"Second line of defense...... Danas smiled bitterly, shook his head, and instead of answering Arthas's question directly, he turned to his lieutenant Ricks, who was beside him, and asked, "Ricks, if you are left alone now, go outside the city to face the thousands of orcs that may exist." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Aside from the factor of military orders, are you willing to do this?"

Under Arthas's puzzled gaze, Ricks was stunned for a moment, and then immediately whispered, "Even with my bare hands, I am willing to fight those green-skinned cubs to the death." Danas smiled approvingly and added, "Very well, I see what you think." Now, Ricks, explain to the Prince of Arthas why you are willing to do so. ”

Ricks nodded, straightened up, and after giving a military salute, said solemnly, "I am from Dabire's farm in the Arathi Heights, and from there it only takes a day to take a carriage to the Sadol Bridge. Behind me is the home where I grew up, and I am willing to pay with my life to avoid being violated by those green skins. ”

Danas took a few steps forward, tapping lightly on the plate armor on Ricks' chest, then turned and looked into the distance outside the fortress of Dammod, still shrouded in darkness, knowing that in that darkness, the advance army of orcs might have been assembled and would attack the fortress at any time.

But there should be some time, Danas told himself. Danas felt obliged to teach Alsace, a young prince who had enough courage and insight, to teach him something, just as an elder would do to a younger one—that to become a great monarch is only opportunistic.

Danas turned to Muradin and asked, "Mu...... Muradin, do you know how I felt when your dwarven warriors fought the orcs at Dammod Fortress?" Muradin shook his head in confusion - he was not good at using his brain, guessing what was going on in other people's minds, and it was beyond his ability.

Fortunately, Danas did not have any intention of going to school, and he quickly asked himself: "Shame, I feel ashamed." Both Arthas and Muradin's faces were puzzled and confused, but neither said anything, but waited for the prince of Rapids.

Danas continued: "As Ricks said, I, and these lads, come from all corners of the Arathi Heights. Dabire Farm, Geshak Farm...... And we all have one thing in common, and that is that our home is behind us. ”

Glancing at the subordinates who were already in position in the defensive position, Danas was a little emotional. But for the sake of the battle goal, he tried his best to lower his voice, and his tone had changed to a low roar: "However, just when we should stand up to defend our homeland, I can only watch those dwarven warriors fight the orcs here, while I hide behind the so-called second line of defense. Arthas, Muradin, you know, I am very ashamed of such behavior. ”

Seeing that Muradin wanted to stop talking, Danas came to his side, grabbed his shoulder, pressed it gently, and said: "Muradin, I know that this is not a war between humans themselves, and between dwarves and orcs, there is also a state of war. However, the dwarven warriors who fought so hard in the fortress of Dammod did not have their homes behind them, but in the distant Ironforge Fortress. The warriors fought for honor, and the militia of Fort Riptide fought for their homeland. Out of respect for our allies, we cannot enter the Dammod Fortress without being invited, and the shame is piling up in our hearts day after day, and today, we have finally waited for such an opportunity, so ...... Prince of Arthas, only the blood of orcs can wash away the shame in our hearts. ”

Turning to face Arthas, Danas clenched his fist with the iron gauntlet and slammed it against the plate armor on his chest, making a clanging sound. The prince and marshal of Riptide Castle roared in a low voice, "I don't have the strength of Muradin, and I don't have the strength to smash a gate with a hammer, and neither do these lads under my command. But the blades at our waists are just as eager to rip open the throats of those green-skinned monsters and make them taste the pain of death. Today, now that I'm at Dammod Fortress, I'm not going to let the dwarven warriors stand in my way, even if it costs us blood. From now on, the home of mankind will be guarded by mankind itself!"

Listening to Danas's words, Muradin sighed deeply, but did not speak. Arthas was silent, but the corners of his eyes had begun to moisten slightly. A surging stream of heat surged back and forth in Arthas's body - the heart that belonged to the military, even after years of silence on Icecrown Glacier in Northrend, it still did not cool down even a bit.

The blood was still not cold, but Mograini did not know when, appeared behind Arthas. The paladin's voice trembled, and Arthas could even hear his teeth chattering—not from fear, but from great excitement: "Your Royal Highness, Prince Arthas...... Prince Danas, a real soldier. If it were me, if I had the Kingdom of Lordaeron behind me, and the members of the Minahil family, I would not have taken a step back, no matter how strong the enemy was. ”

Arthas gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and whispered, "I understand, Mograini, I understand." "Arthas had said similar things in front of Lordaeron and Aurelia Windranger on the first day after traveling through the flow of time, but Danas's actions were even more tragic and powerful.

As Danas said, humans are not as strong as dwarves and orcs, nor as long as high elves and trolls, but why can such a weak human be able to establish their own brilliant civilization in the vast eastern kingdom and repel the invasions of powerful enemies again and again?

Because of indomitability, Arthas knows the answer to this question. Faced with the invasion of trolls, humanity rose up and banished them to the forests of the Wraith Lands, leaving these once-formidable world overlords in fear under the protection of the ancient barrier.

In the face of the invasion of the orcs, the humans also fought back, and Arthas also firmly believed that one day, the humans would drive these green-skinned invaders from the other world out of Azeroth, leaving them to drown in the abyss of the endless sea, forever regretting the wrong choice to invade Azeroth.

Face the Scourge Legion...... Thinking of this, Alsace's heart felt a pinching pain. He had brought such a catastrophe to humanity under the control of the Lich King Neozu. That memory is hard to look back on, but Arthas knows that in the hills of Hillsbrad, in the Arathi Heights, in the Elwyn Forest, in the Wild West, wherever there has been an undead scourge, there will be such a group of tenacious and unyielding warriors to give those zombies a resolute counterattack.

Even if the Burning Legion will eventually invade this world in the distant future, even then, humanity will not give up the pursuit of freedom and the resistance to invasion. Even if Azeroth will eventually be destroyed in the face of the mighty power of the Burning Legion, as long as there is a warrior like Danas and Mograine alive, humanity's struggle will never stop.

Even if he is as strong as Sargeras, after the destruction of Azeroth, what this powerful fallen titan can obtain is definitely not the submission of humanity, but the epics and biographies of the magnificent human struggle. These ghostly memories will be remembered by this cruel and ruthless god, and among the countless worlds he has destroyed, there is a world called Azeroth, where a group of indomitable creatures called humans have fought back against the invincible forces of the Burning Legion.

Arthas looked at Danas's resolute face, wiped the corners of his eyes again, and smiled happily - after traveling through the flow of time, Arthas was constantly worried about the future fate of humanity and the possible invasion of the Burning Legion. But at this time, Arthas was convinced that even without himself and Frost's sorrow, humanity would eventually defeat all powerful enemies - that humanity would let all enemies who coveted their homeland know - and that as long as the battle did not cease, then humanity would be with them to the end!