Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 1238 334. Phoenix? What is that ugly thing? --——Monthly ticket plus updates【325】

"The poor little bird suffered terrible injuries, and it took me more than a month to sew up the broken bones in its body.

It should have died on the battlefield. If you hadn't found a way to save it, I, an emotionless lich, would even think that you let it live to torture it on purpose. "

In Kel'Thuzad's private laboratory, the new lich first placed his cat master in a beautifully decorated cat nest, and then placed the cat nest farthest from the ceremony site.

He was obviously worried that this flame rebirth ritual would affect his beloved pet. When he went back to prepare for the experiment, he said to Blake, who was squatting next to the sleeping Qiang Qiong:

"For such an injury, letting him die happily is a blessing. Being nostalgic and not wanting to let go can only make you both suffer. The cycle of life and death is a beauty that does not need to be disturbed or destroyed."

"I'm asking a question that might offend you."

Blake raised his head, glanced at the indifferent Lich, and said:

"If Mr. Bigglesworth suffered such an injury"

"Your question makes no sense."

Kel'Thuzad glanced at him and said coldly:

"I won't let my beloved kitten get hurt like some good-for-nothing pirate."

"Not always."

The pirate whistled strangely, pointed to his eyes, and said:

"In the prophecy that I see, there is a future where you will take your kitten into an evil trap. Of course, you are still very good to it, and it is still your favorite cat owner.

But the problem is that you, who are immersed in evil, give it too much freedom, causing it to be killed by cheap adventurers once a week, and then resurrected in your necromantic ritual, and the cycle starts over and over again.

It's almost like the cat owner is atoning for you. "

"That proves Mr. Bigglesworth loves me as much as I love it."

The brain circuitry of the new Lich is indeed different from ordinary people.

He snorted proudly and asked darkly:

"So in the prophecy you saw, what will be the fate of the adventurers who hurt my kitten?"

"They're miserable."

The stinky pirate stood up, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help the Lich activate the flame array on the ground, and whispered:

"Because they hurt the lovely Mr. Bigglesworth, they will be tortured madly by you, and after dying one after another, they may defeat you.

But they will never get the various treasures you have collected, and can only get the most rubbish collections. On the contrary, those caring people who take care of your cute kittens that like to run around will receive your generous gifts.

Not only do you show off in battles, but you even give them your most precious collection at the suggestion of Mr. Bigglesworth, who has had enough of playing with strangers. "

"Hmm, it does sound like something I would do."

Kel'Thuzad rubbed his chin, very satisfied with the prophecy that Black saw. He did not even refute the prophecy's description of his fall into evil and darkness.

Obviously, this cold-tempered guy doesn't care at all whether he will become an evil person accused by thousands of people in the future.

This is really a terrible sociopath.

"Take poor Sky with you while I pour the Fire of Savras into the Fire Stone."

The Lich quickly adjusted the magic frequency required for the ritual. After he fine-tuned the power of the magic input, he gave instructions to Black.

He pointed at the magic circle that was starting to shine with the luster of dark red embers on the ground, and said:

"The flame rebirth ritual provided by Exotus was improved by Prince Farodis and I. Because we are not in the realm of fire, we have to use magic power to continue burning the flames to simulate the realm of fire. boundary situation.

This will make the effect of Rebirth in Flames slightly different from the orthodox ritual, but what is certain is that your bird will be transformed into an elemental creature.

In this way, it can get rid of its irrecoverable weak flesh and blood and stay with you in an almost eternal manner. "

Having said this, Kel'Thuzad blinked and said:

"Actually, if you don't care about the results, I would recommend you to use the Necromantic Transformation Magic. I can personally repair the missing flesh and blood of the sky and maintain it in its most majestic form forever.

The soul strengthened by the aura of death will no longer be at risk of injury. Except that it will become indifferent and ruthless, it will not be any different from before life.

Of course, it will remain as loyal to you as ever, maybe even more loyal. "

"Death is a terrible thing."

Black glared at the lich who made the boring suggestion and said:

"This is not a 'reward' that the loyal Sky should receive. I suggest that after you finish this work, you quickly go and have a look at your brain. Your way of thinking is very abnormal.

Stop saying these funny and boring things and get started. "

"As you wish, Grand Master."

Kel'Thuzad let out a cold, low laugh.

He took out the cupcake he had just obtained and gently opened the lid. The moment it came into contact with the air, the fire of Savras that was burning weakly in the pot instantly expanded.

Its flames became active and raging, filled with an endless majesty that wanted to burn the world.

And when the flame jumped, it seemed to awaken a very, very distant existence. In this laboratory, you could vaguely hear angry roars and scoldings like exploding lava.

That was when Ragnaros, the Fire Demon King, felt the pure flame he had lost. It was trying to open an elemental rift here to personally punish these bastards who dared to desecrate the fire of Ragnaros.

But not to mention that the elemental seal in the Fire Realm is still stable, it is said that the difficulty of opening the elemental rift in Nathalas College is several orders of magnitude higher than in other places.

The Fire Demon King was incompetent and furious.

Kel'Thuzad and Black dared to conduct experiments openly in this place without fear of it jumping out and interfering.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch"

Amidst the low beast calls, the Big Bear and Big Wolf were summoned. When they saw the thin and pitiful Qiang Qiong, they let out a sad low cry, jumped around it, and stretched out their tongues to lick its neck and cheeks.

Such contact made the sleeping sky move its eyes, and then opened them. In its tired and painful eyes, the loyal beast saw its beast friends and its smiling master.

"Needless to say, my dear Sky, today you will be free from weakness and pain."

Blake stepped forward and picked up the skinny hippogryph from the haystack. Bighorn took the initiative to carry it, and with the howling Frostclaw guarding it, he and Blake put it into the flame circle that was constantly flickering in front of them. center.

The two beasts retreated.

The pirate stayed beside Qianqiong. He patted the withered yellow antlers of the hippogryph and said:

"Keep on holding on, and soon, nothing will be able to separate us. The herd is waiting for your return."

"Um."

The weak hippogryph was speechless and could only respond as firmly as possible in the soul link, and rubbed its head on the pirate's arm as before.

It is difficult for it to complete this action nowadays.

At the entrance of the laboratory, just as Kel'Thuzad was about to activate the Fire Stone, a black-feathered falcon fell from the sky like lightning, flapped its wings at the entrance and flew in, then transformed into a druid and stood at Frostclaw. Next to Da Jiao.

Miss Hisali Black Crow, who had just finished teaching the apprentices of the Druid Academy, finally caught up with the resurrection ceremony of the sky, and she did not come alone.

Behind her were two storm crows flapping their wings and riding the wind.

Those were the "guest professor" Shaun Moonclaw Archdruid hired by the college, and the specially invited Raptor Archdruid, Miss Black Crow's mentor Omulon the Skyroarer.

These orthodox druids are also very interested in the integration of nature and primordial flame proposed by Blake. Furthermore, as elders, they want to protect Hisari.

Once something goes wrong with the ritual, they have to save Miss Black Crow from the misery of failure.

"Just watch from the side, don't make any noise, and don't touch anything in my laboratory."

The indifferent lich obviously didn't like outsiders entering his territory, but for Blake's sake, he just reminded him casually. Then he began to divide the fire of Savras burning in the cup in his hand.

The two archdruids have seen the world.

When they saw the flame, the two looked at each other in shock.

This Nathalas Academy is really rich in treasures. They actually have this kind of pure primordial flame that does not exist in the material world, and they want to use it to save a dying and weak hippogryph.

Even the druids who love nature feel that such behavior is a bit too extravagant.

However, Miss Hisali Black Crow, who is familiar with the story of Sky and Black, does not think so. She knows that for Sky, the pirates hired someone to kill a fire-ox evil god.

This is basically the most sincere expression of the deep emotions between hunters and pets.

Both directions went to belong to yes.

"here we go!"

The lich's fingers wrapped in the extremely cold aura gently moved.

It was like a precise scalpel cutting through the flames, accurately dividing it into two. The beating flames even outlined golden flames in the air, and then dripped onto the rune-engraved flame stone in front of them.

The scorching breath was transferred through the connection between the flame stone and the ground magic circle, igniting the lines of the magic circle in the next second, and then turned into roiling hot fire and gushes out from the ground.

In an instant, the sky in the magic circle was completely ignited.

The burning of the primal fire is quite terrifying.

The hippogryph's fur and flesh were charred at the moment of contact, and it screamed in pain, but the pain had not yet reached an unbearable level.

The flame runes on the ground array were rolling in the flames, like brand marks, one after another being engraved on the body surrounded by fly ash.

As onlookers, everyone couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

They could even see through the surrounding curtain of flames that the flesh and blood of the sky lying inside had turned to ashes. At certain moments, only broken bones were left standing in the flames.

"Ouch"

The great wolf Frostclaw howled in pain, and turned to complain to Hisari Black Crow:

"I know you are nervous, but can you hold your hand? You pinched my ear so much that it hurts! Although I am your friend and your natural sentinel, believe it or not, I was forced to bite you you!"

"Ah, sorry."

Miss Black Crow glanced at the ears of Frostpaw she was holding, and she retracted her fingers with an apologetic look on her face.

In addition to her worries and blessings for the sky, Miss Black Crow also had worries for herself. She looked at the remaining half of the Fire of Savras in the hands of the Lich.

She knew that those were reserved for her.

And everything that Cang Qiong experienced in front of her was considered as a "preview for promotion" for her.

"Don't worry, it doesn't hurt as much as it looks."

Blake's eyes were fixed on the flaming ceremony in front of him, and he whispered comfortingly:

"The pain of the sky is because it itself has been seriously injured. In order to change its life form, it must first draw enough vitality from the flames, and then there will be the pain of the flames.

But you can skip this stage and go directly to the elementalization process.

You saw the Four Gods with your own eyes in Pandaria, and that is your final form, a powerful, majestic, elegant and beautiful demigod created by the perfect fusion of life force and elemental power. "

"No matter how much you say, it won't change my nervousness. It's not you who really wants to go up to receive the elemental injection and be promoted."

Miss Black Crow complained:

"I think I must be crazy, or perhaps too deeply influenced by your dark wisdom, that I would accept such crazy advice.

The scariest thing is that even now, I don’t feel I have any regrets. "

"Hush, it's about to break out of its cocoon and be reborn. Witness this scene."

The pirate interrupted Miss Black Crow's complaint.

He looked forward with expectation. In the rising high-temperature flames, the power of the Fire of Savras had been fully activated, and the sky, whose flesh and blood had been burned away, turned into a red cocoon wrapped in flames.

The three druids who were watching could perceive it most clearly. The large cocoon was like an egg about to hatch, with prosperous life gestating in it.

"Hey, use that!"

The pirate looked at the lich and reminded him. Kel'Thuzad, who was also watching the beautiful life that was about to be born in the ceremony he personally led, was awakened.

He smiled apologetically, took out a strange dome that the pirate had just given to him, and threw it into the burning flames in front of him.

"what is that?"

The Archdruid of Moonclaw asked doubtfully.

"It's Pandaria's phoenix egg."

Miss Black Crow explained:

"It's a mysterious and noble legendary creature in the Mist Continent. Black got it from the Lorewalker. I've already sent the two I got back to Moonlight Grove.

But their hatching requires careful care, and the Lord of the Forest promises that he will work to get the noble phoenix to nest in Mount Hyjal.

This egg is to reshape the sky."

At this point, the Druid complained softly:

"Blake has always been coveting the elemental phoenix beside Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider, and he will get his wish today."

"Hey, the phoenix of Kael'thas? What an ugly thing is that! My sky is the most beautiful king of the sky."

The pirate curled his lips in disdain.

A few seconds later, with the slight sound of the eggshell breaking, a ball of golden fire shone in front of everyone's eyes. With the loud neighing of birds, a beautiful and noble creature flapped its wings and flew from the flame ceremony. out.

It has a huge burning body, with its eagle-like wings spread out, the burning feathers are lingering with firelight, and the elongated tail feathers are floating in the air, and there are eye patterns like peacock feathers at the end of the feathers.

The flapping of its wings caused the temperature in the laboratory to soar.

The loyal sky was reshaped, and it no longer had the form of a hippogryph. Its antlers turned into nine slender feathers, like a beautiful bird feather crown like Chi-Ji.

It flew and danced in the air with a noble and elegant posture. It looked at its master while circling, and flew towards Blake with a sense of joy of resurrection and homecoming.

This action caused all the guys next to Blake to move out of the way. Anyone who saw a large ball of fire flying towards him would have to dodge as an instinctive reaction.

The only pirate who didn't escape shouted in horror:

"Hey, get smaller! You idiot! And, extinguish the flames! Your high temperature will burn me to death! Damn it, is Little Star's idiot thing going to happen again?"