"Nethander Stead?" Aaron originally planned to conduct aerial reconnaissance with Wildhammer Dwarves. After noticing this soldier, he flew back and happened to hear the name. However, Aaron really had no impression of this place name and asked, "Is Orcs also imprisoned there?"
"No, it's just an ordinary sentry post there. There are a few farms nearby, nothing special." Arthas shook his head, and then seemed to remember something, his face changed slightly. "If you pass Nethander from here, their target is...Southshore?!"
"Southshore?" Aaron still remembers that this was the first human town he had visited since time travel. It was on the way to Southshore that he encountered Dragonmaw Orcs's attack and got to know Falstad.
However, compared to the memories Southshore left for Aaron, the purpose of Orcs's attack on Southshore made Aaron even more intriguing. I can't figure it out, but in "official history" Thrall also led his men to attack Southshore, but at that time Thrall was trying to seize the ship to go to Kalimdor.
But now Ner'zhul cannot be planning to let his men go directly to Kalimdor, right? Then the purpose of their going to Southshore...
"Is it for the ship? Orcs is going to sea!" Arthas also reacted and immediately looked at Dathrohan: "Commander Dathrohan, we can't let those Orcs grab the ship and go to sea, we must stop them."
Dathrohan did not answer directly, but looked at the soldier whose injuries had eased after Heal had just been healed, and asked seriously, "Soldier, when were you attacked?"
The soldier, covered in blood, weakly replied, "It's noon today, sir."
"At noon..." Dathrohan showed a thoughtful expression, half talking to himself and half explaining to others, "If we arrived at Nethander at noon, we should have arrived at Southshore by now. With the enemy Southshore may have fallen. If we rush over now, we may face two situations. Either the enemy has grabbed enough ships and left, or they have prepared a trap in Southshore and are waiting for us to dive into it."
"Then what should we do?" Arthas understood what Dathrohan meant and said a little anxiously, "The residents of Southshore may be being killed by Orcs now. What should we do? Should we just sit here and ignore it?"
"Your Highness, that's not what I meant." Dathrohan shook his head and explained to Arthas, "I just hope you can understand this matter. When we go there, we may face Southshore that has been slaughtered, or Southshore that has been occupied by Orcs. You'd better be mentally prepared."
For Dathrohan, it cannot be said that his Knight of the Silver Hand are not excellent, but most of these new Paladin have not personally experienced the tragic second war. Supporting Durnholde before was just a small scene. When they arrive at Southshore, what awaits these new recruits who have not yet experienced blood and fire may be a real war.
"Yes, I understand." Arthas understood what Dathrohan meant, at least partially. However, when he thought that the residents of Southshore might be trembling under the butcher knife of Orcs, he felt a fire burning in his heart and could not calm down.
"Let's go and march quickly." Dathrohan assigned one person to stay behind to take care of the soldier who came to report the news, and the rest accelerated their advance. However, it was already the afternoon when they set off, and in the evening they could only barely arrive at Nethander, which had become a mess.
After briefly tidying up the simple sentry post and calming the nearby people who were uneasy because of the Orcs attack, the troops continued to advance toward Southshore under the moonlight.
Soon, the soldiers walking at the front saw Southshore, or in other words, saw the firelight rising from Southshore. The soaring firelight illuminated most of the night sky, and the clouds in the sky were dyed with red light.
Seeing this situation, many people in the team gritted their teeth and expressed that they wanted to give those Orcs a good look.
However, before everyone arrived at Southshore to check the damage to the port town, they first met a group of Southshore residents who had been driven out of their homes. These residents who were hiding under the trees on the roadside and shivering in the biting cold wind were initially afraid when they saw this group of troops, fearing that they were a new batch of Orcs.
It was not until they saw the flags of Lordaeron and Silver Hand that these residents felt relieved. The leader among them was the mayor of Southshore. This gray-haired old man threw himself in front of Dathrohan and Arthas and cried out to Paladin about their experiences.
Orcs had actually been discovered by Southshore soldiers before arriving at Southshore. After experiencing the Orcs war, the vigilance of this town was still quite high. However, discovering the enemy in advance could not change the strength comparison between the two sides., the total population of Southshore is not small, but the number of soldiers is not as good as the group of Orcs who attacked them. In addition, Southshore does not have a wall surrounding the entire town, so the Orcss easily invaded the town.
The worst thing is that not all residents evacuated at that time, and after being invaded by Orcs, the fate of the remaining residents can be imagined.
"Master Paladin, you... you must help... us take revenge. Those damn... Orcs, we must kill them all!" At the end of the mayor's words, he was already sobbing, causing the surrounding soldiers to inevitably feel sad.
"Don't worry, we will definitely kill all those Orcs." Arthas spoke before Dathrohan could express his stance. Judging from the looks in the eyes of the surrounding soldiers, they should have the same idea as Arthas.
"Yes, that's it," Dathrohan didn't mind that Arthas spoke before him, but took advantage of the situation and began to direct the soldiers to separate some people to stay here to take care of these refugees, and the rest went to Southshore, but Dathrohan did not say anything. He thought that Orcs would not stay in Southshore, and had probably gone to sea, otherwise Orcs would not have set off such a fire now.
"Something feels wrong." Looking at the angry-looking soldiers interested in Southshore, Aaron felt an unspeakable sadness in his heart, but there was always a feeling that something was wrong lingering in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.
Even after arriving at Southshore with the soldiers and confirming that Orcs had left, Aaron still didn't figure out what was wrong until news came from Ravenholdt: Cult of the Damned made big news in Silverpine Forest.