Chapter Seventy-Six: Three Forks in the Road
Fireplace Valley!
Located in the northern part of Andorhar is a town in the northern part of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and further east you will reach Stratholme, the second largest city in the Kingdom of Lordaeron!
The wide road to Stratholm is the road that Merlin has returned to the Barony, this road has been maintained by the Kingdom of Lordaeron, I dare not say that it is 100% safe, but some large beasts and thieves will be surrounded by the power of the kingdom, and the prosperity of Stratholme is because of this safe official road, and the Valley of the Hearthh does not pass by, the Valley of the Hearth is in the north of this road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Merlin received an invitation from the Valley of the Hearth, looking down at the invitation to the banquet in his hand, Merlin shook his arm and threw away the invitation directly.
There is no good banquet, knowing that you are uncomfortable, why bother looking for trouble.
It was only Little Buddha who gave him the invitation, not Old Buddha, but the source of this time was still on Old Buddha, who was one of the founders of the Silver Hand Knights and one of the most noble paladins in the Knights. He took the lead in the Second War and lived up to the sacred name of the Silver Hand.
It was only with the victory of the war that he resigned from his position in the army and returned to his hometown to govern his territory.
However, he did not resign from his position in the Order, he was the founder of the Knights of the Silver Hand, one of the first five paladins.
This time the Silver Hand Knights expanded the position of deputy leader, he is the one with the highest voice, whether it is strength or qualifications, Old Buddha will surpass Old Merlin, when Old Buddha became a paladin, Old Merlin He is far from it, when Old Buddha became a hero on the battlefield, Old Merlin was still unknown, but in the end it was Old Merlin who became the deputy head of the Silver Hand Knights, not Old Buddha.
If there is no emotion in the heart, it is impossible, unless it is a saint.
So for such a banquet, Merlin will not take the initiative to participate, he has no potential for abuse, and likes to be harassed, so he directly urged Borg to hurry, and they should stay away from here.
Merlin's actions are extremely decisive, and there is no delay at all after making up his mind, for this reason Merlin also deliberately changed his horses in this market town, not making carriages, Merlin He left the royal capital and has been making carriages, although the speed is not too fast, but it is better than steady, Merlin He can have time to practice meditation in the carriage, and will not delay his cultivation, horseback riding is different, Merlin's meditation cultivation will be delayed for a while.
But in order to avoid trouble, Merlin didn't care about that.
All the way to the gallop, Merlin and Borg were soon gone, the Hearthvale side was not entangled, they were not so dead as to chase Merlin had to go, he and Borg began to gallop on horseback, the speed of the road was more than three times, he was a few days away in one day, so fast, but people were more tired.
The three-way intersection appeared in view, and there were many people gathered near the three-way intersection, a caravan, a carriage pulling goods, and guards gathered in twos and threes.
One of the roads at the three-way intersection leads to Stratholme, and the other is directly diagonally to the south, Merlin wants to return to the barony, and he wants to take the one to the south, but compared with the road leading to Stratholm, a road to the south can only be regarded as a small road, although it is very close to the barony, but the danger is the highest, there are countless alien races in the world of Azeroth, kobolds, gnolls, trolls, etc., which will attack humans, in addition to these intelligent alien races, there are also many unintelligent beasts, They will also attack humans.
This path is different from the road leading to Stratholme, where there is the maintenance of the power of the kingdom, and the constant encirclement and suppression of beasts and aliens who have the ability to threaten, but this path is different, he has no value, there is no big city like Stratholme, there is an endless stream of caravans, for the development of commerce, the kingdom can use the army to encircle and suppress, there is no interest involved, the use of the army is completely a thing that outweighs the loss, the pay is not proportional to the gain, the kingdom only comes to encircle and suppress once a year, Just don't let the beasts run wild.
So people who want to take the path will gather at this three-way intersection, they will unite and move forward, such as Merlin and Borg will not exist in a two-person team, Merlin and Borg return to the barony, there is still a choice, that is, to take a detour, take the road of Stratholme, the opening of the official road is not Stratholme, but the Chapel of the Wish of Light, take this road back, the journey is completely a big circle, and it takes more than three times as long.
Merlin would have chosen this path if he had been able to reach it safely, but unfortunately, after arriving at the Chapel of Light's Wish, he did not reach Talonshire, and there was still a long way to go, similar to the situation here.
So the detour did not appear in Merlin's mind at all, he pulled the reins, stopped at the three-way intersection, and did not need him and Borg to take the initiative to come forward, the caravan already had the person in charge of the first to walk towards the two of them, came a man in his forties, he was not strong, wearing a good shirt, a frosty face, according to his temperament, it had already been known to Merlin that the other party was a person who followed the caravan all year round.
He came up to Merlin and said very politely; "Good afternoon, gentlemen!"
"My name is Drew, and I'm the vice-captain of the mercenaries of Sword and Shield,"
"This time we are in charge of escorting the caravan to the Chapel of the Light's Wish,"
"Wait,"
"Mr. Drew is saying you're going to the Chapel of Light's Wish?"
"If you just go to the Chapel of the Light's Wish and take the official road of Stratholme directly, you won't encounter any risks to get there, so why stop at this three-way intersection?"
"Walking this path, in terms of distance, it is not much closer?"
Merlin interrupted the other with a wave of his hand, his tone was not polite, and he asked his own question.
"Yes,"
"We're heading to the Chapel of Light's Wishes," the other man nodded to his destination, and he explained to Merlin; "I don't need to know the reason for the caravan going to the Chapel of Light's Wish,"
"We are mercenaries, and as long as the caravan pays for it, we will take care of it," Drew did not answer directly, but finally gave an explanation.
"They're caravans,"