The Prince of Arthas, who is usually passing by, recruited Nathanos Mares and asked him to serve as the prince's bodyguard for the time being, and he has performed well in the battle to "kill" Kel'thugad, and is now the right hand of His Royal Highness the Prince after Faric, which is definitely not seen in the original game!

Adelan was shocked when he first learned of this, Nathanos followed Arthas, and the joke was a bit big......

“...... You're just in time! I'll introduce you to Nathanos Mares, the only Ranger Lord among us humans! His archery is a nightmare for all evil spellcasters! If it weren't for his help, I wouldn't have cleaned up that damn villain mage so quickly. ”

After giving Adelan a big bear hug, Arthas enthusiastically introduced him, and then Arthas turned to Nathanos, "This is Baron Adelan Anaheim, Lord of Anaheim City, Paladin, very strong, and a good friend of mine. ”

Edlan looked at the only Ranger Lord in the human world who was in the prime of his life, and the prestigious Ranger Lord was also looking at the paladin in front of him, who had just been warmly embraced by His Royal Highness the Prince.

"It is an honor to meet you, Your Excellency. ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Mares. ”

Nathanos was not tall, but he was not thin either, and his first impression was not that of the tall elves, but of the proper fit of the human race, unlike the slightly thin body of Edlan, who was still in the growth stage, his body was already shaped, and he was in the prime of his life.

The Ranger Lord's hair was also very well groomed, his resolute and handsome face, and his eyes showed a sense of arrogance brought back from the high elves, of course, he also had the capital of pride. He carried a longbow that looked undeniably gorgeous on his back, and two exotic elven swords at his waist, presumably given by his mentor Sylvanas. High elves, even the most pragmatic rangers, are also some luxurious guys, since it is a gift, naturally it will not be bad.

But compared to Nathanos's weapons, his armor was a bit mediocre, it didn't look like any special black leather armor, but it was very clean, it didn't look like he had just returned from the battlefield, and if he was given a dress, he would definitely be the center of attention from the courtesans at a ball.

On the other hand, Edlan, because he was not on the battlefield and was always on the road, he was not wearing armor, and the set of major plate armor was still hung by him in the pack horse's sack, and he was now just an ordinary chain mail, with only an ordinary long sword at his waist. But Nathanos did not lower his evaluation of Adlan because of such an ordinary "soldier" dress, but he could faintly feel that the energy in this young paladin's body far exceeded that of His Royal Highness the Prince, and this situation he only felt in the body of the older generation of paladins such as Uther in this army, so this was enough to make him amazed.

Coupled with the fact that whether it was Arthas's attitude towards him and the retinue of a man and a woman following him, the strength of these three people was not low, and Nathanos really thought that the people who came here wanted to help, not to come to His Royal Highness the Prince to mix up military merits. After all, with the eyes of the Nathanos Ranger, he could see that one of the retinues brought by this Baron Edlan had done disguise, and his techniques were not very clever, but his skills were very solid, and it should be the handiwork of his other female entourage. This led him to mistakenly believe that the young baron, like many other nobles, liked to let his retinue charge into battle, but he sat back and enjoyed it.

"Well, you've got to know each other, gentlemen, and I think we're almost on our way. As he said this, a cold appeared on Arthas's face.

Edlan, of course, knew what Arthas was talking about, and he hurriedly interrupted, "On the road? No, wait a minute, I actually brought the latest information on the Undead Fortress, and I think the Mentor and several commanders have the right to know this news." ”

"Undead Barrier?"

"Oh, this is the place I changed my name, it's actually the Lordaeron Outpost, and now a fortress has been built, and I changed the name of that place to the Undead Barrier. ”

"Good name...... But the fortress has already been built?"

"Well, the latest building materials researched by the Brotherhood of Stonemasons, if you don't count the preliminary preparation and later transportation and preparation, the whole construction period is more than ten days. ”

"Oh, praise the Light! This is the best news I've heard lately. "As the crown prince, Arthas naturally knows all the about the royal family and the powerful nobles, and now that there is such a fortress to defend the royal city, I am afraid that his father can have some good dreams. "Farek, go get the commanders, we have the latest information. ”

After a while, Uther, Abydis, Dasohan, and Old Mograine, as well as Gianna, the representative of Dalaran, appeared on the scene, and filled the originally small prince's tent, and then their entourage also left the place consciously, but Arthas seemed to be deliberately cultivating Nathanos and let him stay.

So after a simple welcome to Edlan's arrival, these few remaining and most capable veterans of the Lordaeron Kingdom are almost all here.

There is a small episode here, before coming in, Uther and the others happened to pass by Lafayette who had been disguised, which made them feel a little strange, how could this middle-aged man feel a little familiar? But the prince's summoning must have something important, so they didn't pay much attention to it and entered the tent, which really made Lafayette have a false alarm.

Inside the tent, after Adlan briefly recounted the information on the direction of Andohar and the Undead Fortress, he gave his analysis, "...... That's what I thought, after you all transfer the main forces, I'm afraid the north side will be a little unstable, and those trolls will take the opportunity to make trouble after losing the bullet pressure of the army?"

The first to take over the topic was old Mograini, who pressed his hand on Alsace, who was impatient and wanted to speak, and signaled to be calm, "Let me say it first, I am glad to see that you stood up when the country was in danger, and you deserved to be appointed major, congratulations!"

Although the "Papapapa...... is a little sparse, judging from the expressions of everyone present, they all sincerely congratulate the young paladin on his achievements.

"So, let's start talking about the question that Major Adran raised. Uther gave a qualitative start to the meeting.

"No, we don't need to discuss it, Uther, I told you, give me half of the troops, I'm going to Stratholme, and I can deal with the unsighted troll scum along the way!"

Arthas stood up with some excitement, Edlan thought that they should have had an unpleasant quarrel before, and Arthas definitely failed to take advantage, even the prince could not dispatch the main force with the Knights of the Silver Hand as he wanted. He glanced at Edlan with some resentment, as if complaining about why he didn't bring more troops over.

Edlan understood the look of his good friend at a glance, but what could he do, he was also desperate? He had come here to stop Arthas from going to Stratholme, and what was there on the way to facilitate the advance of hundreds of troops? The undead who smelled the living were blocking the way early.

So Adelan had to spread his hands slightly to show that he couldn't do anything.

Of course, a small interaction between the young prince and his young favored retainers did not hide from the eyes of those present, except for Gianna and Nathanos, the paladins of the older generation were not surprised by the "eyebrows" of these two little guys, but they were also relieved that Edlan still did not look disrespectful to the prince after receiving the king's reward, and the prince did not have any dissatisfaction with him because he could not share the joys and sorrows with him in Andohar, and their relationship was still as good as before, so that those old paladins were relieved.

"Arthas, take it easy, Stratholme will be fine, Rivendell is not usually ...... It's reassuring, but it's his territory, and he's also a veteran of the orc wars, so he's very good at fighting. Uther tried to use some clear examples to show that the situation had not yet developed out of control.

Baron Rivendell, also one of the older generation of paladins, after the end of the Orc War, he relied on his brilliant exploits to exchange the exploits of the Earl for a larger and broader territory, and the northern part of the Eastern Keldaron region was almost all his actual control area, he quickly expanded his territory, and disagreed with King Terenus in the handling of many things, such as the issue of containing orcs.

Rivendell is a staunch racist, and although he is a paladin, he does not have any affection for the orcs who invaded the human world and left countless blood debts, so after the war, Rivendell did not contribute a single copper coin to the orc asylum in Lordaeron for this reason. This also made the royal family, which was already worried about his frenzied territorial expansion, increasingly strained the relationship with the baron.

This is also the reason why there are 4 watchtowers in the East Keldaron area, and the royal family has been arguing with Rivendell for a long time to build these 4 watchtowers, looking at the location of these 4 watchtowers - the main gate of Stratholme, the Sickwood Watchtower (Sickwood Watchtower) on the side road near the secret tunnel, the side gate of Stratholm, the Northland watchtower near Quildany's Hut, the East Wall watchtower next to Bromir, and the Crown Watchtower that finally formed a rivalry with Daron County.

Regardless of the two watchtowers that were completely sandwiched between Stratholme, just looking at the layout of the four watchtowers in the layout of a ">", along the main road from Stratholme to Lake Longmeer, the intention can be imagined. Of course, the towers were not only used to protect against a baron who was becoming more and more alienated from the royal family, but also to defend the East Keldaron region from trolls.

Among them, the Northland Watchtower and the Eastwall Watchtower are the most closely related, among which the Northland Watchtower is responsible for monitoring and targeting the trolls in Zumashari together with the Quirdani Hut, if the beacon of the Northland Watchtower is lit, not only Stantholm can see it, but also the Eastwall Watchtower, and then it will attract the attention of the Holy Light's Wish Chapel, the Hand of Tyr's Cowling Junction and other places, as a station of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Hand of Tyr is afraid that the Hand of Tyr will send a large army to deal with those trolls who dare to invade the territory of the kingdom as soon as possible.

Similarly, the beacon fire of the Northland Guard Tower will also warn Quel's Sellas, but it is difficult to say whether the High Elves believe it, after all, they have a ranger unit from Quildany's Hut stationed here, in order to monitor the movements of the trolls, and the proud High Elves may not believe the human beacon warning, they prefer to believe the message of their own ranger troops.

Unfortunately, in the "afterlife", the fall of Lordaeron and the sweep of the undead natural disaster completely paralyzed the functions of these 4 watchtowers.

Now, in order to deal with the undead of Andorhar, the troops of the Hand of Tyr are almost pouring out, although there is still a little symbolic paladin in the Chapel of the Wish of the Light, but there are more very devout fanatics of the Holy Light, and it is no problem to deal with the undead or something, but if the defense is empty, it is easy to be exploited by the trolls.

At this point, Rivendell is still more kind, after all, this is his territory, after Uther and the others pass through the gas with him, the defense of the north of East Keldaron will naturally be handed over to this baron, otherwise the forces of the Hand of Tyr will not be mobilized so thoroughly. These paladins still have a bottom line in doing things, and in terms of major rights and wrongs, even if they are dissatisfied with the royal family, they must first be consistent with the outside world.

"Yes, Your Highness the Prince. Baron Rivendell has already gone on a griffon to meet with His Majesty, and I am sure they will soon find a solution. General Abydis also said helpfully.

"What are you talking about?" Edlan decided to talk to the mud, he wanted to hear what Arthas had to say first.

"Well, you just came, I don't know. Nathanos glanced at Arthas, who was reluctant to speak, and explained, "We managed to kill the fallen archmage in the battle just now, and Lady Gianna can also testify to this. ”

Gianna nodded, "Yes, it was indeed Kel'thugad, the former archmage of Dalaran, I didn't expect him to do such a bad thing! I have already summoned this matter to Mentor Antonidas, and I believe that the Council of Six will make a decision soon." ”

"Yes, the evil archmage said a word before he died. Nathanos remembered for a moment, as if he was choosing his words carefully, "He said that Andorhar was just the beginning, and that Stratholme would be the base of the undead and that all the living would eventually become part of us." ”

After hearing this, Adlan shook his head, put one hand on Arthas's shoulder, and said, "Arthas...... How much credibility does the enemy's words have? Why did he tell you such vital words before he died? Shouldn't we find out about this kind of thing? Is our watchtower beacon lit?"

"Yes, the watchtower didn't give any warning. Seeing that Arthas did not answer, Uther took over, "Arthas, child, you are a little too tired, the words of the enemy are usually full of traps, and this war should not be carried by you alone. It's the responsibility of all of us, and it just so happens that Adelan is here, so let him share your commanding duties, and you can relax first. ”

The next thing is a group of old paladins, you one by one, persuade Arthas not to be too nervous, after all, things are still under control, and they can all see that Arthas is a little impatient, this bad problem is not a good quality for the future king.

"Phew- I see, but we should be a little more vigilant, we can't concentrate all our forces together, and now that Andorhar has stabilized, I suggest sending some paladins to the Northland Watchtower. Under the persuasion of so many old ministers, Arthas finally calmed down, he inherited the excellent bloodline of Minerhil, and quickly redefined his position, he is the crown prince Yes, this battle will also become his merit, but he is still in the position of learning, the main force of the war still has to rely on these old knights, so he humbly accepted their teachings again.

Despite Arthas's words, his expectant look betrayed his thoughts. Old Mograini or Nathanos, who were not familiar with him, might not be able to see it, but Uther, Gianna, and Edlan all saw in Arthas's eyes that he wanted the team of paladins sent out to be led by him.

Edlan looked at Arthas, whose eyes were full of eagerness, and kept staring at Uther, then he glanced at the human ranger who was listening, and he said, "I have a suggestion, let this Lord Maris lead a capable team to the Northland Watchtower, he is under the High Elves, I think he can better play the role of the Northland Watchtower with the High Elf Rangers of Queldany's Hut." ”

Edlan's words made the eyes of many people present light up.

Nathanos was famous, but he had just returned from Quel'Thalas, and lacked the corresponding merits and status, and his title of Ranger Lord was recognized by Sylvanas, but the Sun King Anastarian Sunstrider did not recognize that a human could have such a title. So Nathanos is famous, but after returning to his homeland, he missed a lot of opportunities to prove himself for various reasons, which also led to his fame, but he could only live on his own small farm.

Moreover, Nathanos was young and promising, he was the most golden age in his life, and he could only dig in the fields like a farmer, and he was very unwilling! Therefore, when Arthas heard his name, he immediately recruited him and gave him a chance to prove himself, and he was very grateful and very attentive, and he was "killing" In the battle of Kel'thugad, he almost single-handedly completed the full control of the forbidden demons of an archmage, although he did not know the strength of the real archmage, but the result of this battle was successful, and he used his war bow and sword to hand over a very satisfactory answer to the prince's knowledge.

But, despite this, His Royal Highness is only the Crown Prince, and he will be the future king, but it is difficult for Nathanos to forget the taste of victory after his first taste of victory, especially when Arthas has incorporated him into his own guard to protect a prince who he thinks will soon return to the royal court, which is certainly an honor for him, but it also deprives him of the opportunity to continue to fight and taste victory.

So Nathanos was very distressed, before Adlan came, he hoped that His Royal Highness would lead a force to Stratholme, and he was carried away by utilitarianism, and he didn't even think that it might be a trap, and it came from the mouth of the enemy. After being awakened by these older generation of paladins, he was also ashamed for a while.

But now, the prince of Arthas's best friend, Baron Edlan, offered to lead his party to the Northlands Watchtower, which, although not very large, fit the Ranger's fighting style very well, was very satisfying and grateful, for this reason was so good that none of the present could find the slightest problem.

Thinking of this, Nathanos's hand clenched tightly, and his gaze unconsciously turned to Uther's direction, waiting for the respected paladin to make a decision.

After eye contact from several of the old knights, Uther cleared his throat, "That's a good offer, Arthas, would you like to let your guard, Nathanos Mares, accept this mission?"

"I'm okay with that. Arthas sighed to himself, but he was still happy to see the dusty gold shine again, and he patted Nathanos on the shoulder, "Good job!"

"Yes! ”

......

Just two days after Nathanos led a handful of paladins and a team of 20 capable scouts to the Northland Watchtower.

The undead in the Andohar region seemed to be restless again, and they began to launch an organized attack on the defenders of Lordaeron on all fronts, but such an attack did not make much of a wave in the face of the human defenders who were waiting for them. Especially in the two directions of the undead fortress with its geographical advantages and the Knights of the Silver Hand with a large group of paladins, the undead attack was almost fruitless.

But on the third day, after the arrival of a monster with a height of 5 meters, a pair of huge bat wings behind its back, and a monster with horns on its head like goat's hooves under its feet, the battle line that the paladins had worked so hard to maintain began to loosen......