Chapter 18: A Brief Battle
These are nothing but false sweetness, and you must erase everything in your past, or you will always have this delusion, as if you can still receive mercy and forgiveness.
A whisper rang out in Arthas's mind, interrupting Arthas's thoughts, and his hand then steadied again, clenching Frost Sorrow.
"Do you need me to give her soul? The other side doesn't look easy to deal with, and I'm afraid it's hard to have such an opportunity. ”
"It's not time yet, our enemies now are not the humans or orcs in front of us, but the demons right around us, and we can even cooperate with the demonic enemies for a short time if necessary."
I understand.
Arthas looked up, and there was no longer any superfluous expression on his face.
Tikdios did not notice the brief episode that happened to Arthas, and still carefully observed the ranks and camps of the coalition army, unlike the arrogant Manolos, who was known for his insidious cunning and was very cautious.
Although Tikdios verbally scolded Manolos as a waste, in fact, he was already afraid of the coalition army in his heart, and it must be that although Manolos was not very good at brain, his strength was not weak at all, since this group of people could make Manolos fall, there must be a power that could threaten him.
Tikdios plans to send troops up to test the depth of the other party first, and then say, if the other party is a group of soft-footed shrimp, they will eat it, and if it is difficult to deal with it, they will wait for the subsequent elite and Lord Akmund to arrive and then settle accounts with them, even if they lose some troops, as long as they can find out the opponent's combat power, it is worth it.
"My lord, do you need your subordinates to bring someone to break through the opponent's defense line in person?" Arthas spoke suddenly.
Tikdios immediately and vigilantly rejected him: "No need, just let the demons and low-level undead tempt it, and if the time is right, I will give you an order." ”
Although Tikdios is full of vigilance against the Lich King, he knows that the Scourge Legion still has enough use value, and the general undead death point is okay, if something goes wrong with Arthas's level of combat power under his orders and causes the master's plan to fail, the first one who can't spare Tikdios is his master.
Subsequently, Tikdios gave the order to prepare for battle.
At this time, on the coalition side, the leaders of the tribes had stayed with their own people and were ready to fight, the warriors of the coalition side were led by Gaylan Vimes on the front line, and Gianna was at the rear of the warriors with Claudia Spellcaster.
Claudia soon noticed that something was wrong with Gianna, and the usually calm and wise archmage was now in tears, staring at the side of the undead army.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Claudia's palm flashed and the tranquilization technique gently patted Gianna on the shoulder, and the latter immediately woke up with a slight shock to his body.
The knight girl handed over a handkerchief and whispered: "What's wrong with you, this is a battlefield, recover quickly while not many people find out, otherwise the morale of the soldiers will be lost." ”
Gianna Bingxue is smart, naturally knows the consequences, and the Tranquility Technique has also calmed her mind temporarily, she quickly took the handkerchief and wiped her face, and after a while, there was nothing unusual except for the fact that her eyes were still a little red, and thanked the knight girl:
"Thank you, I'm fine."
There aren't many things that can make Gianna lose her temper like this, could it be that Arthas is here?
Thinking of this, Claudia looked sharply in the direction of the Scourge Army, she had no good impression of Arthas, after witnessing her relatives and friends being killed by the Scourge Army, Lordaeron almost ghostly, and countless refugees displaced, the small amount of sympathy for the Fallen Prince at the beginning had long since disappeared, and only bitter hatred and anger remained.
However, she quickly diverted her attention, and by this time the undead and demonic armies had already attacked.
Countless zombies, skeletons, ghouls, and abominations were the first to charge, followed by a large number of demon dogs, imps, and a small number of angry guards, who were constantly pouring into the ranks of the coalition forces, and the coalition warriors raised their weapons and waited for orders.
Rumble!
Before the undead and demons approached, several fireballs were released by the mages, and then fell in the array of the Scourge Legion that rushed to the front, with the explosion of the fireball technique, there were a few more holes in the middle of the dense undead formation in an instant, and the shaman in the tribe also released lightning spells, and the blue thunder in the sky fell from time to time, scorching the undead electricity.
But the undead had no fear or anything like that, and soon the undead in the rear filled the place where their companions had fallen, and they didn't seem to be much less numerous.
“Lok'tar O'gar!” After getting close enough, as the order to charge was given, the orc warriors immediately took the lead in shouting slogans and raised their weapons to pounce on the undead army in the front row, and the warriors of other races also followed, and instantly fought with the undead, the number of hesitation and hatred was not too much, and the low-level undead did not pose much threat to the generally strong tribal warriors, and soon the warriors on the coalition side had the upper hand.
In the face of the Scourge Legion with heavy casualties, Tikdios didn't care, it was originally just cannon fodder, used to consume the mana and physical strength of the coalition army, and if he really wanted to test the opponent's combat effectiveness, he had to rely on the demon army to complete it. Soon, under his gaze, as the low-level undead in the front row were killed and injured by the coalition soldiers, the demon army finally fought with the coalition army, and the coalition army began to feel the pressure.
A minotaur warrior was piercing the body of a demon hound with a spear, and just as he was about to pull out his spear, he was smashed on the shoulder by a little ghost's fireball technique, and after being blown off a large piece of flesh, he fell to the ground weakly, and then with the flash of holy light, his wound stopped bleeding, and his injuries were relieved a lot, and it was a human priest who came to his aid. Similar scenes continue to occur on the battlefield, but the number of priests and shamans must be limited, and many warriors who cannot be rescued still fall.
The demon army also did not have the upper hand, there are many excellent fighters in the coalition army, and there is no weakness in the face of demons in close combat, and the long-range forces of the coalition are also beginning to pay attention to and look for the imps in the demon army and attack to destroy the opponent's few long-range forces, Grom, Brook, Wallock, Itreig, Kane and other strong warriors can sweep away a demon in an instant wherever they go, and slowly, the battle situation began to favor the coalition army.
Tikdios stared coldly at the coalition fighting against the demon side, from ordinary soldiers to the performance of the leaders and other heroes, and after a preliminary estimate of the strength of the coalition army, he understood the cause of Manolos' death.
Whether it is an orc or a human leader, his strength is comparable to that of a weaker demigod, and the warrior named Grom, whose martial arts have also entered the realm of gods, is not weaker than that of low-level demigods, coupled with the existence of several other heroes and high-level paladins, if they rush up, neither he nor Manolos will be opponents, and when Manolos, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, begins to find that the form is wrong and wants to escape, it is estimated that it will be too late.
You can create some more pressure and see what else the opponent has to do.
Tikdios raised his hand high and began to summon hellfire, and as the spell was unleashed, many green meteors began to fall from the sky and smashed into the coalition camp.
Boom Boom!
Hellfire smashed all over the camp, from the remote location in the rear to the battlefield of melee fighting, there was a warrior who was fighting with the demon to avoid the danger was instantly hit and smashed flat, and then one by one the burning rock giants stood up and began to wreak havoc in the crowd, ordinary warriors did not have a good way to face this kind of monster with flames all over the surface, only high-level professionals and spellcasters could effectively kill them, and many people near the hellfire were quickly burned.
At this time, in the face of this situation, as the strongest healer in the coalition, Claudia also made her own response. She raised her silver hand and began to chant Tyr's deliverance, the blazing light centered on her and instantly dyed the entire battlefield gold, and when the spell was chanted, the people near the Hellfire quickly healed and gained a layer of shield, and they stopped fearing the flames and began to rush up to attack the Hellfire.
No wonder that Manolos idiot would admit his mistake, this level of spell is indeed not like a mortal in this world can learn.
Tikdios commented silently, and then he was ready to retreat.
Yes, if you want to further suppress the opponent's strength, you need him or Arthas to do it himself, but judging from the lineup of the opponent's masters, even if they do it themselves, it will not be pleased, it is better to wait for the arrival of the follow-up elite troops and Akmund.
However, if this is all you have to do, you will understand what true terror and despair are when Lord Akmund arrives.
Tikdios sneered, and then ordered Arthas on the side: "There is no point in fighting any longer, withdraw." ”
Arthas had been observing the battle situation just now, and had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces, and in the face of Tikdios's words, he lowered his head, the expression on his face was unclear, but his tone was respectful: "Obey, my lord." ”
Arthas then followed behind Tikdios, and despite the demon and undead armies still fighting on the front lines, Arthas turned and left with part of the army that had not yet joined the battle.
In the distant woods, a figure with lilac skin was staying on a big tree, the aura on her body was perfectly integrated with the forest, and she also witnessed the whole battle, and almost exclaimed twice after seeing the demon army appear and the blazing holy light, seeing the demon army begin to withdraw, she couldn't help the horror in her heart and quickly jumped between the big trees.
"The demons have returned, and the Burning Legion has invaded our world once again."
"And that girl among the outsiders, how can she use the power that Elun has bestowed, at least to the level of the highest priestess."
"General Santis Hazuki and Lord Tyrande must be reported as soon as possible!"