When Arthas led his army to Shadowfang Castle, Terenus was informed of the news. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The king of Lordaeron felt extremely entangled at this time - the war between Lordaeron and Gilneth had been going on for a long time, and now once Arthas withdrew from the battlefield, I am afraid that other forces would have the opportunity to investigate the true cause of the paladin's death, and not only would Gilneth not be able to annex Lordaeron, but Lordaeron's reputation would also plummet.

But he had no justified reason to stop Arthas's actions.

In desperation, Terenus had no choice but to send an emissary to inform Arthas to surround Shadowfang Castle for the time being, not to attack, and to maintain military pressure on the Wall of Greyman.

At the same time, under the gold attack of Terenus, Hesso began to suppress Gilneth again.

But when the messenger arrived at Shadowfang Castle, things weren't what Terenus had thought.

At this time, the chaotic Shadowfang Castle has been completely occupied by the Death Knights. Kel'thugad and Marganis worked together to transfer most of the Death Knights at Dunhold Castle here.

These half-finished death knights rode skeletal horses and harassed the inhabitants of the nearby village of Burning Wood, and Marganis was not lying, and the inhabitants who died at their hands would indeed stand up and become zombies.

The inhabitants of Burning Wood began to cry to him when the army led by the Prince of Arthas arrived—and the Prince of Arthas became even angrier at the sight of the countless new graves that had appeared in the wilderness.

Faced with Terenus's orders, Arthas refused.

"The situation is different, we didn't know before, these death knights have caused so much trouble, now it is not enough to surround them, they are too mobile, only by solving them on the spot can we save the inhabitants here."

Ignoring his father's orders, Arthas then launched an assault on Shadowfang Castle.

It was an extremely hard battle.

Shadowfang Castle isn't that big, which means it's hard for Arthas's army to be fully deployed. Only a handful of soldiers were able to storm the castle at a time, and they were able to engage the elusive Death Knights there.

In the beginning, relying on the red dragon's potion and the priest's purification, even if a soldier was injured, he could be saved. But later, the potions became less and less, and the priest's spirit became more and more exhausted. As soon as a soldier was wounded, he was almost sentenced to death.

"Don't charge with men anymore, Arthas!"

Gianna finally couldn't help but start admonishing her boyfriend.

"We can wait for new reinforcements from Dalaran or Lordaeron - I think Master Klaass will have some potions there. With the support of the potion, none of the Death Knights here can escape, and they won't pay too many casualties. ”

Arthas knew in his heart that Gianna was right, so he nodded in agreement.

Gianna returned directly to Dalaran to find Crassus, while Arthas stood by and waited for reinforcements.

But at this moment, the unexpected happened.

Lordaeron's soldiers found the sigils of the Cult of the Damned in the village of Burning Wood, familiar marks that saunted Arthas.

Subsequent inspections revealed that the flour eaten by the inhabitants was also infected - albeit in a very large dose.

If Arthas still had the Red Dragon Elixir in his hand at this time, I'm afraid it wouldn't be a problem.

Unfortunately, due to the prince's eagerness, most of his potions were used in the process of storming Shadowfang Castle, and the entire Burning Wood Village was almost hopeless.

At this time, Arthas's men proposed to isolate the village first, and wait for Gianna to retrieve the potion before dealing with it, but it was too late.

Zombies have appeared in Burning Wood Village.

Standing under the big tree at the head of the village of Burning Wood, Arthas looked sadly at the lifeless hamlet.

What to do?

Waiting for Gianna?

However, the Red Dragon Elixir cannot save people who have turned into zombies, it is only effective for those who have not yet been fully transformed, and once the transformation is completed, the entire villagers in the Burning Wood Village will become enemies.

Burning Wood Village is a big village, and there are still a few thousand people - in this open space, once they break through the siege, God knows what will happen!

Don't wait for Gianna? So what can you do?

Without the potion, the priest is exhausted, should he just kill all these villagers?

The villagers didn't do anything wrong!

"Your Highness, what should we—what should we do?"

Faced with the doubts of his subordinates, Arthas finally gritted his teeth.

"Lordaeron soldiers, take up your weapons now."

"There has been an accident in the village of Burning Wood, and the villagers here have been infected."

"We can't help now, because we can't do anything about it; But we can't sit idly by, or we'll pay the price in blood. ”

"Therefore, we can only give them a ride ourselves, and may they not suffer in heaven......"

Many soldiers silently took up their weapons, but some shook their heads in refusal.

Arthas didn't say much about the soldiers who refused, but just kept them outside the village.

Arthas personally carried the revenge of the Holy Light and walked into the village of Burning Wood with his soldiers.

"Good day, Your Royal Highness!"

"Hello Brother Prince!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Arthas saluted his greetings one by one, and then cast the King's Blessing again and again—and finally he lifted up the Light for vengeance.

Young and old, innocent villagers fell in pools of blood.

Arthas mechanically wielded his hammer and reaped life, and he wanted to cry, only to find that his eyes were dry and terrible.

Blood soaked the entire Burning Wood Village, and the pungent smell attracted the wolves in the Silver Pine Forest, and after the slaughter, the enraged Arthas rushed directly into the wolves, killing them with the Holy Shield Technique.

After venting, Arthas, still red-eyed, finally regrouped his army and attacked the Silver Tooth Castle again.

This time, the angry Arthas and the angry soldiers, no longer caring about casualties, charged like mad - every soldier who participated in the massacre was eager to die, and they did not know how to continue to live.

After paying a terrible price, Arthas finally reached the deepest part of the castle.

There, Marganis had been waiting for a long time.

"How's that, my poor little prince? Isn't it comfortable to slaughter your own people with your own hands? But that's just the beginning......" (To be continued.) )