Azeroth Trail of Light

Chapter 4 .Rescue

It was already a day before passing through Daroon County again. Dick took the time to look at Pamela Jr. and Captain Redpath. Because of the fall of Andorhal, the atmosphere in Daroon County suddenly became tense. , But the saying that the homeland is hard to leave is just as reasonable in this world.

Redpath was training the militia to deal with possible troubles. Dick told him that once he discovered the intention of the undead to attack, he would immediately take the villagers to the Hand of Tyre or the Light’s Hope Chapel, Redpath Agreed.

As for Davy, this young man has gone to the barracks of Tyr’s Hand to receive Paladin training. If there is no accident, he will become a glorious Silver Hand Paladin at this time next year.

The current Dick was riding on a horse. As Jaina’s nominal guard, he stayed beside the carriage that Jaina was riding in, playing with a silver coat of arms with a clenched fist on it.

This is the badge of the Knights of the Silver Hand and the symbol of Dick joining the Knights. This is the reward he received after completing “Uther’s Dilemma”. Uther personally handed it to his high-ranking knights. badge.

Although to truly become a high-ranking knight, Dick still needs to go through complicated rituals and go through the knights’ martial arts training, but only relying on his performance in Andorhal, blocking an undead team alone, Uther apparently recognized his abilities and qualifications.

In fact, Uther didn’t know that Dick would be so fierce only when facing non-ordered creatures. When it comes to combat effectiveness, Dick may not even be able to beat a low-level knight.

Due to the need to borrow the power of the Holy Light’s Hope Chapel, Uther only brought 100 knights who had spare capacity to fight. Don’t underestimate this number. The paladins have been trained for 14 years since they appeared, including others. The total number of knights in the six countries will never exceed 3,000, and the Knights of the Silver Hand only have 1,500 paladins.

One year later, the entire Quel’Thalas empire and the entire Dalongmir region have transformed the millions, or even nearly ten million, the Sea of ​​Undead. With such a strength, it is difficult to even hold on. .

This is also the reason for the final defeat of the Knights of the Silver Hand. The first generation of Paladins headed by Uther paid too much attention to quality and neglected quantity. Even if 1,500 people are legendary Paladins like Fording, they face There are nearly tens of millions of undead, besides death in battle, is there any other choice?

This is not a game. It does not mean that as long as the health bars and blue bars are enough, you can fight like a perpetual motion machine. No matter how tenacious fighters, you can’t avoid the big problem of fatigue.

However, the current Dick people are light-hearted, and naturally they will not talk to Uther carelessly about these issues. He just silently follows Jaina’s carriage and winks with the lady who lifts the curtains from time to time.

Near noon, the iconic spire of the Holy Light’s Hope Chapel appeared in front of everyone. After taking office as a paladin, Dick could also feel the energy of various attributes floating around, just like now, although There is at least nearly a kilometer away from the chapel, but the smell of the holy light in the air has become thick in vain.

Even the divine power that was slowly recovering in Dick’s body accelerated the recovery at this moment. The fire hammer of justice, which was behind him, seemed to be awakened, and began to take the initiative to absorb the power of the holy light. Like a greedy child, Dick could even feel the cheering sound from this artifact.

Dick’s eyes narrowed. No wonder the Holy Light’s Hope Chapel could last for several years when the natural disasters were rampant around the world. Based on the concentration of the Holy Light alone, it is estimated that apart from the Lich King’s personal visit, other undead came close. It can’t be done here.

“Look, the wish of the holy light, the holy place of the holy light.”

An old knight saw the shocked expression on Dick’s face and couldn’t help but let him say,

“Most of the Paladins came out from here. Frankly speaking, I have never seen the Holy Light care for a person so much. Mr. Dick, you are probably a natural born Paladin.”

This made Dick a little embarrassed. He looked at the knight who was not really old, and smiled and thumped his chest. This etiquette represented a tribute to the orcs. In fact, in a human country, this posture also represents Goodwill among the fighters.

“My name is Erigore, High Paladin, thank you and Lady Jaina for saving us.”

The old knight was very talkative. While controlling the rhythm of the horse, he chatted with Dick.

“You don’t look like a local.”

“Uh…Actually, I was born in the Kingdom of Stormwind.”

When Dick heard this name, his heart was shocked. Erigore, a famous warrior after Uther, was also a hero who was awarded the surname “Bringer of Dawn”. In the years when Fording did not return, this The guy can be regarded as one of the leaders of the silver dawn without a leader.

Looking at the knight’s curious expression, Dick tried hard to recall his memories before crossing.

“16 years ago, my parents brought me, who was 5 years old, followed Lord Lothar and Prince Varian to Lordaeron. I grew up here and finally became a soldier of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. After retiring, I also worked as a sheriff in Dahlone County for 3 years. Later, I met Ms. Jaina and became her attendant. Speaking of which, Lordaeron is also my homeland.”

“Ah, I am actually from the Kingdom of Stormwind. I was born on a small farm in the Westfall, but the world is unpredictable. Now I am wandering in Dahlonemir, fighting those evil undeads. Speaking of which, I have been more than ten years old. I haven’t been back.”

In this foreign country, Erigore rarely saw a fellow villager. His attitude immediately became more affectionate. The two of them had a good conversation. When they entered the Holy Light’s Hope Chapel like a small town, the two of them Before parting, Erigore enthusiastically agreed to teach Dick some basic martial arts of the Paladin when he was free.

This was an unexpected gain, but before Dick was too happy, he saw a guy with a familiar figure staggering from the side of the road outside the town. He was probably too tired and didn’t take a few steps. , Fell to the ground.

Dick hurriedly got off the horse and ran over, telling that the tired traveler helped him up. After seeing his face clearly, Dick’s expression also changed drastically. He hurriedly turned towards the black who was greeting a middle-aged knight in full gear. Thrall and Jaina shouted,

“Prince Arthas has an accident! Come on, help him!”

This loud voice immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Even Farreck, who was so exhausted, couldn’t help holding Dick’s hand tightly. He couldn’t even speak, but it’s okay. Dick had already shouted. There was something he wanted to say.

Fifteen minutes later, Uther and Alessandro, together with 600 heavily armed paladins and attendants, drove out from the Light’s Wish Chapel in a mighty manner, under the leadership of Farek who was barely recovering. , Pounced straight on Zulmasha.

At the same time, in the deepest part of Stratholme’s old town, a purple space gap is slowly opening, and small lightning flashes on the surface of the space gap. With the black void inside, it makes people look at it and retreat in fear. A few steps.

Before the space rift, a 30-year-old human nobleman was playing with the lord seal on his finger. He was wearing a gorgeous black robe and golden hair. He looked like a nobleman of pure blood. His exquisite face was expressionless, but carefully. If you look at it, you can see a touch of excitement and distortion in the depths of his eyes.

This is Baron Rivendell, the actual controller of the East Dalungmir region, and the cooperator of the Cult of the Cursed that secretly funded Kel’Thuzad, the first believer of the Lich King in the Eastern Continent. Therefore, he was also taken by the Lich. Through the hands of Kel’Thuzad, the king bestowed power that did not belong to mortals.

“bass!”

A hideous claw decorated with purple jewels and flowing blood-red light pierced the gap in the space, and then the other, like an ordinary person’s “tearing” action, with two claws forcefully With a pull, the space crevice that mortals didn’t dare to approach at all was torn apart.

The energy of the riot swept across the room frantically. The cursed mages who had exhausted their minds for presiding over the summoning ceremony died immediately under the impact of this wave of energy, while Rivendell just put his left hand on In front of you, make a “defense” action.

The green and black energy formed an “anti-magic enchantment” in front of him, which effortlessly blocked the violent energy.

The Lord Baron narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the creature that appeared in front of him.

4 meters high, with a pair of purple-black bat wings, on top of the head there are a pair of curved demon horns, head and face, which resemble the demons in myths and legends. In addition, there are a pair of recurved hoofs. The same feet, the gorgeous armor on it, are all blue-purple, but the flowing energy is consistent with the feeling of spiritual communication before.

Well, it seems that this mysterious Malganis-sama is undoubtedly this demon.

“You are Rivendell?”

After the hideous demon appeared, he immediately reduced his size, and then sat on a chair in the house, stretched out his slender blood-red nails and claws like those of a ghoul, and pointed his finger at it. Rivendell, even though the devil’s expression is generally hideous, Rivendell still feels a “teasing” taste from this expression.

But he is not angry. He is a person who respects power. This demon can obviously bring him greater power. Then, there is nothing wrong with respecting it.

“Yes, Lord Mal’Ganis, I am Rivendell, a follower of the Lich King.”

“Oh oh, I know you, that idiot Kel’Thuzad died unexpectedly… Tsk tsk, it’s a shame.”

Malganis spread his claws and made a regretful expression.

“You took over his job and did a great job. Although it was a little late, the problem is not big. What about our little prince? I heard that you trapped him for three days. Tsk tusk tusk, really brave guy, but I hope you will not feel regret after knowing his identity in the future, hahahaha”

Rivendell did not answer this question. On the contrary, he asked calmly after Malganis’ laughter ended.

“Then, Lord Malganis, all the preparations have been completed. When will the orders of the great master be executed?”

“bass!”

Rivendell’s body seemed to have been hit by a mountain, and it slammed straight against the wall behind, but it didn’t fall. Malganis was restored to his original shape and stuck with his claws. Rivendell’s nose drew him to his hideous face,

“That’s your master! Remember, little bug, in your eyes, Ner’zhul may be very powerful, but in front of me who is loyal to the real power, he is just a humble prisoner, so you don’t need you. Teach me how to do things, understand?”

The Dreadlord patted Rivendell’s face with his other paw. The sharp claws made several deep blood marks on his face, but Rivendell did not struggle, did not even refute, but was difficult. Asked respectfully,

“Then, what shall we do next? Lord Malganis.”

“Tsk tsk, funny little bug, I like your humility, go, and follow Ner’zhul’s orders, the little prince… leave it to me! Hahahaha”

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Reply to questions:

Regarding the population, seeing that the brothers are discussing the number of dead souls in Hadorhal, then here, I will explain to you how the nearly one million dead souls in Andorhal came from. First of all, I saw on Baidu Encyclopedia (don’t laugh, just this one source of information) that in the early Middle Ages, in the first millennium AD, during the time of Charles the Great, the population of Europe had reached nearly 30 million. In the middle of the Middle Ages, the population even reached one hundred million!

The Earth’s Middle Ages is a normal civilization. Azeroth’s human political construction has the shadow of the Middle Ages, and it is a magical civilization. However, even if it is a magical civilization, I will not increase the total population for the time being. The Eastern Continent is Azer A quarter of the land of Ras, its area is much larger than that of medieval Europe, but here we still calculate it based on a population of 100 million.

Human beings have survived and multiplied for nearly 3000 years, and their footprints spread across two-thirds of the Eastern Continent. The Kingdom of Lordaeron is the first of the seven nations of mankind. Everyone knows that under the conditions of civilization in the Middle Ages, as a large country, it must have population and area. They are the largest, so among the 100 million people, it shouldn’t be too much to separate people to Lordaeron?

Lordaeron owns three inherent lands, Tirisfal, West Dallone Mill, and East Dallon Mill, as well as the Hillsbrad Hills jointly managed with the Alterac Kingdom, and the Arathi Highlands managed by Stromgarde But brothers who are familiar with the history of Warcraft know that Alterac Kingdom was delisted because of betrayal after the Second War, and Stromgarde also declined. So here, according to Lordaeron’s five Calculated by each administrative region.

Dalongmir area is the hinterland of Lordaeron. According to the general political structure, the population here will inevitably be more, but we still calculate it according to the average, then the population of each region should be around 300!

At the end of yesterday’s chapter, I actually answered this question, but I’ll say it again. After the outbreak of the plague, the Knights of the Silver Hand, Hearthglen and the Garrison of Cidhalon Mill worked together to wipe out some of the wandering undead. , But the rest were gathered in the city of Andorhal by Araki. That’s why I set the number “nearly one million”. To be more honest, this number is not exaggerated. On the contrary, for the sake of rationality, I Also compressed it a lot.

But having said that, my calculation method is inherently unscientific, and I am not a sociologist, so I hope you can tolerate this kind of small problems that do not affect it.

By the way, I saw some brothers who said that the official setting of Warcraft, the Northern Expedition only killed 50,000 people, this official setting is actually for the game, too much NC will put pressure on the server, and it is not conducive to the game experience. , So there will be a bizarre situation where all the NCs in the main human city of Stormwind are less than 1. If reflected in the real world, Stormwind and Theramore are the only main cities of human forces, then they are in danger. The world simply cannot survive.

In my opinion, although it is not very pleasant to listen to, the biggest advantage of being able to become the protagonist of Azeroth is actually the quantity and the extremely fast reproduction speed!

Okay, let’s stop here on this question I originally put it in the author’s words, but found that there is a maximum of 500 words, so I put it here, but fortunately, it hasn’t been put on the shelves yet, so I won’t receive any money. I hope you guys will take care of it!

Finally, please ask for a wave of tickets, whether it is a recommendation or another magic horse, welcome to drop me on, don’t pity me! It is the same promise as before. If you are really lucky enough to be on the new book list in the new book period, at least 10 thanks to your fathers and brothers! !