The heavy gold-inlaid door panel slammed into the inner wall of the King's Hall with a "bang", reflecting the powerful power of the intruder, and everyone in the King's Hall was stunned by this sudden change.

They saw the intruder at the first moment, but the intruder looked like a humanoid holy light, and the next moment the humanoid holy light rushed into the king's hall like a bolt of lightning.

"Protect Your Highness!"

Uther, standing beside Arthas, shouted a warning, and Arthas also grasped his sword in one hand, and was about to draw his sword to defend himself, but before his sword could be unsheathed, the humanoid light suddenly knelt down in front of him.

"Your Royal Highness, please... I beg you to send troops to save Marshal Lothar at once. ”

The panting voice reached everyone's ears, and the humanoid holy light gradually dimmed and dissipated, revealing the true face of this person.

"It's Tulayan, Lothar's adjutant. ”

The crowd recognized the "gorgeous" intruder, as well as the great royal sword that Lothar never left in Tulayan's hand, and they also realized that something big might happen.

"Hurry up, Tulayan, I need to know what's going on. ”

Arthas was the first to react, rising from his father's throne and walking towards Tulayan, who immediately noticed the torn armor on Tulayan's body and the bleeding wounds under it.

"Your Royal Highness, we found your father, he was in Stratholme, but the moment we found him, the city of Stratholme was ruined, and everyone became a monster. ”

Tulayan looked agitated and frightened, and spoke incoherently, but the crowd did not fully understand it, but it was enough to understand.

"Calm down, my young brother. Uther, the Lightbringer, condensed a holy light to heal and comfort his youngest junior.

Under the influence of the Light, the young paladin quickly regained his composure and began to speak quickly and concisely about what had happened.

"Four days ago, we received news that King Terenus had been seen in the forest outside Stratholme, and Marshal Lothar immediately led us to check the facts. ”

"But while we were searching in the spring woods outside Stratholme, an unexpected attack struck. ”

"Countless skeletons burst out of the earth and attacked us, many of our brothers died in the first raid, and when we dealt with the enemy, we thought everything was calm. ”

"Stratholme's city guard cavalry has arrived. ”

"At first we thought they had noticed what was going on and had come to check on the situation, but when they raised their guns at us and charged on horseback, we realized that they were the second attack. ”

"I saw with my own eyes that General Dasohan was pinned to a tree by a cavalryman, and Marshal Lothar and Lord Tirio immediately organized us to defend against the trees..."

Tulayan paused abruptly, his head covered in cold sweat and still looking palpitating, while Arthas spoke:

"Uther, assemble the knights of the Silver Hand at once, and we must leave for Stratholme at once!"

Uther, though still eager to hear Tulayan continue, knew better that the matter was urgent, and he immediately ran to the barracks.

Arthas, on the other hand, lifted Tulayan up and spoke to the noble advisors and ambassadors of other nations in the king's hall:

"I'm sorry, guys, but I have to deal with this emergency and welcome my father back, and as for your advice, wait for the return of the king of Lordaeron before making a decision. ”

Arthas held one of Tulayan's arms in one hand and condensed the Holy Light in the other to heal him, while Tulayan breathed a sigh of relief and said again:

"The brutal battle resulted in heavy casualties, but Marshal Lothar and Lord Tirio led everyone out of the siege, and Lord Tirio discovered during the battle that the cavalry of the City Guard was actually under the control of some kind of mind-controlling magic. ”

"This discovery made Marshal Lothar very worried about the situation in the city of Stratholme, so he immediately led us towards the city of Stratholme, which we did not think of was actually the source of all disasters. ”

"When we arrived at the city, it was an empty city, neither the people nor the guards were gone, and we could not even find any living creatures in the town. ”

"The incomprehensible situation made everyone panic, but Marshal Lothar realized his mistake, the empty city of Stratholme was a trap! The marshal ordered us to immediately build a defensive line in the monastery and church area of the city of Stratholme, and at the very moment when our defensive line was completed, Your Royal Highness, your father, appeared. ”

Arthas, who was holding Tulayan, was extremely embarrassed when he heard this, and he obviously realized that perhaps the worst he had imagined had happened, but before he heard Tulayan say it himself, Arthas still couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it.

"King Terenus appeared outside our line along with Baron Rivendell of Stratholme, along with the inhabitants and guards of Stratholme.

Tulayan's eyes were a little dazed as he spoke, as if he remembered something of ultimate fear, and the nightmarish words blurted out from his trembling body.

"Everyone, thousands of civilians, soldiers, and even the dogs of the common people's homes, all have been transformed into undead!"

"No, no, it can't be, my father would never have killed our people! It's a lie! It's a false accusation!"

Arthas suddenly pushed Tulayan away, his face full of hideousness, and he looked like a wounded beast.

"It's true! It's all true! Your Royal Highness, Prince Arthas, before the war began, your father told us to give up our resistance, and General Lothar immediately stepped out of the line in the hope of convincing your father. ”

"But your father rejected the marshal, and His Majesty said that he wanted to create an eternal kingdom, an eternal kingship, and all of us would become immortal subjects in his eternal kingdom. ”

Arthas listened to Tulayan's words, his hideous expression suddenly dispersed, and turned into a bloodless face like a critically ill patient, Arthas took two steps back, looking shaky, and then he reached out again to support his forehead, with a disgusting expression.

"And then, what happened next?"

"And then?" Tulayan suddenly looked at the golden sword he was holding in his hand, and his vision blurred.

"Then the army of the undead overwhelmed us, and we relied on the remnants of the Light in the church to resist desperately, but everyone knew that we would not be able to hold out for long, and the only chance of survival was for someone to break out of the siege and rush out to ask for reinforcements, and in the end Marshal Lothar gave me this task. ”

Tulaya said this, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Marshal, he could have rushed out on his own, but he entrusted his life to me along with this divine sword, so that I could return here alive with the power of this divine sword!"

"Your Royal Highness, I sincerely implore you, please save Lord Marshal, and my brothers, as long as I can save them, I am willing to give you everything I have!"

Tulaya cried and knelt down in front of Arthas excitedly, and Arthas looked at the paladin in front of him, who looked only a few years older than him, and slowly exhaled a cloudy breath.

"Don't worry, my brother, I'll do my best to bring them home. ”