26 The Fall of Arthas (Part I)
After several days of news that the residents of the Kaolin intersection had been attacked by the undead, the Knights of the Silver Hand, whose headquarters were located in the Chapel of Light, immediately sent people to the place of the incident to clean it up.
At first, the Silver Hand people only thought that the undead who had escaped had appeared by chance, but when they arrived at the Cowlin junction, they found an organized army of undead. Due to the small number of people who came, the knights of the Silver Hand were surrounded by the undead and annihilated. A day later, in the early morning, the knight's body was abandoned near the Chapel of the Light. This was clearly a provocation to the Knights of the Silver Hand, and Arthas sensed that someone had re-manipulated the undead, so he led them to the Colin junction again.
When he approached the intersection of Colin Road, he found a large number of civilians trembling towards the Chapel of Light.
"Prince, demon. The demon appeared in the city, and he put everyone else to sleep. Only we escaped from town, please save us. A civilian said as soon as he saw Arthas.
"Isn't the demon an undead?" Arthas was a little puzzled.
"The undead are demon-controlled, and I saw him dictate to them. Civilians.
"That's right. If it weren't for humans manipulating the undead, I'd just kill that demon. "Alsace Road.
Arthas sent a man to escort the civilians to the Chapel of the Light, and then hastened with his troops to the Kaolin junction. The Khao Lin junction is also a medium-sized city about the same size as Talon in East Dalongmere, so there are still a certain number of residents in it. Excluding those who have fled the town, at least more than half of them are still missing.
Arthas did not encounter any enemies when he arrived at the Kaurin junction, and the undead Alsace who had attacked the inhabitants was not seen at all. Entering the town, a large number of residents were lying in the streets, and Arthas immediately sent people to check on the residents, but no matter how the soldiers shouted, no one woke up. All seemed to be in a deep coma.
Walking along the streets, Arthas began to search for the demon, and eventually met the demon he had been searching for in the square in the middle of the town.
"Young Prince, I am Marganis of the Burning Legion, and welcome you to the stage I have prepared for you. When Marganis saw Arthas, he spoke.
"The Burning Legion, are you the ones who really culprit what happened to Lordaeron?" Arthas immediately asked.
"That's nature, everything we do is to conquer Azeroth and then destroy the planet. Marganis said proudly.
"Devil, I won't let your ambitions succeed, let it die. Arthas, with a sword in hand, rode on his horse, and rushed towards Malganis.
"You can't do anything, let alone save the planet, not even your people. The latter circle immediately spread in front of Malganis.
Where the circle fluctuated, the originally unconscious inhabitants immediately woke up, their bodies began to corrupt, their sanity began to be lost, and then they roared and rushed towards Arthas and the army he brought.
"Think about it, are you going to kill them or you're going to kill them? Marganis said.
Arthas, who had already rushed towards Marganis, was forcibly blocked by the awakened inhabitants, and if he wanted to get close to Malganis, he had to deal with the inhabitants who were going berserk in front of him.
"Suppress them, the paladin is in charge of purification. In the end, Alsace could only shout helplessly.
Arthas turned around and returned to his troops, and together with the others, began to work on the decontamination of the population. Looking at Alsace, who was busy, Malganis stood there and smiled happily.
"Is there a faster way to kill them all than to try them?" said Marganis.
"Shut up, you demon. I will not give up the lives of any of my people. Arthas yelled.
"Then you are ready to give up the lives of your men. Marganis said.
Immediately after that, a circle was released by Malganis, and this time all the frenzied inhabitants of the place swept by the fluctuations of the circle were completely changed. The bodies of the residents were completely decomposed, and the whole body was as if they had been dead for several years, and the thick green and fishy gas was constantly expelled from the body. And these gases also began to affect the troops brought by Arthas, and all normal people who were in the gas began to suffer from the corrosion of the gas, and the skin began to slowly necrosis, and those who inhaled these gases would have a violent cough.
"Prince, I'm afraid this is no longer purifyable. If we don't do anything, we're all going to die here. The adjutant who was traveling with him immediately said.
"Kill, kill them and move to a safe place. "Arthas can only give orders.
Fortunately, the attack ability of the residents who had changed again did not increase much, and apart from the constant escape of green gas, there was basically nothing that could hurt the members of the army.
"Are you satisfied with this plague feast?" Marganis said.
"Demon, I will kill you with my own hands. Arthas shouted.
"This is just the beginning, I'm going to wait for you on the next stage and hopefully you'll be there. Marganis said and vanished as a black shadow.
Arthas was still moving with his troops towards a place where there was no green gas, and after a few fights, they finally managed to kill the Kaulin junction.
Arthas looked at his companions who had followed him out of the city, and by this time the number had decreased. Although the mutated inhabitants are not strong, the aggression of the green gas emitted from their bodies is indeed inevitable. Many people pour the gas directly into the diffuse gas because of the inhalation.
Arthas was both regretful and annoyed at the moment, not only did not save a single resident, but also caused casualties among his subordinates who had been following him. If you had chosen to kill instead of purify in the first place, there would have been no such casualties. And the provocation from the demon also ignited anger in his heart.
Enraged, Arthas returned directly to the Chapel of the Light, rallying his army, and then returning to the Kaulin junction. At this moment, his choice is to burn the entire town to the ground. After the army entered the town, they began to clean up the mutated inhabitants while setting fire to the town. In a short time, the whole town was already on fire, and the only residents in the city who had escaped were rescued at the beginning.
Uther also quickly felt the Kaulin junction after hearing the news, but the town had been burned to the ground.
"Arthas, are you crazy? Uther asked as soon as he saw Arthas.
"Mentor, your so-called purification has killed me a bunch of brothers. If I had been able to make these deranged inhabitants enemies in the first place, I would not have had such sacrifices. Arthas said with tears in his eyes.
"What happened?" asked Uther.
Arthas recounted everything from the time he met the fleeing inhabitants to the burning of the town.
"Are these plagues and undead caused by the Burning Legion?" Uther asked, reaffirming.
"I've seen the demon with my own eyes, can I be wrong? Arthas added.
"Tell Your Highness Terenus about this matter first, and when it comes to the Burning Legion, it's not something that we alone can deal with. Uther said.
"I'm going to take someone to hunt down that demon, and you can report it to your father. "Alsace Road.
"Child, don't be so yourself, I know you blame yourself for killing your subordinates. But our individual capabilities are limited. It's better to deliberate first before deciding on the next step, at least with the support of others. Uther said.
After hearing Uther's words, Arthas's mood calmed down a little. Just as he was about to report with Uther to the royal city of Lordaeron, they were stopped by a soldier galloping from the direction of the holy city of Stratholme, and when the soldier saw Arthas, he said, "Baron Rivendell has launched a rebellion, and he assisted the undead in taking Stratholme. Now the inhabitants of the city are trapped in the city and cannot escape. ”。
When Arthas heard the news, his anger immediately surged again, and when he was fighting against the undead and demons, there was another traitor among the humans, which made Arthas really unable to let go.
"Knights of the Silver Hand, listen to me, target Stratholme. Annihilate all the undead and traitor Baron Rivendell. With a loud shout, Arthas began to rush towards Stratholme with his army.