Chapter 10: 10. Trainning time.
The situation of Eskalios is quite special and the time is not suitable so Anduin did not make this matter public. He sends Eskalios to the medical department to heal the injured soldier and going to learn the swordsmanship from him every day at the exact time.
As for the other jobs of the squire... both of them didn't think that it is important at this moment so they just tactically did not mention it.
After coming here, Eskalios time table has changed from before.
After waking up and doing some personal action, he and other priests will treat the injured at the medicinal camp. There are almost ten thousand people in the camp not counting the teams that send to intercept the Horde along the mountain line. It is normal to have minor injuries from an accident or even sparring. Eskalios is busy all the morning although there is no large-scale attack from the Horde.
(I will change the Tribe to the Horde form now on.)
At the noon, he switched his job with another group of priests and had free time which most of them will use for meditation or continue to help at the medical center out of their generosity, as for Eskalios, he went to train with Anduin at the training ground.
The training method is very rough and simple. Two people using real swords, wearing full armor, and fighting with full power. Which most of the time will end up leaving big wounds on the boy's body.
After that, the Two of them will be resting for a moment, letting Eskalios treat their wounds while Anduin gives the boy an instruction.
"This…did Stormwind's soldier usually train like this. I think they will mostly spend their time swinging their swords to increase their familiarity and using wooden swords in a sparring match." He said typical army training method in his head.
"Normally it's what you think, but it's to prevent mortality or disability while training. With you here, we don't have to worry about it." Anduin explains with a smile. "And this kind of training also let you get stronger very quickly, isn't it?"
The boy agrees with the second half of his words. His technique in swords and power use become much more superb just after training for one week. He can judge when and where to use god's blade to display its full power and even without using this power, he also has the confidence to kill a Grunt with a normal sword.
As for the holy light…although he cannot use a trick like a buff yet, he has been much more proficient in healing people by treating the soldiers and himself.
"Sir Anduin, do you know what did the Horde do these days, why they did not attack us?" He asked if he think that he will face non-stop aggression from the Hord while living here, but the things turned out to be unexpectedly peaceful, which made him feel a little confused.
"In the previous fight the Horde also suffers heavy casualties like us, they should try to recover and gather their strength too." The man answers and explains the whole situation to Eskalios.
The fight between the Horde and the Stormwind Kingdom started in the Swamp of Sorrow. Anduin was hit hard in that fight because unfamiliar with the opponent and the terrain which is a dense forest.
In the jungle with the dense tree, the army's formation will become disarray and lose the advantage of the well-trained army.
On the other hand, the orcs are specializing in individual fighting. In the chaos, it's not strange for one Grunt to single out three to five Stormwind soldiers.
Anduin at that time decides to retreat all the way to the Redridge Mountains before building fortification and playing Tower and Defense with the Horde. And that's the time when the situation reverses.
The orc in the First War is unquestionably the best fighter in face-to-face battle, but they are also unquestionably the worst when it comes to siege battle.
The orc in this time just come out of Draenor, their knowledge is stuck at the shabby wall of other tribes. As for how they win against the Draenei, that's all relying on demon's blood and sea people tactics. Most of their sieging tools are wooden ladders, some warlock's magic, and their personal weapon.
What about the Stormwind army?
Different from Eskalios's patrolling team that spammed only a single type of unit, Anduin's army has all of what an army should have. Here, Eskalios saw crossbows, spears, flintlocks, and even some siege weapons such as ballista and catapult, and small numbers of Stormwind's mage. With a high wall as backing, the orc can only be beaten back every time they try to attack.
This made the number of the Horde reduced a little bit and Guldan needs to call the reinforcements from the Dark Portal and let the orcs raiding the village and capture citizen to become the fuel to fel magic.
Anduin did not understand the method of the orc, but even if he understand he still cannot do anything. The numbers of the Horde are reaching almost twenty thousand, this number of orcs, he can still defeat them with the help of fortification, but it will become a different matter if he marches the army to the plain.
While hearing the situation Eskalios also feels helpless. The situation of Stormwind is really awkward.
They are not strong enough to fight the Horde head-on while the horde has an unlimited number of troops to supply them, and while supplying their troops they will also destroy the Stormwind's vitality bit by bit.
There may look like a stalemate at this moment but they only have one kingdom power while the Horde has the whole world, although it's just a dying world, to back them up. It will be only a matter of time before they lose.
"Can't we really gather all the troops and destroy them in one go?"
"I would like to do that, but the nobles won't let that happen." Anmduin shook his head reluctantly "Those fools. Until now many of them still think that the Horde is just a bunch of trolls and the story we made up to size their power. Most of them refuse to send their soldier to help us, even strongly oppose us to station at Redridge Mountains any longer!"
Eskalios did not say anything, just listen to Anduin quietly.
He didn't have any deep impression of the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom. The most obvious ones should be Anduin, Gavinrad who is the first five paladins, and Duke Bolvar that become the second Lich King. He did not know that the other nobles will be this unbearable.
"Sir Anduin, if…I mean if. If we cannot really fight the Horde, should we consider letting people evacuate from the Stormwind Kingdom? Then let every kingdom join hands to form an alliance." The boy spoke slowly.
"Abandon the city? This is absurd! Why did you say something like this!" Anduin looks at him unexpectedly. "What did you know, Eskalios, told me now!"
When seeing that Anduin's eyes become somewhat dangerous, Eskalios quickly explained.
"It's just…a couple of days ago, the holy light gives me the vision. I saw that Azeroth is shrouded in huge darkness and destroys everything. I think that the Horde invasion must be related to my vision and only the Stormwind alone cannot face it." Eskalios explains.
"This is…" Anduin's facial expression changes rapidly before exhaling his breath and patting the boy's shoulder "Our duty is to protect the kingdom, how can we think about running at a time like this. Go, go back to training and do not mention this to anyone else, understand?"
"Alright."
Seeing Anduin's appearance, Eskalios also did not speak about this topic anymore.
He just tried to use one of the biggest advantages of the transmigrator which is the familiarity of the plot. And told Anduin in the form of an oracle, which wasn't strange since many of the high-level priests also constantly saw the vision from the Naruu and the holy light.
He really wants to tell Anduin that his lovely best friend, Medivh, has been possessed by Sargeras and he is the one who opens the dark portal to let the Horde swarm in. But this piece of news is too shocking that Anduin might not believe it and become suspicious of him instead.
So Eskalios choose the news that looks a little easier to accept, that is the Stormwind Kingdom might really lose to the Horde and they should prepare the escape route early on.
This is because the end of the Stormwind Kingdom is very tragic, the capital was razed to the ground and the king is dead. Anduin can only bring prince Varian with a small number of soldiers and survivors to Lordaeron and seek help from Terenas. At that point in time, it could be said that the entire Stormwind Kingdom was completely destroyed.
This is because of geographical reasons. The attack of the horde swept from east to west forcing the citizens to gather at Elwynn forest and Stormwind city which doesn't have a path to go to the north. The only way out is by using the ship to transport people, which can be said to be tedious work in the era of sailboats like this.
If the evacuation starts a little bit earlier, let the boat transport people out two or three times more than the original, at least many thousands of lives could be saved.
Anduin might not think about running away now, but the seed has already been sowed, and when the Redridge Mountain is breached, this seed of an idea will start to sprout and may let the evacuation plans happen many months earlier than the original.
"Come to think of it, sir Anduin, can you let me study arcane magic under some mage? I want to learn to try and improve my power."
"I'm afraid I can't" He shook his head. "All the mages in the army are busying with their jobs too. Such as enchanting the fortification, communicating with Stormwind city through magic, creating mage towers for defense, and even investigating the orcs. They don't have any spare time anymore."
"What a shame," Eskalios said with disappointment.
"Don't be too down. You can study the other way to use the holy light with the priests. You are already proficient in this area, I believe you can learn something new in a short time." Anduin spoke then stood up. "But before that, let's continue our training."
After that, holy light learning was also included in his learning schedule.
It is like Anduin said, Eskalios have no problem with learning the holy light skills. This is because most of the holy light skills are like what he had learned before that is to emit the light and use it to harm enemies or heal allies.
There are also skills that are hard to learn such as buff skills like skills that stabilize the heart, increase the ally's defense, and create holy shields that absorb a certain amount of damage.
The priest that teaches the boy also told him that there is really a resurrection technique in this world but only high-level priests at the church of Holy light in Lordaeron can access it, so Eskalios needs to wait until they arrive at the Lordaeron city to try to learn it.
On the other hand, his fighting styles of using the holy lights as a warrior also inspire many people whether it is priests or normal soldiers and many people tried to imitate it, but it can only be an idea due to lack of time and guidance.
He lived in the Redridge camp for almost one month. He did not go out to fight the orc in this period of time. Just wholeheartedly training and trying to find the best way to use his power in his body. Getting stronger and stronger even without unsealing the rest of his power.
If compare his body to a computer, his previous act in Duskwood is to upgrade the hardware. Now he is upgrading the software that matches the hardware.
The training time last for almost one month before the Horde start to attack again.
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