It's been seven months. Seven months had passed since the combined forces of syndicates, trolls, and ogres had breached Riptide Castle, but His Royal Highness had remained in his lavish tent, wanting nothing but wine and women, and refusing to accede to the officers' pleas to retake the city.

The Alahi may be loyal to the House of Torbain, who have always ruled the country, but this incompetent fool is not included, and if it were not for the fact that there is no successor to the royal family, the Alahi who have had enough of it will never have the patience to endure his rule any longer.

However, this patience was about to be exhausted by the increasingly embarrassing situation of the Valley of Refuge, and rumors of complaints and dissatisfaction began to circulate in the valley. Just three months ago, after witnessing the giant pillar of light that ran through the heavens and the earth in the north, some refugees who had completely lost hope in the royal family began to leave the valley of refuge and make a pilgrimage to the north in search of the imaginary land of abundance and security.

The discouragement, pessimism and despair of the refugees who remained in the Valley of Refuge were the true psychological portrayals of the refugees, but after hearing that it was the saint who had entered the Valley of Refuge this evening, people's minds suddenly became lively.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"I heard that the saint has come."

"Who is that saint?"

"Who else? He is the one who summons miracles! ”

People began to gather in groups, muttering and talking. Although it was dark, no one was going to prepare dinner, and anyway, they were all trying to make a thin soup of wild vegetable leaves and wheat bran to fool the hungry, and it was not a big deal to delay a while. However, although their hearts were full of doubts and a little hope, after some whispering, the refugees finally dispersed, and they were accustomed to leaving their fate to the superiors rather than in their own hands.

Not all of them did nothing, though, as the three desperate brave men quietly left the valley, returning to the valley of refuge as the hourglass passed the first big scale after midnight.

In order to avoid long nights, Lieutenant Varrocar, Samuel Hawk, and the Reverend Landulf convened a meeting on their return in an abandoned mine on the eastern side of the Valley of Refuge, some distance from Garin's king's tent. The cave was excavated during the Araço dynasty, and after thousands of years of mining, the once rich mine has long since been mined and abandoned.

The three conveners were the first to arrive, and the others who were notified were quick to arrive. Commander of Operations Amaren and several of her staff officers, the refugee's representative, the innkeeper Vikilon Saf, the tanner Andod Fadland, the grocer Harmon Carvin, and finally Captain Nièss and several of her entourage secretly sent someone to inform her to hurry back as soon as possible as soon as Lieutenant Varrokar passed by Fort Riptide in the afternoon.

The atmosphere of the meeting was dreary, and no one spoke for a long time at first, they all just stood there staring at Lieutenant Varrocar, who looked at them one by one.

At last Lieutenant Valrocar couldn't help but speak, his voice low and resolute, like his desperate mood at the moment.

"Everyone in the room tonight has no intention of betraying Fort Riptide or the royal family of Torbain," he deliberately avoided a name, "and loyalty to the royal family is not inconsistent with questioning the wisdom of a person's actions." But our gathering here tonight may be a sign of rebellion in the eyes of some, and I think we are well aware that His Royal Highness the Prince and his dog-legged Tagott Gipok have always looked at us unpleasantly. ”

There was silence in the mines, except for the heavier, more rapid breathing of the people. The lieutenant gritted his teeth and continued.

"I invite you here out of love for this Kingdom. Now, before I have been accused of treason, I agree with those who do not want to stay. No one will condemn your withdrawal, but if you choose to do so, I ask you to forget what happened here, and that we will forget that you were here once we were arrested and interrogated. So, leave freely and go in peace. ”

No one left, only Andod Faldrán, the tanner, muttered to say something, but after looking at the expressions of the crowd, he closed his mouth again. Unbeknownst to him, Captain Nièss quietly removed his hand from the hilt of his sword.

"Well, now it's true love. Country. The party of the people. Lieutenant Varrokar nodded and motioned for everyone to sit down. The mine was full of stones, and each of them found their place.

"Actually, I can't believe I had the courage to stay, I must be crazy!" Andod Fadran said in a hoarse voice, his whole body looking nervously shaking, "Who brought some wine?" I desperately need this now to get stronger! ”

Harmon Carvin, the grocer next to him, rolled his eyes, pulled a bag of Highland spirits out of his pocket and handed it over. It's a homemade liquor made from sour wild potato roots, and the flavor is almost hard to swallow, but Andod almost drained half of the bag in one gulp.

"Who scared Andod like this?" Varocal took the opportunity to say, "Those dried corpses hanging above the gates of Fort Riptide are the fate of those who opposed Garin Torbain and exposed the truth about his father's murder!" If his throne had been innocent, he wouldn't have had to resort to such cold and tyrannical means! ”

"Yes, the old king never treated his subjects like this, and during his reign, the whole of Arashi was sentenced to be hanged no more than the fingers of both hands in a year." The old priest recalled with emotion.

"Well, Landulf, now is not the time to remember the old king, who has been killed by his own son, and it is the vile king-killer who rules us now!" Varocal interrupted the old priest, their time was running out, it could be said that there was no time to wait, but there was no time to waste on chatting and farting, "Our purpose here tonight is not to overthrow Garin Torbain, but to find a way for the Arathi to live, a way out for everyone to live!" ”

"To tell you the truth, I don't care who rules us, as long as he stops my revenge, then he is my enemy!" Captain Nièss gritted her teeth, her stance more radical than anyone present, "I used to be loyal to this country, but this country didn't love me and killed my father. The mother's syndicates and ogres were even recruited by its prince! On my revenge list, this prince is only ranked behind Duke Farkurest of the Syndicate and Stonefist Ogresh Chief Cogresh! ”

Several of the refugee delegates were stunned by Captain Nièse's audacious declaration of revenge, and they took a few steps back in fear, trying to close the distance between them and the madwoman, while Commander Amaren stood up opposite Niès.

"I will never allow you to hurt His Royal Highness, although I am also dissatisfied with him, but we all know that he is already the last bloodline of the Torbain family, even if he is going to die, not now!" Amaron said in a silent voice, as a nobleman who has been loyal to the Tolbane family for generations, his family education does not allow anyone to say such a big rebellious thing in front of him, but he still has a subtext that he has not said to die after giving birth to an heir with Tolbairn blood!

"Uh" Looking at the two people who were tense, Lieutenant Vacarol couldn't help but increase his forehead with his hand, and before he said what he was going to do, these two groups of people were going to fight!

"Actually, Garin isn't the last of the Tolbain family!" The old priest on the side suddenly interjected, although he only learned about this matter an hour ago, it did not prevent him from learning and using it, "Your Excellency the Saint said that Lord Dana Stolbane is still alive, in the orc's lair Draenor. ”

"Really?" Except for the three people who already knew the news, all the other people present asked in unison.

"Yes!"

"That's great, if Lord Danas were willing to come back and lead us, it would definitely make a difference!" Everyone forcibly suppressed their excitement and almost cheered.

But at this moment, a mean and cold voice came from the entrance of the cave:

"Even if he returns, you won't see that day!" 2k reading web