Chapter 45: The Battle for Supremacy in the Angry Sea (Part II)
"High Lord, the Southern Shield of Light tower has been breached. The Chapel of Light's Wish is in a hurry! ”
On the Endless Sea, the combined fleets of Kurtilas and Stormwind are battling the Scourge Legion's ghost fleet, but on land, the Scourge has no chance to rest on Lordaeron, and a large number of Scourge soldiers have finally breached the last watchtower on the periphery of the Chapel of Light's Wish after piling up corpses for a month. Fifty paladins and thousands of Lordaeron warriors were killed, and the Scourge army made its way to the chapel.
When the news reached Lordaeron, Ares felt endless pressure, and what he feared most finally happened.
"What do you mean?"
After receiving the news, Ares did not arrange the task as soon as possible, but looked at the officers present with a desolate look. They are all veterans of the Republic of Lordaeron, and they were once the backbone of the Scarlet Crusade.
"You and I both know that it was a conspiracy, and Arthas's purpose was to lure the main force of the Knights out of Lordaeron and then wipe us out in the Plaguelands!"
Drumm was the first to stand up and spoke loudly. After a series of events, he had firmly agreed with Ares and held on to Lordaeron until Varian and Magni's reinforcements arrived. But others are not so determined. At least, they are not gods and cannot know the true intentions of their enemies.
"Leaving aside whether it is a conspiracy or not, Drum, Ares, I would like to believe you, but Ares, you must know that the faith of the Order does not allow us to sit on the left hand, which is contrary to our spirit and faith. Ares...... You were right along the way, and I'm sure your judgment was right this time. But even so, we cannot afford to watch the chapel under siege. ”
Whitemayne said sadly.
"Arthas has found your soft spot."
Sylvanas added.
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The Endless Sea.
"For Kul Tiras! Burn the wind! ”
Catherine roared in the midst of the artillery fire. The Raven charged at the Ghost Fleet in a suicidal charge. The moment the battleship passed by, hundreds of artillery shots rang out in unison, thick smoke accompanied by fire spread all over the sea, cannonballs pierced the cabin of the Queen Raven, the turbulent sea water instantly poured into the cabin, and the huge hull was blown to pieces, like a former strong giant slowly falling.
It still held a sword of glory and strength in his hand, but his body could no longer withstand such a violent blow.
Catherine closed her eyes in despair, she had done her best, Kurtilas had done her best. As a member of the Alliance, it gave everything it could.
Surrounded by the roar of the undead and the rapid freezing of the sea, it is the prelude to an invasion of the undead navy, who will build an ice bridge between their warship and the enemy's flagship, and then let the undead warriors rush to occupy this valuable human main ship.
Suddenly, there was a thunderclap in the sky, and the Kurtilas sailors and the undead soldiers looked at the sky at the same time, and they saw that in the thick dark clouds, blue-purple lightning was rolling and roaring, mixed with the screams of giant eagles, and a group of dwarven griffins rushed out of the clouds!
"Brute Hammer Victory!"
The lead griffin knight, the High Lord Furstad, roared loudly. Purple lightning converged on his hammer, like a dazzling star falling into the sea.
The wind was raging on the sea, and in the air, the griffons screamed.
Lined up in neat battle formations, they launched a dive towards the Scourge Legion's ghost fleet.
"What are you waiting for! Support, fight back! ”
The captain of the guard beside Catherine shouted. The artillerymen endured severe pain, picked up the heavy shells, loaded them into the undamaged cannons, and launched a final counterattack.
A Scourge Legion's ice cannon struck the ship, shattering the Kul Tiras soldiers inside the ship in an instant, splattering flesh and blood in all directions. But more artillery launched a counterattack.
At the same time, the Hammer Knights descended from the sky, and the Storm Warhammer smashed into the Scourge Ghost Ships, crashing into the deck and hull of the Ghost Ship like a bombshell, and the lightning roared on the deck, spreading out in a net, and all the undead soldiers who were hit were on fire.
The soldiers who were not hit were repelled by the electric current in the air, and at the same time, the hull of the ship was torn apart by the warhammer.
Shells were fired from the ghost ship, and soon the naval battle turned into a naval and air battle. The wind and waves tore at the ships, and the turbulent ships were surrounded by whistling lightning and cannon.
On the battleship of Kul Tiras, which was about to be captured by the undead soldiers, several old sailors armed with spears and swords made a final resistance. The waves crashed and brought down the old sailors and the skeletal soldiers, and when they got up again, they were surrounded by rotting corpses and skeletons...... The rusty iron sword stabbed into the old sailors' bodies, and the screams were mixed with the laughter of the necromancer—"Join us, you will be the best warriors of the Lich King." ”
However, no sooner had the necromancer finished speaking than a heavy cannonball whizzed, blasting skeletal soldiers into the air, the hull of the ship vibrating, and sawdust and bone fragments flying away.
"Attack! Full fire! ”
As they approached, more artillery let out a deafening blast. The entire sea was full of waves, and the blown up ghost ships disintegrated one after another on the sea.
But the Undead Legion was still fighting back, when the battleships of Stormwind City and the ghost ships of the Scourge Legion passed by, the cannons roared in unison, and one shell after another smashed into the compartment, and one by one the Stormwind soldiers were blown up to the flesh and blood, and even the moment the cannons swept over their bodies, their arms and heads were smashed, and fragments of blood and internal organs flew one after another......
The griffon knights finally dropped the Molotov cocktail, and the flames spread across the entire ship of the Undead Legion......
"Purify in flames!"
Furstad yelled. When the clouds cleared, a ray of sunlight turned its back to it and spilled onto the sea. The Hammerlord let out a loud shout and harnessed his griffon to dive down on another Scourge Legion's ghost ship!
Under the cover of sunlight, the undead hunters and scourge soldiers on the deck couldn't open their eyes at all. Furstad, on the other hand, roared and smashed the hammer into the corpses. In the next second, lightning exploded and blasted all the dozen skeleton sailors into the sky. The necromancer roared and tried to cast ice arrows to knock the griffon down, but the two Hammer Knights of Furstad swept across the Ghost Ship's deck, and before the two necromancers could finish their spells, the griffons swept over the skeleton shelf......
Standing in the earth-shattering fire, Queen Catherine silently shed tears, for this war, they sacrificed too much, Kurtilas is afraid that they will never be able to recover from this war, but they contributed everything they could.
Fishermen and civilians, who had no combat experience, fought against the Scourge Navy like the bravest of warriors...... In the tragic war song, Catherine seems to see the shadow of her dead husband, Dalin. Seeing how he stood on the flagship of the King and commanded tens of thousands of naval soldiers to fight against the enemy...... He still seems to be there......