Chapter 52 Surrender
There are only a few pieces left in the square black and white chessboard. A crystal white slender hand hesitated to tap the table, as if thinking about how to deal with it next.
"Your Majesty, you only have one second horse left. If you don't go back and protect the prince, it will be a big deal." Sophie, a childish smiled and held her cheeks. She was very happy that she could make the famous Dark Queen of the mainland embarrassed. Although she was just passing the boring game, she was still proud of her "feat".
Sylvanas seemed to have not heard her words, and frowned slightly and thought. Even in the harmless game, the queen still had an unparalleled competitive heart.
"Bang!"
After thinking a little, the queen gently let out her eyebrows and raised her hand to put the queen in an unexpected position. This not only resolved the crisis of the general, but also forced the other party to give up the only image.
"Ah..." Sophie, who was still proud of the moment, opened her mouth wide and looked at the queen who had just learned the rules in surprise for less than two hours. Compared to her who had tortured Regan for several months, Sylvanas's understanding can be described as a genius.
"It's your turn, little Sophie," said the dark queen lightly, as if the wonderful move just now was nothing.
"Oh...oh," Sophie withdrew her gaze and held the king who was in a dilemma, and she could not get rid of the opponent's attack no matter where she moved.
"Well...here!" The elf frowned and made up his mind, and moved the king one place like a righteous person.
"Are you sure?" Sylvanas raised his eyebrows slightly, but before Sophie could react, she was about to die without hesitation. Then he looked up at the elf and said, "Give up at will is not a good habit. You had at least three ways to continue dealing with me, but you chose the weakest one, which disappointed me very much... Remember, little Sophie, don't give up easily at any time, even at the last moment."
Sophie nodded in a vague way: "Follow your teachings, Her Majesty the Queen... But compared to these, your chess skills are more kingly! You must know that I have been studying for two months to avoid confusing the King of Ches, and you defeated me in just one hour... Oh my God! I can't even have the idea of continuing to play chess now!"
"Actually, it's not that my understanding is stronger than you, it's just that we have different understandings of this game." Facing Sophie's admiration, the Dark Queen just smiled faintly.
"What you see is a few pieces limited to this chess board, an optional game," she knocked on the simple stone board, which Sophie instructed poor Loxas to make a big stone slab to relieve the boredom of being a hostage.
"And I saw it was a war without gunpowder. Each chess piece has its own mission and task, either restraining, attacking, or defending. They are like different individuals of life, and need chess players to give them vitality, instead of rigidly executing various boring tactics... It is precisely because of this that I can defeat you in such a short time."
"Well... Although I don't understand it very much, you are such a wise king!" Sophie yawned gently, and it was obviously not very good to stay up late.
Sylvanas smiled unanimously, and was about to give a point to this cute elf girl, but was interrupted by a burst of rapid footsteps.
"Her Majesty, important information has been reported on the blood-colored front. Lord Varimasas respectfully invites you to return to the palace to discuss related matters!" A terrifying guard walked into the room and knelt on the ground, reporting with an unconcealed joyfulness that could not be hidden.
"The bloody Crusaders have been cleared?" Sylvanas asked without getting up and playing with the chess piece in his hand. He glanced at Sophie, whose face turned worried, and added lightly, "Is it the Knight Regan's statement that has taken effect, and has made those dead guys put down their weapons?"
"My king is wise! It was the human knight who said that he had surrendered all the crusaders. At this moment, they came to the Undercity to surrender under the guidance of the two lords Nathanos and Putres!" The words of the terrifying guard somewhat relieved Sophie. You know that she was worried about her lover all night long.
"Her Majesty, then let's go now! Regan has been running around all night, and he should be very tired now!" Sophie stood up eagerly and begged.
"Don't worry, cute elf girl," Sylvanas stroked Sophie's satin-like hair, and in a trance saw her once young self. She sighed in her heart and comforted her with a smile, "Your knight can face the powerful Lich King alone. It's not a big deal to sleep less, but you haven't closed your eyes all night and played chess with me for a long time. You are the one who really wants to rest."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but no matter how prominent Regan's status will be in the future, as his fiancée, I should always stand beside him," Sophie said stubbornly.
"Okay, little Sophie, I promise you." Sylvanas shook his head helplessly. Although this legendary woman, as the head of state, has experienced countless bloody storms, has never experienced the taste of love since she was alive until she died. Naturally, she cannot know the feelings of a lover in love.
The Queen of Darkness turned her head and ordered to the terrifying guards: "Tell Varimasas to let him lead people to build a surrender platform at a speed. I want all my subjects to see this moment! Seeing the moment when we truly rule Lordaeron!"
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"Is that the leader of the Blood Crusader? Why are you wearing the clothes of Silver Hand?"
"Hey, man, stop squeezing me!"
As soon as he entered the old city gate of Lordaeron, Regan's ears were filled with such a voice. The Forgotten civilians who did not usually come out of the ground learned that the Crusaders surrendered, all walked out of the dark city to stop and watch, with hatred and joy in their eyes.
"The Holy Light is here. If I have weapons on my hands, I will definitely chop these broken meat into pieces!" Herod complained in a low voice, but it was only for complaining, because their weapons had long been taken away by Nathanos' subordinates, and now only the staff in White's hand is still there for the thousand people.
"Quiet, Herod," said the female prosecutor beside him frowned slightly, and hurriedly lowered his voice, "when we made that shameful decision, the result was obvious, and now we have no choice but to endure!"
"I understand...but think about the insults that I will suffer later, I would rather go back to the monastery and let the undead blow me to death!" Herod replied with a wry smile.
"So, this is a trial..." Regan, who was walking in front, did not look back, and still moved forward with a strange look. "Uther taught us that glory is my life, but the silver hand finally fell apart and ended up with a tragic ending; Arthas abandoned everything for revenge, but finally fell into the trap of Ner's helmet and put on the evil helmet... I am not qualified to preach to you, but please don't forget these lessons of the past. As a paladin, eliminating evil is our primary task. In the face of victory, our own honor and disgrace can only retreat second!"
Listening to his rebellious words, White and Herod couldn't help but look at each other, but they had to admit that all this was a fact: the knights of the Silver Hand Age adhered to their creeds and advocated open confrontations, and rarely used seemingly despicable conspiracies in battles. Although these qualities were praised by the world, they also became the main cause of the annihilation of the entire army in the war of natural disasters.
Faced with the endless army of undead, whether it is a large-scale frontal battle or a small-scale encounter, the only tactics of the knights is to charge in groups, using the iron hooves of war horses and the blade of the holy light to slash all enemies that dare to stop. However, under the leadership of the cunning lich Kel Thuzad, the Scourge Corps never shy away from despicable means: using plague to infect water and food, and put the tortured humans back to the Silver Hand camp, making the natural disaster virus spread more quickly... No matter any strategy, as long as it can attack the Knight of the Silver Hand, Kel Thuzad never let it go
White and Herod, who were both Silver Hand Knights, naturally knew about the past. At this moment, after Regan said, they seemed to have realized something. Perhaps there is more than one way to serve the Holy Light. Let’s take a look at what miracles this young dragon slayer would create!
"Everyone," Nathanos, who was walking at the front, stopped in front of the elevator, without any expression in his dim eyes. "Although I personally don't have any good feelings for you, I still want to advise you before entering the Undercity, don't anger the people of the Undercity because of that ridiculous dignity. Keeping a useful body is the most urgent thing you are now..."
More than a thousand blood-colored warriors squeezed into the narrow passage and looked at him without saying a word. It seemed that these fanatics were also ready to accept the facts.
The Withered One gave Regan a questioning look, and when the Knight nodded slightly, he opened the doors of all the elevators: "Then please come in, everyone... I hope you can live to Stormwind City."
——As Nathanos said, every crusader walked out of the lifting ladder in the eyes of hatred. Unlike the undead condemnation of the civilians just now, the eyes shot on them now have a strong murderous intent, and most of them come from the undead soldiers on both sides of the road. Too many of them died under the crusader knife. This hatred cannot be solved by a single book.
Regan thought something was wrong. Although he didn't know what Sylvanas was planning at the moment, he had put on so many hostile warriors since the beginning of the trade zone. Obviously, the queen did not intend to let him take away all the crusaders easily. At this moment, he could no longer think too much, so he could only bite the bullet and deal with it.
"The Queen of Darkness ordered the Bloody Crusader Prosecutor White Meynne, and the garrison captain Herod to conduct a surrender ceremony to the surrendering platform. The rest of the Crusaders followed the Knights of Stormwind Kristen Regan to listen! The above will be implemented immediately and there must be no mistakes!" A royal terror guard walked up to everyone and said, his cold voice was like his face under his hood.
Regan glanced at Nathanos, and looked surprised when he saw the other party. It seemed that he was not aware of it.
"We obey the Queen's orders, please ask you to lead the way." Regen thought for a moment and nodded to the guard who was passing the message.
"Then follow me, your Majesty and Lord Varimasas are waiting for you in the great circle."
Chapter completed!