Chapter 178: Stratholme's Flames
Catherine had been to Stratholme, but that had been many years earlier, and she was too young to remember clearly, so that under her leadership, the two of them lost their way in the city.
In the end, it was Song Zheng who relied on those road signs in the city to find the way to the northern gate.
This is obviously thanks to the fact that the Undead Scourge only transformed everyone in the city into undead, but did not cause any damage to the city.
During the time when the two of them were lost, with the keen perception of the thief's profession, Song Zheng could feel that there were many powerful power fluctuations in this Stratholme City, and there must be many powerful undead hidden in the city.
"I don't know if the Dread Demon King is hiding in this city......" Song Zheng was still worried about those powerful Dread Demon Kings.
In the history of Warcraft, the Dreadlord does not seem to have a strong fighting power in the face, and he is more inclined to use dark magic in the spiritual aspect, and likes to confuse and control others.
However, demons are demons after all, not to mention that the Dread Demon King is still a relatively high-level demon, and its power level is definitely far above the human powerhouse.
According to the history of Warcraft, the city of Stratholme should actually be destroyed at the hands of the Dreadlord.
"Look, it's the North Gate over there, I remember that sign, I saw it here when I was a kid, but I didn't expect it to be there now." Catherine seemed to have discovered something, and she was so surprised that she almost revealed her form again.
Perhaps it was already close to the city gate, and the undead troops around it had begun to multiply.
Sneaking past a team of undead, Song Zheng has always been worried in his heart, once he is accidentally discovered, he is afraid that it will be more than lucky.
"It's really exciting to be a thief......"
Although he and Catherine were able to kill hundreds of undead in the tower, it was because of the surprise attack and the terrain there was suitable for Catherine, if the streets of Stratholme were besieged, he and Catherine would have to die.
When he finally came to the vicinity of the city gate, Song Zheng immediately discovered a very troublesome thing...... The gate was open, and it seemed that the undead were not in the habit of closing the gate, but there were too many undead troops near the gate, and it would definitely be difficult to pass by stealth.
"This is in trouble, do you want to force your way over?" Song Zheng frowned.
"Otherwise, I'll go and lure away this undead, and you can rush out of the room." Catherine whispered.
When Song Zheng heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "Then how can it be done, there are many undead powerhouses in this city, if they come, you will definitely not be able to escape." โ
"But it's about to dawn, and if we don't try to get out of the city, our stealth will be easy to detect during the day." Catherine looked a little anxious.
"Well, let me go and lure away the undead, and you go out first." Song Zheng thought for a moment and then said, it is the last darkness before dawn, and it is not far from rising too far.
"How can this work? You're too dangerous that way! Catherine was immediately displeased, and it seemed that she did not want to be taken care of.
"Don't worry, don't I have the invisibility ring given by Gianna, when you get out of the city, I will be invisible immediately, it shouldn't be difficult to get out, and I will go to meet you again when the time comes." Song Zheng said.
"You went out with invisibility? That's fine, but be careful. Catherine thought about it, but did not object again, after all, Song Zheng's idea seemed to be achievable, and the dawn was imminent, and the two of them could not slowly think of other methods.
"I'll be fine, you get ready here, I'll try to go to the rest of the city and light a fire to attract these undead away." Song Zheng said his plan, although it was very simple, but it was quite practical.
"Well, you have to be careful." Catherine told her again, it seemed that she was indeed very concerned about Song Zheng's safety.
Song Zheng smiled, and then began to leave along the path he had come.
Murder and arson are what thieves are best at, and Song Zheng quickly found a few good places, and then took out the fire to light the fire.
Due to the abundance of timber in the surrounding area, most of Lordaeron's buildings use timber as the main body of the building, and Stratholme also continues this architectural style.
Song Zheng easily set fire to an unmanned shop, and seeing that he couldn't attract the surrounding undead to come and check it, he went to set fire to the surrounding buildings again.
When he set fire to more than a dozen houses in one go, as the flames and smoke continued to rise, the surrounding undead were finally attracted to it.
The undead seemed to be very anxious, but they had no ability to extinguish fires, and they did not even dare to approach the burned buildings easily.
As a result, there are more and more flames in the city, and so are the undead who are attracted to it.
Song Zheng didn't know if all the undead near the north gate had been attracted, but at this moment, the first rays of morning light had fallen, and the effect of his stealth technique was getting worse and worse because of the sunlight, and finally he was quickly exposed to those undead.
"There are living people here!" As the hoarse shouts of those undead rang out, a large number of undead rushed towards Song Zheng frantically.
Song Zheng took the opportunity to ignite all the flammable materials around him from time to time as he ran, and eventually the entire street was burned, and the fire seemed to be expanding, perhaps eventually burning the whole of Stratholme to ashes.
Seeing that there were more and more people chasing and killing him, Song Zheng had no choice but to use the invisibility ring.
With a strange light shining on the invisibility ring, Song Zheng's figure quickly disappeared.
However, since the mage's invisibility magic seemed to be related to light, when Song Zheng was in a state of invisibility, his own vision also became blurred.
"If it weren't for the enhancement of my eyesight, maybe I couldn't see things clearly, so I wouldn't have hit the wall......" Song Zheng was a little worried in his heart, and hurried to the gate of the north with his memory along the way.
When he finally arrived near the gate, he saw that there were no more undead soldiers stationed here, and there was no trace of Catherine around, and there was no trace of a fight, so she must have taken the opportunity to leave.
Song Zheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to prepare to pass through this gate.
When he glanced back before leaving, he was dumbfounded.
Despite some impairment in vision, you can still see the flames and smoke behind youโit seems that most of Stratholme is already in flames.