amaotonovel Chapter 438 The Holy Light is Fooled
Chapter 438 The Holy Light is Fooled
What do the lives and deaths of the Scarlet Crusade have to do with me, the Plaguebringer?
Back then, Lorraine was riddled with bullets by Scarlet Recruits near Deathstroke...
If it weren't for the "godfather" descending from the heavens... the holy light guiding the messenger of light, Mr. Marcus, to the master and apprentice's side, pulling the lost lambs back to their feet...
The master and apprentice are probably long gone.
Lorraine found it hard to feel any goodwill towards the Scarlet Crusade... even though these poor souls were also victims of Lordaeron... The Scarlet Crusade and the Forsaken were enemies, but they were also once family.
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Unlike the ghouls summoned by Lorraine's low-level resurrection spell, the ghouls appearing on Atonement Island were all enormous, covered in red fur...
They retain human eyes and are bloodthirsty and ferocious...
Scarlet and vibrant...
Like a wild beast...
The Scarlet Crusade's equipment is magnificent and of high quality. It seems to possess the so-called blessing of faith and the Holy Light...
In the Eastern Plaguelands, they've fought the Scourge year-round and are very experienced... They're fine against ordinary infected, but they're no match for the Scourge's main forces; they're simply slaughtered...
The willpower of the Crimson Warriors is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary humans... With the support of the Crimson Priests, the Crimson Paladin Legion's combat strength truly belongs to the top tier among human legions...
The Knights of the Silver Hand inherited the will of the Holy Light and Tyr's last wish...
The so-called Silver Hand is the remnant of Tyr, the Titan Guardian and Lord of Order, who single-handedly lured away the minions of the Old Gods and died in Tirisfal Glades...
Tyr, the Lord of Order, and Azadas, the Lord of Earth, originally intended to expose the conspiracy of Loken, the Lord of Wisdom, who had been secretly corrupted by the Old Gods... Tyr, pursued by the Faceless Ones, was no match for them and chose to self-destruct in Tirisfal Glades to cover Azadas's escape...
Thousands of years after the Titans left Azeroth, Loken, the King of Wisdom, was corrupted and turned against Azeroth by Yogg-Saron... Loken plotted to banish Odin, seal Mimiron, instigate a war between the Storm Giants and the Frost Giants, and relentlessly persecuted other Guardians until his lies were exposed by Tyr and Azadas.
Azadas escaped to the Uldaman Disc and tattled on them to the Titans of the Pantheon...
Unfortunately, the Pantheon was already preoccupied with its own problems...
Azeroth has undergone a self-transformation that was not part of the Titans' plan...
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Long ago, twenty thousand years ago, in a corner of the unknown Eastern Plaguelands, lay a giant's hand, its metal gleaming as it reached towards the sky... Whispers echoed throughout Tirisfal Glades, easily causing people to lose their way... Until they approached the giant's hand, they would regain their senses...
The descendants of the Vrykul, who followed Tyr, gradually evolved into human tribes due to the corruption caused by the Curse of Flesh...
Tyr's Hand has always been a holy site...
Humans don't know who Tyr really is.
The legend has been passed down... until the human descendants of the Arathi tribe returned to the Whispering Coast... occupied Tirisfal Glades... and multiplied there... later, the miracle was discovered by Tyr.
The believers built the Church of Holy Light there... In the cemetery below the Church of Holy Light, people discovered that the spirits of fallen heroes received the protection of a mysterious power, which the priests once believed to be the power of Holy Light...
The origins of the Church of Holy Light's faith are unknown, yet Tyr's Hand has become a place where believers testify to the miracles of Holy Light...
That is the origin of the Hand of Tyr.
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The first human paladins were trained by Archbishop Alonsus Faol, whose church is now the Scarlet Monastery. The original Church of the Holy Light is located near the site where Tyr fell.
In the Scarlet Crusade, Grand General Abidis's base was established under the control of Tyr...
Among the members of the Scarlet Crusade, including the current Scarlet Highlords Tyrande and Tirion Fordring, the Abidis father and daughter, and many mid-ranking members, they all believe themselves to be on the side of justice... They inherit the will of the Ashbringer and continue the fight against evil...
Anyone who stands in the way of the Scarlet Crusade is an infected or bewitched enemy...
The people of Lordaeron vividly remember the painful lessons learned from the evil and deception of the undead... The Scourge's disguise is indistinguishable to mortals, leaving them with no choice but to resort to cruel methods to prevent future threats...
Gradually, the Scarlet Crusade, who prided themselves on being the embodiment of holy light and vengeance, became the enemy of all forces... They appeared to be a restoration army, survivors, and avengers... but in reality, they were even more tragic than the Forsaken...
Pitiful, pathetic... hateful...
Herod, wielding the Whirlwind Axe, fought fiercely against the ghouls who relentlessly attacked his single-handed defenses... He charged forward, unleashing a whirlwind of power from his giant axe, a force like a meat grinder, severely wounding the red-haired ghoul, who was larger than a grown man...
However, after being injured, the berserk ghoul became even faster and more ferocious...
What terrified Hernold even more was that the number of ghouls kept increasing... layer upon layer, endless... Atonement Isle was supposed to be a deserted island... how did these things even appear...?
Hernold and Jordan thought that by abandoning most of their men to cover their retreat, they could escape the dungeon and take a boat away...
As a result, none of the three large ships that were supposed to be anchored in the cemetery bay were seen; instead, their own men, who were supposed to be there to pick them up, were slaughtered... If it weren't for the sudden arrival of the Crimson Fleet as reinforcements, suppressing them with artillery fire...
Hernold didn't even have a chance to find out what happened on the island afterwards...
The team, which once numbered several hundred, is now reduced to less than five... Hernold and Jordan, one a warrior, the other a mage who can heal... The two have fought against the undead for years and have developed a strong synergy...
The remaining three survivors were a first mate, a sailor, and the only lucky one who escaped from the underground altar.
The lucky guy dared not look at his surroundings; he simply kept using magic to heal his comrades... His ears seemed to have been deafened by the artillery fire, or perhaps he deliberately chose not to hear any sounds from the battlefield...
Fortunately, the staff of the Pure One Jordan still emanates an aura of holy wisdom, capable of restoring tranquility... This aura of wisdom can alleviate physical tension in warriors, but mental fear depends entirely on the fighter's willpower...
Members of the Scarlet Crusade are multi-talented; those in mage-based positions are often charlatans... It's not surprising that they excel at appeasing their subordinates and motivating their warriors—it's their livelihood...
Ordinary people, stimulated by charlatans, can unleash extraordinary fighting power...
The fearless Scarlet Crusade has been resisting the Scourge in Hearthglen in the Western Plaguelands and Tyr's Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands... They are no cowards, but their leaders have long been corrupted or turned to dust...
I've become the Dreadlord's tool...
The Holy Light has been fooled.
Lorraine found it laughable...
Even the most devout believers can break down in the face of true despair...
"Where's the boat? Tell me, where's the boat that was supposed to take us off the island? Where's the boat?!"
"Hernold is screaming like a madman," he demanded of the surviving first mate of the Nemesis... The first mate trembled on the rocks crashing against the shore... pointing a finger at the sea: "The Nemesis is aground. The rescue fleet is blocked... The commander has signaled for us to die... Don't cause unnecessary casualties..."
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