Time stood still, but thoughts did not. Just when Onyxia was almost in despair, she saw the figure she most wanted to see.
Aiden, holding the Staff of Time, walked through the gray space and came to Onyxia, calmly dragging her away to a safe zone. Although his size was completely disproportionate to that of the black dragon princess, dragging such a dragon, whose weight was calculated in hundreds of tons, was not difficult for him.
Then he returned to Onyxia's original position and slowly walked towards the even more massive Dimensius.
He had just rushed back from Draenor and had arrived just in time to save the black dragon princess, and at the same time, he had ushered in an excellent opportunity—an opportunity to severely damage Dimensius!
It should be known that Aiden was not the only one with the ability to control time. Among those present, Nozdormu himself was the guardian of time. The bronze dragon king had considered using time stop to restrict Dimensius, but it proved ineffective. Because the opponent was too powerful and had an extremely abnormal sensing ability, Dimensius knew this most threatening method too well. As soon as it detected any signs of the enemy stopping time, it would immediately Into the Void .
This time, if Aiden hadn't appeared suddenly, and Dimensius had been focused on killing the black dragon princess, whom it regarded as prey, and Aiden's own strength had exceeded Dimensius's, it would have been too late for Dimensius to escape when he suddenly launched his attack.
Dimensius maintained its previous posture, but its heart was filled with terror. It could traverse the Great Universe for hundreds of thousands of years, devouring countless worlds. Even the Pantheon could not do anything to it, relying on its ability to escape that no one could capture it. When this ability was restricted, its true strength was only slightly stronger than an ordinary Titan, not even as good as the weakest Titan of the Pantheon.
So, when Dimensius saw Aiden coming over, it knew that it was probably going to признать поражение (recognize defeat) today.
The actual situation was exactly as it had guessed. When it sensed that time had returned to normal, it immediately wanted to escape into the Twisting Nether, but before it could actually launch the escape, the Silver Judgment pierced into its chest, and an indescribably powerful force directly hit its energy core.
Dimensius let out a shrill scream, its body rapidly shrinking, and instantly jumped into the black hole that formed behind it, disappearing without a trace.
The voidwalkers on the ground, without the command of their master, suddenly became disorganized and fought on their own. The elves, sentinels, mages, and powerful guardians who had reacted quickly wiped them out in no time.
"Aiden"
"Commander"
"Master"
The battle was not over yet, and a group of people surrounded Aiden, their eyes expressing one meaning, that this "protagonist" had finally returned—
If Aiden hadn't appeared, they would all have been dragged down by Dimensius in another day. When that devourer of worlds was able to move freely, it would probably be the time when the Battle for Mount Hyjal was completely lost.
Aiden greeted them one by one before thankfully saying, "Fortunately, I made it in time."
Onyxia transformed into her human form, putting on a pitiful look, "I was so scared!"
"Haha," Aiden laughed, "This time, thanks to you for holding Dimensius back, I had this opportunity. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have been able to do anything about it."
"Aiden, you know about the ethereals' plan, right? What do you think?" the red dragon mage Krasus asked.
The others had the same question. During this period, Dimensius had made them feel like they were living in hell. No matter how powerful their previous opponents were, there was always hope of defeating them, but Dimensius was too cautious and had too strong of an ability to escape. No one could restrict it, so naturally, there was no way to stop it from doing whatever it wanted.
Just like today's battle at Feathermoon Stronghold, if Aiden hadn't appeared, the high elf mages here would probably have been almost completely wiped out, and even their guardian army would have suffered real casualties—at least Onyxia would have likely been killed in battle.
"I know that plan," Aiden nodded, and as for the evaluation—"To be honest, if we hadn't severely damaged Dimensius today, the success rate of the ethereals' plan would have been infinitely close to zero."
"Oh?"
"Why?"
The others were a little puzzled and also curious.
Judging from the battles these past few days, Dimensius was indeed good at using various existing tiny void rifts to traverse space and draw energy. When the mana furnace in Icecrown Glacier was built and could be sensed by Dimensius, it was very likely to drill into it to extract energy, right?
If the plan provided by the ethereals was not feasible, they would not have agreed to let Malygos and the blue dragonflight draw mana from the ley lines again to create void rifts. After all, it was easy to create them, but extremely difficult to eliminate them. Once void rifts formed, they would almost permanently damage the land and were extremely dangerous. Anything that approached the rifts could be sucked into the Twisting Nether.
That was not a place where normal people could survive. Apart from people like Aiden and Medivh, who had done special research on the Twisting Nether and had ways to deal with it, others would basically die if they went in.
Aiden was so sure, of course, there was a reason.
"The first is that Dimensius has already cooperated with the Old Gods. Even the slightest leak in our plan will eventually be known by the other party. Secondly, Dimensius has traversed the universe for hundreds of thousands of years, and the ethereals have also made many attempts. Building a mana furnace is not the first time, but it has never been successful. Dimensius has a very strong sense of danger. Once there is any disturbance, it will escape instantly. Finally—Dimensius will not extract void energy on a large scale unless it has been severely damaged. So…"
Archmage Antonidas's eyes lit up: "You injured Dimensius today, so it now has a reason to extract void energy, right?"
Aiden nodded.
"Then has the mana furnace been built?" Anna asked.
If Dimensius took the bait at this time, and people found out that the trap hadn't been dug yet, that would be terrible.
"It's built." The one who answered this question was not Aiden, but Nozdormu.
The others immediately understood. For the bronze dragon king, who controlled the secrets of time, this information was never a secret to him.
"Then should we go now?" Dragon King Alexstraza suggested, "These past few days have been frustrating for this old dragon. We must vent our anger when we have the chance to corner a dog and beat it!"
"That's right, we must beat a drowning dog!"
The others laughed, and the depression of being led by the nose by Dimensius for several days was swept away.
—
Severely injuring Dimensius was a rare good news, but overall, the overall situation these past few days has been very bad for the Alliance. Even though Queen Azshara's naga army's operation in Pandaria failed to resurrect Y'Shaarj successfully.
But she did not gain nothing, and in a sense, she still gained a lot—that is, she obtained the "Old God"—the one with the title "Eye of the Void,"—Vel'koz.
This can be regarded as losing in the east and gaining in the west.
This was a pleasant surprise. N'Zoth had even prepared himself for the complete failure of the operation in Pandaria, and even the death of his capable subordinate Queen Azshara. He did not expect the actual situation to be much better than he had expected.
Azshara returned to the Palace of the Deep Sea Eye with Vel'koz. When N'Zoth "saw" this kind, he was even more overjoyed.
Vel'koz showed him his most proud skill—the "Life Form Disintegration Ray"! This is one of the most powerful concentrated attack energy in the universe, and Vel'koz's use of the disintegration ray is even more superb.
The most exciting thing for N'Zoth was not that he had obtained a kindred ally with considerable strength, but that Vel'koz proudly told him that his disintegration ray was his innate ability.
N'Zoth comforted and thanked this kind who had come from afar—even it could be said that they had crossed countless billions of light years and planes to support the great cause of their Old Gods in Azeroth. He promised to create a "Twilight Hour" belonging to their Old Gods together with Vel'koz, conquer Azeroth, counterattack the Pantheon, eliminate the Titans, demons, and all creatures in the universe that do not obey them, and jointly welcome the arrival of the "End of Time"…
In N'Zoth's view, Vel'koz, this simple-minded little friend, had completely believed him under his unremitting Bluff and regarded him as his big brother.
"What a naive little guy," N'Zoth thought to himself.
He told Vel'koz that in a few days, his claws would be able to crush the creatures on the ground, and he himself would be able to break free. When that time came, they would be able to carry out the grand plan to conquer the universe.
These words were not all lies, at least some of them were true—that is, N'Zoth was indeed preparing to conquer the universe and destroy the Pantheon and the Burning Legion. The only part that remained to be discussed was only one point—that was, he did not really want to play with Vel'koz.
Vel'koz's strength has been growing since he ate the heart of Y'Shaarj. In a few months at most, after he has digested the essence of the power in the heart, he will become even more powerful than Queen Azshara. Such strength is indeed very powerful for mortals, but it is not enough for an old and mature Old God like N'Zoth.
Vel'koz's size is only that of a growing Old God, and it has great potential. After it grows up, it will definitely threaten N'Zoth's rule.
N'Zoth was unwilling to raise such a potential threat. For him, the safest and most beneficial way was to eat Vel'koz and obtain the disintegration ray of the other party's talent ability. In this way, his own strength would be greatly increased, and he would not violate his previous promise to Vel'koz—
Vel'koz's excellent genes and memories will be integrated into his body, so wouldn't he be leading Vel'koz to complete the conquest of the universe, open the "End of Time," and complete all the great achievements that all the Old Gods have been looking forward to?