At noon, the hot sun shone through the trees on the flat road in the silver pine forest.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.

As the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, a dusty procession appeared at the end of the road on horseback.

There were less than a hundred men in this group, and they had been on the road non-stop for two days, and they had hardly rested along the way except for sleeping at night, so they all looked a little tired.

The group was none other than Varian, Lothar, and Khadgar, who had hurried to Lordaeron, along with the escort who was responsible for protecting them.

As he marched, Lothar, who was the leader, suddenly raised his arms high and pressed down, and then the whole team began to slow down.

"Huh~~~" Lothar pulled the reins hard and strangled the warhorse, and everyone behind also stopped.

He pointed to an open space not far from the side of the road and said, "It's too hot, let's go to the shade of the trees over there to rest." Eat something, drink some water, regain your strength and then continue your journey. ”

After arriving at the clearing, Lothar asked with concern, "How is it, Varian, can you still eat?" ”

"It's okay, Uncle Lothar, I can hold on."

Varian sat on the ground with his legs spread out and carefully rubbed his inner thighs, the corners of his mouth twitching at the burning pain.

Varian didn't need to look to know that after the bumps in the road, it must have been ground into a bloody blur again.

"Alas, the skill of horseback riding is not something that can be practiced in a day or two." Wari thought to himself that he didn't want to suffer this sin every time he rode a horse, but he didn't want to spend all his time practicing horseback riding.

Then Varian only has one way left, and that is to level up quickly, and after reaching level 30, he can learn to ride, and then he will be able to ride a horse or something. (Note: The earliest version of the game was to buy a normal horse at a minimum level of 40, and later TBC was lowered to a minimum of level 30 to learn riding, and then to level 20.) ）

After learning to ride, Varian's body can rise and fall naturally with the horse's running bumps, and his thighs don't have to rub against the saddle all the time, and of course, he doesn't have to wear his skin anymore.

Moreover, Varian's profession is a paladin, so he does not need to spend expensive gold coins to learn riding and buy war horses, and only needs to spend very little money to learn the professional skill of "summoning military horses".

However, he has been on the road for the past two days, and Varian doesn't have the time and energy to upgrade the dungeon, at most he will take a chance to brush up on a common book or two with Ciel at night before going to bed to hone his combat skills.

Seeing Varian sitting there uncomfortably with his legs crossed, Lothar took bread and water and handed him and said, "You have only been trained in fighting and swordsmanship before, and you have not specifically learned riding. ”

"I'll find a chance to practice riding in the future." Varian took the bread and water, and did not rush to eat it, but set it aside.

He pressed his hands to his thighs and whispered, "O merciful light, heal this wound for me......"

As Varian chanted, the Holy Light skill activated, and a soft white light flashed from his hands, covering the wound on his inner thigh.

Varian felt the warmth of the light, and the burning pain of the skin had turned into the itchy feeling of the wound healing.

While on the ship, Lothar knew that Varian and Priest Nils had been discussing how to combine the abilities of the Warrior and the Priest, and had seen the outcome of their discussions, which was actually that Varian had shown them some of the Paladin's class skills.

During each of the two days, Varian would use the Holy Light Technique to heal himself, and after seeing too much, Lothar and the others became accustomed to it.

Varian pressed his thigh lightly, feeling almost healed, and then picked up the oatmeal bread and water and began to eat and drink.

Khadgar walked over to Varian and sat down, saying, "This spell was created based on the priest's divine art, the healing technique, right?" What a great idea, Archbishop Alonsos Fao will surely appreciate you. ”

"I just want our warriors to have a better chance of winning against the orcs, after all, those ferocious guys are too strong for human soldiers to defeat an orc warrior one-on-one." Varian shrugged his shoulders and said, "As for the rest, I didn't think much of it. ”

"You've done a good job as the heir to the throne of the Stormwind Kingdom, Varian." Lothar on the side said to him approvingly. Lothar was pleased that Varian was able to see the gap between humans and orcs and took the initiative to reduce and eliminate the gap.

Khadgar also smiled and said, "I think His Highness Varian will definitely become a good king in the future." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Khadgar." Varian was a little embarrassed, he was just trying to give his paladin class a reasonable reason to appear.

After a few bites of bread, Varian asked, "Mr. Khadgar, where are we now?" How far is it from Lordaeron Kings? ”

Varian's thighs heal quickly after being treated with the Holy Light, but the new skin that has just grown is more delicate, so it is more susceptible to bruising.

Varian gritted his teeth and persisted, hoping that they would be able to reach the royal city of Lordaeron sooner.

Because of playing games in his previous life, Varian was familiar with the map with Azeroth, but in the game, it didn't take long to get around on a mount. Farther afield, you can take an airship, a sailboat, or a portal to other continents, so Varian hasn't yet developed a proper understanding of the relationship between distance on the map and the time it takes to get there.

"We have just crossed the plains of Hillsbrad this morning and reached the realm of the Silverpine Forest, and now we have entered the territory of the Kingdom of Gilneis."

Khadgar thought for a moment and continued, "We're probably almost halfway there, and it's estimated that we'll be in Lordaeron in about three or four days. ”

"So where are we going to rest tonight?" Lothar asked.

"If you go down this road all the way west, you'll pass a small village called Burning Wood Village, where we can spend the night tonight."

Khadgar is from Dalaran, and the location of the Magic Kingdom is in the northeast of the Silver Pine Forest and the northwest of the Hillsbrad Hills, so Khadgar knows a lot about the geography of the area.