Chapter 416 Kel'Thuzad's Voluntary Death (Part 1)

Kel'Thuzad's escape did not last long. Arthas and his men soon caught up with him. Along the way, Jaina kept blasting away the debris with fireballs and using frost to isolate the flames. The other soldiers hacked at the few undead blocking the way. They went straight ahead, not caring about the undead that were a little further away and might pose a threat to other villages. Their only target was the beast called Kel'Thuzad.

Soon, they arrived in front of Kel'Thuzad. Arthas roared and rushed out first, swinging his bright and slow war hammer. Kel'Thuzad didn't know whether he had time to dodge or didn't want to dodge, but was hit in the right leg. He flew up all of a sudden. Before he landed, others rushed up and chopped, stabbed and stabbed with all kinds of weapons, venting all the pressure and grief of the past few days on him.

The continuous attacks caused extremely serious injuries to Kel'Thuzad's already broken body, which made Kel'Thuzad, who had powerful strength and magic, look like he was really going to die. His legs were broken by Arthas and twisted into a weird angle. His dull black robe was stained with blood, reflecting a little. Kel'Thuzad propped himself up with his arms and spat out a stream of blood mixed with broken teeth. Then he continued to struggle and wanted to say something.

"Childish... idiot, hehehe... my death will not change our plan... Now... the natural disaster of this land... has come."

Then he bent his elbows, closed his eyes, and died. A few seconds after Kel'Thuzad lost his life signs, his body immediately began to rot. The decomposition that should have taken several days happened in a few seconds, gray and white swelled, and then burst. People gasped, covered their mouths and noses and stepped back, and some turned around and vomited in the stench. Arthas stared with anger and relief, his eyes never moving. Putrefaction gushed out of the corpse, and the flesh took on a thick, greasy appearance and gradually turned black. The abnormality slowed down, and Arthas turned and left to find fresh air.

Jaina's face was pale, afraid that she would vomit if she relaxed a little. Jaina's eyes were also covered with dark circles because of the hard work of the past few days.

"What's the matter? Is Kel'Thuzad dead?"

Arthas nodded, pointing at the limp Kel'Thuzad on the ground, who was no longer recognizable.

Jaina and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Arthas looked at them for a while and hesitated. They couldn't rest yet. They had only eliminated their leader, but the most important food had been moved to an unknown place. And Andorhal had a lot of food reserves, which could be used by the entire Lordaeron for more than a year. They couldn't get it back by themselves. Now they had to go to Hearthstone to seek reinforcements. Hearthstone was attacked after the outbreak of the plague crisis. Barthilas died in the battle. Now it was temporarily taken over by Uther. There were a large number of Alliance troops stationed there, which could be used.

"Let's go." Arthas said gently. "Let's go to Hearthglen. They need to be warned, and we can't let them get the news too late."

They left Kel'Thuzad's body there without even a second look. Arthas prayed silently to the Light, hoping that they would not be too late. If they failed again, he didn't know what he would do.

Jaina gritted her teeth. She knew that Arthas wanted to go as fast as possible, and she was already extremely tired, but people's lives were in danger. She hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

However, after just a few steps on the horse, Jaina found that she could no longer sit still. She was extremely tired and was only seconds away from losing consciousness and falling off the horse. Fear made her grab the horse's mane and pull herself back into the saddle, then pull the reins to stop the horse. She sat there, holding the reins tightly and trembling. It was several minutes before Arthas noticed that she had fallen behind. Jaina vaguely heard him call the horses to a halt, and then watched in silence as he cantered over.

"Jaina, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Arthas. I know you want to go full speed, and so do I. But... I'm so tired that I almost fell off the horse. Can we stop... just rest for a while?"

Even though it was dim, she could see the struggle on Arthas' face: "How long do you think it will take?"

Two or three days, she thought, but this was impossible, so she had to say: "Just eat something and rest for a while."

Arthas nodded and reached out to help her off the horse. Jaina leaned against the tree and took out some magic bread from the package with trembling hands. These breads can restore some of her energy. She glanced at Arthas. He exuded impatience, just like a flame emitting heat. This feeling made people very uncomfortable.

She took a bite of bread and looked up at Alsace. She used to have a very good relationship with Alsace, one of the reasons was that he was approachable and kind to everyone. But at this moment, it seemed as if there was an endless sea between them.

Alsace looked over: "Have you finished eating?"

"No." Jaina said, "But...Alsace, I'm worried about you. I don't like the impact of this on you."

"On me?" he said sharply. "Why don't you tell me what you're doing to the villagers? Jaina, they're dying and turning into zombies. I have to stop this, I have to!"

Jaina was shocked: "Of course we have to stop this, you know I will do my best to help you. But... I've never seen you hate something so much."

He laughed, and then shouted: "Do you want me to love these necromancers?"

Jaina frowned: "Alsace, don't misinterpret my words like this. You are a paladin and a servant of the Holy Light. You are both a warrior and a healer. But now I only see that your heart is full of the desire to wipe out the enemy."

"You speak more and more like Uther. It's annoying."

Jaina did not answer. She was too tired to calm down and think. She took another bite of cheese and turned her attention back to filling her stomach. For some reason, she found it difficult to swallow.

"Jaina... I just wanted to save those innocent people who were on the verge of death. That's all. And... I admit that I am upset that I couldn't do it. But when this is over, you will see that everything will be fine. I promise."

He lowered his head and smiled at her, and for a moment Jaina saw the old Alsace in his handsome face. She gave him a reassuring smile.

"Are you ready now?"

After two bites. Jaina picked up the rest of the bread. "Yes, it's okay now, let's go on."