Volume 5: King of the Mountain Chapter 278: Brothers offer sacrifice to the heavens, boundless magic power
Arthas was commanding the Lordaeron army to fight against the orcs on the opposite side. Suddenly, he felt something and turned around, and saw a scene that he would never forget.
Old Saurfang pulled the Soul-Splitting Axe from King Aiden's body. Around the king, five or six princes were fighting bravely with the Frostwolf Knights , but they were blocked and unable to rescue their father.
This... Alsace was shocked immediately. How come the king died when the battle just started?
King Aiden is too reckless. He has so many warriors under his command, but he has to go up alone to fight the orc general...
His young mind was unable to comprehend what was happening for a moment, and he fell into a brief daze , until the tsunami-like shouting awakened him from his confusion.
"The King is dead! The King is dead!"
Waves of exclamations rang out one after another, spreading like dominoes, and soon the entire alliance army was affected by this sudden incident.
The adventurers were particularly surprised. How could the king die before they even started fighting?
Some adventurers who were close by were lucky enough to witness the whole process, and they all said - it's you rich players who really know how to play, the story of loving father and filial son is so exciting.
More players are speculating on what impact this incident will have on the entire game.
Aiden’s death is not a small matter for the entire game. After all, he is a king and the leader of a faction, and he died just like that.
When the Centaur Empire successfully rose to power and became an optional race for adventurers, various wild monster races became popular for a long time afterwards. Many wealthy studios began to invest money in the development of those humanoid wild monster races, hoping to replicate the Centaur's experience in rising to power.
Now that this has happened, I'm afraid that the kings, chiefs and others will have to be careful in the future, fearing that one day they will be "saved for good" by their own filial sons.
But these are all things of the past. At this moment, due to Aiden’s death, the battlefield has undergone drastic changes.
[System prompt: Your army leader has been killed, and the morale of your camp's army has dropped by 20 points.]
When Murphy heard the system prompt, he immediately thought to himself that something was wrong. The morale of the human army was not very strong to begin with, and the morale loss rate was the standard 1.0, which means that for every 1% of casualties, the morale would drop by 1 point.
The maximum morale value is 100, and it will collapse if it drops to 50 points. In other words, if more than half of the soldiers are killed or wounded, a team of soldiers will disintegrate and lose their combat effectiveness.
Now it has been reduced by 20 points at once, which means that the damage tolerance of the troops has directly become 30%. Once the loss exceeds three layers, it may lead to collapse.
Fortunately, this worry only lasted for a few seconds, and the next moment, the system prompt sounded again.
[System prompt: Your teammate 'First-generation Military Advisor' has activated the hero specialty [The Army of Misery Must Win], you have gained 5 layers of violent buff, and the morale of the army in your camp has increased by 25 points. ]
[Weak soldiers will win: Whenever a teammate dies, you and your teammates will gain a layer of 'Frenzy' buff, increasing all attributes by 5% (only for hero template and elite template), and morale by 5 points (only for soldier template), which lasts for 30 minutes. In the plot mode, the closer the relationship between the dead teammate and you, the more layers of rage will be generated, up to 20 layers can be stacked.]
Since King Aiden was the father of a generation of military strategists, he stacked five layers of rage on everyone at once, which was equivalent to increasing the temporary attributes by 25%.
The morale of the king's army was off the charts. Their eyes were red and they vowed to avenge their king.
"For my father! Kill!"
"For the king! Kill!"
With deafening shouts of killing, the Alterac King's army attacked on all fronts. Teams of Alterac Infantry, Highland Swordsmen, and Highland Warriors formed neat formations and charged towards the orcs on the opposite side.
The princes also shouted and launched an attack on old Saurfang. Under normal circumstances, everyone was still quite afraid of this kind of epic hero. The difference in rank was too great, and a real fight would most likely lead to disaster.
It’s just like when Wang Kuang in the Three Kingdoms met Lu Bu. It would usually only take three or five rounds, and he might be killed if he wasn’t careful.
But now with the BUFF support and the fact that we are outnumbered, everyone feels that they can still give it a try.
If we kill this guy, we will definitely get plot points. In addition, we must take back King Aiden's body. No one has touched Aiden's equipment yet. We are all filial sons and daughters, and this inheritance cannot be given to outsiders.
Old Saurfang was taken aback. He didn't expect that killing a king would not crush the morale of the enemy at all, but instead exploded.
"Hmph, well, then let me see how powerful you highlanders are!"
He swung his battle axe, and the wolf knights behind him immediately gathered towards him.
kill!
At the same time, Durotan also sent out the main force of the orcs, hundreds of infantrymen launched a counterattack against the King of Alterac's army.
The two groups of people collided violently. On one side were the Highland warriors with high morale, and on the other side were the bloodthirsty and warlike savage orcs. Swords cut into flesh, steel tore through armor, blood flew everywhere, and flesh and blood splattered. In an instant, the battle reached its bloody climax.
"Damn it! What the hell is going on? I should have been the one to launch the attack first." The orc commander on the left wing, the young wolf lord, cursed inwardly. This time the war turned into a war of attrition.
"Let's go too!" he roared, and the orc army on the left wing also launched an attack.
The morale of the noble legion is much worse, because they do not belong to the same "war group" as the first-generation military advisor, so these noble lords do not enjoy the BUFF gain of "weak troops must win" at all. Instead, their morale is low because of the death of their king.
They could only remain on the defensive, so the key to the battlefield became the battle in the middle area.
At this moment, seven or eight warriors and knight-type princes had already besieged old Saurfang. Old Saurfang was not afraid at all. He led the wolf knights to charge left and right on the battlefield, with no intention of fighting anymore.
God of War Lu Bu (Prince of Alterac): "We must make him stop before we can surround and kill him! Fifth brother, eighth brother, sixteenth brother, make him dismount!"
Haunted by wronged ghosts!
Swamp magic!
Slow down technique!
The magic princes who were behind released all kinds of control magic, and without exception, all of these magics fell on old Saurfang's mount. Old Saurfang himself had extremely high resilience, and ordinary control magic could easily exempt him, but his mount did not have such strength. A few spells made its four paws fly in the air, and it ran on the spot as if in slow motion. Surrounded by the princes who caught up with him, old Saurfang could only roar and jump off his wolf.
"Come on you human scum! Come on!"
Five or six princes rushed forward together.
The leader was none other than the God of War Lu Bu. He had been practicing for a long time with several of his brothers for this day. It was almost impossible to win a one-on-one duel with a God of War-level NPC like old Saurfang, and he had an extremely strong killing ability, so they must not get involved in a fight. They had to strike back and run away, and constantly consume the opponent to have a chance of winning.
At this time, several people used this tactic. The God of War Lu Bu charged and swung his halberd from a distance. When he failed to hit, he did not want to fight and rushed directly to the distance. The second prince followed closely behind him and charged again, swinging a sword.
Then came the third and fourth.
They all fled after one strike, without any lingering fight.
Two more princes rode on horseback and drew their bows, constantly harassing and shooting from a distance. The chaos of fighting among the princes made old Saurfang completely exhausted.
He was hit twice without paying attention. Although he only lost a few hundred points of health, it still gave the princes great confidence.
"Go on, that's it, don't fight him at close range, keep charging at him!" Lu Bu shouted as he charged forward again.
Old Saurfang's health is only over 10,000, and he won't be able to hold on for a few more rounds.
At the same time, an invisible figure quietly sneaked behind old Saurfang.
Leonardo Perenolde hid in the shadows, the two daggers in his hands were both coated with full-level deadly poison, which not only caused additional poison damage, but also increased the probability of a critical hit.
He stared at the battle situation, looking for an opportunity to break in. Head-on combat was not his area, but sneak attacks from behind were definitely his specialty.
Suddenly, Xiao Hongchen launched another charge. Saurfang could no longer bear it and used his heroic skill "Trampling the Earth". With a loud bang, the earth shook. The princes around him all fell into a brief stiffness. Saurfang then rushed up to chase.
Leonardo was delighted. Now is the time! Hey, brothers, I'll take this head.
However, as he took a step forward, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end. At the critical moment, he turned around abruptly, and a sword was coming towards him.
Shadow Stand!
Swish! The war blade cut Leonardo's figure in half, and then he turned into a black shadow and disappeared.
Leonardo's figure appeared not far away. He looked at the orc swordsman holding a battle blade in front of him with an angry face. He really felt like he was going to die just now.
The enemy in front of him was beyond Leonardo's expectation. He turned out to be an orc swordmaster. He looked at the name again - "Samuro? It's you."
"You know me?" Samuro was a little surprised.
"Of course I know you, the Sword Master of the Burning Blade Clan. I didn't expect you to be here..."
Phew!
Leonardo's voice stopped abruptly, he lowered his head in disbelief, and the blade of a sword broke out of his chest.
What, how is this possible! Could it be that——
"Since you know that I am the Sword Master of the Fire Blade Clan, then you should know that we Sword Masters can use mirror images."
Behind him, another Samuro said this coldly as he twisted the blade hard!
-5911 (critical hit)!
[System prompt: Your teammate 'Leonardo' died, your teammate 'First-generation Military Advisor' activated the hero specialty [The Army of the Miserable Must Win], and you gained 3 layers of violent gain. ]
What!? Another person died?
Murphy, who was leading the dragon-clad heavy cavalry to charge at the orc infantry, opened the battle group list and found that another brother was dead, the master assassin Leonardo.
How did this guy get hung? Murphy was a little puzzled.
But this is just the beginning.
[System prompt: Your teammate 'Xiao Hongchen' was killed, your teammate 'The First Military Advisor' activated the hero's specialty [The Army of Misery Must Win], and you gained 3 layers of violent gain. ]
[System prompt: Your teammate 'Get some fries' was killed, your teammate 'The First Military Advisor' activated the hero's specialty [The army of the underdog will win], and you gained 3 layers of violent gain. ]
