Baron Rivendell, Lord of Stratholme, joined the Church of Eternal Life when it was founded, and the hereditary aristocratic life of the past generations has caused him to lose interest in all but the infinite lifespan. So when Kel'thugad asked him to pledge his allegiance to the Lich King, he gladly accepted, because Kel'thugad promised him an officially immortal and infinite life. As Kel'thugad was beheaded by Arthas, he was at a loss as Elusia, but when Ilusia and Malganis found him again, he saw the hope of immortality.

While Arthas led the destruction of the Kaorin junction, Illusia and the acolytes went to Stratholme with the assembled army of the undead, as this was the stage that Malganis had prepared for the fall of Arthas. With Rivendell's help, the undead entered Stratholme without even a fight. Stratholm is the second largest city in Lordaeron and the original headquarters of the Church of Light, and after Alonthos' death, Uther brought the Knights of the Silver Hand to the Chapel of Light, which also caused Stratholme's defenses to be much weaker.

Most of the plague food spread by Eluthia was also transported here and dispersed, because of the large population base here and the fact that Rivendell was responsible for covering up the traces, so no one has discovered this so far.

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"Don't you think there's something strange about Arthas?" asked Uther, who was galloping on horseback, as he came to Arthas's side.

"What do you mean?" Arthas asked briefly.

"The first symptoms of these mutated inhabitants are very similar to the plague that broke out in Sidaronmir before, and they have all fallen into a deep coma. Uther said.

"You mean that the mutated inhabitants have also been infected by the plague, but we have destroyed all the food that has been mentioned, and this is why what happened next. "Alsace Road.

"But don't forget, King Terenus has asked the Barovs for some of their food. We haven't checked this part of the grain. Uther said.

"You're saying there's a problem with the food that Barov gave us?" asked Arthas, who immediately slowed down his advance.

"At least it's quite possible, not only their grain is harvested from Sidaronmir. I just don't know if they did it intentionally or unintentionally. Uther said.

"There aren't many undead who have invaded Stratholme, so let's settle this matter first. Uther said.

"I know this, let's hurry. "Alsace Road.

Just as the army arrived at the gates of Stratholme, an unexpected figure appeared on the tower. The Dreadlord Marganis was standing there.

"Prince Arthas, you did not disappoint me to this new stage. Today I'm going to play a game with you, a game that will decide the life and death of humans in the city. Marganis said.

"Demon, I just killed you and that traitor in Rivinedell. "Alsace Road.

"Rivendell is in his lord's hall, if you want you to enter the city and kill him first. But time waits for no one. Marganis said.

"What do you mean, make it clear?" Arthas shouted.

"Remember the mutated inhabitants of Kaulin Crossing? This is about to happen in Stratholme, but there are a lot more people here than there are. So I'm going to mutate them in batches, and the time is about once every ten minutes, and you need to find these mutated humans throughout the city to deal with them, and you can purify them or kill them if you want. As long as you can find and deal with my mutated humans within 10 minutes, even if you win, I will exit Stratholm with the undead legion and disarm the spells on the other residents. Marganis said.

"Alright, the rules are over, and the game starts now. With that, Marganis turned into a dark shadow and disappeared from the tower.

"Go in and search for mutated humans, and act in small groups, each with at least one life priest or paladin to be responsible for purification. Arthas immediately gave the order.

Alsace could only obey what Malganis said. After all, demons are a bunch of guys who like to kill, and even if they convert all of Stratholme's humans at once, there will be no problem for Malganis.

The gates were not closed, and the troops entered the city directly, and the streets were lined with fainted residents, and occasionally human cries for help could be heard. The troops quickly dispersed in small groups, and Arthas rushed to find that there were still some people who had not fainted and were attacked by the undead, and Arthas quickly led people to exterminate the undead and save the young man who was being chased.

"Thank you, Prince. A young man who was rescued said.

"What happened to the fall of the city?" Arthas asked.

"A lot of people suddenly passed out, and then the undead monsters started to wreak havoc on the catch, and I was already chased for two streets. The young man said.

"Get out of here, it's dangerous in the city right now. "Alsace Road.

"No, my family is still in the city, I'm going to go out with them. The young man said.

"Well, if you find your family in a coma, leave them right away. It doesn't take long for them to become aggressive. Arthas said and hurried away.

He didn't have time to chat with anyone about the current situation, and a few minutes had passed in the short ten minutes, and the troops had just entered the city to search. All the search forces will also encounter attacks from the undead when they receive the search, and although there are not many of them, they still slow them down.

The first ten minutes passed, and although Arthas searched for it, his team did not find a single mutant resident.

"Prince Arthas, it seems that you don't seem to be interested in finding someone. Well, I'll give you a gift to make you happy, and this gift has a nice name called Butcher. ”

Marganis's voice echoed through the air, followed by a loud roar from Stratholme's side door. You don't have to look at Alsace to know that Malganis must have dropped some kind of special monster.

Arthas had no choice but to abandon the search and head towards the side door, where several scattered squads had already arrived first, all of them battling a giant stitching monster.

Arthas had fought with the Stitch Monster before, but the Stitch Monster was up to 3 meters tall, and the Stitch Monster that appeared at the side door was already 10 meters tall and equipped with a variety of weapons, and a human warrior was knocked away with the swing of the weapon.

"Don't fight, stay away from him, now we don't have time to deal with him. Uther also heard the noise.

The members of the Order began to do as Uther said, quickly retreating away from the monster's side. And the weakness of this huge stitching monster itself is also speed, the general stitching monster movement speed is slow because of the huge body, and this big guy is much slower than the average stitching monster, as long as you don't get close to its surroundings, it is safe.

"Arthas, you continue to organize the search for mutants, and this big guy will be handed over to me. Uther said.

With that, Uther ran to attract the Stitch Monster to move towards a place where no one was around.

"This big guy is handed over to the regimental commander, and we continue to search. "Alsace Road.

But at this moment, a group of frenzied residents rushed to the place where the group was, and began to attack everyone present. Arthas, who was already leaving, could only lead his men into battle, blocking Uther in front of him and protecting him from his retreat.

But then, a dilemma arises again. It would be a waste of time to control the mad inhabitants and purify them, and the giant stitch monsters would get closer and closer to the group, but in order to move quickly, they would have to kill the mad inhabitants who kept coming.

"Arthas, I'll deal with this monster if you take care of me, you say restrict them from coming by themselves and purify them quickly. Just as Arthas was in a dilemma, Uther yelled at him.

Arthas glanced at Uther, who was already fighting the monster because he couldn't move quickly. Arthas could only make all the paladins stop fighting to purify, and for a while only ordinary soldiers were left to fight against the mad inhabitants, and this time the speed of capture slowed down. A large number of frenzied residents began to slowly surround the group.

"MD, this huge monster is a trap, and it's so big that it makes it easy for him to be spotted. Arthas cursed in his heart.

Eventually, Uther was defeated by the giant stitching monster, and was slammed into the houses of the residents on one side with a single swing of the monster's sword. The giant stitch monster also ignored Uther, who was knocked away, and began to attack the humans in front of him. One after another members of the Order were constantly attacked, and those who could block the giant stitching monster with their weapons were lucky, and those who didn't block it were killed on the spot. Due to the attack of the inhabitants who were still frenzied, many members of the Order were also scratched or bitten.

"Take the wounded and rush out first, try not to hurt the lives of these residents. Alsace had no choice but to give up on purifying the inhabitants.

A few of them, with their shields in their hands, quickly smashed a path through the frenzied crowd, while the rest of the team members followed behind and quickly left with the wounded and the purified residents. The frenzied residents didn't chase after the group, but pounced directly on the slow-moving giant stitching monster. The frenzied inhabitants had been lured by the Stitching Monsters, and the Alsace group had just stood between them.

However, the deranged inhabitants are as fragile as toys in front of the giant stitchers, and several inhabitants are always killed with each swing of the giant stitchers, and then the other arms of the giant stitchers will pick up the slain inhabitants and devour them, while Arthas can only watch the deranged inhabitants die on their own. Soon after, the green plague gas quickly spilled out of the wounds on the giant stitch monster's body, and the stimulated by the plague gas, the residents around the giant stitch monster also began to mutate eventually, turning into other monsters that also emitted the green plague.

After eating, the giant stitch monster's movement speed began to increase significantly, and in an instant, it turned into a giant stitch monster and chased Arthas and his party with a group of mutated residents. Soon ten minutes passed again, and Marganis's voice was once again wafting in the air.

"Your Royal Highness, a group of you can't clean up as fast as a monster I sent. Looks like I'm going to be able to give you a little more excitement, and I'll send the undead to hunt the normal and unconscious residents, and if they are killed, they will turn into the undead. The game continues, and I hope you take the chance. ”

After the sound was heard, a group of undead began to pour into Stratholme through the side door, and began to make their way quickly down the street.