Chapter 37: The Fireplace Castle
"You're saying the prince is a demon in disguise? But how can Lord Uther's current state be explained? Bridget Abidis stared at Su Chen suspiciously.
"Teacher, in order to protect my father's ashes and the people of Andorhar, he died with a dreaddemon king, and those demons resurrected the teacher as the undead, but the teacher's belief in protecting Lordaeron has not changed, and now he is free from the control of those demons, and is about to recover Lordaeron with me...... How did you end up here alone, your father? Su Chen explained, trying to divert the subject, he didn't want to explain too much about Frost Grief's ability to control the undead.
"My father and I were separated in battle, I was injured during the breakout, I wanted to hide here to rest and heal, but I didn't expect to be found by those undead, thanks to meeting you......" Bridget Abydis did not call him His Royal Highness, apparently still doubting his identity.
Looking at her eyes full of doubt, Su Chen was helpless about it, after all, the crime of killing his father and destroying Luo Danlun was too serious, and it was difficult for him to explain it personally.
Uther once had the credentials and prestige to prove his innocence, but now that Uther was an undead, he needed to explain his identity himself.
"It seems that it will be more difficult to unite with Fireplace Fort......" Su Chen sighed secretly in his heart, in addition to his current bad reputation, the lack of strong power behind him was also a very important reason.
In the current chaotic situation, except for those paladins who have strong beliefs, it is estimated that few people will give up their troops and territory to such a prince who suddenly appeared to him.
"We were on our way to the Fireplace, and we heard a fight here before we came to take a look, but we didn't expect you to be here."
"Fireplace Castle? Aren't there any undead there? Bridget Abydis's eyes lit up when she heard this.
"Probably not, the location of the Fireplace Fort is very remote, and the surrounding mountains are all steep, there is only a small path into the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is estimated that those undead did not find out, the lord of the Hearthbourg Tyran once passed a message to me after the fall of Lordaeron, ready to lead the soldiers of the Fireplace Fort to help in Andorhar, but unfortunately before I could reply, the army of the undead surrounded Andorhar......" Uther sighed.
"That's good, I'll just say that Lordaeron is so big, those undead can't really take it all, and we still have hope." Bridget Abydis seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and seemed much more relaxed.
"Why don't you come with us to the Fireplace, it should be safer." Su Chen said and began to cast the Holy Light Technique for her.
In this real world, although the Holy Light Technique is not as good as in the game, it can replace medicine to quickly restore physical health.
"Thank you, but can you bring a few more people?" Bridget Abydis asked tentatively, in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
"I also have a few friends, some of them are soldiers who broke out of the siege together, and some of them are refugees I met on the road, they were placed by me in a farm not far away, I originally wanted to lure away the undead around me, but I didn't expect that there were too many undead, and instead I was surrounded by them." Bridget Abydis said with her head down, a little embarrassed.
"Oh, then take them with you." Su Chen nodded, obviously this was the real reason why she was surrounded by undead, and she should have hidden it because she didn't believe him and Uther.
"She looks like a very kind and smart girl, how could she have been deceived by the Dread Demon King all the time......" Su Chen sneered in his heart.
However, when Bridget Abidis led the way to meet her friend, Su Chen couldn't help but be a little speechless.
Abydis was hiding not just a few, but nearly thirty people, most of whom were wounded!
Due to the sudden addition of dozens of people, it was basically impossible to avoid those undead along the way, so they could only kill them along the way.
When the group finally left the wilderness, there were nearly 100 people in the group, and most of the new recruits were women and children who could not afford to flee south.
"It is said that in the surrounding mountains and forests, there are many more people who are hiding from the undead natural disaster, can Your Highness continue to rescue and take them in?" Perhaps seeing Su Chen's continuous killing of the undead and rescuing the wounded along the way, Bridget Abydis's attitude towards him has changed, and he even began to call him His Royal Highness the Prince.
Su Chen immediately nodded and said, "Of course they will be saved, they are all the people of Lordaeron, one day we will expel all the undead and regain Lordaeron!" ”
However, because of this pile of old and young women and children, the speed of progress was naturally greatly slowed down, and the original journey of seven or eight days, after walking for ten days, finally saw the guard post set up by the fireplace fort on the periphery.
Luckily, the lord of the Hearthkeep, Tyran Fordin, happened to be patrolling the sentry here.
He was also shocked when he saw Su Chen and Uther.
However, unlike Abidis, after listening to Su Chen's explanation, he quickly believed it.
"It's Lord Uther and His Royal Highness the Prince...... I did write a letter to lead my knights to Andohar to fight the undead. Tyran immediately began to bow.
"Sure enough, he is a pure-hearted young man, and he believes whatever he says......" Su Chen was both happy and worried in his heart.
Happily, I didn't expect this trip to Fireplace to go unusually well, but I was worried that Tyran was too gullible to trust others, which could easily be used by others, and it was likely to lead to the same ending as in the game in the future.
"I'm no longer a paladin, you don't need to salute me, you came to this outermost outpost in person, but what danger did you encounter?" Uther shook her head slightly.
"Not yet, there were still a lot of undead to attack the Hearthburg a while ago, but recently it has suddenly become a lot less, I am worried that it is the conspiracy of those undead, so I deliberately rushed to the front line to keep an eye on it." Tyran still said humbly.
"Rest assured, those undead have stopped attacking because their main force has already sailed north to Silvermoon City."
"Really? What are those undead running to Silvermoon City for, do they want to start a war with the High Elves? Tyran was a little surprised.
"It's not clear, but this is an opportunity for us to try to unite all the current resistance forces of Lordaeron while the undead attack is lax, and only by gathering all the forces can it be possible to defeat those undead and demons." Uther said.
Su Chen knew the reason why the Undead Scourge went to Silvermoon City - he needed to use the power of the Sun Well to resurrect Kel'thugad!
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PS: Due to some modifications, this chapter was updated too late, and I hope you can forgive me.