An hour later.

Stratholme City Hall 2nd floor reception room.

Countess Catlana, with her wheat-colored skin and a slim-fitting robe that showed off her perfect figure, entered with a few retinues behind her.

Mayor Batheras and the others bowed down playfully, giving up space entirely to the powerful man of the south and the future pillar of the kingdom in the north.

"Count Katrana, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule." Oryx himself stood up to greet him, and thanked him very hypocritically.

The Black Dragon Princess smiled, and the entire reception room lit up for a while.

She walked up to Oryx sincerely, as if unintentionally put her hand on his lower back, led him to sit down, and then waved away the rest of the entourage, lifted her robe and sat down on the opposite seat, leaned forward slightly, and said seriously, "I'm here to help...... I heard that you are sick? ”

Sure enough, to see if I was under the influence of Salatas......

Oryx already suspected that Benedictas had fallen under the bewitchment of Salatas, who had "come out of the mountain" in advance, and then colluded with Onexia, who was incarnated as Katlana, to meddle in the high-level affairs of the alliance.

The other party knows his physical condition, which is expected. I'm afraid this is also a special trip to see if he has been corrupted by Saratas, who "stabbed but not killed" himself.

Thinking like this, Oryx replied very frankly, "Yes, I did get hurt by an ominous blade some time ago, but don't worry, this injury will not prevent me from continuing to serve Lordaeron. ”

Katrana asked tentatively, "But I heard...... That weapon was the legendary long-lost blade of the Saratas Dark Empire. ”

"The lady is very well informed."

Oryx pretended to be surprised, put a cup of brewed chrysanthemum tea in the other person's hand, and said, "The best daisy leaves from Quel'Salas, ground into powder and brewed in boiling water, have the effect of refreshing the mind. Due to its proximity to Quel'Thalas, although they have not traveled much, the nobles of Eastern Lordaeron are still inevitably influenced by the high elven culture - of course, most of them are just their own imaginary noble elven culture. I don't know if this is to your taste. ”

"Hmm...... It tastes good, I love it," Catlana said meaningfully as she sipped her chrysanthemum tea, "We all have our own little secrets, don't we?" ”

Oryx sneered to himself, thinking to himself that you don't know how big my little secret is; But your little secret is not a secret in my eyes at all.

"Time is pressing, let's be honest with each other," Katrana said, putting down her teacup, "I am indeed not here just for the tomb of Tyr, but to warn Your Excellency of the horror of that ominous blade. ”

Are you starting to fool around...... Oryx had the idea of watching the play, but on the surface he said quietly: "Ma'am, I actually know something about the horror of Salatas. ”

"If you know, why did you ask Dalaran and Archbishop Benedictas for Natalie Serling's study notes on the balance of light and shadow?" Katrana was so sincere that she pressed her weight on the arm of the chair near Oryx's side as she spoke, and there was a wave of waves.

"For Lordaeron," Orix said in the same old way, "Saratath's present life is about the vision of the future that the Light has given me, about some terrible being who is not willing to be lonely and has inserted its tentacles into the turbulent situation. At a time when everyone is worried about this catastrophe, it is necessary for me to investigate the matter. ”

"Really?" Katrana's eyes were sincere, "Believe me, Lord Orrix, perhaps no one in the Eastern Kingdoms knows the horror of that ominous blade better than I do. There will be no one who knows better than me how to help you clear the shadow energy from your body. Your status as a saint is destined to prevent you from revealing the bad news that your body has been attacked by the shadows. You are struggling to sustain yourself, tormented by the dark whispers that linger in your ears and the evil thoughts that come out of your thoughts, and you struggle to sustain ......"

She shook Oryx's hand and said earnestly, "Please let me help you." I believe that you can see my sincerity even without generous statements such as for the Light, for Lordaeron and for all humanity - please let me help you. ”

Oryx pretended to be surprised, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"As the famous Countess of Stormwind, it seems that nothing can be hidden from your eyes. Indeed, as you say, I am corrupted by Salatas. But I can't turn to anyone else, because historically, anyone associated with this ominous blade has been corrupted. No one can understand this blade, only wonder if everything I say is affected by darkness...... I will no longer be able to proclaim the prophecy of the Light and lead the Northlands out of this catastrophe to the best of my ability. And that's what I don't want to see. ”

He shifted his words and raised the confusion that he should have raised in the eyes of the other party: "But how did you know about Saratas, ma'am?" This was supposed to be a secret, and after Natalie's death, everything about this ominous blade had obviously been forgotten by the world. ”

That being said, he had some doubts in his heart......

Just listening to the previous words, he was almost sure of his original guess.

Even if Benedictas was depraved, there is no clear evidence. But Onexia's knowledge of Saratas's assassination of him, and her involvement in it, is already a sure fact.

After he has suffered deeply, under the pretext of discussing the matter of the tomb of Tyre, he has come to the snow to sell charcoal to gain a wave of goodwill, and to have a good story of helping the saints out of their predicament for the benefit of all mankind across borders, and naturally use himself to spread his influence to the Northland, whether it is marriage or marriage, and become the most grateful person of the saints who will surely have great influence in the future, it is a great thing to have the best of both worlds.

But the second half of the sentence made him can't help but think about it more.

Now that Onexia had learned about her physical condition from Saratas, she had come to help her...... But why did he misjudge his physical condition?

Don't you know that instead of being corrupted, hearing dark whispers or being affected in any way, you can drive the shadow energy in your body like an arm?

It's quirky.

Could it be that Salatas's "piercing and unkilling" and Onexia's sending charcoal in the snow are isolated incidents that are not related?

Or rather......

Saratas thought she was bound to be corrupted, but things changed, and she didn't expect that she was not affected at all?

"In fact, many years ago, I studied this ominous blade, which every time it appears, will inevitably have a negative impact on history...... "Countess Catlana said.

To the effect that she is worried about the country and the people, she began to investigate the potential threat of the Stormwind Kingdom many years ago. The Fire Demon King and the Black Iron Dwarves who appeared on the material plane hundreds of years ago in the north, and the Black Dragon Legion and the Orc Remnant who have been entrenched on the upper floors of the Black Stone Tower in recent years are among them.

After some investigation, she gradually unearthed the process of the Battle of the Three Hammers hundreds of years ago. Learn about the Blade of the Dark Empire of Salatas and what the Black Iron Dwarves have become in this war - bewitching Mordgood, the wife of Prince Thorisson, and corrupting Grimbaatar with dark magic. After his death, he also detonated Thorrison's negative emotions, causing him to make a crazy move to summon the Fire Demon King at the end of the war, and finally the entire Black Iron Dwarf clan was reduced to slavery.

During this time, she inevitably came into contact with many secrets about the Dark Empire Blade of Saratas, and maintained a good relationship with Natalie Selin, the bishop of the Church of the Light, who obtained the ominous blade......

In short, it is the rhetoric of "everything I do is for the country and the people". The nonsense, logically impeccable, explained all the doubts and worries of Oryx in her mind, and it was very convincing.

If it weren't for the fact that Oryx knew that none of this had happened in history, he would have admitted that Catlana's words were very credible.

"I see. I can't believe that a lady has such a past, and I am really impressed by your faith. Oryx sighed, as if he was really touched by the righteousness of the countess, and there were some like-minded saints who also had the same heart for all mankind, and regarded him as a confidant.

"After hearing about your injury to Saratas, I thought about your current predicament. I know that you must have been deeply affected by darkness for some time in the past...... That's why I've come to Lordaeron, Saint. You need my help...... Please show me how far your body has deteriorated. ”

Katrana held out a hand towards him.

He wears two jeweled rings on his hands, and his slender fingers are delicate and soft, soft and boneless. Looking at this perfect little hand, Aurix suddenly had a very unreal idea.

This old mille-feuille is looking for skin with the tiger, right?

No, with the dragon skin?

No, it should be said that it is ......

Conspiring with the dragon to "rein"?

"Well, since that's the case...... It seems that only a lady can help me. He feigned hesitation and put his hand on the other's hand. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens