Menethil's Power

Chapter 56 Lordaeron Stands Standing

Not to mention someone who is far away in Quel'Thalas, the war in Lordaeron has reached its most critical moment.Tens of thousands of orcs crossed the Alterac Mountains from the Hinterlands without hindrance, entered the hinterland of unsuspecting Lordaeron, and approached the royal city along the shore of Lordaeron Lake.

At this time, the Dathrohan Department in Hillsbrad is struggling to cope, and the orc fleet has been continuously transporting troops from the southern continent.Because some people with ulterior motives obstructed the Lothar Department in Hinterland, not only the intelligence system was paralyzed, but even the supply encountered problems.Although Turalyon's department has received the news of frantic support, they are still beyond their reach in a short time.

This means that Wangcheng will be isolated and helpless in the next few days. This always graceful and elegant city must show her strength, otherwise this war will be meaningless.

"Lordaeron has been established for thousands of years, and it has experienced more than thirty monarchs. During this period, there were many ups and downs." The 60-year-old His Majesty King Terenas squinted his eyes, looking at the densely packed orcs in the southeast of the royal city, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "But no prince has ever put a royal city under the knife's edge of the enemy. I have dishonored the former kings."

"Don't blame yourself too much, Your Majesty. In my opinion, your achievements are comparable to any emperor." Another old man with white beard and hair replied, he has a pair of light blue eyes full of wisdom. "After all, no one expected that Alterac would suddenly betray."

No one expected it?Terenas' expression suddenly became strange.He thought of the adopted son who insisted on guaranteeing the guarding power of the royal city and keeping in touch with Dalaran before the battle.Isaacs is not as mature as a 12-year-old at all, which surprised the old king but was also very gratifying.This means that age will not be an obstacle to the succession of the throne.

"Thank you for your support, Antonidas." The Chief Archmage of Terenas nodded slightly and said, "I am very touched by Dalaran's quick and selfless support, and Lordaeron will always remember this kindness."

"This is the duty of an ally. What's more, you should be grateful to this." Antonidas gestured to the young red-haired mage who was following him, "Mr. Ronin, the savior and star of Dalaran , it was he who risked his life to go to Alterac to find out the news for us." The archmage rarely used a joking tone.

Luo Ning looked a little embarrassed, "Uh... sorry... Actually, I didn't make a special trip to find out the news." He said in a panic, obviously this fledgling young man didn't have much experience in meeting high-level people.But after a while, his expression suddenly became solemn, "And what I have done is insignificant compared to the other person."

"Oh?" Terenas showed interest, "Another warrior?"

"A true warrior." Rhonin said solemnly, "I just need to be ready to teleport the spell back to Dalaran, but he is going to cross the mountains and bring the news to Quel'Thalas," his voice dropped. , "He has two children, but I can't stop him from walking on this path of narrow escape."

Terenas was silent, and it took a while before he spoke, "Tell me his name, boy, such a warrior should not be forgotten."

"Jill Loren, Your Majesty. He is a lieutenant of the [-]th Lordaeron Infantry."

The conversation on the wall continued.The orc army was approaching, but neither Terenas, Antonidas, nor Rhonin felt any tension.Different from the original royal city which only had thousands of old and weak soldiers in history, there are now two reorganized legions and hundreds of mages above the elite level in this city, plus the city walls that have been constantly strengthened by successive Kings of Lordaeron , and absolutely sufficient material reserves, enough to be called impenetrable.

The orcs stopped outside the range of the defensive weapons. Obviously, Alterac's betrayal was not only to give up the passage, but also to provide information on the former allies.These hideous green-skinned monsters seemed to be well-trained, and they just panicked for a short period of time before they assembled and lined up.With the roar of an orc commander holding a black warhammer, the first group of orcs charged bravely.

Terenas couldn't help frowning. He heard the generals retreating from the front tell about the bravery and ferocity of the orcs, but he still didn't expect that these beasts would directly try to shake the masonry walls with their flesh and blood.In order to speed up their march, they obviously did not bring any heavy siege weapons, only a giant wooden siege hammer carried by dozens of orcs.

Wang Cheng's garrison quickly began to attack, arrows rained down, and the catapults and catapults fired deadly stone bullets, constantly crushing patches of blood red in the dense green torrent.Dozens of orcs carrying giant battering rams quickly fell down, but the same orcs were replenished in an instant, so the battering ram was always approaching the city gate.

Terenas focused on observing the battlefield, trying to figure out what the orcs might do next, but suddenly heard the guards around him exclaim: "What is that? Holy Light, it's a dragon!"

The old king quickly turned his gaze to the sky, and sure enough, he saw more than a dozen huge red monsters attacking quickly. They had tough scales, huge yellow-brown pupils, and spewed smoke and flames.

Terenas could hear the panicked shouts of the soldiers around him, and his heart sank to the bottom.He could not blame his soldiers, for even a farmer in the wild knew that mortals were no match for dragons.The old king suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. This was the orc's reliance, but he seemed helpless. There was nothing in the defense system of the king's city that could fight against it. After all, who would be crazy enough to use a dragon as an imaginary enemy?

A very immature voice suddenly came from behind, and the person could be heard very excited, "Unbelievable! Isaacs is right! There really is a big red lizard!"

Terenas turned around in surprise, and saw a brat jumping up and down excitedly, "Alsace?! What are you doing here?!!" Frightened and angry, he subconsciously raised his voice. "Fariq! You have to give me an explanation!!!" The old king looked at the palace guards following the little prince, his sharp eyes made him bow his head guiltyly.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty." Farric replied, "But His Royal Highness Alsace said that he has important news to report..."

"Nonsense!!" Terenas reprimanded directly, glaring fiercely at Alsace, this always good-tempered old man felt his lungs were going to explode for the first time in decades. "Go back to the palace immediately! Immediately! Immediately!"

Arthas stared back unceremoniously, he seemed very confident, "If I do this, then Lordaeron is really doomed! My dear old father!"

Without waiting for Terenas, who was almost confused, to react, Alsace made a signal gesture behind him.Dozens of strangely shaped blade throwing carts were seen being pushed up the city wall.Unlike normal siege weapons, these rune-covered blade throwers appear to be quite destructive.

"Your Excellency Antonidas, I need the wizards of Dalaran to do some auxiliary work." Alsace saluted the old-fashioned archmage before saying.

Antonidas looked at the pretending Alsace with great interest, this one was indeed still a child.These arrangements are obviously not from his hands.But the archmage had heard of the precocious Great Prince of Lordaeron, so he could guess that it was Isaacs' work.

Those blade throwers should be the self-propelled version of the Tomahawk blade thrower.Antonidas nodded, he knew what to do, the archmage's voice suddenly became loud and penetrating, "Robes of Dalaran, release time and space distortion!"

Time-space distortion, a lord-level arcane group explosive buff spell, is similar to bloodthirsty in terms of effect, but it is different from bloodthirsty, which directly stimulates the potential of the body. The principle of time-space distortion is to speed up the flow of time, so it is not only Acts on biological units.

The light blue light shrouded the dozens of blade throwing vehicles, speeding up the flow of time in their area by as much as 30.00%.These war machines completed the process of deploying, starting, and warming up in a very short period of time, and their targets were directed at the giant red beasts that were almost in sight.

Alsace's palms were covered with sweat, he was only a ten-year-old child after all, it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.Isaacs originally wanted to hand over this emergency arrangement to Farric, but Alsace stalked and took over the task.He had followed Isaacs' orders perfectly so far, and now he was one last step away, ordering the launch when the red lizard came within 200 meters.

200 meters, about the length of the royal training ground, Alsace kept chanting silently, staring at the big red lizards without blinking.

Closer, closer, Arthas could even clearly see the green humanoid creature on the dragon's back.The leading red dragon suddenly let out a roar, it made an inhalation movement, and a breath of fiery dragon breath directly swept across the outermost wall of the royal city.

The flames swept across, igniting the duty of the guarding soldiers, who ran, rolled, and searched for water in vain, but to no avail, they could only die in pain.The wailing of the soldiers stimulated Alsace's nerves, and he subconsciously waved his lower arm, "Fire!" The boy's immature voice trembled.

Dozens of sharp blades whizzed out, some of them fell through, while others achieved more or less results.The red dragon is a large creature, and it is difficult to dodge effectively in the air. The violet blade left deep visible bone scars on the red dragon, and two of them even had a section of wing cut off. It turned into a huge corpse-even the body of a dragon can hardly resist the damage caused by the fragments caused by the burst of the blade.

Dragon scales shot out, dragon blood splattered, and painful wailing resounded throughout the battlefield. Both the Alliance and the Horde fell into silence, as if they were shocked by this scene.Five of the fourteen red dragons died on the spot, and three of them lost the ability to fly and had to make an emergency landing, and they seemed to be dead.The remaining six were also slightly or seriously injured. Regardless of the mountain pass that was bleeding a lot, they struggled and fled in a hurry, even though the orcs on the dragon's back beat and kicked, they never turned back.

Arthas smashed his fist on the rough brick in frustration, his heart filled with self-blame.He was still too impatient to give the order at the most opportune time.Today, nearly half of the red dragons have escaped. Alsace has seen the power of their breath, so he can fully imagine the damage they will cause to the alliance army. Countless families will fall into a miserable situation because of them. Everything that should be avoided has become a fact that is about to happen because of him.

The boy's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's a pity that Terenas didn't notice the state of his youngest son, the old king was still in a state of trance.Rage was burning in his chest, but this time it was directed at someone far away in Quel'Thalas.

It's outrageous!This kind of weapon of mass destruction was hidden in the palace without saying a word. This little brat never thought about what he would do if he was shot directly at the palace?The old king's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He had already decided that when that bastard son came back, he would slap his ass hard. It would be useless for anyone to stop him!
(End of this chapter)