Chapter 82, First Night
What will happen to Tianming, Luo Tong does not know, and cannot guess. * Alsace will come in the morning, and then what?
Alsace asked Rothon to give him a proof, as evidenced by a chapel that could barely maintain order. The problem is, if tonight is no longer able to resist the attack of the Dreadlord and his minions, then the ruined chapel is also a testament, a proof of the Prince's resolve.
An hour and a half later, night finally fell over Stratholme. In a corner of the city, a puff of black smoke slowly formed, and eventually, a tall, burly humanoid monster walked out of the smoke. Soon, behind it, several monsters that looked like huge canines, but in the form of more like human corpses, followed out of the black mist.
That's the Dreadlord Marganis and the several ghouls he brought, these ghouls are the combat units of the Scourge, if zombies are the corpses of humans standing, then ghouls are like human corpses crawling on the ground, already rotting in action. However, these ghouls are faster and more aggressive than zombies.
Due to the "unexpected" early death of the previous Dreadlord, Scourge had to send Malganis at least two days in advance in order to ensure that the prince was brought into the Fall.
According to the original course, Stratholme, where the prince arrives two days later, will be a dead city full of zombies and full of dangers. Most of the residents who are still alive and appear to be awake have been infected with the plague, which can be transformed into zombies with a little catalysis. But now, Marganis has to face an even more difficult situation.
The infected food is not further divided, and the number of infected people is insufficient. Raymond did not destroy the chapel and humanity was not divided from one another. In particular, there is hope for these human beings. This is the most troublesome place, as long as there is hope, human beings will burst out to the maximum combat power for hope, instead of hiding in the corner and waiting to be killed.
The cause of this qiē is not clear there, but the natural disaster must deal with the affairs of Stratholme as much as possible to put the original plan on the right track. It was for this reason that Marganis arrived in Stratholme two days early. This left it ill-prepared, with only six ghouls under its command, which gave it the feeling of being alone. And Stratholme in the night does not give Malganis more excitement, on the contrary, it has a vague sense of danger. It seems that the city is more like a monster than it is, and it can swallow it at any moment, and there is not even a slag left.
Almost at the same time, Luo Tong seemed to feel something, turned his head to look in the direction of the city, and clenched the long sword in his hand hard.
At Rotong's side, because the chapel was still accepting those civilians, the crying was much quieter. Because of this, the order of the civilians entering the square was restored. Some of them were in the prime of life as soon as they entered the square to ensure the safety of their families, and were immediately mobilized to assist the priest and Rotong in their defense. As for the women, they were in charge of maintaining order in the square and ensuring that there was no extreme chaos, which made the whole scene look much better.
Of course, this is just what it seems.
As more and more people enter, the square becomes more and more crowded, and all kinds of inconveniences follow. Even if you want to maintain order, you will be subject to many restrictions. In addition, many families left early in the morning, and now they have gone without food or drink for a whole day. Adults can tolerate it, but for children it is too painful. As the temperature drops at night, the heating of people in the square is also affected a lot.
This is still with a certain amount of preparation for the treatment of refugees, and the crisis has been quietly contained. Arthas was not prepared for such a situation at that time, and it was like a fantasy to try to screen out the uninfected residents of the city one by one, and purify the infected.
"We have to expand the camp or it will be even worse."
Pastor Kantor said nervously, and after seeing Rotong slightly chuck, the pastor finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Tong thought for a moment, stopped the priest who was leaving, and asked, "How much food is in stock in the chapel?" ”
Kanter shook his head, if Stratholm had plenty of food, he wouldn't have to buy food from the outside world. The same is true for the chapel side. And this is another troublesome thing, without food support, even if the Prince of Alsace arrives, he will face a mess that cannot be cleaned up. It is impossible for the Knights of the Silver Hand to bring much food, and in fact, such a Knights may need to raise food and grass from the local area. How to solve the problem of eating and drinking tens of thousands of people?
"How long can you meet each of these people with a slice of bread and a cup of hot water?"
Hearing Rotong's question, Kante thought for a moment and stretched out his finger: "Two meals, we can only hold on to two meals at most." ”
Luo Tong let out a long breath, nodded and said, "Okay, slowly let go of a part of the range, don't rush." ”
Although he said not to worry, he was more anxious than anyone else. Now these civilians have not been affected, so they can still maintain a little calm, and if they are attacked by a natural disaster, the whole scene will suddenly become chaotic.
In the game, Arthas only needs to compete with Malganis to kill 100 civilians first to win, but 100 civilians to slaughter the city? Look at the civilians in front of you, if they are in chaos, the tragedy is simply unimaginable.
At that moment, Lilia strode over, her face extremely pale and indescribably tired. After delivering the prince's words in the morning, she immediately rushed back to the prince according to Luo Tong's request, not to deliver more news, but just to prove to the prince that the line of worship and outside the city was still clear.
That's enough, no matter what zombies or cursed cultists are elsewhere, as long as they can let Arthas know what's going on in the city, it will have more influence on the prince's decision. And now, Lilia has rushed back again, but it seems that things are very bad.
"You should rest, tomorrow morning, I still need you to rush out and help us contact the prince."
Luo Tong said with some reproach, beside him, Du Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously in agreement. Although the little girl looked a little tired, she still allowed herself to stand firmly, as little as possible to drag Rotong down.
Lilia smiled tiredly, took out her water bladder and took a sip of water, pouring the rest over her head. Then, she shook her head and splashed all over the place, but it also made her spirits better.
Lilia took out a piece of jerky and handed it to Du Xiaoxiao as she said, "If you can hold out until the prince arrives, then everything will change." Mage Gianna wants to be able to defeat the Scourge in this city instead of seeing a corpse. ”
Luo Tong nodded, watched Lilia distribute the jerky in her hand to the hungry children around her, and was about to speak, when suddenly saw an adult reach out from the side and snatch a child's jerky suddenly. The ugliness of human nature did not appear at the most critical time, but now, it makes people feel cold in their hearts.
"Let him fuck off, leave his family behind, and throw him out."
Luo Tong commanded his subordinates. This order was very harsh and contrary to his original intentions, and the problem was that if this imagination could not be curbed immediately, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Before the adult had swallowed the jerky, he heard the terrible news, and he cried out in a frenzy, begging for mercy, trying to avoid the death of the matter. However, Luo Tong was indifferent, and personally led his subordinates to drag the middle-aged man, who was already in his forties, and pushed him to the outside of the square. The middle-aged man's family wept loudly beside Luo Tong, begging Luo Tong to be lenient. However, Luo Tong did not agree to such a request, and he did not stop until he pushed the middle-aged man into the night.
Is it painful? He didn't know, and he didn't want to know. Those heart-rending cries just now made him keep resounding in his previous life, a piece of jerky can decide a person's life, which sounds really funny. But if this person doesn't die, probably the whole camp will die. He didn't dare to touch this "possibility", he had no way out.
Lilia slowly followed, she insisted on holding Du Xiaoxiao, and Du Xiaoxiao didn't struggle too much, the two watched in silence as a middle-aged man knelt in the night and cried, and those who came from afar bypassed a big circle from the middle-aged man, just like the middle-aged man was about to turn into a zombie.
The atmosphere in the square suddenly cooled down, but order was slowly restored. Hope comes at a cost to get it, and no one wants to offend it personally.
Ten minutes later, when the night became heavier, a voice suddenly sounded on the top of the pointed tower: "Here it is!" To the northeast, from the direction of Monet Street! ”
The caller was the hapless Kartin, who had been on top of the spiky tower for a night, and no one had bothered to save him, but he seemed to be doing well. At this time, because it stood higher, it became a watchtower of the chapel.
"His statue will become a mascot in the future, hanging on the roof of every Chapel of the Light."
Luo Tong exclaimed, and then shouted: "Guards, get ready, let's go out!" ”
Lilia suddenly pulled out her riding sword, put Du Xiaoxiao on the ground, said sorry, and then quickly followed. But it was Du Xiaoxiao who was faster than her, and when Lilia walked to Luo Tong's side, Du Xiaoxiao was somehow already sitting on the shoulder of the security officer.
"That's a Dreadlord!"
Luo Tong looked around at his men and threatened: "A Dreadlord that none of us can fight alone, Uther can, the prince can, Ferdin, but we can't!" ”
No one retreated, and like Rotong, these guards had no way to retreat. The arrival of Marganis further made the men aware of how terrible their situation was, and to run away meant that there was nowhere to escape.
"But when we're united, one Dreadlord can't defeat us all!"
Luo Tong yelled, "Believe me, all of us will be able to defeat the Dreadlord!" ”
"Yes, we believe!"
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