"Little..."

Before Farrard's words of warning could be uttered, the door to the wooden cabinet suddenly opened.

Alsace, who was close at hand, was taken aback.

A terrible scream emanated from the cabinet along with the stench of death, and then a strange green monster burst out of the door and lunged at them at an alarming speed.

"Everyone, get ready to fight!!"

Arthas, who reacted, immediately made a decision, quickly raised the war hammer, and smashed it on the head of the oncoming monster with great precision.

"Knock !!"

A dull crash sounded.

The monster was smashed and took a few steps back, rolling on the ground in pain, and it was only by the faint light that came in through the window that everyone could get a glimpse of the monster in its entirety.

Arthas swore he had never seen such an ugly, disgusting creature - it was dressed in a crude shirt and work pants, its eyes glowed green, its mouth was green with slime, its long tongue hung almost to the ground, its rickety body was bony, its yellowed paws hung with minced flesh, and its neck was wrapped in bloodshot intestines.

Farrar frowned, and Gianna, who was a girl, turned pale, hurriedly covered her mouth, and her stomach churned.

Arthas was about to vomit, he just wanted to purify the evil in front of him as quickly as possible, the existence of this monster was simply a blasphemy of the Holy Light.

"Die, you bastard!!"

Arthas roared and raised his golden hammer to meet the monster, and Gianna summoned several ice arrows in time to assist the prince in his attack.

This sudden battle is not too difficult, it can even be regarded as very easy, although this green zombie looks hideous, but its strength is very weak, and its IQ is extremely low.

Farrar didn't even take action himself, and the ugly zombie was transformed into a real corpse under Arthas's Holy Energy and Gianna's icy arrows.

"What the hell are these guys?!"

Looking at the undead creature that collapsed in front of him, Arthas's eyes were blood-red, his hands holding the warhammer were shaking, and the golden lionheart armor was stained with some green blood.

"They... The undead, perhaps. ”

Gianna pinched her nose with one hand, endured the discomfort in her abdomen, and stepped forward to take a closer look at the dead ghoul.

"Holy Light bless!!" Farrick muttered softly, touching the silver badge on his chest.

The knight captain, like his leader, stared at the corpse on the ground with pale eyes and some disbelief: "I've never seen any of these things, and I always thought they were just ghost stories made up by adults to scare children. ”

"No, it's all true. ”

Xue Huan walked out of the crowd, he half-crouched beside the corpse, and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "I have seen some books about these undead creatures in the library of Dalaran, and in Andorhar, I have also seen the necromancer use a mysterious dark magic to create these disgusting things, if we don't stop it, I'm afraid things will be even worse." ”

"Your Royal Highness. ”

Patting the remaining corpse blood on his hands in disgust, Xue Huan stood up and pretended to be anxious and said to Arthas beside him: "Maybe we should speed up to Andorhar, as the center of the spread of the plague, I think the situation there must be even worse." ”

He must find a way to lure Arthas to Andorhar, because there, he has Kel'thugad prepare more surprises!

In the face of Xue Huan's proposal, no one questioned it.

"Sir Odririca is right. ”

Falar, who had been staying quietly on the sidelines, nodded in agreement: "This should be just a small number of victims of the plague, in Andorhar, there may be more survivors waiting for us to rescue!"

Seeing that the two companions he relied on said this, Arthas no longer hesitated, he put away the golden war hammer, and calmly issued the order: "Everyone follow me, we must get to Andorhar before dark." ”

Before leaving, Arthas had a flash of inspiration, turned his head and said to Gianna behind him, "Gianna, I want you to do me a favor..."

"Burn down these plague-ridden houses, won't you?"

Before Arthas could say anything, Gianna cut him off at the right time. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw a faint worry in each other's eyes - this journey, I'm afraid it's not that simple!!

Once everyone had left the farmhouse, Gianna recited a spell, and then a fiery tongue of fire rose into the sky, engulfing the farmhouse in a frenzied flame.

As the flames rose, Arthas raised his hand to block the heat in his face, and he stared at the fire silently, unable to take his eyes off it for a moment.

Everyone was silent for a long time, except for the crisp sound of flames engulfing the farmhouse.

After a long sigh, the burning complex collapsed, the red flames stained Arthas's eyes, and the prince mounted his war horse and shouted, "Go!!"

The cavalrymen were well-trained, but never trained to deal with such terrifying undead, and they were terrified and nervous. But nevertheless, on the orders of Arthas, they set off.

Along the way, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere seemed extremely oppressive.

As the group moved away from Firestone's farm, Gianna seemed to notice something, and she grabbed the reins and stopped.

"What are you looking at?"

Arthas rode to her side, looking at her with a puzzled look.

Gianna stretched out her finger and Alsace looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw a solitary cylindrical barn not far from the avenue.

"Is there anything wrong with the barn?" Alsace looked at Gianna with a puzzled expression.

But he was not surprised, and ordered the whole force to stop. He knew in his heart that Gianna, as a sorceress, would be more sensitive to evil than a reckless and impulsive knight.

"No, it's the land around that barn. ”

Gianna shook her head, jumped off her horse, and despite her dirty blue robes, she knelt down and picked up a handful of dry earth and dead grass, and examined it carefully.

Twisting the fluffy, rotten soil, Gianna let the dry soil slip between her fingers, the powdery soil turning into a gray mist in the breeze. Looking at the dirt that was gradually dissipating in front of him, the archmage came to a conclusion: "The land around this barn seems to be... Die. ”

Moving his gaze to Gianna's slender white hand to the ground, Arthas realized that she was absolutely right—a dozen meters away, the grass was green and fresh, and the soil covered was still rich and fertile, but beneath his feet, the entire land around him seemed to have lost its life and became lifeless.

Arthas only felt a heavy weight in his heart, and he narrowed his blue eyes and stared at the barn: "What do you think could be caused by this?"

"I can't be sure yet. ”

Gianna shook her head, but then she frowned slightly, falling into a brief memory: "This seems to be very similar to the situation of the Dark Gate and the Cursed Lands, when the Dark Gate was opened, the evil magic that destroyed the ecology of Draenor flooded into Azeroth, causing the land around the Dark Gate..."

"Die. ”

Arthas finished her words in a solemn tone, but an idea rose in his heart, and after hesitating for a moment, he half-knelt on the ground and brushed away a tuft of dirt with two fingers, "Gianna, will it be... Is the food itself contaminated?"

When he whispered this, not only Gianna, but even Arthas was taken aback.

Andorhar maintains most of Lordaeron's food supply, and if those grains are infected, it means that not only Andorhar, but even the entire population of nearly 800,000 people in Lordaeron will face an unprecedented crisis.

The first is Stratholme, which borders Andorhar...

Xue Huan, who was the mastermind behind the scenes, rode on a horse and quietly listened to the two talking, but he sneered in his heart.

I can't imagine that in addition to the plague steamer given by the Lich King, Kel'thugad guy actually thought of using food and water to spread the plague, but just imagine, the plague steamer is too large and easy to notice, but if it is replaced with grain and grains that everyone has to eat, wouldn't it be more convenient and concise?

In addition, the place of Andorhar was originally the granary center of Lordaeron, so that he would have no trouble spreading the plague through Andorhar and spreading the plague to the entire Lordaeron Empire.

Kel'thugad, that guy... That's smart!!

Xue Huan sincerely admired this staff member of his in his heart...

"I hope not..."

Thinking of this terrible consequence, Gianna's face turned pale and weak, she pointed to the mark on the crate, and said almost in a whisper: "These deposit boxes are stamped with the seal of Andorhar, which is the distribution center of the Northeast region, and if these grains are really the main culprits in spreading the plague, then there will be countless villages infected." ”

The two looked at each other in surprise at the same time, as if struck by lightning.

But then, their mission is also very clear - to search as much as possible, and destroy any barns that have already been infected, and stop the continued spread of the plague.

"We can't afford to sit back any longer. ”

Arthas, who was the first to come back to his senses, pulled up Gianna, who was half-squatting on the ground, and said anxiously while walking towards his war horse: "We must rush to Andohal immediately, pay attention, it is immediately!!"

Arthas was in a hurry at the moment, he eagerly put his horse on his hip, and led three hundred cavalry to start again.

The journey from Firestone Farm to Andorjar was not far, and after about two hours, a tall bell tower appeared in front of Alsace, which was the signal for the villagers to get up early to farm.

Looking at the archers patrolling back and forth on the watchtower, the prince smiled for the first time in a long time...

(End of chapter)