828 The Fall of Elrond (1/2)
”The eternal sun will guide our way, to keep us from getting lost in the dark.”
”The eternal sun will guide our way, to keep our future bright.”
”The eternal sun will guide our way, let its light cleanse away all evil.”
”The eternal sun will guide our way, to keep our morale forever high.”
Melody's voice got louder with each verse she chanted, and the sunlight shone brighter. The sunlight looked as if it was converging around her!
With each chant, the body of the terrifying Devil Tree, Harlech would shake violently, and a burst of flame would explode on him!
Elrond looked on in grief as the hidden card left by his mother howled and shuddered. With Melody's 4th verse, Harlech was turned into what was probably the world's largest torch, burning fiercely!
Even Elrond himself started showing burn marks and letting out smoke. Soon, a few tiny embers even appeared on his body!
Melody dropped back to the ground soon after, looking rather pale. Blood dripped out of her lips. However, the persistent sunlight still pierced the clouds to blanket her protectively.
Melody's actions had completely destroyed Elrond's sense of rationality! Elrond wailed in despair. He didn't even wait to extinguish the flames on his body before charging straight at Sheyan's group. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked to be totally devoid of reason. Facing an Elrond who had completely given up on defence and gave everything he had in attack put Sheyan and Reef under immense pressure.
As the fight neared its conclusion, Elrond managed to kill the dark gold leech. That was a testament to how wildly he attacked! Even more surprising was that he still had quite a few magic items on his body that would activate themselves throughout the battle. The faint green glow of Rejuvenation spells would occasionally appear on his body. Sheyan and Reef could only persistently hang on.
Fortunately, they both had the Twilight Elf's blessing on them. In addition to that, the Elven mage stopped attacking once she saw that the situation was dire with the two, and used her MP to relentlessly cast healing spells on them.
After 15 minutes, Reef's life once fell into a critical state and the 'Life-Link' was activated. Sheyan risked a stab by Elrond on his chest and grabbed onto Elrond's weapon with both hands!
Seizing this opportunity, Melody once again stood up with difficulty!
She had barely recovered some of her divine power. Under the illumination of the sunlight, the green glow emitted from her body turned into golden characters. They were divine ancient Elven runes! 3 divine characters combined into a flaming javelin, and abruptly shot forward!
That was Melody's advanced ability:
Scorching Dictum!
The javelin did not look like it possess a lot of speed, but as it tore through the air, it left behind a blinding trail of flame. The fire on the javelin itself looked even more intimidating and would occasionally form the illusion of a roaring beast!
Everyone there held their breath as if the surrounding air had been sucked away. A scorching heat wave assaulted them like a tsunami!
The Scorching Dictum stabbed into Elrond's chest, and melted away into his body as if it was absorbed by him.
Elrond was frozen in place. He looked down at his chest in disbelief as the defensive magic items on his body went off one after another like fireworks. Next, his whole body lit up into a conflagration with him at the centre.
The next second, Elrond floated up into the air. He released a long wail that contained sadness, pain, despair, relief... in short, all kinds of emotions mixed together. He then started to crumble into ashes bit by bit, which dispersed into the surrounding. This marked the moment Elrond disappeared from this world!
A few rainbow-coloured crystals dropped down from the ashes.
Melody fell hard to the ground after unleashing the Scorching Dictum. She fell into unconsciousness while blood continuously flowed out from every orifice on her face, soaking up her clothes. The Elven mage immediately rushed forward to take care of her.
At the same time, the trio of Sheyan, Reef and Franklin received a series of notifications:
[You have killed a famous storyline hero of Middle Earth, Elrond Idril.]
(ED: Idril was the daughter of Turgon, King of Gondolin, and the mother of Eärendil, making her Elrond's grandmother, it isn't Elrond's actual family name in the LOTR world)
[You obtained 2311 Fate points of the Dark Lord faction.]
[You obtained the mysterious item : Elven Illusion Bone Crystals.]