Chapter 421: No More Than Three Rounds of Charm
Alterac Mountain is a barren place. Apart from snow and rocks, there's hardly anything else.
There are no specialties, no unique features. Although there are some minerals, how can one mine in such terrible weather?
Perhaps, the only 'specialty' here are the snowmen.
Alterac doesn't have gryphons, but King Aiden fears the arrival of others' gryphons over his castle, so he solidified a 'no-fly' magic circle on the castle where the palace is located.
It's not entirely accurate to call it a no-fly zone. This magic circle mainly drains some of the wind elements and strengthens gravity.
Normally, it would be a paradox for Duke to make a name for himself in such a no-fly magic circle, both draining wind elements and using wind elements to form an ice storm to harm the enemy.
But Duke did it.
Under the gaze of hundreds of Wildhammer dwarf knights, and the stunned eyes of thousands of Alterac soldiers and civilians, everyone saw a huge ice tornado form under Duke's command at the center of the formation.
It was a massive tornado over twenty meters high from the ground, so large that its edges were almost invisible. It firmly enveloped the towering mountains surrounding Alterac City from the east, west, south, and north.
The distant scenery had become blurred, and only the undulating faint shadows and the mountain lines that appeared and disappeared in the mist could be seen.
Apart from the outline of the world, all lines of sight were destroyed by those giant round ice blocks whirling and dancing. The falling giant dragons still emitted powerful roars, but the originally full-blown roars had been covered by the sound of the wild wind, turning into unclear low hums.
The giant dragons were sucked into the tornado, their red figures quickly blurred, turning into a dim shadow. That kind of high-speed rotation, just looking at it made one feel dizzy, let alone the horror of being trapped in it.
With a "bang", a bloody giant figure was embedded in the mountain north of Alterac Royal City.
Everyone took a closer look and was shocked to find that it was the body of a young red dragon, its scales almost stripped off, its flesh and blood blurred, and its body full of ice slag.
"Pop!" Another explosion, a smaller red dragon fell just outside the city wall. After falling, it also lost all sound and movement.
The red dragons, which were still imposing even when they fell, were dying one by one around the city.
No one dared to make a sound. They looked at Duke, who was casting spells at the top of the city, with awe. They occasionally cast their eyes on this huge tornado with a diameter of several kilometers. It seemed that the storm was so vast, like a black hole that swallowed everything, pulling everything in the sky into it for stirring.
Underneath it, Alterac City looked like a garbage dump carrying waste, and also like the only island spared in a stormy sea. It was so small, highlighting how wide and powerful the storm was.
The fierce gryphons were like docile kittens, crawling on the ground, shivering.
The battle-hardened gryphon knights took off their helmets and paid the highest respect to the powerful mage standing at the top of the castle.
Everyone stood on this safe island, silently watching the performance of the end-of-the-world storm, all lost their ability to speak, silently paying attention to everything.
Those unfamiliar with Duke looked at him with the deepest awe.
Those familiar with Duke were wondering, wasn't Duke just a Morningstar mage? Even with the support of a magic circle, could he do such exaggerated things?
In fact, on the floor below the rooftop, Jandice was watching this pair of troublemakers with a wry smile.
"Duke, you damn kid, are you done!? I can't hold on much longer!" Just below the staircase next to Duke, an old man with white beard and hair, dressed in a dazzlingly gorgeous epic mage outfit, was cursing loudly.
"Just a bit more, once we deal with these five, we'll be done," Duke replied while seemingly chanting a spell.
"Pah! I look down on the materials of just five red dragons," the white-bearded old mage continued to grumble, but at least he didn't quit immediately. However, you could see the magical circuit light on his body gradually dimming.
"Cut it out, if I wasn't taking the brunt of it, you'd be pouncing on a single piece of red dragon material like a dog... gnawing on a bone," Duke wanted to say like a dog eating shit, but he changed his words at the last moment.
"Bastard! You dare to provoke me? Believe it or not, I'll take a few more shares?" The white-haired old man continued to curse.
"Do you believe that when Alexstrasza comes after me in the future, I'll give you up first?"
"I'll shut you up first."
"Alright, come on!" Duke laughed wickedly, looking like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
The old man fell silent.
Jandice couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
The two guys ignored each other.
Who is this old man? Naturally, it's Antonidas, the most formidable, powerful, and majestic councilor in the history of Dalaran.
After gaining control of the magic circle, the first thing Duke thought of was how to maximize the results of the battle. Since he wanted to keep the entire Red Dragonflight here, he couldn't do it alone. So he sent a magical message and dragged Antonidas into it.
Dragons are fierce, but they are treasures all over!
Dragon scales can be used to make scale armor, dragon tendons can be used to make powerful siege weapons, dragon skin can be used as magical materials, dragon blood can be used to make magical potions... The problem is, not many people in this world dare to slay dragons. Because dragons are in groups, in nests.
If you kill the small ones, the big ones come. If you kill the big ones, the old ones come. The older they are, the more formidable they are.
Especially the Red Dragonflight, a large clan with thousands of members. Just the full force of the Red Dragonflight alone has the power to flatten a country.
So most adventurers, mages, can only stare at the treasures of the dragon race. For thousands of years, they have been waiting for a traitor from the dragon race. Well, there are a few traitors, like the Black Dragonflight, but every member of the Black Dragonflight is incredibly formidable and elusive, who can catch them?
This time, Duke directly proposed to Antonidas that he would slaughter a large number of dragons in his personal name, and privately split the spoils with Antonidas. Antonidas could not resist this temptation.
Although it was rumored that the Red Dragon Queen was controlled, leading the Red Dragonflight to join the Horde against the Alliance. Who knows whether Alexstrasza will settle accounts after she breaks free in the future.
Now that Duke has solemnly promised to handle the Red Dragon Queen, Antonidas's mind has also become active, and he was eventually tempted by Duke.
People only see Duke's wild and cool demeanor, who would know that right next to Duke, one of the only two Sunwalkers in
the world, Antonidas, is helping.
What's more, the two of them even share the same version of the magic circuit...