In just ten hours, tens of thousands of people gathered in Briar, the town closest to the royal city.

Since this was the place where Kel'Thuzad studied natural disasters and plagues, and it was also the first town to be attacked by plagues and undead, it is currently in a semi-abandoned state.

The densely packed tombstones on the wasteland outside the city clearly illustrate where the disappeared residents have gone.

If possible, no sane person would be willing to stay in such a spooky and extremely unlucky place for a long time.

But the problem is that these refugees obviously don't have good choices.

After all, they were running in such a hurry that they only carried a small amount of valuable jewelry and gold and silver coins, and they had no means of transportation such as carriages.

In addition, there are a large number of women, the elderly, and children with their families. These vulnerable groups simply do not have enough physical strength to travel long distances and must stop and rest every time they walk.

Therefore Briar became the only place that provided a house and a bed to rest and sleep on.

However, considering that a plague had broken out here, people did not dare to eat the food in the barn, let alone drink the water from the well. Even the clothes and bedding in the house were thrown outside and burned.

The so-called rest and sleep are just lying on a hard wooden bed. Some may not even have a bed. They just lie on the floor or table for a while, and then continue along the road to the south of the Silver Pine Forest, which is relatively safe for the time being.

Once they hear a commotion, the refugees will immediately get up in panic and lie down by the window to look out, fearing that Alsace is coming with an army of undead.

Others got into the smelly sewers and escaped through the sewage pipes behind the royal capital through Lake Lordamre.

But their worries are obviously unnecessary.

Although the prince possesses artifacts like Frostmourne and a growing legion, it is obviously not something that can be accomplished in a day or two if he wants to completely capture a large fortress city like the Royal Capital of Lordaeron.

In particular, many veterans and officers who had participated in the two orc wars soon began to rely on the complex streets and scattered buildings in the city to engage in fierce street battles with the undead.

With clever minds and effective tactics, they turned the entire city into a huge battlefield, and relied on favorable terrain to build elastic defenses to block the attack tenaciously.

It is obviously unrealistic for brainless low-level cannon fodder like zombies and ghouls to defeat fully armed elite human soldiers until they form an overwhelming number.

What's more, the priests originally sent by the Church of the God of Contract to preach in the Kingdom of Lordaeron did not hesitate to join the army and provide soldiers and officers with holy water that could protect them from the plague.

Some of the guys who were warriors or paladins directly put on strong armor, carrying a war hammer in one hand and a shield in the other, and began to physically purify these undead.

Since they had all had relatives and friends die at the hands of plague and undead creatures before, and some were survivors of the Stratholme massacre, they were all filled with anger at Alsace's act of killing his father and surrendering to the enemy.

Outrageous rage.

At this moment, a priest who could cast three-ring magic was in a narrow alley, leading twelve elite infantrymen to block the path of forty or fifty ghouls.

I saw that he first skillfully released several group-effect enhanced magic spells, then took the lead in opening a bottle of holy water and took a sip, then poured the rest on weapons, shields and armors.

The other soldiers followed suit.

Drinking it is to prevent long-term fighting with undead creatures from accidentally contracting the plague. Applying it to the weapon can add sacred energy when attacking, causing greater damage to the enemy. The holy water on the armor can weaken possible diseases.

Curses and other evil magic effects.

In previous battles, they had already experienced the benefits brought by holy water, so they regarded these good things provided by the Church of the God of Contract as treasures.

When necessary, it can also be used as an investment weapon to hit the enemy, instantly burning a large area of ​​undead creatures and making them temporarily incapacitated.

"Be prepared! We cannot retreat even one step until all civilians on this street have been evacuated."

The priest shouted loudly to encourage everyone in the team, and then used magic to bless himself with three one-ring magic spells: [Demonized Weapon], [Protection from Evil] and [Piety Shield].

Since he was a Paladin before converting, he also summoned the power of the Holy Light to infuse the warhammer, causing it to emit a dazzling golden light.

In an instant, the roaring ghouls swarmed into the narrow alley.

Without saying a word, the soldiers who were waiting immediately threw forward several ignited oil cans found in nearby abandoned houses.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With the sound of the clay pot shattering as it hit the wall, the ignited grease quickly scattered in the air and fell on the ghoul, causing a violent burning.

Various pieces of wood and cloth piled up as obstacles in the alley also burned immediately, forming an isolation zone of high-temperature flames in less than ten seconds.

And as the fire spread, surrounding houses began to be set alight.

Similar thick smoke and fire can be seen almost everywhere in the Royal City of Lordaeron, and they are basically all set on fire by the humans themselves.

In order to stop the advance and massacre of the undead army, the army and soldiers have already been completely prepared. They don't care that this prosperous capital city will be destroyed in the fire. They just want to ensure that as many living people as possible can escape through the city gate.

go out.

Such a hellish scene, even the savage and bloodthirsty orcs can't help but stop or retreat when they see it.

After all, the pain of being burned alive by flames is not something that ordinary people can bear.

But the problem is that the undead are obviously not living beings, but a group of monsters who don't know what fear and fatigue are.

These low-level ghouls cannot even understand what death is. They only know that they rush forward under the command of the death knight, either killing all living people or being killed by the enemy.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As a result, they rushed through the isolation zone under the blazing flames, with dazzling red fire all over their bodies, and rushed straight towards the priest standing at the forefront.

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The latter, with the blessing of [Bull Power] and [Blessing of Strength], waved his war hammer and faced him without saying a word.

boom!

Following the violent impact, the snarling ghoul was instantly blown away by a terrifying force that was far beyond its ability to understand. Its entire head was smashed directly by the hammer, and its brains and broken bones were scattered in all directions, and it flew out in one breath.

Ten meters away, he bumped into four ghouls behind him and barely stopped.

"Oh my God! Are you sure you're really a priest?"

The veteran next to him was shocked by this violent and bloody scene, and couldn't help but murmur.

Because in his impression, the pastors of the Holy Light Church usually wear robes and have gentle and kind faces, and their main duties are limited to preaching, preaching and providing medical services to the people.

As for those who appeared on the battlefield, they were basically paladins who merged the advantages of priests and warriors later.

"Why, don't you like pastors like us?"

While he was talking, the priest once swung his war hammer and hit the head of the charging ghoul. Then he turned around and revealed his fully enclosed helmet covered in blood and brains. It looked as scary as possible.

But instead of being frightened, the veteran grinned with a bloodthirsty smile and responded: "No! Your Excellency! I fucking love you to death! If possible, I hope all priests are like you

Make a party!”

"Ha ha ha ha!

very good!

Then hold on to the weapons in your hands and come with me to purify these damn undead.

The great God of Contract, Thos, is watching over all believers!

He will give us the strength and courage to stand up to our enemies!

For the Kingdom of Lordaeron!

For the innocent people!

Maybe everyone will die here today, but our death will give more people a chance to live."

After an impassioned speech, the priest took the lead and collided with the ghouls rushing through the flame isolation zone.

The soldiers in the team seemed to be infected, and they roared and started fighting with the undead that were several times their number.

Because behind them were hundreds of panicked civilians fleeing towards the city gate.

As the most powerful country in mankind, and also the greatest contributor to leading the Alliance to victory in the two Orc Wars, the subjects of the Kingdom of Lordaeron have never lacked the consciousness to die generously in desperate situations.

Especially the two legions that defended the royal capital with a strong sense of honor. From the highest-ranking marshal to the lowest-ranking soldier, there was not even a single person who was afraid of escaping from the beginning to the end. Instead, they took the initiative to stop the natural disaster legions and provide services to the surviving citizens in the city.

Escape to gain time.

They know very well that facing the Scourge Legion that has grown in size and is constantly releasing plagues, the only result waiting for them is death, and even after death, they will be pulled up and become part of the undead army.

But even so, no one took a step back when they saw their comrades around them falling one after another.

Just when Arthas personally killed his father and caused the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron to fall into chaos, Baron Rivendell of Stratholme in the East Weald region immediately led an army of natural disasters to come out and began to attack Caolin Crossing and Tire.

They launched a fierce attack on densely populated areas such as Hand, Haven County, and Darrow County.

An army of millions of skeletons hidden in the mountains and forests swept in like a tide under the command of the Lich and the Necromancer of the Curse Sect.

Although King Terenas had strengthened the defenses of these places in advance under Zuo Si's reminder, all resistance was in vain in the face of the overwhelming numbers.

As the most important transportation hub, the Kaolin intersection failed to hold on for three days before falling.

Tens of thousands of civilians in the surrounding areas were brutally slaughtered, and they were basically either transformed into ghouls, or the corpses were torn into pieces and sewn together into stitched abominations that were fleshier and harder to destroy.

Although the Hand of Tyr barely managed to withstand the first wave with its easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrain and stone walls more than ten meters high, it also suffered heavy losses, and it was not known whether it would be able to withstand the second round.

In less than a week, Baron Rivendell crossed the Sodoril River and swept through the Western Plaguelands with a devastating force.

Large tracts of farmland were destroyed under the attack of the undead army, and only the heavily guarded Hearthglen and Andorhal were still resisting.

Especially the latter, because of the Lightbringer Uther and the Knights of the Silver Hand led by him, it is difficult for the undead army to take advantage of its numerical advantage.

Originally, Baron Rivendell wanted to take the remaining death knights and lichs to charge in person, but he was almost not purified directly by Uther's terrifying holy light energy.

From then on, he never dared to attack Andorhal easily, or even besieged it.

As perhaps the most powerful user of the Holy Light among humans, even Arthas, who was holding the artifact Frostmourne, was no match for Uther, who was going all out, let alone a mere Baron of Rivendell.

But giving up Andorhal doesn't mean the undead army has stopped.

On the contrary, they quickly passed through the Western Plaguelands and entered Tirisfal Glades, the core area of ​​the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and began to massacre millions of people here.

Although the news that the prince killed his father and surrendered to the enemy spread quickly as the refugees fled.
To be continued...