The bitter north wind wept like a child in pain, rolling up snowflakes the size of grains of salt and crashing against the walls of the camp.

It was already dusk, and there were only a handful of guards on duty in the camp. They wrapped all but their eyes tightly in heavy clothing as they cursed the damn ghost weather. Most of the soldiers had taken refuge in tents or huts, and some had secretly gathered with the dwarves for the night's revelry.

A silver-armored officer was hurrying through the camp, wearing a thick cloak with a gray background embroidered with a blue double-headed eagle. Snowflakes kept falling on his long, helmetless hair, burying a layer of white in his black hair.

He walked to a wooden house and knocked on the door.

With a squeak, the door opened, and a pretty blonde girl opened the door, it was Claudia.

The officer opened a leather cylinder, pulled out a parchment roll with blue fire paint, and handed it to Claudia

"Dear Baron Serberchel, this is a military order from the Prince."

Claudia solemnly took the parchment roll and put it in her arms, clenched her right fist and slapped it on her left chest.

"For the glory of Lordaeron!"

The officer on the other side also returned the salute.

"For the glory of Lordaeron!"

When the girl returned to the room, she took out the military order from her bosom, only to see that it read:

"Baron Thurbercill is ordered to escort Count Fenris on official duty the day after the receipt of the order. Classification Level: Colonel. ”

"I don't know how Jaime managed to convince the prince." Claudia couldn't help but admire Jaime a little, and she knew how difficult it was to leave the camp in the current situation.

The more panicked people are in this situation, the more they will generally not make special cases.

Remembering that Jaime had said that he had arranged everything for the return trip, Claudia felt a warm feeling in her heart, and then silently gave Jaime a thumbs up.

"This feeling of having someone to rely on and take care of is really good, maybe marrying him is also acceptable. Bah, what do I think, if you go on like this, the festival will fall off! Forget about it! Forget about this terrible thought! ”

Claudia rubbed her head vigorously, then suddenly jerked her right hand back.

"Pain, pain, pain!" Raven covered her left ear with her hand and stood behind Claudia with a weeping expression on her face.

"My lord, I really didn't want to read what was written on the letter."

Claudia looked at her attendant angrily and funny, the original Claudia has always treated this little girl like her own sister, although she is not Lolicon, but she will not put a straight face on such a little girl the size of a junior high school student, but this little girl almost did such a thing as peeking at the military order.

Claudia tried to put on a vicious expression, but there was a smile on her lips that could not be concealed.

"Go and inform His Highness that the Earl has received an order, and that he will meet at the gate of the camp early tomorrow morning."

"Okay," Raven agreed, dejectedly.

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Early the next morning, Claudia was served by Raven and changed into a blue skirt armor, which provided good protection and was light enough to be beautiful enough to be loved by the noble knights of Lordaeron.

Raven looked at Claudia with envy, "My lord, when I become an official knight, I will also get a set of skirt armor." When the time comes, when I return to Dalongmir's hometown, I will definitely envy those friends to death! ”

Claudia smiled evilly and pinched her little face: "I take a good look at you, little girl." By the way, it feels good in the hand. ”

The little girl suddenly went crazy: "How can you be like this, adult!" ”

By the time she joined up with Jaime, Raven still looked puffed up.

Jaime was well prepared, six wagons, two of which were piled high with supplies, bags of bread sticks, buckets of goat's milk from the dwarves, a bag of jerky, and even a barrel of ale.

Behind him stood several knights in light armor, Claudia remembered that they were Jaime's family knights, the bald Simon, the short Rudy, the long-legged Edward, and the strongest captain, Armand, except for the captain Armand, who was an elite rank, the rest of them were professional-level warriors.

In this world, all professions that are related to spells need enough talent to break through the professional ranks, even the most popular paladins. The Light will give back to all souls who are willing to communicate with it, but only those who are most physically compatible with the Light will be able to better use the Light's power. It's just that warriors and thieves are real civilian professions, and there are no special requirements for talent, and the demand is more hard work and hard work, but even so, there is a lot of luck when entering the professional level to awaken the power of the ancestors.

Claudia's father, Baron Thurberchel the Elder, is a typical example, born as a commoner, he has rushed to the peak of the elite rank with his hard work, the same level as Jaime now.

If you start to officially start your career cultivation at the age of twelve, you will generally officially enter the professional level in your twenties, and then seventy percent of people will be stuck in this realm for the rest of their lives, and only a few lucky people can enter the elite level, and as for the hero level and higher levels, it must be noble bloodline or luck.

There were only two heroic powerhouses in the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, among which both Muradin and Alsace were the noblest bloodlines. In this respect, Claudia is undoubtedly a genius at the age of sixteen to reach the threshold of elite rank.

Speaking of this question, Claudia herself is quite puzzled, she can be said to be extremely talented, and her sister Partris, according to her mentor's description, is also amazingly talented in the Holy Light, could it be that the old baron's ancestor is the illegitimate son of the archbishop?

Putting aside the useless thoughts, while Claudia was greeting several knights of the family, the door of the carriage opened, and out came a thin white-haired old man, who was wearing a dark robe, with a short silver staff tied around his waist, and an air of a knowledgeable scholar.

"Come, Claudia, and introduce you, this is our family's Master Shane. Master Shane, this is my fiancée, Claudia. Jaime led the two to introduce them.

"Hello, Master Shane, it's a pleasure to meet you," Claudia held out her hand.

"Hello, future Countess, I'm glad to meet you too," said Master Shane, smiling, and again reaching out to shake Claudia's hand, before retreating to the carriage just now.

At this point, Jaime said to the side, "It's your turn, Segrina. ”

Claudia noticed a white figure next to Jaime, no, to be precise, she had been there all along, but Claudia subconsciously ignored her because of the light and the integration with her surroundings.

She was like a beautiful tranquilizing flower, all her clothes were pure white or silvery-white, she had a slender figure, delicate features, pointed ears and long eyebrows that indicated her identity, a High Elf, one of the most favored races of Azeroth.

Segrina wore silver chain mail, a large wavy bow on her back, and two quivers dangling from her waist.

"Segrina Breeze salutes you." She bowed her head, her lingua franca a little unskilled, and her tail note had a slightly raised pitch, as if singing.

"Hello, I'm Claudia Thurbercher." Claudia returned the salute.

Jaime added, "Segrina was an adventurer I hired in Daron County before my expedition, and she's a true Elite Ranger. ”

Claudia knew on her face that elves had an extremely long lifespan, and although Segrina looked like a girl, she actually had to be at least three or four hundred years old. With such a long lifespan, the proportion of professionals among elves is generally much higher than that of humans.

The group departed, and Jaime introduced Claudia to the destination and plans on the way. If all goes well, they'll be at Risk Bay in four days' time, and after a night's rest, they'll be on board the boat back to Lordaeron.

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Deep in the snow-covered earth of the Dragonbone Wilderness, tunnels lead in all directions, and many strange creatures gather here, one of which has a huge lower body that looks like a spider, six sturdy arthropods support their body, and the upper body limbs are more like human arms, many half-spider creatures are busy traveling in the tunnel, and more are gathered in a hall, and at the entrance of the hall is a broken statue of a half-spider creature. They are the Nirub people, descendants of the ancient Chira Worm people. At this point they were looking at their leader, a giant creature with the characteristics of both a beetle and a spider.

An incomparably powerful and brutal consciousness suddenly descended, and countless Qila wormmen, including their leader, tightened their upper arms, lowered their heads and bent down in respect.

The voice sounded directly in the head of the strongest leader

"Anubarak, there was an accident in the plan."

"Find this variable and destroy him!"

In the next second, Anubaraq saw a picture of a burly man with a golden beard leading a horse through the snow with the team behind him, and the man in the picture was none other than James Sean.

As the consciousness left, Anubarak let out a loud roar, and several powerful Nirubs gathered behind him, and then led the leader quickly forward along the tunnel.

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With a bang, accompanied by a sharp pain in her right arm, the wooden sword in her hand flew out, her arm seemed to be broken, and her nose was sore and about to cry.

"Don't cry!" What followed was a stick that smashed the back. "Pick up your sword and continue!"

A white-haired man stood opposite her with a wooden stick in his hand, his strong muscles covered with various scars, and roared angrily:

"You're going to be a baron, not a baroness! Sooner or later, you'll have to go to war! ”

"There were never men and women on the battlefield, only the dead and the living!"

"The battlefield is hell! Your tears will only make you die faster! Now get me up! ”

She gasped violently, endured the pain and picked up the sword, and made a gesture.

It didn't take long for the wooden sword in her hand to be knocked away again, and the man's stick grew bigger and bigger in front of her eyes...

"Whew" Claudia woke up from her sleep and was stunned for a long time.

"Father..." She muttered

Recently, there have been more and more such clips, and she has become more and more unable to distinguish between the past life and the present life, and many times she even thinks that she is Claudia originally, and Yan Zhiping's life is an illusory memory.

This was the third day of departure, and they had already left the Dragonbone Wilderness and stepped into the area known as Grizzly Hills.

She was lying in a carriage with a thick coat over her. It was dark in the carriage, and Raven was curled up in a ball sleeping next to her.

Claudia gently pushed down the curtain by the window with her right hand, and a ray of moonlight streamed in through the gap. Outside the window, Simon and Rudy, who were keeping vigil, were napping against the car board with their swords.

In the carriage, Raven seemed to feel her movements, "Mom" she turned over, broke free from the quilt with her left hand, and hugged Claudia.

Claudia's face showed a hint of warmth, and she carefully covered Raven with the quilt, and then lay down as well.

Soon, only the faint sound of breathing remained in the carriage.