Chapter 44: The Battlefield
The griffons silently burst into the night sky, and soon saw the distant sky with sparkling fires...... That's where the battlefield is.
When you fly closer, you can see that the sparkling fires are actually burning in large areas of the forest, and the battle is already very fierce!
A burst of rotten aura unique to the undead came to his nose, and Su Chen couldn't help frowning slightly.
In the moonlight, you can see the white expanse of the forest...... That's a sea of skeletons!
Su Chen's heart sank a little, all he saw when he was in Keldaron was the elite of thousands of undead troops on board, and he didn't see these ordinary skeletons.
Obviously, on the way to Silvermoon City, those demons didn't know how many people they slaughtered along the way before this ordinary skeleton and zombie all over the mountain appeared, and most of those people should be Lordaeron's people.
Perhaps that's why the army of the undead took so long to reach Quel'Thalas.
"These damn guys!" Su Chen couldn't help but clench his fists, and almost wanted to rush down and personally slash the Dread Demon King in this army of the undead.
The griffons beneath him suddenly let out a low warning sound.
Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked ahead, only to see some dark shadows in the sky in the distance that were rapidly approaching, it was the air force of the undead - gargoyles!
Gargoyles are smaller than griffons and are nowhere near as powerful as fierce griffins, but they are extremely agile in the air.
"Kill them." Su Chen, who was in a fit of rage, immediately drew his sword.
Perhaps provoked by these gargoyles, the griffon, which had been chirping like an eagle, roared like a lion.
Its speed increased even more, and its sharp front claws directly tore apart the nearest gargoyle.
The two gargoyles next to him wanted to take the opportunity to sneak up on the griffin from the flanks, but they were cut off by the short sword in Su Chen's hand that emitted the flame of holy light, and then fell down as fast as two stones.
The griffons, who had no worries, seemed to be particularly excited, and slaughtered the gargoyles around them one after another.
In the absence of dragons, griffons are almost the dominant ones in the air.
The few gargoyles besieging the griffons were quickly killed, but Su Chen soon discovered that more gargoyles were flying in from afar.
That's the most terrifying thing about the undead forces - they're almost endless in number, and they're not afraid of life or death.
"Let's go down." Su Chen clamped the saddle under him, he had no interest in fighting with these gargoyles all the time.
The griffin swooped down rapidly, and the fierce wind rushed in his face, which also made the battle intent in Su Chen's heart inexplicably more excited.
There were also enemies on the ground, and they were a few zombies, but looking at the armor and decorations on their bodies, they turned out to be elven rangers who had just died in battle.
Su Chen was about to swing his sword and use the power of holy light to completely kill these elven rangers who had been resurrected by the undead, several sharp arrows had broken through the sky, and without exception, they all hit the heads of those zombies, and the power contained in the arrows even exploded their entire heads.
Su Chen looked at the source of the arrow in surprise, and several elven rangers soon walked out of the dark forest.
At the head was none other than Sylvanas, dressed in military uniform.
"Why are you here?" Su Chen looked at her in some surprise.
Could this be the so-called fate, I just landed here at random, but I didn't expect to meet her.
"I just saw the griffons fighting those gargoyles in the air, that's why I rushed over, why didn't you stay in the city?" Sylvanas frowned slightly.
"Nothing...... I just wanted to see if I could do something for you. Su Chen sneered, he naturally couldn't say that he was worried that she would be killed and transformed into an undead, and wanted to save her.
"Although the griffon's combat power is good, you can't help us much...... There are so many of them! Sylvanas looked at the gargoyles hovering overhead, her face a little pale, apparently losing her initial confidence after a day of fierce battles with the army of the undead.
The Elven Ranger is indeed an elite force, especially the jungle combat ability is excellent.
However, their enemies are the undead who roam the mountains......
Elven bows and crossbows are good for ordinary creatures, but they are much worse for skeletons and zombies, unless you shoot the skeleton's head with an arrow every time, it just makes those skeletons break a few inconsequential bones.
"Those damned demons, they resurrected our brothers and sisters who died in battle into undead, and then came to attack us......" spoke a bloodied male ranger behind Sylvanas, his armor already damaged, and there were few arrows left in his quiver.
Su Chen stared at it, and it took a while to recognize that this ranger was the Lotherma Theron he had met before, and the mage tower he helped garrison had obviously long since fallen.
"How could these undead suddenly come and attack Silvermoon City?" Sylvanas looked at the battlefield in the distance, as if she was muttering and asking Su Chen.
"It's not an attack, they captured Lordaeron a month ago, and then they started heading towards Quel'Thalas, it's just that your news is a little too closed......"
"How so...... We set up a defensive barrier in the Yongge Forest, just because we didn't want to get too involved in the strife outside, how could these undead run over the mountains and mountains to attack Silvermoon City for no reason? Lotherma Theron was a little confused.
"Their purpose is the Sun Well, not Silvermoon City." Su Chen sighed, the battle has been going on for so long, but these elves don't even know what the other party's goal is.
"Sunwell?!" Sylvanas's face immediately changed greatly, and he turned his head to look at Su Chen and asked, "What do they want the sunwell for?" ”
"It is said that to resurrect a dead mage into a powerful lich, it requires the pure energy of the sunwell."
"Resurrect the Lich...... No, the sunwell is fundamental to our existence, and I must tell the king and the council the news at once! Lotherma, the battlefield here is under your command for the time being, be sure to slow down the progress of the undead as fast as possible, and I will soon be back with reinforcements. Sylvanas gave the order very decisively.
"General, don't worry, unless all of our Far Wanderer troops are killed, we will definitely not let these ugly undead get a step closer to Silvermoon City." Lotherma Theron said resolutely.
"Good...... Can your griffon still fly? Sylvanas said and looked at Su Chen, obviously preparing to borrow his griffon.
"Yes, but this griffin is too ferocious, and it needs to be fed at least a few times before it can be ridden." Su Chen said with some embarrassment.
"Ahem...... With its size, it's okay to fly with two people at the same time. Sylvanas coughed softly and whispered.
"You mean...... Double fly? ”