The hills of Hillsbrad at night were unusually cold, but for warriors like Tirio Fording and Patrick, the temperature was nothing short of worthwhile.

After the battle, Arthas ordered the battlefield to be cleared, and by the way, he set up a camp on the slope of a hill not far away. The remnants of the orc warriors, such as Draxul and the two-headed ogre Kogar, naturally became his captives.

In the evening breeze, many of the soldiers in the camp took off their heavy armor and sat around the campfire to keep warm. The all-night rush and the days of fighting exhausted them physically and mentally.

Most of the warriors were already asleep in their clothes, while the few who had not slept whispered about today's battle, especially the powerful mage who had defeated the necromancer. After all, in this world, the strong can always attract everyone's attention and discussion......

Beside the campfire, a soldier in his twenties rubbed his hands and kept humming, and whispered to Tong Ze beside him, "Hey, did you see that magician today? I heard that it is the new magic advisor hired by His Majesty Terenus!"

"Are you a pig?" the soldier beside him gave him a blank look, pouting and said, "Where can a magic advisor be so powerful?

The soldier shuddered at the thought of those old guys who were swaggering and deceiving in the name of 'magicians' and could only babble in their mouths.

"That's... Where did that black-haired mage come from?"

The soldier held his head high, and the figure stood proudly, and a stream of brilliant magic appeared in his mind. For the first time, he was full of infinite longing for the profession of magician.

"It seems to be from Dalaran," another soldier speculated.

"Dalaran, is that the Magic Kingdom?" the soldier almost exclaimed if it weren't for the sleeping Tong Ze beside him. No wonder the black-haired mage was so powerful, he was able to eliminate that tricky foe in just a few moments.

However, something seems wrong......

But he couldn't say exactly what was wrong. At this time, the soldier beside him patted him on the shoulder and said with sleepiness: "Sleep, which round of these things will we discuss..."

"Compared to these, you still have to think more about how to make your woman more cheerful and more realistic after the war..."

The words were mixed with lewd laughter.

Think of Monica's graceful figure, seductive peach. The soldier instantly threw the matter of the battlefield out of the clouds. He tightened his leather jacket and fell into a deep sleep against another soldier......

At the same time, Alsace was still pacing back and forth in the main tent. He should have been happy about the victory in the first battle, but at this time he frowned because of one thing.

As Prince Lordaeron, he read many books on magic in Dalaran's library as a child. Although he had never seen the spells used by Xue Huan and the necromancer, he had seen them in books.

"Evil spells..."

The prince squinted and muttered the words. Even a few years ago, the sight of the infamous human necromancer making waves in Dalaran is still vivid.

Could that so-called great magician be a necromancer?

Arthas bowed his head in thought, his handsome features wrinkled.

He really didn't want to accept this fact, not only because Xue Huan was his comrade-in-arms. It's even more because he doesn't want to destroy a strong enemy and then another powerful enemy emerges.

While the prince was thinking, heavy footsteps came from the doorway.

"Your Highness Arthas, the remnants of the orc forces have all been arranged. ”

"Sorry, General Tirio!" Arthas turned and nodded at the sound of someone coming.

"Uh..."

Tirio Fortin, who had finished his report, did not withdraw, but hesitated to stand still.

"Is there anything else, General Tirio?" Arthas asked, seeing that Tirio Fording had not left.

Seeing Arthas's inquiry, Tirio Ferdin, after hesitating for a long time, finally hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "I wonder if His Royal Highness the prince thinks that the spell used by that magician is something abnormal..."

"You mean Xue Huan?" Arthas asked, pretending to be confused.

Although he had some doubts, this kind of thing could not be based on his own speculation. At this point, he wanted to hear the judgment of this battle-hardened paladin.

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

Tirio Fortin, on the other hand, didn't know what Arthas was thinking. He stared at Arthas and whispered his thoughts: "I think it is necessary for Your Highness to investigate this so-called "Great Magician" in detail, because the spells he uses are very unusual..."

"How?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the spell used by that great magician is a dark spell that is strictly forbidden to be practiced on the mainland!"

The paladin's deep voice lingered in Arthas's ears.

The prince sighed in his heart and said in a deep voice: "It turns out that you think the same way, General..."

Hearing this, Tirio Ferdin's heart was shocked, "Could it be that His Royal Highness the Prince..."

"That's right. ”

Arthas interrupted him and said slowly, "It is precisely because of this incident that I can't sleep. I hate to believe it, but unfortunately, it seems that he has become our enemy..."

Tirio Ferding hung his head and said nothing.

The air in the tent seemed to freeze in the momentary silence.

The paladin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Perhaps, we should listen to his explanation..."

"I agree with you, General!" Alsace nodded.

Perhaps, with his blood and strength, he should have rushed to the mage by now and sanctioned him with the holy light.

But he knew he couldn't be so impulsive. He is the prince of Lordaeron, and he is the hope of the people of Lordaeron. He had to force himself to think from the point of view of the superior.

"Then let's go, General Tirio. I'm sure he'll give us an explanation!" Arthas pretended to be calm and took the lead with his hands folded, followed by Tirio Fortin.

......

At this time, Xue Huan was sitting cross-legged in the tent.

Since Angel was a daughter, Alsace opened a separate tent for her. And Patrick was already lying in the corner, sleeping deeply.

With nothing to do, he took out Guldan's skull from his baggage and examined it carefully. Feeling the power of the evil energy emanating from the skull in his hand, his heart couldn't help but ache faintly.

Could it be that his demonic heart is somehow connected to this skull?

According to Kel'thugad, if he succeeds in absorbing its power, he will gain all the demonic knowledge of the orc necromancer.

But how to absorb it, and at what cost?

This series of questions urgently needs to be answered by Kel'thugad. But just as Xue Huan was about to summon, he only heard inaudible footsteps outside the tent. He quickly gave up meditation, put Guldan's skull back into its baggage, and sat upright.

"Is the Magician asleep?"

Outside the tent, the voice of Alsace was heard.

"Please come in, Your Highness the Prince. Xue Huan responded. He hadn't slept all the time, and it was them who had been waiting.

As soon as Xue Huan's words fell, he saw Arthas, who was dressed in armor, open the tent door and walked in, and behind him, there was a middle-aged general, who was it not Tirio Fordin?

Walking into the tent, Alsace found a random place to sit. Xue Huan, who was sitting upright, asked softly, "It's so late, hasn't Your Excellency the Magician fallen asleep yet?"

"I'm waiting for you!" Xue Huan said with a smile.

Since he is determined to find out everything with the other party, he can only strike first.

As soon as these words came out, he could clearly feel Arthas's handsome face stiffen, and Tirio Ferdin, who was behind him, also frowned.

What does that mean? Does he already know what we're here for?

Although Arthas's face remained unchanged, his heart was already vigilant.

After a brief hesitation, Arthas was immediately relieved by his good training from an early age. I saw him smile again and asked softly, "Is it possible, Your Excellency the Magician knows that we are coming?"

"Yes, ever since I took action to deal with that wizard, I knew that you would definitely come to me!" Xue Huan replied with an unchanged expression.

I didn't expect the other party to be so direct, which made Arthas seem a little unresponsive. If he was going to attack in a roundabout way, he was also rotten in the stomach.

"In that case, please give me an explanation!"

Since the other party doesn't plan to go around the bend with him, he naturally doesn't want to talk nonsense anymore with his hearty personality.

After speaking, Arthas's eyes locked tightly on Xue Huan in front of him. And in the face of Arthas's questioning eyes, Xue Huan did not shy away from it at all, and just stared at him directly.

"Nothing to explain. Xue Huan said word by word: "What I use is the evil energy spell!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Alsace, but even Tirio Fordin's heart was shocked. They didn't expect the "necromancer" in front of them to say this matter lightly......

"Well... Very good..."

Arthas stared at Xue Huan, trembling his lips and said, "Since you have already admitted it, then..."

"Wait!"

Xue Huan interrupted Arthas's words with a wave of his hand, and he had even seen that Arthas was ready to fight...

"Do you have anything else to say, necromancer?" Arthas snapped. Now that the other party has changed from a friendly army to an enemy, there is no need to be polite to yourself.

Feeling the tense atmosphere in the tent, Xue Huan shook his head, his voice low and helpless: "I want to say that things are not what you imagined, and I also practiced this spell unintentionally. ”

"Hmph!" Arthas snorted disdainfully and said sarcastically, "You vicious necromancer, is there anyone who forces you to harm others?"

Arthas was under the impression that necromancers were unforgivable. They used dark magic to refine living people into puppets, and even used the internal organs of those corpses as tools to store spiritual power, and the methods were extremely bloody and cruel.

"Then have you ever seen me brutalize human beings?" Xue Huan stood up and retorted, "If I am really obsessed with studying evil spells, then in that battle just now, aren't you the best tools for me to refine the power of evil energy?"

This...

Alsace was angry, but he did not lose his mind.

Perhaps in that battle, Xue Huan's performance gave him a reason to hesitate. He sensed that the "necromancer" in front of him was not the same as the orc necromancer.

Seeing that Arthas hesitated, Xue Huan soothed his emotions and sat down again. He is not uncommon with evil spells, and his great power has nothing to do with him. All he wanted to do was go home!

And, of course, rescuing the girl who treated her well...

But if he wanted to go home, he would have to practice the spell to the very top, becoming a Holy Magister.

This is his only chance and he must not give it up. But if he became the public enemy of everyone on the continent in order to practice this kind of spell, this was not the result he wanted to see. So after thinking about it, he could only seek the help of Alsace, the prince......

Thinking of this, Xue Huan told Alsace how he learned this spell by chance, and how he inexplicably participated in this war. During this period, he also emphasized once again that he did not want to temper his evil spells by harming living beings.

And his identity as a traverser, as well as the Demon Heart and the Skull of Gul'dan. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he hid it.

After listening to Xue Huan's account, Arthas's eyes widened in disbelief, and his handsome facial features looked a little funny because of his surprised expression. Even the paladin behind him lowered his head and pondered.

"You mean..."

Hearing such an unbelievable thing for the first time, the prince swallowed and tried to organize his words: "It was not your intention to become a necromancer?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!" Xue Huan nodded.

"But according to the laws of the kingdom, if anyone practices this kind of spell, they will be executed as a heretic..."Alsace's blue eyes locked on Xue Huan, and he said in a deep voice. He had reluctantly accepted Xue Huan's rhetoric, but Xue Huan's existence was not supported by the laws of the empire.

Hearing Arthas's words, Xue Huan said with some trepidation: "However, I will not hurt others..."

"It's not your problem," Arthas sighed, turned to the silent Tirio Ferdin, and asked, "General, what do you think about this matter?"

Hearing this, Tirio Ferding was stunned for a long time, obviously not expecting His Royal Highness the Prince to throw such a difficult question to himself.

According to the laws of the Empire and the Code of Paladins, if you encounter a necromancer who practices dark spells, you will be killed on the spot. But the situation in front of him is that the other party not only got rid of a necromancer, but also made a great contribution to Lordaeron. And he didn't intend to hurt any innocent people, so how did he choose?

"In that case, I suggest that His Royal Highness leave this matter to His Majesty Terenus!" replied the paladin in a deep voice.

Hearing Tirio Fordin's offer to him, Arthas nodded: if this matter is not handled properly, it will not only provoke the discontent of the people of Lordaeron, but also the wrath of the Dalaran higher-ups. Leaving this matter to my father is the best option...

But why is there still a trace of unhappiness in his heart?

Father, Father, Father...

When will I be able to get rid of the shadow of my father and become a real master again?

And with his understanding of his father, if Xue Huan is put in the hands of the royal family, then he will only be greeted by a ruthless trial. This is not the result that Alsace wants to see......

Seeing that Xue Huan was looking at him scorchingly at this time, Arthas felt a sense of pride and guilt in his heart.

For the first time, someone saw him as a true prince and waited for his decision, and he... But it can't save this innocent person who was tricked by fate.

Whatever...

Arthas shook his head, and after making a choice, he said to Xue Huan: "I will hand you over to my father and let him deal with it..."

Hearing this, Xue Huan's eyes widened and he was short of breath. Just as he stood up to say something, he was interrupted by Arthas's next words.

"I will truthfully explain what happened to you to my father and keep you safe as a prince, so please don't worry!"

This sentence was tantamount to a shot in the arm and pushed Xue Huan back to his seat.

"Then the Wizard's Pavilion..."

As soon as the words came out, Alsasson felt that something was wrong. He relented and said again: "Then you should rest early, and after the war, the kingdom will give you a fair answer!"

After speaking, before Xue Huan could react, Arthas got up and walked with Tirio Ferding towards the outside of the tent. At this moment, he needs a secluded place to think about what is happening today.

Looking at the back of Arthas's departure, Xue Huan was thoughtful.

He didn't know if he had made the right decision, but tonight's conversation with Arthas gave him a glimmer of hope. If he can really get Lordaeron's approval, then it is not in vain that he gambles everything......