Артас: Возвышение короля-лича

           "Sir,youwon’tbelievewhat’sbeengoingon."

           "Tryme,"Arthassaid.

           Arthaswasnotsurprisedtoheartheinitialwords—thatthedeadhadrisenandwereattacking.Whatdidsurprisehimwastheterm"vastarmy."HeglancedatJaina.Shelookedutterlyexhausted.Thelittlebreaktheyhadtakenlastnightobviouslyhadn’tbeensufficienttorestoreher.

           "Sir,"criedoneofthescouts,rushingin,"thearmy—it’sheadingthisway!"

           "Dammit,"Arthasmuttered.Thissmallgroupofmenanddwarvescouldhandleaskirmishwellenough,butnotawholedamnedarmyofthethings.Hemadeadecision."Jaina,I’llstayheretoprotectthevillage.GoasquicklyasyoucanandtellLordUtherwhat’shappened."

           "But—"

           "Go,Jaina!Everysecondcounts!"

           Shenodded.Lightblessherandthatlevelheadofhers.Hesparedherasmileofgratitudebeforeshesteppedthroughtheportalshecreatedanddisappeared.

           "Sir,"saidFalric,andsomethinginthetoneofhisvoicemadeArthasturn."You’d...bettertakealookatthis."

           Arthasfollowedtheman’sgazeandhisheartsank.Emptycrates...bearingthemarkofAndorhal...

           Hopingagainsthopethathewaswrong,Arthasaskedinavoicethatshookslightly,"Whatdidthosecratescontain?"

           OneoftheHearthglenmenlookedathim,puzzled."JustagrainshipmentfromAndorhal.There’snoneedtoworry,milord.