On the frigate at the entrance to Ironclad Bay, Claudia, heavily armed, stood straight at the bow of the ship, watching the flames and smoke burning in the distance.

She did not participate in today's battle, but was transferred to the frigate before the battle with non-combatants such as female officers and maids.

Claudia is already the queen after all, unless it is necessary, how can the queen fight to the death like a big soldier, and it is obviously not necessary to exterminate the Defia bandits, so Claudia is just wearing her equipment today just in case.

Raphael, the captain of the frigate, walked up to Claudia, saluted, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the flag of the King's Blade, the battle is over, and His Majesty Varian wants you to go over and join him now." ”

"Looks like I don't need to do anything."

Claudia was glad that there were no accidents in the battle, but also a little inexplicably disappointed that she had not participated in the battle, and replied to the captain: "Then come closer." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Captain Raphael took the order to leave.

As the frigates began to approach, more and more dead bodies came into view, including bandits, goblins, and sailors, and all kinds of strange ways of dying, slashing to death, plumbing shells, and burning with fire magic...... And the screams of the wounded became more and more terrible.

The maids and female officials from the court had never seen this scene, their faces turned pale one by one, and even the maid Liz went directly to the side of the ship and retched, but Claudia's face was as usual, and she released a group of calming magic to dispel the discomfort of the surrounding maids and female officials.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liz was grateful.

"It's all right, I forgot," Claudia comforted her in a gentle tone, and then Claudia said to the other lady-in-waits, "You all go back to the cabin and rest, and leave Evrina to meet your majesty with me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The ladies and maids quickly departed as if they had been granted amnesty, while Claudia continued to wait on deck with Everena, who was also dressed in full uniform.

Claudia's mood is actually not without waves, after all, this time is not a war against alien races such as demons and undead, but a civil war between humans, so many dead corpses are almost all human, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable, and faintly glad that she did not participate in today's battle.

As the frigate began to land, Claudia had already seen Varian, who was now with General Jeresta and Brigadier Mardine Ray, pacing as he looked at the large number of bandits and goblins who were tied up and kneeling on the ground, with an extremely unkind expression.

"It's good he wasn't hurt."

Claudia let go of her hanging heart, and after the ship docked, she took Everena, Captain Raphael and others and walked quickly along the dock towards Varian, but when she was still some distance away from Varian, she met Madias who came from another way, and the little girl next to Madias attracted Claudia's attention.

This is a dirty little black-haired girl, her hair is full of mud, her face is full of snot and tears in addition to various stains, and her clothes are also full of torn marks, which looks extremely pitiful, but Matthias has no pity for her, and grabs the little girl's left hand, and strides towards the little girl who is obviously a little scared with an expressionless face.

The miserable appearance of the little girl immediately aroused Claudia's sympathy, she stopped in front of Matthias and the little girl, and said to Matthias in a slightly reproachful tone: "Matthias, even my female officials can't stand this kind of occasion, how can you bring a child to such a place." ”

Madias saluted Claudia and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, she herself wants to come." ”

Hearing this, Claudia squatted down in front of the little girl and asked softly, "Why did you come to such a place?" ”

The little girl glanced at Matthias, who was clutching her left hand, with fear and hatred, and then two lines of tears welled up, but she bit her lip and didn't say a word, and subconsciously took a step back.

Claudia couldn't help but feel a little strange when she saw the little girl like this, her right hand flashed with holy light, and a calming spell slapped on the little girl, and conveyed the past with emotions such as love and courage, warmth and hope, Claudia then said softly: "Don't be afraid, tell my sister, what happened, did someone bully you?" ”

But this time Claudia's invincible calming spell failed, although the little girl was no longer afraid, but she cried even more, tears fell down, but she still bit her lip and refused to make a sound, Claudia had no choice but to take out a handkerchief and give the little girl to wipe her tears while asking Matthias: "Matthias, tell me what the hell is going on, who is she?" ”

Matthias's eyes flashed with inexplicability, and then he replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, she is Vanessa, the daughter of Edwin Van Cleef, Edwin is dead, she wants to come here to see her father for the last time, and is willing to accept any disposition. ”

When she heard Vanessa's identity, Claudia originally stopped moving slightly, but when she heard the last, Claudia suddenly looked up at Madias: "What to deal with, I don't remember that the laws of this country will deal with the relatives of the criminals." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Matthias said again, then let go of the little girl's left hand, and Claudia took out a handkerchief and wiped the little girl's face and comforted: "Don't be afraid, Vanessa, your father's crime has nothing to do with you, and no one will hurt you." ”

"I ...... My Father...... Father," said the little girl, her voice intermittent and with an irrepressible tremor, "no...... Villain. ”

"You'll understand when you're older." Instead of arguing with the sad little girl, Claudia said, "Wipe away your tears and come with me." ”

Vanessa nodded, wiped her face with Claudia's handkerchief, and stopped sobbing, but her tears did not last long, and when she saw Van Cleve's body soon after, she immediately burst into tears again, but she was stopped by the sailors and knights around her, and could not get too close.

At this time, Claudia was whispering to Varian, "What was the result?" ”

"Although the sailors have lost a lot, it is worth it, the high-ranking members of the Brotherhood are basically here, and they have captured so many prisoners."

Looking at the large number of captives around her, Claudia became a little worried: "With so many people, the prison of Stormwind City will definitely not be able to be stuffed, and even if it can be stuffed, it can't be stuffed with so many Defia bandits." ”

Varian replied, "Don't worry, I've already figured out what to do with them, so I'll send them to Lordaeron." ”

"Good idea." Claudia agrees, and in this way, the reconstruction of New Lordaeron has both the much-needed labor and the removal of a burden from the Stormwind Kingdom, killing two birds with one stone.

After determining the fate of the common bandits, Varian then walked up to the goblin captives and pondered what to do with the greenskinned goblins, when the goblin leader Kirnig struggled and shouted, "Venerable King Varian, I want to ask for pardon, I have something to exchange for our freedom." ”

"It's a goblin style," Varian scoffed, "tell me what you know." ”

"Van Cleef wants to build an epoch-making ship, a ship made entirely of steel and powered by a steam engine, and I have a blueprint for the ship, which is precious enough to trade the freedom of me and the other goblins."

Varian frowned, this wasn't the list he wanted most from Stormwind, but Varian turned to General Jeresta, "Is this thing valuable?" ”

"Your Majesty, I know of ships that can be covered with iron sheets and partially powered by a steam engine, which are not normally capable of sailing far seas," General Jerrysta said cautiously as he knows, "but I have not heard of a ship made entirely of steel and powered mainly by a steam engine, and is there any advantage of a ship of his kind over the King's Blade?" ”

"Of course there are advantages!" Kirnig snapped, "Our goblin technology has always been very useful, and the biggest advantage of this kind of ship is that it is cheap, how much does the King's Blade's wood and the solid enchantment on the wood cost?" How much does steel cost? The money to build a King's Blade would build a dozen ships like mine! And although this kind of ship is slower than the King's Blade, it is obviously much stronger, and the ship can only be loaded with more cannons! ”

Hearing what the goblins said, General Jerysta raised his eyebrows and began to retort: "Even if steel is cheap and strong, who knows if this kind of ship you said really exists." ”

"You can take it to the senior engineer and verify it!" Kirnig said proudly.

Claudia whispered to Varian, "It should be true, this kind of ship will appear sooner or later." ”

Varian decided, "Okay, I'll go and verify, and if this ship is as valuable as you say, I'll release you and the other goblins as promised." ”

At this point, the fate of the common bandits and the hired goblins is decided, and Varian, the top of Defia, is not in charge of the trial, and they will be handed over to MI7 to drain all the information they know, and finally be tried and executed in public.

After dealing with the Defia members, Varian finally walked up to Van Cleve's corpse, looked at the robber's corpse that had been giving him a headache for years, and then lost interest and turned away, he was always interested in the living Van Cleef.

Madias said respectfully: "Your Majesty, what is he going to do?" ”

Varian didn't look back, and said, "According to the traditional method, cut off your head and take it back to Stormwind City, and hang your head for a week." ”

Varian didn't lower his voice, so Vanessa, who heard the disposition clearly, didn't know where the strength came from, and after breaking free from the control of the sailors, she crawled through the crowd with her thin body and pounced on Van Cleve's corpse, crying: "Don't cut off Daddy's head, cut off mine." ”

The sailors, who felt disgraced, immediately pounced on them and dragged the struggling little girl, and Claudia was about to stop the sailors, but the king turned abruptly and asked, "Let her go!" Who can say how this is! ”

Claudia looked unbearable and whispered to Varian, "She's Van Cleef's daughter, tradition is one thing, but ....... ”

Claudia stopped talking, and she saw that there was no malice in Varian's eyes when she looked at Vanessa, and Varian then walked up to Vanessa and said condescendingly, "Although your father has done all kinds of evil, he has been punished enough for his crimes, and you are my people, and I am willing to show my mercy to my own people." ”

Varian then ordered the soldiers around him, "Cancel the previous order, so that this sad daughter can bury her father." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The soldiers responded loudly to their king.

The soldiers dispersed and began to carry out various tasks, Claudia asked the maid to give Vanessa a few gold coins, and then walked up to Varian, who was looking into the distance and was deep in thought, and asked with concern, "What do you think, Varian?" ”

"It's just something in the past," Varian shook his head, then said softly, "But it's all in the past, let's go back to Stormwind and let me stay with you for a few days." ”

"Hmm." Claudia replied with a smile.