Late at night, the entire Stratholme was still shrouded in fear and despair, and chaos spread everywhere with the flames rising into the sky.
But there was only one place that was not affected at all. Instead, it was so quiet that it was scary.
This is a cemetery located in the southwest corner of the city that was originally used to bury the dead, but was later secretly infiltrated and occupied by the Cursed Sect, and then resurrected a large number of corpses buried inside.
With the appearance of the Dreadlord Mal'Ganis, a black ziggurat rose from the ground and became the base of the Scourge here.
Most of the civilians who were transformed into undead during the day have been placed in this place.
Many have even evolved from the lowest level zombies into more powerful ghouls.
Moreover, in a cursed land that has been turned gray-brown by the plague, you can still see spider web monsters patrolling around, also known as crypt demons.
These terrifying undead were originally a special species that lived in Northrend in the far north - nerubians, but now they have become the most powerful minions of the Lich King.
The huge underground empire they established became a complete prison in front of the endless undead army. In the end, they were almost exterminated, and the dead bodies were once again pulled up to serve the Scourge.
Unlike ghouls, zombies and skeletons, which are low-level cannon fodder without intelligence, crypt demons do not simply pour energy into corpses to control them as puppets, but retain all their memories, knowledge and combat experience during their lifetimes.
After all, the impression left by the Nerubians on the first Lich King, Ner'zhul, was too profound.
Whether it was the opponent's ability to be immune to mind control or his physique that ignored magical plagues, they all caused him huge trouble.
It even got into a tough fight at one point and required help from the Dreadlords before it was finally over.
Therefore, the undead crypt demon is far more dangerous than it appears on the surface. It can even use its strong spiritual power to sense whether there are living people around it and find those who are sneaking and invisible.
In the eyes of the first generation Lich King Ner'zhul, these big bugs were his most trustworthy servants and tools, and even the stitching of abominations had to be pushed back.
Therefore, usually just by the number of crypt demons in a natural disaster base, you can roughly judge how seriously the base is valued.
In addition, the ziggurat's strong defense is enough to ensure that any enemy who tries to attack here will have to pay a heavy price.
It is a device that can greatly enhance psychic magic, and it is also an extremely strong military fortress. It can be understood as a special form of magic modified version of the mage tower.
It only takes a few acolytes and necromancers of the Curse Sect to operate, and they can shoot deadly shadows and death energy from the top of the spire, killing all enemies within a radius of several thousand meters.
Therefore, basically every time the Scourge Legion occupies an important place, they will build a large number of ziggurats nearby to consolidate their rule. At the same time, they will also use them to resurrect corpses to continuously increase their troops.
At this moment, the fear lord Mal'Ganis was standing in this ziggurat, staring at the members of the Cursed Sect standing in front of him, frowning and asking: "How did Fels fail?
How was he killed?
He clearly led a powerful undead army!
And I also attracted Prince Alsace’s main force into the city!
But in the end, they couldn't even defeat a military camp guarded by only a small number of militiamen and refugees?
There must be a limit to waste!"
From the tone of suppressed shock and anger, it is easy to tell that Mal'Ganis was simply unbelievable and unbelievable at the failure and death of the Lich's military operation during the day.
After all, in his eyes, a battle like this with an overwhelming advantage should be a standard crushing round.
Why was he defeated by the other party?
Although Fels is not the most powerful among the Lich King's men, he is still an elite mage from Dalaran, otherwise he would not be qualified to transform into a lich.
But now I can't even handle such a small thing.
If this were placed in the Burning Legion, I'm afraid he would be severely punished and demoted every minute, and he would probably never have the chance to lead an army again in this life.
"I'm... I'm so sorry. Those low-level undead who escaped did not have enough intelligence to describe the scene at that time. Naturally, we have no way to figure out what happened. We only know that Lord Fels was killed by some terrible spell.
died."
The members of the Cursed Sect hurriedly bowed their heads and explained.
He himself obviously couldn't figure out why a powerful undead creature like a lich could be killed in an instant by some unknown spell, and who cast this spell?
Because not everyone loyal to the Scourge is qualified to listen to the voice of the Lich King.
What's more, Ner'zhul was not of the same mind as the Burning Legion. He wished that all the Dreadlords would die in the war, so how could he share the most important information and secrets with him?
In fact, from the moment the miracle came in Hearthglen, he was aware of the powerful power displayed by Zuo Si, and also knew that those priests could use divine magic to create antidotes to cure the magical plague.
That's why the Lich Fels was arranged to launch a surprise attack while Alsace was away, hoping to nip this dangerous force in the bud.
But after seeing with his own eyes the level of magic displayed by Zuo Si himself during the day, the Lich King suddenly changed his mind and wanted to kill with a borrowed knife.
Whether Zuo Si kills the Dread Lord and eliminates an informant sent by the Burning Legion to monitor his confidant, or conversely, the Dread Lord kills Zuo Si, a huge threat, he will definitely make a profit.
There's nothing more fun than watching two enemies fight each other.
After figuring this out, Ner'zhul decisively chose to conceal the truth, not telling his acolytes and necromancers what had happened, and even blurring the memories in the minds of those low-level undead.
I have to say that he is quite good at playing in-fighting and shady people behind his back.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although the Dreadlord is known for his insidiousness and cunning, Mal'Ganis did not realize that this was a trap due to the serious asymmetry of information.
He immediately touched his chin and asked: "You mean, there is a strong human hidden among those refugees and survivors? He not only killed Fels, but also helped destroy an entire army of the undead?"
"That's right.
At least that's what it seems for now.
After all, the number of troops wiped out cannot be faked.
Moreover, not even one of the Meat Wagon and Suture Abominations that Master Fels took away escaped.
Most importantly, we didn't find any fresh bodies.
This means that the opponent's casualties are very small, so small that they can be ignored.
Such an outrageous battle loss ratio is obviously not something that a group of refugees and militiamen with little combat experience can achieve.
Even if they have strong fortifications."
The members of the Cursed Sect expressed their conclusions at once.
"Who could it be? The young female mage named Jaina next to Arthas? Or is it that Uther, the Lightbringer, has not left and is hiding in the military camp?"
Mal'Ganis quickly began to think and do a lot of brainstorming.
As a Dread Lord who is good at planning conspiracies and has an insight into the weaknesses of human nature, he never believes in any coincidences. He only feels that behind the whole thing is most likely a counterattack secretly planned by the enemy.
"It's not clear about that.
However, our spies did observe Lightbringer Uther leading the Knights of the Silver Hand and many soldiers to leave Stratholme.
As for Gianna's whereabouts, it is not yet confirmed.
However, based on the undead captured and transformed from the corpses of human soldiers during the day, it seems that she was teleported back to Dalaran to report the situation, and she should not be in the military camp.
perhaps……
We should wait until Master Fels is resurrected to ask him what exactly happened."
Members of the Cult of the Damned made careful suggestions.
Because with the death of the Lich, there is no second commander in this base who can control the undead creatures on a large scale to launch attacks.
After all, the mission of the Dread Lord is to continuously anger Arthas, causing him to continue to slide towards the endless abyss, and eventually become a puppet controlled by the Lich King, unable to take action.
Although other necromancers, shadow mages, and acolytes have enough intelligence to do this, they do not have strong power.
If you encounter this unknown mysterious person again, there is a high probability that he will be killed instantly like the lich, and even the information will not be transmitted back.
Therefore, the members of the Cursed Sect feel that it is better not to act rashly at this time, otherwise it will only be a waste of the troops they have finally accumulated.
Although the corpses preserved in Stratholme Necropolis, especially the number of skeletons, are quite staggering and can form an army of more than hundreds of thousands of skeletons.
In the Lich King's plan, this undead army will become one of the most important forces sweeping the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron in the future, and it must not be wasted here by a group of militiamen and refugees for no reason.
"It seems that this is all we can do now. Send more shadows to keep an eye on the camp, and wait until I take care of Prince Arthas before I can free my hands to deal with this threat."
Mal'Ganis made a quick decision.
He obviously knew that Azeroth was not as fragile as other planets that the Legion had conquered and destroyed. The natives here had strong magical power.
He even repelled the Burning Legion in the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago, and defeated the invincible Dark Titan Sargeras in two Orc Wars.
Therefore, although the Dread Lord was surprised by the Lich's death, it was not incomprehensible.
Just when the members of the Cursed Sect put their hands on their chests and bowed deeply and were about to leave, a strange light suddenly flashed in their eyes.
The next second...
To be continued...