In fact, after Arthas was sent by his father, King Terenus, to investigate the plague events, this huge conspiracy designed specifically against him began. Andorjar is one of them, because long before Arthas dealt with the undead in that town, the cursed sect of Kel'thugad had quietly infiltrated the Andohal region, and cooperated very well with Arthas's progress, in order to give him a glimmer of hope, infect a large number of residents in front of him, and choose to transform them into undead at the right time, and leave a city of Andohal to Arthas, so that this young prince, who was forced to walk into a dead end by the responsibility on his shoulders, step by step into the trap designed by the Lich King。

"As long as I hurry up, if I need to be stronger!" The idea would keep popping up in his mind as Arthas tried, but every time, his efforts would make things worse, so he would think that he must not have done enough, as long as he could be faster and stronger......

Under such a vicious circle, a prince who originally had a great future was cornered step by step, and finally became an accomplice of evil.

For example, now, Alsace, who was following the wheel prints all the way and riding a war horse along the road, felt that something was wrong, according to the information he had obtained and the situation on the spot, it was absolutely impossible for the grain convoy to go far, and the dozen or so people who had traveled by horses by himself could definitely catch up with them, but now the walls of Andorhar could be faintly seen, and this had already belonged to the territory of Andorhar, but he did not see any trace of the grain transport team!

The wheel mark stretched all the way to the city wall at the end of the road, which made Arthas's mood constantly deteriorate! It also made him no longer care about the feelings of Gianna, who was not good at riding with him, who was not good at riding with him, and the latter did not have the graceful posture that a mage should have at this time, so he could only put his arms around Arthas's waist and endure her unbearable bumps, which was like the feeling of being thrown into a whirlpool and stirring upside down when she had not yet mastered the portal spell, and wanted to vomit everything in her stomach.

Fortunately, when he was about to reach the city gate, Arthas slowed down, because he found that everything was normal here, and the guards and patrolling soldiers saluted him very politely, and when they slowly walked into the city, the person in charge who had been notified came up and asked, "Your Royal Highness, may I have anything I can do for you?"

Everything was normal, and Arthas, who had really frightened him, let out a long breath, and returned his composure and majesty to the prince's face, and he motioned for everyone to dismount, and then asked the well-dressed principal, "Is there anything strange going on here?"

"Strange?" the person in charge thought for a moment, and finally shook his head, "If I have to say something strange, it is that the team carrying the grain came earlier than I expected, and they seem to have changed their sex, Old Man Hank turned out to be an alcoholic lazy man, I didn't expect him to be so diligent this time, and after leaving the necessary food here, he rushed directly to the next place, yes, it seems to be in the direction of Dalong County?...... Your face doesn't seem to be a good one?"

Arthas's face was gloomy as if it was about to rain, "Tell me!

The well-mannered person in charge seemed to be frightened by the fact that Alsace was suddenly holding him by the collar and asking, "Ah, all of them have been distributed to the residents according to the portions, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I have absolutely no private ......"

"Calm down, Arthas, we're about to be in trouble, don't you feel your light, it's already full of death!" Edlan was already unconsciously re-armoured, when he patted Arthas's hand lightly, telling the red-eyed, indistinguishable prince to put the overwhelmed person in charge down.

"No!" Alsace, who had calmed down, clearly felt that the air here was filled with the same smell as in the infected barn before, which was the coldness and ruthlessness of death.

"Hurry up and gather all the residents who have already received the food just now, and bring them over!" Arthas almost roared at the polite person in charge, which really scared him, "Why are you still stunned? Go!" This made the person in charge sober up, and ran away.

"Faric!"

"Your will, my prince. ”

"Go find the captain of the guard here and gather all the guards who can fight!"

"Yes!"

Farrick led the two royal guards in the direction of the barracks.

"Edlan...... Let's go up to the watchtower. After Arthas said this, his whole body felt as if his strength had been drained, and he didn't even dare to look Edlan in the eye.

Not long after Arthas and his party reached the watchtower of the tallest building in the area, they found that black smoke had begun to rise in many places on the outskirts of Andorhar, and at the same time, the guards on the other watchtowers also noticed that something was wrong, and the alarm bell in the city sounded.

At the same time, as if calculated, when the person in charge came to the square with a dozen residents who had just finished receiving food, the fifty or so great lads gathered by Faric from one place also happened to be lined up here, and he was about to go to the next place to continue, but......

Some people in the ranks of residents began to cover their heads, some began to vomit, almost a dozen of them felt as if they were sick, they needed treatment, and this was the first time that the person in charge closest to them found out, he said with relief: "Don't worry, everyone, His Royal Highness the Prince is in the city, he is an excellent paladin, he will definitely heal the big ...... Home—"

Before the person in charge finished speaking, the dozen or so "residents" who had been infected and transformed into zombies instinctively rushed towards the person in charge, and he didn't even have a reaction to struggle, so he was bitten to death and eaten by these dozen zombies......

The soldiers on the other side watched all this in amazement, they couldn't believe that they could even call out the names of their neighbors or relatives, how could they suddenly become like this in the next second?

"Prepare for battle!" Farrick had already seen the power of this zombie, and he immediately shouted, and the two royal guards who followed him also drew their swords and set up their shields!

At this time, the alarm bell in the city sounded, covering up the tragic incident that happened in the square, and those soldiers with tears in their eyes, killed the people who were originally relatives, friends, and neighbors after turning into man-eating monsters, otherwise they would be the next to die under the claws and fangs of the monsters......

Screams and cries for help began to be heard everywhere in the city, and outside the city, thick black smoke was getting louder and thicker, and Arthas was standing on the watchtower, his angry and desperate appearance made his expression very hideous now, "Gianna! I need you to go and inform Uther right now, so that he can come with his troops immediately, only he is the closest reinforcement to us!"

"Well, Arthas, you ......"

"Go, Gianna, tell the Knights of the Silver Hand what happened here, and I'll protect myself!

Under Arthas's feigned anger, Gianna glanced back and forth between Arthas and Edlan a few times, and after receiving a slight nod from the latter, she made up her mind, stepped aside, and began to chant the teleportation spell that only mages have, and after a while, the light blue mana fluctuations lingered around her, and under her feet slowly spread circles of visible mana ripples, which were gathering towards Gianna's body, and her body began to become more and more transparent.

This lasted for a few seconds, and when the mana convergence in this place reached its peak, everything came to an abrupt end when Gianna's figure disappeared completely......

"The defense of the city is brutal, are you ready?" Arthas tried to smile at his junior brother, but he found that his face seemed to be very stiff, and he was afraid that he was smiling ugly.

Edlan didn't care, he nodded, and gave a reasonable suggestion, "Let's clear the city first." ”

Soon, under Arthas's orders, he took over all the city defenses, and the first thing he did after taking over was to close the city gates, leaving only 10 soldiers on each gate and watchtower, Adran took a few of his royal guards to patrol the four city gates to deal with emergencies, and Arthas himself led the team to deal with the affairs of the inner city, so as to avoid another omission in the city in the face of the imminent rush of corpses.

Originally, Adran wanted to change tasks with Arthas, but the young prince said, "This is my responsibility as the crown prince, I can't escape it, go and guard the gates for me." ”

Originally, many narrow alleys, rooms and other terrain in the city were very dangerous terrain, but these zombies were very brainless, as long as there was the breath of the living nearby, they would swarm over, which really saved the team led by the young prince a lot of trouble.

As a distribution center for materials, in order to facilitate transportation, the city gates were often not closed all night in the kingdom of Lordaeron in Chengping for several years, and the piercing alarm bell had not been heard ringing for several years, and every time it rang, it would leave a heavy fear in the hearts of every resident of Andorhar. Especially the shivering residents who hid in their homes, they could only see what was happening outside through the window, such as the "neighbors" eating people, the prince himself led the team to "massacre" the "neighbors", etc., which made them feel extremely confused and panicked, until their doors were broken by the "neighbors", and they were frightened by the monster-like "human body" that had changed beyond recognition, and they knew that the prince was here to save them!

But it was too late......

......

On Edlan's side, he was patrolling the four gates with more than 20 soldiers, and he kept accommodating some of the militia and guards who had rushed back from nearby when he heard the city's alarm bells. Of course, there were some people who fled, but it was likely that they were mixed with people who had already been infected, and seeing that there were a lot of blood stains on their bodies, it was difficult for Edlan to choose, but in the end he chose to let them in and arranged them in an orderly manner in the square.

The soldiers who were assigned to the past stood by with their swords unsheathed, and Adlane gave those soldiers the right to decide, and if they found something wrong, they could directly kill them, which was quite a feeling of being a soldier. Moreover, in the square, the zombies that had been killed just now and the corpses of some normal people who had been gnawed beyond recognition were still piled up there, which not only frightened the fleeing peasants, but also reminded the guards who had just suffered a great change that if they were soft-hearted, what would happen.

As time passed, the noise in the city gradually faded, and outside the city, there were few soldiers who fled or rushed back to help the city defense, and Edlan returned to the top of the watchtower in the east of the city, this wall was only 4 meters high, there was no urn city, no horse face, just a bare four-sided wall, without the use of crossfire, which was not even as complete as the walls of his Anaheim City, even if he knew the "plot" well Under the careful design of the mastermind behind the scenes, Uther and his troops rescued Arthas when the city was about to be breached, opening a way out and transporting reinforcements and supplies to the city.

But this made him feel insecure, because the boss behind the plague just wanted Arthas to walk into the trap he laid alive, and the rest of the people lived or died...... Edlan didn't even need to look, more and more zombies were slowly approaching in the direction of Andorhar, which made the soldiers under his command subconsciously clench the weapons in their hands.

How poor is the defense of Andohar? Edlan does not judge favorably, but if we compare it with the city of the Song Dynasty, which was at the peak of its fortification in the Cold Weapon Era, the city of Andohar is an undefended city. No, or have already lost all their outlying strongholds in the face of the sudden outbreak of the plague, there is not even a single stone thrower in the city, according to the guards, there was a small group of dwarves and their mortar squad, but they are not part of the garrison of Andorhar, so after they have something to do, no one can be found.

Then, I don't know if it was Chengping for a few years that caused Lordaeron to forget the importance of armament, the arsenal of this hinterland city was seriously short of arrows, and there were almost no sharp weapons such as rolling wood and stones used to defend the city, which had to make Edlan temporarily let those civilians who were concentrated in the square demolish the houses on the spot under the supervision of the soldiers, and move the entire piece of wood and stone to the city wall, which also made those civilians complain, and some people even scolded him that he was depriving others of their legitimate private property.

To this, the cold-faced paladin replied very intimately: "Then I will send you out of the city, how about you talk to them about your legal private property?"

Everyone was silent.

As for the fire oil, the thing that Adlan is most concerned about is the weapon that can currently kill the corpse tide on a large scale, and the longest-standing sheriff who is also a veteran is said that he has never heard of such a city.

Oh, by the way, Adlane had forgotten that the dwarves of Azeroth could already play with artillery, "Does Andorhar have artillery?"

"Nope. The gray-bearded sheriff said.

Such an important city as a material distribution center is deserted in armament, and the experience of "guarding generals" is available, but Edlan doubts how long his body can last at his age?

"Clergy, Clergy, there is not a single priest in such a large city of Andorhar?" Edlan lashed at the old sheriff in questioning rage.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but we had a few traveling priests here from Quir Sellas who said they were here to investigate the plague, but a few days ago they said they seemed to feel something dark outside the city, so they all went to investigate. ”

"What about holy water, there's always a stock, right?"

"Well, that thing runs out during Mass, and now the pastor isn't there, so we're ......"

Edlan was silent, first the dwarven mortar squad left "suddenly", and then the only few priests were attracted by the "dark" thing to investigate, and the situation in the city's armament was a mess, and there were even only a dozen dwarven musketeers, and their ammunition was very low, not to mention bows and arrows in the arsenal, and the number of muskets was very scarce! And he started looking for it half an hour ago, but he hadn't even found a professional until now......

With so many coincidences colliding together, it really doesn't make people suspicious, and Adelan is even doubting, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't want Arthas to die so early, I'm afraid that in this lonely city, the fate of this prince would have to embrace death and darkness a long time ago, but what does the death or life of others have to do with them?

Therefore, in order to improve his chances of survival, Adlan used the dwarf engineering telescope on the watchtower to look outside, and indeed did not see a few necromancers dressed like the Cursed Sect, nor did he find powerful units such as Abomination or meat grinder, and then his mood was better, and then he made a decision in his mind that surprised him, he was thinking about how to persuade Arthas to move the dwarves and elves back, after all, the mastermind behind the scenes would not hurt Arthas, so it should be beneficial and harmless to let him go at this time。

"Whew—do you know where those dwarves and elves are?"

"Oh, I remember the dwarves saying that there was a relic 30 miles to the northwest, you know, the dwarves like to dig around......" The old sheriff tried to relax the nervous young paladin with some light-hearted words, but seeing the piercing eyes of the other man, he had to continue honestly, "As for the elves, they must have gone to the village 25 miles to the southeast, and they suspect that the place hides the secret of the appearance of the plague. ”

One south and one north diagonal...... While using the dwarf engineering telescope to confirm the dynamics of the two directions, Adlan felt that he was playing a game and received a route selection for a branch mission, which was most likely due to the fact that after choosing one side, the other party could not join because of the "plot kill".

But this is the reality, and it is very likely that in order to further reduce the strength of some of the city's guards, the mastermind behind the scenes came up with a plan to trick the self-proclaimed smart "rescuers" out of the city and then kill them. Of course, if it was Alsace who went out of the city, it was also possible that Andohal would be directly overwhelmed by the undead......

The current situation is that the two directions are within 10 miles of the telescope, and there is no finding of any class that can hurt the paladin in a short period of time, so how to tell Arthas?

"Edlan, I have heard it all, let me go out of the city to find them, with their help, it will be very beneficial for us to defend the city. At this time, the arrival of Arthas disrupted Edlan's plan, Arthas's face was full of fatigue and eagerness, he was desperate to get more strength to defend the city, so he looked at Edlan with anticipation.

This is not to expect Edlan to reply, "Yes, Your Royal Highness, you have to be careful. Instead, he was expected to reply, "I'll go." ”

At this time, staying in the city, although the city defense is very poor, but with the protection of the city wall, it is also a relatively safe place, so if you go out of the city, it is undoubtedly a life of death, so as a subordinate, when the prince takes the initiative to say such things, it is impossible to refuse to be a "bird" to "share worries" for the prince......

Already a little nervous, Adelan even wondered if this was also the mastermind behind it, so that Arthas showed up after Adelan had asked almost all of the worst he wanted to know.

"I'd better go. At this time, Adlan, although he was very powerless, could only answer like this, after all, the gap in status made it impossible for him not to do so.

Arthas also knew this, and what he said just now was just to make a statement, and it was very useful for the superior to make such a statement when boosting morale and rallying people's hearts, no, the soldiers around him were staring at this young and handsome prince with fanatical eyes, and they were eager to sacrifice themselves directly for him! Therefore, for Arthas, it was indeed a very good thing for Arthas to have a "sensible" friend and subordinate at this time. He walked over and patted Adran on the shoulder with relief, "This mission is dangerous, you can always go back, and the city gates will open for you at any time!"

"yes, I see. Adline looked at the blood stains on Arthas's originally golden armor, the sky-blue cloak had become a little dirty, and the fancy ribbon on his chest had become dirty, and it was clear that the battle in the city had not gone well just now.

"Thassarian, come here. ”

"Your will, my Highness. A soldier trotted up.

"You take a few good men and follow Baron Edlan on an important mission, everything is at his disposal, remember, you must protect him!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Although he heard that the person who came was Thassarian, Edlan felt a little strange, because he knew that this person should have been recruited to join the expedition during the Northern Expedition to Northrend in Alsace in the original work, but how could he have "gotten along" with Alsace at this time? And he was still a royal guard, this treatment was a bit wrong, right?

However, despite this, after Adelan came to this world, he saw many "acquaintances", and now a Thassarian can no longer make him have too many mood swings.

After a while, Adelan nodded to Arthas, and took 5 soldiers, including Thassarian, to the temporary storage place in the square like silent stones, and brought enough water and food under Adelan's instructions, and each person was equipped with a flare gun, and finally obtained the qualification of one person and two horses, and rushed out while the road outside the city was not surrounded by the undead......

Their first goal is to pass through the weak points of these undead outside the city, trying to bypass them, and go to a ruin 30 miles northwest of Andorhar, in the case of more than 1,000 or even tens of thousands of enemies, this move is really unwise, but there is no way, the prince's life is honorable, even if Edlan is a traverser, he has to abide by the rules of this world, otherwise the image of the prince's friend and disciple, the philanthropic baron, and the pious and powerful paladin who has worked hard for so many years will completely collapse.

So there was no way, he had to risk his life.

Although this operation is very dangerous, and it is very likely that they will have to take their lives for nothing, but those royal guards did not think too much, the purpose of their life is to serve the royal family of Lordaeron, and now their command has been transferred to Adelan, even if Adelan asks them to die, I am afraid that they will willingly rush to the crowd of zombies and skeletons for their own honor.

Edlan chose the Northwest as his first target, and it wasn't a trick to choose one or the other. He had carefully looked at the terrain near the city of Andorhar, the road to the northwest was not very smooth, and it was relatively narrow, and Uther's troops should be near Steinbrad in the south, if they wanted to send reinforcements in a hurry, it was estimated that the cavalry would go first, and if there was no accident, they would definitely come from the nearest southwest or southeast, and it was not a wise choice to detour to the northwest.

There were many paddy fields in the southwest, and the potholed terrain here was not conducive to the movement of the cavalry, so if Uther did not encounter any obstacles and made a detour halfway, the southeast was his only option. That direction is also the path taken by Arthas and his party when they came to Andorjar, except for the refugees, the road is quite flat, and the undead near that town have also been cleared, it can be said that all the obstacles on this road have been solved, then if I were Uther, I would definitely choose this easy path and rush to Andohal as soon as possible to save the prince.

Then first go to confirm the life and death of the dwarves in a certain ruin in the northwest, and then go to the southeast to find the elves, it is likely that you can meet Uther's reinforcements there, which can greatly improve the survival rate.

So this way...... Although Adelan and his party were 6 people, everyone could feel as if something was secretly peeping at them, but they were not chased and intercepted by any zombies, which made it very easy for them to go through the layers of "surrounding" and move towards their destination after killing a few wandering zombies on the horse.

It was so smooth that everyone thought it was a trap, but everyone knew that there was no reason to just give up on the goal and return after getting through the difficulty of getting out of the city so smoothly.

After running for 20 miles, Adline ordered a change of horses, so these highly trained royal guards jumped on horseback one by one, and easily landed on another war horse that followed closely behind, at this time, Adlan pulled out the knight's spear hanging in the horse bag, and shouted: "Ready to fight!"

Several gentle clouds of holy light shrouded the six riders in turn, and after the light passed, everyone else noticed that in the middle of the road were dense skeletons and zombies! There were at least hundreds of them! They were different from the previous encounters, very layered "formations", such as the skeleton archer in the front, already firing the bow, and was about to fire arrows at the cavalry who were constantly increasing their speed, while the skeleton soldiers holding shields followed closely, followed by the zombies with relatively rough skin and thick flesh.

It's like a human formation! And you can feel the deeper darkness in the dense forest on the left and right.

"Don't be afraid! for Lordaeron!Attack!" Edlan pulled down his mask, he took the lead, the riding gun in his hand was clamped under his armpit, and the surging holy energy in his body responded to his call, he no longer held it, and cast the aura of piety, punishment and crusade in one breath!

The protection is improved, the damage is counterattacked, and the horse's speed is accelerated, this sudden secondary buff effect surprised the cavalry who charged with him one by one, and at the same time, the confidence in his heart is even more sufficient, as long as there is such a powerful paladin, this kind of undead monster who is naturally restrained by the holy light, no matter how much it comes, it will not help!

The six cavalrymen were originally alone in a single charge, but they were estimated to have been wounded after 3 volleys of 30 skeleton archers, and then when they arrived, the skeleton soldiers with shields would rush up and beat the living hiding in the tin cans with their own bone racks, and in the end, the cavalry who were exhausted or torn off their horses, or the horses lost their speed, would be overwhelmed by the more than 40 zombies that followed......

It was supposed to be such a script, but when Araki, the summoner who was hiding in the jungle and watching all this, saw the six cavalry emit a disgusting holy light, leaving them unharmed, roaring like a small sun without stopping at all, directly penetrating his carefully prepared military formation, leaving only a piece of ash left behind by the holy light, he felt that something was beyond his expectations.

This future lich who will become the commander of the army of the undead in Andorhar, he is now a necromancer of the Cursed Sect, because Kel'thugad has not yet become a great lich, so he has not yet shed his mortal human form, but from the withered appearance of half of his face and hands, which are tightly wrapped in black cloth, dense wrinkles and obvious corpse spots, all tell others that this person may no longer be considered human.

"It's not going to be easy, but it's better to use the two strongest guys that have just been stitched up to get rid of that paladin who is in the way, so that the master will reward me. Araki the Summoner muttered to himself in a voice that was so hoarse that it was not at all sound, and then disappeared into the forest path, surrounded by two huge monsters more than three meters tall......