"Kel'thugad is dead!"

Ginger picks up the skull of Kel'thugad with the Excalibur Stumka, rides a griffon through the sky, shouts loudly to boost morale, and then flies over to help the Hammerhammer Griffin Knights.

King Solas leaped to his feet, jumped onto Nightmare's back, and flew into the sky to battle the few remaining Knights of the Vikuron.

Fenna and Gianna rushed back together, and soon joined up with the main army.

"Lord Furstad!"

"King Soras!"

"Ember Bringer!"

"Grand Duke Nicholas!"

Bursts of cheers rang out, the whole Riptide Fort was boiling, and the people who had been sleepless all night were overjoyed and cheered. The leader of the enemy who attacked Fort Riptide is dead, and victory is in sight!

These people, who have never known whether they can live until tomorrow, instantly saw hope, saw the dawn, and saw that the future of life still has the possibility of continuing.

The battle is decided.

After two hours of bloody fighting, the army of the undead was finally defeated, and less than a thousand of the tens of thousands of undead remained, because Kel'thugad died, lost control, and ran around, and it was difficult to destroy them all.

War, won!

However, it was only a disastrous victory, almost all the soldiers defending the castle were killed, and the 1,000 soldiers who came to support were killed and wounded more than 200, the 300 Brute Hammer Griffin Knights were killed and more than 60, and the warriors of the Fenris People's Army also died a dozen.

A deep sadness permeated the city.

There was hardly anyone who was not injured, not even Jiang Zai and Fenna, not to mention the others.

Everyone was tired, but Jiang Zheng didn't have time to rest.

Riptide Castle is a mess right now, and I don't know how long it will take to clean it up.

The priests and paladins healed the wounded overnight, and eventually all of them were paralyzed.

It wasn't until noon the next day that he barely recovered, and then under the command of Jiang Zai, he cleaned up the battlefield.

Large swaths of corpses must be gathered and burned to prevent the plague from continuing to spread.

Paladins and clerics were asked to make more holy water, distribute it to every household as much as possible, heal themselves, and purify themselves to avoid being infected by the plague of the undead.

In the event of an infection, the priest or paladin must be notified as soon as possible for treatment. If it can't be cured, then no matter how cruel, it must be isolated, or even directly executed, which is responsible for those who are still alive.

Because the paladins and priests were strongly requested by Jiang Zai to stay in Riptide Fort temporarily, Nanhai Town was more empty than ever, so Gianna took Fenna, Liadline, and Archmage Angela and immediately teleported to Nanhai Town, and Kurtilas's fleet also set sail at the same time, taking the other soldiers with them.

The Hammer Griffin Knights stayed, as they had to clean up the spoils.

All the Ancestral Dragons belong to them, it's not an easy task, and they don't know how long they'll stay here. Of course, Jiang Zheng took the opportunity to ask the griffin knights to patrol the surroundings of Riptide Castle to kill the scattered undead and clear the hidden dangers.

The piles of bones were piled up and burned for three days and three nights.

Subsequently, Jiang Zai ordered the earth spirits to repair the city walls and other collapsed structures, a work that might last a month, or even longer. Riptide Fort is in ruins, and Jiang is busy.

Half a month later, Arthas no longer appeared, and according to reliable sources, he had returned to the continent of Northrend, and the danger was lifted. Fenna had been away from Stratholme for too long, and she was worried that something would happen, so she didn't have time to meet Jiang Zao and hurried back to Stratholme.

Soon, the Hammer Griffin Knights also returned, and Jiang Zao had to order conscription to supplement the lack of guards in Riptide Castle, maintain law and order in the city, and be responsible for the defense of the city.

The paladins and priests also left Riptide Castle and returned to Southsea Town, but at the request of Jiang Zai, Uther, the Lightbringer, sent a young priest: Partrith.

This is a female priest with a good figure, who looks like she is twenty-three or four years old, but she is a high-level priest like Sally, and Jiang Zheng sensed the holy light energy close to the level of a great knight from her body, obviously this female priest has received more holy light favors than Sally.

This female pastor in a white priest's uniform seems to have a pair of eyes that can see through people's hearts, and it is really pure and deeply rooted in people's hearts, and anyone in front of her is as if she has stripped naked, and there is nowhere to hide.

This is the power of the spiritual plane.

Of all the professions, pastors are the one that focuses the most on spiritual strength. A priest of the same level even has more powerful spiritual power than a mage, a powerful priest can perceive people's hearts, manipulate the mind, control the spirit, and even evoke nightmares, produce illusions in the depths of the enemy's heart, and even directly steal thoughts, which is difficult to deal with.

Paltrius was one such powerful priest.

In Jiang Zai's impression, a few years later, Partris, who was even considered the "spokesperson of the Holy Light", was one of the most powerful priests at the time, alongside Sally.

The appearance of Partris was beyond Jiang Zheng's expectations. Uther, the lightbringer, has always favored him, and even the Silver Hand Holy Hammer was obtained by Jiang Zheng for Uther, and it is normal for Uther to take care of him.

But directly sending such a promising priest who is qualified to compete for the position of archbishop in a few years is worthy of Jiang Zai's gratitude.

Paltrius also brought twenty priests with them to settle in the Riptide Castle Temple.

The temple is located next to the underground cemetery and was formerly the center of the Holy Light Faith for the entire Riptide Castle. However, although Solas openly believed in the Holy Light and sometimes went to the temple to pray, he didn't really care about that. Among the Seven Kingdoms of the Human Race, Fort Riptide, like Kurtilas, is the country with the weakest faith in the Holy Light.

This temple is not very large, far less than the famous holy places such as the Cathedral of the Light, the Abbey of the North County, and the Scarlet Abbey, and at most it is on the same level as the "Church of Alonthos" in Stratholme.

Jiang Zai soon contacted Uther and decided to rebuild the Holy Light Faith in Riptide Castle and rebuild the Holy Light Church, and Partris, naturally, became the bishop of the Riptide Castle Temple.

In the midst of the turmoil, the plague was raging, and the fragile hearts of human beings needed to be soothed and supported, so soon a large number of people volunteered to be baptized and become probationary priests. In less than a month, Partris had hundreds of men under his command.

This is good for purifying the Torrent Fort and healing the people, and Jiang Zheng naturally supports it as much as possible.

Soon after, another person arrived at Riptide Castle, and it was Baron Aurex Rivendell.

It was Fenna who sent him, and of course Oryx himself was willing, because as early as the Battle of Stratholme, he regarded Jiang Zheng as his only idol and benefactor. Without Jiang Zheng, he would not have been able to purify his father and let his father be buried in peace.

The Holy Light Faith cannot only have priests and no paladins, and Oryx brought twenty paladins to join the Riptide Castle Temple, second only to Partris, and the two of them run the temple together.

A month later, Egwen took Avena and Madean with him, belatedly.