Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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"Thank goodness! I thought I would fail to cast such a powerful teleportation spell, but it seems that some inexplicable force is helping me. Anyway, I'm quite lucky."

"I actually managed to cast this large-scale teleportation spell! I've never succeeded in practicing it before." The female mage patted her chest, looking terrified.

In fact, the highest number of people he had ever teleported using his teleportation spell was 5 to 6. He had never tried teleporting more than 10 people, and this time he had even reached a scale of 30 people.

When Jaina used this spell, she was actually not confident, and even felt that she might fail, because some liches around her were also casting spells to counter it.

But somehow, I succeeded.

"Perhaps you're just lucky; Lady Luck is on our side," Rhodes said with a smile.

The reason why the angel was able to dodge Arthas's attacks multiple times and even counterattack Arthas during their previous battle might be because of his defection.

Gina's ability to cast spells so easily without being disrupted by the liches' counterspells is likely due to good fortune.

These two spells are indeed not as simple as they seem. Like the Disguise Technique, luck is a conceptual thing.

The "counterattack" in the game, which represents an extra chance to attack, translates in reality to dodging an enemy's attack and immediately launching a counterattack to hit the opponent.

Uther leaned on his Silver Hand warhammer, looking at Barad, Gvenrad, and Saji, who were still alive but in shock, then at the exhausted Jaina and her summoned creature Soram, and finally at Rhodes, who was also exhausted but had bright eyes.

“By the Holy Light…” The Lightbringer let out a long, relieved sigh, his voice hoarse but filled with the joy of surviving a catastrophe. “Rhodes, Jaina… and this… mighty warrior (he looked at Soram), thank you, we… survived.”

Uther was saddened. He never imagined that the king he served would die suddenly and tragically just a few days ago, and that the kingdom he served would collapse in just a few days.

The person who killed the king he was loyal to was actually his disciple, the prince of the country. For a moment, Uther even wanted to die in Andorhal, to die at Arthas's hands, and end it all.

"You need to pull yourself together, Lord Uther! Lordaeron isn't destroyed yet!"

At least Princess Galiya is still alive; I rescued her, and my magic ship is carrying a large number of civilians. For the sake of these innocent people, you must pull yourself together.

"Do not fail the great guardian. I entrust the Silver Hand Warhammer to you. Do not fail the king you serve. Do not fail the Holy Light." Rhodes said after helping the Lightbringer to his feet.

He could tell that Wu Si'er was already determined to die, and even wanted to end it all by destroying and ruining things. At this time, you have to give her some confidence and the motivation to live.

Otherwise, in the next battle, Uther might just seek death. I traveled all the way from Lordaeron to save you, so don't let me down.

“Lord Uther, at least you still have the Knights of the Silver Hand following you, at least Lordaeron still has living people.” The female mage also left and came over to comfort Uther.

The Silver Hand paladins who had been rescued by Rhodes also stood up and nodded to Uther, their meaning all too clear.

“Thank you for your comfort, Rhodes, and Gina too. I know I’ll pull myself together,” Uther said, taking a deep breath.

Rhodes and Gina are right. He can't just sink into despair like this. He can't just die like this. He still has to lead the Knights of the Silver Hand. At least the bloodline of the Menethil family is still alive.

“That’s right, Lord Uther. This is the Lightbringer I know, the inheritor of Tyr’s weapon, the master of the Silver Hand Warhammer,” Rhodes said, nodding to Uther.

"Haha, I never thought I'd need your comfort one day."

"Where are we now, Rhodes? We must now reunite with Princess Calia and then head to Kalimdor." Uther nodded to Rhodes after regaining his confidence and asked.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to Jaina, since it was Jaina who had teleported them here.

"Um, I'm sorry, I don't know where we are. I just cast a teleportation spell, but with so many people, I couldn't pinpoint the exact location, so I just teleported outwards. But we shouldn't be too far from Andorhal." The female mage was immediately a little embarrassed.

Please, teleporting so many people is extremely laborious; he simply doesn't have time to correct the locked spatial coordinates!

“Perhaps we can observe Lord Uther from the sky. I have a flying mount that I can lend you temporarily.” Rhodes said, summoning one of his wyverns.

Rhodes has made some changes to the wyvern, adding two huge saddles to make it more comfortable to fly in the air, and increasing the number of passengers to two, making it a two-person mount.

Whether for reconnaissance or escape, flying mounts are extremely convenient.

Chapter 98 Heading to South Sea Town, a Hell on Earth

“You still have a flying mount? That’s wonderful.” Uther nodded and looked at the wyvern in front of him.

This is a green dragon-like creature, but unlike giants, it does not have huge forelimbs and is smaller in size, though much larger than a griffin. It can easily carry two adults.

Flying mounts can play a huge role on the battlefield; the Wildhammer dwarves became an important fighting force of the Alliance because they tamed griffons.

“Lord Uther, I’ll take the controls. You sit in the back. Let’s go up in the sky and see where we are,” Rhodes said.

“No problem. As long as this is still Lordaeron, I will know where we are.”

Uther nodded to Rhodes, then sat in the back seat as the massive two-legged wyvern soared into the sky.

The wyvern's massive membranous wings billowed air, carrying Rhodes and Uther rapidly into the sky. The lush valley below quickly shrank, and the view became incredibly expansive.

"Is this height acceptable, Lord Uther?" Rhodes turned to look at Uther behind him and asked.

“No problem, Rhodes, this height is just right. Wait a moment, I need to confirm our position.”

Uther nodded, then squinted, scanning the undulating landscape below. The course of mountains, rivers, forests, and roads quickly took shape in the mind of this old paladin who had traversed the kingdom.

“Look there, Rhodes.” Uther pointed to a faint patch of blue in the southeast. “That’s a corner of Lake Lordamere. We are now… about three days’ fast horse journey from Andorhal, on the southwestern edge of Tirisfal Glades, south…” He adjusted his angle slightly and pointed to a winding road. “Follow that road, continue southeast, and in about… five days we should reach Southshore!”

“Five days… Lord Uther, Jaina needs to recover. It’s impossible to march too fast with so many civilians,” Rhodes said.

“Yes,” Uther agreed. “Miss Jaina has exhausted herself and must get plenty of rest. Rhodes, let’s go down and meet up with the others to discuss the next steps.”

After determining the approximate direction and location, Rhodes landed with Uther and explained the situation to everyone.

“Five days’ journey to Southsea Town… Great!” Gwenrad breathed a sigh of relief.

Barad and Saji also showed expressions of relief. Being able to escape Andorhal alive and know the exact location of the princess and the survivors was already a great blessing from the Holy Light.

"Miss Jaina, how long will it take you to regain your basic mobility?" Uther looked at the mage with concern. Her face was still pale. Although Rhodes' healing magic had stabilized her condition, the exhaustion from the depletion of her mental and magical energy was still heavy.

Jaina struggled to stand up straight and assessed her internal condition: "I need... at least a full day of rest. Meditation and deep sleep can help me recover some of my mana, but I'm afraid I won't be able to cast any more powerful spells for a while," she added apologetically.

Now he can only bring one or two people with him to teleport more than that, and it's a one-way teleport unless Rhodes's people stay here and don't move, and she has to leave spatial coordinates here.

“One day is acceptable,” Rhodes decided immediately.

"Lord Uther, my suggestion is to set up camp here and rest for the night to allow the wounded to recover."

Tomorrow morning, we will take the rest of the people and set off immediately, first heading towards Nanhai Town to scout out the way and clear obstacles, while rescuing as many survivors as possible along the way.

"Tomorrow, after Jaina has recovered somewhat, she will go ahead and use teleportation magic to travel to Southshore to meet the princess and report our situation," Rhodes said.

This time, Rhode planned to lead everyone on foot instead of having Gina teleport. A female mage's magic power is limited, and casting large-scale teleportation spells continuously can be very damaging to a mage, and may even deplete her life force.

It's only a five-day journey; there's no need for the female mage to risk her life.

Once Jaina's magic is restored tomorrow, she will take the two seriously injured people and head to Southshore to meet Princess Galiya.

“A very reasonable arrangement! Rhodes, let’s rest here for the night and set off again tomorrow morning.” Uther nodded in agreement with Rhodes’ suggestion.

Although time was of the essence, everyone was exhausted. They had been fighting the undead army for a day and a night and definitely needed a rest.

“We need some tools, Lord Uther, and ideally, some warhorses. That way, we could arrive in as little as four days,” a paladin said after doing some calculations.

They don't have any means of transportation now; if they relied on their own two legs, the distance would be very far.

"I remember there's a small village nearby. We can go there and maybe find a farmer to buy a few horses."

"Then we'll make a carriage or something to use for now," a militiaman said, gazing into the distance.

“Don’t get your hopes up too high. There are undead plagues breaking out everywhere right now. We don’t know what the situation is like in that other small village. It would be bad if it had already been taken over by the undead,” Ballard said.

We can't be too optimistic; we need to assess the worst-case scenario.

"Let's rest tonight and go check it out tomorrow," said one of the paladins.

Uther nodded in agreement with the group, and then they gathered some firewood nearby, lit a fire, and lay down on the ground to rest, using their armor as cushions.

There are no tents available now, and even Rhodes and Gina have to sit on the ground.

Late that night, a dozen paladins returned with some food and water, and the group rested for a while.

Nothing happened that night. Later that evening, Rhodes controlled himself and Somra to visit the Garden of Truth separately.

A monk in the garden invites you to meditate with him, which gives you some insight, and both Rod and Somra gain a little more intelligence.

After visiting the Garden of Reason, Rhodes, accompanied by two angels but without any soldiers, divided the angels into two groups and went directly into the manufacturing plant.

Unlike refugee camps, where you can directly obtain recruitment rights, you need to eliminate the guards here. There are 9 gold men and 6 diamond men guarding this place.

Before the battle even began, Rhodes chose to attack, summoning a full 16 fire elementals with his own magic. While the holy light elementals were indeed powerful, the fire elementals were more suitable as cannon fodder.

This time, Rhodes adopted a kite-flying tactic. The angels' mobility is arguably the highest among all unit types, while the gold and diamond units can only be described as slow and clumsy.

This time, Rhodes demonstrated the skills of a veteran Heroes of Might and Magic player, using positioning and waiting to control two angels and 16 fire elementals.

He wiped out nine gold and diamond guards without taking any damage. What? You're asking why he didn't use magic? Please, are you kidding me if you're going to use magic to deal with those two?

制造工场允许你每周以每个150金币的价格招募6石人、200金币每个招募6铁人、500金币每个招募3金人、800金币每个招募2钻石人。并使你城镇内的该类兵种周产量+1。

If we acquire a city with towers in the future, this manufacturing plant will come in handy, as the +1 production bonus is quite impressive.

The Manufacturing Plant is arguably the most unique of all the field-recruited units; the other field-recruited buildings can only recruit the most basic units.

The Factory can not only recruit Golems, but also summon the three higher-level units, making it much more powerful than the Factory built by your own faction.

The manufacturing plant is the complete facility of the tower, and the upgraded golems above the diamond men are actually giants and titans.

This time, Rhodes easily recruited the soldiers for the week. The strength of the diamond men is almost equivalent to magic immunity, after all, they are immune to 95% of magic damage.

Rhodes and Uther led more than twenty Silver Hand paladins on their journey south.

The first half day was relatively peaceful, with only birdsong and the sound of wind in the mountains and forests. However, as they gradually approached the inhabited areas, the cruel reality of war truly unfolded before them.

Along the roadside, wisps of smoke rose from abandoned villages, and dried, dark red bloodstains covered the ruins.

The farmland lay barren, and the carcasses of livestock emitted a foul stench. Even more heartbreaking was the constant encounter with scattered, distraught refugees, ragged and with empty eyes, like frightened birds, struggling to make their way with their families toward what they perceived as safe territory—usually the south or the coast.

The faces of everyone were etched with the pain of losing their homes and loved ones, and the deep-seated fear of the undead catastrophe.

"By the Holy Light..." Uther looked at a mother holding a dead baby with a blank stare, and painfully gripped his warhammer. Barad and the others also showed grief on their faces, and anger burned in their chests.

"The undead! The undead are coming!" A shrill scream came from the woods ahead.

"Knights! Follow me!" Uther roared and charged forward first, followed closely by Rhodes, who had already gathered a faint holy light energy in his hands.

In this situation, we can't just stand by and watch someone die!

At the edge of the woods, a squad of skeleton warriors and several slow-moving ghouls were besieging a dozen civilians.

The common people, armed with rudimentary farm tools and wooden sticks, put up a desperate last stand.

Uther charged into the undead horde like a golden bolt of lightning, his Silver Hand warhammer bursting forth with dazzling light, instantly smashing several skeletons to pieces.

The paladins followed closely behind, their holy light unstoppable.

The battle ended quickly, and the undead were completely purified.