Chapter 181: Evacuation
Because the coordinates of the portal were changed, the spectacle of demons descending from the sky appeared everywhere in the world of Azeroth. A Hellfire demon smashed directly into Lordaeron's palace, and the demons who crawled out of the crater caused great trouble for the palace guards. It wasn't until the paladins and court mages arrived that they killed it and the other demons that came with it.
"Father, are you alright?" Arthas, who had killed a demon guard with his own hands, found King Terenus under the tight protection of the palace guards.
"I'm fine." The old king had calmed down from his initial panic. The place where the hellfire fell was only a little more than a hundred meters away from him in a straight line. The thud really shook Terenus's nerves.
For the first time, the old king had seen the Burning Legion demons up close. Before the Burning Legion came, he only learned about these demons from other people's descriptions, and even thought that Jiang Weihan and the others were exaggerating in their hearts.
But he began to tremble when he watched the burning hellfire raise its flaming stone fist and easily smash the elite palace guards around him into piles of rotten flesh.
I heard that these guys are just ordinary characters in the Burning Legion, but they have caused hundreds of casualties to the palace guards.
Terenus was a little scared. Only then did he realize that his original idea was too much to be taken for granted.
"Looks like we're going to have to speed up the evacuation." Terenas looked worried. Although the Burning Legion army of Silvermoon City has not yet reached this place, Lordaeron is no longer safe.
If that hellfire fell straight on his head...... Terenus couldn't have imagined.
It wasn't just Terenus who was frightened on this day. Kalimdor also has many demons descending from the sky. Mount Hyjal, the stronghold of the Night Elves, has also been attacked by demons.
Tyrande, Priestess of the Moon, commands the elven warriors to destroy the demons that have descended on Mount Hyjal. She was a little strange that many of the flightless demons had fallen to their deaths when they came—she remembered the Battle of the Ancients. The Burning Legion enters Kalimdor through a guò portal.
Could it be that they have been done in a different way?
Tyrande shook his head away from the ridiculous idea. Demons are not fools. Something must have gone wrong with the other party's portal.
The second war against the Burning Legion is about to begin, but her lover, Grand Druid Malfurion. The furious wind is still sleeping in the Emerald Dream. Tyrande began to think about it. Do you want to wake him up and the rest of the druids in advance?
"Onumron, are they back?" Tyrande asked the captain of the sentinel beside him.
"Not yet, High Priest."
"They should have returned, judging by the time. Is something wrong? Tyrande was a little worried.
The raptor Druid Onum Long and a team of Night Elves go to talk to the former humans and the Minotaurs about the Burning Legion. It's been almost a month since they set off. It stands to reason that he should be back.
Tyrande guessed right, something did happen to them.
After receiving orders from Mount Hyjal, Onumron set out from the Grey Valley and rushed from the Barren to Thunder Bluff. He met with the Minotaur chieftain Kane, who told him that the Valoran Expeditionary Force was now stationed on the eastern side of the Barrens, on the red earth they had named the "Land of Justice".
So Onumron rushed to the new city under construction without stopping.
Planck didn't take much of it, and readily told the known news to the druid, who had ambushed them with elven sentinels.
The commander had already instructed him that the Night Elves were arrogant and had no one in their sights, and that they should not be provoked excessively. So he conveyed Jiang Weihan's willingness to form an alliance to Onum Long, and Onum Long, who received the reply, returned satisfied.
The new city is located east of the Ash Valley, south of Azhara, and downstream of the Nushui River. The distance is very close. If the Night Elves don't go to Thunder Bluff. It only takes four or five days to get from Ash Valley to New Town.
However, just as the Night Elf emissaries were preparing to return to Mount Hyjal from the Felwood Forest, disaster struck.
Manolos, the "Destroyer", descended on this polluted forest. During the War of the Ancients, it was polluted by the evil powers of the Burning Legion, and to this day there are still fallen satyrs and demons roaming the forest. They call themselves the Blue Fire Legion and control large swaths of Felwood Forest.
Manolos gathered them together and formed a mighty legion. He still remembers this place, he used to be here.
Manolos decides to take revenge on the Night Elves!
Of course, he is still waiting for the action of his master, Akmund. Their existence must be kept strictly secret in order to deal a fatal blow to the Night Elves.
And at this very time. Onumron's squad passed by. They were ambushed by Manolos, and none of them escaped.
Tyrande was destined to be unable to wait for a reply, and it was impossible for the Valoran Expeditionary Force to rush it. Not only is there a lot of work to be done to build new cities, but since the Burning Legion fell from the sky. Something has happened in the Endless Sea - the Naga, who had been attacking the coastal strip all over the coast, are now attacking more and more frenziedly.
The Land of Justice is close to the sea, and it has been attacked many times during this time.
Naga, these sea monsters who originally served the Burning Legion as their masters now seem ready to make a comeback. Because their master has come into the world again!
This "devil's rain" lasted for half a month. But most of them have already arrived in the first three days. The further back there the less.
The surviving demons began to assemble themselves and attack nearby humans in all directions. The fear spread by the demons has completely dispelled the idea of leaving behind the human race, who originally felt that they could not leave their homeland.
Every day, large numbers of refugees leave their homes. He sought refuge in various towns and cities, and was escorted by the army to several major ports to board ships and leave.
However, it is limited by capacity. In the whole of Lordaeron, apart from those races and populations who have joined the new alliance led by the Valoran Federation, the old alliance still has a population of nearly two million. And all the seagoing vessels together can only transport 40 percent of them. Another 1.2 million or so people will be forced to migrate south to take refuge in Stormwind and Ironforge Fortress.
"Let's go, Your Highness the Prince! It's time for us to go. Theodore, commander of the Lordaeron North Sea Fleet, urged.
Alsace stood on the pier. Clam up.
They were the last fleet to leave. The Prince of Alsace will lead the elite forces of Lordaeron to follow the warships across the sea.
And King Terenus will lead most of the remaining people from the Arathi Highlands to the Southern Continent.
Arthas tried to get his father to come aboard the ship with him. No matter how tight the ship is, it is impossible not to have a king's place. But Terenus refused. There had to be someone of sufficient prestige to lead the remaining refugees south. And most of those more than a million people were from the Kingdom of Lordaeron. As king, Terenus considered it his duty.
Alsace wanted to replace his father. Shoulder this responsibility. But the old king stubbornly rejected his kindness.
In addition to the last elite troops to board the ship, the port is also crowded with this large number of refugees trying to squeeze onto the ship.
Seeing the eager and frightened eyes of these refugees, as well as the unwilling shouts and curses, Arthas only felt his heart twisted.
"The king has abandoned us!"
"Damn it, get me on board! Please, I have two more children! ”
"Holy Light, please, let me go!"
But the defense line of heavily armed soldiers held off the onslaught of these men.
Seeing that there was no hope of boarding the ship, the desperate refugees turned from begging to scolding. Alsace's ears were filled with foul language. Someone even cursed him and his father.
His lips trembled. He wanted to explain, but the old Duke Hollande dissuaded him.
"Let's go, Your Highness. These fools have lost their minds. Your explanation will only make them angrier. ”
Arthas swept the eyes of countless pairs of refugees, which contained many emotions he had never seen before, and each face contorted with excitement seemed to ask him why he had abandoned them, the people he had so many words to protect.
“…… Let's go! Arthas spun around. Stride onto the battleship.
When the last boats left the port, the refugees on the docks let out a desperate cry. There are also unwilling to jump into the sea and swim to the boat, trying to climb up. They shouted as they paddled:
"Take me! Take me! ”
"Please, get me on board! One more boat won't be unmoving! ”
But the soldiers on the side of the ship obeyed. Use bamboo poles and oars to push them back into the water.
"Lordaeron has abandoned us! There are only rich and noble people on board! ”
"What should we do?"
"Let's go after the old king's refugee procession!"
"Phew, I'm not going to look for that old thing!"
"I heard that Pearl City can float in the air, and there is Dalaran! Let's go, let's go to Pearl City! ”
"Go to Pearl City!"
Immediately, the news spread throughout the dock. Pearl City became the last sustenance for these refugees.
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By this time, Dalaran had not yet returned to the Hillsbrad Hills. There was no discussion or exchange between the old and new alliances. It seems that the relationship between the two has been reduced to freezing point because of the last meeting. So much so that the Great Retreat of the Old Alliance did not specifically notify the coalition forces fighting in Silvermoon City.
When Dalaran flew over Stratholme, he found that it was already an empty city. The land that was once prosperous and rich is no longer occupied by ordinary people who have lived here for generations.
"Terenus arranged a retreat quickly." Anastarian's tone was clearly not a compliment.
Antonidas was silent for a moment and said indifferently: "This is a good thing. Ordinary people are defenseless in the face of the Burning Legion. ”
"Yes. We should retreat too. Jiang Weihan nodded.
Thrall said, "The vanguard of the Burning Legion should have reached the Wraith Land by now. We need to hurry. ”
Jiang Weihan said: "It's okay, I just got the report." The real yàn of Pearl City has succeeded. ”
The news is very encouraging. This means that a super-floating city capable of carrying more than a million people has been born - and the people of all races in the New Alliance combined cannot fill half of them. What's more, the remaining space in Dalaran itself can also carry a lot of people.
After rushing back to Pearl City, Jiang Weihan found that a large group of people had gathered outside the city. They all looked terrified. An attempt was also made to storm the city gates. None of these people had previously belonged to Pearl City or Tarenmere under the rule of the Valoran Federation.
"What's going on?" Jiang Weihan hurriedly asked Rebecca, the consul who stayed here.
Rebecca explained, "My Excellency, I was about to report this to you - since the demons descended from the sky a week ago, refugees from other countries and forces began to arrive outside the Pearl City. They had heard that the Alliance's ships could only carry more than 800,000 men, and that the rest would have to take refuge in the Stormwind Kingdom with King Terenus. A lot of people are worried that the demons will follow and fight south, and our city still has some spare places, so ......"
"yes, I see." Jiang Weihan said that he understood, "Let them line up, and then let them in!" From the outer city a special area is divided for them. We will provide a minimum subsistence guarantee and humanitarian assistance. And make sure that there is no chaos. ”
"Yes, Führer!" Rebecca took the order.
Not long after, Jiang Weihan, who was far away in the residence of the head of state in the center of the city, could also hear the deafening cheers outside.
"Should I summon some more supplies from Valoran?" Jiang Weihan looked at Angel Kyle.
"Probably." Kyle replied in a breezy voice, much better than his usual cold look.
The number of refugees gathered outside the city has been counted as more than 200,000. Most of them are from the kingdom of Lordaeron. In particular, the Hillsbrad Hills and Andohar are the most numerous.
Because the reputation of the Valoran Federation in these two places is very high, Jiang Weihan's previous behavior of hosting refugees is also an important reason for these refugees who wanted to leave the Eastern Kingdom but failed to get on the boat to abandon the transfer to the south with Terenus and gather in Pearl City in desperation.
Before he could return, the refugees, who had been restless for a long time, almost began to riot.
Almost all of these refugees are civilians. In fact, the refugees were right, only those with relatively wealthy families could easily get the precious ticket to leave by boat. And these "untouchables" are clearly outcasts.
Their sense of belonging to their original country vanished, and joining the Valoran Federation became a new way out, a better way out.
Four days later, Jiang Weihan got accurate information. The Burning Legion's forward reached Daron Mill Lake and would soon enter the Hillsbrad Hills. And now all the people of the new alliance have entered Pearl City. Orcs, High Elves, Gilnes, and the refugees who recently joined them have all found a home in the most powerful floating city in history.
"Let's go!" Jiang Weihan gave the order.
The magisters of the floating circle began to work. Anvina, a High Elf girl incarnated in the Well of the Sun, pours a huge amount of energy into the runestones placed in the city in the newly built magic circle.
After a slight tremor, the city rose from the ground, rising higher and higher, and flying towards the endless sea. (Want to know more about League of Legends Invasion of Azeroth?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search and follow the official account, and never miss every update again! (To be continued......) R1292