Volume 9: Disaster Chapter 534: Defense of the Royal City
"Hold on Yinfeng, you can do it!"
Riding on the back of the storm drake, Arthas tried hard to encourage the mount under his crotch. It was his first time to ride Windroar and soar in the sky. Windroar was still in the early stage of a young dragon and should not be able to carry a knight in combat, but in order to deal with this crisis, he had to fight.
While stroking the dragon scales, Arthas looked down. On the snowfields surrounding Alterac City, densely packed monsters gathered into a torrent-like army, surrounding the city of Alterac tightly.
No one knows what kind of force brings together different races and communities.
Frost trolls, beastmen, direwolves, ice elementals, yetis , storm giants, various bandits, rebel factions, and even a white dragon from the north.
They had only one goal, to capture the royal city of Alterac.
"Quick, hold on! Shoot!"
"Crossbowmen, free fire!"
"Mage, release fire magic on those monsters gathered together!"
"Where is the Storm Servant? Go to the Storm Temple and invite all the priests."
On the city wall, the knights in charge of commanding the battle roared, the archers fired arrows madly, and the mages kept casting spells, but facing the tidal army of monsters, it was completely a drop in the bucket.
Fortunately, the temporarily recruited adventurers quickly joined the battle. These people were really excited to be able to stand on the city wall to gain experience, not to mention the kingdom reputation they could get.
The intensive firepower soon left corpses strewn all over the ground below the city wall.
At this moment, a dragon's roar made the soldiers and adventurers on the city wall tremble in their hearts.
A white dragon with a bright complexion swooped down, and the frost it spewed out froze groups of soldiers into ice cubes. It passed by at high speed and quickly gained altitude. Facing such a tough overlord of the sky, the defenders of Alterac were quite helpless.
Snowwind (Wandering White Dragon): "Mortals, feel the fear of the frost land and face the power of the white dragon Snowwind!"
Just as the white dragon swooped down and spewed dragon breath, a black shadow flew silently above the white dragon.
Arthas gently stroked Wind-Singing's back. The young storm dragon, with a wingspan of only seven meters, was struggling to fly, but it was a storm dragon after all, and it still flew above the white dragon without any movement.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the white dragon, Arthas gritted his teeth and suddenly leaped out.
The Storm Dragon has limited combat power, and the only way to kill this white dragon that is wreaking havoc on Alterac is to engage in close combat.
This calculation was extremely precise and landed right on the white dragon's back.
The Song of Ice and Fire in his hand instantly pierced the white dragon's back. The white dragon roared and screamed in pain, trying hard to throw Arthas off, but Arthas used all his strength to hug the white dragon's neck tightly and continued to pierce the long sword in his hand into his body. The man and the dragon fought in the air...
Meanwhile - behind the gates of Alterac.
Boom-boom-boom!
The city gate was constantly hit violently, and the powerful force made the heavy city gate shake.
Jaina rode a group of white horses, holding the Staff of the Spellweaver, and led the Dragon Knights and the soldiers of Alterac to form a tight .
Jaina (Battle Mage): "You are the warriors of Alterac, you are fearless fighters. No matter what monsters rush in from behind the door, you must hold your ground for Alterac! Your loved ones!"
Boom! The city gate was finally blown open, and three storm giants led the way in.
Jaina didn't hesitate.
Ring of frost!
Swish, in a burst of brilliant white frost, the three storm giants were frozen into ice sculptures.
Chain lightning!
With a crackling sound, a dazzling flash of lightning appeared, and the ice sculpture was exploded, with ice chips flying everywhere and cracks appearing.
Frost blast!
Boom! The three storm giants were instantly blown into bloody, fleshy, and icy blocks.
Thor (King of Storm Giants): "Who dares to slaughter my warriors? Who dares to block my way!"
A storm giant over ten meters tall rushed in. Due to his huge body, he had to lower his head to enter the city gate.
Seeing Jaina, he seemed a little surprised. "Jaina? What the hell is going on? Why is Jaina here? Damn it, get out of here!"
Hearing the foul language coming out of the Giant King's mouth, Jaina's heart suddenly became filled with murderous intent.
Jaina (Battle Mage): "Shut up you filthy giant, my magic will tear you to pieces!"
Extreme spellcasting—Arcane Torrent!
Powerful arcane energy gathered at the top of the staff. After a few seconds, a powerful shock wave shot out, and the violent magic power directly pierced the chest of the Giant King. The overflowing magic power blasted the Storm Giant King into pieces. "
It was not until the remains of the Giant King were scattered all over the sky that Jaina suddenly woke up. She didn't expect that she had such powerful magic.
"kill!"
The soldiers rushed to the city gate and fought with the monsters that rushed in from outside the city.
Although the city gate was held, a new crisis soon emerged.
The earth suddenly began to tremble, and on the ground of the city square, a giant ice worm broke out of the ground.
Ancient ice worm——Li Dazui!
The adventurers in the city suddenly screamed.
"Oh no, the monsters are about to attack from underground."
"Someone come quickly!"
"Hold on, hold on!"
Adventurers who were buying medicine and supplies around the square immediately surrounded it. However, this ancient ice worm was a BOSS-level existence, six or seven meters thick, dozens of meters long, and had tens of thousands of HP.
Coupled with its extremely high damage reduction ability, it cannot be solved in a short time.
"Get out of the way - let me do it!" A strong young man wearing a silver-scale breastplate rushed out from the crowd, holding an arcane axe in his hand. It was Thrall.
Looking at the citizens fleeing in all directions and the adventurers being torn to pieces.
Thrall clenched his axe and said to himself, "With great power comes great responsibility. I will never forget what you said, old man."
He rushed towards the ancient ice worm without hesitation...
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Is it finally over?
Standing on the city wall, the three of them looked at the monster army retreating like a tide. They were all exhausted, yet extremely excited.
I actually won!
The three of them looked at each other and saw each other's full sense of accomplishment.
This time, there were tens of thousands of monsters attacking the city, but the three of them, led by hundreds of knights, more than a thousand soldiers, and some temporarily recruited adventurers, actually managed to defend the city. It can be said that they turned the tide.
Jaina looked at the adventurers outside the city who were hunting monsters and picking up corpses, and suddenly remembered something. "By the way, did you find any loot? I found a strange ancient rune on the Storm Giant King. It seems to be some kind of ancient relic. I'll ask someone to identify it later."
Arthas nodded and said, "I dug a dragon heart out of the white dragon."
As he spoke, he took out a dragon heart that was emitting a cold aura.
The storm drake on the side looked at the dragon heart with envy. Arthas shook his head helplessly and fed the dragon heart to the storm drake. After the storm drake ate the dragon heart, an astonishing airflow suddenly burst out of its body, and its body expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, its wingspan exceeded ten meters.
Arthas couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Now he could finally fly for a long time.
Thrall nodded as well. "I found this from the body of the ancient ice worm."
As he spoke, he took out a huge stone that looked like ice and emitted a chilling cold air.
Jaina, however, knew what was good. "This is - my god, this is a mineral made of pure elemental essence. I have never seen such a large piece before. That ancient ice worm must have devoured many elemental creatures before, and it must have accumulated this mineral over hundreds or thousands of years."
"What does it do?"
"You can use it to make a weapon. Prince Anvilmar of Dragonslay Castle is very good at this. You can ask him for help."
Thrall couldn't help but be tempted after hearing this. The axe in his hand was an arcane battle axe borrowed from the armory of Dragon's Death Castle. Although it was a hundred times more useful than a chopping axe, who would refuse a more powerful weapon?
The three of them were talking and laughing, and they were all very satisfied with their harvest this time.
Arthas looked at the defeated monsters in the distance, but his eyes were looking towards the north. He wondered what his elder brother was doing now.
…
At this moment, Murphy is also studying the gains from this plot campaign.
New hero feats.
[Expertise 1: Undead Destroyer (Combat Expertise): You have independently killed more than 10,000 undead units in a plot campaign, rendering them defenseless against you, thereby gaining professional skills and experience in destroying the undead.
Expertise Effect: Your damage to undead increases by 20%, and your resistance to all undead magic increases by 20%. 】
[Feat 2: Star Caller (Rare Feat): You have released three consecutive forbidden star-related magic spells in a plot campaign, thereby discovering your interest and talent in the power of the stars.
Expertise Effect 1: Star Sensing. You can sense the power of stars from the universe and materialize it through magic. This is a necessary prerequisite for learning star magic.
Expertise Effect 2: Star Observation. You can apply astral beacons to stars by observing their orbits. This is a necessary prerequisite for learning stargazing.
[Feat 3: Master of Arcane Magic (Professional Expertise): You have used magic to kill more than 10,000 enemies in a plot campaign, thereby mastering the extraordinary skills and means of using arcane magic to fight.
Feat Effect 1: Arcane Saving: You reduce the mana cost of casting arcane magic by 30%.
Expertise Effect 2: Every time you cause 10,000 points of arcane damage in a combat group, you will gain the "Arcane Power" effect, which increases the power of your arcane magic by 100 points for 60 seconds. Each time you cast a spell, the duration of this effect will be refreshed, and this effect can be stacked up to 10 times. 】
Murphy looked at the three specialties in surprise. The three heroic specialties that appeared this time were not very good.
Not a single legendary feat...
But soon Murphy burst into laughter, it is not so easy to get a legendary specialty.
The key is that we didn't win the battle today. If we could really defeat the Lich King, we would definitely be able to gain legendary expertise.
Murphy was not worried about gains and losses. His current expertise was much better than other heroes. People still have to learn to be content.
Thinking about it in my mind, I began to study it carefully.
The Undead Destroyer specialty is definitely not something you would choose. This should be a very specific hero specialty like the Orc Destroyer and the Zerg Destroyer. It is very useful in the current version, but it will be meaningless when facing other enemies in the future.
It would give him some chance of winning the battle against the Lich King, but since he had already thought of a way to defeat the Lich King, it didn't make much sense.
The Starcaller feat is very interesting.
Star magic is also a very advanced spell in Dalaran. Ordinary mages have no way to practice it. It requires talent and spirituality.
When converted into the game, it means a special and rare talent skill or prerequisite skill.
Astrology is even more powerful. It is said that astrologers can predict what will happen in the future by observing the movement of the stars.
This kind of thing is of course a bit far-fetched. Murphy is more concerned about another spell - astral teleportation. This magic can teleport the caster to other planets. A wizard who masters astral teleportation can travel in the astral realm. This is what a so-called astral wizard is.
The Arcane Master feat is also very powerful. If you plan to go the mage route, this is definitely a top-notch feat. It provides 30% energy-saving casting and up to 1,000 points of spell power, which is definitely a huge enhancement for mages.
Unfortunately, I am not a magician, and energy-saving casting is meaningless. I control the power of the magic web, so why should I save energy?
After analyzing it this way, Murphy decisively chose the hero specialty [Star Caller].
Just finished selecting hero specializations.
Murphy's private message channel started flashing.
When I clicked on it, I found that several other partners had started discussing the next steps.
Emperor Shenwu: "Now that the campaign to defeat the Lich King has failed, what should we do next? Let's talk about it, brothers."
Ba Dao Wu Qing: "What else can we do? Prepare for war. The Lich King is about to attack. Let's continue to fight him. We can't just stand by and watch the other kings and leaders. When the time comes, we will definitely win with the participation of the plot characters. We just need to wait to grab the heads then. "
Godwin: "According to the world announcement, the Scourge will arrive at the eastern continent in seven days. Judging from the route, they will most likely land on the coast of Quel'Thalas. I think we can concentrate our defenses there. We will definitely have an advantage in a defensive battle."
Emperor Shenwu: "Aidan, what do you think?"
Aidan: "How the enemy will act depends first on what they intend to do. The Scourge is just a pioneer. The real purpose is to release the Burning Legion into this world. To do this, we must find a magic network node and use the powerful energy of the magic network node to open a portal to allow the entire Burning Legion to pass through.
There are currently four known locations that meet this requirement.
The remains of the Well of Eternity deep in the Maelstrom.
The Magic City of Dalaran
Tomb of Sargeras.
And the Sunwell—which is now obsolete, thanks to Tyrant Blade."
Ba Dao Wu Qing: "Haha, you're welcome."
Aidan: "I think it's most likely Dalaran."
The Divine Emperor: "Why not the Tomb of Sargeras? Gul'dan has always wanted to seize the power contained in Sargeras' remains."
Aidan: "It's simple, because of the system. The purpose of the system is to allow players to fully participate in this major plot event. If the Scourge goes to the Tomb of Sargeras, most players will not have the opportunity to participate in this game event, so it must be Dalaran."
