Keeping pace with the refugees, Arthas and the Paladins of the Silver Hand rode slowly along the boulevards of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

Arthas vaguely remembers that just a few years ago, he used to gallop carefree on this avenue with his beloved companion War Horse "Invincible", but now, a few years later, everything has changed.

"Invincible" lost his life because of a stupid decision in the winter, and this forest avenue has also undergone some bad changes in the catastrophe in the past few years, and has become eerie and terrifying.

The memories of the children playing in the woods appeared in front of Arthas's eyes like an afterimage of time, and Arthas sighed deeply, and couldn't help but say in his heart:

"Do I have a chance to reproduce that gratifying scene, and even if I did, how many years, ten years, twenty years, my life, or my child's life?"

"Dad, Dad, His Royal Highness Brother seems to be very unhappy, can I give him a candy?"

Arthas's sorrow was interrupted by an innocent whisper, and Arthas was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the garbled title was referring to him, the prince of Lordaeron.

And he immediately cast his gaze to his side, to the source of the voice.

"Shhh ”

Arthas looked with interest at a carriage that was a few horses behind him, in the middle of the protection queue.

It was the carriage of the family of Joseph Redpass, the hero of Talon County, and the innocent voice just now came from Joseph's daughter Pamela the Younger.

I have to say that Arthas, who had just touched the scene, felt that a certain heartstring in his heart was touched the moment he saw little Pamela, and an emotion similar to the redemption of a drowning person was out of control in Arthas's heart.

The young Prince Lordaeron rode his horse closer, but when he came to him, he did not know where to start.

However, in fact, there was no need for him to say anything, and the lively and lovely little Pamela had already taken the lead in making a kind move.

"Your Royal Highness Brother, go on!"

A few candies suddenly scattered and flew towards Arthas, who was caught off guard and waved his hands in a hurry, but not a single candy was followed, and he almost fell off his horse.

"Haha, that's stupid!"

"Pamela!

Little Pamela's happy laughter was harshly stopped by Joseph, but Arthas smiled knowingly:

"It's okay, Joseph. ”

Arthas turned his head again, smiled and asked little Pamela:

"Little Pamela, how old are you?"

"Eight years old!" Pamela replied to Arthas's question without hesitation, and happily held up a doll that looked a little old at Arthas.

"It was a birthday present from my dad the day before yesterday, she was my friend and her name was Mila. ”

When Arthas heard this, his brows trembled, his face turned pale, and the guilt that had been suppressed in his heart instantly resurfaced, burning Arthas's heart like a prairie fire.

"This child should have lived in peace and tranquility, befriended with other children of the same age, and then grew up happily, instead of being displaced as he is now, and his only friend was just an old doll that couldn't speak. ”

"It's all my fault! I failed to prevent this catastrophe, I failed to protect my people, I am a failed prince, I must make amends, do everything I can to make amends. ”

"Your Royal Highness, brother, are you alright? You seem to be very sad, just eat something sweet, and I can give you another candy." ”

Little Pamela said as she held out a small hand to Arthas.

Arthas was stunned for a moment, instinctively took the candy from the small palm, he looked at the small candy in his hand wrapped in beautiful pieces of paper in a daze, inexplicably felt that his heart was blocked, and his vision quickly blurred.

"Thank you for the gift, little Pamela. ”

Arthas thanked him quickly, then turned his head sharply, and rode back to the front of the group, and the candy was carefully put into his pocket.

"The past is gone, but there is still hope for the future, and I will definitely grasp this hope!

The team continued slowly, and the Scout cavalry sent out by Arthas soon returned.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, ten miles ahead is the intersection of Colin Road, but the condition of that village does not seem to be optimistic. It's so quiet. ”

Whoever heard the news of the Scout Cavalry would have a premonition that the situation was not good, not to mention that Alsace had heard a similar story from Tulayan not long ago.

"The whole team stops advancing, Uther, you take someone to the village to see if there is any danger, and then we will decide what to do next. ”

Uther nodded, and led a few paladins to the village vigilantly, while Arthas ordered everyone to stand guard and set up a temporary line of defense, while he began to ponder the current situation.

The flashpoint of the undead is in Stratholme, but the town of Andorjar, a few days away from Stratholm, has been attacked by the undead, and the people of Talon are convinced that no undead troops have passed through the road in front of their village.

Arthas was confident that the undead forces that attacked Andoral did not enter the territory of Andorhar through the mountains, as the magical outposts provided by Lothar and upgraded by Mage Dalaran did not convey any alarm to his mages.

Combined with the intel from Talon County, there seems to be only one conclusion, and that is that the undead who attacked the town of Andorhar did not come from Stratholme, but from other places, even from the Alliance itself.

A flash of inspiration flashed through Arthas's mind as he thought of this, and his speculation seemed to slowly narrow down to an accurate range, an accurate target.

The target of suspicion happened to be very close to the town of Andorhar, located on the island of Keldaron in the middle of the lake to the east of the town of Andorhar, which belonged to the territory of the noble Barov family of the Kingdom of Alterac.

Arthas asked the captain of the paladins beside him, "Has the messenger sent to the Barov family on the island of Keldaron have returned?"

"Tell Your Highness the Prince that the messenger has been gone for a long time, but has not returned. ”

"I don't think the messenger will come back. Arthas said silently through gritted teeth.

There is only one answer in front of him, the noble Barov family of the Alterac Kingdom has taken refuge in the undead!

Realizing the truth, Arthas was almost furious, but when he thought about it, he was as shocked as if he had been poured a basin of cold water on his heart.

"Wait, isn't our current situation dangerous? If there is an enemy in our rear, and there are other enemies in front of us, it will be a situation of being attacked from the belly!"