16. Lure

Although Tyrion had great expectations for his compatriots, it took them 2 days to resurrect 21 rangers, including Serent, but none of them could become a powerful and eerie Salein like him.

Moreover, these rangers, with the exception of Celent, their bodies can hold very limited death energy, and their poor strength and too slender bodies cannot even make them qualified death knights.

Thankfully, they were able to get back to their old jobs.

Tyrion will be able to re-equip them with warbows and bone arrows, as well as melee weapons, and respawn them as Dark Rangers... Moreover, these dark rangers who can initially manipulate death energy will not get tired, their calm thinking will not allow them to be disturbed, they can open their bows at crazy speeds, and they can also attach death energy to bone arrows to cause more damage.

It's not useless.

But the real disappointment was another thing, in the process of resurrection, there were 7 rangers who could not accept the fact that they were awakened after death, and their souls fell back into sleep in grief and despair, with a staggering quarter of the failure rate, much to Tyrion's disappointment.

Obviously, this is because he is not strong enough to give him the will to die enough to allow these rangers to fight against the remaining instincts of the living.

Gul'dan had said that he didn't know where the souls of Azeroth's people would go after they died, so even the resurrection of the dead, led by the warlocks, would not be entirely successful, but the answer to this question, Tyrion knew, and knew it well.

There is a special companion plane in the world of Azeroth, called the Shadow Country, where the souls of all living beings except the mysterious Night Elves are home, and if Tyrion can get there, he can get back the broken ones in his soul and become the same as Talon. Like the Blood Fiend, a complete soul will be no different from a living person except for a dead body.

But when he thought of Hela, the Lord of the Dead who could wrestle with the Titan Guardians, the Lord of the Shadowlands, Tyrion sanctuously extinguished this desire... It wasn't an opponent he could deal with, and even a warlock as strong as Gul'dan was completely inadequate in front of Hela, who was already almost the most powerful of Azeroth's existences.

Despite the severe lack of strength in his hands, Orgrim's wait has come to an end, the haze of Talon. Bloodseeker awaited his challenge, and Tyrion knew he had to act.

Dunhold Castle, after the battle between the orcs and humans 2 days ago, has become the front line of the human alliance battlefield, 2 knights rest in this castle at any time, more than 4,000 infantry are stationed here, as well as a large number of priests, and a team of 50 paladins.

The commander here is nominally Major General Blackmore of the Kingdom of Alterac, but in reality, as a strategic point on the front line, it is directly under the command of Marshal Lothar, and when necessary, it will become the sharpest knife in the war against the orcs.

"That's the initial conclusion of Dalaran's research on the Death Knights?"

The commander of the paladin squad, General Gavinrad, one of the original paladins, sat in the castle's office, holding a heavy scroll in his hand, and across from him, sat a young mage, judging by the inscription on his robes, an orthodox mage from Dalaran.

"The corpse of a decaying human knight still carries the evil soul that belongs to the orc warlock, and the combination of the two can exert the power of the knight and the warlock's bonus..."

After reading these conclusions, General Gavinrad had a disgusting expression on his face, and he slammed his fist on the table and scolded viciously:

"How depraved they have been! To desecrate the bodies of the warriors, damn it! This is a provocation to the Alliance and the Light! ”

"Yes, General! Before the next war, they must be cleared! ”

The young mage put down the teacup in his hand and said very approvingly:

"The opinion of the archmages is the same, allowing these supposedly dead warlocks to do anything wrong on the battlefield will seriously weaken the will of ordinary soldiers to fight, and the previous battles have also shown that the paladin's restraint against the death knight is all-round, and the weapons wielded by their rotten bodies cannot harm the paladin, and their evil magic will be counteracted by the holy light."

"You are the best warriors to hunt down these evil creatures, the Council of Six wants to get more samples of the Death Knight for research, Master Kel'thugad has solved some of their mysteries, but we have too few samples to crack it later."

"Yes, that's right!"

The exiled general of the Stormwind Kingdom had no good impression of the orcs, and now he was a devout disciple of the Holy Light, and as a paladin who adhered to his virtues, he could not tolerate this evil blasphemy, he put away the scroll and said to the mage in front of him:

"We're going to slaughter the Death Knights on the battlefield, and that's what we're here for... Please report back to the archmages, and if the mages can provide specific information, once they find the exact location of their activities, I will personally take the paladins and use the scorching and great light to purify these evil people! ”

The general rubbed his beard, and he said sincerely:

"It's our job!"

"You are such a brave man!"

With a hint of gratitude in his eyes, the young mage whispered:

"You have the courage of steel, and I will do my best to persuade the archmages to agree to your request."

"I would also like to thank Dalaran for his selfless assistance in this just battle... By the way, kid, what's your name? I don't seem to have seen you on the battlefield. ”

General Gavinrad breathed a sigh of relief, the outcome of the previous war had been in the Alliance's favor, which gave him confidence in the future, and to his question, the young mage replied very decently:

"My name is Luo Ning, General, I grew up in the Kingdom of Dalaran, I just became a full-fledged mage not long ago, this is my first time at the forefront of the battlefield, but in fact, when I was a child, I wanted to be a brave knight like you."

"Oh? Are you sure? ”

The two of them soon had a good conversation, and in the leisure time of the war, such a small talk would undoubtedly relax the mood, but just as the general laughed out loud because of the troubles that Master Ronin had done when he was a child, his lieutenant, the human knight Joe. Al hurried into the General's office.

"What's going on? Joe, your expression doesn't look good. ”

General Gavinrad noticed the adjutant's expression, and he asked in a low voice, "Did something bad happen?" ”

Joe. Al, he also has a relationship with Tyrion, when he was in the hilly forest, he drank the blood of trolls, and Tyrion threw him in the forest, but his story is not over, he is lucky to survive, and he also got the ability to heal himself from the disgusting blood, which makes him greatly strengthened.

When he finally returned to Nanhai Town, the war between His Majesty Dai Lin and the orcs had come to an end. He also felt sorry for Tyrion's death, and even went to the ruined camp to lay a bouquet of flowers.

This brave and loyal knight has been following Gavin Rad's expeditions in the north and south, and is a true confidant of General Gavin Rad, so when the general was baptized, he also brought this honor to Joe. Al, he's a paladin now, too.

Faced with the general's question, Joe. Al glanced at the mage Luo Ning with some concern, people who can become mages are very smart, Luo Ning immediately realized that the next news may not be what he should have heard, so he got up to say goodbye, but was retained by General Gavinrad.

"It's okay! Joe, Master Ronin is our friend and we don't need to hide it from him. ”

General Gavinrad drank a glass of wine and whispered, "Now, let's talk." ”

"General, the cemetery of the castle has been dug up!"

Joe. Al said with an ugly face:

"At least ten bodies are missing, including the remains of four paladins who died in battle 2 days ago, and some sentries say that 2 hours ago, they vaguely saw the shadow of the Dark Knight... So I suspect that the haunting Death Knights did it! We sent 2 teams of soldiers to search nearby, but... No one came back. ”

"Bang"

"How dare they desecrate the sacred remains! Unforgivable! ”

This news made General Gavinrad's anger rise in an instant, his fist smashed on the table, making the wine bottle and glass jump, he stood up and grabbed the heavy sword placed beside him, but the anger did not destroy the paladin's sanity, he looked at the map in front of him, lowered his voice, and said to the adjutant:

"Large-scale infantry sorties are likely to irritate the orcs, and this is not suitable for too many people to know, it may affect morale, so be it! Draw out half of the paladins and hunt them down in the name of patrolling! I'll lead the team myself! Purify the crumbs with the Light! ”

"General!"

The young mage Luo Ning stood up, and the news made him equally indignant, he clenched the staff in his hand and said loudly:

"This evil cannot be endured by any righteous person in his heart! Allow me to go with you! After your victory, I will be able to collect some necessary research samples along the way. ”

General Gavinrad glanced back at Ronin, the young man's unique surging justice was undisguised, and this courageous request also made him unable to refuse, after thinking for a moment, the general nodded:

"Then come with us, you can take the griffon and help us search the nearby forest... Defend yourself, kid, I don't need you to join the fight, you don't look like you've been on the battlefield yet. ”

This kind reminder made the young man blush, and he exclaimed:

"Then I'll prove myself in battle! Checkmate! ”

A moment later, a group of glittering knights rushed out of the castle, and above them, a griffin also rose into the air, scouting and guiding the knights, and on the ground were 20 paladins, plus a large knight, which was already a force that could face nearly a hundred orcs head-on, and no one thought they would fail, not even themselves.

"That ruin..."

Ronin, the mage who sat on the griffin, wearing a dwarven-style goggles, pointed to the ruins of the hills not far from Dunhold Castle below, and asked the Hammer Dwarf who was manipulating the griffin in front of him:

"Was it destroyed by the orcs too?"

"It's not!"

The Hammer Dwarf shouted nonchalantly:

"It was destroyed half a year ago, and it turned out that a bunch of High Elves were stationed there, but it would be better if the orcs killed them all... It is said that it was an infiltration invasion of the orcs, the unsuspecting elves were killed, and the humans helped them avenge it, and it was this massacre that made the elves decide to join the alliance. ”

"Oh, that's it..."

Ronin shook his head, he was proud to be a young mage of Dalaran, he didn't care about the misery of the elves, and soon, he focused on his mission.

With the dance of the mage's fingers, the magic in his body was drawn out little by little, and the eagle eye technique was blessed on his eyes, and soon, looking down on the land and forest from the sky, even the beasts running in the jungle could not hide from his eyes.

"Wait! There! ”

Ronin soon spotted his target, and in the lush forest at the edge of the river below the griffin, he saw a faint glint that looked like a warrior in black armor moving through the jungle.

"Close there! Lower the height a little! ”

Luo Ning patted the brute hammer dwarf on the shoulder, and a moment later, under the control of the dwarf, the huge griffin swooped into the air about 500 meters, this time, Luo Ning saw more clearly, it was a dark knight with a large cloth bag on his back, riding on a skeleton warhorse, running wild in the lush forest.

The darkness that enveloped his whole body, and the fluctuations of the signature evil energy, made the mage's whole body tremble.

"That's them! I see them! ”

"Bang"

His fingertips twitched, and a red flash of magic rushed into the sky, representing the signal he had sent, and behind him, General Gavinrad, who saw the signal, clicked, buckled his visor, manipulated the reins, and rushed in the direction of the forest, followed by 20 paladins who had vowed to reclaim the stolen sacred remains.

Ordinary war horses can't run wild in the forest, and the death knights can do it because their war horses themselves are not living creatures, even if they knock down branches, they won't be injured, and living war horses can't do this, not to mention that they can't launch the charge of heavy knights in the forest, and war horses are no longer very useful.

After weighing for a moment, the great knight Gavenrad turned over and dismounted, and led the paladins into the forest with a quick pace, even if it was a foot battle, the paladins were fearless!

And the dazzling flash of light in the sky was also seen by the death knight who kept moving at a constant speed in the forest.

Celent took off his war bow with his backhand, put a sharp bone arrow on the bowstring, and in the call of his heart, his hoarse and low voice rang out:

"The prey has taken the bait! Looks like a real big guy..."

"Don't be in a hurry, first introduce the arrogant beast into the prepared hunting grounds, Serent... If those glittering jars think they're up against a bunch of weak Plate Warlocks, they're going to suffer a big loss..."

"Come on, let them see... A true Death Knight! ”