…… Chapter 164: The Fall of the Stars (4) (Part 1)

Relying on the dense golden birch bushes of the Yongge Forest, Her Majesty the Queen and the Ranger troops finally escaped the pursuit of the undead natural scourge temporarily.

Along the way, if it weren't for the cover and obstruction of these towering trees with lush foliage, I am afraid that the overwhelming gargoyles would have wiped out the rangers who numbered no more than a few thousand long ago.

Now, the rangers have finally retreated unharmed to the village of Sunny Wind, not far from the banks of the Ellunda River.

Here, there is the second and final line of defense that this High Elf force has constructed in advance.

The town, which was originally bustling and full of laughter, is now empty. As far as the eye can see, you will see a dilapidated scene full of broken walls!

At the beginning, Her Majesty the Queen and Old Tang had set out from here to lead their respective subordinates to aid Taquilin, and they succeeded. Thousands of civilians and wounded have been escorted by their allies to Silvermoon City, where they will be protected with the tightest and most secure protection.

However, Her Majesty and her High Elf warriors are now left alone, and this time they will face an enemy that is undoubtedly stronger and more desperate......

Reaching out and stroking the broken stone pillars scattered on the ground of the long-collapsed magic tower, the Ranger Lord's mind inadvertently recalled the scene where the four siblings used to frolic here when they were young, led by their eldest sister Aurelia.

At that time, the air was filled with an intoxicating fragrance; Quel'Salas was at that time peaceful and abundant; Then...... The four siblings sang in the twilight, the lilac twilight reflected on their cloaks, and the air was filled with the sea breeze and the sweet fragrance of flowers......

But now, the air is filled with a disgusting rancid stench; Looking back, the land of ghosts has fallen and is lifeless, and the kingdom of the High Elves is in flames......

The eldest sister, Aurelia, stepped into the dark gate in order to pursue the tribe, and was nowhere to be found and never heard from; The younger sister Wen Leisa has already married another woman and left the country; The younger brother Lilas died on the battlefield of resistance to the tribe in order to protect his hometown...... Is bad luck finally coming to you now?

Maybe this is where you bury your bones......

A drink and a peck, as if in a different world......

"Not bad... At least you can die in battle in your hometown......"

"Her Majesty," murmured in a trance. However, the next moment, the strong Ranger Lord shook his head vigorously, leaving behind those feelings that would make him cowardly and weak.

The real fight is about to begin, and she must keep herself at her peak! Because her enemies really... It's powerful!

The strength of that death knight is unimaginably powerful, and even himself, who has always been arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat, will feel fear from the bottom of his heart!

Sylvanas glanced at the few soldiers and men around him. Arthas and his army of the dead won't be held back for long. She also had to ask the soldiers to put in more effort, perhaps including their lives......

Like her, they all swore to defend the people and protect the kingdom. And today, it's time for everyone to fulfill the oaths and promises they made when they joined the army!

The tower-like council chamber in Sunny Breeze Village and the surrounding buildings that had survived the war were already in sight.

And this is the main body of the second line of defense!

It couldn't be better to use the tower and the surrounding attic for defences.

The narrow ramp avoids being swarmed by the walking dead, which can minimize the numerical advantage of the undead and reduce the pressure faced by the few warbands;

With platforms on each floor facing outward, she and her rangers are able to use the terrain to do their best, raining down arrows to inflict massive damage...... Before they sacrificed.

"Her Majesty the Queen" took a deep breath, splashed her hot cheeks with a marching water bag, and then drank some water to calm herself. She got back to her feet and gathered all her soldiers to prepare for battle.

And this will undoubtedly be their last battle...... The stench precedes the army of the undead.

However, Sylvanas and her men have struggled to adapt and are no longer as frightened and restless as they once were.

Her Majesty stood tall on the tower, a strand of bright blonde hair peeking out from under her black hood. The army of the dead slowed and stopped, as if bewildered by the situation before them. The ugly grinders, catapults, and trebuchets that rumbled along, all stopped, silently awaiting orders from their commanders.

Arthas's skeletal war horse "Invincible" stood upright, and the blue soul fire burning all over his body was blazing. The Death Knight leaned over and patted the horse's neck as if it were a live horse. Invincible snorted, as if in response to his master's touch, and the strange scene made Sylvanas shiver with a sense of disgust.

The rangers of the "Queen's Majesty" have occupied the tower and the surviving buildings around it, and are ready to fight. In front of them, Ask* Sunraider and Salorion *Qinggo led the last 1,000 or so High Elf warriors who could still take up arms and fight, and stood behind improvised lines of stone and earth, forming a defensive formation, blocking the junction that rushed to the buildings behind them.

If the "Queen's Majesty" once held out a meager hope, hoping that the raging river would limit the number of enemy attacks; Now that hope is shattered like a crystal falling on a stone floor.

She had seen the vanguard of the enemy: rotting zombies, followed by skeletal soldiers and Abomination with huge weapons in all three arms. Gargoyles hover over their heads like vultures......

The undead disaster is still all over the mountains and fields.

There was no temptation, no calling.

Perhaps Arthas is tired of continuing to entangle with these pointy-eared people who don't know what to do, like a cat tired of playing with the rats it catches.

The Death Knight glanced at the "Queen's Majesty" standing on the tower, and the frost sorrow in his hand swung down hard, and the next second, the catastrophic undead who poured into Sunny Wind Village were like a tide swarming up!

A battle that has long been doomed to the end has begun.

The High Elf warriors had long put life and death on the line, and at this moment, these warriors were almost full of blood and energy, using their lives to delay the progress of the overwhelming walking dead.

The warriors of Quel'Thalas's births were well-armed, and almost all of their weapons were enchanted with a glimmer of enchantment. The High Elf warriors are not bad at fighting, their martial arts are not clumsy, and they have also achieved good results in the fight against trolls......

But it's one thing to fight enemies who will be weakened by blood loss and injuries, but to deal with these walking dead......

Skeletons, walking corpses, ghouls...... The army of the dead that could not be seen rushed up like a swarm of insects, and in a few moments, the soldiers who had been defending in formation had to retreat one after another, and were on the verge of collapse.

The zombies who were cut in two, the ghouls who were beheaded, the High Elf warriors who were miserably dismembered, the righteous and evil... The corpses of both sides were already mixed and paved with the path leading to the tower. Blood, minced meat, stumps and severed arms...... The scene in front of me is like hell, and it is terrifying to see.

Under the desperate resistance of the soldiers, the tragic battle situation was extremely anxious. However, the balance of war has long been tilted in favor of the Scourge Legion. By the time Stitch Abomination's bloated body squeezed through the skeletons and walking corpses and rushed to the front, the fate of these valiant High Elf warriors was sealed.

Hundreds of bloody flesh hooks flung at the resisting warrior phalanx almost in no particular order, and after the hideous flesh hooks pierced the warriors' bodies and entwined them to death, these rancid flesh mountains violently pulled back their weapons with brute force.

In the next second, at least two hundred High Elf warriors who couldn't dodge flew in the direction of the Stitched Abominations like dead dogs with ropes around their necks. didn't even have a chance to scream, and was drowned in the rolling sea of undead......

Originally, the warrior defense line that was struggling to support, after the elite undead such as Stitching Abomination and Crypt Demon joined... Crash in an instant!

After a short slaughter, more than a thousand soldiers who fulfilled their mission and fought bravely to the last moment - all the troops were annihilated!

Even the commanders of the warrior troops, Ask* Sunraider and Salorian *Qingge, two warriors with the strength of the seventh-order pinnacle, were not spared.

Salorion's eyes were blank, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding from the corners of his back on the stone steps. It was the forefoot of the crypt demon that pierced his chest that he died......

The corpse of a crypt demon remains beside him. The Crypt Demon swooped down as the warrior was busy fending off the pounces of several ghouls, a sharp forefoot slammed into Salorion's chest.

Although the Crypt Demon plunged into the forelimbs of his chest, he was severed by two sharp daggers in Salorion's hands; Although Salorion's dying counterattack also completely killed the resurrected wormman...... But he was powerless to change the outcome of his death.

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Two hideous elite gargoyles swooped down and swooped down on the Aske* Sunraiders who were fighting on the front lines. In this combat power, his Mithril two-handed sword has slain at least dozens of Scourge undead.

The elite gargoyle's gray-black skin looked as hard as obsidian, and the two bat-like faces let out a cheerful howl as they grabbed the Aske* Sunreaver who was fighting with a stitched abomination and flew high into the air.

Their claws stabbed deep into the valiant warrior's shoulders, and blood splattered in front of Sylvanas and the rangers.

Aske* Sunraider struggled in the claws of the monster, and he even tried to plunge a gargoyle into the chest and abdomen with his two-handed sword, killing his enemies with him. It's a pity that the difficult posture and the hard skin of the elite gargoyle made his last struggle in vain.

Seeing this scene, Her Majesty the Queen ignored the undead who couldn't stop roaring below, and instead aimed at the monster in the air.

Two sharp arrows shot through the air and hit the head!

The heads of the two gargoyles exploded to pieces under the furious blow of the "Queen's Majesty".

However, before Asker, who was already mortally wounded, fell to the ground, another low-hovering gargoyle swooped in, grabbed the brave warrior back into the air, and then raised a claw to slash Asker's throat, then dropped him nonchalantly, hovering in search of a new target.

With silent grief, Sylvanas could only watch as her men fell lifelessly to the ground, falling into the walking dead that the rangers had killed earlier.

But in the next scene, even if he was as calm as Sylvanas, he couldn't help but gasp.

*JM