Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring. If you don't get rid of this guy, are you just going to wait for him to recover and come back for revenge?

Furthermore, Rhodes also wanted to see what the reward would be for killing a hero-level unit; this lich named Karis was no ordinary minion.

“Master! I’ll go get his life-saving box right away, but he might summon his troops to rescue us, so we’ll have to release the soldiers,” Stank said.

"I understand. Leave his undead army to me. You give my undead troops an attack speed boost, and then hurry up and go." After saying that, Rhode immediately released his more than 400 skeleton soldiers, and suddenly a dense undead army appeared in front of Rhode.

Upon hearing this, Scink nodded, cast an attack speed-boosting spell on the more than 400 skeleton soldiers, immediately mounted his skeleton warhorse, and galloped away into the distance.

Using his Death Knight's ability to sense presence, he could clearly sense that the lich's life-saving casket was hidden inside an undead base ahead.

"You can actually control the dead? You've also practiced necromancy!"

Why not join the Scourge? Your great master will bestow unimaginable benefits upon you.” At this moment, the lich skull on the ground immediately began to bewitch Rhodes.

He initially thought the other party was just a human mage, but he didn't expect him to be a master of necromancy and able to control such a large number of undead creatures.

If the Lich King finds out about this information!

This mage, who can control the undead, will submit to the Lich King once he witnesses the Lich King's great power and supreme magic.

After all, those who study death magic are actually very afraid of death. They all want to become liches. In Karis's opinion, a necromancer who does not want to become a lich is not a good mage.

"Oh, really? Your master possesses unimaginable magic. How powerful is he?" Rhodes asked, his eyes darting around.

Both sides are stalling for time; one side wants to stall, and the lich wants to stall for time too!

At this moment, the undead army that was attacking the main gate of Hearthglen suddenly changed direction and headed towards Rhodes. At the same time, some undead from the undead base also headed this way.

The human defenders had no idea what was going on and assumed that they had repelled the undead attack!

"The master wields necromancy beyond your comprehension; he is a god-like being whose will can extend to every servant. If you so desire, the gates of the Scourge will open for you." Karis revealed some information about the Lich King to Rhodes, but not in great detail.

"Did that mage named Kel'Thuzad say that your Scourge's master is Mal'Ganis?" Rhodes asked.

“That’s right, it’s Lord Mal'Ganis, a powerful dreadlord.” Karis was very cautious and did not reveal any information about the Lich King.

"It seems you're not being sincere. I can tell you're not telling me the truth at all," Rhodes said with a playful expression.

"You're not very sincere either, are you?"

The undead army had already arrived. Rhodes snorted and immediately cast Protective Shield and Stone Skin on his skeleton troops.

Without exchanging any words, the two sides immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Although Rhodes' skeleton soldiers appeared simple, consisting of just a pile of bones wielding an iron sword, their combat power left the lich Karis speechless.

Their combat power far surpasses that of ordinary skeleton soldiers, and they can even inflict effective damage on abominations. Their defense is also ridiculously high, and their speed is extremely fast.

With three beneficial spells, these skeleton soldiers unleash a combat power far exceeding ordinary people's imagination.

The scene that should have been one-sided did not unfold in Caris's eyes; instead, it was his own army that was being cut down.

On one occasion, Rhodes used Flash of Light to illuminate a giant abomination. After a Flash of Light, the abomination would howl and lie on the ground, only to be hacked to death by the surging skeleton soldiers.

A dozen minutes later, most of the enemy's undead army was wiped out, while Rhodes' skeletons only lost a little over 100. The balance of victory began to shift!

Lich Chris was completely baffled. He couldn't understand how Rhodes had created these skeleton soldiers.

These skeleton soldiers looked tattered and worn, but their combat power far exceeded his expectations. At this point, all the abominations had been exhausted, and the remaining zombies, ghouls, and skeletons seemed to be no match for them at all.

Just then, the sound of hooves came from afar, and Stanker rode up carrying a blue urn of ashes.

Upon seeing the blue urn of ashes, the soul fire in the lich Karis's eyes suddenly blazed fiercely; his worst fears had come true.

Damn it, how did this undead knight find his life-saving casket?

“Master! I have brought his life-protecting box. As long as the soul inside is destroyed, he is doomed.” Stank handed the lich life-protecting box to Rhodes.

"No! Wait, don't kill me, don't kill me!" the lich Caris began to beg for mercy.

But Rhodes completely ignored the other party's pleas for mercy, as he and the Scourge were mortal enemies, and he would never side with the Lich King.

"Stronk, you lead the undead army. Release your zombies and clean this place up."

"I'll take care of this lich," Rhodes said.

Scink nodded, released more than 30 zombies from his soldier squad, and led the remaining 300-plus skeleton soldiers to begin clearing out the undead units present.

Rhodes then unleashed a Holy Light attack on the Lich's Life Box.

"No! Ah!!" The lich skull let out a shrill scream before it began to shatter.

At the same time, a transparent soul floated out of the Life-Protecting Box and was burned to ashes under the powerful holy light.

Almost simultaneously, Stronk also led Rhodes' undead army to annihilate the lich's army.

A glorious victory! You and hero Stang have each gained 1200 experience points. Your level has increased to 4, and Stang's level has increased to 2.

Congratulations on killing a hero unit!

Unlock special rewards! Randomly summon wild resources.

Random wild units? Is this a pleasant surprise?

Rhodes immediately checked the rewards for killing the hero unit.

Random wilderness locations allow you to place a wilderness resource outside your own city.

It could be a building that increases hero attributes, a camp for a certain wild unit, a treasure house for wild monsters, a resource mine, various random resources, or even random treasures.

Chapter 21 Special Outdoor Structure: Star Axis - Reinforcements Arrive!

This is interesting!

There was an unexpected bonus! Rhodes had thought that this system only had one cemetery city and that he would never be able to obtain anything else. But it seems that's not the case!

If you only have one city and can't enjoy other things in the Heroes of Might and Magic world, then it's really not easy to survive, because the magic guild level up every time.

The number of advanced spells learned will decrease by one. At level 5, you can only learn one spell; at level 4, you can only learn two spells; at level 3, you can learn three spells; and at level 2, you can learn four spells.

If you learn some trash magic, it'll be completely useless!

This random wilderness resource is really great. If it's just wood, gold, or other rare resources, then it's not very valuable. But if you can randomly get some wilderness buildings, then you'll make a fortune.

After all, everything has a probability, doesn't it?

The world of Azeroth has quite a few dungeon bosses, and these guys should all be considered hero-level units. Rhodes can definitely take on these dungeon bosses in the future!

Without further ado, Rhodes immediately chose to use his first lottery draw opportunity.

Start with random map rewards. A star chart will appear outside your city. Each hero can visit it once to gain one point of power!

The items released this time are pretty good! Strength is a very important attribute for heroes, as it increases the power of magic. Rhodes now has two points of Strength! (Strength can also be translated as magic power, but as a veteran Heroes of Might and Magic 3 player, I still prefer the latter.)

If you raise it to 3 points, the power of Magic Arrow will increase to 40, and the ability to cast other spells will also be enhanced.

And most importantly, this special building will be accessible to all heroes once in the future.

Without any hesitation, Rhode first clicked on the map, and then visited the star axis himself, gaining a small power boost.

Then, Stanker was sent into Hero Town, and then went out of town to visit the Star Axis, where he also received a power boost.

This battle involved much more than just these things. First, Stanker leveled up and gained a point of free attribute. Rhode didn't rush to choose it first but decided to save it.

Without hesitation, he added one point of his own attribute to knowledge. Now, magic points are everything, and Rhodes' magic points have increased from 40 to 50.

In addition, Sciark also received a skill upgrade, either from basic Necromancy to intermediate level, or from his innate basic magic resistance to intermediate level.

No other new skill branches appeared, so after thinking for a moment, Rhode decided to upgrade Necromancy!

For the heroes of the undead race, necromancy is everything. For example, in this battle, Rhodes and Stronker's necromancy actually worked at the same time.

He summoned over 200 skeleton soldiers, and with the remaining 300 or so, the total number soared to over 500!

Meanwhile, on my side, there are those who have progressed from beginner to intermediate level in the art of summoning spirits, or those who have learned a basic ballistics technique!

Without any hesitation, Rhodes immediately chose to upgrade Necromancy. Damn it! His skill tree couldn't go astray!

This ballistics technique is completely useless in this world. Who the hell wants to operate their own catapult during a siege?

Therefore, it's safer to choose the Summoning Spell. Later on, there are Earth Magic and Eagle Eye to carry me. Hopefully, the next skills will be more powerful, and I might get four types of magic, or divine skills like Magic Power or Wisdom.

After clearing out the spoils, Rhodes put away his skeleton army and returned to Hearthglen.

Arthas's army arrived in Hearthglen at almost the same time as Rhodes's, or rather, Arthas's army returned earlier than Rhodes's.

"Lord Rhodes, you're finally back! I just heard you fought that lich!"

"What was the result? Who won?" Arthas rushed up to Rhodes and asked anxiously.

When Arthas learned that Rhodes had single-handedly charged out to fight the lich, he was very anxious and even planned to lead his army out to search for him. However, he found that Rhodes had returned unharmed.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, Your Highness. The fact that I came back alive proves that the lich failed. The Holy Light deceived me, and in the end, I won with the power of the Holy Light," Rhodes said.

"May the Holy Light protect you! I'm so glad you're alright, Lord Rhodes. We dealt a heavy blow to the undead this time," Arthas said, nodding.

During last night's battle against the undead army, Rhodes did not use any holy light spells, possibly to ambush the opposing lich.

That raven could never have imagined that my husband, in addition to possessing superb magic, also possessed the power of holy light, making him a master at dealing with undead creatures.

"I believe that at least today there shouldn't be any more fierce battles, as I'll be guarding this place."

"Your Highness Arthas, go back and rest! You haven't slept for a day and a night," Rhodes said.

"Yes! Your Highness Prince Arthas, you wiped out the undead infected forces outside, while Lord Rhodes slew the lich here."

"The undead army must have suffered heavy losses. You really should rest now to ensure you have the strength to deal with any unexpected situations later," Lieutenant Farek advised.

Upon hearing this, Arthas nodded to the two of them. To be honest, he was only managing to hold on with sheer willpower, and his body was indeed exhausted.

After further refining the details of the Hearthglen defense, Arthas returned to his assigned room to rest.

That night, only a few scattered undead forces attacked, which the local garrison easily defeated, and almost no undead came in the latter half of the night.

After a rare rest, on the morning of the third day, as dawn broke, another terrifying undead legion came to attack the city.

Having rested sufficiently, Rhodes and Arthas immediately engaged in battle. This time, Rhodes did not use magic arrows, but instead continuously unleashed Holy Light Flashes to kill high-level undead units.

The undead offensive was incredibly fierce that day, and Arthas, Rhodes, and the defenders barely held on by sheer willpower.

Finally, at dusk that day, a loud hoofbeat came from outside Hearthglen; the Knights of the Silver Hand had arrived.

In the game, they held out for thirty minutes, but in reality, Rhodes and Arthas held off the undead army here for a full three days.

"Charge! Knights of the Silver Hand, destroy these evil undead!" The leader was a tall man wearing golden armor and wielding a warhammer.

The newcomer was none other than Uther the Lightbringer, and beside him, many paladins also charged in to attack the undead.