After convincing Lieutenant Colonel Farrick, the two quickly went to Lieutenant Colonel Marvin's residence, and similarly persuaded Lieutenant Colonel Marvin to take command of the whole army.

As a prince who came to gild, Arthas's control over the Guards was actually very weak, although the Guards were loyal to the royal family, but this did not prevent them from disobeying the prince, and it was a matter of their own lives to fight. They will trust their superiors more than the commanders who have been parachuted. It may sound imposing to come up with a secret order to seize power in front of everyone, but the soldiers may be more distrustful of the girl who has seized the command, which is why Claudia secretly went to the prince's right-hand man to reason for it first. And the reason is high-sounding, Stratholme is basically a dead end, at this time, who is on and who is dead, behind both choices are huge political risks, and they will almost certainly be settled by the queen of autumn, and in the original time and space, Gianna, the daughter of the king of Kul Tiras, who is a qualified politician, saw this, so she has been silent.

Even for the purpose of protecting the prince, it is necessary to leave the prince clean at this time, so Farrick and Marven, who are extremely loyal to the royal family, were immediately persuaded to cooperate with Claudia from the bottom of their hearts. To the girl's surprise, the two adjutants with a sense of aristocratic honor did not shirk their duties and chose to fight the black cauldron with her, which touched her a little, and they must not know as well as she did that this was just a trial of illusion.

It was already dawn, and the three of them were in the tent of the Chinese army, and two attendants had been sent out to invite Gianna and Uther to come and discuss the matter, but she did not invite the prince to come, because by this time the prince had in fact lost all his position in the army, although the latter did not know this now, and she planned to wait until she had made a decision with the two representatives of the Knights of the Silver Hand and the Dalaran Mage Order before sending someone to inform the prince.

The first to arrive was Uther, a paladin in the prime of life who had been living an ascetic life, and when the squire in charge of the herald arrived, he had just finished his morning class, and immediately rushed over after receiving the military order.

After stepping into the tent of the Chinese army, the messenger of light immediately frowned, and the scene in front of him was not what he expected: at the main seat of the long table where Prince Arthas was supposed to be, there was a blonde girl standing at this time, the girl was dressed in a blue and white skirt, a long blue thick velvet cloak dragged behind her back, and her left and right hands folded and pressed a war hammer against the table. Marven and Farrick were fully armoured, also wearing thick blue velvet cloaks, holding the long sword at their waists with one hand, and standing on either side of the girl.

He looked at the three people in front of him in disbelief, the three of them seemed to be swords about to be unsheathed, their faces were full of murderous aura but with a certain kind of realization. If it weren't for knowing the personalities of Farrick and Marvin, he almost thought there had been a mutiny. After glancing left and right, he turned his gaze back to Claudia in the center, who had the least contact with Uther in the past of the three, and he knew what this blonde girl, the student that Tairossos had brought out, what was she doing here? What's going on?

With a question, he spoke, "You're Claudia, a new blood who has just joined the Knights, what's going on here, Arthas?" ”

The blonde girl bowed her head to him slightly, and her crisp and beautiful voice sounded: "Dear Lord Uther, I am none other than Baron Claudia of Serberchel, there is an emergency military situation on the front line, and His Royal Highness Gianna will arrive soon, and I will answer all your questions when His Royal Highness Gianna arrives." ”

Uther was a little dissatisfied with the girl's answer, he was puzzled, but he did not continue to ask, although he was in a high position, and even the prince of Arthas had to respectfully honor his mentor in front of him, but he was also a very cultivated paladin.

Gianna also arrived quickly, she was also surprised by the atmosphere in the tent, but Ice and Snow didn't ask too many questions, but after greeting the others, she turned her gaze to Claudia.

Claudia took out King Tenaris's secret decree and the seal of the kingdom's secret department, introduced her identity, and then explained the general situation of Stratholme.

The news from Stratholme immediately sent a little creep in the hearts of the two.

Claudia then went on to explain: "In this situation, according to the secret decree of King Tenaris, the three of us have unanimously decided to temporarily deprive the Prince of Arthas from his command, and the next orders of the Guards will be signed by the three of us. ”

In Uther's opinion, King Tenaris's order was a bit unwise, but after all, it was a domestic matter of the kingdom of Lordaeron, and he was not easy to meddle in, so he kept silent.

And Gianna immediately figured out what was at stake, and looked at the three people in front of her with some sympathy and admiration.

Seeing that the two of them had no objection to this, Lord Farrick spoke: "The scouts we sent out before will soon return and bring back the latest situation in the city, if the news of the secret department is true, do Dalaran and the Silver Hand have fast and effective magic to heal the inhabitants of the town or slow down the speed at which the inhabitants turn into undead?" ”

Uther pondered for a long time, and then let out a helpless sigh: "Although the power of the Holy Light can expel common diseases and toxins, this plague is by no means a natural product, it is very difficult, even if it were me, it would take a long time to heal an ordinary citizen. ”

Gianna also said that there was nothing she could do, that the archmages of Dalaran could destroy a city in an instant by using the power of arcane, and even move mountains and seas in some sense, but they could not save the life of a dying mortal, and if the paladins as experts had no choice, she would not have a good plan.

Marven laughed miserably: "Then let's pray that the form is not as bad as we expected, otherwise it will ......." ”

"Otherwise, I'm afraid we will have to strike first, all for Lordaeron." Claudia spoke the subtext that Marvin didn't say.

"Holy Light, do you want to ...... Kill those who are sick? But how do you quickly tell who's sick? Uther's face was shocked, and then he thought of an even more terrifying possibility.

Before the Lightbringer could speak again, Farrick gritted his teeth, "So, what we're going to do is to purify the whole of Stratholme, the whole thing!" ”

Uther's face turned pale for a moment, and he subconsciously retorted, "How can you do this? There must be other better ways to solve it, we can ......"

His voice grew lower and lower, and finally vanished, and then an eerie silence fell into the tent until the scout returned.

However, the news brought back by the scouts shattered the last bit of luck in the minds of several people: a large number of residents fell ill in bed, street food sellers and food carriers were besieged by citizens who could still move, angry crowds gathered in front of the town hall to demand an explanation from the mayor for food and disease, and even zombies could be seen in some places.

"Arthas doesn't know about his temporary dismissal, does he?" Gianna asked softly, and after receiving an affirmative answer, she continued: "Then let me relay the news, I will accompany him well today, and I will not let him run around." The other mages in the mage group can decide for themselves whether or not to act with you. ”

Then, the beautiful archmage gave Uther an apologetic look and pushed the tent away.

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, although they had a fair and honest reason, but it did not mean that they were willing to face the existence of the person concerned, and they turned their eyes to Uther.

In a short time, Uther seemed to be much older, and in the face of the gazes of several people, he responded: "Although your determination is admirable, what you have done is wrong, you must know that there will be many people in the city who are not sick." ”

Marven lowered his head, his face couldn't be seen clearly, and asked in a deep voice: "Even if most of the people in the city will turn into zombies, and then the plague will spread throughout our homeland, more tragedies are about to appear?" With all due respect, my lord, it's better for people in one city to die than to be buried with the whole kingdom, right? ”

Uther clenched his fists and sighed:

"At this time, most of the people in the city may be beyond their savings, but if the city is slaughtered, it will be an injustice to those who have not been infected with the plague."

"What we should do is to give people salvation and hope, not despair to them."

"Even if killing an innocent person can save the lives of 10,000 people, we can't kill that innocent person, how can human life be weighed so coldly at both ends of the scale?"

He looked at a few people with some hope, hoping that they would change their minds and change their minds, but he was disappointed.

Lord Farrick's face was blank, and his mouth moved slightly: "To give them hope is to give more people despair. To give them justice is to give more people injustice. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Marven looked ashamed, but his tone was firm: "Maybe it's wrong to do this, but for the sake of the whole of Lordaeron, we have no choice." ”

Claudia bowed to him, "As a paladin, I agree with you, but as a lord, I can't agree with you. ”

"I understand that this is a murder, but for the sake of the happiness and future of more people, I will choose to bear these sins."

"If you can't sacrifice your ego, how can you achieve justice?"

As the girl's last words fell, the whole illusion shattered.

It was still the same hall, and the face of Tyr, formed by the flames, showed a little nostalgic look, and he looked at the girl in front of him, and said gently:

"Kid, you've passed. Do you know where the Silver Hand came from? ”

The blonde girl nodded, and then said:

"Tyr never considered the bitten silver hand to be his own shame, a symbol of the sacrifice and love he made for mortals."

"I am glad that after such a long time, his belief is still remembered by future generations: sacrifice the ego to achieve justice."

"Please always remember the vows made at this moment."

"Tyr will be with you."

Then, the flame face melted into the two-handed hammer, shining brightly!