On the road from Zulmasa to Stratholme, the crowd marched in silence, Uther and Alessandro's faces were heavy and calm, Dalyan and the juniors also felt the dullness of the atmosphere, and bowed their heads and did not dare to speak, in the center of the line, Gianna and Dick were talking to each other, whispering. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Arthas is going crazy..."

Dick lowered his voice and said to the thoughtful eldest lady,

"I doubt what kind of horrible behavior he would have done in such a situation!"

He just wanted to protect his people in his own way, and he was born to be a prince, a responsibility he couldn't escape, hey, how pitiful. ”

Gianna glanced up at Arthas, who was at the front of the line, the proud prince seemed to have been sharpened during the three days of siege, and from those pale blue eyes, Gianna saw a flame, a flame that could consume his opponent, but also a fire that could burn himself to ashes.

Arthas almost gritted his teeth and insisted on moving forward, and the invincible death added a touch of unrelieved sadness to the heart of His Royal Highness the prince, but it also made his will to "purify" Stratholme stronger, he stubbornly rode on a warhorse, looking at Stratholme wrapped in green mist, the light in his eyes became even colder.

Mavien, the other chief of the guard who followed His Royal Highness the Prince, couldn't help but think of the task that His Royal Highness had privately ordered before leaving.

"Farek... You're going to do something for me!"

"Hmm. ”

"You leave the group, take my insignia, and go and mobilize all the soldiers of the three nearby military camps of the Crown Tower, the Northland Tower, and the East Wall Tower, and go to Stratholme, where I will wait for you. ”

"Your Highness, we already have 600 paladins, these forces are enough to capture Stratholme and rescue your people, and the nearby watchtowers are only ordinary troops, and they are almost useless in the face of the undead!"

"Enough! Do as I command, these paladins won't do exactly what I do, they have their own set of rules, go, my brother. ”

"Yes... My Highness!"

Marvion, who was standing aside, saw the cold light shining on His Royal Highness the Prince's face, this veteran of the battlefield, couldn't help but shudder, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of cruel means His Royal Highness would use in the end if things were really as bad as the demon said.

But the loyalty to the royal family made Marvien have to rot this matter in his stomach, and His Royal Highness Arthas received a letter from him to rush to Stratholme as fast as possible, only to encounter a terrible ambush, although the responsibility for this matter is not on Mavien, but the veteran does not allow himself to make mistakes again.

So he finally decided that no matter what His Royal Highness the Prince's orders were, he would follow His Highness all the way.

Marvion, who had made up his mind, didn't know that his expression had changed, and he had been secretly watching Arthas and his Dick.

"Gianna, I remember you told me that before you left Dalaran, you saw a man in black who would turn into a crow, didn't you?"

Dick suddenly turned his head to look at the eldest lady, and the question made the eldest lady frown,

"Did I tell you about it?... Well, I guess I said, the man in black was seeing my mentor at the time, he was like a ghost, Dalaran couldn't stop him, he called himself a "prophet", and warned my mentor that the dark forces had revived in Northrend, and that they were about to invade the whole of the north, and he told my mentor to prepare that he had to go to Kalimdor in order to finally find peace. ”

Gianna told her what she knew, but when she finished speaking, she was amazed.

"Oh my God, the man in black is telling the truth! Isn't that the Lich King behind Kel'thugad?"

Dick nodded, and he looked left and right, and after making sure that no one would hear their conversation, he spoke,

"I've actually met that prophet too..."

"What? even you..."

"Don't be so surprised, little darling, if it weren't for him, do you think I would know so many things? Titan artifact, these are what he told me, he also warned me about similar things, and now seeing the appearance of Arthas, I begin to feel that his prediction is right, we should have prepared early!"

Dick's "little baby" made the eldest lady blush immediately, but she was more concerned about what Dick was saying.

"But my guru didn't believe him, he called him a liar, and although I was a disciple of my guru, I couldn't influence Dalaran's decision..."

"No, little baby, I'm talking about another thing, if something big happens today, we should think about how to get to Kalimdo, to cross the entire Endless Sea, this can only be done by the Armada of Kul Tiras, I need you to contact your father, Arthas is not in the right state, we need to prepare in advance!"

"Did you find anything?"

"I..."

"Knight Dick, His Royal Highness the Prince asked you to come over!"

Dick's words were interrupted by the herald's voice, he clenched his fists, glanced at Gianna, nodded slightly, and then followed the herald, urging his horse to run to the front of the group.

At this time, the main gate of Stratholm was already in sight, and on the opposite side of the moat, thousands of assembled Lordaeron soldiers, under the leadership of their respective commanders, firmly surrounded the main gate of Stratholme, it can be seen that they are setting up a defensive line, and the originally prosperous Stratholm, black smoke has risen in the city, and the huge noise, even across a river, can be heard clearly.

Arthas stumbled from his horse and stumbled, Dick hurriedly helped him, the prince smiled at him, and after Dick and Gianna killed Kel'thugad, rescued Pharyk, brought reinforcements, and revealed the vision of the Dreadlord, Arthas rightfully included him in his camp.

His Royal Highness the Prince walked to the front of the line, Uther and Alessandro followed him, and the paladins also dismounted, they could clearly see the chaotic scene in the city from the city gate, the monsters that had just transformed into undead, were chasing and killing the citizens who had not yet been infected, and in the chaos, the disgusting blood and plague breath were almost rushing to the face.

"This..."

Uther and Alessandro glanced at each other, both seeing the heaviness in each other's eyes, and they didn't expect that in just 3 days, Stratholme's condition would deteriorate to this extent.

"I'm going to cleanse the city!"

Arthas spoke, his voice weak, but full of strength and persistence, and he looked back at Uther and Alessandro, pointed to the scene in the city gates, and asked,

"Now when the ascetics have set up the circle, what will be left of the city?"

"My disciple, I only care about the purification you said... And what?"

Uther had already seen a not-so-good sign in Arthas's face, and he looked at Arthas without fear, questioning,

"Don't tell me you're going to destroy the city with your own hands!"

"It's exactly the same as the situation in Andorhar, the undead who rushed out of the city scattered to other places, turning the whole of Sidaron Mill into a hell, I can't let East Dar Rumor Mir suffer anything like this again, I... I'm going to get rid of all the hidden dangers that threaten the whole country!"

Arthas's tone was very difficult, but just after he said this, even Alessandro, who had always been old-fashioned, couldn't help but take a step forward and advised,

"Your Royal Highness, you can't do this! There are still citizens in the city who have not been infected with the plague, and you can't choose to kill them all because they have the possibility of becoming undead! Your father will not agree to this reckless murder!"

"Murder? You say I'm murdering?"

Arthas stared at Alessandro, who was dressed in silver armor and carrying a giant sword, his anger and depression reached its peak at this moment, and his voice became even more furious,

"I'm saving my country, I'm saving other innocent people! Look at them! They can't escape! Only paladins and priests can tell if they're infected with the plague, but there are 600,000 people in this city! We have less than 10,000 paladins and priests, how long will it take us to distinguish those innocents?"

"If one or two are missed, can you afford it?"

"You can't stop doing it because it's difficult! Arthas, you're too anxious, there are still 600 knights here, we can save some people!"

Uther stepped forward and scolded,

"When you can hold on, you choose to give up, do you want to give up the people who respect you and love you? Have you forgotten the oath you made when you became a paladin?"

"Enough! Ser Uther, I don't have time to talk to you about this stuff, I command you, in my capacity as Prince Lordaeron, the future king, that the city must be cleansed!"

Arthas turned to look at the inner city, which had become a slaughterhouse, Dick stood beside him, and from his point of view, the whole city gate was devoid of living creatures, full of living spirits, wandering meaninglessly, the poor dead were lying in pools of blood, and they even opened their eyes and looked at the soldiers, as if to question them, why did they not come to their rescue.

Dick saw that Arthas's eyes were already red, and it was clear that the prince was not as determined as he appeared.

And in the face of Alsace's compulsion, Uther was also furious, he stopped Alessandro, who wanted to hold Alsace, and said word by word,

"You're not my king yet, kid, and even if you were, I wouldn't take such an order!"

Arthas sneered, he grabbed the knight's insignia on his chest, threw it at Uther's feet, and said indifferently,

"If you and the knights can't obey my orders and make the sacrifices they deserve for this country, then there is no need for the Silver Hand Knights to exist!"

"Sir Uther, I hereby declare that you have been suspended for treason! I hereby remove you from command in the power of the crown prince, and the Knights of the Silver Hand are hereby dissolved!"

"Bang!"

Uther's war hammer slammed into the ground, and the knight and paladin, who were always unhurried, finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart at this moment, he glanced at Arthas, shook his head, kicked away the line of defense built by the soldiers, and then waved his hand and shouted,

"Paladins, follow me, we will save this city in our own way!"

Alessandro glanced at Alsace with an unimaginable expression,

"Your Royal Highness, you have made a wrong decision, I hope your soul will not be tormented!"

Then, the High Lord was the first to follow Uther and rushed into the city that had become the Hell of Shura, and the other paladins also silently crossed the line and rushed into the city.

Dikla stopped Erigor and Dalyan, and stopped the paladin who was familiar with him, he looked at Arthas, looking at His Royal Highness the Prince in indifference, with a hint of expectation, Dick sighed, he knew that Arthas, who had turned against almost all his friends and mentors, was in dire need of recognition now, so he bowed his head and made a promise.

"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you deep into the city, my friends and I will help you hold the back door of Stratholme, and will not allow any infected guy to run out of our defenses!"