Stansom has been completely blocked since yesterday, including the large port on the north side of the city that is bordered by the sea!

Yesterday, Uther Light Messenger sent most of the Paladins of the Silver Hand to join them in the city with their soldiers to maintain order and conduct preliminary selection and evaluation of the Lordaerons infected with the plague of the undead.

The job was undoubtedly huge and complicated, so after a night passed, their work was not very effective, but they had to do that! However, gradually they found that the preliminary data they obtained were surprisingly consistent with the data obtained when Artsas blocked the place before, and even more serious?

Because at this time, the chaos in Stantolmuli had initially emerged...

More and more undead zombies began to appear, and they began to slap all living people around them without warning, even the original relatives of the "they" were no exception! If there were not enough soldiers in the city, responding quickly enough, and slapping the sporadic "transformed people" in time, large-scale riots would have already been uncontrollable to radiate to the entire city of Stantam.

However, even if the soldiers try to maintain the order of Stantam, anyone knows that this situation is only temporary. Once those infected people break out in a concentrated manner, the situation will be out of control!

After all, Stantome is too big. This Kingdom of Lordaeron and even the "Pearl of the North" of the seven human kingdoms, a giant city that used to undertake sea transportation, foreign trade, and links to the elves of Quelthalas, cannot be completely controlled by Uther's hand with such a little force.

‘…’

‘I want to say a few words too!’

‘Mr. Uther…’

‘The situation is really not good now! Some people have begun to turn into zombies. Although our people quickly wiped them out, it is definitely not possible to continue like this…’

‘Once those undead plagues begin to break out on a large scale, it will be all over!’

‘Yesterday to this morning, our paladins and priests have already gone to check. Judging from the blocks that were randomly inspected, there are only a very small number of people who were not infected. Those who were indirectly infected can barely dispel those terrible toxins by rescuing them with holy light. But those who eat contaminated food and deeply infected are basically completely helpless… Once the plague in their bodies starts and they are transformed into undead, Stantam is probably going to be destroyed!’

‘By the way!’

‘Also, we have so many paladins and priests in our hands, and the holy light is not infinite. The holy light of a high-level paladin may not be able to save a few people... So, unless we can now have some special antidote for them to take, otherwise...’

What else would happen? Davi Crover, the Paladin who came to report and wait for the new order, did not continue, because he knew that Uther would understand what he meant.

Anyway,

In Davi Crover's opinion, the situation in Stansolmud is really shocking now. Although they have temporarily controlled the situation in Stansolmud, once the civilians infected with the plague become new undeads, think about their terrible base and their power after they become unstoppable evil forces, even if he, the old paladin who has fought countless bloody battles with the undead, can't help but feel a sense of fear.

To this day, for Paladin Davi, who began to understand the situation in Stantam, it seems that the fear, frustration of failure and the crazy behavior of Prince Alsace yesterday was not too difficult to understand...

Although all of them know that slaughtering the city indiscriminately is an extremely cruel and unjust crazy act, in a sense, if it is a slaughtering the city, it is indeed the most direct and effective way?

Anyway,

In terms of practicality and effectiveness, it is definitely much more reliable and efficient than the current methods of Lord Uther's blockade of cities and identifying infected people!

Of course, Davi Croford was just thinking about that, and he didn't dare to say it, and he believed that other paladins wouldn't dare to say it, because no one could make up his mind to issue that crazy "city massacre" order like Prince Alsace yesterday.

‘David Paladin is right, the same is true for the southwest border area where I am responsible for. After one day and one night, dozens of people were identified that were certainly not infected. As for the others...’

‘The same goes for mine. Yesterday I went to check it myself. There were three streets and thousands of people. I only picked less than ten people who were not infected yet…’

‘It’s really crazy. Those demons and cursed divine debris must not only start from the food transported from Andorhar. They must also poison the fish in the farms and docks around Stantosom. No one can eat anything, and no one will get used to stocking up more than a month at home. This kind of thing is really terrible. The Holy Light will not forgive them!’

‘The same is true in the city area where we are responsible for…’

‘I have also checked the warehouse at the dock. The fish-catching boxes, the lou box and the salt bags are all traces of the undead plague pollution… Although the sailors under my command have stopped some of the merchants who have been infected with the plague and want to escape from Stantosom, Lord Uther, we may not be able to stop it after waiting for two days.’

‘In less than two days, I think the situation may be completely out of control at the latest tomorrow!’

‘…’

'A local second lieutenant captain under my command, his whole family was infected, his grandparents, the heroic father who participated in World War II, and several brothers and sisters. The youngest was only seven years old, and none of them were left. They were all deeply infected and completely lost. I went to check it myself. I don't know how to tell him now...'

'well……'

‘Last night, someone wanted to escape from the sewer, but was caught by my soldiers. One hundred and thirty-seven people. Except for two who were sure that they were not infected, the rest were locked in the cage of the western military camp. When I came just now, some of them had become dead, and the rest probably wouldn’t be able to hold on tomorrow when the sun rises.’

‘But I found that the initial undead monsters are not difficult to deal with. They are slow to move, and even the wooden cages made of wood cannot be broken through. Unlike the terrible ghoul, even a recruit, who can overcome the fear in his heart, should be able to defeat them one-on-one?’

‘Ha! There is still some good news at all!’

‘Wake up, they won’t give you a chance to make a fair one-on-one duel. In another day or two, their number will likely be dozens of times that of ours! By then, with just one charge, our soldiers will be torn to pieces by them!’

'this……'

‘Everyone, I want to correct one thing: only civilians with weak constitutions and ordinary constitutions will become slow-moving zombies, and those who are strong or are originally powerful warriors may not be certain. Moreover, unless their heads are cut off, ordinary attacks will be completely ineffective against them! But as long as our warriors are bitten by them and are not treated by the holy light in a short time or are cleaned with holy water in a short period of time, it will be dangerous!’

‘Holy water? By the way! Didn’t we transport a lot of holy water into the city? How effective is it?’

‘Not very good, it can only purify toxins in food and protect people who are not infected, as for those infected…’

‘…’

A group of Paladins and Lordaeron's generals began to discuss in Uther's tent with each other, but judging from the content of their conversation, whether it was Uther with a ugly face or Hermione who was listening on the side, they could hear the terribleness of the situation.

"Okay! Stop talking..."

Finally, a thick voice made a sound and interrupted everyone's discussion and report, which finally calmed down the military camp.

“…”

The leader of the Knights of Silver Hands, Uther Light, the marshal of the East Tirisfalin Land Epidemic Area of ​​the Kingdom of Lordaeron, did not rush to speak. He was just staring silently in the big tent of the military camp, looking at the huge simple sand table of Stantam.

Obviously, after a day and a night, after thoroughly understanding the situation of Stantholm, he finally understood why Was Alsace planned to issue that crazy city massacre order yesterday... because the heavy responsibility and burden and serious frustration were indeed a bit overwhelming... However, unlike before, now it is Uther's turn to resist the heavy responsibility.

Moreover, no matter how difficult it is, no matter how bad the situation is, he must resist it! The only thing that is thankful is that Uther is so old that he has seen all kinds of situations, so he will not be crushed or go to extremes as easily as a young man.

Thinking about the past...

The cruel and bloodthirsty orc army swept across the Storm Kingdom, the entire huge kingdom collapsed, countless people were slaughtered, and some lucky refugees had to cross the ocean to escape to Lordaeron... The scene at that time was much worse than the current situation of the undead plague!

Also, in the battle on Black Rock Mountain, Sir Anduin Lossa was killed in front of the battlefield. The situation on the battlefield took a sharp turn. When they were about to be counterattacked by orcs and were about to be defeated, they still gritted their teeth and successfully defeated the orcs, and won the final victory of that epic battle?

so,

The crisis here in Stantam is just the potential for hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of evil undead zombies. That doesn't seem to be a big problem?

At worst, they wouldn't just stop being renamed the East and West Plaguelands, the East Tirisfalin land, and run back to Lordaeron to defend, or then run south to the Silver Song Forest, Hillsbrad Hills, and even to the Arachi Highlands... He didn't believe it anymore. The undead plague or the cursed gods and demons could be stronger than the orcs in the past, and could they directly sweep the Seven Kingdoms?

Of course, there are no more seven human kingdoms now.

"Davi..."

"How is the situation of selecting infected people going? How many people who have not been infected have been screened now, and how many are citizens with mild infections and suspected infections?"

After thinking for a while, Uther, who felt that the worst was nothing more than a complete defeat and retreat, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly regained his spirits and looked at the Paladin general Davi Croverd, who came to report on his work and looked a little tired.

"Sir, it's useless!"

"We have a serious shortage of staff. Now that day and night have passed, we have only selected almost one-tenth of the urban area in the entire city. Among the tens of thousands of people who have been initially selected, there are less than two thousand uninfected people and hundreds of mildly infected people who can be dispelled with the holy light..."

“We did come too late…”

"Mr. Uther, we probably don't have much time left and we have too few people. We only have less than 10,000 soldiers in total. We must have more troops!!"

Davi Croverde and other Paladin generals have calculated that now they need at least 10,000 people to participate in the selection work, and then 10,000 people to maintain order in the city and attack all zombies that may be transformed by the undead plague. Then 20,000 or more troops will block the entire city's surroundings and prevent the worst situation!

Otherwise, they would never be able to successfully prevent the situation in Stantam from continuing to worsen! Once the situation gets out of control, the situation they will face will be something that no one wants to see.

"Huh! OK..."

"David, communicate it, let the citizens who have not been selected return to their homes, do not go out, let them stay at home, wait for the rescue of the knights and priests... Also, please be sure to tell them not to eat those grains anymore, and make good use of the holy water! We need to impose a three-day ban on Stantam. After three days, if there is no attack, they can leave freely..."

Speaking of this, Uther's originally bright eyes inevitably showed a gloomy gloom, because he himself knew that in three days, there would probably be no living people left in the entire Stantamme...

But there is no way, they have no choice!

Because they do not have effective drugs for the undead plague, and there are no more personnel, and it is definitely impossible to rely on the reinforcements sent by Lordaeron. After all, Stantolom is too far from the Sitirisfalinland. Even if they are all cavalry, the marching time will be at least one month! In fact, even the more than 20,000 Lordaeron soldiers at the intersection of Korlin and Tyre must not have time to come to Stantolom.

"besides!"

"Announcement to the whole city that from today onwards, our Paladins and soldiers will be on guard and patrol the streets of Stantamom. All citizens are asked to return to their respective homes and lock the doors. No one is allowed to go out. Anyone who dares to escape from their homes privately will be treated as the infected plague deceased!!"

Finally, Uther, who had hesitated for a while, gave his last order with murderous intent.

Since there is no other good way at the moment, he can only plan to trap the citizens who are about to be transformed into undead zombies one by one in their homes to relieve the imminent defensive pressure. Although doing so may also trap the innocent people in it,... Uther has no other choice in this bad situation now. Although he doesn't really believe that those houses can trap those evil undead people, it must always work at that time.

‘…’

'yes!'

‘Abide by the order!’

‘Let’s go, hold on for another day or two…’

'well……'

‘May the Holy Light protect all people!’

The paladins and generals hesitated for a while, but in the end, they didn't say anything, but just responded loudly, and soon whispered some information with the other generals and quickly took the order and left here.

“…”

How did it become like this?

“!!”

"Mr. Uther, there is really no other way? There are so many people in Stansolme, can't you think of a way to save them?"

When the people in the tent gradually disappeared, when the generals took the orders to continue their heavy tasks, when only the Uther Light Messenger of Light who looked at the sand table with a calm face and did not speak, and several guards with strong expressions were left, Hermione, who had been listening to the side and could not even get stuck, finally couldn't help but speak.

because,

She heard what Uther just said, so she couldn't imagine that there were so many people in Stansom, and the other party was really planning to give up, and he was really watching them turn into evil spirits one by one under those terrible plagues?

"No, stop talking, it's too late, we've tried our best."
To be continued...