"Yes, Your Majesty," Orix said in an old-fashioned manner, "the presence of Saratas gives me a sense of foreboding, and I want to know in advance about the enemy I am about to face. ”

"Hmm...... But you know, her theory is dangerous. Arthas muttered.

"Rest assured, I'll do my research on the premise of ensuring safety." Oryx reassured, thinking in his heart that his body was about to be dominated by shadow energy, and the time bomb didn't know when it would explode, even if it was unsafe, there was nothing he could do.

"That's what every Light practitioner who tries to understand the way of balancing light and shadow thinks, but no one has ever been able to resist the corrosive effects of the Shadows—perhaps, but I don't know," Arthas sighed and said very sincerely, "You are the Hand of My King, the Prophet of Lordaeron, the leader of this war, I can understand your thoughts, but I don't want anything to happen to you, do you understand?" ”

Oryx's heart warmed slightly, "I understand. ”

"It's good to understand. Dalaran gave me those notes, and I will have them delivered to you later. Do your research well and terminate the study immediately if you feel unwell. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Alright, go and do your own work. As for the tomb of Tyr, whether it is to cooperate with the High Elves or Dalaran, or to take out those two artifacts with various forces, I will leave it to you. Again, I want the evil in it to be erased, and I want the two artifacts. As for how to get in touch with Count Catlana and express his gratitude, leave it up to you. After all, this is a good gesture from the Stormwind Kingdom. ”

"Yes."

……

Communication was cut off, and Oryx took a deep breath, feeling the pressure on his body weigh up.

It's just the matter of the tomb of Tyr, but it's not complicated. What's complicated is that Onexia actually intervened, and now I don't know what the black dragon princess has in mind, so it's better to be careful in everything.

As for Natalie Serling's research notes, why they were sent to Artace, he understood very well.

After all, this thing is quite a dangerous thing, and it has been listed as a taboo for the past ten years. Dalaran knew that Orix was capable of researching, but if Orrix did, he would fall into the shadows like the followers of the Forgotten Shadow Cult, and they could not afford it.

Therefore, they had to inform Alsace in advance that it was not their problem that the king had asked his important ministers not to conduct research.

While Oryx was on the phone, Mayor Buthras had been waiting. Seeing that he had finally finished his communication with the king, he stepped forward and asked tentatively, "My lord, may I give you an overview of the current defense of Stratholme?" ”

Oryx came back to his senses and nodded, "Well, take me around the city and talk." ”

The two got on the horses brought by the attendants, and walked one after the other, under the guard of the guards, towards the city.

Thanks to the climate, the Stratholm region is the second largest grain producing area in the Kingdom of Lordaeron after the Andohal region, with a total area of about 8,000 square kilometers, and the agricultural business is very developed. It is densely populated, mostly concentrated in the regional capital of Stratholm and surrounding villages and towns.

This is the largest megacity among the Seven Kingdoms of Mankind. The population is second only to the royal capital of Lordaeron, and Stormwind City in its heyday more than ten years ago, when it was not destroyed by the orcs, as many as 150,000, leaving most of the small and medium-sized kingdoms far behind in terms of urban population.

In such an era of the fifteenth or sixteenth century, which approximates the previous life of Oryx, the population of the city is quite an incredible number.

Recently, the Scourge has ravaged the Northlands, and due to official evacuations and spontaneous actions of the population, large numbers of people have poured into well-defended cities to seek refuge. In addition, in the past two months, the number of displaced people who had fled from the Hillsbrad Hills to escape the orcs finally arrived, and the number has soared from 150,000 to 200,000, and it is still rising.

Since there are no accurate statistics, it is difficult to say whether 200,000 is an exact number. It can only be said that all parts of the city are now crowded, the hotels are full, and the streets and squares are full of makeshift shantytowns.

Not only are health issues worrisome, but defense is also putting great pressure on the authorities.

A few days ago, Oryx's teacher, Saidan Dasohan, had captured a group of Cursed cult spies who had infiltrated in disguise as outcasts, and had seized three miniature plague sources the size of a jug.

Although the source of the plague has been divided, and the magnitude of the plague contained in it has been reduced countless times, once it breaks out in such a densely populated area, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Mayor Basselas had followed Da Sohan's suggestion to divide the vast city into a number of different areas. Between each block, simple fortifications were built. In this way, in the event of an outbreak of plague in an area, the guards and militias can use fortifications to stop the spread of the corpses and minimize the danger.

In addition, the checkposts set up at the griffon site and the city gates, the magic detection points set up by the mages who came to Dalaran's support, and the mobilization of the city's residents to conduct daily patrols with the guards are lackluster.

It's not brilliant, and it's impossible to find fault with it.

All of them show a fatal shortcoming.

That's the number of mages, it's still too small. In the face of the demons of the Cursed Cult and the Burning Legion who have infiltrated the terrifying abilities, conventional methods cannot prevent them from causing terrible disasters in the city.

Even though Lordaeron had tried his best to send mages to support Stratholme, and Dalaran had a considerable number of mages arriving, it was still not enough for a giant city with a population of more than 200,000 to have more than a hundred mages responsible for the investigation, detection, and defense of plagues and demons.

Oryx can't do anything about it either.

The most regrettable thing is that no sooner had the cooperation with the High Elves been on the right track, war broke out in Quel'Thalas. Otherwise, judging by Prince Kael'thas's willingness to cooperate and take what each other needs, there would definitely be many mages sent to help.

After walking around for more than an hour, and seeing many refugees who were unable to eat and clothe themselves in the cold wind, and could only snuggle up to each other in improvised tents covered with animal skins to keep warm, Oryx could only make some insignificant suggestions.

For example, we should strengthen the precautions for the granaries and water sources to prevent the tragedy of Lake Daron Mill from repeating itself.

Regarding the conscription of soldiers, it is still the same sentence. It is much better to recruit as many moves as possible, even if there is no armament to distribute, and let people use grass forks to defend against the enemy, than to kill them when a natural disaster strikes.

Not to mention the mage, for a while, he couldn't find so many mages to improve the defense of Stratholme City against plague attacks, and he could only use some conventional stupid methods.

However, after Saidan Dathohan took away more than 100 paladins in the Knights' Branch, the number of officers in Stratholme suddenly became overstretched.

In his family's private army, there are more than 200 noble children, even if they have little experience, they are always qualified candidates who have learned martial arts since childhood and received military training. But as soon as they were transferred, the private army became a mess.

He didn't know what to do either.

As he was leaving, a Stormwind mage arrived and brought him a letter.

The sender is Countess Katrana Presto of the Kingdom of Stormwind, to the effect that His Majesty the King of your country has informed me that he has told you about the tomb of Tyre. If Count Oryx wishes to learn about those two artifacts that can change the course of the war and take them out, he can arrange an appropriate time to discuss them with me in detail. I will do all I can to help your country out of the current predicament......

Oryx put the letter away after two glances, and laughed to himself, thinking that he was about to see what Onexia had in mind, and said to the mage who had come to deliver the letter:

"Please convey my thanks to Count Catlana on my behalf. In an hour, she could come to the town hall of Stratholme to meet me if she had time. I'm looking forward to talking to her about Tyre's Tomb in depth. "Diagram of the Great Dao of the Heavens