7. Anduin. In the name of the Father
In the northernmost part of the Eastern Continent, in the Legion of the Order of the Silver Dawn, adjacent to the Federation, in the dormitories of the Hand of Tyr Castle, the weary knights were resting, and the entire castle was silent, and no one seemed to want to disturb the peace.
Half a month ago, the demons launched a large-scale invasion of the world of Azeroth, almost every city in the whole world was besieged by demon starships, although the Federation was prepared in advance, there were still several cities that were breached by demons, fortunately, there were not many civilian casualties, and the empire heard that there were more cities that were breached, but because the cities of Kalimdor were relatively close to each other, there was no large-scale massacre.
On the day of the demonic invasion, the Hand of Tyr, Stratholme, and the city of Andorhar and the city of Lordaeron farther afield were attacked by a demon fleet, and under the bombardment of more than a dozen warships, thanks to the help of several Naru of the Silver Dawn Order, these four cities were saved in the apocalyptic situation.
And the counterattack of the three forces of Sindra Elves and Paladins and the Undead is also very sharp, at least 3 demon starships crashed into the Dalaran Strait after a fierce battle, and more demons retreated into the mountains of the Stratholme district, in the past half a month, the paladins have not had time to rest at all, they have been purging the demons in the mountains around the Hand of Tyr and the Chapel of the Wish of Light.
Paladins do not allow fallen creatures such as demons to appear near their holy sites.
And Anduin. Urian, the leader of the Salvation Army faction, has also been very busy at this time, and the Lightcast Knights under his command are very lethal to demons, so Anduin and the Lightcast Knights lead their respective teams to fight a difficult battle of annihilation in the mountains.
Today was Anduin's first day back in the hands of Tyr, and he didn't want to do anything but lie in bed and rest.
And just 30 minutes after the little prince fell into a sweet dream, a flash of light suddenly woke him up from his slumber again.
"Hey! Anduin! Get up! ”
Little Yuna stepped on Anduin's quilt, brandishing a strange box in her hand, and shouted to a sleepy-eyed, tired Anduin:
"Hurry up! The sun is drying my ass, and I brought the cards that the witchers often play, which are completely different from Hearthstone~ Get up and play with me! Fast! ”
"Ahh
Anduin let out a scream of annoyance, he pulled up the quilt, covered his head, and shouted angrily:
"Let me sleep for a while, Yuna, please."
"Would you like to go play with Salantia and Bridget? Just let me sleep a little longer, two hours! I only need two hours, please..."
"Cut!"
Seeing that she couldn't wake Anduin, Yuna kicked on the quilt in a huff and screamed:
"Anduin, you're so weak! Forget it, I'm going to find Dornan... Oh, by the way, there's also news, when I went to Vanessa, I secretly listened to her father's conversation with a crystal man, oh, it was about your father! Do you want to listen to it? ”
"My dad?"
Anduin, who was about to fall asleep again under the quilt, poked his head out, scratched his messy blond hair, and looked at Yuna with a wicked smile on her face:
"Which dad?"
"It's Varian~"
Yuna, like a cat that had stolen a small dried fish, waved the cards that the witchers often played in her hand, and said to Anduin with a playful expression:
"I'd love to tell you, but do you want to hear it?"
A few minutes later, a dejected Anduin was dressed in his pajamas, holding a cup of hot coffee for refreshment, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, and Sarandia sitting next to him was just as tired, with the same death-begging expression, this girl was the same as Anduin, after a long battle, she desperately needed a good night's sleep, but for the same reason, Yuna shouted out of bed to play cards with the little fool.
The two drowsy "card friends" in front of her, did not affect the heartless Yuna enthusiasm for the game, she shouted and opened the special box of the card, and then took out her carefully prepared hand, this is a complete set of cards in this set of recently popular "wizard cards", Yuna called it "squirrel card", obviously, this little fool is planning to take advantage of the time when the card friends in front of him do not understand the rules, and abuse them freely.
Seriously, there are a lot of things that this little ghost is not good at, and she is very bad at playing cards, although she is full of enthusiasm, she loses every time, and even once in New Dalaran, she played Hearthstone with Mr. Bigworth, the wizarding cat of Grand Karcist Kel'thugad, and was abused by the "scheming cat" several times.
Anduin gulped down hot coffee, but the refreshing product sent from Pandalia seemed to be completely useless at this moment, the little prince gritted his teeth to keep himself awake, and after Yuna played a card, he threw down a card without looking at it, he didn't care if he won or lost, he just wanted to know Yuna's news about his father Varian, and then went to sleep beautifully.
"So, Yuna, don't wait. Tell me... What happened to my father? ”
Anduin asked, and the little ghost frowned, looking at the cards that Anduin threw casually, she put the cards in front of her eyes, and stared at them with wide eyes, as if she was stumped, and in the face of Anduin's question, Yuna replied casually:
"It's not that something's wrong... Your father is fine, but that crystal dwarf asked Vanessa's dad to make a statement... Well, this one! ”
Speaking of this, Yuna scratched her head, and after thinking for a long time, she threw a card at the card table in front of her, and then looked at Anduin expectantly, the little prince wanted to hear the real news, so he threw down a card again without looking at it, and he stared at Yuna:
"And then?"
"And then... And then it was! ”
The light on Yuna's body kept shining, proving that the little fool was nervous at this time, she didn't have time to answer Anduin's question, but stared at the game tightly, Anduin shrugged his shoulders, looked at the library a little, looked at the cards in his hand, and then threw a card:
".., little Yuna, you lost, tell me quickly... What exactly is the statement? ”
Yuna looked at her crumbling cards, she gritted her teeth, and slapped the cards in her hand on the table, she stared at Anduin viciously, and screamed:
"You're cheating! Yuna loses! Yuna is not happy! Yuna doesn't want to play with you anymore! ”
"Hmph"
The little ghost crossed her arms, her little face twisted to the side, and she pouted and said:
"I won't tell you! You're bullying me! ”
"Ahh
Anduin screamed in a rage, and Sarantia, who sat beside him drinking coffee, sighed, she took the cards from Anduin's hand, and then said to Yuna:
"Come on, little Yuna, I'll play a game with you... You have to be merciful. ”
A few minutes later, with a cheer from Yuna, Sarandia's cards completely collapsed, and looking at the "hard-won" victory in front of him, the little ghost took out the Philosopher's Stone and saved the scene of victory, and then crossed his waist and shouted triumphantly:
"I won! I'm so happy! ”
Sarandia glanced at the cards in her hand, almost all of them were strong cards, and she kept playing with Yuna with the weakest cards, and if the little ghost couldn't win like this, then she couldn't do anything.
"So, can you tell me now what you heard from Speaker Edwin?"
Salantia took the last sip of her coffee, brushing her long messy hair, she looked at Yuna and said:
"Say, Yuna, if you do, I'll take you to Stratholme, I heard there's a shop over there that sells cute squirrels."
"Oh, squirrel! I like squirrels the most! ”
Yuna narrowed her eyes, and she said to Anduin and Sarandia in front of her:
"Well, I heard them say that the statement is said to support your father to become emperor! And the crystal dwarf also said that the dwarves, druids and shamans will support Varian, and that the Holy Light Church will also support your father at the level of faith, and then Van Clev in a wig agreed, and then they said that world peace and the end of the world and so on, I don't want to hear it, and then I'll come here! ”
After saying that, Yuna jumped to Sarandia's side, grabbed Sarantia's hand, and shook it as she said:
"Take me to buy a squirrel! Let's go, let's go! I want the cutest squirrel! ”
"My father? Emperor? ”
The news was like a bomb that completely blew up Anduin and Sarandia's sleepiness, and the little prince looked back at Sarandia blankly, while Sarandia stared at him with wide eyes, and a few seconds later, Salantia suddenly let out a scream that startled both Anduin and Yuna.
Sarandia stood up and lifted Yuna up, and she cried out:
"Oh! Holy Light, I'm going to be the crown princess! I knew I was going to be lucky in my life! Let's go, Yuna, let's go buy squirrels... Buy you ten! ”
"Yikes! Banzai! ”
Yuna screamed as well, and Sarandia sat down at the dresser with Yuna, putting on makeup and shouting to Anduin without looking back:
"What are you still doing? Go to the Grand Knights and express your opinion, Anduin! That's your father, and if he wants to do something great, you have to be on his side! You've got to make sure he succeeds on the throne, and you've got to make sure I'm the crown princess, that's a Coool! ”
"Uh... Okay, I'll go. ”
Anduin was a little dispossessed, but he felt that Sarandia was right, so he rushed into the bathroom, intending to clean up his tired face and let his mess of thoughts go before meeting the two great knights.
And when the cold water slapped against Anduin's body, the little prince's chaotic thoughts also became clear, and he suddenly realized something.
According to the close connection between the Order of the Silver Dawn and the Church of Light, if the Pope had really made up his mind to ensure that Varian became the Emperor, then this matter must have been told to the two Grand Knights, but the Grand Knights did not inform him, which probably means that the Grand Knights have their own ideas.
Perhaps, they didn't want Anduin to be caught up in the political turmoil that was destined to go down in history, perhaps they were trying to protect him.
Thinking about it this way, Anduin felt that he should not cause trouble for the Grand Knights at this time, and he believed that in this turmoil, the Grand Knights must have their own plans, maybe they should maintain the neutrality of the Silver Dawn Order...
But...
Sarandia also had a point, if his father was going to do something great, then as his father's only living relative, Anduin felt the need to stand his ground and give his father more support.
The little prince's expression was a little tangled, and he didn't know what to choose.
Anduin finished his shower, he walked out of the bathroom with a bath towel, Sarantia had already left the hands of Tyr with Yuna and went shopping in Stratholme, he was standing alone in his room, and he saw the gladiatorial tournament gold belt hanging on the wall, it was a gift from his father, it was a gift that Varian had worked so hard to win for him.
Anduin reached out and took off the heavy gold belt, and as he stroked the white bones and cheesy gems adorned with it, he remembered the day he and his father met...
A decision arose in his mind.
He's going to help him! Go help your father!
Even if the Grand Knight doesn't agree, he will go to the Empire as a private person...
His name is Anduin. Wrynn, he's a member of the Wryon family, and this thing... It's a private matter for the Wryon family! It doesn't matter with anyone else, anything!
He wanted his father to know that he would support him even if the whole world was against him!
Ten minutes later, the door to the Grand Knight's office was pushed open, and Anduin, dressed in armor, walked into the smoke-filled room, where he saw two Grand Knights, apparently they were discussing something before he arrived, perhaps related to Varian.
Mograine and Old Fording looked at each other, and the great knight looked at Anduin, and said:
"What's the matter? Anduin? You should be on vacation today. ”
Looking at the eyes of the great knight, Anduin took a deep breath, and he said in the solemn tone that a paladin should have:
"I'm here to take a leave of absence, Grand Knight, I'm going to take a long vacation, I may have to miss the next hunt war against demons."
"Oh? Is there anything urgent? ”
Old Fording asked, and Anduin shrugged his shoulders, his tone becoming lighter:
"I'm going to go to the Empire, I'm going to Kalimdor, my father is going to do great things, I'm going to support him, and then I'm going to see my father with my own eyes and ascend to the throne of the emperor!"
Anduin's answer made the faces of the two great knights change greatly, they didn't expect this confidential news to be known by Anduin, Old Fording stood up, he looked at Anduin:
"Well, in what name? Anduin, you should know that you are the head of the Order of the Silver Dawn, and you represent the entire Order State... Especially when it comes to something so important. ”
"This is my Legion Commander's Insignia!"
Anduin handed the old Fording a silver insignia of the Order of the Dawn, and he did not avoid the gaze of the Grand Knight, and he said very calmly:
"I am not here as the Captain of the Salvation Army of the Silver Dawn Nation, but as Anduin. The identity of Urian goes! ”
"As for the name..."
"In the name of the Wryon family, then! In the name of the Stormwind Kingdom! Take Varian. In the name of Wrynn! ”
Anduin smiled at the two great knights, and said:
"Yes, in my father's name..."
"I, Anduin. Wrynn, I'm going to war! ”