After Ares and Sylvanas had prepared their simple luggage and couldn't wait to be sent out of the city with griffins, Ronin opened a portal in Ares's office, and blue magic streaks appeared on the wooden floor of the office.

"Stand in the ring, Ares, Sylvanas."

Luo Ning said hurriedly.

As Ares and Sylvanas stood in the aura, a dazzling blue light flashed, and the three of them disappeared from the room without a trace, leaving only a faint magical halo still flickering.

……

"No, they were here a day ago!"

A few minutes later, Ares, Ronin, and Sylvanas appeared at Gallon Farm. After coming out of the portal, Ronin was stunned by the sight in front of him. It was a complete wasteland, with crooked crops and heavily contaminated grain and grain. The air smelled of decay.

The point is, there is not a single living person here. Not even the dead. This was Ronin's greatest fear, and they broke into a farmhouse, however, they never saw half a body except for a dead hound.

"Look again, maybe in the basement or somewhere else."

Ares said. It's been a long time since he's smelled this stench, and it reminds Ares of the air he breathed every day when he first became the Great Lord six years ago, fighting in the hazy land of the Plaguelands.

"Vegetable Terrier ......"

"Rotten, badly rotten. Not rot in a natural environment. ”

Looking at the vegetables in Ares' hand, Sylvanas said calmly.

This is also the case on farms near Death Scars, where the fruits and vegetables that farmers have worked so hard to grow will become like this when they are ripe. As a result, we have ordered the civilians of Silvermoon City not to move around the Death Scars again, and no one will be able to reach or reappear there until the land is purified. ”

As Sylvanas and Ares were talking, a flaming explosion could be heard from the farmhouse not far away.

Ares and Sylvanas immediately turned their heads to look. I saw several zombies running out of the farmhouse with fire all over their bodies, their arms, legs and feet either burned off or directly consumed by the flames, falling down like a pile of rotten flesh and skeletons, and the smell of burnt flesh wafting through the air.

Immediately after, Luo Ning walked out from behind the door with a disgusted face, he wiped the dust and dirt on his body, and smashed a zombie that had died and fallen to the ground with the staff in his hand, to ensure that it could not be resurrected, and then walked to Ares's side with a sad face.

"What happened?"

Ares asked. It doesn't seem that there is a trace of change in his expression, indeed, what kind of monster has not been seen in the field for many years, and he is all too familiar with this situation.

"They are the infected farmers I told you about, and the news will be delivered to Lordaeron in two days, Ares, you must take action, or get the people to stop going to the plague lands, send troops and priests, and deal with the plague in this area. Or, block the news so as not to cause panic among the population of Lordaeron. ”

Ronin said, picking up a charred head and handing it to Ares. A skull, to be exact, the skin and carrion attached to the bones have been burned. Even this bone is black.

"Beware of the plague."

The guards behind Ares shouted.

"Don't worry, the flames can purify everything, I burned it with the fire just now, and the plague virus is no more. What I want to tell you is that this is the product of this plague outbreak, look at their bones, they are several times harder than they were. And the plague can spread through blood, saliva, body fluids, and even the air. It was more terrible than any plague before. In the Stantholm plague, the undead still spread the plague through grain. But this time, the means of communication will be more diverse. ”

Luo Ning said solemnly.

"Skeletons and undead are strengthened, and there is at least a group of necromancers spreading these plagues and poison gases in this land."

Sylvanas continued.

"Yes, that's what it means, the already fragile bones have been strengthened and strengthened, and ordinary swords can't even cut their bodies and necks."

Ronin threw away the skull......

Ares suddenly remembered that when he was in the Outlands, Whitemayne had told him that the new zombies found near the Chapel of Light's Wish in the Eastern Plaguelands could tear human bodies apart with their bare hands. Perhaps, since then, the Scourge has been preparing plans for an invasion.

"Ronin, send us back, I must recruit more soldiers, Lordaeron will be ready for an incomparably crazy war. Generally speaking, before an army of natural disasters invades a place, it will first release plague and viruses to infect the local population, food, and water sources. Once this plague is in full swing, it will be the time for the Scourge to invade Lordaeron in full. We have to hurry. ”

Ares said.

Ronin and Sylvanas also frowned. They know their tasks.

"Alright, I'll teleport you back to Lordaeron, and then I'll recruit my mage troops. Sylvanas, Winlessa's side...... Forget it, I'll let her know......"

Ronin stopped talking, and Ares guessed that maybe there was some conflict between the couple. But he didn't ask, since Luo Ning didn't want to say anything.

Soon, in the blue aperture, the three people disappeared without a trace again, leaving only a faint magical aura floating in the air.

……

"Fenris Castle, Nord Stream, Ambermere Fort, Talenmere City, Southsea Town...... A quarter of the total number of local defenders was drawn and the army was concentrated under Lordaeron within three months. All caravans avoided the Plaguelands and headed south from the Silver Pines Forest. Trade on the Northern Route was temporarily suspended. Wait until the plague has been completely eradicated before resuming trade. ”

"With the Knights of the Silver Hand at the core, militia teams from various regions cooperate in the work of eradicating the plague. A squad of eighty people, each with at least one priest, carries a high concentration of incendiary grenades and disperses throughout the plague lands to find traces of the undead and eliminate the source of the plague......"

On the day he returned to Lordaeron from the Plaguelands, Ares urgently convened an internal meeting of the Knights of the Silver Hand. At the same time, after the unanimous vote, the bill will bypass parliament and be implemented immediately. Although he realized that this action would inevitably harm the interests of the noble merchants, for the sake of Lordaeron and the lives of hundreds of thousands of Lordaeron civilians, Ares could only do so.

This time, Drum and Whitemane did not object, but they also knew that the conflict between the Knights, Ares, and the Council would inevitably intensify.