Fao is gone, but the aftermath of recovering Keldaron and the fall of the Hand of Tyr continues.

The recovery of Keldaron marks the return of the entire territory of the 160,000 square kilometers of the Western Plague Lands to the control of the New Lordaeron Kingdom, which is undoubtedly a major victory, and even if there is bad news in the Eastern Plague Lands, everyone still firmly believes that peace on the continent is not far off.

Since it is a victory, there is naturally a reward, and the reward of the Lordaeron Human Legion is naturally not mentioned by the two regents and the front-line general, while the reward of the Seventh Legion of the Stormwind Kingdom is drawn up by Varian himself.

Varian attaches great importance to this matter, because rewards and punishments are originally the most effective means of mastering the army, not to mention that the Seventh Legion is a newly formed legion, and any army is the most important when it was first established, so now the promotion and punishment of officers at the rank of colonel in the Seventh Legion will be carried out personally and repeatedly considered.

At tea time the day after Fao's departure, Varian asked Claudia about one of the people on the bounty list:

"Claudia, do you know the man Colk Maxwell? He served in the Lordaeron Guard, and participated in the purges of Stratholm with you. ”

Claudia put the fruit yogurt in her hand on the table, thought for a moment and said confusedly: "It seems to be a little impressive, but since he is a member of the Guards, why didn't he participate in the Northern Expedition?" ”

"It is said that he was wounded in Stratholme and did not participate in the Northern Expedition."

"Hurt? Maxwell ......" Claudia whispered the name, and then her eyes lit up: "I remember, is it the one with the black hair and a big beard?" ”

"So it's the same person," Varian nodded, "Can you tell us what you know about him?" ”

"It's just a matter of one side, what can I know," Claudia shook her head, "I just remember that he was one of the few seriously injured people, and Pastor Penn and I had a great deal to get him back from the edge of the Shadow Realm, why do you ask this?" ”

"This Captain Maxwell has performed extremely well in the battle in the past six months, and I am hesitating to promote him to lieutenant colonel two levels in a row."

"It's up to you, Varian, just be fair anyway." When Claudia finished answering, she picked up the yogurt again and ate it with a small spoon.

Soon after, Claudia left with afternoon tea, and Varian returned to his desk, picked up the list of officer promotion proposals again, and after thinking about it, changed the promotion proposals of the other from lieutenant colonel to major, and Maxwell to lieutenant colonel.

Although justice is indeed a major premise, it is only based on the huge difference in merit, if the merit is similar, who can get more promotions depends on who the superior wants.

At this time, the majority of the members of the Seventh Legion were made up of Lordaerons, and Varian needed an officer who could be recognized by the Seventh Legion, but also loyal to him and Barathan, and there was no doubt that Maxwell had already received Varian's initial approval at this time.

At the end of May 22 of the Dark Gate calendar, the Church of the Wish of Light.

After the fall of the Hand of Tyr, the Chapel of Light's Wish became the Alliance's last stronghold in the Eastern Plaguelands, guarded by more than 200 soldiers and more than 40 Paladin Priests.

It's not that Kel'thugad doesn't want to pull out the Alliance's nail in the Eastern Plaguelands, but the price of doing so will be unbearable for Kel'thugad, who is about to have a big war, although the ground armament of the Chapel of Light's Wish is nothing compared to the Scourge Legion, but the thousands of Heroic Spirits of the Holy Light Church buried under the church are an existence that the Scourge Legion cannot resist, and if you want to take the Wish of Light's Chapel, you need a large number of troops to spend time to arouse and consume the wrath of the Heroic Spirits, otherwise even if it is the Lich King, The only hard result is that the Heroic Spirits are consumed by the outburst of anger.

In charge of guarding the Chapel of Light's Wish is the high-ranking paladin Erigor Dawnbringer, who has been carefully watching the movements of the Scourge Legion, leading the cavalry to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, especially after the fall of the Hand of Tyr, and when he conducted a routine reconnaissance today, he found that the badly injured Bridget Abydis and a dying elf female thief were besieged by a group of ghouls, and Erigor led the cavalry to rush forward to rescue Bridget, But the female thief died of her injuries.

That night, outside the Wish of Light Chapel, Erigor walked out with a columbarium in his arms and handed it to Bridget: "Won't you want to go in and rest?" ”

Britsette refused, "I am a sinner exiled by the Great Abbey, and I will always remember who I am." ”

"I'm sorry about General Alfred and Archinquisitor Esenlion," Erigor sighed, "but the Archbishop and the Head of the Order didn't want to ...... in the first place. ”

"Say no more!" Bridget interrupted him by looking up suddenly, tears streaming down her snow-white cheeks in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice: "I don't care what they think, but because of this banishment order, my father is dead, my mentor is dead, and all my brothers and sisters I have been with all day and night are dead, and I will never forgive the head of the regiment and the so-called 'archbishop', and remember this shameful identity forever!" ”

After finishing speaking, Bridget wiped away her tears, hugged the ashes and turned around to leave, and Erigor did not continue to persuade her, but said: "Sister Bridget, Sister Claudia has sent a letter to pay attention to your whereabouts in the past few days, since you are not willing to continue to be with us, then I suggest you go to her to rest for a while." ”

Bridget looked up at the south, didn't answer, and turned away.

Stormwind, the royal palace.

Claudia was unaware of Bridget's rescue, and she was with Paltris, receiving Gianna from Theramore.

Because of the reason that there is a portal between Theramore and Stormwind, it is extremely convenient for Gianna to come to Stormwind City, almost every week she will come to Claudia's side to sit for a while, more than a few times, Partris is already very familiar with Gianna, and the three girls are sitting on the edge of the bed chatting while watching the child.

"Is this the Lordaeron Seal? How did it end up here? Gianna noticed the ring hanging from Barathen's chest, and for a moment her emotions were very complicated, the ring brought back many memories for her, reminding her of the king of Terenas and the prince of Arthas, who had worn the ring.

"It's from Archbishop Fao," replied Claudia, "and he had to let little Barathan wear it." ”

Gianna was stunned for a while, and said with emotion: "Sure enough, the royal power is not eternal, and the Minahir family has not only lost the royal power, but the inheritance has also come to an end. ”

Claudia also noticed Gianna's emotional changes, and she didn't know what to say for a while, but Partris helped change the topic: "Your Highness, there has been a discussion within the Holy Light Church recently about whether to completely abandon the Shadow Inheritance. ”

"How could such a thing happen?" Gianna's attention was drawn to Paltris's words, and she looked at Paltris in surprise.

"Yes, this was caused by the betrayal of Father Mongol, and many of my siblings think that if it weren't for his study of shadow magic, this would not have happened in the first place. ”

Gianna asked Partris, "What do you think?" ”

Paltris was a little apprehensive, "I think it's better to ban it altogether since shadow magic affects the mind, but most of the bishops and sisters don't agree with me, only Uncle Grayson thinks I'm right." ”

Gianna laughed: "I don't agree with the ban either, this world is not so simple and beautiful, the ban can only ban his own people, not to mention how can he put all the reasons for the betrayal on the power, starting from the elite level, the impact of power on the heart is very small, if he betrays, even if he does not practice shadow magic, he will also betray." ”

"Race is not glory, strength is not good or evil." Claudia agreed with Gianna's statement and taught Partris: "No matter what power you practice, it is most important to stick to your own heart, you must use your own heart to control the power, and use wisdom to judge the good and evil of what you do, otherwise you will do evil things even if you follow the teachings of the Light, for example, the Light teaches us to uphold righteousness, but in fact, it is difficult to judge the righteousness and evil in many things, maybe the justice you insist on is the evil in the hearts of others?" ”

"Hmm." Paltris nodded, seeing that her sister and Gianna were both saying this, and she no longer insisted on her own thoughts.

June 22 of the Dark Gate calendar, Stormwind, Royal Palace.

Claudia once again learned that she was pregnant, and calculated that her next child will be born in March next year.

In addition to this good news, Claudia also learned another piece of good news, Bridget is coming to Stormwind.

After meeting and catching up after nearly three years of not seeing each other, Claudia took Brigitte to see her and Varian's children, Barracen Jr. and Angela Jr.

Little Angela reached out to hug Bridget at the first sight, and behaved very well in Bridget's arms, laughing non-stop, which made the haze that had lasted for more than a month in Bridget's heart dissipate a lot.

"It's rare for Angela to be so close to someone the first time we meet," Claudia said with a laugh, "and she likes you very much." ”

"She's so cute, I think she's going to be beautiful when she grows up," Brigitte smiled and kissed Angela, turning to Claudia's son Barason, whose ring on his chest caught her eye, Brigitte was surprised, "Is this the Mark of Lordaeron?" ”

"Hmm...... I didn't expect it to be so early. Claudia didn't mention Fao's name, and in previous conversations she had learned that Bridget was extremely dissatisfied with the Northern Church of Light, especially Fao.

"It's better to be sooner," Brigitte replied, and then she made a decision in her mind, asking Claudia, "Sister Claudia, what should I do if I want to see King Varian?" ”

Claudia said, "I'll send a maid to call him, and let him come when he's not busy." ”

"No, I want to meet the king through the formal process, not privately." Bridget refused.

"Well," Claudia thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask the female officer to report your information to the adjutant's office, and the adjutants will arrange your audience time, do you have any official business?" ”

"Yes, it's also official business." Bridget said.