Volume IV Reign of Chaos 153 Nodes of History

Lord Rivendell?

He was dead. That's true. But...... No one knew how he died, and no one other than Arthas and me knew who that person was who died.

No...... He didn't die of illness. Lord Rivendell was just a lord, he wasn't a paladin, and he did get better after being treated by Uther. But! I don't know if he got the plague or not, whether the Light cured him of the plague or something else, but he's the only person I've ever seen who has been treated by the Light and can still stand up in the midst of the plague.

I didn't say that the light was useless, that it wouldn't be so sick if it wasn't useful, and finally stood up, I mean...... I'm not sure if Lord Rivendell fell ill because of the plague.

We were on our final patrol in the city, and from a distance I saw a man in half armor and armed walking alone down the street towards us.

When he was still twenty or thirty meters away from us, he stopped and drew his sword.

I knew it was the Lord, and I had seen his face, and so had Arthas. But I didn't really know what he meant when he drew his sword......

I raised my bow and arrows.

But Arthas stretched out his hand and pressed my arrows down. At that time, I didn't know if he had mutated or healed, the scorching air was thick and the black smoke was billowing and I couldn't see it clearly.

But an astonishing scene occurred, and he put his sword around his neck. Arthas did not stop him, and the lord was so self-defeating.

I don't quite understand why he committed suicide. We're not walking corpses, we're not that scary, we're covered in blood, we don't look like people anymore, but we don't scare him to death. But he just killed himself.

Some attribute Lord Rivendell's death to Arthas, saying that Arthas killed him. This is. He committed suicide.

We passed by his corpse, and the Prince of Arthas didn't blink, not even glance. And so we stepped over him.

Then...... I wanted to look back after walking past him, but one thing I still can't forget was that I saw a figure standing next to Lord Rivendell's body.

I felt through the clothes that it was Lord Rivendell's soul, but the soul seemed to be confused, and when the team was gone, the soul was still standing there.

Now that you are in charge of all the dead on this continent, you should know what it means for souls to appear.

Scold...... I don't know if Lord Rivendell's soul is now at rest or if he has been lost in that place forever like the soul on the Forgotten Beach.

As for the East Wilder region, it did not finally break up as his wife had said, but ...... It didn't matter anymore, and the kingdom was gone, the homeland was gone, and it didn't make sense for Lord Rivendell to get up from the ground and claim that his realm had split from the kingdom of Lordaeron.

That's it.

After leaving Stratholme, let's not say that we ransacked a village, in fact, the situation is similar, these two hundred or so people want to eat a small village really can't stand it, although it is said to give money, but who has the money at that time...... Alsace used his so-called credibility to write a blank check to the villagers.

But halfway through eating, I suddenly remembered...... How did this food come from?

After learning that it wasn't shipped from Andohar, it was a real gobble-down. The chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs in the village did not eat...... The first three are extinct, and there are sheep.

The villagers didn't dare to speak, maybe it was really the appearance that was too scary.

We stayed in the village for two days. One is to patrol the surroundings to see if there are any walking corpses or people who have escaped from the city, and the second is to rest, rest enough. Three...... In fact, on the second day of staying in the village, someone had a cough.

There were still 100 soldiers brought out of the city. We can't raise butcher's knives against these people.

However, once there is a cough, it means that someone is infected, and this is the onset of the disease. We can't say who has eaten Stratholme's new wheat to stand up, they don't necessarily know if they eat it or not, and even if they do, no one will take the initiative to come forward, this kind of investigation will only make a big change in the hearts of the soldiers.

So there was no squeak.

That is, on the second night of staying in the village, there was a situation of mutation and deception. It was also reported from a peasant house that a wounded soldier had died that night and had been defrauded.

The villagers were just puzzled, but they didn't know what was going on. In other words, it is true that no one who escaped from Stratholme has stayed here.

After a night of tossing and turning, soldiers from Blackwood and Colin arrived in the morning to help. In fact, there were not many people coming, and the two towns sent out less than three hundred people.

When the group arrived, Arthas did not let them go on patrol, but instead divided and controlled Stratholme's soldiers. After informing the commander who led the group of the seriousness of the matter, the group was transported to other towns in batches.

After the army had taken all the soldiers from Stratholme, we stayed in the village for a few more days, leaving after the fourth day. And during this time in the village, he has been patrolling the perimeter of the city.

Arthas then left with the rest of the soldiers and the paladins, and when he passed through Blackwood, he learned that the soldiers who had been sent had begun to fall ill. Although the monks, priests and doctors in the town are also trying to find a way to treat them, the results are not optimistic at all.

Anyway, in the end, I got the news that all the soldiers in both towns had died.

I'm not sure if there will be a situation where the rest of the people who are not yet sick will be burned along with those who are sick for fear of continued transmission, but the matter has been suppressed.

News of the destruction of the two important cities of Stratholme and Andorhar also spread. Trying to conceal such a thing is simply paper-wrapped fire, but one thing that is well done is that all the armies in the East Weddell region have been notified of their combat readiness.

I don't know if I got the news, Stannbride was surprisingly quiet, and as far as I know, he just submitted a petition to King Lordaeron willing to help the Inspector and then there was no movement.

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And after Lordaeron sent a letter to the Barov family in Keldaron, he miraculously got a reply. However, Lordaeron did not order an investigation into Keldaron, let alone a search at Barov's house.

Although this matter was suppressed in this way, the news that two large cities were destroyed in the blink of an eye still spread among the people.

You must know that the common people are extremely sensitive to all kinds of natural and man-made disasters, and this kind of legend is becoming more and more evil, because it is evil enough, so the mouth of the common people is quickly crooked.

There were even some gossips about the legitimacy of the Minahir dynasty.

King Terenas Minethir...... He should be called II. In fact, he also has an older brother and a younger brother. At the end of the reign of the previous king, there were also some historical events that were not recorded on the throne. However, there are still some clues, but these only exist in the archives of certain research units, such as the Royal Apothecary Society and the Alchemy Society.

These things really don't seem to be of any value now, after all, a kingdom as big as Lordaeron has been wiped out. Those things don't matter. But since we talk about those gossips, we have to mention it a little.

When the Barov family put their eggs in several baskets, one of them was the basket of Terenus. Brill's estate is a testament to that.

Although decades have passed since this incident, as long as the Minahir family still exists, this rumor cannot completely disappear unless everyone is dead. Moreover, when Alsace was born, the heavy snow and the plague did make an indelible impression in the hearts of the people, especially in the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city of Lordaeron.

The mouths of the common people are not guarded by the door bar, they dare to say anything and are particularly good at association. The addition of the same thing in the process of different people's legends and the spread deviation due to different tones will cause the final result to be completely out of line with the facts.

I'm not saying that the common people are bad, huh...... They have a lot of value. Not only their lives, but also the mouth.

So when Arthas passed through the town of Darsong, northeast of Andorhar in the west of the river, I was doing my best not to get the damn guys in the tavern to stop talking.

The troops stationed outside the city of Andohar increased the progress of clearing the city as fast as possible after learning of the prince's imminent arrival, but after we arrived in Andohar, the prince directly ordered the entire city to be burned.

In my eyes, the flame can indeed cleanse those damned plagues, and it is the most thorough way.

It was here that I told Verdin and Mograini some real news, such as what happened in Stratholme. Their expressions were calmer than I had expected, and they only frowned at the massacre and did not express any opinion.

And when I spoke of Uther's dismissal and the order of the Prince of Arthas to dissolve the Order of the Silver Hand, the two of them almost snarled.

The first reaction of the two of them was absolute disbelief, because I didn't tell him about the situation at that time, so this reaction was normal, but after all, as a prince, they still took the initiative to ask what the situation was at that time.

That's what makes sane people different from most stupid people.

After I described the situation as accurately as possible, the expressions of the two men were surprisingly consistent. It's just that his face is solemn, but he no longer has the surprise and puzzlement he had just now. Despite this, Tirio Fording expressed his opinion, saying that even if he was not the hand of silver, he would pass on the virtues of Uther.

This drew Mograini's attention.

Tirio said that the Knights were disbanded, but the prestige of the knights was still there, and the prince would not be dispersed, and in order for him to ascend to the throne smoothly in the future, he would not simply dissolve the political capital of his father's time and not form his own political force. And what they have to do now is to temporarily settle down and do their part.

Mograini only snorted and laughed a few times when he heard Ferdin's statement, and to be honest, I was really surprised that someone like Ferding could have such political awareness.

But then again...... As a very sober and sane person, the end of Ferdin's ending was completely unexpected.

And it was a few months after that meeting......

Outside of Andorhar, we talked about Uther's treatment of Lord Rivendell, and Mograine mentioned his hand, and again about a powerful artifact that he had acquired at the expense of a hand after killing the unknown orc warlock.

Mograine meant that this thing seemed to be useless now, so it was better to take it to Dalaran and study it, and Tirio's idea was that since it was a powerful magic weapon that could be used by orcs, it would also be a powerful magic weapon if it could be used by us.

Actually, I felt very strange again when Tirio said this, but he whispered something else to us at this time. And this event not only changed Mograini, but also changed many people, and completely changed himself!

That is, he is quietly protecting an orc!

One...... Very important ...... Orcs!