Six days later.

The group finally arrived on the outskirts of King Gilneth City.

Looking at the magnificent city below, Oryx let out a sigh of relief.

The past six days have been hellish. With a group of delicate half-grown children, they can go around when they encounter a tide of corpses, and from time to time they encounter the pursuit team of the Cursed Sect, in order to avoid the tracking of gargoyles, the roads they choose are mostly dense forests, and their travel speed is seriously slowed down.

Now, the task has finally been successfully completed.

It's a pity that all the children brought back are children. There was no way, those who were older had died at the hands of the undead because of standing up before he rushed to the rescue.

In the distance, a group of royal guards galloped towards us. Seeing that Princess Tess was safe and sound, the leader saluted happily and said, "Your Royal Highness, it's great to see you return safely!" ”

"What about my father?"

Tess didn't forget to hold Rhona's little hand tightly when she asked.

"Your Majesty is leading an army to recover the royal city, please come with me."

With that, the royal guard led the group to the secret sewer entrance. During this time, Tess and Rhona still held each other's hands and never let go for a moment.

The two little girls were like this along the way, and Oryx felt that maybe the experience of sharing hardships had brought them closer to each other.

Marching in the foothills, it can be clearly seen that the scale of the corpse tide besieging the royal city of Gilneth has been sharply reduced, more than several times less than when the journey began.

The cannons on the walls were still spitting out cannonballs, and from time to time some spells of mass destruction fell from the walls, reducing the scale of the corpse tide at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gilneth didn't have so many mages, it could only be that Dalaran's support had arrived.

It seems that everything is getting better.

"How's the battle going?" Oryx asked, driving his horse closer to the captain of the royal guard.

It took nearly ten days to go back and forth. He did not know what was going on outside and was anxious to understand the situation.

The Captain of the Royal Guard of Gilneth replied respectfully, "All the best, my lord. The paladins of your regiment fought valiantly and held out at the northern pass until the arrival of the regular army. Now the tide of corpses is contained in the north-central region, and we are methodically regaining lost ground. ”

"Didn't you meet with stubborn resistance?" Oryx was confused.

"No, most of the corpse waves are unorganized, and if you find a way, you can easily defeat them." The captain of the guard replied.

Oryx's brow furrowed.

The Scourge Legion's chain of command is the most perfect command system in Azeroth, and there is no one.

The Lich King issued an order, and the mid- and high-level Scourge generals who were responsible for the expansion node of the mind control network received the order, and then conveyed it to his troops, and the low-level officers commanded the troops to fight according to this order.

Instant communication, immediate effect.

Unless one link in the mind control network is broken, such as the killing of a mid- and high-ranking general, or the death of a low-ranking officer, the Scourge forces are unlikely to be reduced to fragments.

It can be said that it is easy for the Scourge to control the tide of corpses in Gilneth and cause even more damage. No matter how bad the zombie tide is to the combat troops, it is also the hundreds of thousands of resuscitants who carry the plague.

But the Lich King didn't.

And Gilneth has never launched any attack on the Scourge command system in the territory, and since the start of the war, the Scourge Legion has not even shown up a mid-to-high-level general......

This only shows that the Lich King doesn't care about Gilneth at all. To be able to use this wave of hundreds of thousands of corpses to attract half of Lordaeron's regular army has achieved its goal, leaving the resuscitators to act on instinct and sending their precious command forces to more useful places.

As for where it went......

It can only be the inner emptiness of Lordaeron.

With this in mind, he was like an arrow, and he just wanted to finish the matter here as soon as possible and return to Lordaeron as soon as possible.

Although this situation has long been considered by Alsace, Oryx still feels uneasy.

Nothing to say all the way.

But Rhona has been secretly looking at Oryx, who is at the front, just like in the past six days.

From time to time, she bit her ears with Her Royal Highness the princess beside her, whispered a few words, and seemed to say something important, which made Tess frown and shake her head at first, and after some thought, she nodded slowly.

Passing through the foul-smelling sewers, the group finally returned to the palace courtyard.

Prince Liam, who had been waiting here for a long time, walked over quickly and said to Oryx gratefully, "Thank you so much, this kindness ......"

Oryx waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.

Then it was naturally a scene of brother and sister meeting and tears in their eyes. is as strong as Tess, and she couldn't help crying, and was comforted by her brother, and it can be seen that the relationship between the brother and sister is very good.

While Liam was reassuring the rest of the nobles, Oryx walked up to the dazed Rhona Crolley and said, "Miss Rona, your father is still fighting in the Northern Pass. Do you want to stay here, or do you want to return with me when I'm done meeting His Majesty Greymane?" ”

Maybe it was too close, and a flash of red flashed on Rhona's little face, "I want to go back with you." ”

"Okay."

Oryx nodded, he really wanted to leave this little girl in the palace, at least it was safe enough. She didn't know what the northern pass was like, but the most she could see her father was and she was sent to a safe place like Dalaran.

But since she wants to go back, it's better to go back. Protecting such a little girl is just a piggyback thing.

After waiting for Liam to settle the nobles, Oryx walked over and asked, "Your Royal Highness, I'm going to prepare for my return." Where is Your Majesty? ”

"Oh? Going back so soon? Earlier today, we reclaimed the church district. My father went there half an hour ago, and he was supposed to be reviewing the troops. I'll take you right away. Liam replied.

"Okay, I'm tired."

"Thank you again for your kindness, I really don't know what to do without you." Liam said very sincerely, and touched his sister's head as he spoke, causing the latter to frown slightly-I'm a princess, can you show some manners in front of outsiders!

"Don't thank me, it's the Light that has guided me to Princess Tess." Habitual dictators, Oryx is the same old when he opens his mouth.

When the two were polite, Princess Tess looked at Rhona who was standing not far away, and gave her an inquiring look, as if asking, is this really the case? The latter nodded earnestly with a small face, and then looked at Oryx with a wistful gaze.

Tess sighed, feeling helpless.

On the other side, Oryx was finally polite and was about to go to the church district to find Jean Greymane, when he suddenly heard a timid voice behind him.

"Hmm...... Saint, can I learn from you the mysteries of the Light? ”

Oryx looked back and saw that it was Rhona and couldn't help but be surprised.

This little girl watched herself all the way, especially when she was fighting with the undead, she couldn't take her eyes off, it turned out that she was handsome and handsome......

Ahem, attracted by the Holy Light technique?

He smiled and replied, "Miss Rona, I don't count what I said, you have to listen to your father." ”

Can a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl do it?

He didn't want to take in apprentices, and he didn't want to carry such a drag bottle every day.

"What if my father agrees?" Rhona's shining eyes were filled with longing, as if she was reverting to the scene of fighting in the plate armor that swung with holy radiance.

What a weird child, no wonder she grew up to be a female general who led the Gilneth Liberation Front in battle.

Thinking like this, Oryx replied casually, "Then I naturally won't object." ”

With that, he followed Liam to the church district.

"Yes!" Tess clenched her little fist and waved it excitedly, and the image of the lady disappeared in an instant.

Princess Tess, who saw all this in her eyes, pursed her lips, and then looked at Oryx, who was gradually moving away, and fell into deep thought. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens