After talking to the Dreadlord and extricating Stratholme from the city with the help of the Cult of the Damned, Zhou You finally rushed back to the barracks before the time limit expired. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Why is it so slow?" The prince, who was sitting on a horse, looked down at someone. "If you don't come again, I'm ready to launch an offensive order."

"Well, there was a little accident..... Zhou You rubbed his hands and replied embarrassedly. "We strayed into Stratholme's sewers because we had to track down a suspicious person, and as a matter of course....we got lost, so it took us a long time to get out."

"Really? Those don't matter, though. "The prince didn't care at all about the excuses that he had wasted three full minutes of traveling." There's only one thing I want to know - did you hear anything of value this time? ”

"......" seemed to be very hesitant for a few seconds before Zhou You replied. Yes, there is, but....because there are some secret things involved, I hope to discuss it with Your Highness alone. ”

"No problem." To someone's surprise, the prince agreed with him directly and very simply without even asking. "It just so happens that I have a scroll that separates the enchantment here, so if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Wait a minute, Your Highness, I just need to hold back left and right....."

Before he could finish his words, Arthas took out a delicate parchment roll from his horse's bag and tore it open without hesitation.

A curtain of light purple light enveloped the square inch in an instant.

"This is a spell tool made by Archmage Antonidas himself, and there are very few people in the whole world who can avoid it and eavesdrop, so you can feel free to tell me everything—all of them."

"Yes, my Highness." Zhou You licked his dry lips before he said slowly. "The cause of the catastrophe in Stratholme is this...."

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After stepping out of the light curtain, the prince's face was very unpleasant.

"What you say is true?"

Arthas asked.

"All the judgments of His Highness Liberty."

Zhou You didn't try his best to defend himself as he did when he faced the Dreadlord, he just stood aside and bowed.

"Hmph, take it seriously, this plan is indeed very dangerous anyway, but ......" the prince sat on his horse and looked at the city of Stratholme in the distance. This danger is nothing compared to the suffering, the torture that my people have suffered. ”

"Travel." The prince turned his head suddenly. "Can you keep up?"

"Of course, Your Highness."

"Very well, now follow me-"

"Arthas!"

A shout suddenly interrupted the prince's words.

Zhou You looked with him, only to find a beautiful woman hurrying with a knight with white hair.

"Gianna, what are you doing here?" Looking at the blond-haired woman, Arthas frowned as if he was very dissatisfied. "And....Uther, it's nice to see you."

"Pay attention to your attitude, although you are a prince, I am still your mentor." Stopping the woman who was about to speak, the elderly man said slowly to Arthas.

"Well... Mentor ....." The young prince said in a cohesive tone—and he was seen pouting secretly. "Uther, listen, according to my subordinates' reports, most of those inhabitants are infected, and although they are no different from ordinary people now, sooner or later they will become undead creatures..."

"What?"

――The old man asked in a loud voice as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"I mean, the city has to be cleansed."

Arthas replied very seriously.

"You....you... You...."The old knight, known as Uther, stuttered several times in a row, as if he had regained his ability to speak from that shocked speech. "How do you come up with such an idea! There must be another solution...."

"If anything, it's too late, Uther." Alsace said. "In a few days at most, the entire city will be turned into a scourge of the dead, and the entire northern part of Lordaeron will fall under the claws of the dead! Therefore, Uther, in the name of the future king, I command you to join me in purifying the city! ”

"You're not my king yet." As if he had never seen it before, Uther glanced Arthas up and down with an unfamiliar gaze. "Even if you were, I wouldn't follow this... This crazy order! ”

"So—" Hearing this, the prince's gaze suddenly turned cold. I can only declare you as... Treason. ”

"Treason, are you crazy?"

Uther shouted in disbelief.

"Yes! I'm crazy if you want to! Alsace shouted-for-tat. Uther, either obey my orders and march with me to Stratholme, or I will remove you from command in the name of **** and suspend your paladin! ”

"Arthas, you can't do this..."

Blonde on the side... I mean, Gianna wants to come up and persuade me again.

"It's decided!" The prince immediately interrupted the woman's words. "The people who want to save this land come with me, and the others get out of my sight!"

"Kid, you just made a terrible decision." At this moment, the voice of the old knight suddenly calmed down. "I will tell the king what is going on here, and bring his edict to stop you as soon as possible, I only hope that it will be too late..."

After glancing deeply at Arthas again, and seeing that he could no longer heed any more advice, Uther sighed, then turned on his horse, and galloped away.

And those who departed together... And Ms. Gianna.

"Alsace, I'm sorry." The beautiful woman opened a portal and spoke slowly in a very painful tone. "I can't watch you do such a thing, so...."

The rest of the words were not spoken, and the woman, like Uther, gave the young prince a deep look before stepping into the swirling portal.

And so all was silent again.

After a while, Arthas spoke in an inaudible tone.

"Is that okay? Travel? ”

"Yes." In this cutscene, there is no sound from beginning to end, and someone who is dutifully used as an ornament respectfully says. "I have to say, it's really superb acting, Your Highness."

"Hmph, it's just memorizing lines." Arthas snorted coldly. "Then the guards will be weakened to a minimum, and then the army will be dispersed throughout the city..."

The young prince said resolutely. "At that time, I will use me as bait to lure out the real mastermind behind the scenes, and then lead it into a trap..."

"But Your Highness—" Zhou Yu on the side seemed to be extremely worried. Although I came up with this plan, I think you still need to at least bring an elite team with you, or else you will encounter some danger..."

"Needless to say, travel, I'm here to save my people, not for my own safety." The haughty prince didn't seem to listen to anyone's persuasion at all, he just raised his sword and pointed it at the bustling city. "The whole army obeys my orders and marches! Target - Stratholme! ”