Chapter 246: The Story of Arceus (3)
Part VI
After purifying Stratholme with crocodile tears, Arthas was told some cruel words, including destroying the undead at all costs, and stabbing Melganis.
To achieve his goal, Arthas assembled a fleet of men and ships at his disposal, and from the port of Lordaeron, he chased Melganis all the way to the far north of Northrend, a world that was finally covered with snow and ice.
Arthas's behavior here was strongly complained by Lin Jian, who said that these two fools didn't have a good relationship with their ex-girlfriends before, and now they are uncomfortable! To know David. What does Prodmore do.
When the fleet landed in Northrend, Arthas met his teacher and friend, the dwarf Muradine Copperbeard. Muradin. Copperbeard and his men were under siege by an army of the undead, could Arthas endure it?
After saving the dwarves, Arthas learned that the reason why Muradin led the dwarven expedition here was to find an ancient rune sword with infinite power, called Frost Sorrow.
Arthas immediately smelled the breath of power when he heard the news, and in his opinion, if he could get this sword, this military operation to go deep into the rear of the undead army should be more secure. By then, incidentally, it is more likely that the purpose of the blade Melganis to carry out revenge will be achieved.
Thereupon...... Alsace. Xiangrui began to pry Muradin to help him obtain the "Frost Sorrow". At the same time that Arthas started his own auspicious path, Uther in Lordaeron asked Terenus to admonish.
When Terenus found out that his boy had done such a big thing, he almost had a heart attack. The relieved old king immediately sent an envoy to Northrend, and the envoy brought only one order, which can be simply translated as.
Arthas, you bastard, now, now, immediately, get back to Lordaeron.
The messenger arrived in Northrend by night and delivered the order directly to Arthas. When Alsace learned about this, the MMP in his heart never stopped.
Arthas, a neurotic who had no idea of revenge in his head, suddenly had an idea and came up with a vicious, unchivalrous plan to disobey the king's father's orders. Will be in the foreign military order can cāo) to do this hand Alsace is really self-taught.
Arthas first hired the local alien mercenaries in Northrend, took a dangerous path to the dock where the expeditionary warship docked, and then ...... Killed the men guarding the ships, destroyed all the ships, and cut off the only way for the expeditionary force to retreat.
What Arthas did even more was that when they destroyed all the ships, they immediately unloaded and killed donkeys, betraying the mercenaries who worked for them. Arthas said to the soldiers, who had arrived in a rage because their ships had been burned: "It is these alien beasts who have destroyed all our ships and killed them. Then Alsace ordered the army to take all the mercenaries
Slay.
After killing all the mercenaries, Arthas then broke through the cauldron and announced to the whole army: "Now there is no way out, and the only way to survive is to do everything in your power to destroy the Undead Scourge and Melganis." For the Light! For Lordaeron! Fight, warriors. ”
The prince's speech turned out very well, and the soldiers were motivated by it. While Arthas and Muradine were out in search of the Frost Grief, the Lordaeron Expeditionary Force, under the command of Captain Pharik, bravely and tenaciously held their ground against the undead scourge.
As a teacher and friend of Alsace, Muradin knew Alsace. He sensed Arthas's heart twisted by hatred, and it felt strange to him. Muradin, who was honest and kind, when he was alone with Arthas, asked aloud why he had committed such an unrighteous act. But Alsace went in and out of his left ear and out of his right, and it was just a prevarication. Apparently he did not pay any attention to Muradin's words.
After some searching, Arthas and Muradin's expedition finally found Frostmourn's hiding place in the depths of the glaciers of Northrend.
Just as the exploration team came to the cave where the Ancient Sword was sealed, a group of mysterious and ancient ghost guardians suddenly appeared in front of the cave.
These ghosts are not as manic as ordinary ghosts, and they dissuade these uninvited guests from turning back. But at this time, no one or anything could stop Arthas, he was determined to get the sorrow of the frost, and the Holy Light came without negotiation. Man blocks killing, God blocks killing God.
Arthas took his younger brothers and overturned these ghost guardians. Arthas also asked, "Do you still want to protect this sword?" before the Ghost Guardian was gone? ”
But the answer given by the Ghost Guardian was, "No...... What I want to protect...... It's you ......."
After that, there was no obstacle until it came to Frost Sorrow. Dwarves are known to be a nation of masterful blacksmiths, with a natural sensitivity to weapons, and Muradin felt a powerful evil curse attached to it as soon as he approached Frostmourn. So Muradin directly issued a curse warning, and persuaded and warned his apprentice and friend Arthas not to touch the sword.
But Arthas said heedlessly: "I am willing to bear any curse...... Save my home. "Although Arthas said that he was carrying evil in order to protect his homeland, Lin Jian thought that what he really wanted to say should be: 'I am willing to bear any curse, as long as I can gain power, as long as I can help me slash my enemies.'"
Frost Sorrow seemed to be able to sense Arthas's longing and anger, and it broke free from the ice that sealed it and landed in front of Arthas.
At the same time that Frost Sorrow was born, Muradin was seriously injured. But Arthas didn't care about the life and death of his teacher and old friend at this time, and he didn't even have the interest to look at it. Arthas was ecstatic, impatiently picking up Frost Sorrow and playing with it carefully. Muladin was not at all as good as his teacher-student and brotherly sense, and he became the master of Frost Sorrow a second earlier
It's important.
Then Arthas went back, with the sword, and she didn't even glance at Muradin, who was lying on the ground and dying. But what Arthas didn't know was that he was just a pawn, and that the Lich King was the true master of the sword.
Frost Sorrow can absorb the souls of the living and turn them into self-strength. From the moment Arthas plucked the Frost Sorrow, a powerful corrosive force had begun to freeze his veins and consume his soul. The Dreadlords said that we will carry this pot.
When Arthas returned, it was as if he had descended from the heavens, and Arthas, who was carrying a two-handed broadsword in one hand, showed great strength.
In the presence of Arthas, who wielded the sorrow of frost, the ugly creatures of the undead were as weak as ants. When the soldiers saw that their commander, the prince of the kingdom, had taken the lead and applied the unequaled, their morale immediately rose, and they fought with three plus signs.
At this time, the warriors believed that Arthas would lead them to victory, that Arthas would bring them home, and that the prince of Arthas would be able to protect the whole of Lordaeron.
The morale of the expeditionary force was high, and the undead scourge was routed and wiped out under their breaking offensive. And Arthas got what he wanted, slashing Melganis.
For this result, Melganis said MMP, oh, this special meow is different from the script. I didn't say I'd burp before.
However, at this moment, Alsace no longer felt the slightest joy of victory. When it was all over, the 'great hero, Prince Alsace' walked into the snowstorm of Northrend with a blank face, leaving behind his bewildered comrades, who were all worried about Arthas. But what they didn't know was that Alsace was no longer him at this time. Alsace said, "JoJo, I'm not a man anymore, I'm so fragrant."
While swimming in the frozen wasteland of Northrend in Alsace, he lost the last shred of his humanity and learned to use dark psychic magic. His skin had become gray, his hair had become pale and dry, and his taste in clothing had become dark and oppressive. And most importantly, Arthas at this time was ruthless and unscrupulous.
In fact, as early as the moment when Arthas plucked the sorrow of frost, the former prince of Lordaeron and the genius paladin had already 'died'. After that moment, there was only the Lich King's faithful dogleg, the terrible and brutal Death Knight Arthas.
Throughout Arthas's Fall, when he was the prince of Lordaeron, he did not blindly pursue power, and he was indeed a dutiful and noble paladin. At that time, all he pursued was to protect his people, his homeland, and his country.
But when Alsace witnessed an outbreak of the plague; When Arthas saw the people become undead after eating food inflicted with the plague; When Alsace began the race to slaughter. The mentality of this former prince has changed a little.
In Arthas's mind, he was the future king of the kingdom of Lordaeron, the paladin of the Silver Hand, and he had to
Do what you can to protect what you want to protect. Alsace felt that he had the courage, the confidence and the ability to deal with these things, and no matter what the world was, Arthas felt that he had it, and he had to have it. If you don't have it, find a way to have it.
There are two names for this kind of Alsace, one is full of confidence, and the other is called stubbornness. Apparently he is the latter. It was this that sent him to the point of no return.
Upon returning to the camp, Arthas easily killed all of his soldiers and turned them into undead warriors. An army of the undead, completely at his command, was born, and they were the power that Arthas held firmly in his hands.