Chapter Seventy-Four, Something Worse
In his previous life, Rotong had read a comment saying that when Alsace arrived in Stratholme, he should save the uninfected humans on the spot, rather than hastily ordering the slaughter of the city. &{}{} This comment was deeply believed by Rotong until he witnessed the terrible scene of the end times.
The person who made this comment completely forgot what he had said. Stratholme is the second largest city and the first largest port in Lordaeron. With a population of tens of thousands, how many people need to be put into it to save? Not to mention whether the Silver Hand Knights have so many troops, how to isolate them, how to save them, even in modern society is a difficult problem, and it is difficult to expect a knight order that fights the enemy to master these immediately.
Rumors run rampant, people panic and flee everywhere, how many people does it take to maintain order? How many people and how long does it take to isolate and screen the cultists of the Cursed God and find people who are deeply infected, mildly infected? If the followers of the Cult of the Cursed God create even greater chaos in the crowd, how can they control the situation and prevent it from becoming uncontrollable? Only those who have not been involved in urban rescue will feel that rescue is an easier thing to do than war.
Arthas simply didn't have time to stop at Stratholme, and he didn't have time to think about how to purge the cultists of the Cult of the Damned, whose duty was to ward off the enemy. For the sake of a main force of the Silver Hand Knights stationed in Stratholme, it took a long time to carry out the rescue, and then what? Who can guarantee that there will be no second, third Stratholme? What should I do then?
Because of this, Rotong was able to understand the pain and struggle of Alsace in making the decision to slaughter the city at that time. What Alsace needs to do is cut off the source of the plague, not to be a babysitter from city to city. He had to hurry up for a moment, and his stay in Stratholm would likewise mean a crime against the rest of Lordaeron.
Because he understands, Luo Tong wants to save as many ordinary people as possible now. He wanted to get more innocent people alive before Arthas made this order. This also includes his subordinate Marton.
"I shouldn't have told you this," Luo Tong said with a frown, "and once the news gets out, the whole city will be in chaos." People will run out of the city like crazy, trample on each other, and finally form an irreparable disaster. ”
The middle-aged guard shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh, it's very likely, and then, why are you telling me this news?" ”
Luo Tong turned his head to look at Marton and asked, "Then yours, Marton, why are you following?" ”
"Because you're my chief, Thuram, you make the decision, and I'll do it. It's as simple as that. ”
Luo Tong was quiet for a while and said, "This is a bad and dangerous thing, Marton, your position is not high, even if you spread the news, not many people will believe it." That's why I'm telling you this news, and again, I hope you and your family are safe. It's too late to leave Stratholme. ”
Marton shrugged his shoulders again, took off his helmet, wiped it carefully, and brought it back to his head. Rotong's degree was very fast, which made Marton a little out of breath, but he still insisted on following Rotong, and even left the other guards far away.
"Leaving Stratholme? I can't do it, where will I find such idle things in the future? And run away halfway, if this kind of thing is known by my mother-in-law, guess what the result will be? She's a Tosata......"
Luo Tong didn't know anything about the Tosata people, it was supposed to be the evolution of the soul ball itself, constructing different types of behavior patterns for people in different regions. Luo Tong responded: "But you have a family, you have children. ”
"Of course, I know. I thought, maybe we'll pass by my door in a moment, and then I'll arrange for them to get out of here. That's enough, me and you, Thuram, we've been playmates since childhood, right? That's fine, take me with you, as you said, we are Stratholme's guards, and Stratholme is supposed to be guarded by us. ”
Marton's words sounded a little incoherent, but Luo Tong felt even heavier in his heart. The real brave never prove their bravery with empty words, they will only act silently.
Marton is clearly one such brave man.
"You're brave, Marton, if," Luo Tong suddenly stopped, looked at the square in front of him, and said after a moment of silence, "If we can survive, I will definitely recommend you to be my successor." ”
"The little captain of the garrison is not my goal."
Marton replied, also aware of something, and quietly drew his sword. In front of the two men, a man in a dark brown robe was lying across the street, shouting something to the surroundings.
It was Maleki, and the news immediately crossed Rotong's mind. After determining who the other party was, Luo Tong suddenly drew his sword and strode towards Malekhi.
As a member of the Cult of the Cursed, Maleki was still loudly telling the civilians around him the news about the end of the world, warning the people around him that only by joining the Cult of the Cursed God could he get eternal life. This kind of telling made him himself a little addicted, and it could even be said that he was hoarse. It wasn't until he realized that the people around him were getting farther and farther away from him, and there was a panicked expression on his face, that he stopped speaking.
Immediately after, Maleki only felt a cold in his lower abdomen, and he subconsciously looked down, only to realize that there was an extra blade on his stomach. Before Malaki could react, a deep voice was already ringing in the back of his head: "I give you eternal life, right now." ”
Luo Tong pushed away the slowly cold Malekhi corpse, turned his head to look at Marton who was shivering again, and said, "Look, this is dangerous. I still hope you can seriously consider it, and following me is not a good choice. ”
Marton swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and it did make him feel a little uncomfortable with his boss suddenly killing people in the street. Although Thuram has said before that the city is under threat, this threat always gives Marton the illusion that it is "still far away". Now, seeing Luo Tong's sudden killing, Marton realized that he seemed to have been a little overly arrogant just now.
Luo Tong raised his head, bypassed Marton, looked at the other guards behind him with a stunned face, and couldn't even hold a spear in his hand, and said loudly: "Okay, you choose for yourselves, live, or save." ”
The crowd became extremely confused, and the captain of the guard moved without warning, apparently making the people feel incomprehensible. One of the merchants walked out and asked loudly, "Thuram, what's wrong with you?" ”
Luo Tong turned his head to look at the other party, and a new name appeared in his mind again: Ngorongoro. This is a grain merchant who brings a large part of the grain into Stratholme from outside the city, and he helps coordinate a large part of it.
Luo Tong smacked his lips, put the sword back in its scabbard, walked over, and asked, "Raymond asked me to take stock of the grain sent from other places a few days ago, how much did I sell from you?" “
Ngorong shook his head and said, "I can't remember exactly, a total of two thousand pounds of oats, and some flour, and now I don't have much stock in hand, what do you need?" ”
Two thousand pounds of oats, Luo Tong only felt cold all over. There is nothing worse than this, the man infected by the plague, he is afraid that there are more than he thinks. During these days, zombies will quickly appear in the streets of Stratholme, and by that time, even if Arthas does not come to slaughter the city, the town will slowly die.
"Is there any food to be shipped out?"
Ngorong tried to laugh when he heard Rotong's question, and the body of Maleki behind Rotong was still gurgling and bleeding, and this stark irritation could hardly make Ngorong look away. After a while, he replied, "Mine is not there, I need to buy some more food." But what about the other grain merchants, I don't know. Nearly half of the grain that was shipped to Stratholme from other places was sold by others, but I heard that some of the grain was sent outside the city, and I wonder if it had anything to do with it. ”
I thought there was a limit to what was bad, but now it seems that it can only be worse.
Luo Tong sighed, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the other side of the street, and after a while, a knight in half-body armor with a long golden yellow galloped from the street, and just arrived at this square, the female knight had already shouted: "Who is the security officer of this city?" ”
Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, he raised his hand and said, "Me." ”
The female knight jumped off her horse, her hammer swaying twice on her horse, the dazzling reflection that amazed the crowd around her.
"Holy Light, I'm Lilia, the paladin of the Silver Knights, your name, security officer."
"Thuram," Rotong replied crisply, "I know what you're here for, Knight Lilia, that's exactly what I need. Please help me. ”
Lilia frowned slightly and asked, "What did you give birth to?" ”
Rotong looked at Ngorong and said, "Some time ago, a large amount of grain entered Stratholme. If the prince asks you to investigate whether the contaminated grain is already in Stratholme, yes, they have arrived, and they are divided. ”
"My Light ......"
Lilia said with some annoyance, and after a while, she turned her head to look at Luo Tong and asked, "What do you want me to help you?" ”
"I'm going to isolate the crowd and find the cultists of the Cursed God, and it's going to take a lot of time," Rotong said. How long will it take for the prince to get to Stratholme? ”
"Two days, if you need help, I will go back immediately and ask the prince to speed up further."
"No," said Rotun, "no, I need you to do a lot, but most of all, to make the prince's arrival slower." ”
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