Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Night Elves' Invitation
"Your Majesty, I'm more familiar with the Night Elves, let me be your diplomat today." Claudia asked the king for advice and was eager to say that after what had just happened and the experience of fighting together today, she was no longer so inhibited in front of the king.
"I'll leave it to you, Claudia." Varian looked at her with trust.
Claudia and Varian faced the two strong men of the Night Elves together, the blue-haired priestess wore a ponytail and a suit of chain mail, although her appearance was ordinary among the elves, but her temperament was full of vigor and heroism, and the firstborn and two-horned druid next to the priestess, Claudia found that she had seen her in the temple, and after getting close enough, Claudia saluted the priestess and druids with the etiquette she had learned from Drays: "Thank you Elune, thank you for your support today." ”
The priestess's gaze first paused on the cyan pendant on Claudia's chest, then turned to the girl with a soft gaze, returned the salute and introduced herself: "You're welcome, my sister, the moon god has always been with us. I'm Sentinel General Santis Hazuki, and this is my druid captain, Senior Druid Bloel Bearskin. ”
"Hello Lord Santis, hello Bloor." Claudia saluted the two again, and Broel remembered who the other party was when she saw the girl and laughed heartily, "I remember you, you were the naughty human priestess in the temple before." ”
Claudia laughed too, she really thought of Brore as a cute big cat, and then Claudia introduced the two Night Elves: "I am Claudia, and this is our human king, Your Majesty Ureon. ”
After General Santis and Blore also met with the king, General Santis got down to business: "After the High Priest received the news that the Burning Legion was about to attack you, he ordered me to lead the troops that were nearby to support you, and if it is convenient for you, the High Priest and the High Druid hope to meet you on the mountain with a few retinues of each tomorrow." ”
"I'm fine, you wait a minute, I'll inform our other leader." Varian readily agreed, the Night Elves had shown enough sincerity in their active support today, and he was also impressed by the Night Soldiers' ability to fight well, and in the current situation, an alliance could be formed sooner to reduce the pressure.
At this time, the battle on the battlefield was almost over, and Gianna rushed to the Golden Lion King's banner after receiving Varian's signal, and then after Varian explained the general situation to Gianna, Gianna also agreed to the meeting request for tomorrow.
Claudia also introduced Gianna to General Santis, saying that she was the deputy leader of the Alliance's side. And General Santis, although she already knew that humans use magic and had just seen the roar of magic on the battlefield, she still had a somewhat cold attitude and advised: "If this lady is going tomorrow, please remember not to release arcane magic near the holy place where we meet." ”
Gianna politely replied, "As it should be, I will respect the traditions of my friends." ”
Gianna's answer immediately changed General Santis's perception of her, "Thank you for your respect, the Grand Druid and the High Priest have been discussing arcane magic for the past two days, but the place where we meet tomorrow is not allowed to release magic under any circumstances. ”
General Santis then refused to be retained by Varian and Gianna after agreeing on a meeting place, and as one of the main leaders of the Sentinel, she had no time to stay too long in the current grim situation.
Soon, as the horn sounded, the Night Elves withdrew from the battlefield one after another.
Claudia didn't stay with Varian and Gianna, she had just delayed the rescue of the others due to the Night Elves, and now she began to perform her duties as a paladin, and when she returned to the rear of the battlefield to assist the other paladins in their work, she realized that the post-war rescue work was far more heavy than she had imagined.
In the battle just now, the royal knights have been on the front line of the most danger, so although they are strong in martial arts, but the casualties are also heavy, and several other paladins among the royal knights are busy sweating profusely, so that the girl can't help but blame herself for the time just lost and quickly join in the rescue of the wounded.
For the injured with minor injuries, Claudia will directly use the Holy Light for treatment, but there are also injuries such as broken bones that cannot be directly treated with the Holy Light, she will use the Tranquility Technique to suppress the pain of the other party first, and then orthopedic treatment, but the Holy Light is not omnipotent after all, for some people who have mutilated limbs due to magic, the Holy Light cannot make them reborn with broken limbs.
A royal knight in front of him was like this, his right hand was completely corroded and twisted by the power of the shadow in the battle just now, and finally had to amputate and then treat him, after being amputated, he was obviously a little desperate, seeing the girl approaching, his face appeared hopeful: "Major, you are a powerful paladin, do you have a way to restore my right hand to its original state?" ”
"I'm sorry, I can't heal your right hand, but I hope this spell will help you." Claudia shook her head with some sympathy, and in the other party's obviously disappointed gaze, she unleashed a tranquilization spell on him, and the royal knight then felt warmth, courage, and hope, and the girl encouraged him: "Don't give up hope, although you have lost your right hand, you are the hero of Stormwind, and everyone will always remember your sacrifice today and help you." ”
"I'm feeling much better now, thank you, Major." The royal knight said from the bottom of his heart.
After a few more words of encouragement, Claudia stood up and turned to help the other wounded, even if the light could not heal the wounded, she thought that she would try to give them spiritual encouragement, so that they could be full of courage and hope, in her opinion, even if it was dark and long, as long as there was light in her heart, she would be able to get through it.
Claudia healed one royal knight after another, and when she had enough time, in addition to treating the injured body of the other party, she would also use the tranquilization technique to give the other party warmth and encouragement, and the knights she treated were also full of gratitude to her after feeling the additional effect of the girl's treatment.
After Claudia treated the last royal knight, she stood up and found that Duke Sadon Breck was not far behind her, and it seemed that it had been some time, Claudia wiped the sweat from her forehead and apologized to the duke: "Sorry, Uncle Grayson, I just found out that you are here." ”
Grayson glanced at her appreciatively, and said, "I really envy Maxwell for having you as an apprentice, this kind of kindness from the heart, no wonder you can get the approval of the artifact." ”
Claudia was suddenly a little embarrassed by the sudden compliment, and hurriedly humbled and said, "Uncle Grayson, kindness is what should be done in the Paladin's canon, and it doesn't deserve such praise from you." ”
"Haha, you're right, that's what a paladin is supposed to do." Grayson laughed, and then he moved on to something else: "You should advise Your Majesty, he is not a soldier or a general, and the fate of the entire kingdom is at stake, how can he rush to the most dangerous front line." ”
The girl hesitated: "Uncle Grayson, I understand what you say, but I have never seen him as happy as today, I can feel the depression in his heart when I was in Stormwind City before, I am afraid this is the life he likes, and His Majesty is strong in martial arts, I will definitely do my best to protect him." ”
Grayson's tone was with a hint of reproach: "You can't say that, how can personal emotions be above the safety of the country, high strength does not mean that you will not be injured, what can you two heroes be in this level of battle, I will go to persuade Your Majesty, you also have to find time to talk to Your Majesty, persuading the lord is also your duty as courtiers." ”
"I see, Uncle Grayson, I'll do it." Claudia agreed, although she was somewhat sympathetic to Varian, but Grayson was right, if something leaked by Varian on the battlefield today, I am afraid that the human army would collapse immediately, and the Kingdom of Stormwind would also fall into crisis.
Soon after Duke Shadon Bryck left, as the sound of assembly sounded, the soldiers of the Stormwind Kingdom who had cleaned up the battlefield began to evacuate, and Claudia followed Varian and returned to the front line barracks, because there was an alliance with the Night Elves tomorrow, so Varian planned to take the royal knights and part of the troops back to the rear camp after resting in the front camp for a while.
After learning of Varian's intentions, Claudia remembered the task given to her by the Silver Hand, and after taking a short vacation from Varian, she walked to the location of Archmage Clausus not far away.
The Silver Hand reminded the girl, "Remember to find a place where no one is around, I don't want too many people to hear my conversation with him." ”
Claudia wondered, "But I've never met him before, so I'm afraid he won't go with a stranger, right?" ”
"You have a point, remember the pronunciation of these words for a while, and he will go with you when he hears it."
Claudia took note of it and walked over to Crassus, who was chatting with Archmage Twash, where Crassus noticed the girl's approach and wondered, "What's the matter, paladin?" ”
"Honorable Archmage, I have a personal matter to ask you, can you find a place where no one will disturb you?"
Crassus frowned visibly but agreed, "Okay, come to my quarters, I'll use magic to protect our conversation from outsiders." ”
"Thank you for your trust, Archmage."
After the blonde girl and Clausus arrived at his quarters, he unleashed a mute spell and spoke, "Paladin, can you say anything now?" ”
Claudia was about to say something about the Silver Hand, but the Silver Hand said to her first, "Say those words and see how he reacts." ”
After the girl did so, the usually gentle Crassus's expression suddenly changed: "Who are you, and how do you know my identity and the matter of the Holy Covenant?" ”