Chapter 29: Archmage Antonidas
"You mean, the plague hasn't been resolved?"
Hearing Xu Mochao and Muradin's story about what happened, Terenus was terrified.
"It's still far away," Xu Mochao said unceremoniously, "As long as the Lich King is still there, the Undead Scourge will not disappear." β
Tyrenus asked, puzzled, "In that case, son, why didn't you destroy him in Northrend and come back?" β
"How can I have that time?"
Xu Mochao said angrily, "Didn't you ask me to return to China as soon as possible?" My dear Father. β
Terrenaston was speechless.
for it was indeed given by him.
"I'm sorry, my boy, I really didn't have any other way at that time, after all, the matter of Stratholme ......"
Xu Mochao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I'm kidding, in fact, even if I stay there, it's useless." β
Although I didn't know if Xu Mochao's words were true or false, Tyrenus felt a little more comfortable when he heard him say this, and continued to ask, "Why is it useless?" β
"Because that second thing took the initiative to cut off the connection with this sword after he felt that he couldn't control me through the frost sorrow", Xu Mochao shrugged his shoulders and said viciously, "Otherwise, I would have hacked him to death by following my feelings!" β
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Terenus and Muradin looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"In other words, the plague in our kingdom is not over, is it?"
Terenus was worried again, "Is it really going to Kalimdor in the West, as the man said?" β
"It's not impossible."
Xu Mochao touched his chin and thought for a moment, and said, "The Lich King's plan is very sufficient, even if I have already cut down Kel'thugad and Melganis......"
"Kel'thugad, you mean Kel'thugad?"
An abrupt voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears, and at the same time, a strong wave of magic came, and the next moment, a wise, fatherly face appeared in front of everyone.
When he saw the appearance of the person who came, Terenus quickly stood up: "Antonidas? β
He couldn't help but be disrespectful, and despite the discord within the human kingdom over the years, especially the growing disagreements between the kingdoms of Gilneis, Riptide Castle, and Quel'Thallas over the Lordaeron who was the leader of the Second War, Terenus had painstakingly maintained this situation.
Dalaran is one of the Seven Kingdoms of Mankind.
It is the magical capital created by human mages, and since its inception it has been the most neutral and conceited city-state, no one is a bird.
It all comes from powerful magic.
It's just that even with the help of the High Elves, there is still something wrong with Medivan.
The magical government that rules Dalaran is a council of mages formed by six high-ranking mages, Kenrito.
Antonidas is the president of the current Council of Six Kenrito, so his position in Dalaran is equivalent to that of Terenus in Lordaeron, and a ruler who comes to Lordaeron in person cannot be solemn.
However, this time, Antonidas didn't pay attention to the leader of the alliance of the human kingdom, and just stared at Xu Mochao, "You just said Kel'thugad?" β
"That's right, it's Kel'thugad, one of the members of your council", facing one of the strongest mages in Kenrito's history, Xu Mochao's face did not change color and his heart did not beat, and he said lightly, "He has already taken refuge in the Lich King, and he is the culprit of this plague. β
"Where is he now?"
Antonidas didn't doubt Xu Mochao's words, in fact, he had discovered early on that Kel'thugad was obsessed with necromancy, and he had warned him about it more than once.
However, this is of no avail.
Kel'thugad promised him, but behind his back, his movements grew louder and bigger, and his relationship with the other mages became worse and worse.
Eventually, he left Dalaran with the Necromancy and Death Knight materials from the Violet Library.
This kind of behavior is already considered a betrayal.
However, Antonidas never expected that the crime he committed would be so serious.
As the mentor of Kel'thugad and the leader of the Council of Kenrito, Antonidas naturally bears an unshirkable responsibility for this matter.
"What's the matter, do you want to clear the portal?"
Xu Mochao didn't have much respect for the Archmage's tone, which made Terenus frown.
He already felt that Arthas was no longer the same as before when he came back this time, and his personality seemed to have changed to a certain extent.
But thinking about his son's experience over this time, Terenus can understand.
"If that's the case, you don't have to worry about it, the goods have already been slaughtered by me", Xu Mochao glanced at Antonidas, "What's the matter, didn't Gianna tell you about this?" β
Antonidas was silent.
"Where did we just go?"
Xu Mochao still didn't like him, turned to Tyrenus and continued, "That's right! If you can ruthlessly give up this territory, going straight to Kalimdor is indeed a one-and-done solution. β
"No way!"
While Terenus was still hesitating, Antonidas and Muradin shook their heads in unison, "How can we give up this land?" β
Since Xu Mochao replaced Arthas, although Lordaeron was in a bad situation now, he was not directly attacked by the undead scourge like the original work, so neither Muradin nor Antonidas realized the seriousness of the problem.
Terenus hesitated for a moment, then finally asked, "My child, is there really no other way?" β
Unconsciously, he had regarded Xu Mochao as his backbone.
"It's not that there is no way", Xu Mochao touched his chin, "I'm afraid that you are reluctant, because if you do what I say, my people will probably have to suffer a lot." β
"As long as I can hold on to our land, it doesn't matter how hard it is, no matter how hard it is, I will get through it with my people!"
"That's easy!"
Xu Mochao snapped his fingers and said slowly, "Actually, it's not difficult to end the epidemic, Kel'thugad originally planned to use Stratholme as the core to completely detonate the plague ......"
Terenus nodded.
Stratholme was a very important location in the kingdom, it was densely populated, located on the main transportation routes, known as the Nine Cities Thoroughfare (qΓΊ), and was a very important city for the entire kingdom, both strategically and economically.
Once this place is conquered by the plague and overrun by the undead, it will inevitably lead to catastrophic consequences, and Lordaeron will completely lose half of the country.
So the Lich King and Kel'thugad were indeed in a good place.
Although Stratholme has now been destroyed by Arthas, this behavior has objectively prevented the spread of the plague.
It's just that the price is too great.