Varian named the newly formed unit the Stormstorm Guardians, and the flag of the unit was a shield with gold stripes on a blue background, and the image of a lion's head on the shield symbolized that it was a team that guarded the king.

Varian then divided the 100 men into four squads of 24 each, led by veterans from Lothar.

These four veterans are all members of the Storm Knights, and they have undergone complete and rigorous knightly training, and each of them has good strength, so they can survive the previous war with the orcs.

After dividing the team, Varian asked the four captains to hurry up and train their teammates, after all, the orcs would come across the sea in a short time, and there was not much time left for Varian to do.

Varian didn't plan to train them himself, he didn't think that he who had only experienced military training in school and stood in a military posture in his previous life had the level to train these people well, and it was better to leave professional things to professionals.

With King Terenus's approval, the force was placed by Varian outside a barracks not far northwest of Lordaeron.

If it was peacetime, King Terenus would definitely not let an army that did not belong to his own country be stationed so close to the royal city, but now that war is coming, any force is precious.

And in order to prepare for war, King Terenus has begun to gather troops, and every day the lords from all over the world lead their own troops to the royal city of Lordaeron, so Terenus is not worried about Varian's men, and he also generously provides his troops with excellent equipment and plenty of food.

Varian's new team needs to be trained, and he'll have to hurry up for it himself.

After this period of hard work, Varian raised his rank to level 20. One of the conditions for recruiting a second hero has been reached, but it has been less than 1 month since the last time the hero was recruited, and the amount of gold required for the second recruitment is 100, and Varian has saved up more than 30 gold by saving money and not being willing to learn skills.

However, now that Varian has been able to clear all the normal dungeons that fit his level with the help of Ciel, he plans to try to attack the second elite dungeon, the Death Mine.

After choosing this quest, Varian and Ciel appeared in a narrow mine, and Varian was somewhat glad that he didn't have to find the entrance to the quest himself.

When he first started playing the game, Varian was a bit of a road idiot, whether it was playing the Wailing Caverns under the Horde or the Soyuz going to the Mines of Death, it was a pain in the way for him to find his way.

What these two dungeons have in common is that the entrance is in a certain cave, and the terrain is complicated, and it is not shown on the large map, and it is full of elite monsters, and there are some monsters that need to be killed in other forks of the cave outside the entrance.

The other new teammates were not much better than Varian, in short, they were all kinds of lost at the time, and every time they had to go around and around to find the entrance to the dungeon.

Through the quest he received, Varian learns that this Mine of Death is a projection of Edwin Van Cleeff as the big boss.

Speaking of Edwin as a person, he still has a deep connection with Stormwind.

In the original timeline, the rebuilding of Stormwind was done by Edwin and the Brotherhood of Stonemasons.

When the majestic city of Stormwind was completed, the unscrupulous nobles refused to pay them on the grounds that the war budget was overrun.

Edwin couldn't stand the fact that the nobles had the money to squander and have fun, but they had to withhold the hard-earned money of the union brothers who were waiting to support their families.

He flatly rejected the bribes of the nobles and led the members of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons to revolt. Since then, the organization of the Brotherhood of Defia was born.

However, Varian will definitely not let those nobles do whatever they want in the future, Edwin and his brotherhood of stonemasons are all talents in architecture, and Varian plans to recruit them, after all, there are still many places where they will be needed in the future.

The clanging sound of mining not far away woke Varian from his memories, and he shook his head, recruiting Edwin until he defeated the orcs and rebuilt the kingdom, and now the main task is to clear this quest first.

Varian buffed himself and Cill, and then rushed towards the Defia miners, who were ordinary monsters, and Varian wouldn't have much trouble dealing with them.

After clearing a few miners, you come across the elite monsters: Defia Overseer and Defia Spiritualist.

Overseer Defia will only attack normally, and although it has a lot of blood, it is not difficult to deal with.

Defia's spiritualists, on the other hand, are a bit of a problem, as they not only use shadow spells, but also flame-based range spells.

Varian will need to constantly dodge the flames on the ground, and be careful to use the "Hammer of Sanction" to interrupt the Spiritualist's spell casting.

However, after such a long period of dungeon training, coupled with Ciel's constant guidance, Varian's steps in battle have become much more flexible than before.

Therefore, an enemy like Defia Spiritualist is only a little trouble for Varian today, and it does not pose much of a threat.

The two quickly cleaned up the entrance of all the monsters, and Varian mined some copper and tin ore at several ore spots.

At the end of this stretch of the road, you will come to the room of the first boss of the Death Mine, the foreman Lakzo.

The foreman, Rakzo, was an ogre with a two-handed hammer in his hand, and looking at his bloated and fat figure, you knew that this guy's strength was definitely not weak.

Varian approached Laczo with his shield in hand, attracting his attention.

Beside Laquezo, there were two stealthy Defian assassins, holding daggers and quietly touching Varian's side.

However, their stealth was as conspicuous as a candle flame in the dark to Hill, who was a former Ranger General, and after two arrows, the two assassins were forced to emerge from their stealth state.

Varian leaned slightly, dodging Lakzo's heavy sledgehammer, and raised his hand to stun one of the Assassins with the "Hammer of Sanctions", before slamming his shield into the head of the other with his backhand.

Both Assassins were high-blooded, with Ciel and Varian concentrating on the one who had been smashed by the shield, and then the other, quickly killing them both one by one.

Of course, during this time, Varian had to keep an eye out for dodging Laxzo's hammer attacks and blocking the Assassins' daggers, so the main attack was still on Ciel.

Fortunately, the Hill Ranger is very nimble in dodging, and even if Varian only learns a little bit of skin, it will be enough to deal with the clumsy Lakzo.