CHAPTER XXII
The next afternoon, Claudia wore the Mithril Chain Mail and teleported to Theramore with her thin sword, saying that it was the Mithril Chain Mail, but it was actually more like a thin shirt, and after Claudia put on her coat, outsiders could not tell that Claudia was wearing armor.
The process of teleportation was another instant, and she experienced countless earth-shaking sensations, but fortunately, Claudia's soul and spirit had grown a lot this time, so her discomfort only lasted for a moment before disappearing.
"Your Majesty, you are here." Izulia pushed open the door to the teleportation room.
"Well," Claudia nodded, "is Gianna there?" What's going on lately? ”
"Your Highness went out to investigate earlier today," said Izuria, "I don't know what the situation is, I'm just a mage after all, and I suggest you go to the throne room and ask the Minister of the Interior, Christopher, who will be in charge of Theramore's affairs when His Highness leaves." ”
Claudia smiled and refused, "No, I'd better go to Mrs. Delphi and ask for dessert by the way." ”
Izulia began to lead Claudia towards the room where Mrs. Delphi was, but when she passed the council chamber, Claudia's eyes suddenly turned silver, and she stopped and asked Izulia, "Who is that man inside?" ”
"Well, Your Majesty, he is Christopher, the Minister of the Interior, and he has been in the service of His Highness for nearly three years, and he is the master of Theramore in His Highness's absence."
Claudia's brows furrowed, and after a moment her face returned to normal, and she said to Izulia, "I have changed my mind, I would like to talk to the Secretary of the Interior about the current situation until Gianna returns." ”
Surprised by Claudia's change of attitude, Izulia replied, "As you wish, Your Majesty." ”
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Christopher disliked the queen of Stormwind very much, although she was beautiful, had impeccable manners, and was very knowledgeable, she always smiled and pestered Christopher with various topics, and once made Christopher feel a burst of inexplicable palpitations, but her noble status made Christopher unable to send guards to blow her away in the name of obstructing official business, and could only politely delay the time.
Fortunately, Gianna teleported back with an old woman and a female officer after some time, and when Christopher breathed a sigh of relief, Claudia was also relieved, she no longer maintained that perfect but false smile, and said to Gianna without even bothering to say hello to Gianna: "It's good that you're back, Gianna, it's not a pleasant job to play with a demon's slave." ”
"Demons?" Gianna glanced at Christopher suspiciously, and after thinking of something, her face began to look ugly: "Claudia, you mean that my Minister of the Interior is controlled by the devil?" ”
Claudia nodded, and Christopher's face changed, and he said angrily: "Your Highness, this is slander, naked slander......"
"It's not a slander," the calm voice of the old woman, dressed in a blue dress, wearing a faded silver tiara and a green emerald necklace, her eyes sparkling with wisdom, "Although the Tirisfa sigil has left me, I can still smell the demonic stench emanating from every pore on your body. ”
Gianna was visibly even angrier, and there was irrepressible anger in her voice, "So, Christopher, what is happening between us and the Clan these days is you and the Fireblade Clan?" ”
"Your Highness, it's not what you think, the tribe has malicious intentions towards us, we must defend ourselves, we must find a way to keep the northern fortress, and now the enemy has sent troops......" Christopher panicked.
Gianna's voice began to rise: "Not what I imagined? Christopher, so what should I think? ”
"The orcs must be completely wiped out, Your Highness, we can use the Fireblade Clan to do this, Zmodor thinks so too, I have an excellent strategy to expel the demons after destroying the orcs and build a perfect world without orcs."
Gianna shook her head angrily: "Destroy the orcs? Do you know how many people will die? Do you even want to work with demons for this? Their only purpose is to destroy and destroy, and now the war in the northern fortress is on the verge of breaking out because of your so-called strategy, and the trust we and the tribe have forged with blood is gone! ”
Claudia glanced at the Minister of the Interior with pity: "You have no chance of banishing that demon, poor worm, you are not even saved, every bit of flesh and blood in your body has fallen into the hands of the devil, and your self-righteous plan is nothing but the whispers of the devil." ”
The old woman also sighed: "Gianna, we can't drag it out, that demon has already noticed our actions, and we need to drag that demon out as soon as possible." ”
"What you say is ridiculous! I'm fine now! Christopher argued.
Gianna did not listen to her Home Secretary's explanation, and instead raised her hand, Claudia interrupted Gianna's movements: "I'll come, you're not in good condition, save some energy." ”
Gianna lowered her hand, Claudia looked at the Secretary of State, the order sigil on her brow appeared, her eyes turned silver for a moment, and Christopher let out a desperate howl, he fell to the ground, clutching his left shoulder, and a wisp of black smoke was slowly rising from between his fingers.
The female officer, with the rank of colonel, pounced, broke Christopher's hand and tore open his shirt, and on Christopher's shoulder, a blade-like tattoo was burning, and Gianna whispered the name of the tattoo: "Fireblade Clan." ”
After a second, the tattoo was gone, leaving only a piece of charred black skin, and Christopher was pale as paper and weak.
The old woman said quietly, "Zmodor is gone." ”
Claudia whispered to Gianna, "I'm sorry, it's not helped, the demon seeped into him too deep and took all his life away when he left." ”
Gianna was also a little sad, and walked up to her home secretary, Christopher was muttering his last words: "I thought ...... What I ...... Do ...... It's out of ...... Own...... willingness, but ...... Zmodor ...... Controlled ...... All...... I'm sorry...... I'm sorry...... Your Highness....... ”
The sparkle in Christopher's eyes vanished.
Gianna sighed and closed her eyelids for him, and said softly, "It's not your fault, my Minister of the Interior, you've been faithful to your duties, it's just that the devil has confused your mind and made you do what you think is right." ”
The female colonel reminded Gianna: "Your Highness, according to the latest information we have received, the orcs and trolls have gone downstream, war can break out at any second, once the war starts, it doesn't matter who or what caused the war, only blood can wash it all away, you must rush to the northern fortress as soon as possible, if you are lucky, the war has not yet started, you can also order our troops to retreat, Lieutenant Colonel Davon will not listen to anyone's orders other than you......"
Gianna hesitated, "You're right, Lorena, Colonel, but what about the warlocks and Zmodor, who are the ones who caused all this......"
The old woman calmly interrupted Gianna, "I'll just go with this lady, she's strong enough to deal with demons and warlocks." ”
The old woman stretched out her hand and pointed at Claudia, who faced Gianna's somewhat hesitant gaze and said with a smile: "Gianna, you can go to the northern fortress at ease, whether it is peace or defeating the demons, it is my responsibility." ”
"Be careful, Claudia," Gianna stepped forward and gave Claudia a hug, then led Claudia to the old woman and introduced:
"This is Egwene, Medivan's mother, the last Guardian of Tirisfa."
"This is Claudia Ureon, the queen of the Stormwind Kingdom and my best friend."
Hearing the name Egwene, Claudia couldn't help but be in awe, and she held out her hand to Egwene: "Your name is really thunderous, Egwen, I have read about your deeds in the history books, and you are undoubtedly the most powerful mage of all time. ”
Egwene reached out and shook Claudia and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Don't believe the descriptions in the history books, for so many years I have always considered my appointment as a guardian to be my biggest failure, and now, I am just an old woman who can't even use invisibility." ”
"You're so humble." Claudia was polite and turned to Gianna.
If it was usual, Claudia naturally had a bunch of questions to communicate with Egwen, but now, she just looked at Gianna with concern: "How did your state drop to this extent?" ”
"Today I cracked a Demon Lord's enchantment, plus three group teleportation spells--- super long-range kind," Gianna shrugged with a wry smile, "It looks like there will be a fourth group teleportation in a while." ”
Claudia frowned and said, "Four group teleportations? How much energy do you still have? What if the tribe wants to work against you? ”
"I believe in Thrall," Gianna said a little tiredly, "and I have to go, the legions of the northern fortress only obey my orders, and even if there is a real case, I will reserve the mana to escape for my life." ”
Claudia knew she couldn't stop Gianna, she took out a dagger from her bosom and handed it to Gianna: "This is what I brought with me before I went out, and if the situation really gets to the worst point, maybe you can use it to get the trolls out of the army." ”
"It's too precious," Gianna recognized the dagger, as the price for Claudia's saving the life of the Troll Chief Woking, who gave the dagger to Claudia as a testament to her friendship with the Trolls, and to make a request to the Darkspear Trolls.
"It's just a dead thing, how can it be that there is the blood of our people and peace is important." Claudia said.
"You're right, Claudia, thank you." Gianna put the dagger away and thanked Claudia gratefully.
"There's no need to be so polite between you and me," Claudia still looked at Gianna with some concern, Gianna's mana has never been so low, and she has to carry out another group teleportation, when the time comes, her strength can be as good as the usual two achievements, I'm really worried that something will happen to her.
Maybe I can help her again.
Claudia made a decision, she quickly undressed in the colonel's surprised gaze, and soon, Claudia untied her Mithril shirt and handed it to Gianna: "Put this on, Gianna, this is the Mithril chainmail shirt, light as a feather and tough as dragon scales, it will prevent you from being hurt by the enemy, and it will not prevent you from casting spells." ”
Gianna naturally knew this expensive armor woven with pure Mithril, and she was moved in her heart, but she refused: "I can't accept it, you will have to fight in a while, what should you do?" ”
"I'm much stronger than you," Claudia comforted Gianna, "I'm hard to get hurt, and besides, I can fight in plate armor, I think this colonel is about the same size as me, just give me a set of plate armor." ”
Colonel Lorena nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, I can have someone get you another set of Alliance-style enchantment plate armor of this size." ”
"Then you're welcome, my sister."
Gianna was even more grateful, and took the Mithril shirt that still had Claudia's body temperature and put it on, the heat was transmitted from her skin to the inside, and her heart immediately warmed, and she smiled at Claudia, "Now it's time for us to discuss the battle meeting." ”