Chapter 91: A Children's Story of the Prince and the Princess-II
Zumashal, in theory, is actually a small area at the eastern end of the Zusitatar Mountains, but compared to most of the area that spreads over the cliffs and mountains, this area is much more gentle, but most of the area is still inaccessible to deep mountains and dense forests, and large trees can be seen everywhere in the hugs of several people.
Just next to the slope of a tower mountain, because of the impact of the perennial rain exposed a bare stone wall, a cave of more than two meters is hidden in a corner of the stone wall, the corner of the cave is not only half a person high early grass overgrown, but also a few unknown wild trees, so even if the rain outside, but there are very few leaks into the hole, even the hole is relatively clean.
"Salor, the meat is roasted!
With a slightly tired tone, dressed in dark gray heavy armor, a tall bald warrior walked out of the depths of the cave with his head slightly bowed, and said to the entrance of the cave.
As he spoke, the dense leaves of an old tree halfway up next to the entrance of the cave trembled, and a human head popped out.
"Timmy, have the two Highnesses already eaten?"
As he spoke, the dark sentry that poked out his head spun half a long way and landed gently beside the warrior at the entrance of the cave.
"The two Highnesses have already eaten, but because of the over-casting of spells during the encounter today, His Highness Gianna has already slept, so you should be lighter when you go in!"
"Got it, I'll be here for you in the middle of the night!
Nodding slightly, Salor straightened the leather armor on his body and walked in lightly. The heavily armored warriors who remained at the entrance of the cave retreated almost, faintly hiding in the gloom of the cave entrance.
Although the entrance of the cave is only two meters high, the whole cave is not like a shallow pit that is only five or six meters deep like the Wild Bear Cave.
A pale yellow fire finally attached the two figures to the stone wall, and glancing at the figure lying on his side in the corner, Salor dodged to the fire, bowed to one of the figures and sat down slowly.
"Your Highness, the rain outside is very heavy, and it is difficult to tell the exact location at the moment, but fortunately, this heavy rain has also touched our traces and smells cleanly, and so far, no trolls have appeared nearby!"
Taking the roast meat handed over by the other person, Salor said to Arthas, who was staring at him, and took a simple bite after speaking. After several battles, after the group found this cave, he has been keeping watch on the tree at the entrance of the cave, although as a high-level shadow person, concealment is commonplace, but physically, he has almost reached a critical point.
"But the time advantage is on them, we must highlight the encirclement in order to send the news out in time!"
After listening to Salor's report, Arthas nodded slightly, but a warrior in pale silver full-body armor beside the prince turned his head to stare at the fire and said in a hoarse voice.
"Knight Marsa, the problem now is that there are only five of us left, and it is difficult for Her Highness Gianna to keep up with the high-intensity long-distance attack, so the most important thing now is not to highlight the encirclement, but to hide and wait for support!"
After taking a few bites, he quickly ate the barbecue in his hand, and felt a burst of warmth in his body with satisfaction, Salor turned his face and frowned and stared at the paladin next to Arthas and said.
In fact, they had already discussed the issue of whether they should send messages desperately during the breakout process, but with the continuous destruction of the paladins in the team, especially the fall of the high-level forces in them. So far, among the few people left, he and the black-armored warriors at the entrance of the cave are already the only two high-level forces, but unlike the brain-burning paladins who belong to the Silver Hand, they are the temporary guard forces that the royal family of Lordaeron has placed around Arthas because of this trial, so the safety of Arthas is naturally the first. Especially now that there is a royal daughter of Kurtilas in the team, in Salor's opinion, the safety of the whole team is naturally the most important.
As for the news they detected, the team that stood out during the entire exploration process was not only one of them, and even if all the teams eventually fell, in fact, with the overwhelming power of the Silver Hand, the outcome of this winter hunt was already doomed, but the casualties in it may be a little more, and even most likely it is just a little more cannon fodder.
In the face of Salor's bluntness, Marsa didn't say anything, and he didn't even take his eyes off the flames from beginning to end, and Arthas, who had never spoken, fell into an eerie silence in the entire cave.
Salol shook himself and nodded at Arthas, then leaned close to the stone wall behind him, slowly squinting his eyes.
This section of the road, after several non-stop battles, is followed by a long dark whistle, even if the strength of the high-level shadow man is supported, his energy is not much left. However, before closing his eyes, the high-level shadow man still glanced at the silent paladin vaguely, and a slight cold light flashed in his eyes. As a paladin of the Silver Hand, Marsa is very strange in many ways, or crazy, I have heard that it is because of the sudden death of his loved ones caused mental trauma, which is not to say that he is greedy for life and fear of death in the battles along the way, on the contrary, almost every battle, this paladin rushes to the front, almost with a death-seeking attitude in the fight, but or fate, the person who wants to die the most lives to the end. However, now that the situation is critical, everyone may be exposed to the encirclement of the troll army at any time, and if the other party makes any unfavorable moves, he will immediately take action to solve this unstable factor...
With a sudden shock, Salor opened his eyes, and he was still looking at the burning fire, but the flames were very decaying, and the two people who had been sitting by the fire were already leaning against the stone wall, and seemed to be asleep.
Shaking his head, the high-level shadow man slowly got up, added some dry wood to the fire in the center, and walked softly towards the outside of the cave, but after a few steps, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the cave, although it was slight, but it was particularly harsh in the silent cave.
In a silent retreat, the High Shadow One noticed that Arthas and Marsa had woken up, and leaned over with solemn expressions.
"It's Timmy!"
After listening for a moment, Salor nodded to the prince behind him.
"Your Highness, at six o'clock, there is a fire!" said the Shadowman's voice as the black-armored warrior walked in and spoke to the crowd.
"The rain stopped?"
Gianna, who seemed to have just woken up, sat up and asked with a little confusion.
"Yes, Your Highness, it stopped half an hour ago!" replied Timmy respectfully as he bowed to Gianna.
"Are you sure it's the greenskins?"
Nodding to Gianna, Arthas began to organize his equipment and asked Timmy over and over again.
"In this forest, except for those wild beasts, no one dares to make a fire so blatantly!"
The paladin, who had been silent, gritted his teeth and said.
"Everyone's ready to go!"
Nodding modestly to Timmy and Salor, Arthas walked over to Gianna's side and stood up with the young mage in a gentlemanly manner.
"Don't be reckless for a while, give yourself a good light body technique and arcane armor, and follow me, Gina!" whispered, the prince turned his head and led the group towards the entrance of the cave, behind him, the princess of Kul Tiras stared at the figure leading the way, and the corners of her mouth were unfathomably tightly pursed.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the cave, the high-level Shadow Artist swooped up to the top of the highest tree at the entrance of the cave, looked at it for a moment, and quickly climbed down.
"A squad of greenskins, no priests in sight, but a Shadowhunter!"
Walking up to Arthas, Salor whispered. As a supernatural species, trolls don't actually have a formal legion-level large formation, which may have existed during the ancient Troll Empire, but now, the squad of about ten to fifteen is the main structure of the scale of most trolls' attacks, and of course there is a huge difference between the squad with or without priests. And the trolls on Zumashal's side, because of the inheritance of the ancient Amani Empire, there are still many troublesome classes unique to the troll race, such as the Shadow Hunter, which are more dangerous than the troll sacrifice at some times.
"Take the initiative! Clear it and go!"
Frowning at Martha, who even had a little red in his eyes, he whispered a suggestion, and the high-level Shadow Man snorted coldly.
"There must be more than this team!" Arthas stretched out his hand to stop the high-level Shadow Actor's next words, and looked around, when he first found this cave, he didn't have a complete vision because of the heavy rain, but now that the rain has stopped, he can see much more clearly and comprehensively.
"In the forest, we can never get away from the trolls, and the best thing to do is to avoid them as much as possible!"
Also observing the surroundings is Gianna, unlike several other people, as a mage, the princess is the main force for everyone to locate and probe the enemy, with a slight blue light in her hand, Gianna said while closing her eyes and perceiving.
"We've strayed so far that I can't even sense the presence of any mage towers nearby, but there's more than just a small group of trolls in that direction!" Gianna opened her eyes and said to Arthas as she unleashed the probes to investigate.
"Then let's go east along a mountain range!" Listening to Gianna's description in his ear, Arthas thought for a moment, then looked along the side of the mountain wall, and said in a fixed voice.
"Her Highness Gianna is here! As long as we don't meet the troll high priest! we can fight the trolls in the mountains until the beginning of this hunt, the assault of the main force of the Silver Hand!"
Nodding slightly, Salor said in agreement, to the east is to go deep into the hinterland of the mountain range, although it is also inside the troll territory, but the vast primeval forest is also a natural hiding place, relying on Gianna's exploration, it can be hidden for a long time.
"Then, two highnesses, I won't be with you!"
Just as everyone quickly set the direction and was about to leave, the silent paladin suddenly spoke, his eyes fixed on the direction of the troll team.
"Okay!Knight Marsar, but I hope that after we leave, you will make a surprise attack on the periphery!" Stopping Arthas slightly, the High Shadow One stared at the Paladin with a twinkle in his eyes and said slowly.
"Yes, but I hope that Her Highness Gianna can point me in the right direction!" Massar suddenly turned his head to stare at Arthas for a while, and then smiled softly at Gianna.
"Take it! He will point you in the right direction!"
A translucent pebble-shaped object appeared in her hand and handed it to the other party, Gianna continued.
"Only in the right direction, it will shine!"
"Then, two highnesses, I hope to meet at the east wall barrier!"
Reaching out to take the pebbles, Marsal said slowly with a strange smile on his face (to be continued.) )