Chapter 142: The Arrival of Artace
In the history of war, the street fighting in close combat can be said to be the most brutal and fierce.
Although it can rely on the buildings in Nanhai Town to resist the attack of the Cursed Church, and the casualty ratio has been reduced a lot, the main force of the Cursed Church is the resurrected undead, even if the damage is huge, the attack of the Cursed Church is still extremely crazy.
As those buildings were attacked one by one, Song Zheng and others had to retreat step by step.
By the time they had held out for a day, they had abandoned most of the city and had retreated to the vicinity of the docks, while most of the city's inhabitants had left by boat.
Perhaps it was because of the losses in the previous battle, and the attack of the Church of the Cursed was temporarily slowed down.
However, this slowdown is only temporary, and once the necromancers of the Church of the Damned have resummoned enough undead troops, they will launch a frenzied attack again.
The endless army of the undead, who are not afraid of the pain of life and death, is also the most terrifying part of the Church of the Damned.
"Alas...... Nanhai Town has been established for hundreds of years, and I really didn't expect it to fall at my hands, I'm sorry for the mayor's duties......" Mayor Mareb, whose arm was wrapped in bandages, looked at the smoke-filled buildings in the city, and his face was full of pain.
"It's good enough for the Mayor to hold on for so long, and we've dealt quite a blow to the Church of the Damned." Song Zheng comforted.
Compared to the cities in the history of Warcraft that were captured by the undead natural disaster, the current Nanhai Town is already very good, especially during the time of holding on, the ordinary residents in the city have basically been evacuated from the sea.
"This Cursed Church is really crazy, if they do attack everywhere, then Lordaeron will probably be in big trouble." Bridget sighed, her armor was covered with sword marks, and there were many ghoul scratches, which also caused the armor with enchanted effects to completely lose the ability to be blessed by the Holy Light.
However, perhaps the speed at which people grow in battle is the most astonishing, in just a few days, Bridget has matured a lot, and can already be very skilled in obtaining the power of holy light through prayer, as if she is already an official paladin, and that armor has long lost its value.
"The orcs occupied so many territories back then, and they were not defeated by us in the end, and this cursed church will not be arrogant for long, as long as His Majesty the King sends a large army, they will definitely be able to clean them up." Sheriff Redpass, who had fought in the war against the orcs, was optimistic about the final outcome of the war.
"I hope so......" Song Zheng sighed lowly, here it is estimated that only he knows how tragic Lordanlun's ending in the history of Warcraft is, and only he knows how powerful the Undead Scourge is.
The only thing to be thankful for is that during this period of fighting, he has gained a lot of experience again by relying on crossbows to repair his sword, and as long as he persists for a while, he should be able to level up again.
Although the attribute improvement obtained by each upgrade is not much, after being promoted to level six, through the accumulation of attributes, he can still clearly feel that his body is much stronger.
Of course...... This may also be the effect of the training brought about by the regular battles after coming to this world.
"I really don't know what this body will look like after reaching level sixty or even hundred......" Song Zheng thought to himself.
In the game, the difference between the attributes of the first-level characters and the hundred-level characters is too big, and it may be described as a hundredfold increase.
"If we really can't hold it, then we can only retreat by sea, and then go north along the coast, and then disembark after reaching the Silver Pine Forest, and maybe we can follow the kingdom's army back again." Redpass said.
At this moment, there was a movement from the Cursed Church forces in the distance.
"This attack of the Church of the Damned has started so quickly?" Song Zheng was slightly surprised, and then instinctively picked up the crossbow beside him, while Catherine, who had been guarding him recently, had been sharpening her knife without saying a word.
In all this time, she has probably killed the most enemies of all people!
This also made many people full of curiosity and fear about Catherine, who looked very thin.
The men were soon ready to fight again, and since there were not many people left to fight, even the priests had taken up arms.
Surprisingly, however, the Church of the Damned's assault did not come as expected, and not even a tentative charge was made.
"The people of the cursed church seem to be ...... Fall back? Redpass, the tallest sheriff in the crowd, rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"The people of the Cursed Church have retreated? Could it be that our reinforcements are coming?! Mayor Mareb immediately looked so surprised that he almost rushed out of his wounded arm.
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The reinforcements from Nanhai Town have indeed arrived, and at this moment, Gu Xinzheng's face has changed several times due to anger.
Bringing him information was Edras Blackmore, the former ruler of Dunhold, who currently looked very haggard.
"I'm coming directly from the royal capital of Lordaeron, Lordaeron's army has arrived, just behind me, I guess I can get here before dark, and it's Alsace in the lead!" Edras Blackmore was equally furious.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the turmoil in the south to regain control of the army, and even spent his own money to recruit the army, but in the end the elder Terenus did not give him a chance, and let his son Arthas himself lead the army south.
"Arthas? That hairy boy? When I saw him in Dalaran, that kid wasn't very strong, so we left him in the ruins of Nanhai Town completely! Gu Xin gritted his teeth, seeing that he would completely occupy Nanhai Town in the future, he was not willing to withdraw his troops at this time.
"Don't underestimate that guy, his reputation in the army is very good, and old Tyrenus sent him to make military merits this time, and the army he led is the elite of Lordaeron, which has as many as 10,000 cavalry, and nearly a thousand are from the Silver Hand, in addition to Mograine and Dasohan have also been sent over, their strength is very strong." Edras Blackmore's face was full of resentment, he knew the importance of having military power in his hands, but now he didn't have a single army in his hands.
"Damn, those paladins are here too?"