"Something's wrong with the situation ahead!" Lor'themar noticed the problem at the elven outpost from a kilometer or two away.
"It seems that the trolls can't bear it anymore," Arthas's eyesight was far better than that of ordinary people, even better than some elves. He could clearly see the trolls frantically attacking the elves' front.
Weighing the warhammer [Power of Menethil] in his hand, Arthas gave the order, "Blow the horn, the battle is about to begin."
The dwarves took out metal horns as thick as their arms and blew them with all their strength. The low metal horn sound reached the ears of every soldier.
"The whole army attacks! For Lordaeron!"
The priests, under the leadership of senior priest Ms. Lilian, provided all warriors with the blessing of the Holy Light, eliminating their fatigue and strengthening their strength and defense.
The ten paladins shone with dazzling golden light. They fluently and skillfully applied various enhanced blessings and holy seals to themselves. Uther pulled up the reins of the horse and shouted to Arthas, "I When you go to the front line, you first go to the ranger general."
"Okay teacher, I'll come back later to kill those troll scum with you."
"Haha!" The Lightbringer carried a heavy warhammer and rode a war horse. Alsace heard the shouts of the Paladins far behind.
"For the Holy Light!"
They crashed into the wave of trolls like a steamroller. Under the leadership of Uther, the eleven people forcibly stirred up golden light in the dark green ocean.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of Lordaeron rushed into the troll formation from the flanks, and the infantry carried thick shields to guard the elf rangers, using long swords to harvest the trolls that were attacking the magic barrier.
Arthas and the priests followed Lor'themar and a small group of Farstrider rangers as they quickly rushed to Sylvanas' camp.
Before entering the camp, the expressions of Arthas and the high-ranking priest Ms. Lilian became a little solemn, and they could feel an evil aura.
Opening the door curtain, Arthas looked at Sylvanas, who was pale and had black streaks on her neck. He immediately said to Ms. Lilian, "She is cursed, a very strong one."
Ms. Lilian stepped forward immediately. The rich holy light around her made the elves realize that she was a high-level priest, and they quickly moved out of the way.
Lilian placed her palms on Sylvanas' breastplate, gently closed her eyes, and focused on the guidance of the power of the Holy Light.
After a while, Arthas noticed that Sylvanas's terrifying black lines had faded somewhat, but they were far from being eliminated.
Ms. Lilian opened her eyes and shook her head at Arthas, "Your Highness, I can't dispel this curse here. Even if I work with the priests, I can only delay its onset - this level. The curse must be dispelled by three or more high-ranking priests at the same time in the cathedral, or only His Excellency Archbishop Fao can dispel it alone.”
"So serious?" Alsace was shocked. Archbishop Faol was now the undisputed leader of the Holy Light. The curse that he had to take action to expel made Alsace immediately think of something.
The curse of a demigod? Did the high priests of the Loa organize the invasion?
The confusion in Arthas's heart was finally solved. If high-level priests serving the Loa gods were mobilized, not to mention 5,000 trolls, but 50,000 trolls could shout out.
But in this case, this support is likely to be used to support the elves' retreat - they only have more than 2,000 people in total. Even if they rely on the elves' magic barrier to hold on, they will be extremely vulnerable to the forces driven by high-level priests. There is an army of trolls that may number over ten thousand, and the results are obvious.
The mission is no longer to wipe out the invading trolls, but to lead Sylvanas, the ranger general, and more than two thousand people to break out of the troll encirclement.
Alsace is very good at fighting, but he can't fight at the same level as 50,000 trolls. Even an ancient dragon might be enough to fight 50,000 trolls, not to mention the blessing of Loa, who can be summoned at any time. Upper body high priest.
Today's trolls can be regarded as a fanatical army supported by demigods at any time.
After analyzing the problem clearly, Arthas planned to retreat immediately after dealing with this wave of troll attacks - couldn't he run away if he couldn't defeat them?
Out of caution, Arthas personally checked on Sylvanas' situation.
Then he found that he seemed to be able to solve the curse.
Because Alsace's Holy Light is different from the Holy Light of ordinary priests and paladins - he has never actually believed in the Holy Light, he is simply able to use the power of the Holy Light.
The power of the Holy Light of priests and paladins is due to their devout faith and years of penance. Arthas is different. He does not need faith or penance. The Holy Light is a part of him.
Moreover, his holy light is the purest kind, so pure that if it is not weakened and diluted, it will have no therapeutic effect on normal people, but will burn them.
That's right, there is no justice or injustice in the Holy Light itself. The Paladins only embody justice in their Holy Light entirely because of their belief in justice and their words and deeds.
The normal power of Holy Light is more like an extension of one's own will and emotions, while Alsace's abnormal power of Holy Light is completely the true appearance of the original Holy Light of the universe.
That is not only the power to expel evil and shadow, the original holy light will turn everything that is not holy light into holy light!
Alsace didn't know the specific reason. Shortly after he was born, an astrolabe formed by the six original forces of the universe condensed in his consciousness. He felt that he seemed to be able to bypass certain things under the influence of this astrolabe. Obstacles, directly connected to the most primitive power.
This kind of holy light has surpassed the power of Loa in terms of quality, but the problem is that Sylvanas cannot withstand Arthas' unreserved power of holy light unless she wants to be burned to death or Become a Holy Light Elf.
So in order to erase the curse in her body, Arthas needs to find a critical point, which takes time, and the trolls will obviously not give him this time. Even if it is an hour or two, it will be enough for the trolls to completely surround them.
Not to mention a curse of this level, the caster will definitely be able to feel the presence or absence of the curse.
So Arthas thought about it and said to Sylvanas in Common Language, "Ms. Windrunner, I can solve this curse."
Sylvanas showed a satisfied smile, "Great, Your Highness, let's start the treatment then?"
"But now there is a problem," Arthas still used common language. Only Sylvanas and Lor'themar here can speak human language, and the other elves can only speak their own Thalassian language.
"What's the problem?" Sylvanas frowned slightly. She felt that there was something in Arthas' words.
"One is that it will take time to dispel the curse, probably several hours."
"Then why haven't you started yet?"
"This is the second reason." Arthas looked very serious. "The trolls will not give us this time."
Sylvanas was stunned for a moment. She didn't know why Arthas was so sure. "Why are you so sure? The magic barrier can last for a long time. With your reinforcements, we can continue to fight."
"I believe, madam, you must have heard of the 'Loa'."
"Those are the evil gods that trolls believe in. Of course I know that, but what's the point..." Sylvanas came to her senses mid-sentence, "You mean...my curse comes from those evil gods?"
"Nine times out of ten, even if it's not them, it's most likely their high-ranking priest. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why even the high-ranking priest can't quickly lift the curse."
Thinking of the strange scene when she fell into the trap, Sylvanas began to believe in this possibility, "I didn't expect that after so many years, the Amani Troll would still have a living high-level priest?"
She thought that all the high-ranking priests of Amani who served Loa had been killed in that war. Those Loa gods themselves had been severely damaged by the elves with the help of the power of the Sunwell, and they were even unable to enter the material world for a time.
Sylvanas, who had already suffered a loss, did not intend to take such a big risk and confront the trolls head-on. Originally, the best result was to suppress the troll invasion outside this outpost, but now it seems that it is very likely. Maybe it can't be done.
Sylvanas was very clear about the status of high-ranking priests among the trolls. Their power was far greater than that of ordinary forest troll chiefs.
"I understand. Once we defeat this wave of trolls, we will retreat to the fortress behind." Sylvanas finally made a decision.
Because the Far Walkers have been patrolling the forest and fighting against the trolls, there are many fortresses on the border with the Amani trolls, but they are all inside the Bandi Norel barrier, and with the arrogance of the elves, , they are more accustomed to completely defeating their enemies outside the barrier.
But this time it’s different. If we don’t choose to withdraw from the fortress and hold on, causing heavy losses to the Farstrider ranger force currently available, the troll army with the presence of high-level priests is very likely to be able to effectively threaten Bandy. Elf territory protected by Norell.
Thinking of the residents living in Eversong Forest, Sylvanas no longer felt the psychological burden of retreating.
Arthas was thankful that Sylvanas was not like some elves who were blinded by pride and conceit, but also had a correct strategic vision.
This time he changed into pure Salas language, which made all the elves present look at him, "Then, dear lady, the army of Lordaeron will always be with the Farstriders in this battle."
Only then did Sylvanas understand that Alsace's previous conversation in Common Tongue was entirely to save face for herself in front of her subordinates, so that she could find a way out.
This made Sylvanas a little nostalgic - how long had it been since she had experienced such gentlemanly behavior? Since becoming the Ranger General, the most time she has interacted with men has been arguing with the members of the Silver Moon Council.
