Chapter Thirty-Nine: Seven Thousand High Ranks
Hundreds of years is enough time to change a lot of things, people you know are only a handful of loess, once familiar faces only exist in memory, the world will become unrecognizable, so that you can't recognize it. However, not everything changes, and some things remain the same over time.
Ainan once asked what about the dead who would die over the course of hundreds of years, but what about the dead spirits?
Now, he has the answer.
The undead are already dead the moment they become undead, and the dead are the troubles of the living who do not have the problems of aging and dying, they have an endless time and can exist forever until the day of destruction.
Ainan didn't understand the language of the undead, but he had the grief of frost, and through this rune sword he was able to communicate with the undead without hindrance.
The group of undead Ainan hidden in the mountains of Beijun is actually no stranger, these people are the group of displaced people he rescued when he was in the wetland swamp. The outcasts were driven out by the nobles, and in desperation, they were brought to Aynan by Tas, who made great efforts to help them.
It is true that among these outcasts are people arranged by Count Neras, and there are hundreds of tens of thousands of outcasts, and it is these hundreds of people who took control of the city deep in the swamp after Ainan left, and it is with the help of those people that Madish is in control of everything after that. When Tarth arrived with tens of thousands of outcasts recruited from within the Arathas Empire, Matrice's strength swelled, allowing her to stand up to Rhine and the nobles he represented, even if there were few strong men under her command.
If it weren't for the fact that Matis was pregnant and there was no powerful person under her hands, she was successfully usurped by the Rhine, otherwise it is unknown who the founding king of the Stormwind Kingdom is.
Speaking of which, we have to mention Tas, the first guard of Ainan was indeed fooled at first, but he couldn't wait for Ainan in the depths of the swamp, and Tass had doubts in his heart. When Matis was about to go south with the Rhine to escape the hunt of the High Mages invited by Torbain, Tarth tore his face with the men, and he chose to stay where he was, along with the 7,000 outcasts who were grateful for Ainam's great kindness.
For the purpose of keeping these people in place as bait and making Torbain mistakenly think that he and the others had not left, Rhine did not use force against Tas, and Madis also led the people away after persuasion failed.
If there is no accident, Tas and these 7,000 people will die under the magic of the High Mage, and at that time they have been forced by the other party to have no choice but to flee to the depths of the city, into the mine where Ainan turned into a forbidden land, and it is this way that their fate is completely changed.
The men could not see in the dark tunnel, they could only grope their way forward, and before they could go deeper into the tunnel, they felt the ground shake, the solid cave trembled in the strong earthquake, and large pieces of rubble fell, and then the tunnel collapsed, burying them alive.
Later, Tass learned that the big movement they noticed in the mine was that the high mage invited by Thorbain thought it was too troublesome to chase and kill, and directly used magic to detonate the melting pot in the belly of the mountain. The explosion collapsed several mountain peaks, and most of the city collapsed under the impact of lava, and was finally smelted by the earth's fire, and only the outermost part survived.
In this way, it was the power of death in the mine and the 7,000 people of Tath who suffered a horizontal death, and they were resentful, so they became undead under the action of the two phases. The reason why there was no earth fire smelting was mostly because the resentment when they were buried alive and the energy dissipated when the power of death was applied formed a shield-like effect, allowing them to escape the catastrophe.
Ainan quickly figured out what happened, these people made that decision knowing that it would be dangerous to stay, they were all Ainan's own people. They don't really mind if they are alive Ainan, according to the time of this world, he is an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years, and he is not a normal person.
"You're all here, but what about Tarth?"
"Commander Tass escorted them all the way after leading us in the footsteps of Lady Madis, we were once subjects of the Empire anyway, and you promised to protect Sir Child, my lord, we must not let you break your word. After the Rhine confirmed the establishment of the country, we made it a garrison for him to spy on him, and when the knight's children grew up, the commander took us into the mountains to hide. ”
Although the undead's voice was cold and hoarse, it was uncomfortable to listen to, but Ainan felt a warmth in his heart.
These people were not thinking about themselves after the catastrophe, but worried that he, the person who had given them favors, would not be able to fulfill the promise he had made, so they endured the resentment in their hearts, suppressed the anger of death, and risked being discovered to be abnormal, and escorted Matrice and her children for thousands of miles.
If it weren't for the tireless undead of Tars, who guarded them day and night, it was still unknown whether Mother and Matis would have survived those years. After the founding of the Stormwind Kingdom, if it weren't for the restraint of these people, Rhine would not dare to act rashly, how could the descendants of Sir have the opportunity to develop their own power and have the current scenery.
What is infuriating is that these people have made such sacrifices, and they have not heard a single word about them in the Stormwind Kingdom, and it is clear that someone is deliberately erasing their existence.
Well, having said so much, Ainan's question has not been answered.
"We don't know. The door was closed by Commander Tas, and he told us to wait here for him to open it, or we have enough strength to go out and find you, my lord. We waited for a long time, but we didn't expect Commander Tass to come, but you, my lord, came. ”
The steel gate was closed by Tars, so the mountain wall that was disguised outside was also the work of Tarth, and this kid left everyone else here and ran out on his own, mostly to find news of me.
Ainam didn't want anything else, only that Tarth would be fine. That kid is also stupid and bold, an undead is not afraid of danger when he is alone, do you really think that if you become an undead, others can't help you?
Using his spiritual power to perceive the strength of the undead warriors, Ainan was surprised to find that none of these people were low-level and middle-level - this is not to say that the undead warriors have not even touched the threshold of the warriors for hundreds of years, but they are all high-level strength.
Seven thousand high-level warriors have been piled up in hundreds of years, to be honest, this is nothing to be proud of, if anyone among these outcasts has a little bit of warrior talent, such a long time is enough for him to impact a higher realm.
Above the high-level mages in the first series of spells is the master of magic, and above the high-level warriors in the first series of physical attacks is the lord, and what kind of department you prefer or what kind of fighting style you have is the lord, such as the lord of deep water, the lord of lava. There are also people who refer to their profession, such as Ranger Lord.
"Forget it, I can't be dissatisfied. Seven thousand high-level warriors, can the power of the Poor Storm Kingdom put together such an army? ”
Ainan snapped his fingers: "You were my subordinates when you were alive, and you are my soldiers when you die. Go and take back the North County, and if anyone asks, say that I, Count Nellas Elam, want to reclaim my territory. If they dare to resist and break their necks and hang themselves on the walls, they need no mercy for those who have abandoned us to follow the usurper, and so will their descendants. ”