Chapter 538: The Reckless Prince
This demonic invasion broke out unexpectedly, and it ended by surprise.
Not to mention that Levi, who was here to join in the fun, was dumbfounded. As the parties involved, Altais and Sylvaras felt as if they were in another world.
However, even if the tide of demons dissipated with the collapse of the abyss rift, there was still not much time for them to feel their sorrow.
In the end, the Prince of Cormyr left behind the original defenders of Tiffanydon to cooperate with Levi in clearing away the remaining demons on the battlefield, and was responsible for cleaning up the battlefield after the war.
This is an extremely necessary link.
Since plagues and natural disasters of the undead will continue along the Sea of Fallen Stars in the coming year, if these corpses are not cremated and buried in a timely manner, new plagues and natural disasters of the undead may brew.
Concerned about the safety of his people, after making a verbal agreement with Li Wei to meet in the capital of King Susar, he led the remaining members of the Purple Dragon Guard to pursue the wave of refugees who had withdrawn into the Stormhorn Mountains.
This is a long journey, with high altitude, severe cold climate, lack of food and warmth, and the most important thing is that there are still scattered orcs living in the Stormhorn Mountains.
If left unchecked, many people may die on the road.
Levi naturally agreed deeply with this, and at the same time he had a much improved impression of the Prince of Cormyr:
This is a rare and good prince.
If nothing unexpected happens, when he ascends the throne of Cormyr in the future, he will be a wise king and lead Cormyr to a more glorious future.
What Levi didn't expect was that not long after Altais left, the acting commander of the Windspeaker rangers, Sylvaras, also said goodbye to them.
After stepping out of the portal, the thoughts and information of the separate constructs, including No. 11 Yi Lewen and No. 10 Leviathan, automatically synchronized and merged into a whole.
Immediately, I found out what happened to Oriana, the leader of the Windspeakers, who generously broke up to protect Ellini and the others from leaving.
Sure enough, when Li Wei asked him the reason, this outstanding high elf showed determination and honor and said:
"I'm going to find my sister Orianna. She stayed there with three thousand windspeakers in Cyberholm to cover our evacuation.
"I'm going to pick her up now.
"Whether she is alive or dead, I will find her.
"This is your duty as a sister."
Wen Leina on the side burst into tears:
"Sister Oriana must still be alive. She said that once Seberholm can no longer hold on, she will lead her people to retreat towards the Voiceless Valley.
"With the protection of the ancestors' heroic spirits, she will be fine."
After hearing Wen Leina's words, Levi and Oriana's eyes changed slightly at the same time, and Levi guessed:
"The Gate of the Abyss can't collapse for no reason. Maybe it's really her?"
If that is the case, this elf's reputation will be recorded in history, and her heroic deeds will be sung by countless bards for thousands of years.
He completely forgot about his new dragon cub Kangevian and went to Moon Shadow Island.
Sylvaras naturally thought of this possibility, but when she thought of the vast tide of demons and the terrible impact when the Gate of the Abyss collapsed, the hope that had just risen in her eyes dimmed again:
"If that were the case, our Windrunner family would be proud of Oriana.
"She fulfilled her vow when she joined the Windspeakers and fought for her life until the moment she died!"
Wen Leina beside her had long since burst into tears, and Ellini was biting her lip and stroking the elf's head like a big sister, silently soothing the other's wounded soul.
"Okay, I'm going to set off? But there is still danger in the Cormanso Forest? Can you please take care of my people and my sister Wenreina for me during this time?"
"That's my honor."
Levi's big hand immediately pressed on the head of the elf girl who was just about to struggle.
Just like this, I watched this heroic high elf walking alone in the reverse direction toward his homeland in the forest full of demons.
Three days later, after the demons in the Valley were almost eliminated and the Tifanton defenders were assisted to burn the gathered corpses, Levi took four humanoid constructs and the remaining 30,000.
The elves, 50,000 and a half elves civilians, and 8,000 valley militiamen traveled from the valley route to the southern port of Alabai, preparing to go from there to the royal capital of Cormyr, Susar.
After all, there are too many injured in this group of people? If we follow the refugee flow through the Stormhorn Mountains, God knows how many more people will die from illness on the way.
As for the two hundred steel golems, Levi was temporarily left in the dilapidated Tifantun City to prepare for the possible aftermath of the demon wave.
After all, my aunt is about to die, so there is talk of returning, right?
Moreover, the movement of those steel golems was still too loud. God knows if they were taken to the capital of Camille by him, they would be regarded as a military invasion by the Cormyrs.
It's better to keep a low profile.
Just when he was about to arrive near Longhu in the south in the sixth year, Li Wei finally saw the huge impact of the undead disaster on a country.
Many villages and towns are deserted, like ghosts. And these villages and towns, without exception, have been cordoned off one by one and guarded by guards.
Along the way, many numb-looking soldiers could be seen working together to dig up old graves and collect the corpses inside for incineration.
Levi, who witnessed this scene, sighed and shook his head.
Ellini immediately asked strangely:
"Aren't we in the North affected by the undead natural disaster?"
Just as Levi, who was drowsy due to the journey, was about to speak, Hotz on the side slapped the dragon with pride and said:
"Of course it has some influence, but who gave us a resolute and resolute lord?
"When we learned that the plague had begun to break out along the coast of the Inland Sea, we in Zeelandia immediately responded to His Majesty Tiberius's call and began preparations for epidemic prevention.
"Because the efficiency was too high and the results were too good, Kaishui City and the Silver Moon Federation began to copy our decrees. It is said that by the second year, even the overseas Moon Shadow Island and the Jenny Sal Division in the south also imitated us.
"
It suddenly dawned on Elline. No wonder she hadn't heard of any serious situation in the North. Originally, she had thought it was because the coldness of the world was not conducive to the spread of the undead plague. Naturally, she became very curious:
"How did we do it in the North? Did we dig out all the graves in the first year?"
Seeing that his boss was noncommittal? Hotz immediately laughed and said:
"The lord said that digging up people's ancestral graves is too unethical and inefficient. People generally don't accept it, and it's easy to conceal it on a large scale."
Elline's appetite was whetted:
"You should tell me quickly!"
Hotz smiled with a licking face and a very mean smile:
"The lord went to find the Goddess of Wealth, and the God of Guards borrowed dozens of tons of holy water and thousands of priests and brought them to our factory to build several sets of assembly lines. They worked overtime to create a large number of seals with divine inscriptions [Protection from the Undead]
] Iron bars were distributed to the people.
"It is preached that adding these iron bars with [Death Protection] to the coffins of ancestors will not only allow the ancestors' corpses to rest in peace, but also protect future generations from the wealth of the goddess Wojin and the protection of the guardian god.
"After the publicity is in place, we don't need to use any soldiers at all. People in the North will spontaneously go to various offices to collect protective iron bars according to their household registration.
“They didn’t need our supervision, they took it home and welded all the coffin boards of their ancestors.
"Later, there were people who pretended to be consumables and resold them on the black market, and people who were stupid and stuck iron bars on their heads thinking they could ward off evil spirits. As a result, I had to take my wolf cubs to arrest people all night long."
After Ellini heard this operation method, the eyes of the entire half-elf were a little dull immediately. Not only her, but the elves and refugees on both sides of the road were also dumbfounded. All their minds were thinking, 'Is this okay?'
At the same time, I finally understood why other city-states and countries couldn’t learn from it.
Because even if they have a good relationship with the church, they don't have that much metal output and a large-scale industrial production base like the North.
In the evening of this day, they finally arrived at Susar, the royal capital of this thousand-year-old kingdom.
Just as I entered the city, I heard a piece of bad news:
Something happened to the refugee team that retreated into the Stormhorn Mountains after all.
They were attacked by an orc tribe entrenched in the mountains. Thousands of them died, and thousands more were missing.
Altais asked his adjutant to take the other refugee teams back outside the royal capital for resettlement, while he led the rest of the Purple Dragon Guard to track the traces of the missing persons.
He also brought back a letter requesting the Kingdom of Cormyr to allow the army that was gathering in the royal capital to go north to fight against the demons to continue their attack on the Stormhorn Mountains as originally planned.
This Prince of Cormyr wants to take this opportunity to eradicate the orc threat entrenched in the northern mountains in one fell swoop!
It is said that Assan III was immediately offended by Altais' reckless behavior, but he agreed to the request out of concern for his son's safety and some military considerations.
Chapter completed!