Chapter 5: The Arrival of the Pursuers

The carriage moved slowly.

Since entering Grizzly Hills, perhaps the nearby mountains have blocked the cold winds from the north, and the snow cover has begun to decrease significantly.

Claudia looked sideways out the window, and there were large trees on both sides of the road, under which you could occasionally see white bears or shovel-toothed deer, and they would occasionally observe the convoy curiously, and then run away when people tried to get close to them.

For a long time, humans didn't know much about the Northern Rift, but it should be a very advanced civilization. Neither the apparently unusually tall houses of the previous makeshift camp nor the wide road speak for themselves.

Segrina jumped into the carriage with a breeze, and after a few days, the three of them had become acquainted, although she looked very cold on the outside, but in fact Segrina was a very lively elf, otherwise she would not have run into the human world.

"Hey, girls, look what I've hunted, it's time for dinner tonight!" Segrina showed off her prey to her female companions, and the limbs of the three hares drooped limply, their ears held in the palms of the elves.

"Sister Sally's archery is so accurate." Raven was a little envious. "I'll take care of it when I stop for a while, and with the wild vegetables I found last night, I can make western stew."

Segrina smirked: "Of course, if I want to shoot eyes, I will definitely not crook my nose." ”

"Seli, yesterday it was a shovel tooth deer, and today it will become a rabbit, and your level has dropped." Claudia casually made a joke.

Segrina looked at Claudia with a slightly amused look: "Hey, this is someone's special request, his original words were: please get something other than venison for my baby today." ”

Claudia suddenly blushed, and quickly turned her head to find the kettle and pretended to drink water.

Raven didn't care about the elf's words, and still pestered the elf to ask:

"Sister Cylie, can you help me catch a squirrel next time I go hunting, the squirrels here are all silver-gray, I really want to get one as a pet."

"No problem, wrap it up on me!" She patted her chest heartily, glanced at Claudia with a wicked smile, and whispered into Raven's ear

"By the way, little girl, in fact, as long as you learn and use it, the Holy Light catches squirrels much better than traps."

"Really!" Raven suddenly became excited.

"I used to have a good priest friend when I was adventuring, and she took every hunt, and if she went down with a calming technique, any rabbit or wild deer would obediently move to ensure that the meat was fresh and the fur was intact. . . ."

"Poof-cough-cough-cough" was pricking up his ears and eavesdropping on someone who almost didn't choke to death.

After a long time, Claudia, who had finally recovered from her recovery, looked at Segrina, who was about to cramp with a smile on her face.

"You did it on purpose, on purpose, right?! Raven don't listen to her, let Lord Uther know that the Light is being used to bully critters. ”

"Hahaha, you looked so funny just now. You humans are really brainless, and many elves I know have played with their professional powers. ”

Isn't it, Claudia thought angrily. The elves are a happy race with almost infinite life and the infinite magic supplied by the Well of the Sun, which makes them not have to worry about their livelihood from birth, and it is unreasonable not to have fun for a long time.

However, the good days of the elves are not long left, according to the memories of the previous life, soon after, the prince of Arthas will lead countless undead armies to break through the elven kingdom in order to resurrect the servant of the Lich King, Kel'thugad, most of the elves will die of the undead natural disaster, and finally even the sunwell was polluted by the prince, and the elves who finally survived will also be troubled by the addiction of losing the magic of the sunwell. Thinking of this, she was a little unbearable and asked with a little hesitation:

"Seli, if something like Stratholme happens on a large scale in Azeroth, will it affect the Elven Kingdom?"

"No, it won't."

Segrina took out the kettle and took a big sip of it.

"Since the last war, the mages have set up large locks to avoid similar situations, and except for a few priests and generals, no one knows the solution to the locks. No matter how great the plague is, it will not affect the kingdom. But you Lordaeron need to be on guard. ”

Claudia looked at Segrina's confident eyes and said no more, when the earth shook violently.

"What's the matter, is there an earthquake? Get off your horses, get off your horses. Outside the window, Captain Armand roared.

"Boss, it's not an earthquake, there's something underground, ah!!" A scream came.

When something happened, Segrina reacted the fastest, with a solemn face, clenched her longbow, and like a vigorous cheetah, she rolled over and jumped out of the car window.

Claudia also picked up the war hammer beside her and slammed the car door, and the next moment, she clenched the car door in shock.

It was a giant figure four meters tall, with a black carapace on its body that emitted a metallic light, hideous mouthparts closed one by one, and black barbs on the surface of the body, like an enlarged version of a unicorn fairy.

The power of the Holy Light in Claudia's body worked violently and spontaneously, and it was an undead creature that they hated so much.

This is the Crypt Lord, Claudia's mind has the information of this monster in mind.

In the game's setting, this creature is a branch of the Qira Worm people, the leader race of the Nirub people, who came to the Northern Rift after the Battle of the Quicksands. And established an incomparably brilliant civilization underneath the North Rift.

According to the game's official version, a few years ago, the Lich King Neozu defeated them and transformed them into Crypt Lords or Crypt Demons.

One of the Crypt Lord's forelegs pierced the body of a coachman from the bottom up, and then with a hard pull, he tossed the torn coachman aside.

Claudia covered her mouth a little disgusted, she had never seen a similar scene in her previous life or present life, she looked back at Raven, and said seriously: "You find a place to hide first, if the form is not right, run south quickly." ”

The knights drew their long swords and stood on guard opposite the monster, their eyes shining with hatred, if it weren't for the huge coercion exuded by the monster, it was estimated that they would have pounced. Segrina has disappeared and doesn't know where to hide. Mage Shane casts a "Fluent Language" and Jaime walks out from behind the knights in an attempt to communicate with the monsters:

"Dear Strong, if we offend your territory, we can pay enough compensation and bypass your territory. You don't have to be our enemy and waste your strength. ”

The Crypt Lord tilted his head, his jaw twitching slightly, uttering a deep, hollow lingua franca:

"I am Anubarak, and I used to be the king of the Underground Kingdom. I am waiting for you here at the command of my master. ”

"The will of the master is our soul."

"Kill them!"

As the last word fell, the earth shook violently again, and one after another terrifying figures appeared around.

"My name is Narhi."

"My name is Kirchik."

"My name is Gashra."

"My name is Creekhill."

These half-human, half-spider Nirubs all exuded the coercion of the elite rank, introduced themselves one by one, and then rushed into the crowd.

Claudia's heart froze, and she stepped out of the car with her hammer.

It's not that she didn't think about escaping, she had died once, she cherished her hard-won second life more than anyone else, but she clearly knew that if she escaped, it would be a betrayal of everyone, a betrayal of Jaime who had taken care of him for so long, and a betrayal of the Holy Light of faith.

"Listen, if you do go to war one day, just keep 'Kill him!' 'Live! These two thoughts are enough, and if there are too many other thoughts, you will die. ”

Her father's teachings appeared in her ears, her eyes were empty, and her right hand quickly took out a finger-thick white jade stone carving from her arms, which was filled with densely glowing golden words, exuding an ancient and solemn atmosphere, and then the girl's heart moved, and the stone carving suddenly shattered into countless points of light and flew towards the friendly troops in the field, attached to their bodies and weapons.

This is a powerful king's power blessing, a spell that can comprehensively increase the physical fitness and attack power of allies.

"Mouse, you smell disgusting to me."

Anubarak stared at Claudia and walked over step by step.

"If you want to hurt Claudia, you can't do it unless you step over my corpse!"

Jaime stood in front of it with his sword, and said categorically.

The expression on Anubrak's face was indiscernible, but his tone was full of disdain:

"Just you, the mouse?"

He swung his foreleg hard and stabbed Jaime, who raised his sword to block.

With a thud, Jaime flew out, the sword in his hand coming out of his hand, and blood splattered from his left shoulder.

"This monster is so powerful!"

At the moment of contact, although he had been mentally prepared, his two-handed greatsword was still knocked away by a huge force, and he only had time to avoid the vital point because of the serious underestimation of the opponent's strength.

"Since you want to die so much, then I will fulfill it... Anubarak said lightly, and then Gao raised his front paws again.

It was interrupted by a huge fireball, it was Master Shane.

Since the beginning of the battle, it has been divided into three battlefields almost simultaneously, Simon, Rudy, and Edward barely resisted Narhi in the rear, and the cold arrows shot out of the shadows forced Creek Hill to dodge left and right, and Captain Armand roared and stopped Gashra and Shilshik in front alone. Master Shane had been in the middle of the pack, and just now he saw Jaime in danger and threw a fire blast spell over, saving Jaime's life.

"Hmph, no matter how many rats there are, they are just rats after all!" Anubarak said coldly, the carapace on the left side of his body was slightly blackened, and that was the only effect left by the Flame Burst Technique.

"Yes." In an instant, a huge cold air froze it into the center of the ice.

Sean gasped slightly, this deep freeze might buy some time.

"Jaime, go on." Mage Shane flashed next to Jaime, a sword and shield in his hand.

Jaime took the sword and shield, and a holy light spell enveloped him, his wounds no longer bleeding, and his strength was slightly restored, it was Claudia.

Claudia's main education at Silver Hand was how to become a paladin who could better heal and assist her teammates in battle, and I heard that the dwarven paladins in the south used the power of the Holy Light more to protect their teammates. She blessed Jaime with a Holy Light Sign, and then one healing spell after another shrouded her teammates.

"Flash of Light"

"Holy Light"

"Blessing of Protection"

"Divine Light"

The wounds of teammates shrouded by spells may heal quickly, or as if wearing a layer of sacred armor to increase a lot of defense, this is the role of the Holy Paladin, unless a fatal blow or a limb is severed, the teammates around the paladin can always quickly recover their combat ability, they are natural leaders and captains.

Cracks quickly appeared on the exterior of the ice cubes, and then they burst apart, and Anubrak's figure reappeared in the field, this time, there was obviously a hint of solemnity in his tone:

"Nice spell, human."

"It's a pity, this is the Northern Rift."

"We are the children of this permafrost! The cold winds of the Northland have given us strength! ”

"The clansmen who can't even learn how to resist frost have died since birth!"

In the next second, the original contempt in its eyes disappeared, and it ran, accelerated, and rushed violently.

"Arcane Missile"

"Ice Spearmanship"

"Arcane Impact"

Shane threw spell after spell at Anubrak, a few drops of cold sweat broke out on his face, his magic was rapidly draining, but the monster almost ignored his spells, only slightly blocked the spells on his face, and countless spells hit it as if it were tickling and ignored.

He couldn't help but feel a little desperate in his heart:

"Damn, hero rank, is there really such a big gap?"

Jaime roared, shield in his face and charged at Anubrak. He had no choice, and the only thing he could do in the face of such a formidable opponent was to fight hard.

The two figures, one large and one small, collided together, and Jaime took a few steps back, a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, but he still stood still. This time he used the special abilities from the Warrior's Technique:

"Shield Wall!"

Anubarak felt the tightness in his chest, this time the impact was far from as casual as it seemed, but it still attacked mercilessly like a storm, in its opinion, although the opponent has become a little harder than just now, but according to its countless years of experience in fighting, as long as this high frequency of attack intensity is maintained, it is only a matter of time before the opponent collapses.

One after another holy light spells shrouded Jaime's body, but the speed of recovery was far from keeping up with the speed of the injuries in his body, the left arm with the shield seemed to be broken, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and in the face of the terrifying power of this Anubrak, it was as if he was going to be smashed every time he blocked. Fourteen years later, he once again experienced the feeling of being on the verge of collapse. How many more times can you block? Maybe two, three?

Jaime's shield finally couldn't stop it, and after a violent blow, his left hand hung limply, and Anubaraq stabbed him in the heart mercilessly.

"Flame Blast!"

Shane's eyes were red and he shouted hoarsely, and a huge fireball flew into Anubrak's face, trying to force it back into his defenses.

As if he couldn't see the fireball, Anubrak still stabbed Jaime in the heart. It has been through countless battles and won countless victories, and it is no stranger to injuries and is not afraid of it.

"I'm dead like that... Jaime's face darkened.

Then, the claws pierced his body.

However, his heart was still beating, and his claws were repelled by a tremendous force.

"No --!"

As if he had thought of something, he looked back.

The blonde girl smiled, and a red light enveloped her and Jaime.

The next moment, countless blood mist burst from her body, and she fell to her knees like a broken doll.

"Sacrificial Hand!"