Chapter II: Critical
The first to arrive is Otto and his men, who target the Stormwind prison in the Canal District of Stormwind.
Stormwind Prison was not built outside of Stormwind, and as one of the few old buildings that was not destroyed during the Orc Wars, Stormwind Prison was not only preserved, but also wrapped in the center of Stormwind after Stormwind was rebuilt, between the Mage and Trade Zones.
Officials once suggested that the prison be rebuilt outside of Stormwind because it was considered too dangerous, but this proposal was ultimately rejected because the financial expenditure was deemed unnecessary, and Stormwind Prison had in fact not had a vicious escape in more than two decades, despite the large number of gnolls, thugs, rebels, murderers, and many of the world's most dangerous criminals.
Today, however, things are different.
The two excellent Assassins of the Syndicate cleanly wiped the necks of the two guards at the prison gate, they should not have been so vigilant, but who would have thought that someone would dare to attack the prison directly in broad daylight, and there are no big people here.
The Assassin's actions went very well, and soon several guards near the prison gate fell silently one after another, but their good fortune ended there, and the warden Selvart, with the keen intuition of the rest of his life, managed to spot one of the Assassins near him, and shouted while fighting with his sword: "Guards, prepare for battle, there is an enemy attacking the prison!" ”
The guards were quickly alarmed, whistles rang out one after another, and prison guards armed with long swords were mobilized one after another.
Otto, near the prison gate, also heard the whistle and ordered: "Aston they have been exposed, turn to a storm, follow me!" ”
"Yes, Chief!" Nearby, fourteen or fifteen bandits disguised as ordinary people suddenly agreed, tore off their masks, and followed Otto to strode towards the prison gates, and soon ran into the assembled prison guards.
A fierce battle broke out, and more than 40 guards on the prison side put up a heroic resistance under the leadership of the warden Selvart, but they were still defeated, although the prison side had a numerical advantage, but the more than 30 bandits who infiltrated Stormwind this time were all syndicate elites, all of them were professionals, not to mention that the original goal of the bandits was not to kill the guards, what they needed was just to break into the prison and cause a riot.
Naturally, Selvart also knew the true purpose of the bandits, and after discovering that the prison guards alone could not resist their opponents, Selvart shouted to the two guards: "Matt, you go to the roof to ring the alarm, Skater, you go to the Mage Tower to ask the Mage Guild for help, and let the mages send a message to the Stormwind Fortress!" ”
The two guards moved quickly, while Selvart led the rest of the guards to stall for more time, and soon after, when the bandits managed to break into the prison and begin to release the prisoners, the alarm bells of Stormwind prison finally rang throughout the city.
The residents of the trade zone panicked and ran to their houses to lock the doors, while Lafreniette was in the seaside grass outside the docks of Stormwind and bewitched the gnolls, "Do you hear this bell?" My brother has done it, and now that the attention of all of Stormwind has been drawn to the vicinity of the prison, all you need to do is to defend the empty docks and burn and loot and cause chaos, and we promise to rescue Hogg and hand it over to you in a moment! ”
"Whew-!" The current leader of the Gnolls, Fang, was the first to roar into the sky and rushed out of the grass, more than two hundred gnolls followed closely behind it, striding towards the docks of Stormwind City, the gnolls naturally like to rob, even if it is not to save Hogg, they will not let go of such a rare opportunity.
Not far behind the gnoll, the ridicule in Lafayette's eyes flashed, and he secretly sneered in his heart and commented: "A group of cannon fodder who don't know whether to live or die." ”
Soon after, the docklands also sounded the alarm and lit fires.
The alarm bell in the prison naturally alarmed the Stormwind Fortress, although the strength of Stormwind City was extremely empty, but Major General Martin Lei, who was in charge of guarding the Stormwind Fortress, still gathered the mobile forces of the four brigades of royal knights for the first time, and quickly went to the council hall, and found that Duke Grayson and the two lieutenants were already there, and the faces of the three were extremely grim.
After Saluting, Martin Lei said urgently: "What about Her Majesty the Queen Regent?" Where is she? ”
Adjutant Arthur replied, "Your Excellency, Theramore has found out that His Majesty has gone to Camlido with Her Highness Gianna, and before leaving, the Queen has ordered that the affairs be temporarily entrusted to the Duke of Shahon Breck. ”
Martin then saluted Duke Grayson and said, "Lord Duke, the royal knights have obeyed your orders, and now we have assembled four brigades of royal knights. ”
Duke Grayson nodded: "I just received the news that a group of thugs has stormed the prison of Stormwind City, the prisoners may escape at any time, we can't let the prisoners threaten our people, all criminals must be brought to justice!" ”
The two lieutenants and Ma Dinglei saluted the duke together and said, "Yes, Lord Duke, please give the order!" ”
Grayson first looked at Martin Ray: "General, the situation is unclear now, in a while, you will send two brigades of royal knights to kill the thugs and escaped prisoners, and I will order the Mage Guild, the Warlock Guild, and the Adventurer's Guild to assist your men." ”
"Yes, Lord Duke!"
Martin Ray took the order, and Grayson then looked at the other adjutant: "Kronos, you go and contact MI7 and ask them to mobilize agents to help quell the chaos!" ”
After Kronos received the order, Grayson was about to give the next order, when the alarm bell rang one after another in the distance, and the four of them immediately brushed their colors together, Arthur ran to the window and exclaimed: "It's the dock area, the dock area is on fire!" ”
There was a brief silence in the room.
The attack on the docklands escalated the situation again, and it was clearly a well-planned all-out attack on Stormwind, and no one knew what the enemy would do next.
After a moment of silence, Duke Grayson snorted coldly: "Don't panic, the sea is full of our alliance's warships and merchant ships, it is impossible for a large group of enemies to attack the docks, as long as we don't panic ourselves, the enemy can't turn the sky!" ”
Martin Ray nodded in agreement, and then Duke Grayson gave an order to Arthur: "You go to the Navy to pass on my military order, transfer Admiral Jereista and her fleet, who departed this morning, to return immediately, and transfer the Alliance Warrior, the Hyjal Victory, and the other two capital ships to return...... As soon as all the sailors arrive at the docks, they will be stationed in the city! ”
"Yes!"
Duke Grayson then continued: "Kronos, your mission remains the same, as for General Martinley, you can first take four teams of royal knights to quell the chaos, and let Devin take the remaining royal knights to defend the palace with me." ”
The three of them took orders one after another, and then several orders were issued by Duke Grayson, and although the prison had been breached, and a large number of criminals were pouring out of the prison, the entire city of Stormwind had been quickly mobilized.
The main gate of Stormwind City slowly closed, the sheriffs loudly announced martial law in the streets, the residents ran home and stopped going out, and the professional apprentices and professionals of the Mage Guild, the Warlock Guild, the Cathedral of Light, and the Adventurers' Guild began to appear on the streets, assisting the sheriff and the royal knights in attacking the gangsters.
"A bunch of cannon fodder."
Duke Facurrest looked into the distance disapprovingly, making the same assessment as his own, and then he continued to stealth, and reached the queen's bedchamber, his target was the queen's eldest son, Prince Baracen.
This is not a very difficult task for a heroic assassin, especially today, not only have many royal knights been transferred, but even the hunting dog Matthias, whom Duke Facurrest has always feared, is not in Stormwind, and in Facurrest's opinion, today's mission is almost secure.
Sure enough, Facurrest sneaked all the way to the queen's bedroom, and he smiled with satisfaction after carefully sensing the breath of a certain room in the dormitory: "Great, a few children are here, and you can use it as a shield after killing the target!" ”
In the room, Prince Anduin was playing with Claudia's twin daughters, and Serra was coaxing little Jarret, while looking out of the window from time to time, with a worried look on her face, suddenly little Angela ran to Serra's side and begged: "Angela, want, go out, play." ”
Serra leaned down and said in a soft tone, "No, Your Highness, there were many, many more caterpillars on the ground outside just now. ”
Little Angela was immediately silent, and Anduin, who was already ten years old, probably knew what was going on outside, and said to Serra, "Sister Serra, I will protect you." ”
Serra laughed, "That's for sure, Anduin has always been a man. ”
Little Angela didn't know what her brother was talking about, she just followed her habit and tugged at her brother's pants: "Angela, too." ”
Anduin picked up his sister, kissed her, and said, "Brother will protect you too." ”
Seeing this, Serra smiled and nodded, and was about to say something when she heard a woman's exclamation from outside the window: "There are assassins!" Hero! ”
It's Anna!
Serra's expression tightened, Anna was an elite agent in charge of protecting Her Highnesses, and if she and the royal knights couldn't stop the assassins, the consequences would be unimaginable!
In the split second of Serra's thoughts, the two Assassins had already decided the winner.
Bang!
Anna let out a scream and her right arm hung weakly, and then she was stabbed into the towering chest, and the duel between the assassins was already dangerous and short, not to mention that she also lost the first opportunity.
Facurrest also had a deep wound on his left arm, but he didn't stop moving, quickly drew his short knife and rushed to the door of the dormitory, and the four royal knights let out a roar and met him.
"It's quite tacit to cooperate, but it's a pity that I'm not here to compete with you."
Facurrest secretly sneered in his heart, but his hand did not stop, and he took out a silver bomb and threw it over.
Rumble!
The bomb exploded, and several royal knights were shaken, and the enchanted heavy armor on their bodies protected them from too serious injuries, but it also slowed down their agility, and when several knights got up, Facurrest had already rushed into the dormitory.
"It's not good, defend Your Highness!" The knights were horrified and chased after each other, and one of the knights sent fireworks.
Inside the dormitory, Facurrest was locking a room and sprinting at a rapid pace.