"One man can guard the barrier, but ten thousand men cannot open it" - the historical origin of this idiom may be just the romantic conjecture of ancient poets about heroes on the battlefield, but in this magical world where personal power has no upper limit, it has become a literal iron man. legal facts.
What was gathered on the front line were not cold weapons such as swords, guns, axes, and halberds, but countless stretched out withered claws. Snow-white skeletons mixed with incompletely decomposed zombies crowded the front line. Countless weapons were thrown out from the rear army all the time. Hundreds of blue stubble arrows covered the narrow passage that hindered the troops' advance like heavy rain. The double-sided attack from the front and back formed a gray torrent dug out of a grave, constantly washing away the fortress.
In other words, the ice giant that is more than 20 meters tall and almost blocks the entire passage with its body.
This ice guard, which seemed to have been magnified four or five times, looked simple and even clumsy and pitiful in front of Alsace because of his lack of will to resist, but now that the enemy had been replaced by a large number of natural disaster troops, it showed A terrifying power beyond imagination.
As mentioned above, its body shape is like the legendary Aladdin, the genie who makes wishes come true. Its upper body is a huge half body of blue ice, while its lower body is a huge cyclone rotating like a top. While the cyclone held it up in the air, it also formed a natural gas shield. The clusters of bone arrows thrown from a distance were swept to both sides by the rotating airflow that resembled a strong wind before they got close. As for the skeletons and skeletons on the ground, The zombie, however, cannot reach its body due to its height. If you want to take advantage of the number of stacked Arhats to climb up and attack, you can only be smashed away by it swinging a huge ice hammer two people high, causing large pieces of broken tendons and bones. The low-level undead soldiers who had lost their mobility piled up like a hill, blocking the footsteps of the natural disaster behind them.
¡°However, this kind of one-sided crushing can only occur under the harsh terrain conditions in front of us. After all, on a steep mountain path that is no more than ten meters wide, even if there are an endless number of undead, only the number of less than a hundred at the front can cause damage, so when the arrows in the distance are ineffective due to the wind shield cyclone After the transformation, the so-called invincible Skeleton Sea tactic was unable to even break down defenses, so it naturally became a joke.
Of course, even if they are also immortal undead, the hugely mutated ice guard cannot fight forever. Facing the almost desperate number of enemies, defeat is only a matter of time.
Luo Xia looked at the invincible and wild posture of the huge guard, but couldn't help but frown, and a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"AhXia, you are so cruel. I feel like I have a severe headache now, but I still feel better after returning to my own body. But, are we just going to watch like this?"
Rorschach turned his head and looked at Alsace, who was getting up from the ground, rubbing his forehead with his right hand and complaining, and asked calmly: "If you don't look at me like this, how much combat power do you still have?"
"Of course it's zero," the paladin who returned to normal smiled bitterly, raised his palm slightly, and a ray of dawn-like light echoed out, but the sacred light that usually dispersed evil suddenly emitted "Zizz" "The sound of the sword burned violently in the palm of his hand. He pinched out the flame directly and then replied solemnly: "The power of that sword is indeed powerful. It actually made my body possess the power without killing me. It will probably take me a long time to completely purify this influence due to the weird nature of the almost dead creature.¡±
"This is also to be expected," Rorschach nodded, "After all, the Lich King needs a perfect body that can be used to seize the body, rather than a useless and rotten skeleton. I guessthe reason why you are Being chosen may have some unknown potential hidden in your body.¡±
"But I don't feel honored at all. In fact, this is simply a nightmare, just like those ridiculous horror stories my father once told when I was a child. I thought I would never be afraid of this again" Arthas took over the war hammer from the past and said mockingly to himself, then showed a confused look, "You know who that big guy is, right? Why is it trying so hard to help us?"
"To be precise - I'm helping you," Rorschach recalled with a sense of sadness when he thought of the memory fragments he came into contact with from his soul when he used necromancy to connect to the ice guard: "Not all the dead will succumb to powerful forces. Strength, oppression and resistance are always interdependent. Although natural disasters and plagues can pollute the body, some souls do not forget revenge after death, such as"
"Your people and comrades-in-arms." He glanced at the prince who turned pale suddenly and continued softly.
The two couldn't help but be silent for a while, and Alsace whispered: "Then what should we do now? It won't be able to resist for too long after all. Are we just going to huh? What's going on?"
Before he could finish his words, his body suddenly tilted and he almost fell backwards. Fortunately, he reacted immediately and smashed the warhammer on the ice to create a spider web, which was supported by the recoil. At this moment, his ears suddenly moved, and he seemed to hear some vague sounds that were all wrong.
"This is what happened the night before yesterday" He subconsciously said in surprise, and the warhammer in his hand suddenly trembled violently. In other words, what caused this series of turbulence was the constant shaking of the ice field.
¡°Boom, boom, boom, boom¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡±
Under Rorschach's eyes with relaxed brows, the smooth ice surface in front of the two of them stood, with clusters of bulges from the inside out. When they expanded to a "round stick" that rose four to five meters from the ground, these bulges bulged upward. When it reaches its limit, it explodes instantly like tens of thousands of kilograms of high explosives, and the sky is filled with ice and stone debris, scattering into a crystal rain curtain, reflecting the colorful sunshine.
Immediately afterwards, spider demons with ferocious limbs crawled out from the deep gaps, but they did not attack, but formed a defensive formation in front of the two of them, and then a monster that looked like a giant shelled ladybug walked away. He came forward, his mandibles fluttering with slender tentacles trembled, and he spoke in a strange common language:
"Mortal allies Azjol-Nerub follows the established covenant and comes here to help." It paused, its voice suddenly weakened a little or two, and continued with a bit of embarrassment, "The delay in coming is not a breach of trust on our part, it's just Because the evil force blocked the vast frozen soil passage, we couldn't move any further until the resistance magic dissipated for some unknown reason. Fortunately, it was not too late. "
"It's okay," Luo Xia shook his head. He felt that the naivety of this seemingly crude Zerg that had been living in a house for thousands of years actually corresponded to the Internet joke that "the house is naturally cute when you go deep into it." He pulled aside and was stunned. Alsace urged: "Let's leave quickly. When these undead are free, we will really be dead."
But before the group of people took action, a sinister voice suddenly echoed in the air, with a strange and long tone, but with an evil sharpness that penetrated the heart.
"Haha Arthas, you want to run away cowardly like this? Where is your fierceness that smashed your own people with your own hands?"
Hearing this, Alsace stiffened and took a deep breath. He turned his head and looked at the strange purple figure four to five meters tall. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Mel'Ganis."
However, the next second, he couldn't help but pause.
Because this famous Dread Lord, who really showed his true form in front of Rorschach, seemed to have just experienced a very tragic battle at this moment: the demon bat wing on the right side was mostly torn off, and his tall body was covered with deep wounds. , so that most of its body was soaked in purple-black filthy blood. The heaviest blow scarred it from its eyebrows to its chin, almost cutting its head in half.
"Surprised?" The demon stood in front with bruises like this. He didn't care about everyone's surprise. He just showed a gloomy smile and gasped: "Actually, I am also surprised It is really unbelievable. A mortal, To be so powerful, to almostreally kill me. "
It slowly raised its right arm and clenched it tightly with its sharp and sharp claws. A short and strong body of only one meter and two meters was swayed around like a broken doll.
Seemingly stimulated by such rough treatment, the wrinkled face regained some blush, and the slits stained red by the dripping blood opened, and the tired and weak old dwarf gradually regained his consciousness.
The hill lord who was once unparalleled in courage and uprightness, just looked around a few times and immediately understood his situation. He smiled mockingly to himself, and then tried his best to shout with his last strength:
"Alsaceif you still think that old Bronzebeard is your good brother, then, in the name of the beardleave quickly!"
While the old dwarf made the impassioned declaration of sacrifice, the devil holding him showed a sneer. As a master of mind tricks, the Dread Lord naturally knew how to truly control the behavior of these young people who were blinded by justice. .
But this time, he miscalculated.
There were no bloody lines such as "I will avenge you" or "Have a good journey". The Prince of Lordaeron standing behind just clenched his fist and turned around. Under the leadership of the crypt lord Go towards the lower level of the abyss.
"Alsace, you coward!" The Dread Lord, who didn't expect things to unfold like this, suddenly changed his face, and suddenly showed a ferocious expression. He grabbed the dwarf's palm and squeezed it inward, squeezing the wounds all over his body like squeezing orange juice. Normally, blood will be scattered everywhere.
With the spread of scarlet all over the sky, it roared like this: "You just look at your mentor, your good brother like thisSo tortured? Come here and give me a fair duel! If you win, not only can you take revenge, but you can also save this nasty dwarf! "
The prince just turned his back and remained indifferent, not even interested in looking back. He just took steady and calm steps and disappeared into the deep tunnel.
Melganis showed unforgettable resentment, but did not dare to crush the prisoner in his hands. After hesitating for a moment, it suddenly showed an expression of listening attentively. After a moment of pause, it ignored the prisoners who were being used. The low-level spider demon turned around and walked towards the collapsed glacier wall.
On the other side, a conversation is also continuing.
"You are right, don't let him down." Walking in the dark underground tunnel, Luo Xia suddenly broke the silence and said seriously.
"The power of the Lich King split my evil thoughts and took away my recklessness and anger. How can I continue to commit stupid things after knowing so much of the 'future' from your memory?" Arthas He shook his head, looked over his face, and asked worriedly, "But you are also contaminated by that magic sword. Without the suppression of my holy light, does it really matter?"
"I know my situation." Rorschach paused and replied.
But at the moment when he lowered his head, he quietly concealed the cold blue like flames in the depths of his pupils, without any black curtain.
(Even if Arthas gave up darkness, the rise of the Lich King is the established trajectory of history Another prince who is also a candidate, in a sense, in my opinion, is actually more suitable for this path. Where is the road
Well, the Frozen Throne story, which was half longer than expected and seems boring, has finally come to an end. In the next world, the protagonist will enter "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to seek the resurrection function of the Philosopher's Stone. Of course, the process It will definitely not go so smoothly
To be honest, I never want to revise my early manuscripts again in my life. If I had known that it would be so protracted and cumbersome, I would rather rewrite it myself, so the future pace will be more brisk and bold, that's all.
In addition, please collect and recommend new books, especially recommendations, this is very important. )