Chapter 22: The Ember Bringer
The red-haired man in the lead was none other than the Grand Lord Alexandros Mograini, with a neatly trimmed red beard, a suit of blue armor, and a double-headed eagle emblem embroidered on his chest with the royal family of Lordaeron, and next to him was his lieutenant Farbanks.
Seeing the blonde knight girl saluting herself, Mograine smiled in surprise: "Fairbanks, this is really the best news I know today, the youngest sister of our knights has survived. ”
Claudia looked up and laughed, because her mentor Tairossos and Mograini were friends, so she was no stranger to Mograini, and she didn't feel inhibited at all.
Sir Rhine also greeted Mograini from the side, he was also a knight of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and had participated in the Second War with Mograine, so he was very familiar with Mograini, and he opened his mouth to say hello to Mograini.
After a few brief pleasantries, Mograine looked at Rhine and asked, "Did you use the Holy Light Spell just now?" But I remember that you are good at the way of the Holy Light Guardian, do you also have such a strong talent in the Holy Light Spell? ”
As long as you have enough talent and time, it is possible to study multiple directions at the same time, regardless of the profession, and you can even practice some skills in other similar professions.
For example, Claudia's mercenary elf ranger Segrina, in her long life, not only studied most of the hunter's abilities, but also studied a lot of battle thief's skills by the way.
Another example is between the Holy Priest and the Holy Knight, in fact, there is only the threshold of martial arts, so in the last war, a large number of priests became full-time paladins to protect their teammates.
However, for the truly strong, even if they know how many skills they have, they will only study a skill that they are really good at to the extreme, and use it to ascend to the palace of heroes.
Rhine laughed a little smug when he heard Mograine's question, and he stretched out his hand to Claudia:
"You guessed it wrong, Great Lord, the spell just now is the work of the youngest sister of our Knights."
Fairbanks let out a low exclamation, and Mograine looked at Claudia with burning eyes.
Claudia nodded a little embarrassedly, acknowledging Rhine's words.
Mograini couldn't help but admire: "What a genius, even Tulayan, the strongest genius before, can't reach this level of holy light at this age. ”
Fairbanks on the side also smiled kindly: "Little girl, I didn't expect you to surpass me so quickly, it seems that the future of our Holy Light Brotherhood depends on you." ”
Claudia smiled a little embarrassedly, and changed the subject: "Two adults, let's not talk about it here, let's go to the hotel in the town and have some wine and continue." ”
Mograini then agreed: "It's okay, we're tired from walking so far." ”
When she arrived at the hotel, Claudia called her sister out of the room to see Mograine and Fairbanks, but because Aunt Mina was not feeling well, Partris chatted with Mograine and Fairbanks for a few words before going upstairs to continue caring for Aunt Mina.
Claudia and Rhine chatted with them for a long time, Claudia told the story of the previous expedition of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the Northern Rift, and brought the listeners back to the northern land full of despair and death, when they heard that the prince disobeyed the order and burned the ship to cut off the retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, several people were extremely depressed and angry, Mograine even smashed the table with a fist, when they heard that the returning team was chased and ambushed by the undead and died, they couldn't help but sigh and sympathize with the brave warriors who died in battle.
After the story was told, Mograini couldn't help but ask with concern:
"Are there any other survivors of the Guards and Dwarves who participated in the Northern Expedition? Muradin, is he really dead? ”
Claudia vaguely remembered that Muradin was not dead, but she couldn't remember the memories anyway. Compared to the other clear memories of her previous life, the rate at which game-related memories are forgotten is simply abnormal.
Claudia hesitated and said, "It is estimated that it will be difficult for others to survive, but Muradin, I have a strange feeling that he is not dead yet. ”
Mograine was taken aback: "This is not a trivial matter, Ironforge has been paying attention to the news from the Northern Rift, and you are the only survivor of the Northern Rift Expeditionary Force that we know, in fact, we have just come from Ironforge Fort." ”
He put his two-handed greatsword behind his back on the wine table, and this powerful weapon immediately caught the eyes of the two.
"King Magni thought his brother was dead, so he spent a whole month and a half building this artifact for us, full of anger and hatred."
Claudia reached out and gently touched the back of the Ember Bringer's sword, and then her fingers felt the blazing light attached to the sword, unlike the Silver Hand, there was no power of order on it, but a pure and powerful divine power.
Rhine asked with some envy: "What is the name of this artifact?" ”
Mograini looked at the longsword and fell into memory:
"Ember Bringer, that's the name it told me, and it'll be my best companion in the future."
"At the heart of this artifact is a crystal that has been purified by the power of the Light of me, Ethanlien, Dasohan, Abidis, Duane, and Fordin, and finally forged by King Magni's superb skills, the power of the Light of our members of the Brotherhood of Light has been perfectly integrated."
Claudia also praised: "What a powerful artifact, and this is a purely artifact born for destruction, I also have a powerful artifact as a partner, but the destructive power is far better than the one in front of me." ”
She placed the two-handed hammer on the table, which had long been noticed by Mograine, "This is the Silver Hand, the same weapon used by the Titan Guardians of yesteryear. ”
Farbanks felt the powerful holy light and order power emanating from the Silver Hand, and muttered in admiration, "It turns out that the legend about the Silver Hand handed down by the predecessors is true. ”
Mograine looked at Claudia eagerly, and invited, "With such a powerful artifact as recognition, you are qualified to inherit and lead the Brotherhood of Light and the Knights in the future, and now, the high-ranking members of the Church of the Holy Light have gathered in the Valley of the Fireheart, come with us to the Valley of the Hearth!" ”
"Party?"
"Yes," Mograine continued, "I have received a summons from the Grand Crusader Dasohan that your mentors, Terosos, Abidis, Esenlien, Duane, and other existing members of the Northern Church of the Light, will gather in the territory of Tyranfordin to discuss the future of the Brotherhood of Light and discuss ways to recover our homeland. ”
Claudia smiled bitterly and declined the Grand Lord's invitation, "I'm sorry, Lord Mograine, but in fact, I'm worried about my people. ”
She then introduced the current predicament of food shortage to Mograini in detail, and finally said helplessly: "The ticket to the south is too expensive, and the north really can't buy food, I really have no choice." ”
Mograine had just returned from Ironforge, and it was only from Claudia's mouth that he had learned for the first time that the formality of the form, these refugees were Lordaerons like him.
He pondered for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice, "No, maybe there is a way. ”
Hope appeared on the girl's face: "What way?" ”
Mograine replied:
"Go to Stormwind and find King Varian, the Stormwind Kingdom has the largest and richest territory in the human kingdom, and they are able and deserve to accept our refugees from Lordaeron."
"We helped him drive out the invaders and rebuild his home in the last war, and now it's time for him to repay the debt he owes to our kingdom of Lordaeron."
Yes, the Kingdom of Stormwind, with a fleet as powerful as Kul Tiras' and the most extensive arable land in the Seven Kingdoms, is more than capable of taking in refugees from the north. However, this will cost a lot of money and affect the interests of many people, will King Varian agree?
As if to see Claudia's doubts, Mograine continued:
"If he is willing to stand up, henceforth, the survivors of Lordaeron, including the Northern Church of Light, will recognize him as the leader of the Alliance, and even give him the crown of Lordaeron in the future with the consent of the other lords."
"If he refuses, then the noble Lordaeron will not continue to beg for mercy, and we will be cut off from now on! You can bring the people of your territory who are still alive to the Valley of the Hearth, and although life will be difficult, we will hold on. ”
Claudia immediately responded.
Later, the group discussed a number of related matters, including the use of some Holy Light spells, Mograini is one of the most powerful warriors in existence, he has perfectly blended the Holy Light and the martial arts of warriors, and many of his ideas have inspired and benefited Claudia.
Claudia also said how she could increase the explosiveness of the Light, which Mograine was very interested in, and he and many other high-ranking paladins also had a similar technique called Vengeful Fury, which he named the new skill Vengeance Crusade after merging it with the method Claudia said.
Before parting, Mograini once again brought up the matter of Muradin: "The dwarves are our important allies, and I will pass on the news of your survival to King Magni, and if you think of anything about Muladin, it is best to convey it to him as soon as possible." ”
"Okay, I'll do my best." Claudia nodded.
Mograini's eyes became more and more satisfied when he looked at Claudia, beautiful appearance, terrifying gift of holy light, full of responsibility and sense of mission at a young age, she was really a perfect girl.
He finally said to Claudia, half tentatively, half jokingly:
"If you have the chance, you can come to the Fireplace, my son Renault is not a few years older than you, you can get to know him well."
Claudia didn't hear what he meant, and replied with a smile: "Okay, if you have a chance, you must go to the Hearth Valley to meet everyone, I haven't seen Sister Bridget for a long time." ”
Mograini laughed heartily and turned to leave, and Farbanks left after him.