As the leader of the Magic Kingdom of Dalaran and the Speaker of the Kenrito Council, Anthony Das is undoubtedly a man who is quite cautious and trusts only his own judgment.

This is also a common problem for most high-level mages.

So after getting the news from Zuo Si, he didn't rush to make a decision, but immediately began to try to confirm the accuracy of the message.

It was not easy to find out if the mysterious prophet of his whereabouts was the Last Guardian, Medivan.

But detecting Icecrown is not too difficult.

At least this extremely cold land in the north of the Northrend continent will not run.

As long as you use the power of engineering and magic to create a flying creation, and then bless it with the arcane arcane mystic eye, and remotely control it to fly over this frozen mountain peak, you will naturally be able to see the situation below.

As a result, Anthony Das immediately recruited the best dwarf engineering masters in Dalaran and teamed up with him to create a mechanical bird that could fly long distances, and blessed it with a large amount of protective magic to withstand the ultra-low temperature environment and bitter cold winds of Northrend.

In the end, he personally endowed the mechanical bird with a pair of eyes full of arcane magical energy, which can transmit the observed images across a long distance of space and project them onto the crystal ball in the tower.

With everything ready, he immediately released the mechanical bird and sat in his room waiting patiently for the results.

In order not to miss important images, the archmage even put aside all routine meetings and work, and sat in front of the crystal ball twenty-four hours a day without sleep waiting for the results.

Because it's so important, so important that it can make the difference between the life and death of humanity, the Alliance, and the entire world.

As for Zuosi, he was accompanied by Gianna on a tour of Dalaran City, where he could enter and exit freely as long as it was not a top-secret location where artifacts such as the Book of Medivan were kept, and even the large library of myriad knowledge of arcane magic was no exception.

And these things are precisely one of the most important purposes of this trip.

So he didn't take Anthony Das's neglect to heart at all, but spent his days in the library to absorb the magical knowledge of this world, and occasionally had some related discussions with Gianna.

In particular, the latter is best at frost and teleportation magic.

You must know that Gianna has invented an improved version of large-scale mass teleportation magic, which can easily quickly mobilize troops to launch a surprise attack within a certain range.

This makes her tactics extremely unpredictable, and she also gains the initiative in battle, forcing the enemy to place heavy forces around her commander to prevent possible decapitation.

For some unknown reason, teleportation spells in this world are not classified as spells, but rather as variations.

Both the human mages of Dalaran and the High Elves believed that the control of time, space, and matter should belong to some kind of change.

This is explicitly mentioned in the textbook compiled by Archmage Ansrem Ruinvivol.

In fact, Dalaran's magic, like Faeron, is divided into several major factions, such as protection, spells, prophecy, enchantment, illusion, necromancy, and change, and has been studied in depth.

Many people have the stereotype that mages only rub fireballs and set off blizzards, which is most likely related to the fact that each kingdom sent talented young people to learn magic during wars.

This is different from the traditional Dalaran who learns in a step-by-step and comprehensive manner and lays a solid foundation little by little.

The purpose of learning magic is very simple, that is, to kill enemies faster and more efficiently in response to the brutality of war.

They skip the long and jerky theoretical sections, and only practice how to use the power of fire, frost, and arcane to destroy the brutal orc army.

Finally, add a little life-saving spells such as mana shield, elemental armor, flash, ice barrier, invisibility, summoning water elementals, etc., and you can almost go to the front line.

In other words, a standard war mage.

When Dalaran was destroyed by Akmund and was unable to continue to train mages for the countries of the alliance, it was inevitable that those war mages would be driven to the shelves and start taking apprentices.

But they themselves have not laid a good foundation, and it is certainly impossible to impart a complete knowledge system, so they can only teach the spells they have mastered to their apprentices.

That's why War Mages became the mainstream, four or five years after the Battle of Mount Hyjal.

As for hand-rubbing bread and water, it is not actually a creation as many people think, but a spell call, that is, the summoning of bread and water that already exists from other places.

Since this summoning is completely random, no one knows where the water and food will come from.

Perhaps a mage summoned a fresh loaf of bread in the wild, and suddenly a loaf of bread would be missing from the Stormwind store or the Elwyn Forest farmer's house, so Dalaran ordered that the casual use of the spell should not be used to make life worse for ordinary people.

Only when hunger is unbearable or in times of war when armies and refugees are in desperate need of supplies will mages use magic to summon food and water to survive a crisis.

In short, during the time he stayed in Dalaran, Zuo Si could be said to have gained a lot.

Of course, he also taught Mage Dalaran some magical knowledge and insights from other planes and even the universe, including Gianna, as well as the shadow, death, and evil spells he had obtained from the Dreadlord Marganis.

He also took the opportunity to communicate with many well-known archmages, and gained a deeper understanding of the magical environment in Azeroth as a whole.

There are even members of the Council of Kenrito who have invited him to stay and become an Archmage in the Magic Kingdom.

In just a few days, Zuo Si relied on his huge knowledge reserves, as well as the unique perspective gradually formed by mixing many magic systems, and successfully made Dalaran's upper circle praise him.

Among them is the High Elf prince Kael'thas, who always appears around Gianna, intentionally or unintentionally.

It's a pity that the prince doesn't know that Gianna is not interested in the thin and handsome elves at all, but likes the tough and strong type of Arthas.

So no matter how much he shows his charm, elegance, demeanor and knowledge, he can't get even the slightest chance, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a spare tire.

However, Kael'thas doesn't seem to be aware of this, and instead feels that he hasn't performed well enough.

Especially after learning that Arthas had committed the massacre of the city in Stratholme, he seemed to think that this was an opportunity to snatch Gianna from his rival, and he was not aware of the danger of the High Elves.

As a meeting point for Azeroth's magical energy, the Sunwell can provide the necessary amount of energy for the transverse portal, and is destined to be one of the highest priority targets for the Burning Legion to invade this world.

Therefore, the tragic fate of the High Elves is inevitable.

Even if you get away with it, there will be a next one.

What's even more tragic is that due to their long-term enjoyment of the endless energy provided by the Well of the Sun, they have developed a serious dependence on high concentrations of arcane energy, and even their physique has undergone a certain degree of mutation.

Once lost, it will immediately trigger severe symptoms of demonic addiction, and it will become worse than death.

"My dear friend, how likely do you think it is that the crown prince of Lordaeron will return alive from an expedition to cold Northrend?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not cursing him viciously.

Rather, they want to analyze this issue from a neutral, objective, and rational point of view.

After all, the continent is so far away and full of unknown risks.

And the Dreadlord and the Undead Scourge are not easy to deal with. ”

While Gianna went to buy desserts, Kael'thas finally found an opportunity to ask the question he was most concerned about.

"The Prince of Arthas will return safely."

Zuo Siqiang resisted the urge to debunk the other party's dark and careful thoughts and gave an affirmative answer, and at the same time added a sentence in his heart, but not in a living posture.

But Kael'thas apparently had a preconceived position on this issue, and rubbed his chin and questioned, "Are you sure?"

You must know that he does not have many troops, and there are not enough mages and priests in the army.

At best, two or three thousand human soldiers and a small number of dwarven musketeers and mortar squads.

I've heard that the species on the Northrend Road tend to be very tall and strong, and there are countless raging and terrifying giants.

Coupled with the low temperature and cold winds that can freeze people to death, I personally believe that this expedition will inevitably end in failure. ”

"Failure? Maybe. Anyway, it will only take a few more months to get results, so let's wait and see. ”

Zuo Si obviously didn't bother to dwell too much on this question that the answer was already doomed, anyway, the elf prince himself was happy.

Just as Kael'thas was about to say something, Gianna walked out of the dessert spot with three ice creams and gave one to each of the other two.

Due to the popularity of magic throughout the city, Dalaran can be said to be quite developed in terms of dining.

Not only are there a variety of different flavors, but there are also snacks and drinks such as ice cream, sparkling water, and milk cakes, which have only appeared in the modern society on earth.

And with the help of magic, it tastes better and more refined than on earth.

Of course, the price is just as high.

Just three servings of strawberry-flavored ice cream cost one gold coin.

Not to mention ordinary people, even a slightly poorer mage apprentice can't afford to eat.

But for Gianna, whose family is wealthy, it is obviously nothing.

The robe on her body and the staff in her hand alone were enough to cover the total tax revenue of the declining Riptide Castle for two entire years.

As for the elven prince Kael'thas, the wealth is beyond most people's imagination, and any magic item can trigger countless mages to scramble, and even sell it for thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins.

So with these two, Zuo Si didn't need to be polite at all, and after saying thank you, he ate with relish.

It may be that this mortal body is in need of nutrients, everything he eats now feels extraordinarily fragrant, and lumpy strong muscles are faintly formed under his clothes, but they are not as exaggerated as those warriors who have been exercising for a long time.

"Are you going to go to the library in the afternoon?"

Gianna asked, brushing the long blond hair hanging from her ear.

Her feminine move instantly caught Kael'thas's attention.

The latter even forgot to put the ice cream in his mouth while holding the spoon, and it took more than ten seconds for him to realize his gaffe, and hurriedly covered up the past in embarrassment.

Zuo Si obviously saw this, and a trace of imperceptible playfulness flashed in his eyes, and he immediately shook his head slightly: "No, no, I have almost finished reading all the valuable books in it." The next thing to do is to digest this knowledge and form your own theory. ”

"Read it all?!"

Gianna was taken aback instantly.

Because in the past few days, she has seen that the other party in library management does not look like reading and learning at all, and is closer to picking it up and flipping through it and then putting it back.

Many ordinary mages need to learn the knowledge for two or three years, and Zuo Si only looks at it for a few minutes, and it is not even as fast as if he has carefully read the text on it.

"What, isn't that weird?

Don't forget, I'm not an apprentice who didn't know anything about magic from scratch, but I already had a pretty good foundation.

When it comes to arcane magic, a lot of theoretical knowledge is common.

All I have to do is make a slight change to the way the spell is cast depending on the environment. ”

With that, Zuo Si ate up his share of ice cream with great speed, then released fire magic to ignite the cardboard box, followed by the impact of arcane energy to shoot it into the air, and finally used the frost spell to freeze, turning into beautiful frost fire fragments that drifted through the air until they completely disappeared and annihilated.

This hand undoubtedly proved that his attainments in the field of arcane magic had reached the level of an archmage of Dalaran's high status.

If calculated according to the casting level of the Faren Continent, the current mage level of this container can barely reach LV21 to LV23.

Combined with the magic of the Nine Rings, it should not be a problem to deal with a bronze dragon that may appear at any time.

What's more, the bronze dragon can master the flow of time, and Zuo Si can also use time stop and time acceleration to fight.

It's not certain whose time magic is stronger.

The only regret is that the potential of this body has been basically drained.

Unless a second dangerous modification of the human body is carried out, there is little room for growth.

"Unbelievable! This...... That's ......"

Gianna was visibly shocked by the scene in front of her and almost blurted out the word "god".

But fortunately, she quickly realized this and decisively chose to shut up.

After all, Anthony Das personally told him not to reveal Zuosi's identity to the outside world for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary confusion.

Kael'thas was even more surprised to comment: "Master-level precision control!

It seems that Balinda Stonehulls is right, and she is already an out-and-out archmage.

Perhaps I should invite you to Quel'Thalas as a guest, to mingle with our most illustrious mages, and to experience the inexhaustible arcane magical energy of the Sunwell.

Trust me, once you experience it, you'll fall in love with it. ”

"Someday I'll visit Quel'Thalas and learn the magic of the High Elves, but not now." Zuo Si replied with a smile.

"On behalf of the Sunstrider family and all the High Elves, I welcome you at any time.

In fact, my father, Anastarian, was very concerned about the plague and undead plague that occurred in the northern part of the kingdom of Lordaeron, and was eager to learn more about the arrival of the God of Contract.

If it does not violate ancient traditions, we are more than happy to believe in and worship this deity in order to gain access to the wonderful magical powers called divine magic. ”

Kael'thas solemnly extended the invitation.

Because just this morning, he had just received the bombshell news, that is, for the first time in the alliance meeting, King Terenus clearly gave Lordaeron the huge population loss in the East Wilder region, and that there were hundreds of thousands or even millions of undead hidden in the region.

You must know that Eastweld is actually the name of the future East and West Plague Lands combined, and you can enter the territory of the High Elf Kingdom by crossing Stratholme.

So the High Elf king Anastarian immediately became vigilant, eager to learn about the plague and the scourge of the undead.

In particular, the Church of the Covenant God, which is currently the only known to be able to cure the plague.

"Please give me a little time to get the refugees settled. When the camp in the Valley of Thorns is complete, I'll head to Quel'Salas as soon as possible. ”

Zuo Si obviously knew how sought-after he was in the eyes of the various kingdoms of the Eastern Continent right now, so he deliberately hung the other party's appetite.

This strategy has proven to be quite effective.

Kael'thas even immediately added, "In this regard, our High Elf Kingdom can provide some assistance in terms of ships, supplies, and magic. ”

"That's great! Allow me, on behalf of all the refugees, to express our sincere gratitude to Quel'Salas for his generosity and kindness. ”

Zuo Si put on a look of surprise and owed a debt.

With the addition of the High Elves, plans to create a new human settlement in the Valley of Thorns are bound to go exceptionally well.

And there's only one chance to get wool like this for free.

A few months later, Arthas returns from Northrend to unleash a real undead scourge that will leave humans, elves and dwarves overwhelmed.

The most important thing is that the better and better the construction of the Thorn Valley before the disaster comes, the more refugees can be rescued and accepted, so that all the lives in the north will not be slaughtered as they were originally.

After all, for a country and a civilization, an adequate population is the foundation of everything.

The reason why the Alliance and the Horde will be evenly matched in the future is that the kingdom of Lordaeron, the strongest human race, was almost wiped out by the Scourge Legion, and the rest of the forces also suffered heavy losses in resisting the attack of Arthas.

On the other hand, Thrall encourages the orcs to be more fertile and forms alliances with the Minotaurs, the Darkspear Trolls, and the Forsaken led by Sylvanas.

In particular, the Forsaken are also out-and-out undead, pulling up a large number of corpses, making stitches of abomination, and secretly researching magical plagues that can even kill themselves, successfully draining the Alliance's forces in the eastern continent.

Otherwise, with the current population size, economic level, scientific and technological strength, military strength, and mobilization ability of human beings, as long as they are willing to pay a certain price, there is no suspense at all to crush Thrall and his orcs who escaped from the shelter.

In a way, the Third Great War and the years after it ended were a massive weakening of the Alliance on all fronts, while the Horde side was an epic reinforcement.

The former, the strongest human kingdom, Lordaeron, was destroyed;

The High Elves were also slaughtered by Arthas, and there was not much left;

The mighty magical kingdom of Dalaran is in ruins, and only a handful of people have survived;

The Kingdom of Gilneth is in turmoil due to the spread of the werewolf curse, and has to start a policy of seclusion;

Fort Riptide was even weaker, to the point that even half of the city was occupied by the enemy;

The invincible naval commander of Kurtilas, Dai Lin, was betrayed by his own daughter and died at the hands of Sal, and Gianna was regarded as a traitor to her own country, so that the relationship between the two sides was very tense for a long time;

Whether it is the sudden disappearance of King Varian Wrynn, or the intensification of conflicts between nobles and commoners within the country, or the threat from external orcs and gnolls, this newly rebuilt human country has become dangerous;

More than eighty percent of the population died in the fall of their homeland, and only a handful escaped alive to the territory of their dwarven allies;

The Night Elves also suffered heavy casualties in battle with the main force of the Burning Legion, and the demigod Cenarius died at the hands of Grom Hellroar and his Warsong Clan;

Perhaps the only ones who didn't suffer major losses were the dwarves of Ironforge.

Look at the tribe in turn.

The orcs successfully escaped from the encirclement and interception of humans in the eastern continent and established their own homes in the barren land, and developed rapidly under the leadership of Thrall, and the frostwolf clan hiding in the Oakland Valley was not affected even by the slightest bit of the undead natural disaster, and later received the blessing of technology from the goblins, which was like opening a hanging;

The Minotaurs came from the desolate land of centaurs to the picturesque city of Mogaolei, and established the most defensible and difficult city to attack, Thunder Bluff;

The Darkspear Trolls were also given a chance to recuperate under the protection of the Orcs;

The addition of the Forsaken has made the Horde no longer numerically disadvantaged, and it has also gained a foothold in the Eastern Kingdoms, where it can compete for resources in the lands that were originally part of the Alliance, such as the Arathi Highlands and the Hillsbrad Hills.

Therefore, although both camps are important participants in the Third World War, they can not be on the same order of magnitude in terms of casualties, costs, and roles they play.

Among them, humans have paid the highest casualties and costs, and the Night Elves have played the largest and most critical role.

As for orcs, minotaurs, and darkspear trolls, they are at best auxiliary.

What's more, with the fact that Grom Hellroar hacked Cenarius to death and killed a large number of Night Elf troops, what the orcs did should be more of an atonement.

And that's without delving into the horrific massacres of the two wars leading up to their invasion of Azeroth, and the devastation Thrall had done to the surrounding villages and towns during his raids on the asylum to gather his people and loot supplies.

As a result, Zuo Si has never had a good impression of the orcs of this world, and despises some of them for trying to gain sympathy by dressing themselves up as victims of the Burning Legion, so that future generations can thrive in lands that do not belong to them.

He decided to expand his faith while strengthening the Alliance, preserving as much vitality as possible for the human race.

As Prince Kael'thas and Zosi discuss how to help, Anthony Das's remotely controlled mechanical bird finally arrives above Icecrown in Northrend.

After flying over the towering peaks, he finally saw a sight that he would never forget.

I saw that in the endless land covered with ice and snow, there were strangely shaped psychic towers everywhere, and a few huge magic fortresses floating in the sky.

Countless undead creatures are working day and night without stopping.

In particular, the undead creatures resurrected from the corpses and bones of the Viku and giants give people a sense of oppression just by looking at them.

The archmage believed that if such an enemy appeared on the battlefield in large numbers, no matter how brave and fearless the human soldiers were, they would not be able to resist it.

In addition, there are thousands of Crypt Demons and Crypt Lords who crawl on the ground wielding their arthropods, occasionally burrowing into and out of underground caverns.

There is no doubt that this image alone is enough to prove that the undead scourge is real.

Regardless of whether there is a Burning Legion behind it, it is enough to wreak havoc on the entire Eastern Continent that is even more terrible than the orcs.

Anthony Das couldn't help but hold his breath, his forehead and back drenched in sweat in a matter of seconds, staring at the process as the Veku necromancers pulled up corpses and bones to transform them into Scourge legions.

At the same time, Kel'thugad's forbidden experiments in Dalaran came to mind.

He finally understood why this disciple had taken refuge in the Scourge of the Dead, founded the Cursed Cult, and spread the plague in Lordaeron.

Compared to the petty fights in the laboratory, Icecrown Glacier is truly the embodiment of psychic and necromancy.

"Damn! This is simply the worst-case scenario! I must inform all the ...... in the alliance about this as soon as possible."

Before the archmage could finish speaking, he immediately felt a huge spiritual force lock on to him.

He hurriedly manipulated the mechanical bird to raise the height to dodge, but at the moment of lifting, he saw a huge ice spire standing on the highest peak, as well as the helmet at the top of the tower wrapped in the ice and two spots of dark blue light flickering in the helmet's eye sockets.

Next Second......

The huge spiritual impact directly crossed the distance in space, and poured directly into Anthony Das's brain along the magical eye blessed by the mechanical bird.

"Ahhh!!!!!!!!hhh

He couldn't help but let out a scream of pain, blood flowed down his eyes, nose, ears and mouth, and the whole person fell straight to the ground and convulsed unconscious.

The crystal used for observation shattered with a thud after two or three seconds.

I don't know how long it was, maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours.

In short, when the archmage woke up again, his face was full of confusion and doubt, looking at the shattered crystal ball, he couldn't remember what had just happened, and even his memory was confused and blurred.

You don't need to ask to know that the Lich King Neozu has forcibly erased everything about Icecrown from his mind with his powerful spiritual powers.

Obviously, this guy doesn't want his position to be exposed until he gets Arthas and gets rid of the Burning Legion.

After all, Nao Zu is now a living target that can't move, and although there are countless undead armies guarding the surroundings, it is far from safe.

Especially if there are not enough gargoyles and frost dragons, they are vulnerable to attacks from the air.

In addition, he was also powerless in the face of Illidan's ultra-long-range magical strikes using the Eye of Sargeras.

Otherwise, when the Alliance and the Horde push to Icecap, they will see not just a few hundred thousand undead, but millions.

Most of them were destroyed and buried deep underground during Illidan's magical ritual to tear apart the Frozen Throne.

As Anthony Das loses many of his memories under the Lich King's psychic attack, he begins to live in seclusion and even suffers from a trance.

On top of that, the archmage's personality has also begun to become strange and mysterious, unwilling to meet with Zuo Si again to discuss the joint response to the crisis, and is absent from even routine meetings without exception, and locks himself in the upper room of the tower every day without knowing what he is doing.

Gianna tried to persuade her several times, but to no avail, and there was no good way to deal with it.

In desperation, the two stayed in Dalaran for almost two weeks, and finally decided to return to Stratholme first to solve the refugee problem.

Calculating the time, it is estimated that the first fleet will almost reach the shores of the Valley of Thorns.

Whether it's building cities and villages, or cleaning up potential threats including fishmen, trolls, beasts, naga, pirates, etc., you'll have to work for a while, and there's no time to waste.

"Let's go, Archmage Anthony shouldn't show up."

Zuo Si glanced at the magic spire behind him, which had been completely sealed, and said.

"Why did the mentor suddenly become like this?"

Gianna asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Zuo Si sighed slightly and explained: "I don't know exactly what the reason is, but it's nothing more than two points.

First, your teacher is so frightened by the horrific sight of the Icecrown Glacier Scourge that he has a mental and psychological problem.

Second, your teacher was accidentally targeted by the Lich King, and was fighting against the latter's powerful spiritual powers, and he didn't dare to communicate with us too much, for fear that some plans would be detected by the other party in advance.

I have warned that it is a huge risk to scout the Icecap.

No matter which one the truth is, he must have his own unavoidable suffering.

So don't dwell on this matter anymore and do everything you can first. ”

With that, Zuo Si began to channel the arcane energy to prepare for teleportation over a long distance.

In an instant, a light that symbolized arcane energy descended from the sky and enveloped him and Gianna beside him.

In about ten seconds, the two of them completely disappeared in place.

As soon as they walked on the front foot, the figure of Anthony Das appeared on the upper balcony of the tower, his face full of struggle and pain, and roared in a voice of suppressed anger: "Get out of my consciousness! I'm not interested in your proposal! ”

"Oh?

Are you sure?

Don't you want to gain eternal life and explore the endless knowledge of magic?

No!

You're just deceiving yourself.

Look at this aging body and wrinkled face, your life is in the last few years, and it won't be long before it comes to an end.

As long as you are loyal to me and serve me, I will generously grant you eternal life.

What's more, you should know very well that Dalaran can't withstand the attack of the Scourge, and the same is true for the Alliance.

Eventually, all mortals will die, and I will build an eternal kingdom of death on top of the ruins.

Come on, give up resistance and embrace death.

Only then will you be free from suffering......"

With a whisper echoing in his head, the voice quickly faded away, as if it didn't exist at all.

But Anthony Das knew very well that the voice was real.

Although he had forgotten all memories of Icecrown, he vaguely remembered the helmet he had seen before he fell unconscious, and the cold light emitted from the helmet's eyes.

And the other party spied on the things he feared the most, that is, aging and death.

……

Meanwhile, far north on the Kingdom of Lordaeron, a richly decorated royal carriage was being escorted by the Knights of the Silver Hand, just crossing a narrow valley and heading in the direction of Stratholme.

Sitting in these two carriages was none other than the sister of the Prince of Arthas, the only princess of the Minethil royal family, Galia.

Like the former, she also has beautiful long blond hair, giving people an image of a mature and gentle big sister as a whole, and because she has been married and childbearing in private, her figure is also extraordinarily bumpy and full of the unique style of a young woman.

Judging from the sadness and sadness on her face, the princess must not have appeared here out of her own volition, but was forced by her father, King Terenus.

The latter threatened her with the execution of her commoner husband and his family on charges of blasphemy against the royal family if she did not honestly comply with the arrangement.

After all, from the legal point of view of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, a guy like this kidnapping the princess to marry and have children without the king's permission is definitely worthy of capital punishment.

So Jialia has no choice at all, so she can only obey, and she can't even go to see her husband and daughter before leaving.

What's more, she only remembers the Valley of Thorns of endless rainforests, mosquitoes, beasts, trolls, and no idea how to lead a group of refugees to survive in such a hostile environment.

Maybe a father needs only his identity, bloodline, and fertility rather than his talents?

Jialia looked out the window at the scenery and thought in her heart.

From what she had learned so far, she had known that the Church of the Covenant God had a huge influence in the East Wilde region that King Terenus feared, and felt that she had been given away as a gift rather than leading the people.

In the same way, she thought of her brother, the Prince of Arthas, who was destined to be the ruler of Lordaeron from birth, and the atrocities committed by the latter at Stratholme.

Although Uther did not describe the situation in detail along the way, it was easy to tell from the look of duty, guilt and pain on his face how tragic the result was.

The refugees who dragged their families along the way to Stratholme are also a testament to the negative impact of this incident.

"How long do we have to get to our destination?"

Jaria interrupted her thoughts and asked one of the paladins who was accompanying her.

The latter looked into the distance and hurriedly replied, "It's already very close, about two or three hours, Your Highness." ”

Just as the two were talking, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from far and near.

At the end of the road, a cavalry of about fifty men emerged.

When the captain saw the carriage engraved with the royal seal of Lordaeron, he immediately tightened the reins and stopped the horse, his face full of shock and disbelief.

Before he could ask who was sitting in the carriage, Uther was the first to ask, "Are you going?" ”

"Ahh We've just been tasked with protecting a convoy of food. It's been a rough rough ride around Stratholme lately, and those damn trolls can often be found ambushing the side of the road and sneaking up on supply convoys along the way. ”

The captain of the cavalry apparently saw the beautiful face of the princess through the window, and subconsciously replied quickly.

He wasn't an idiot, and of course he knew that there were only four people in Lordaeron who could be called royalty.

Among them, the king and queen are not young, and the prince of Alsace is the male heir, so the identity of the young woman in the carriage is about to be revealed.

"Trolls?"

Uther was visibly surprised.

The cavalry captain nodded vigorously: "Yes, it's a troll."

I don't know where these guys came from, but they can be said to be quite active lately.

And we've found that many of these trolls are also showing signs of the plague.

The church hierarchy felt that the trolls should also be attacked by the undead, so they would go out of the forest to loot food, hoping that it would be better for us to capture a few living captives and come back for interrogation. ”

"I see! Why didn't I think of that? Compared to humans, trolls are the race that knows the most about the wilderness forest. ”

Uther's eyes lit up instantly, and his whole body became excited.

You know, he was still thinking about how to find the hidden army of the undead and was worried, but now this problem is solved at once.

Thinking of this, the powerful first paladin immediately said to the cavalry captain, "Count me in, I'll act with you." ”

"I can't ask for it."

The cavalry captain agreed without even thinking about it.

After all, the Lightbringer has a reputation, and it won't be easy to have him help catch a few live trolls.

In this way, Uther explained the situation to the princess and left with the cavalry.

The convoy continued along the main road towards Stratholme.

At sunset, I finally passed through the smoke-blackened city gate and entered the purgatory-like city streets.

Although the church has organized a manual clean-up and dragged the remains of the dead outside the city for burial, there are still places where charred bones are piled up, many of them babies and children of several years old.

As a young mother, after seeing this scene, Jialia suddenly suffered a critical blow to her heart, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

It was only then that she finally understood what Arthas had done, and the ugly faces of her father and mother when she mentioned it.

(End of chapter)