In the western part of the continent, the Scourge Legion was quickly rushing towards a town on the border of the Kingdom of Ballaika. However, at dawn, the town had already erupted into commotion. The temple priests in the town rushed into the mayor's mansion without ceremony. He woke up the mayor forcefully, and then the town's big bell, which was used to notify people of danger, was rang violently. When the half-asleep townspeople stumbled out to see what was going on, many town guards had been organized to go door-to-door to inform everyone to leave the abandoned town and head for the big city behind.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, but the mayor and the priest have ordered an immediate evacuation. The sooner the better."
"Evacuate! Now!?"
"That's right! Go wake up your family members and ask them to leave the city and evacuate immediately."
The guards yelled hurriedly. The streets were filled with bewildered townspeople. Some seemed to be completely confused about the situation and were hesitating to leave, while other more pious townspeople went home immediately after learning that it was the priest's order. He woke up his family and started preparing the carriage, but then everyone received news that the mayor and the temple priest asked to leave everything behind. Everyone evacuated the town immediately, immediately, and quickly. The order was unprecedentedly tough. Seeing that some people were still foolishly guarding their money, the guards suddenly became a little angry. When they gathered at the mayor's residence, all the guards had learned from the priest that the order to evacuate was because of the earth god Wu. Znok issued an oracle. In the oracle, the God of the Earth had clearly predicted that the dead buried underground had awakened and were spreading the shadow of death from the north.
In the temple of the God of the Earth, a middle-aged male priest who was over sixty years old was gathering together the orphans adopted in the temple and some old people who were inconvenient to travel long distances. Three mages were busy preparing the teleportation circle. All the magic crystals that can be found in the town have been collected. Even the mayor smashed the vase passed down from generation to generation in his family and donated a magic crystal on it for decoration, but these magic crystals have The magic power is still not enough to teleport all the townspeople to the big city more than a hundred kilometers away. For this reason, priority can only be given to the elderly and children.
Finally, he hugged his daughter and son. The mayor's slightly fat face showed a look of relief as he watched his children disappear with the light of the teleportation circle. Although he also wanted to use the teleportation array to escape from this town that was about to be swallowed up by the dead, but under the harsh eyes of the temple priests at the rear, even the normally powerful himself had no choice but to retreat with the ordinary townspeople. The fat mayor couldn't help but cursed: "These idiots, don't they know that death is coming? Let them evacuate immediately. According to the oracle of the Supreme God, time is running out."
As one of the most powerful people in the town, the mayor himself accumulated a considerable amount of wealth after assuming this position. However, after the temple priest broke into his home regardless of etiquette and issued this terrible oracle, the mayor The elder still made a wise decision to save himself and his family's lives first. It's a pity that money is just an external possession, but no amount of money can buy back life. As the mayor, I obviously made a wise decision to abandon my wealth and notify all the townspeople to evacuate as quickly as possible, but now these blind fools are still entangled with this small amount of money, damn it! What a bunch of ignorant people.
The mayor, who almost transformed into the Roaring Emperor, hysterically asked the guards to force the townspeople to leave. At this time, the priest on the side waved his hand and said: "There is no time. Now let the townspeople who are willing to leave evacuate first. Those who are unwilling to leave their wealth behind." Since people have made a choice, they have to pay a corresponding price, and we can’t help them.”
The mayor looked dumbfounded as the temple priest said such cruel words. The priest of the God of the Earth used to have a good reputation among the townspeople, and he was an elder known for his kindness and kindness. But now that he actually said such words, it can only mean one thing. This time the god The awakened dead mentioned in the edict may be of great significance.
"You also evacuated quickly. By the way, before evacuating, set the cemetery behind the temple on fire and destroy all the bodies buried there."
The guards stared at the priest in astonishment, but when they saw the determined look in the other person's eyes, the guards' expressions also became resolute: "It's your lord. We will carry out your order immediately."
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A raging fire burned in the cemetery, and the carriages quickly left the town, ignoring the townspeople who were still caring about their money. Even though some people tried to intercept the carriage team and asked to bring their property, under the instruction of the mayor, the guards immediately taught several people a lesson with swords. Soon some townspeople realized that something serious might have happened in the sudden request to evacuate, and some more townspeople were quickly added to the evacuation team.
The town of more than 4,000 people was quickly emptied. The vast team was driving on the road. Each person only carried a small amount of dry food. The lightly-packed townspeople were still very fast. When the sun rose, no one could see them. My hometown where I have lived for many years. However, there are still some people who really have no chance to see the morning sun.
People who were unwilling to give up their property used all means of transportation to try to carry away these heavy goods. Some people locked their property and themselves in cellars, hoping to avoid disaster no matter what happened outside. However, when the sky turned the color of a fish belly, the army representing death had already appeared on the horizon. The blue soul fire formed a torrent. As the undead moved, the sky seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, and even shots fired from above The sunlight below also became bleak.
The screams of fear cut through the last trace of luck of those who had not yet set out. When the exact facts of the disaster come to people's eyes, people will regret it. The wealth they had to protect at all costs instantly became nothing. The remaining townspeople abandoned everything in fear, desperately snatched the remaining horses and fled the town like crazy. When the undead team on the horizon accelerated their march, the whole town suddenly fell into chaos!
Why didn’t he obey the temple priest’s words and escape together? !
At this moment, it was too late to regret. The undead army quickly rushed into this empty town and began to kill every living person they saw. Even hiding in the cellar had no effect. They were extremely sensitive to the breath of the living. The undead can smell the breath of living people. They brandished their weapons and smashed open the cellar door, piercing the bodies of the townspeople with their swords amid bursts of heart-rending screams of fear.
Screams, wails, and pleas for mercy came one after another, but all of this had no effect in front of the emotionless undead. The undead simply killed everyone, and then resurrected the dead to become their companions. The killing continued, and now it was too late for the townspeople who escaped from the town. No matter how fast the horses were, they could not be faster than the flying monsters in the air. The scythe of death quickly harvested their souls.
"Oh~ It's really disappointing."
In the center of the town that had all quieted down, the death chanter Karsus slowly floated in the cemetery that had been burnt to scorched earth by the fire. The corpses buried inside had been carbonized by the high temperature and were probably unusable. He shook his head. Sass returned to the center of the undead army with a look of great distress.
The corpses of the townspeople were piled up by the undead. Ironically, there were a lot of scattered gold coins and property under the corpses. However, the undead were not even interested in taking a look at the things that killed them. Of course, there are still a few living people among them, and the purpose of leaving these people alive is naturally to interrogate the whereabouts of other townspeople.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Lich King. Those townspeople have already escaped beforehand. It seems that the news of our existence has been leaked." Karsus said to Arthas with a flattering expression on his face.
Arthas frowned. What was supposed to be a unilateral surprise killing to increase the strength of the Scourge ended up like this. What's more, the most unpleasant thing is that the news was leaked because of the oracle of the gods: "Those survivors cannot run far, so the Scourge Legion will quickly pursue them!"
"As you wish Your Majesty!"
God! ? Alsace looked at the sky and snorted coldly, then pulled out Frostmourne, which was shining with an unknown light. Surrounded by the breath of death, the corpses of the townspeople stood up again and prepared to be loyal to their new master. However, Alsace was very Dissatisfied, this town that was supposed to have more than 4,000 people ended up only adding about 200 people to the Scourge Legion, and they were the lowest-level cannon fodder undead.
Sanlvad rode a skeleton war horse over and said solemnly: "My Majesty, our whereabouts have been exposed. Next, the Holy City and the Balleka Kingdom will definitely be prepared. I'm afraid we are about to face a tough battle. ”
"The Scourge Legion still lacks its backbone. Without the assistance of the Death Knight, my legion will never be complete!"
Arthas reopened the map in his hand. Since the whereabouts of the Scourge Legion had been leaked, they could no longer march according to the planned plan. They had to change their route. The first purpose was to increase the number of legions as much as possible. Later, with the assistance of Sanlwald, Alsace found a good place. It was not an empty and easy-to-conquer town. Instead, it was a sparsely populated area, but there was a main river that ran through the entire Kingdom of Ballayka. It could be said to be a mother river-like existence!