Chapter 8: Dalaran
"Let's get ready, gather here in an hour, and then we'll head north overnight." After giving a brief introduction to the tasks of this trip, Arthur looked at the sky and said.
"I'm going to buy some wine, I drank too much yesterday, and some of it wasn't enough." The 'profiteer' sneered and was the first to leave.
Su Chen naturally didn't have anything to prepare, and in fact, he didn't have the money to prepare anything.
Therefore, he just walked around the road, wanting to take a good look at the scenery of this Nanhai town.
However, at this moment, the road is lined with refugees fleeing from the north, many of whom are wounded, and almost all of them have sad faces, obviously their homes have been destroyed, and the killing of their relatives has caused them great trauma.
For some reason, Su Chen looked at these refugees from Lordaeron, and his heart continued to surge with compassion and anger...... This is the affection that belongs to Arthas, the prince of Lordaeron, and it is difficult to suppress at this moment.
"I'll help you get revenge, I'll help you shatter the Frozen Throne, I'll help you rebuild Lordaeron!" He occupies Alsace's body, so he should naturally bear his responsibility.
To Su Chen's surprise, he actually met the young female priest again.
She was busy praying for a group of refugees who had just escaped from the Silver Pines Forest, and performing recovery spells on the wounded, but her beautiful cheeks looked even thinner in the setting sun.
Seeing her prayer sincerely in the sunset, the anger in Su Chen's heart slowly subsided, and he quietly waited for her prayer to end, then sighed slightly: "It's time for you to take a rest, even with the favor of the Holy Light, your body will not be able to stand it." ”
"There are too many refugees, if I hold on a little longer, I can save one more injured person, are you going to stay in Nanhai Town?" The priestess gently pulled back her long hair that drooped to her face.
Only then did Su Chen notice that her hair was actually black, no wonder she felt a little familiar when she first saw her.
"No, I'll go north with a group of adventurers later, thank you for taking care of me at sea." Su Chen bowed his head and said.
"Oh, are you still insisting on going north...... If you are in trouble and you can go to your local church and ask for help, just say it is my friend...... By the way, my name is Vivien. The young priestess said with a smile, and at the same time took a small ankh necklace from her neck and handed it to him, saying, "This ankh has been blessed by the Holy Light and has certain healing powers, I hope it can help you." ”
"Thank you." Su Chen gratefully took the exquisite ankh with her name engraved on it.
"But why are you helping me so much?" Su Chen asked with some confusion, this ankh looked like her personal belongings, and it would be given to a passerby like herself who met on the journey.
"Because of this ......," the priestess named Vivien pointed to his back.
Su Chen's heart was shocked, what he was carrying on his back was the sorrow of the Demon Sword Frost!
Could it be that this seemingly gentle and kind female priest could have something to do with the undead catastrophe?
"I can feel a strong dark aura from your sword, it should be a magic sword with a lot of power, but I can feel the power of the holy light in your body, although it is not strong, but it is still very pure, obviously you are not affected by the sword, you still believe in the holy light, you can resist the temptation of darkness, you must have an extremely tenacious will, I naturally believe in you." Vivien laughed.
The corners of Su Chen's mouth couldn't help but pull a trace of an embarrassed smile, how could he have any tenacious will at all, if it weren't for the help of his brain, he was afraid that he would have already fallen from a paladin to a death knight at this moment, and he would be able to become the co-master of the undead in the world in the future.
"Also...... I can't go north now to help the warriors who fight against the undead, so I can only let this ankh that has been with me for many years fulfill my wish to go north. Vivien's voice suddenly tinged with sadness.
At dusk, Su Chen followed the middle-aged man named Arthur and his party on horseback and quietly rode out of Nanhai Town.
The evening breeze is light, surrounded by endless fields, and the scenery is extremely beautiful under the sunset.
Along the way, I met a lot of pedestrians, but they were all people who fled south, and only a few of them went north, so they seemed quite maverick.
"I hope those damned undead don't go south, or there will be no business to do in the future......" The 'profiteer' muttered on horseback.
"Those undead will definitely not be able to go south, you must know that in front of Dalaran, with this city of mages in the middle, those undead will not be able to pass." The noble mage sneered.
Su Chen sighed secretly in his heart, if he followed the historical trajectory of this world, Dalaran would not be able to stop the footsteps of the undead natural disaster, and the entire city would soon be destroyed by Akmund like playing a game.
However, to Su Chen's surprise, the female thief Medierri, who was the captain, did not accompany them.
"Captain, she left first, and explored the way for us to go ahead." Arthur explained indifferently.
Thieves are indeed the best candidates for pathfinding and intelligence, but I don't know how effective thieves are in this real world.
"Originally, our journey through the Alterac Mountains was the fastest way to reach Lordaeron, but due to the presence of a large group of ogres in Alterac today, we decided to take a detour through the Hillsbrad Hills and then head north north of Lordanmere to avoid unnecessary fighting." Arthur continued, and since the Captain of the Thieves was not there, he was the natural leader of the adventure party.
Su Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, because according to this route, he happened to pass through Dalaran.
He couldn't help but think of Gianna at once.
In Arthas's heart, Gianna has always occupied a very important position, the two have known each other when Gianna has not yet entered Dalaran to study, as the two continue to grow, the relationship is getting closer and closer, and even have physical communication, and has reached the point of talking about marriage, but unfortunately at that time Alsace wanted to be an excellent prince, and did not immediately accept Gianna, but in his heart Gianna has always been the most important woman.
When the painful decision to slaughter the city was made before the gates of Stratholme, Gianna's departure was also the biggest blow to Arthas.
"I don't know how Gianna is now......" Su Chen sighed slightly, with the emotional influence of Alsace, he also cared extremely much about the girl with beautiful blonde hair.
"This road is good, just passing through Dalaran, when the time comes, I will take you into the city, everyone can rest before continuing north, and I will also go by the way to buy some spell casting materials." The noble mage said.
"Okay, I'm going to go into the city to buy some wine, the price of wine has skyrocketed recently, the price of wine has risen at least tenfold, I didn't buy anything just now, although the wine of Dalaran is a little lighter, but it is better than drinking the water of Lake Lordamere." The 'profiteer' liquor muttered.
Su Chen frowned when he heard this, if he entered the city, he didn't know if he would meet Gianna, let alone if Gianna would still be able to recognize himself.