nashuaworldcup Chapter 474 Lady Luck is Smiling
Chapter 474 Lady Luck is Smiling
Prince Garin is a proud man. Having witnessed the glorious deeds of the Thorbean royal family since childhood, young Garin always believed that he could continue the glory of his ancestors.
However, the pampered and willful noblewoman, aside from learning the tedious etiquette and exaggerated competition among nobles, lacked the martial prowess and combat experience of her father.
Stripped of everything, his most resentful father was actually the only valuable thing about Garin.
His status as Prince Garin was due to the obscurity of his bloodline.
The retainers' unwavering loyalty was not due to Karin's personal charisma.
The servants of House Thorbane uphold the glory of the former Red Stromgarde Kingdom, and the general who remains in Stromgarde is unwilling to abandon the traditions of the Arathorian Empire.
If there had been no natural disasters, no war, no banquet a few days ago, no opportunity to lead troops into battle... the prince, frustrated by his inability to change the decline of Stromgarde, would not have been so stubbornly resentful of a complete stranger.
The greatest pain in the world is that a single wrong choice can lead to utter ruin and all efforts being wasted.
Always hoping to turn things around overnight, pinning one's hopes on unstable factors, attempting to gain big with small investments, and showing no concern for the past, one is bound to face a cruel ending.
Many things happen naturally... seemingly by chance, but in reality, they are inevitable.
Only the wise can see the situation clearly, and only the brave can accept the outcome and turn the tide... For thousands of years, we have all been ordinary people, and the deeds of heroes lie in creating miracles with the determination to die.
Some foolish people want to win the lottery without putting in any effort, making any preparations, enduring any hardships, or being patient.
Lady Luck is on my side... That's what gamblers always think.
But Lady Luck is an unpredictable and fickle woman; she might favor anyone, or she might just not love you at all... and toy with you. Galin is obsessed with Countess Katarina of Stormwind, believing that a wealthy and outstanding young man like himself deserves a mysterious and noble beauty like the Black Dragon Princess.
Little did he know that even if he didn't fall into the hands of the Faceless Ones and suffer torture...
If he falls into the hands of the Black Dragon Princess, he will be devoured until not even bones remain.
Even if he leads his army to slaughter the rebels in Hillsbrad Foothills and returns to Stromgarde to continue being a prince... the fate awaiting Garin is still destruction. In the Faceless Ones' script, the Arathi race must perish; the end of mortals has already been written into the prophecy of the Twilight Shadows.
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Only when the end times come will more foolish mortals willingly become servants of the ancient gods.
In other words, if you don't put some pressure on them and offer them some incentives, the ants will just keep going in circles forever.
The Faceless One's ethereal form has appeared, and Lorraine initially thought everyone on the island would become its prey. Having witnessed the Faceless One's power and eeriness in previous encounters, Lorraine already knew this firsthand.
It devours energy, flesh, life...
It guides, amplifies, and distorts human desires and minds.
Mortal weapons can hardly harm the Faceless Ones who exist between reality and illusion. In other words, when mortal weapons touch a Faceless One, it's like poking into a sponge-like cloud of another world, causing the Faceless One to switch forms and make the mortal lose their target.
When the Faceless One launches an attack, it can also draw unknown corrosive substances from the void plane... directly devouring life energy and destroying the form of living beings.
Therefore, when the Bloodstone Egg first transformed into the Faceless One, it devoured the Forsaken's traitors and also absorbed the jailers sent by Dalaran.
Lorraine discovered that the blood of the ancient gods contained a terrifying power that affected all flesh and blood life, and could also influence the level of consciousness, including mental power, the conversion and absorption of magic power, etc.
The numerous minions summoned by Lorraine all became nourishment for the enemy.
This indicates that the Faceless Ones also possess an extremely terrifying capacity for growth...
At that time, the core of an incompletely evolved Faceless One was easily destroyed by the Titan's protective power in the barrier of the Endless Abyss, which made Lorraine realize that not all power would be devoured by the Faceless Ones... Perhaps his magic was too weak to break through their defenses.
The crystal energy bestowed upon the Spider Demon, the guardian of the abyss by the Titans, easily shattered the Bloodstone Egg.
Had the Bloodstone not already shattered into many pieces, the monster that Mayor Bonn has transformed into would likely have reached an unimaginable size. According to the Spider Demon Chronicles, the true form of an ancient god could cover a third of a planet's surface...
The Faceless One is merely a subordinate, avatar, or tentacle of the Ancient God.
They are like viral cells, and can actually be considered one of the true forms of the Old Gods. They are different from the flesh and blood life forms native to Azeroth. Apart from their flesh and blood core, they have almost no weaknesses.
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Kel'Thuzad greedily absorbed the energy of the Faceless One, aiming to break through the Faceless One's illusory form and obtain the Faceless One's core, which is a fragment of the Bloodstone Egg.
Kelvin, of course, did not know that the Bloodstone Egg and the Shadow Power fluctuations that had previously caused the violent tremors were no longer the same treasure, but merely incomplete fragments.
This is something that only Lorraine and Terra, the parties involved, understand to some extent; Lorraine is the one who knows everything.
He is even the culprit who caused the current situation...
Lorraine's original idea was very simple: he just wanted to eliminate the traitors for the Dark Queen and reclaim the lost treasures of Undercity.
Who could have known that the secret of the Bloodstone Egg was the real focus of contention among all parties?
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The mysterious necklace that the Twilight cultists had hidden originally contained the blood of the true god.
The Twilight Cultists perished in the plague, and the Bloodstone Necklace was accidentally discovered by the Forsaken. This living stone attracted the attention of the Royal Apothecaries. Research revealed that the Bloodstone egg contained the ingredient the Grand Apothecaries had been searching for—an ingredient effective against both living beings and the undead...
Before they could achieve any further results, the Desolate Council's rebellion allowed the traitor to escape and take away this secret treasure.
For Undercity, the deadly plague potion is the Forsaken's top-secret weapon...
The core members of the Royal Alchemist's Guild, however, did not show any signs of tension. The undead were very good at managing their emotions; they had not yet realized that the secret hidden in this bloodstone necklace was not only a threat to the living.
The records of the Old Gods are only known to the upper elves of Blood Elf society and the old mages of Dalaran.
Even though the Caverns of Time, the guardians of the dragons, are aware of these ancient threats, they will not tell mortals.
It was precisely after Arthas, the Lich King of the Scourge, awoke that he learned from Ner'zhul's memories about the entanglements and connections between the Burning Legion and the Old Gods. He also understood that the Titans' attitude towards mortals was probably not one of pity and protection.
In the Titans' original plan, there was no place for mortals.
In the plans of the Old Gods, planets were food; other planets had no value whatsoever...
In other words, Lorraine, struggling to survive, and the necromancer who desperately wanted to be reborn and free himself and his teacher... were just insignificant insects, like Garin, who hated them to the core...
Just like a group of ants attracted by the stench of blood on the ground, fighting and scrambling... what the ants consider love, hate, and life-and-death struggles are utterly insignificant in the universe, in the war between the Titans and the Ancient Gods.
But who could have imagined that mortal ants could destroy the Titans' immortal fortress!