Guess who's back

Gazlowe's unease grew stronger and stronger. He wondered if he should dismiss the party and have the guests stay in the safe fortress for a while.

Just then, a cold, heavy voice came from afar:

"The world trembles because of my torment!"

"That, that is—" Gazlowe had sharp eyes and saw a long, black line in the sky heading towards them.

Just as the voice reached his ears, the ground suddenly shook violently, and countless screams of panic erupted in the venue. Gazlowe felt immense fear in his heart, his legs went weak, and he tumbled to the ground.

At the same time, the seventy-foot-tall goblin statue outside Gadgetzan's coast snapped from its base with a crack and fell straight into the turbulent sea.

The goblin statue was a landmark of Gadgetzan, visible to ships from afar. It seemed to say, "Welcome to the most prosperous and free commercial city—Gadgetzan." But now, it fell with its arms outstretched, as if it had jumped into the sea on its own accord—just like the city's administrator, who clearly had a chance to avoid disaster but jumped into the fire pit himself. Who could he blame?

"Disperse, disperse!" Gazlowe shrieked, "Deathwing, Deathwing is coming!"

His voice was distorted by fear, but the shock brought by the name "Deathwing" was unparalleled. Some people collapsed to the ground upon hearing the words, without even the strength to run away.

Deathwing's figure became clearer and clearer as he mercilessly shouted, "...Miserable kingdoms, crumble in my wrath!"

The giant black dragon flew over Gadgetzan. Deathwing didn't even bother to look down, but the city collapsed the moment he passed over it. Countless flames fell from the sky, setting Gadgetzan ablaze.

Gazlowe spat out the sand in his mouth and looked around, seeing a city in ruins. Everything was burning, and panicked, desperate people were running around, their screams incessant.

He sat on the ground and wailed, "My, my hard work, my Gadgetzan!"

He thought of Aiden's warning and cried even more sadly, "I was blinded by greed! If I had closed the city as soon as I received the letter—no, that would have been too much of a loss... If I had closed it a week ago—no, that's too long... A day ago? It could have been shorter... If only I had moved the trade fair to the morning! Waaah... Why did I choose the afternoon for the party!"

Gazlowe's eyes were red, and he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

After this, who would dare to trade in Gadgetzan? If no one came, he would really go bankrupt!

He stared blankly at Deathwing's receding figure and cursed, "Deathwing, I wish you would fall from the sky and be smashed to pieces, you bastard!"

People always have to pay the price for their greed. Clearly, Gazlowe already had.

—

Subsequent intelligence confirmed that Deathwing was indeed flying towards Los Angeles, and Aiden breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't afraid of Deathwing coming to Los Angeles to cause trouble. With the Scepter of Sargeras and the Eye of Sargeras, killing Deathwing might be a bit difficult, but driving him away was extremely easy!

He ordered Los Angeles to activate the floating magic circle, and Anveina infused mana into the runestones. The massive city immediately floated up with a buzzing sound.

It didn't fly up too high. Floating was mainly to prevent Deathwing from using the power to control the earth to create earthquakes and tsunamis to attack the city, so rising only a few dozen meters was enough.

Of course, to ensure the city's safety, Aiden preferred to choose the battlefield outside the city.

The airships "Retribution" and the improved "Vengeance" took off, and Aiden stood on the deck. He was about to fight Deathwing, which should have been a very serious matter, but Aiden was a bit distracted—he wasn't thinking about the battle at all, but about how to use Deathwing's Earth-Warder authority to summon the Valoran continent.

This would be the most important thing concerning the fate of Valoran since he obtained the Heart of Valoran, so he couldn't help but be cautious.

The phantom of Aman'Thul from the Pantheon, brought by the Observer Algalon, had told him the general idea, letting him know that he should start with the Titan's system. But after all, no one had ever accomplished such a thing for a long time.

He was the first to try, and he couldn't fail. Once he failed, it would mean that the real Valoran would be completely destroyed. Not because of Zilean's forced cessation of time for thousands of years as punishment, but because of his fault.

Deathwing was an unreasonable madman, and everyone knew that he would definitely not cooperate obediently. Using his power to summon the Valoran continent couldn't tolerate the slightest mistake.

Because he was thinking too intently, he didn't even hear Kayle calling him. It wasn't until the angel couldn't help but touch him.

"Hmm?" Aiden came back to his senses.

"Deathwing, he is already within a twenty-kilometer range."

"Oh, oh," Aiden remembered that he had discussed it with everyone before. When he approached within twenty kilometers, they should move out.

"Ziggs, I'll leave this to you guys." He instructed the Yordle scientists who were on standby.

"Yes, Commander!" Ziggs was wearing a very formal military uniform and goggles, and saluted Aiden. However, overall, the action seemed very comical.

This short Yordle scientist was still very qualified as a soldier, at least Valoran couldn't find a few better artillery experts than him.

After the modification of the Vengeance and Retribution, a large number of magic-conducting devices were added to supply power, the purpose of which was to charge the magic-conducting electromagnetic cannons on the ship.

This thing had been verified its power in actual combat, even the Nightmare Lord Xavius's body, which was so hard, could be injured by the shells it fired. It was simply a great weapon for dealing with large targets!

After the modification, the power of the two airships doubled, but the volume did not increase. Instead, many unnecessary components were removed to reduce the load, in order to load as many magic-conducting containers as possible. Even so, a whole airship could only carry one electromagnetic cannon.

In fact, the Valoran Federation only had five electromagnetic cannons, all of which were local specialties brought by Aiden from Earth. Two were here, two were on the walls of Los Angeles, and one was dismantled in the laboratory. Currently, this was all the electromagnetic cannons that could be dispatched.

Presumably, their power will surprise Deathwing!

"Let's go!" Aiden spread his light wings and flew in the direction of Deathwing's arrival.

His eyesight was very good, and he could already see the black dragon flying over the horizon with a plume of smoke.

Behind him, Karthus, Kayle, Morgana, Nocturne and other heroes followed closely.

They were very clear that their strategic goal was not to defeat Deathwing—that was not realistic. What they had to do was to delay a little time so that Aiden could cast spells.

There was a "buzzing" sound from the horizon, seemingly coming from Deathwing's direction.

Noc turned to Karthus mid-flight and asked, "What's that sound?"

"I don't know, it's too far away, I can't make it out."

Aiden, however, answered, "He's reciting lines!"

"Re- reciting lines?" Even Kayle couldn't help but look strange.

"Ah, alright, he's reading lines," Aiden corrected his slip of the tongue.

His perception was extremely strong, allowing him to distinguish the other party's voice from the air.

Deathwing was currently flying and shouting the lines from the Cataclysm version CG in the game.

Things like "Pain, suffering," "Hate burning," and "Miserable kingdom."

When these things are combined through artistic editing and splicing, they are, of course, very shocking and allow people to directly feel Deathwing's terror and madness.

His appearance in the CG, tearing the earth, causing tsunamis, collapsing reservoir dams, and strutting on the walls of Stormwind City, was indeed mighty and imposing. But in reality, if the scene were changed to him shouting all the way while flying, it would immediately make people feel only his madness, and not be aware of his power.

That's how the people around Aiden felt now. Because of his Make complaints, they all felt that Deathwing was indeed a bit mentally unstable.

If Gazlowe could sense their thoughts, he would definitely invite them to experience everything Orgrimmar had just gone through.

Just when Deathwing flew over Orgrimmar, he said, "The miserable kingdom collapses in my wrath," and Orgrimmar fell into eternal doom. Deathwing didn't even bother to glance down.

As the distance between the two sides further narrowed, they could also hear the other party's "lines" clearly.

"...Eventually, the whole of Azeroth will be destroyed," "In the shadow of my wings, everything will turn to ashes!"

"It's very imposing," Noc commented.

"But who is he saying it to? Does he know we're listening?" Morgana mocked. The thought that the other party was really reciting lines made her want to laugh. If there wasn't anyone else here, she would have already burst out laughing.

Aiden smiled and said, "Think about it, if he could really fly to Los Angeles, land on the Municipal Building, then smash the dozen or so floors with one claw, and roar again, matching the current lines, wouldn't that be particularly imposing?"

"But does he have a chance to get close to the Municipal Building?" Kayle asked. Her tone was very relaxed, and her expression was the same.

Aiden thought seriously for a moment and replied, "No. Because that's why we're here!"

Yes, they were here to stop Deathwing from getting close to Los Angeles.

It was indeed a bit difficult to directly defeat Deathwing, but driving him away was really not too difficult.

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Deathwing's size was too obvious, coupled with his great momentum—he had such a long trail of smoke behind him, even more exaggerated than an old coal-fired steamship, it was hard for others not to notice him. So Aiden and the others noticed his arrival very early on.

And by the time Deathwing saw Aiden and the others, the two sides had approached within a straight-line distance of five kilometers.

He glanced at this group of tiny ants who seemed to be trying to stop him, and then saw the most dreaded figure among them—Aiden!

N'Zoth had fully understood Aiden's terror from the encounters of two of his kind. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of his plan, he had, of course, warned Deathwing to be careful of this person. Deathwing had heard it, but he didn't care too much.

He was originally an unruly dragon. When he was still a proto-dragon, he dared to challenge Galakrond, the Father of Dragons, who was countless times larger than him, which was enough to prove his courage. Now, possessing the power of the Earth-Warder and accepting the power of the Old Gods, he was already the most powerful being in Azeroth—if a restriction had to be added, then it was the most powerful being in Azeroth that could freely exert its power.

N'Zoth was certainly stronger than Deathwing, but he was imprisoned underground; Elune might also be stronger than Deathwing, but she was a god and could not directly interfere in the world of mortals.

Besides them, who else dared to say that they could rival him?

Because of this, even with N'Zoth's warning, Deathwing had to try it himself to determine who was stronger!

"You think you can stop me? Stop the Destroyer? Impossible!" Deathwing shouted in the sky. He felt as if he had been insulted. Even if this mortal named Aiden possessed some unique means and power, he would never be able to be resisted by the few weak and humble guys in front of him.

He only brought these few people, was he looking down on him?

This guess made Deathwing even more angry! He felt that the other party looked down on him.

Therefore, he decided to let these tiny guys see his true power!

He flapped his wings, bringing up thick smoke and flames, and pounced on Aiden and the others at a faster speed.

As the distance further narrowed, he saw that Aiden was holding a short scepter in his hand. He suddenly remembered that N'Zoth had warned him that Aiden had a scepter and a gem in his hand, containing very terrifying power, and he must remember not to entangle with him after seeing them, and to retreat quickly or fight quickly.

He chose the latter.

Retreat was not an option that existed in the mind of the mad Deathwing.

Deathwing saw these tiny creatures scattering and fleeing, and he sneered in his heart: Sure enough, they are timid mortals!

He identified Aiden and chased straight after him.

"Disperse!" Aiden shouted to the others while pulling up. He held up the Staff of Time and suddenly stopped time. Then he traveled through the frozen gray realm and came directly to Deathwing's back.

The other heroes also quickly came here with his help.

The back of this black dragon was covered with heavy Elementium plating, and most spells could not damage this magical alloy at all. It was these pieces of armor that protected Deathwing's body and prevented his body, which had fused with the power of the Old Gods, from collapsing directly.

In the game, part of the plot to stop Deathwing from destroying the world unfolded here.

This was the first battle facing Deathwing directly, and it was completed on the back of this black dragon—the heroes had to ensure that they were not thrown off by Deathwing while knocking off the Elementium plating on his body, to win Thrall an opportunity to use the power of the Dragon Soul to directly knock Deathwing down from the sky and severely injure him.

Now Thrall was not here, and they did not have the Dragon Soul in their hands, but Aiden had a better substitute.

Wouldn't it be more convenient to use the power of the Eye of Sargeras to eliminate Deathwing?