Chapter 261: The Plague Begins and Ends
When the ravages of the cold plague drifted like snowflakes from the cities of Gilneth, Lord Goldfrey, who was hungry for profit, immediately realized that he had created a catastrophe, but when he tried to make amends, it was too late, and the powerful Kel'thugad, led by the evil mages of Dalaran and the secret army from the Silver Fortress, easily crushed the forces of the High Frey.
If it weren't for the elven rangers of Silvermoon City, who happened to be tracked here according to clues, Gao Frey would probably have become one of the undead warriors, but even if he was lucky enough to survive until now, his body was invaded by the plague, his skin was faintly blue, and even frost mist appeared when he breathed.
He sat weakly against the severed tree, and there was no sparkle in his empty eyes, and if Gilneth was to perish, he would be the number one sinner nailed to the pillar of shame.
"Now that the fate is decided, it seems that dying like this is an acceptable outcome......" Lord Gofrey thought, his depressed body exuding a rich sense of death, and his cyan skin was close to blue and purple.
Hearing this, Anduin nodded thoughtfully, and turned to look at the sin mages who were waiting for battle, as well as the panicked silver knights.
"Even if the Sun Curia replaces the Light, you should not abandon your faith." Anduin looked at the pale priest knights lightly, "Do you know what you're going to do when you quietly set foot on this land?" Do you know how many people died in Gilneth just because of this cold plague? Are you doing what you believe in, and if your family members in the Silver Fortress hear that you are abetting abuse, will they cheer or mourn? ”
"Enough!"
Perhaps it was said that it was a sore spot, a silver knight in the crowd rushed out indignantly, he took a deep breath, making his red cheeks more and more bloody, clenched his teeth and trembled slightly, and argued excitedly: "We ...... We never intended to unleash the plague in Gilneth! But...... However, there were some accidents during the operation, which caused the cold and poisonous plague to leak out inadvertently, and we had no way to stop it...... It's not our fault...... It was just an accident! ”
"If there is no accident as you say, does it mean that the invasion has begun?"
The person who spoke was the older of the elf sisters, her expression was cold, her eyes were sad, like an unyielding white lotus in a rainstorm, no matter the wind and rain, she had to persevere to the end, looking at the silver knight who came out to argue, she asked coldly: "You have stepped into the Yongge Forest with the cold and poisonous plague, and let our people suffer undeservedly suffering, who can tell me that the purpose of your coming here is not to invade our homeland?" ”
"Abominable invaders, return the lives of our people!"
"The Eternal Song Forest is the sacred land of the elves, you have brought the plague and brought death, but you will never take your own life!"
The indignant elven rangers invariably drew their Xueliang short knives, slashed lightly on their arms, and used blood and pain to launch a declaration of a decisive battle.
Anduin suddenly realized that this cold plague was indeed inseparable from Arthas, but his original intention should be to invade the Eternal Song Forest occupied by the blood elves, but the sky is not as good as people, and the cold plague spread outside the forest, causing Gilneth to be devastated.
As for why Arthas had to deal with the blood elves so suddenly, according to Anduin's speculation, there must be the Sun Church behind it.
The disappearance of the seventeen elven sun-chasers has made the relationship between Constantine and the blood elves like fire and water, if he can use a cold and poisonous plague to deal a fatal blow to the elves, presumably this is the situation that Constantine wants to see the most.
In this way, wouldn't these silver knights who came from afar be human heroes? However, using accidents as an excuse will not erase the faults of these people after all, this cold and poisonous plague has taken too many lives, and once it is made public, the entire Holy Empire will definitely cause an uproar.
"Anduin ......"
When the elven ranger shouted loudly, Gianna quietly came to Anduin's side, looking at her appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Anduin immediately realized the problem, the cold poison plague is ultimately from the hands of Kel'thugad, and Kelthugad is the chief mage of Dalaran, the proud disciple of Antonidas, this incident, the silver knight is at most an accomplice, but those mages have to bear the main responsibility.
Even if they may have secretly betrayed Dalaran, in front of the world, Dalaran will definitely become the target of public criticism!
"Don't worry, there will be no problem."
Anduin patted Gianna's weak shoulder, signaling that she had better hurry up and recover her strength, and instead swept his gaze to the face of a certain evil mage, and said in a deep voice, "Psychic Noth? ”
"I can't imagine that the Holy Light Incarnation still remembers my name, but the old man is not a psychic now......"
During the Floating Island incident, the mage team that was chasing Blackmore teamed up to activate the spatial teleportation, and teleported Dalaran's psychic Noth to the Floating Island to provide reinforcements for the mage team, although Anduin had only seen this person once, the system firmly remembered the identity of the other party, even though North's appearance changed greatly, the skin color became like dry bones, and a pair of pupilless eyes flashed a strange glow blue, which looked like a ghost fire slowly burning in the skull.
Hearing the conversation between the two, the elves' voices couldn't help but weaken and disappear, but the anger did not subside, and all the members clenched their weapons and stared at the humans with burning eyes, ready to go to war at any time.
The elven ranger's small movements did not escape Anduin's eyes, but he deliberately showed a gesture of indifference, so that the two powerful elven sisters did not dare to act rashly.
"So, should I call you the Plaguebringer?"
"Plaguebringer...... Plaguebringer! The blue fire in his eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of North's mouth showed a grim smile, "It's really a good name, thank you for the name of the Holy Light Incarnation, the old man is grateful." ”
"At this point, you can still laugh, it seems that your confidence is more than I imagined." Anduin's eyes glanced at Kel'thugad, who had fallen to the ground, "Could it be that you necromancers still think that you have the possibility of resurrection?" Or will your reinforcements arrive? ”
As soon as these words came out, the smile on North's face suddenly froze, and he glanced around suspiciously, intending to find a possible betrayer.
The title of the necromancer is the name of these defector mages of Dalaran, a new class named after their new abilities, and it is still only an internal title, and Anduin suddenly mentioned it, making him feel that there may be an inner ghost among those people around him, otherwise, how to explain Gianna's sudden arrival.
In fact, this is the source of the plague that North was too suspicious of, Gianna found the source of the plague through the perception of mana rubies and extremely powerful elements, and Anduin's title is only due to the knowledge of the earth world.
However, it was precisely because of this internal title that North mistakenly thought that someone had leaked the secret, and Anduin's two speculations happened to match the real situation, which suddenly made it impossible for him to continue to deal with it calmly.
"You mages, you must have secretly defected from Dalaran, right? Could it be that the Mage Council has become aware of your necromantic research, and is planning to find a new backer to continue its necromantic research? Anduin shook his head, "With all due respect, if your new backer is the Silver Fortress, I'd advise you to get out of this land as soon as possible, at least in my opinion, the Northern Isles are a good choice, and if you're close to the Frozen Throne, you should have some necromancy gains." ”
“……”
Anduin's words left the necromancers speechless, for he basically told Kel'thugad about the plan he had laid out......
After the incident on the Floating Island, many of the mages who hunted for Blackmore were negatively affected to varying degrees, among them, Gianna has hardly changed due to her legendary status, but both Kel'thugad and North have spied on the power and mystery of necromantic magic under the guidance of the Extreme Cold Elemental and the Abyssal Evil Aura.
The thirst for power led them to forget the lessons of the Magic Empire, and began to secretly study necromancy, explore the forbidden mysteries of soul life and death, and secretly develop their own powers, trying to use necromancy to re-manifest the glory days of the Magic Empire.
However, as their research deepened, the necromancers became more and more uneasy, and the power of necromancy made them feel excited and fearful, and almost everyone could foresee that if they continued to stay in Dalaran, sooner or later they would attract the attention of the Guardian Medivan.
Therefore, the necromancers led by Kel'thugad plotted to escape from Dalaran, and this kind of bad incident naturally could not escape the intelligence network of the Mage Council, but because Kelselgad's strength relied on necromantic magic to surpass the legend, the repeated pursuits of the Mage Council ended in failure, and finally let these necromancers successfully escape from Dalaran's sight.
The reason why Gianna volunteered to explore the source of the plague this time was because she noticed that the cold plague might be related to the defection mage.
According to Kel'thugad's plan, they needed enough corpses to study necromancy, so they agreed to Arthas's and Constantine's request to release plague cold poison into the Eternal Song Forest, once the matter was completed, Kelthugad would continue to take the necromancer north, and use the main northern island as his secret base, because as Anduin said, there is no second place more suitable for studying necromancy!
Anduin's continuous questioning is actually just a reasonable prediction based on reality, and basically there is not much technical content that can be counted as a last resort, but Anduin instead said the title of "necromancer", which made North mistakenly think that Anduin has hands and eyes to the sky, and actually developed the intelligence network into the group of necromancers.
For a moment, all the necromancers were in danger, staring at Anduin with great vigilance.
"Looks like I'm telling the truth? In that case, it seems reasonable for me, as a friend of the Guardian Medivan, to assist Miss Gianna in bringing back to Dalaran for justice. Anduin spoke righteously and harshly, which made the necromancer panic immediately, and also made the elven rangers unable to find a loophole to refute, almost acquiescing to Anduin's arrangement.
Letting Dalaran personally deal with the defectors is undoubtedly the best way to recover, Gianna figured out all kinds of keys, such as Shui Qiuyan's grateful glance at Anduin, and happened to meet his eyes: "Gianna, I hope you can contact His Excellency the Guardian immediately, I happen to have a very important matter and need to ask for his help." ”
Gianna did not doubt that he did as he was told, but Onexia, who was hiding in the shadows, had a slight light in her eyes, and if she captured these defected mages back to Dalaran, wouldn't she make Medivan owe a favor? Not to mention letting him personally deal with Alonsos, at least it shouldn't be difficult to provide spatial teleportation, right?
The corners of the Black Dragon Princess's mouth hooked, and she regarded the panicked necromancers as the prey she was determined to get, and Anduin continued at this time: "You have studied necromancy for so long, you must have some experience in resurrection, right? If you don't want to bear the primary responsibility, you'd better find a way to resurrect Kel'thugad, of course, this is probably your last chance to struggle, believe me, if Kel'thugad can be resurrected, you may still be able to escape one or two, but if you resist......"
Anduin shrugged his shoulders, his eyes swept over Kel'thugad's corpse, and the unconscious bald penance, which was truly self-evident.
The necromancers looked at each other, thinking about it, and it seemed that they could only follow Anduin's will, and as soon as he appeared, he eliminated two powerhouses beyond the legend in seconds, and they could not be allowed to resist to the end.
With Kel'thugad's corpse as the center, the necromancers quickly created an evil magic array, and the plague messenger Noth was a little distressed to the resurrection array, adding all kinds of magic materials, after all, if you want to resurrect the existence of Kel'thugad's rank, it is impossible not to spend blood, and thanks to the defection of these necromancers, they swept away a lot of wealth, otherwise just resurrecting Kel'thugad would be tantamount to a fantasy!
Coincidentally, when a portal appeared out of thin air, Kel'thugad also opened his eyes, and in a trance, he saw Medivan holding the Staff of Legend, and he almost lost his breath in fright.
As the strongest demigod, Medivan is enough to make everyone afraid of him, not to mention those who defected, and seeing the helpless necromancers, Medivan also lost his former peaceful appearance, snorted coldly and waved his staff, and everyone disappeared, without asking, he knew where they were teleported by Medivan.
"I haven't had time to repay the last favor, and I end up owing another one."
Seeing Anduin, a smile finally appeared on Medivan's face: "Holy Light Incarnation, listen to Gianna, you seem to have something to do with me, feel free to talk about it, I believe that I should be able to solve your problems." ”
"Dear Guardian, this matter is not as simple as you expected, and I need a suitable environment to discuss it with you." Anduin looked respectful and said slowly, "I think the capital of the Holy Empire should be a good choice. ”
Medivan nodded without hesitation, and with a wave of his hand, he summoned another portal, but Anduin was not in a hurry to leave, because those centaurs from the Silver Fortress had to be properly disposed of, and he thought about it for a while, and felt that handing them over to the Blood Elves was not a suitable choice, although these people did deserve to die, but Gilney's court was obviously more suitable for executioners.
Therefore, he used the light of Naru to remove the cold and poisonous plague of Lord Gofrey and other Gilneth troops, and then asked Gianna to leave behind to escort the silver knight and the unconscious bald head penance. Although the Elven Remnant was dissatisfied with Anduin's decision, the Guardian was on their side, and they could only suppress this dissatisfaction in their hearts.
However, Anduin did not forget the suffering of the elves, and as he was leaving, he said to the female elves who had questioned him earlier: "I am sorry, although I am very sympathetic to your plight, but these humans cannot be your targets, please believe that I will let them get the punishment they deserve, I, the incarnation of the Light, Anduin, swear in my honor." ”
Anduin's statement made many elves who were not angry in their hearts immediately awe.
"As for this cold and poisonous plague, the most effective way to resolve it is extreme light, and using the power of the Well of the Sun should be able to prevent the tragedy from spreading, but if you are in trouble, you can go to the royal court of Gilneth through Lord Godfrey to find me, and I will provide you with holy water with extreme light for free, just ......"
"Make up for it a little!"
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