Remembering that when he first joined the army, during a battle with trolls, as a new recruit, Garissus had seen the mage from Dalaran mobilize the power of frost and fire to kill the enemy with his own moves.

Since then, he has developed a deep awe in his heart for the mage who wields mysterious powers. At the same time, because he is a member of the Lordaeron Kingdom, he is also a little more wary of the Mage Kingdom Dalaran.

Now, in the face of this evil mage who is famous in the adventurer's prophecy, it would be absolutely false to say that he is not nervous. If it weren't for the military order, he would not have agreed to let such a dangerous guy go with his brigade. You must know that in the prophecy, this young man who looks like a gentleman can turn people into monsters with bones!

But now, the fear he had suffered along the way had paid off, and the high-ranking mage who had never shown anything was of use to the unslackened garrison and the hanging door made of steel plates and solid wood.

After the Second Legion successfully passed through the gates and entered Stratholme, he was able to part ways with this troublesome fellow. Just thinking about this brought tears to the eyes of the captain from Lordaeron—he finally had no fear of waking up one morning to find himself and his soldiers in a pile of bones!

Kel'thugad knew what was going on in his mind just by glancing at Garethus's ever-changing face. However, now that he was in trouble, he didn't have the heart to let the lowly warrior in front of him understand the nobility of the mage, he just wanted to complete the teacher's instructions quickly, and then go back to continue his research.

The young mage, dressed in a lilac robe embroidered with Kenrito's emblem, took out a staff with a pale blue crystal in place of his bag, tapped the colt under his crotch with the handle of the staff, and walked around the front wall to the bottom of the doorway on the right.

On the tall city walls, d'Artagnan had already finished checking the insignia and dispatch documents handed over by the other party. Perfect, without the slightest loophole, they proved their identity, but it was precisely this that made the experienced veteran's forehead break out in a cold sweat.

Directly sent all the Second Legions, what does His Majesty the King of Lordaeron want to do! Damn, why hasn't your own commander come yet?

Looking back at the dark and dreary streets, it was a pity that the big man he was hoping for to solve everything did not appear. d'Artagnan took a deep breath, intending to delay a little longer, he stretched half of his body out of the wall and shouted: "Listen, I can't be sure of the authenticity of the token, you must wait—"

His words came to an abrupt halt as he saw the gray-haired young man under the wall, unarmoured, raise a long stick and make a motion in the direction of the hanging door. Then, without warning, a biting cold wind howled in front of him, so strong that he poured all the words he wanted to say back into his throat.

At that moment, he keenly sensed that things were beyond his expectations. By the time he watched the next scene, as an unlucky person who had been up close to the power of magic, he could swear that he would never forget this cold winter night and that terrifying figure like a god between his gestures for the rest of his life.

Riding his horse stood behind Kel'thugad, Garethus could only see the mage holding his cane, pointing straight at the hanging door, and for a moment the temperature around him dropped from late autumn to bitter winter. In the cold wind, the human mage's long hair fluttered, and his clothes were hunting in the wind.

The mage sat motionlessly on his restless horse, just whispering a spell, and then, in everyone's sight, a beast of azure aura slowly appeared in front of him.

As the beast was about to take shape, Kel'thugad swung his staff vigorously. Under his control, the almost physical beast let out a piercing roar and slammed straight into the gate in front of it.

With a loud bang, the blue beast turned into a sky of ice crystals, and the sturdy gate was quickly covered with ice flowers. The soldiers standing at the head of the city felt only a violent vibration under their feet, making people almost unsteady, as if a giant was slamming a huge battering ram against the gate.

However, Kel'thugad's mission is not yet complete, and what he has to do is to open the gates of the city. As a result, under everyone's gaze, a string of fireballs that were half a car small suddenly appeared in front of the young mage.

Huge fireballs lined up in a line under his command and slammed into the frozen gate one after another, the violent temperature difference and the powerful impact and blasting force of the fireball itself directly tore apart the special gate in front of him, and the steel plates and wood chips scattered in the explosion, and the huge sound could almost alarm half of the city.

As a veteran, d'Artagnan had certainly seen a mage strike, but he had never seen a mage with such destructive power. D'Artagnan was almost paralyzed to the ground, and he didn't have the heart to think about what Lordaeron was going to do to Stratholme. In his heart, in the face of Lordaeron, who possessed such great power, Stratholme could not have had the fate of freedom.

Despite his displeasure at the earth-shattering noise made by Kel'thugad, Garethus' original intention was to sneak into the city and control the situation in the middle of the night so as not to cause a commotion among the civilians. But at this point, he could only order his cavalry to enter the city quickly, and try to completely control the situation when the opponent did not react.

Without any dragging of mud and water, a thousand cavalry were divided into two parts, and they led the way to the noble district and the dock area. In addition to coming out to control the nobles who might resist, he also remembered the news from Count Stinch before, so he had to allocate a part of his forces to the North Sea pirates who might come to stir up trouble.

This was followed by five hundred infantry from each of the two cavalry divisions, and a thousand infantry scattered throughout the city to control all the streets. With everything in order, he turned to the mage beside him, who was lying on horseback as if he had collapsed.

"Master Kel'thugad, let's go into the city."

Because of the terrifying power displayed by the mage before, Garissus was more respectful than before, and there was even a little humility in his tone. Of course, in his heart, he also secretly raised the threat level of Mage Dalaran to Lordaeron by a level.

However, the young mage, who was not very emotionally intelligent because of his obsession with spell research, did not know what politeness was, and he shook his head: "My task has been completed, I will go back to report to the master, as for the rest of the matter, it is your Lordanlun's private matter." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he activated the rune chain that the teacher gave him before leaving. This was Antonidas' surveillance after the prophecy of the Adventist had been widely circulated, and it was also a form of protection from exposure to dark magic that might have corrupted him.

With a flash of white light, Kel'thugad disappeared directly into the cold wind of the night.