Early the next morning, Jaina and Uther, who hurried over, stood on the damaged city wall of Stratholme, looking sadly at the city of Stratholme in front of them.
Just overnight, the once prosperous Stratholme turned into a ghostly place. There were burned down and collapsed houses everywhere due to fires. The streets were filled with corpses of dead people, including some who had been turned into corpses.
The undead monsters of ghosts, but these monsters are also dead, and the blood flowing out gathers and flows in the streets and alleys, and finally condenses into dark traces.
Stratholme City was empty of all ten rooms, and the murderous competition between Arthas and Mal'Ganis almost emptied the entire city.
There were sporadic cries of fear in the city, but they were immediately suppressed again. They were the sounds that the survivors in hiding couldn't help but make after seeing the corpses of their relatives...
After the grief, there was numbness. The survivors gathered spontaneously, piled the corpses everywhere on the carts, and then took them to the centralized point and burned them together. They had to do this. After so many people died, what if these corpses
If it is not dealt with, a new plague will soon occur in Stratholme City.
Seeing the hell-like scene in front of her, Jaina couldn't help but cover her mouth. The pungent smell of blood wafting in the wind almost made her vomit.
"...I can't believe it was Arthas who really did this?" After finally calming down, Jaina said to Uther: "How could he..."
Uther's face was also extremely gloomy, but he still comforted Jaina and said: "I warned him, but he... didn't listen. Relax, kid. You are not responsible for this... massacre!"
The two patrolled the city and finally found a guard soldier who was seriously injured and dying. Uther recognized this soldier as one of the soldiers who left with Alsace at that time, so Uther grabbed him.
The dying soldier asked: "Look what you have done?! Where is Alsace!? Why isn't he here!?"
The soldier didn't seem to have any regrets. After all, they had foreseen what would happen when they chose to follow Alsace, so he just used his last strength to tell Uther the whole story.
Just last night, when Arthas preceded Malthus and slaughtered all the infected people in the city, he finally found the true identity of Mal'Ganis, but just as he was about to kill Mal'Ganis in a duel
When they arrived in Nice, this cunning Dreadlord actually escaped! Mal'Ganis told Arthas that it was not the end yet. If Arthas wanted revenge, he should assemble his troops and go to the far north.
to find him in Northrend.
This was originally a trap planned by the Dread Lords, constantly irritating the young prince, and then luring him to Northrend step by step. Although Arthas was also aware of it, he had to kill his own son with his own hands.
The people, he was in extreme conflict and grief, and the rage of revenge had made him lose his mind. So after Mal'Ganis escaped through the teleportation spell, in order to continue to pursue him, Arthas gathered his troops overnight.
Set foot on the road to the far north.
"No, I must tell King Terenas about this!" After listening, Uther immediately realized the seriousness of the matter: "The king must give an order and send an envoy to recall Arthas! He can't
Just walk away like this!"
After saying that, Uther no longer cared about Jaina, gathered his troops and headed back.
Jaina, who was left alone, stood in the dead city of Stratholme, not knowing what to do for a moment. However, at this moment, Medivh appeared again. He transformed into a crow and fell from the sky, and after landing, he turned into a human form.
Standing in front of Jaina.
"It's you!?" Jaina was also a little surprised to see this self-proclaimed prophet again.
Medivh said to Jaina: "In the next period of time, the death here will temporarily stop and subside... But don't be fooled by appearances. All the young prince can find in the cold north is death.
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After hearing this, Jaina couldn't help but defend Arthas, saying: "He is just doing what he thinks is right!"
"Perhaps, his actions may be worthy of praise..." Medivh sighed: "But his passion only brings him destruction... Young mage, you must lead your people to the ancient Kalimdor in the west.
Only there can you lead them to continue fighting against darkness and save the world from the flames!"
Hearing the warning from Medivh again to let them leave, Jaina became increasingly uneasy and asked: "You call yourself a prophet, so what did you see?"
"I saw that the entire Lordaeron and the Eastern Kingdom were shrouded in death!" Medivh said in a low voice: "The undead monsters killed all the living people they saw. This natural disaster cannot be stopped.
You have to flee first to preserve the strength to fight back..."
"That's all, make your choice, young mage..." After saying that, Medivh turned into a crow again and left.
After Jaina watched him leave, she also used the teleportation spell to leave. What this mysterious prophet said made Jaina have to pay attention.
In the end, only the survivors of Stratholme City were left, continuing to linger...
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The journey from Lordaeron to Northrend in the far north was very long. Arthas and his troops persisted at sea for two or three months before finally seeing the coast of Northrend.
The pale land was blown by the howling cold wind, which made people's bones ache with cold. There was no sunshine all year round on this abandoned land. When the ship docked, looking at the scene in front of him, even Al
Thass also realized that it would be an extremely difficult challenge for them to fight Mal'Ganis' undead troops on this land.
But in the rage of revenge, Alsace didn't care so much anymore. After the soldiers got off the boat, he immediately ordered the soldiers to start looking for a camp to settle down first.
However, before they could secure the camp, the troops were attacked.
At first, Alsace thought he had encountered an undead army. However, what he didn't expect was that after a head-on collision, he discovered that he had encountered a dwarf army, and the leader of this dwarf army was actually his.
Old friend, Magni Bronzebeard.
After the misunderstanding between the two parties was resolved, not only Arthas breathed a sigh of relief, but Magni Bronzebeard also breathed a sigh of relief.
Under Arthas' questioning, Magni Bronzebeard told Arthas that he was looking for a powerful artifact, the rune sword Frostmourne.
Recently, there has been news circulating in Ironforge, saying that in the far north, an earthquake caused the ancient artifact Frostmourne, which was sealed in Northrend, to appear, and a path could have led to the sealed land.
The portal was reactivated in this earthquake. If you can find this portal, you can enter the sealed land and get this powerful ancient artifact.
There is no doubt that this spreading news can be spread by the Dread Lords. They lurk into the gathering places of various races and spread the news to attract curious explorers to Northrend.
These explorers who set foot on the land of Northrend will eventually be left behind, and their bodies will become undead members of the Scourge.
Of course, these are all incidental. The ultimate goal of the Dread Lords is to let this news spread to Arthas's ears, and now, they have done it. Through Magni Bronzebeard, Arthas has learned about it.
The name of Frostmourne, and he firmly believed in it, because as an old friend, Magni Bronzebeard would not lie to him.
Magni Bronzebeard wanted to seek help from Arthas, hoping that Arthas could help him find Frostmourne. After hearing this, Arthas also became interested, thinking that if he could get this ancient artifact, perhaps
In the duel with Mal'Ganis, he was able to secure the chance of victory, so he agreed.
However, before they could set off, Lordaeron's envoys found Arthas. They came specially on a goblin airship. The envoys brought an order from King Terenas, asking Arthas's expeditionary force to immediately
Give up the action and return to Lordaeron.
The soldiers of the expeditionary force were originally the army of Lordaeron, and they were not willing to fight against demons and undead in such an icy and snowy environment. The arrival of the special envoy immediately greatly reduced their fighting will.
As for Alsace, he was furious after hearing the envoy's order. He spent so long chasing him here, only to have him fail with just one order!?
It's Uther again! Arthas gritted his teeth at this. He knew that it was Uther who persuaded his father to issue this order.
At this moment, Alsace was simply full of resentment. On one side, he was burning with the desire for revenge, and on the other side, he was feeling aggrieved by not being trusted. Alsace felt as if the whole world was against him.
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Although he was about to explode with depression, Arthas knew that he could not disobey Terenas' order, at least... he could not do it openly.
So, with a gloomy face, he left the camp in the middle of the night after thinking for a long time.
Through Magni Bronzebeard, he learned that there was a mercenary camp composed of local indigenous races near the coast of Northrend. Alsace found the place overnight and hired the mercenaries to give them an opportunity.
Destroy your own expeditionary force ships.
The reason given by Alsace was obviously a lie, but the mercenaries agreed to the employment out of covetousness for money, and completed Alsace's commission well, and made a surprise attack in the early morning.
coast, burning Alsatian ships.
Alsace, who quietly returned to the camp, led the soldiers to the coast after the soldiers informed him. As a result, they ran into mercenaries who wanted to ask Alsace for money. However, Alsace
Sars, in turn, identified the mercenaries as the murderers, and then led the angry expeditionary soldiers to kill all the mercenaries!
All the ships were burned, and there was no hope of returning to Lordaeron. Arthas took this opportunity, and his acting skills exploded, convincing the soldiers of the expeditionary force to follow him and continue to annihilate Mal'Ganis!
But although all this was hidden from the soldiers, it was not hidden from Magni Bronzebeard. Magni Bronzebeard witnessed Arthas quietly leaving the camp last night, and naturally understood what happened, but he did not
He said it in public, but found Alsace in private.
"You lied to your people and betrayed the mercenaries who helped you... What happened to you Arthas?" Magni Bronzebeard said: "Is revenge really that important to you?
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"Forgive me, Magni!" Arthas said: "You didn't see what Mal'Ganis did to my home, so you can't understand the torment in my heart..."
Looking at Alsace's expression, Magni Bronzebeard fell silent. Although he felt that Alsace had changed dramatically compared to the old friend he remembered, he also realized that Alsace might be
He had gone through some great changes, so he didn't say anything more.
In this way, Alsace's expeditionary force and Magni Bronzebeard's dwarf army embarked on the road to find Frostmourne...
