her as promised.

In front of the Dark Essence, the Sha of Dread, which grew rapidly by absorbing the fear of the Mantid Empire, lost its host and was forced to manifest a twisted entity that combined the seven-eyed black goat and the giant insect.

The aroma of fear it exuded made Xal'atath salivate.

This is what she wants.

As for the escaping Great Empress, she is just an incompetent and failed monarch. After losing the reinforcement of the Evil of Fear, what kind of trouble can she cause when she is weak?