On the cliff on the east side of the northern pass of Gilneis.

In the darkness where you can't see your fingers, a small blue dot appears out of thin air. It quickly lengthened into a thin vertical line, as if two large hands were holding up the crack, quickly stretching it open to both sides.

A small portal took shape, and a thick blue magical mist flowed out and spread all over the ground.

Gianna, Oryx, Bridget and others walked out of the portal one by one, first vigilantly checked it, and after confirming that there were no undead around, they stood on the edge of the cliff and looked around.

"This is it, wait a minute, I'll enhance your vision." Gianna used invisibility to shield the crowd from being spotted by the scourge gargoyles in the sky, and then cast arcane vision on everyone.

The lens of the arcane energy simulates is attached to the eyeball, which can be adjusted according to the mind of the recipient, and everyone can see the scene more than ten kilometers away.

Looking around, Oryx's mood became a little heavier.

The northern settlements in the field of vision, whether they are villages, towns or farms, have all been damaged to varying degrees, and the flames are soaring into the sky.

Gilneth has a population of less than one million, and the northern zone is even more sparsely populated, mostly villages and farmland, and the population density is low. Rao could still see that the walking corpses were coming out of the settlements and converging towards the main road that ran north and south, as if they were going to pass through the northern pass and go to the silver pine forest.

Occasionally, some survivors can be seen, facing a large number of walking corpses, they can only escape, and it is not long before they are found by gargoyles patrolling the sky, and they die in the bag of the surrounding walking corpses.

High in the sky, you can occasionally see some griffons passing by.

There are Gilneth griffons who set out from the south to call for help from their neighbors, and Lordaeron griffons who flew in from Ambermere to detect the movements of the undead. But it was difficult to break through the gargoyle encirclement, and most of them were torn to shredded flesh, or returned in vain.

Teleportation magic is convenient, and the paladins who have collected enough information can directly turn around and pass through the portal, return to the headquarters to report the situation, and return with new orders to collect the next wave of intelligence in a targeted manner.

"The undead in the field of vision are all moving towards the Silver Pine Forest, and it is not clear if there are any high-level undead commanding them, but their number is probably no less than the corpse tide in the north of Gilneis, and they cannot be allowed to pass through the pass," After looking at it for a while, Oryx said in a deep voice, "Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid your plan won't work, we don't have that much time." ”

Due to the time-consuming and laborious construction of the large portal, in one day, at most six or seven hundred people were sent over, and according to the original agreed plan, it would take a few days to complete the transmission of thousands of troops, and then gather together to launch an attack on the northern pass, and then occupy it and set up a defensive line.

However, looking at the speed of the tens of thousands of undead in the distance, it would only take a few hours at most to pass through the pass and enter the Silver Pine Forest. Once that happens, the Ambermere Line will be under extreme pressure for the next few days. I'm afraid that if we can't wait for reinforcements from Lordaeron in the direction of the hills of Hillsbrad, the defensive line will fall.

So the original plan didn't work.

It is necessary to occupy the pass first and stop this tide of corpses, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Hmm." Gianna nodded heavily.

"Oryx, look over here." Bridget called.

Oryx walked over, leaned over the edge of the cliff, and began to look at the pass a few hundred meters below.

A very large construction site was built at the pass, with large quantities of stone piled up all around, and cranes everywhere. The excavated foundation has reached the stage of landfilling, but the wall of Greymane in later generations is only a low wall two or three meters high and more than ten meters thick at this time, and it is not even a prototype.

Gene Greymane would not have imagined that the Scourge would attack before the Scourge could be completed before the epic wall he had high hopes for was completed.

However, this low wall finally has some defense.

It can be seen that a terrible battle broke out at the construction site, which ended in the total defeat of the defenders.

There were blood stains everywhere.

The Gilneth soldiers have all been resurrected and become slaves of the Scourge Legion, guarding the land under the leadership of members of the Cult of the Damned.

The Cult of the Damned also seems to be well aware of the importance of this transportation artery, and has sent heavy troops to guard it. You can see many ghouls that are far more powerful than the walking corpses that have just been resurrected, as well as stitching monsters made of a lot of flesh and blood.

Powerful necromantic spellcasters, powerful ground forces, and gargoyles in the air who have seized air supremacy......

The defense of the pass can be called an iron bucket.

"Let's report the news back, I'm afraid we will have to pay a great price to grab the pass." Oryx said in a deep voice.

……

Ten minutes later, Mograini, Darius, and others passed through the portal and came to the cliff to watch the enemy. Depending on the situation, specific combat operations were arranged.

The exit to the large portal is directly on this vast mountain peak. One is to avoid being discovered by the Cursed Sect, and the other is to have the effect of surprise.

Gianna can set up the portal in two hours, and the throughput of the portal per hour, she is confident that it will reach a hundred.

It was one o'clock in the morning, and by daybreak, no less than four hundred people would be teleported to the cliff platform.

At that time, Dalaran's reinforcements will also arrive, and they will use mass destruction spells to bombard the pass condescendingly, and do everything they can to reduce the number of undead defenders.

Then, they will use auxiliary spells such as the slow fall technique to help these three hundred paladins fall into the pass like divine soldiers from the sky and attack directly. If the battle is successful, in an hour, the entire pass can be captured, and the defense line can be set up before the corpse tide arrives.

It would be a very dangerous operation.

……

The winter nights in the north are very long, and it is not until 7 o'clock in the morning that the sky is slightly brightened.

The cold wind of the early morning, carrying the blood in the distance, slowly opened his eyes, and Oryx, who had been meditating for several hours, slowly opened his eyes.

Thanks to the surging power of the magic net from near the northern pass, the amount of arcane energy available for extraction here was considerable, and Gianna was able to set up the large portal in just an hour. By the end of the hours, more than 500 people had been teleported to the cliff platform.

Among them were more than 200 paladins with silver hands, and more than 300 elite soldiers under the command of the great lord Darius Crowley. Dalaran's mages have been maintaining an invisible stance, lest the hundreds of people on the cliff platform be discovered by gargoyles before the general attack arrives.

The specific operational details have also been adjusted.

Orix led fifty paladins to the south of the pass, and Lord Darius Crowley led three hundred elite soldiers to the north of the pass, and then waited for the mages to bombard.

As soon as the bombardment is over, both sides will launch a general attack from both directions, and then, when Alexandros Mograini and the remaining one hundred and fifty paladins will fall directly on the head of the Cursed Sect.

"Let's have something to eat." Bridget, whose nose was red from the cold, approached and shoved a piece of hard jerky into Orrix's hand.

Although she has been trained in martial arts since she was a child, and after joining the Silver Hand Knights, she has received a full year of in-depth training, but she has never experienced actual combat, and she looks somewhat nervous.

Speaking of which, this is also a disadvantage of the Knights.

Those veteran paladins who had participated in the Second War not only had sufficient experience in battle formations, but also knew how to command, but they were basically named lords in various places because of their military exploits. After the outbreak of the plague, they need to maintain the stability of their territory so that the Cursed Sect does not take advantage of it, which is far more meaningful than gathering in Ambermir and fighting in person.

Therefore, Mograini summoned basically the younger generation of paladins, mostly like Bridget. The strength is indeed very strong, but he has never experienced the training of actual combat, and how many skills he can exert is unknown to Oryx.

"Don't worry, you'll be right behind me." Oryx instructed as he chewed on the hard-to-swallow jerky.

Bridget grinned, "You're behind me, protected by me!" ”

The smile somewhat diluted the tense atmosphere.

Oryx nodded, "Okay, then protect me." ”

At this moment, a mage squeezed through the crowd and said, "It's time!" ”

Oryx shoved the last piece of jerky into his mouth, took a sip and went straight down, getting up and walking to the edge of the cliff.

On the other side of the platform, the forces of High Lord Darius Crowley have begun the "Leap of Faith" - a large number of Dalaran mages stand at the edge, one by one casting them with long-lasting invisibility spells, so as not to be torn apart by gargoyles before they even hit the ground, as well as tricks that barely cost much mana.

More than 300 people jumped off the cliff one by one and floated slowly towards the north side of the pass.

"Are you all ready?" Oryx looked back at the fifty young paladins who were about to "fly" into danger with him, and asked in a low voice.

Everyone nodded, with both nervousness and a hint of unshirkable firmness in their eyes.

"Then let's go."

He gestured to the mage beside him, and after the invisibility spell and the slow fall spell were added, he took a deep breath and ran two steps......

Jumped off the cliff. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens