Chapter 8: The Bone Horse
"Stop it!" A sudden shout was heard in the distance, alarming the two people in the chat.
A skeletal horse with a pair of horns was driven in the direction of the two, and it turned out to be the necromancer's mount.
It's really a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, Gordon shouted, drew his sword and went up, Unas hurriedly grabbed him, such a good thing as a bone war horse can't let this violent maniac be broken.
"Look at me!" Unas was busy casting spells.
"Excess evil", this skill is really useful against this kind of undead who have no intelligence, the purple light covered the head of the skeleton horse, it was hit again, turned around and ran straight towards a big tree, "bang" hit the leaves flying, and it stopped by the big tree.
Unas galloped over, grabbed its reins, and the people around him surrounded him curiously, Unas's heart moved, "bang", the smoke dispersed, and the skeleton horse had been put into his backpack, and he hurriedly checked:
"Skeleton Horse" - This is a very fast mount. (Produced by a joint effort of alchemy and spiritism)
Refreshing!
In the game, how many times its large hunter brushed Stratholme without coming out of wow, this moment really felt like a dream come true, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.
"What did you do?" Gordon rushed forward to question, interrupting his laughter.
Looking around, everyone looked at him strangely, Unas calmed down and hurriedly explained: "I took it away, it's amazing!" ”
"Look, I'll let it go!" The skeletal warhorse appeared along with the smoke.
"I'll take it!" The skeletal steed vanished again with the smoke.
"Stop!" Gordon burst into a shout, and he turned sharply to the others, "What are you doing in a daze?" Are you all done? ”
Several soldiers scattered one after another, and Unas felt weak for a while, as if he had done something wrong again?
Gordon leaned over with a serious face and whispered, "Do you know what you just did?" You've shown everyone how skilled you can summon undead creatures, and that alone is enough to burn you at the stake! ”
Unas was taken aback: "The skeleton war horse is also considered an undead? Isn't it just a means of transportation? ”
"Although the Bone War Horse has no combat power, it is also an evil undead creation," Gordon frowned, "How did you do it, is there any space to store treasures?" ”
"Yes, yes," Unas quickly explained, "I just put it in my storage, I don't know any necromancy. ”
Gordon nodded: "You don't have a mount, this bone horse should be considered your trophy, but you must not summon him in front of people, lest he be mistaken for a necromancer." ”
Unas humbly said again and again that it would be better to be less blind and show off in the future, and to act in a low-key manner.
Fortunately, the bone war horse was saved, and the joy in his heart could not be hidden, and he couldn't help grinning.
But the smile seemed out of place here, and the two soldiers brought in a corpse dressed in red robes, which Unas recognized as the sledgehammer that had been given to him twice last night.
"It's Jara......" Gordon muttered, a glimmer of pain in his eyes.
Another comrade-in-arms who was transformed into a zombie, Unas deeply felt the cruelty of this war of the dead, originally brothers who fought side by side, but the next moment they became enemies fighting for life and death.
All the corpses, including the bones of the skeletons, were gathered together and a raging fire broke out, followed by the customary eulogy from Gordon.
"His name is Gerald and he's from Havenshire, he's a fierce fighter, a ......, and he's finally back in the arms of the Light, and the Light is above."
"The Light is above!" Everyone repeated the slogan again in unison, startling Unas, who hurriedly raised his hand and pretended to shout as well.
Fortunately, no one noticed him, everyone quietly watched the fire, silently mourning the deceased comrades.
I don't know how long it took, but Unas was already in a half-asleep state, and the fire was finally burning, and Gordon, who had been half-kneeling on the ground praying, stood up and ordered, "Alright, let's start searching for the Scourge Stone." ”
Several soldiers began to stir in the ashes with their weapons, and Unas came to his senses and wondered, "What is the Scourge Stone?" ”
"Some members of the Scourge Legion will be implanted with a Scourge Stone in their bodies after they are born or created, it is equivalent to an energy source, which can enhance the power of the undead, and more importantly, it seems to strengthen the Scourge Leader's control over his subordinates," Gordon said, "The Mage Academy is collecting this thing, if only we could use it to find a way to deal with the undead, for us, this thing can also be exchanged for some bounty." ”
At this time, the soldiers finished rummaging, wrapped a piece of cloth and handed over a few Scourge stones to Gordon, and Unas leaned in to check them, but there were only a few black stones, the largest of which was only the size of a fingernail, and there was nothing strange to see.
Gordon put the stone away and shouted, "Back to camp!" ”
A few people returned to the camp, the dead fat man Captain Ryan was looking in front of the camp gate, saw everyone back, hurriedly greeted him, Gordon ignored him, did not dismount, and said sternly to everyone: "I still have an urgent military situation to report, you are stationed here, and if there is any dereliction of duty, I will be executed on the spot in accordance with military law!" ”
Without waiting for Perion to respond, he waved to Unas, turned his horse's head, and ran down the mountain road.
"Lend your horse for it." Unas threw the two hares hanging from his horse's neck to the dead fat man, and said to him by the way.
"Then my armor ......"
This dead fat man actually dared to ask him for equipment, what a big joke, haven't you heard that paladins are never greedy and never give up?
Unas wanted to reply to him: Captain, your fat body can already withstand the damage of ordinary swords, what armor do you need?
But seeing that Gordon had gone away, Unas turned his horse's head and hurried to catch up, only to drop a sentence from afar: "I will return it to you one day." ”
Parion wanted to cry without tears, the war horse and the full body armor were the two most valuable things around him, and now that Unas had been taken away, he had a feeling of being robbed.
The mountain road is getting steeper and steeper, worthy of the name of "distant mountain", the camp is gradually out of sight, and the surrounding area is deserted, Unas is itching, secretly summons the skeleton war horse, and rides it to try it.
Sure enough, it is very different from a live horse, it runs much more smoothly, the speed is much faster, and the most important thing is that it is super windy!
By the way, everyone likes to name their war horses, and the black horse of Gordon is called "Black Wind", so you can call it "Pulling Wind" - of course, it doesn't mean farting.
Accidentally caught up with Gordon, who turned his head to look at him and didn't blame anything.
Unas relieved his heart, curiosity together, tentatively asked, "What is the major military situation?" ”
"Bethris, the Dreadlord," Gordon asked rhetorically, "have you heard of it?" ”
Regarding the Dreadlord, Unas remembers some of the Warcraft 3 battle plots, after the killing of the archdemon polluter Akmund, the second invasion of the world by the Burning Legion failed, and the Scourge Legion, a subordinate legion of the Burning Legion, was then divided.
In the Tirisfal Glade, Arthas, the Dreadlord Triumvirate, and Sylvanas-Windranger compete, Arthas became weaker and weaker due to the injury of the Lich King Neozu, and had to flee to the frozen continent of Northrend and merge with the Lich King, and the Dreadlord Triumvirate surrendered with two deaths, and finally the Dark Queen Sylvanas was victorious.
The names of the Dreadlord clan were a little awkward, and Unas vaguely remembered that there didn't seem to be a name for Bethrys among the Dreadlord Triumvirate, so he could only shake his head and reply, "I don't know." ”
"It seems that you really are not a Lordaeron, it is a notorious evil creature that has had its notoriety for many years before the outbreak of the Scourge War, and after the outbreak of the war, he appeared in front of the people as the leader of the Scourge Legion," Gao patiently explained, "My mission was originally to search the surviving human villages around me, but I didn't expect to find its stronghold this time, and my chest was wounded by its spells." ”
As if remembering the bloody battle that broke through, Gordon suddenly fell silent, it was this encounter that caused him to lose two loyal comrades.
The two walked in silence for a long time, and the sun was about to rise in the middle of the sky, and Gordon suddenly said, "Put away the bone horse, there is a checkpoint ahead." ”
Unas did as he was told, put on Perion's brown horse, and walked a short way, when a sentry appeared in front of him.
Lordaeron's flag was flying, but the blue sword and the letter "L" representing Lordaeron had been replaced with bright red.
Several barricades blocked the middle of the mountain road, and four heavily armed soldiers stood in the rear, and more red-robed soldiers ran out of the two-story fortress next to it.
Gordon stopped 30 meters from the barricade, and Unas followed.
A horse also appeared in the sentry on the opposite side, wearing a blue double-headed eagle robe on a white background, standing out among a group of red-robed soldiers, holding a huge silver long-handled war hammer in both hands, the silver-encrusted hammer head etched with a golden rune, and the sturdy hammer handle wrapped in blue leather.
"Gordon." The blue-robed knight spat out two words, and his indifferent voice did not have a trace of intonation, as if the stone man was greeting.
"Duland." Gordon's equally brief response.
Durand unveiled his armor, revealing a handsome and fair face, his blue eyes staring at Gordon tightly, and there was no expression on his face: "You came back alive again." ”
"Yes." It was still two short words, and Gordon didn't seem to want to talk nonsense with him at all.
"Who are you? It looks very raw. Durand turned to Unas.
"He's the wandering paladin Unas Raugard, who saved my life this time." Gordondeunas replied.
"Wandering paladins? Hehe," the corners of Duland's mouth showed a slight mockery, "the one who can save the Flame Knight must be a powerful paladin, I would love to try ......"
"Hurry up!" Gordon loudly interrupted his provocation, "I still have an urgent military situation to report, and you can't afford to be responsible for delaying the military situation!" ”
In the face of the angry Gordon, Durand was also a little jealous in his heart, and did not continue to entangle, but just dropped a cruel sentence: "Hmph, someone will clean you up." ”
He beckoned to the side, and a petite figure in a white robe, the priest's face was obscured by the shadow of the hood, but the silhouette should be that of a woman, she raised her cross staff, and two white lights immediately shot out.
Seeing that Gordon did not dodge, Unas also suffered a white light motionlessly, the white light enveloped his body, and his heart felt warm, but other than that, there was nothing unusual.
The white-robed priest nodded to Durand, only to hear a soft female voice, "They are all living people. ”
Durand ordered the soldiers to remove the barricades, and two soldiers ran over and told them to dismount and be examined.
Turns out to be a body search?
This is definitely Duland's personal vendetta in the communiqué, Gordon didn't want to delay any longer, so he dismounted without resistance and obedience, and Unas had no choice but to dismount and be inspected.
The Flame Knight's name was here, and the two searchers didn't dare to go too far, so they hurriedly finished it, and the two were let go.