amaotonovel Chapter 437 The Twin Ghosts of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 437 The Twin Ghosts of Heaven and Earth
When Lorraine and Terra fought their way out of Hillsbrad, it was nearly dawn.
In the perpetually misty, eerie Silverpine Forest, where even the daytime is shrouded in darkness, the night is bathed in a silvery glow... Crossing Ambermill and reaching the hills and seashore of Hillsbrad Foothills, a completely different landscape unfolds...
Simply put, it's like going from the dead to heaven...
From the shimmering shores of Lake Lordamere, along the valley between the lake and the Alterac Mountains, all the way to the jade mines by the sea... the path is filled with greenery and the fragrance of flowers... accompanied by various adorable animals, and the occasional calls of cows, puppies, and squirrels...
If it weren't for the ogres atop Alterac Mountain, the Forsaken sentinels near Tarren Mill... the bandits, yetis, bears, and mountain lions that occasionally dart out from the corners of the hills, and the occasional elemental spirits, goblin merchants, and Dalaran mage spies...
Nanhai Town is truly a paradise on earth... a leisure, vacation, and fishing town...
Many famous figures today grew up in Southshore... such as Renault and High Inquisitor Whitemane of Scarlet Monastery, Herod the 'Blade of Light' who just escaped... Captain Rhaemon the Sword of Tranquility... Kel'Thuzad, who never became the Lich King, and his disciple Hercula...
The inner bay of Nanhai Town is dotted with reefs and scattered islands, making it inconvenient for large ships to enter the port.
It was once a natural haven for anglers and fishermen...
Fishing master Nat Park once led a group of young boys to Atonement Island... More than 20 years later, Southshore has become a war front!
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Lorraine saw a giant dragon eagle flying above Atonement Island. It was the same dragon eagle beast and its rider that had separated from Terra to scout the direction of Southshore Town... and the flying monster chasing after the dragon eagle.
It's not the griffin commonly seen in the Alliance army...
When Lorraine could see clearly through the flashes of lightning, he realized that the winged monsters were called gargoyles!
A necromancer-like monster that resembles a vampire bat but also has human-like limbs, claws, and wings... They are almost immortal. If injured, they will petrify themselves, and once they heal, they can return to battle.
With sharp claws and an immortal body, they usually sit on the high places of castles or cities during the day, turning into stone statues...
They become active at night, searching for food and feeding on flesh and blood...
Gargoyles are also known as: Heavenly Demons!
Within the Scourge, these monsters, beyond human comprehension, are far more powerful than ordinary zombies and skeleton minions...
The Celestials are a mid-tier unit; they can even suddenly grab human soldiers and throw them from a great height, killing them instantly... Such simple and brutal tactics can bring tremendous shock and fear to mortal warriors...
Swift and rapid movements, in large groups...
Thick-skinned and fleshy, immortal and indestructible...
The origins of gargoyles are a mystery; they predate the liches...and don't even seem to be native to Azeroth...legend has it that they are a continuation of troll sorcery...
Correspondingly, among the terrifying undead army, there is another type of soldier whose combat power far surpasses that of ordinary undead golems: ghouls... Just a few days ago, Lorraine successfully transformed several berserk ghouls at the entrance to Southshore Town, inflicting a severe blow on the human defenders of Southshore Town...
However, Lorraine's control over the necromancy induced by the plague seed was not stable. The berserk ghouls, blood-rage ghouls, and werewolf ghouls he summoned all had fatal weaknesses: short duration and difficulty in control, making them only suitable as cannon fodder.
Lorraine's necromancy skills still need improvement... The Plaguebringer was purely by chance, a fluke... The recently awakened, unstable necromancy spells are simply not effective in combat.
This is nothing compared to the already effective summoning necromancy spells... not to mention comparing it to the true Death Legion, the main force of the Scourge...
Lorraine realized that it was a large horde of gargoyles chasing the massive Silvermoon City Dragonhawk... and felt something was amiss!
The Forsaken of Undercity are known as the Awakened, possessing free will, but in reality, the Queen's forces consist only of archers, swordsmen, and a very small number of undead knights... not even death knights... and the death knights who recently joined the Horde are not affiliated with Undercity...
The more powerful ones are nothing more than Abomination Golems, or creations of the Royal Apothecary Society, bio-engineered warriors wearing gas masks... Bat Riders...
Powerful and evil creatures like gargoyles, ghouls, necromancers, and frost dragons are beyond the reach of Undercity... Dark Rangers are already among the elite... Death Hunter rogues are considered a core force...
Knowing that the Dreadlord might be disloyal, the Queen still needs to rely on its power and abilities...
This clearly demonstrates how dire the plight of the forgotten... how utterly powerless they are...
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a minor character like Lorraine who became the Queen's prized possession...
The answer is obvious...
A third, and even a fourth and fifth, wave of unknown enemies appeared on the island... Lorraine also came to his senses. The undead remains that appeared on the island were of the same origin as his necromancy, but they were not friendly forces!
It's a natural disaster!
The Scourge...
The Scourge...
The Scourge's regular army, main force, and high-level units commanded by Death Knights...
Did the powerful yet brainless Lich King Arthas's minions arrive at Atonement Isle?
What's happening here?
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The plague created by Lorraine infected the townspeople of Hillsbrad Foothills, unleashing a horde of undead... its rapid spread caused panic and a flight from the townspeople... however, against the true Scourge, Lorraine's tricks proved utterly futile...
Ghouls, as the name suggests, devour flesh and blood... and can even evolve after consuming it...
They are far superior to ordinary so-called zombies, ghouls, and skeletons—those disgusting, slow-moving, mindless, and fragile undead races...
The ghouls on the ground are like wild beasts, with all four limbs moving in unison, swift as the wind, with sharp teeth and claws. Once they pounce on you, they will tear you to pieces on the spot... They have no fear, and they will follow the scent of the living to the very end without any hesitation. They usually attack in groups, fearless of death.
Standing atop the hill, Lorraine watched as the Scarlet Crusade survivors, who had previously tried to kill him, were forced one by one onto the seaside rocks...
Previously, there was a Bloodstained Assault Squad of over a hundred men... but only Herod the Blade of Light, Jordan the Pure One, and the crew members and sailors who managed to survive, along with the first mate who resisted using the wreckage of the ship, remained.
The Crimson Crew managed to escape underground, but when they reached the island where their ship was moored, not only was their vessel completely destroyed, but the so-called reinforcements were in even worse shape than Hernold's group... Only the first mate and a few sailors remained, wounded and barely alive...
If Hernold hadn't arrived just in time with Jordan and their disciples Britney and Blankard in pursuit of Raelan, the Sword of Tranquility... the Scarlet Crusade that landed on the island would have been almost completely wiped out...
The blood-red fleet that had come to their aid from afar was now unable to lend a hand... the so-called large ships were teetering precariously on the sea...
Upon closer inspection, at least five groups of people were present in the bay surrounding Atonement Island... On the island, there were Lorraine's mindless, berserk zombie servants, the ghouls of the Cataclysm, and the gargoyles known as the "Twin Ghosts of Heaven and Earth," hunting down the living...
There's also a gigantic, faceless being lurking beneath his rear end, ready to emerge at any moment...
Near Gilneas, the Undercity navy clashed with the Scarlet Crusade fleet, while unidentified dragon-shaped warships took advantage of the chaos... As they approached Southshore, the aerial battle intensified... Lorraine saw the rider on the dragonhawk be shot down, and the dragonhawk itself plummeted to the ground...
Terra's blood elf squad is in dire straits... Lorraine saw her signal to summon dragon wings, she sent it several times...
Suddenly, it seemed that no one paid any attention to the small island of redemption anymore...
Only a faint outline of bones remained in the distance, stretching out beyond Lorraine's sight... perhaps at sea, or perhaps in some unknown space...