Dingdong, dingdong, dingdong, the clear water of the bay carried the boat, and it was moving quickly on the lake.

    This should be ten to fifteen knots...... Loria thought silently, her hair tossed by the oncoming wind, and she didn't bother to comb it, she was still agonizing about what the mysterious thing under the boat had saved her.

    "It must be the spirit of the lake!"

    Emeow showed a look of yearning...... The poor little guy was a blank slate when he first met Loria, and after being taught a lot of strange things by Pink Fur, he has recently been polluted by human fairy tales and thrillers.

    The crisp and melodious sound of the ding-dong sounded intensively, and the mysterious thing that was carrying the boat forward seemed to like Elie Meow's words - she liked to be called the fairy of the lake.

    "The elves of the lake......"

    Loria muttered to herself, holding a compass in her hand, correcting her direction from time to time, "Please go this way." ”

    As if he could understand her words and see her hand, Nawan Qingshui followed Loria's fingers to adjust the direction of progress.

    In just a few hours, Loria saw waterfowl, hovering in mid-air, swooping towards the surface of the water from time to time, and when they rose again, most of them had a small fish in their slender beaks - the appearance of waterfowl showed that they were not far from land.

    The boat suddenly stopped, and the strange thing, which was much clearer than the lake, flowed towards the place where the waterfowl were feeding, and there were countless splashes on the surface of the lake, and they got on the waterfowl, and they startled all the birds that were preyding—and one of them did not leave. It had been struggling on the surface of the lake as if it had been wounded to its wings.

    The strange current of water surrounded the injured bird and lifted its sinking body. Back to the boat.

    Dingdong.

    Small waves threw the waterfowl with injured wings into the cabin.

    "O ...... of the lake spirit"

    Loria sighed again, this time she really agreed with Elie Meow's assumption - at first, she thought it wanted to protect the creatures in the lake, but it saved it along with the injured predator.

    What a kind elf.

    At this moment, Loria no longer wondered why the spirit of the lake would rescue her and Elie Meow from the fog of no return...... Thinking about it, it is so kind by nature, and it voluntarily guards every life in the Lake District.

    The kind elf pushed the boat again, and it didn't take long. Loria saw the outline of Mystic Island in the distance.

    ……

    There is disturbing news from afar.

     Orc shelters throughout the Seven Kingdoms continued to riot, and even the orc wandering tribes who had hid in the mountains of Alterac after the war began to move out of the mountains.

    If it is said that after nineteen years of peace. The Human Alliance was still basking in the glorious memories of the victorious Horde of the past, so what happened next made them completely sober......

    Sixty years ago.

    Steinbrand, whose former queen had reigned for fifteen years, died, and the kingdom, which had once had the momentum of swallowing the other six kingdoms, gradually declined...... The queen's youngest son, who was only five years old, inherited the throne. Naturally, the government was dominated by people with ulterior motives, and the evils of the pre-Queen's reign finally erupted in this seemingly powerful state—two enemies of Stannbride, the Stormgard family and the kingdom of Alterac, the remnants of the Arathi Empire, united to put pressure on it, and the nobility of the country changed their flags, either declaring independence, annexing each other, or seeking refuge from their neighbors.

    When the new king came of age, Stannbrad's territory was not even a tenth of what it was in the pre-queen period...... Eradicate the internal ministers and resist the encroachment of external enemies. Marry Lordaeron's side princess, sign a secret alliance contract with Lordaeron and Kurtilas, and personally lead the army in a decisive battle with the orc army. He has spent his life fighting for the survival of this country...... The Alterac royal family, their enemies, betrayed the alliance and allowed the orcs to slaughter their own people, opening the country for the orc army to bypass the well-guarded Republic of Dalaran and surrender to the orcs once and for all. Members of the royal family and most of the nobles were hanged under the city of Lordaeron.

    With their rival neighbors collapsing overnight, Steinbrad finally has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, albeit one under the leadership of the Alliance's greatest victories, the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

     Not yet, the aged king spent a few years recuperating from the wounds of war. When he was about to revive the kingdom, he fell ill because of his daily work.

    fifteen years ago.

    The king summoned his son and daughter to the bed.

    " Come here, Roka. ”

    The king called out to his daughter.

    The little girl with long pale pink hair walked to the bed with her head tilted, she was just four years old, and she didn't understand what the scene meant, but instinctively felt uncomfortable - her father who smiled softly but was lifeless, her mother who was sobbing quietly, her brother with a terrible gloomy face, and the prime minister who frowned deeply...... She just wanted to get away from here as quickly as possible, to rummage through the maid's pocket, which was always full of sweets.

    "I see in you the shadow of my mother......"

    The king couldn't even finish a sentence, he coughed intermittently, gently touching the little princess's hair, "Maybe you are the most suitable to inherit the throne." ”

    On the side, the king's son Andrew's face was so black that he seemed to be dripping ink.

    However, the king did not notice the prince's expression, only the face of the little princess remained in his eyes, perhaps trying to retrieve the memories of distant childhood from her face?

    "I can't remember what my mother looked like, I was about the same age as you when I ascended the throne. ”

    His words seemed to be to his daughter, and they were like talking to himself, "but I still remember what she used to say...... Well, that's what I said...... Let's trample the little cockroaches of Stormgard to death, and then put the little things of the six countries in cages for the people to see...... Hahaha!"

     The weak laughter was followed by a violent cough, which anyone could tell at a glance that the king was dying.

    "I ascended the throne at a young age, I know how hard it is, I hide in my room and cry every night, I don't have a strong heart like my mother...... O my daughter, I will not let you suffer such burdens and pains again...... Andrew, come here!"

    The twenty-year-old prince immediately walked to the king's bedside, and in just a few steps he tripped over his own leg twice.

    "When I die, you will be the new king...... I don't ask you to forge ahead, but don't forget the last wishes of the previous kings......"

    The dying king murmured, "Take care of your sister and mother." ”

    "Okay, father, okay, I'll definitely take care of Rocka and Mother!"

     finally got the throne, and the prince swore a curse with a smile.

    ……

    the-king-is-g-live-the-king.

    The first king has passed away, long live the new king.

    In just one year, the Queen Mother, who was only in her early forties, also died, and His Majesty immediately found an excuse to hastily banish his young sister to a foreign country, and she was never allowed to step into the motherland again in this life...... If it weren't for the ministers' fierce opposition, he would have been ready to kill his stupid five-year-old sister, who only knew how to find candy all day long.

    treachery and ruthlessness should have been excellent qualities for a king, but it was a pity that Andrew did not use his talents for the governance of the country.

    If the ambition of successive kings and queens of the Hillsbride family to reunite humanity is ridiculous, then Andrew's life of staring at his own small turf and trying to get rid of those who threaten his power is disgusting.

    ……

    Nowadays.

    "Speaking of which, this person seems to be my uncle. ”

    Loria flipped through an outdated piece of information that had been brought to the island by the merchants of Dalaran, and she read the front-page report to Alice, "Stannbrad has fallen, and the wandering orc tribe has stuck the head of the last king in his spear...... He's a king, and he doesn't even mention his name, and I've never heard my mother talk about him, and I don't even know his name, well, I'll read it on...... The Knights of the Silver Hand, led by Uther the Lightbringer, have been ordered to move south to suppress the orcs...... His Royal Highness Arthas, Prince of Lordaeron, has also appeared in the army, and this will be his first battle, and we can perhaps look forward to the birth of another human hero. (To be continued)

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