Chapter 664: Stratholme
"Miss, it's really cold to fly over the mountains. ”
"I'm not afraid of the cold. Loria said coldly to the entourage that surrounded her, "Go away, don't try to lie to me, I have been to the north by griffin from here. ”
"That's another route, and if you're in a hurry, you'll have to climb a very high mountain, and it's very windy. The leader of the dwarves, Salva Slag, wrapped in tight fur, looked at Loria's thin clothes and interjected, "You are very ...... now spirit, but listen to them. ”
"Tell me!Can this thing keep you warm!" Loria tapped the thin steel plates, her face full of distrust.
Something is better than nothing.
It's the finest dwarven steel armor, light and hardy...... Probably.
We can't bring any more goods, and since you don't want to wear them, you have to throw them away...... Ah, dozens of gold coins, what a pity.
It was rare to think that I could see the eldest lady jumping off the back of the bat, brandishing that weapon and rushing into the undead...... Hey, I guess I didn't get to see it.
"Stop!"
I don't know which words moved her, Loria still gave in, and it didn't take long for her and Kana to come out of the other side of the col, she was still a little unaccustomed, but finally Shalia didn't lie to her, this strange armor was indeed quite light...... Not exactly plate armor, she didn't believe that this thing was not custom-made, it was made of layers of fabric and armor sewn together, the skirt armor extended close to the knees, and there was no armor protection from any nail below.
"Give, shield. ”
I don't know who handed her a small shield, and she was stunned to receive it in her hand.
"Wow!
The knight style is also good, and it feels like it has opened up a new realm.
Who...... Who brought a camera!"
"Enough trouble!
The bat's take-off was lighter than that of the griffin, and it quickly left the ground, but when the griffin screamed and flapped its wings violently, it quickly followed—the griffon was faster, and Loria secretly noted that the bat's advantage was its speed when maneuvering and diving at close range.
Isn't it just fast to dodge and escape, which is very much in line with her style.
However, bats' greatest disadvantage soon became apparent, they were far less physically strong than griffins, and they needed to rest twice to cross such high mountains, but fortunately she was able to use ice magic to tamp down the steep snow-covered mountains, otherwise something would have happened.
When she crossed a mountain and saw a higher mountain, Loria felt that the bats were beginning to lose their heads—they were not covered with feathers, and although they were temporarily wrapped in a thick cotton cloth, they were still freezing enough, until they crossed the highest point north of the dwarven homeland, and they spread their wings in relief and let themselves glide rapidly.
Although she felt that her entourage had ulterior motives, it was indeed cold, the cold wind carried the snowflakes in her face, even as an outstanding ice mage, she could not resist the power of nature, she felt the joints of the light armor froze, and a thin layer of ice actually formed on it—the cold that even vampires could not bear, and it has always been one of the barriers to protect the dwarves.
She hadn't felt cold for a long time, but now she had regained the feeling of almost being lost, and her heart was really complicated, both wanting to try again and longing for this painful ordeal to end as soon as possible.
Thankfully, the bats quickly caught up with the griffin, and as the altitude decreased, the temperature gradually rose, and slowly, Loria's eyes showed a large green color...... The wetlands, now controlled by Ironforge and Stormwind, have the important port of Minethil to the west, and are connected to the Arassi Highlands of the northern continent by the dwarven bridge across the strait to the north.
After crossing a few swamps, the bats were exhausted, the dwarves were not very comfortable, and the long, stiff sitting position made everyone's legs ache - and worst of all, the sun came out.
The dwarves were the first to descend to the ground and used their tomahawks and hammers to kill the two crocodiles lurking in the pool, and then the griffons swarmed up and dismembered the crocodile's carcass, Loria wrapped herself tightly in her heavy cloak, she hadn't looked for a snack to eat during the three weeks of Ironforge Fort, and now she was in the third stage, and the sun burned her almost immediately.
Fortunately, the climate in this place is unpredictable, and in less than two hours it was dark clouds and heavy rain.
At their next stop, they will arrive in Hinterland at night, and then head straight to the Plaguelands.
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The broken towers are littered with corpses, but they've been dead for a long time, many of them weathered to the bone, and this isn't a sinister setting, but a corner of the real battlefield.
Tyran walked on the low wall of temporary reinforcement, Stratholme did not think much about the performance of defense when it was built, this is once an important northern town, a densely populated commercial city, except for a moat, a gatehouse and two simple towers, there are no other defensive facilities, now a tower has collapsed, the moat is long gone, the iron gate of the gatehouse is not rusted, if he was standing on the deep wall of the fireplace fort at this moment, he would not be so anxious at all.
The indefatigable undead were adept at raiding and fighting, and he and his warriors did not relax a day, and despite the help of the enigmatic powerful silver-haired maiden, the lightly wounded warriors in the wounded barracks continued to grow day and night, not to mention that they had not slept well at all for a whole month, especially after Loria left...... Everyone was very tired, and one of the guns mounted on the battlements had exploded in the battle half a day earlier, and the artillerymen, whose faces had been ruined by fragments, were now napping on the former gun mounts...... He deserved the best care for his wounds in battle, but there were so few people in the Crusaders who knew how to handle artillery.
The easy capture of Stratholme had made them careless, and the officers had greatly underestimated the Scourge and their hatred of the Crusaders, which was quite comforting.
There was a foul smell, and unlike the dead men who besieged Stratholme, the demon head hanging in front of the city gate was fresh...... The demon disguised as the Great Crusader Da Sohan was triumphant at first, but when he saw Loria, he was so frightened that one couldn't help but wonder if the rumors that the pink-haired girl would torture the demon in the middle of the night were true.
The demon tried to escape, but was easily decapitated by Pink Fur, and her movements were so skillful that it was suspected that she had long been accustomed to slaughtering demons.