Chapter 12: The Black Knight
"I always thought there was something strange about this woman." Claudia and the Silver Hand communicated silently.
The Silver Hand then responded: "Although I don't see too many problems, there is a very inexplicable sense of familiarity in her, don't worry, just take her with you for the time being, if she has a problem, I will remind you in time." ”
According to Natalie's self-introduction, she was once a priest of the Brotherhood of Light before embarking on the path of the Shadows. On her way out of Tirisfar's hometown, she was defeated and kidnapped by a warlock, only to wake up and find herself in the tomb.
Although there are not many Shadow Priests at this time, there are still people in Lordaeron Cathedral who often talk about these lost priests, although many people's tones are often full of disdain for the path they have chosen, but because the higher-ups have not ordered a complete ban on the existence of the Shadow Priest, the Shadow Priest is also difficult to inherit in the southern border area.
Claudia doesn't discriminate against the Shadow Priest profession, but there are many things about Natalie's words that are difficult to verify, and she is just instinctively wary, especially in this environment of broken order.
It was already morning, and the three girls had returned to where the carriage had been, and had changed into their soaked clothes, and Natalie liked the white robe that Paltris had lent her, but Paltris's clothes were a little small for her, clinging to Natalie's body, and the curves full of temptation were unobstructed.
She leaned her head next to Claudia and asked in a somewhat sweet voice, "So, your final destination is Stormwind, right?" ”
Claudia leaned back a little uncomfortably, and replied: "Yes, the north is too chaotic, and the south will be relatively stable." ”
Natalie smiled slyly: "Please take me along, I will help, whether it is cooking, hunting, vigil, fighting, or even warming the bed, I guess I can help." ”
"Okay." Claudia hesitated, then agreed, she couldn't find an excuse to refuse, and she really needed someone to help her.
"Well, it's a pleasure to work together~" Natalie chuckled a little smugly. What about Stormwind City, it's easy to get things done when there are more people, and that woman seems to have a lot of acquaintances over there, so she has to have a good time when the time comes. Moreover, the bloodline in this girl has a lot to learn from, and this time is just the right time to study it.
"Natalie, you and Partris should rest first, I said hello to Uncle Rhein, let's leave in the afternoon." The blonde girl rubbed her eyes a little distressed, she was actually a little sleepy, but the three people sleeping in the carriage would be a little cramped, and although it was daytime, she couldn't leave all the work to Uncle Rhein.
Natalie happily shook her hand and refused, "No need, I'll go help, I slept for a long time yesterday." "It's been ten years since she slept, and she can't wait to play outside.
"Please, then." Claudia felt that her upper and lower eyelids were a little started to fight, the Silver Hand didn't need to rest, if there was something wrong with this girl, the Silver Hand would definitely wake her up. She took off her armor in a daze, revealing a tall and perfect figure, and originally wanted to tie her hair down a little before sleeping, but the girl leaned against the wall of the carriage and fell asleep.
In the haze, a pair of arms gently laid her on her side, and then a warm fragrant nephrite came into her arms, Claudia subconsciously hugged her, and soon fell asleep again after getting the pillow.
When she woke up, it was already evening, and she was the only one in the carriage, covered with a blanket.
Natalie was sitting in the door of the car, looking at a book with relish in the sunset, which was a mythological book that Claudia had borrowed from Master Duane before leaving: The Titan Myth, which contained many rumors of other Titans and Guardians from ancient times, in addition to the records of the Tyre Necropolis.
"This book is good~, borrow it from me when you have time." Natalie noticed Claudia's awakening and pointed to the book in her hand.
"Uh-huh." Claudia casually agreed, she was stroking the top of her head in distress, the evil consequences of falling asleep without tying her hair had been revealed, and a bunch of dull hair was struggling desperately in the palm of the blonde girl, and she couldn't press it down.
"Sir Rhine has been here once, and when I heard that you were still resting, I decided to leave again tomorrow." Natalie also paid curious attention to the tuft of dull hair.
Claudia's face flushed slightly after discovering her partner's gaze, and she remembered her sister, "What about Partris?" When did she wake up? ”
Partris came back at this time, still holding two bowls of hot soup in her hands: "Sister, Sister Natalie, Uncle Rhein went out to catch a few fish, this is the fish soup I boiled." ”
"Well, it's delicious, and Partris's craftsmanship is still so good." Claudia took the fish soup from her sister's hand and took a sip, the warm fish soup made her whole body warm up. "Please help me get my hair off later, or I won't be able to see anyone else for a while."
"yes, okay." Partris turned her gaze to Natalie, and found that she had drunk all the fish soup and was looking at her with wistful eyes. The first time she tasted food with her flesh and blood, she felt unusually good, and felt more and more that it was a wise decision to use a mortal body to feel life
She asked expectantly, "Anything else?" ”。
Partris nodded happily, "I'll help you get some more." ”
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Three days later, at noon, Claudia was riding on Virgil to explore the way ahead, and the group had entered the Silver Pine Forest, almost reaching the western border of Fenris's territory, and the others were still slowly marching behind.
"It's going to rain." She looked at the slightly darkened sky, and a gust of wind blew, bringing a little moisture.
Rain means you can't travel normally, and it's uncomfortable to be in the wild on wet and rainy days.
According to the map, there is a small village in the Fenris Domain, where an old knight named Carmon has a manor and is also the lord of that village.
In the past few days, she has passed by two villages on the map, the first has been slaughtered by the undead, and the second has also been deserted, the villagers may have fled, and she hopes that there will be someone in this village, so that she can know the latest situation in the neighborhood.
Soon, she saw a hillside covered with small purple flowers, and in the center of the sea of flowers was a village, surrounded by a simple row of wooden walls, and a figure was standing guard on a high platform next to the wooden wall.
Fortunately, it's a living person. Claudia rode over.
"Who are you?" Noticing that it was a beautiful young girl approaching, the guard let down his guard.
Claudia raised her head, and the girl's beauty stunned the guards: "I am Baron Claudia, the lord of the Serberchel Lord, is Knight Camon here?" ”
"Hello, my lord, Lucien is at your service." The guards hurriedly made way for her, and respectfully knelt down on one knee and said, "There have been many nobles recently, and Lord Carmon is accompanying a few adults to discuss matters. ”
Claudia dismounted and replied, "I would like to see the Knight Carmon to feed my horses, and please send someone to fetch my companions in the back, they have two carriages." ”
After instructing one of his companions to pick him up, Lucien turned to Claudia: "Your Excellency, come with me, and I will take you to Lord Carmon." ”
Along the way, Claudia saw a lot of armored guards and asked Lucien strangely, "How can there be so many soldiers in such a small village as yours?" ”
Lucien replied with a sad face: "Some time ago, the villages, towns, islands, and even Fenrisburg in the territory of Fenris have been breached, and these people have fled from the east, and it is said that there is a black devil ......"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly looked at the distance and trembled violently.
It was a figure wearing black plate armor, he was wearing face armor, only his eyes were burning with blue soul fire, and under his crotch was a huge skeleton war horse, behind the black knight, an ice road stretched from a distance, and where it should have been a wooden wall, countless wood chips shattered into ice slag appeared.
The Black Knight rode straight to the manor, and in front of him were two rows of sword-wielding warriors, a few archers pulling up the bows in their hands, and a few noble warriors in heavy armor were walking out with more guards.
"Luckily, he's only one person." Lucien was no longer nervous and breathed a sigh of relief.
Claudia looked at the black knight from afar, and she picked up the hammer from behind her back as she thought, "What a familiar figure, is this the Lich King's Death Knight?" Did he want to kill everyone here by himself? ”
In the distance, the battle has broken out.
"Defend your lordship!"
"Kill this demon!"
"Revenge!"
The warriors roared and rushed forward.
The black-armored knight stopped his horse's hooves, a cruel smile on his lips.
Click, click!
The sound of water vapor suddenly freezing quickly in the air, and countless ice chips quickly appeared, surrounding the black knight.
With the cry of the unjust soul begging for mercy, a blue long sword with a cold light suddenly appeared in his hand, and even the sky seemed to suddenly darken a little.
The blood-colored runes on the blade of the sword shone brightly, and the strange bright red color was deeply reflected in the minds of the people around him, and for some reason, a trace of great fear suddenly appeared in his heart.
"Die, bugs." The black-armored knight looked at more and more enemies with disdain, and a metallic voice rang out.
Then he slashed at the oncoming warrior with a sword, and even the air froze as far as the rune blade reached.
The warrior raised his sword to block it, and in his horrified gaze, before he could lift the sword to its position, his arms were frozen into ice!
Boom!
It was the sound of ice being smashed, the man's arms shattered into countless flesh and blood ice cubes and fell to the ground, he just shouted half of his scream, and immediately his entire upper body was frozen into an ice sculpture, and the black knight didn't even look at him anymore, allowing the war horse to trample the ice sculpture into pieces.
Rumble!
A flash of lightning flashed, and raindrops fell.