Chapter 83: The Battle of Quel'Thalas (continued)
In June of Darkgate's 20th year, Arthas returned from Lordaeron to kill his father and destroy the capital of Lordaeron, and Benedict Smith led his newly formed 'Dawn Light' to help evacuate more than half of Lordaeron's inhabitants. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In July, Arthas led the army of the undead to sweep through the entire eastern part of Lordaeron in half a month, and under the command of the Lich King, he continued to lead the army east into Quel'Thalas, and the High Elf Ranger general Sylvanas successfully evacuated all the inhabitants of Silvermoon City with the help of the 'Dawn Light', Arthas continued to the north to attack the Sunwell platform.
In mid-July, the platform of the Well of the Sun fell, killing all of the High Elf ruling class except for Kael'thas Sunstrider who survived. Sylvanas was chosen as the temporary leader and led the refugees south to Stormwind to seek help from the Alliance.
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The Endless Sea, the Stormwind route.
The summer in the north was not scorching, and the sea breeze hit Benny's face with its characteristic smell, and the warm sun made him a little drowsy.
"It's moving!" Elsa pointed to the fishing rod and jumped and jumped.
Benny opened his eyes, and Elsa pulled back to his chair.
"Fish scare you away!"
"Didn't you say that if you moved, there were fish?"
"It's the wind blowing, don't you see the movement very little? ”
Benny came here to fish purely to coax him to play, and there was not even a bait in this place, so it was a hell of a fish to be able to catch it.
"Isn't it time for you to practice spells? We've been sitting here for two hours. After 2 days at sea, he always wanted to summarize the experience and shortcomings of the battle of Queelas, but Elsa always ran to his room in order to avoid practice, so he couldn't think quietly, so he took her to fish.
"But we haven't caught a single fish!" Elsa sat on the deck, her chin dragging her hands in her hands, looking bored.
"You should settle down and study hard!" Benny sighed, a war had not changed anything for her, and she was still as confused as before.
"Ah, you're going to nag again!I'm leaving!" Elsa stood up, and the blue light flashed and vanished.
Benny smiled and shook his head, in order to hide from Kearns, Elsa's teleportation skills had been improving very quickly recently.
"Fishing?" said Gavin Rad as he stepped out of the cabin and sat down beside Benny.
Benny smiled: "There are no fish, it's just to coax Elsa." ”
Gavinrad pulled a chapter of paper out of his bosom and handed it to Benny.
"See. ”
Benny opened the scroll, and the more he looked at it, his expression became heavier and heavier, this was the Quel'Salas battle report. In this battle, the 'Dawn Light' suffered 2,174 casualties, of which 71 paladins were killed. Of the 2,036 soldiers killed and only 67 wounded, all of them lightly wounded.
Benny closed the scroll, looked at Gavinrad and said, "Let's talk about it, I have very little experience in this area. ”
Gavinrad sighed: "This time we have a total of 300 paladins and 5,000 soldiers participating in the battle, most of these people have participated in the war with the orcs, it can be said that they have rich experience, and the main reason why we have lost so much is not ours." Although the undead have low IQs and little cooperation between individuals, they have no fatal injuries other than their heads, and our warriors often lack the means to 'kill' directly. The problem of physical strength is even more serious than this, the undead's attacks are not interrupted, unless their commander orders them, or they are all dead, they will not stop attacking, and our soldiers are already in a very good state to maintain 2 hours in high-intensity confrontation, and after 2 hours, their combat effectiveness will drop rapidly due to physical exhaustion. The Paladin's Blessing could be improved, but it had little effect on the overall situation. ”
"Paladin-----" Gavinrad paused. "The vast majority of the paladin's casualties have occurred in the battle to contain Arthas. ”
"Is there any solution? You know, sooner or later, we're going to face them. ”
"There's no good way to do it, unless those 5,000 people are paladins. Gavinrad smiled wryly. "But that's impossible. ”
"5,000 paladins are really unlikely. Benny hesitated, but continued, "500 may be fine. ”
Gavinrad was stunned: "Do you have a way?"
Benny nodded: "Pick some of the soldiers who have a foundation in faith, and I can baptize them." ”
"Baptism?" Gavin Rad frowned. "The baptism of a paladin is a very complex process, and it requires a high degree of faith, and there are very few soldiers who can achieve it, no more than 10. ”
"Do you know Redpass?" asked Benny.
"The Captain of the Daron County Militia? Croford mentioned to me that he had been promoted to Paladin. ”
"Redpass's faith did not reach the level of baptism at all. I baptized him unintentionally. ”
Gavin Rad stood up, "Are you sure?"
"Before I explain, I would like to ask you a question. Benny motioned for Gavin Rad to sit down.
"What?"
"You, I mean all the paladins and soldiers, what do you think of the 'Dawn Light'. ”
Gavinrad was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "We are all members of the 'Dawn Light', this is our opinion. ”
"You may wonder why I ask. Benny sighed. "Because the formation of Dawn Light was very hasty, most of the personnel didn't even know what this organization was all about. They don't even know who I am!
"What do you think?" said Gavinrad, laughing suddenly. "You've got a 'little problem,' Benny. You seem to have a habit of underestimating yourself. ”
"Underestimated?"
"Yes, underestimate. Your name has spread throughout Azeroth since the Battle of Stratholme, otherwise why do you think those paladins joined the 'Dawn Light' in Lordaeron? Maybe some, but not all. What's more, in the Battle of Quel'Thalas, your single-handedness against Arthas has made many people think of you as the next 'Lightbringer'. ”
"That's ----," Benny looked down and thought for a moment. "The baptism I talked about before is very serious for my spiritual energy, and it is difficult to complete the process of baptism at my previous level. And because I had a breakthrough in my mental power in the battle of Quelras, I wanted to make sure that I wanted to know if Redpass's method of becoming a paladin could be replicated in others. ”
Gavinrad's face changed: "Copy?" If it is really as Benny said, it only takes some faith foundation to transform the paladin, then ---- it is really ---- indescribable!