12. Invitation and Trial---For the unbridled brothers in midsummer [4/20]
The six basic powers of the stars are arcana, evil energy, holy light, void, life, and death. Each power represents a specific rule, and each power will have some impact on the user of the power.
Arcane magic can make arcane users become confident and even arrogant, thinking that they can control everything. The most extreme representatives are the mages of Dalaran who often cause trouble.
Fel energy can make the user of evil energy become irritable, even violent, and crazily want to destroy everything. Its representative is the Burning Legion, which brings endless disasters among the stars.
The void can make void users become gloomy and even crazy, and they want to realize the future of all things returning to the void, such as those cultists of Twilight's Hammer.
And life will make the user become philanthropic and even pedantic, believing that everything in the world has the possibility of salvation, such as those druids who are forward-looking and backward in doing things, because their fraternity has caused bad events since ancient times.
Death will make the death user become indifferent, even ruthless, thinking that life is meaningless and can be dealt with at will. For example, at a certain time, the Dark Blade Army would crush any opponent who disobeyed.
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Holy Light... The extreme positive energy of Holy Light will make users of Holy Light full of hope, stick to justice, and safeguard beauty. But is there no harm in being immersed in Holy Light?
Of course!
Holy light will make its users blind and fanatical, eager to spread their best beliefs to everyone, and eager to use the power of holy light to create a perfect world. However, a perfect world does not exist at all.
...So being too immersed in the Holy Light will also bring bad troubles, just like Miss Bridget Abidis in the early morning.
The Holy Light made her realize her responsibility. She wanted to save the Order of the Silver Dawn, which had been infected by the evil way of purification. The urging of this responsibility and mission made Bridget become reckless, and she even launched a plan regardless of the consequences.
In the light-casting ceremony, if the little ghost Yuna hadn't intervened, she might have lost her life in that wrong ceremony.
But now, with Dallion's help and having survived the light casting ceremony, Bridget's thinking has returned to normal, at least...on the surface.
"What are you doing! Let me go!"
The killer Rohan and the Holy Light hunter Leopard, who were invited in the name of drinking, were supervised on the left and right by the greatly strengthened Light Pillar Darien and Tyran, and before their eyes, they were forced to integrate into the light casting ceremony.
The angry Mataeus was wailing in pain in the flames of the Holy Light, while the commander Marlan, who had just finished the light casting ceremony, stood aside without sadness or joy, looking at the functioning magic circle.
"Commander Malan! Are you just looking at me like this?"
Rohan, the assassin who joined the Brotherhood of Light, shouted unwillingly:
"You just let these heretics torture our brothers like this? They betrayed the Order of the Silver Dawn! They will be punished! What are you waiting for!"
"No, Rohan!"
Commander Malan, who also had lines of holy light on his cheeks, looked at the warm holy light entwined in his hands. After the light casting ceremony, this 30-year-old female paladin felt that her connection with the holy light became clearer.
It was a manifestation that had never been seen in the past years, as if consciousness had finally broken through the barrier that hindered belief, and could finally truly serve the Holy Light.
This feeling gave this sincere believer great satisfaction. She looked at the angry and frightened Rohan gently and calmly, and whispered:
"My brother, this is not torture... This is a blessing. Use pain to wash away our past sins, and then truly get the salvation of the Holy Light. Don't be afraid, my brother, soon, soon you will feel it
To see the enrichment and warmth in the soul...that is the path we Holy Light believers should truly pursue."
"Little girl Bridget is right, the entire Order Nation has gone astray... We must rescue it! We must release it from the wrong path of purification!"
"ah!!!"
As soon as Marlan finished speaking, the Holy Light Fire of the Light Casting Ceremony was extinguished at this moment. Standing in the ceremony, the naked Mataeus the Angry One, this powerful Holy Light Warrior, was breathing heavily,
White hot mist rolled all over his body, and on his body, the bright lines of holy light continued to shine, filling Mataeus's body with the pure power of holy light.
The middle-aged warrior straightened up, his expression at this time was like those of the ascetic monks in the Holy Light's Hope Chapel, and he shouted sincerely:
"Ah! Holy Light, I feel... Holy Light, speaking to me... I hear it! That warm voice! Ah, Holy Light! I am willing to give everything for you!"
Commander Marlan who was guarding the side stepped forward and put a white robe on the body of the angry one. She said gently to the light-cast warrior in front of her:
"Okay, Mataeus, you need to rest now... The Holy Light will hear your voice. From now on, no one can affect your will."
"I heard it, Commander! I heard it!"
The angry man seemed to be a little delirious. He held Marlan's hand tightly and kept whispering:
"The Holy Light is telling me that we are wrong! We are wrong... We must correct this mistake! Don't wait, let us overturn that wrong path. I can't wait any longer! The Holy Light is urging me...
.Yes, I heard it! It was a truly divine voice..."
"It's your turn, my brother."
Lightcast knight Tyran grabbed Rohan's struggling arm and pulled him towards the reactivating lightcast circle. Rohan's eyes were full of fear and resistance, and he shouted loudly:
"No! Let me go, this is not right, you are all crazy! You are all brainwashed... This is not right! I won't go!"
"I'm not going!!!"
The roars lingering in the basement and the sincere shouts for the Holy Light cannot be heard by people above the surface, because the Chapter Commander Marlan also experienced the Light Forging Ceremony.
The information about the secret society established in the country was strictly protected. The old General Abedis, who currently controls the entire Hand of Tire, did not know that his only daughter was uniting a group of people who were on the path to "righteous faith".
Cast Knight, plotting to overthrow him and his fanatical purification theory.
The entire Order of the Silver Dawn appears to be peaceful on the surface, but in fact, the craziest storm has begun to surge within this newly established country, and the most terrible thing is that the three great knights of the Order have
The two people here are still searching for ancient sacred objects in distant places.
They concluded that Anduin Wrynn's arrival implied Tyrion's coveting of the Order of the Argent Dawn, but they never expected that the cunning King of the Undead would use such a weird behavior.
Way, destroy the ancient Holy Light faith from the inside, and then let it give birth to new fruits...
"There are not enough materials for the Lightcasting Ceremony, Head of the Cult!"
In Anduin's "office", which was originally a utility room in the Castle of Hand of Tyr, it was now taken over by the Crusaders and used as the temporary headquarters of the Crusaders, and he wore a set of silver-white armor.
Anduin was lying on the table writing a letter. Bridget, who was appointed as the commander of the Crusaders, opened the door and walked in. She reported to Anduin:
"We have already performed the light-forging ceremony on most of the young knight commanders of Tyr's Hand, but the materials for 50 people are about to be used up, so we have to leave the last materials to the three great knights until they are not available.
After Uncle Fordring, who likes "purifying factions", and the neutral Uncle Mograine come back, with the joint efforts of the three of us, we will definitely be able to wipe out all the purifying factions in the Order of the Silver Dawn! By that time, the entire faith of the Order will be destroyed.
Become pure again.”
"Well, that sounds good."
After Anduin finished writing the letter, he raised his head and looked at the heroic Bridget Knight in front of him. He rolled up the letter with a smile, put it into the scroll, and then handed the scroll to her:
"This is a letter I wrote to the Shattrath City Council. I discussed it with Salantia. We feel that the newly born Order of the Silver Dawn still needs the true incarnation of the Holy Light to guide our path, so I decided to invite
A Naaru has come to take charge of the Order of the Silver Dawn. Those holy light creatures know much more about the Holy Light than we do. I believe that the arrival of the Naaru will make the Silver Dawn even more powerful."
"Also, how is the small light-casting array driven by holy water that Miss White Mine is researching going on?"
Facing Anduin's inquiry, the knight lady shrugged. She probably saw the hope of saving her hometown. She was in a very good mood. She smiled and said:
"White has summoned some respected old priests, and they are trying to improve the light-casting circle. Its structure is not complicated. As long as we master the meaning of those holy light runes, we can quickly copy it. When the time comes, we will
Every knight can accept the secondary light-forged transformation...but this takes time, probably 1-2 months."
"Well, it's okay, we can wait."
Anduin stretched his body. The child may not understand what he is doing, but this does not prevent Anduin from treating it as an important matter. He leaned on the chair and looked at the scene in front of him.
Miss Knight said:
"The light-forged body is indeed powerful, but it requires more hard training to truly stimulate the potential in the body. I believe you will eventually become a legendary paladin of Azeroth, but Sister Bridget, when are you going to meet Da
Brother Li An, what about a showdown? You two are really suitable to be a couple blessed by the Holy Light."
"Well..."
Bridget generously reached out and brushed her long orange hair, and she said meaningfully:
"He is younger than me. He is always very reckless and cannot be trusted, so let's test him first~"
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On the other side, in the middle of the eastern continent far away from Stratholme, in the mountains of the Dun Morogh Snow Mountains, in the Titan ruins of Uldaman in the wasteland, old Fordring and Mograine walked out of Shining City with tired faces.
Walking out of the trial field with a faint blue light, in front of the two great knights, the stern-faced Titan Guardian and Earth Shaper Azadas looked condescendingly at the two great knights who were undergoing the trial.
There was a glimmer of scrutiny in the eyes of this serious Titan Guardian, and deep in his eyes, there was also a hint of invisible admiration.
"Very good, human beings of flesh and blood, you have once again surprised me... Faced with the dangers of re-walking the ancient road, you have continuously proved your will, belief and strength... You are so far away from me
One step closer to recognition..."
"But if that's all, it's not enough!"
On the altar in front of Azadas, a silver two-handed war hammer was suspended in the light curtain of pure Titan energy. The war hammer exuded a thick and deep light. It was like the weapon of the ancient gods. On the surface of the war hammer
The seals were engraved with shining lines of holy light, and golden light like the sun illuminated the renovated hall.
The connection between this ancient artifact called "Silver Hand" and the Holy Light is closer than the knights imagined. As soon as they got close to it, the two knights were swept away just after experiencing the exhaustion of crazy fighting.
Empty, let them become energetic again.
"The next test is about the character of the mind."
Azadas recalled his exchange with Lord Tyrion. This Titan Guardian had completely experienced a rebellion among the Guardians more than 20,000 years ago. Therefore, he valued friendship and loyalty.
It was extremely important, so he decided to test the two great knights in front of him, and he said:
"You all came for the Holy Hammer of the Silver Hand, but unfortunately, only one of you two is destined to hold this weapon and gain its approval. What I want to say to you is that you must do it now
Make a decision...one person will continue to move forward in pursuit of the holy object, while the other person will choose to give up...and return empty-handed."
These words made the expression of Lord Mograine change slightly, and Old Fording took a deep breath. He took a step forward without hesitation and said to the guardian in front of him:
"Then, I give up!"
"oh?"
Looking at Old Fording who gave up on his own initiative, Azadas's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and he asked softly:
"Why? Mortal Fordring, judging from your previous performance, you may be more suitable for this holy hammer? Are you really willing to fulfill your brother? Give all the glory to him? And become an unknown person yourself?
Devotee? Is that really what you think in your heart?"
"Yes! Dear Guardian."
Fording looked at Azadas in front of him calmly, and said in a deep voice:
"No one knows my brother Mograine better than me. He has more courage than me, more determination than me, and more strength than me. He always sees farther than me, and he makes great sacrifices for others.
His sacrifices are far more than mine. In my opinion, no one is more suitable to hold this holy object than Mograine... He is the true embodiment of the character of the Paladin... He has the ability to hold
It qualifies!”
Regarding Fording's speech, Azadas was noncommittal. He turned to look at the silent Mograine and asked:
"So, you see, your brother is willing to leave all opportunities and glory to you, a mortal knight named Alessandro. What is your answer?"
Lord Mograine raised his head, glanced at Fording, then looked at Azadas, and said loudly:
"Then I will continue to move forward! My brother trusts me unreservedly...and I will not let him down!"
This frank and honest answer without any hypocrisy made Azadas laugh. The guardian got the answer he wanted. He waved his hand and a blue light enveloped Mograine.
stand up:
"Very good, very good... Then keep moving forward, I'm looking forward to seeing you waving your silver hand..."
After doing all this, Azadas looked at Fording who turned his head to leave, and he said softly:
"Fording, you, a mortal, remind me of another person in my memory. Like you, he is willing to sacrifice everything to protect his people and the justice he upholds in his heart... Because of your wonderful performance, you also
I won’t come back empty-handed!”
"Now, I want to ask you, Fording, are you willing to use the mission given by this world to track down the whereabouts of another ancient holy object?"
"If I remember correctly, that sacred object should be called...Guardian of Truth..."
