Chapter 1: The Return

In the blue sky, several seagulls are slowly circling, singing high-pitched and loud from time to time.

Under the sky, there is an endless turquoise sea, and a three-masted sailing ship is sailing on the calm sea.

A girl with bright blond hair was sitting on the inside of the bow with her hands and knees, her full breasts holding up a white shirt in a perfect arc, and her lower body was a long blue skirt. At this time, the girl's beautiful eyes looked into the distance, but there was no focus, as if she was contemplating something. Next to the girl is a somewhat transparent bear, which is also a little cute and sits quietly beside the girl. Behind one man and one bear was an elf girl standing outward, waiting to be seen, they were Claudia and her group, and it had been nearly twenty days since they set off from Risk Bay.

In the distance, a black dot appeared, and it slowly grew larger, it was the shadow of the land.

After a long voyage, Segrina, who saw the land from afar, cheered, and compared to the elfed elf companion, Claudia seemed a little preoccupied, she had been struggling to survive in the Northlands and had no time to take care of anything else, and she could think about the future of this body during this time on the ship.

She is now a girl with no ambitions, as long as she can have a small manor, read books every day, raise flowers, and let Paltris accompany her to look at the stars, she will be satisfied. But her simple dream is a bit extravagant now, and under the wheel of the times, she will either fight hard or be crushed.

According to the plot of the previous game, the Northern Expedition of Northrend of the Kingdom of Lordaeron was just the fuse for the arrival of the Great Era, after the Northern Expedition, the fallen Prince of Arthas will assassinate his father, His Majesty Tenaris, the elderly King of Lordaeron, after returning to Lordaeron, and then his undead army will destroy the entire Tirisfal Glade and advance east along the land of Western Oroen. Under the leaderless dragons, Anhador, Kelldalon, and Talon counties, one after another, the important towns of the kingdom fell under the prince's butcher's knife, and the land of Western Oro and the land of Eastern Oro will be renamed the land of the Western Plague and the land of the Eastern plague. He will then go north to destroy the Elven Kingdom and the Elven Sanctuary Sunwell, and summon the Burning Legion together with the Lich Kel'thugad who has been resurrected in the Sunwell.

If only James were alive, Claudia was a little stunned. Although she was not ready to accept Jaime, there was no doubt that Jaime was a man who could be trusted, and she would have a lot more peace of mind with him by her side. But now, with Jaime's death, the heirless Sean family will leave the Fenris Clan in chaos, and their own Thurberchel Territory is lonely, and evacuating this disaster-ridden land is the only option. But where to retreat?

Among the seven kingdoms of mankind, Kurtilas is far overseas, the kingdom of Alterac was annexed by Lordaeron more than ten years ago, Lordaeron will be completely destroyed by the prince of Arthas, and after Dalaran is rebuilt, it will completely become a floating city and no longer land, leaving only the kingdom of Gilneth, the kingdom of Riptide Castle, and the kingdom of Stormwind far south. Among them, the kingdom of Gilneys was the first to be excluded, although it was the closest to Claudia's territory, but Gilneys has been closed since the last war, and when the Scourge invaded, the cries and prayers of countless refugees outside the walls of Greymane did not make His Majesty Jean Greymane, King of Gilneys, relent, open the door to let the refugees in for refuge, and finally all the refugees fell under the butcher's knife of the Scourge Legion. Claudia didn't think she had that much face to get King Greymane to change his decision. And the kingdom of Fort Riptide is no longer enough to be called a kingdom, it is more appropriate to say that it is a city-state, and even the kind of city-state that is quite weak, is at the forefront of the conflict with the undead in the next few years, and after a few years, the weak kingdom of Fort Riptide and even their leader, Prince Torbain, have become undead.

After excluding these two options, the remaining Stormwind Kingdom is the only option. The Stormwind Kingdom is powerful, its territory is even as large as the Lordaeron Kingdom and the Gilneth Kingdom combined, it has a large population, and it is far away from the Northlands where the natural disaster broke out, so it successfully provoked the backbone of the new alliance with the strength of a single country. Although she will be an ordinary dilapidated nobleman who loses her territory after she goes, it is not difficult to think that as long as she works hard, she and Paltris can live more comfortably.

Now, the first priority after landing on the shore is to find her sister Paltris, and after finding Paltris, she is in the mood to make other plans, according to memory, the Grand Abbey of Lordaeron, where Paltris is located, is very close to the port of Ceuta, and it is only a day's journey.

If she can successfully reconcile with Partris, her next target is an artifact hidden deep in Lordaeron's ground, the Silver Hand, which Claudia had done in her previous life, so she was particularly impressed by this artifact. This artifact, once a weapon of the Guardian Tyr, is the Holy Knight's best companion, and is said to have the remnants of Tyr's will inside. The Silver Hand is an artifact that allows her to temporarily match the strength of the Gold Rank, and only in this way can she ensure that she has the power to protect herself and her sister in the next turmoil.

"Something is wrong!" Segrina's words interrupted the blonde girl's thoughts, and she looked at Segrina, only to see the elf frowning and her pointed ears twitching slightly.

"It's weird." Next to him, a middle-aged man with high cheekbones and a hooked nose also walked over and echoed. Seeing him coming, Claudia immediately couldn't help but stand up and take a step back. This man's name is Kerry, is the captain of this three-masted merchant ship, since Claudia got on the ship, has been looking for opportunities to talk to the girl, at the beginning Claudia is still very welcome to this guy, must be Kerry although the appearance is mediocre, but the experience of going south and north is very rich, often witty words when talking and behaving, people are easy to indulge in it, and make the girl laugh many times. But then Kerry may have misunderstood something, and the words became more and more eager, and even occasionally inadvertently wanted to touch the girl's waist, shoulders and other parts, although Claudia carefully avoided it several times, but it made her have a bad impression of Kerry, but Kerry still pestered her every day. Claudia is not good at rejecting people, and Sally also has a joke look on her face and does not help to solve the siege, so the blonde girl's first reaction when she sees this guy now is to stay away.

"Although the port of Ceuta is not as large as the ports of Mineshir and Resand, it has a permanent population of several thousand, but now the --- is too quiet, and even the signal sent by the navigator has not responded at all." Kerry also did not return to his usual grinning expression, and said with some seriousness.

Has it already started now? The blonde girl's heart sank slightly.

"Indeed, it's lunch time, and there is no smoke in this town, so don't so many people need to eat?" The elves frowned a little, their eyes fixed on the harbor in the distance.

"I'm going to change into my skirt, and then let's get a closer look." Claudia spoke.

Segrina bowed slightly to the girl, and then when Claudia entered the cabin to change clothes and came up again, she found that Segrina's face was extremely ugly, and Arcturis was roaring anxiously, and Captain Kerry looked into the distance in shock, still holding a telescope in his hand, and many sailors gathered on the deck, and from time to time there were people kneeling and praying for something.

"I think we're in big trouble, girl." Segrina took a deep breath and handed the binoculars to Claudia from the distraught Captain Kerry, whose mouth was still open, as if he hadn't noticed that something was missing.

"Shhh

The walls of several dilapidated wooden houses were stained with dry black blood, the ground was littered with disemboweling corpses or other parts, a flock of black crows were happily enjoying a meal, and some rotting figures could be seen wandering aimlessly in the distance.

"How did the plague spread here?" Segrina was no stranger to those figures, and said through some gritted teeth.

Claudia did not answer her companion's words, the plague spread much faster than she expected, and she became a little worried: since the plague had spread here, it was likely that Lordaeron Cathedral had also been attacked. Thinking of this, she immediately became anxious, she turned her head to look at Segrina, and pleaded:

"Sister Seli, although she is a little willful, can you continue to accompany me after getting off the boat, my sister is still around here, can you help me find her together."

Segrina gave her a strange look:

"Why do you suddenly say that, I'm sure I'll follow you wherever you go."

Claudia's heart was immediately filled with gratitude, and she hurriedly thanked Segrina.

The elf girl shrugged her shoulders and explained, "Didn't Jaime tell you? At that time, when the employment agreement was signed, the employer wrote the names of the two of you, and paid the employment fee for a whole year in advance. It's not been half a year yet, and it's ---."

A wicked smile appeared on her face: "If little Claudia is willing to promise me one thing, you will give it away for a free month." ”

Looking at the familiar smile on the elf girl's face, Claudia suddenly recalled the scene of being teased after this smile countless times, she shuddered, and didn't ask what the incident was at all, which made the elf a little bored.

Because the frightened captain and crew refused to dock, Claudia and Segrina, plus a bear, had to go ashore in a lifeboat with their luggage on the beach a little further away. After stepping on the land of Lordaeron, Claudia looked at the slightly raised mountains in the distance, and said silently in her heart: "Lordaeron, I am back, not only to live, but also to live well with the people around me!" ”