Chapter 411: A Storm in the Shadows
Nomi's exquisite cooking skills have given her an extra "follower" - but Valera is also helpless, after all, in the vast grasslands of Hinterland, there is nothing she can do without following Nomi. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Valella is just to leave Quel'Thalas, as long as she doesn't see her rigid brother, she feels like it's almost the same everywhere!
It's also interesting to say, by Valera's side, Nomi's cooking skills are growing rapidly, and in this case, Nomi even wondered if he had taken this stalker with him after walking out of this grassland - although in Nova's opinion, Valera's combat experience is lacking and her combat effectiveness is miserable, but after all, her talent is good, and it seems that she also has the buff of "speeding up the cooking learning of teammates", and it is not bad to take it with you.
Just as the two men were walking and stopping, all the way south, in the shadows, a new storm began.
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In the night, Gilneth was lifeless.
King Jean and his elite troops rushed back to Gilneth overnight, only to find that the entire city was almost shrouded in darkness.
The victories in the Tirisfards and Silverpine Forests had not brought much joy to the old king, who had not been happy for the two years, and at this moment he looked at Gilneth in the darkness and listened to the mournful trumpets of the whole city, and his whole body trembled.
"Gray Sideburns Legion, start a wolf hunt." Jean closed his eyes, "If necessary, you can do it to death - your own safety is the first priority." ”
The knights of the Grey Sideburns drew their daggers, loaded their bullets, and scattered in small groups of three through the streets.
Jean, on the other hand, went straight to his palace.
In the prince's room, Liam was lying in pain on his bed.
Prince Liam's fiancée, Gilneth Rose Rona Crolley, is sitting on the edge of the bed, holding Liam's hand.
"Hold back, my dear—you must hold back, you can't lose your mind!"
Liam nodded diligently, but the veins in his neck and forehead were already bursting out, and it was clear that the prince had done his best!
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Jean came to the bed, looking at his son in pain on the bed, Jean jumped like thunder.
"Who did it? Damn it! Who is it?! ”
No one responded to Jean, and Rhona still held Liam's hand, comforting him gently, while Liam continued to grit her teeth and hold on.
Minutes ticked by.
As the night slowly passed, an exhausted Liam finally fell asleep, and Rhona and Jean left the room.
"Lorna, tell me, who did this? How dare you do this to Liam, I'm going to screw his head off. ”
"It's you! My Majesty Jean! Rhona glared at Jean fiercely, although she was talking about you, but there was no trace of respect in her tone, "Werewolves have been wreaking havoc in Gilneth for two years!" If you hadn't taken all the elite with you, how would Liam have to do it himself? If it weren't for the heavier taxes you collected, how could a civilian be bitten by a werewolf on their own initiative? ”
A series of rhetorical questions made Jean speechless, and the notoriously hot-tempered King Gilneth was speechless at this time.
Jean had nothing to say.
Unlike the Forsaken, who were bent on defense, Jean felt something when the Scarlet Northern Expedition left two years ago.
After much probing, a year ago, Jean was determined to seize the opportunity and annex the Tirisfal Glades and the Silverpine Forests in one fell swoop.
As a result, Gilness's taxes began to increase.
At the same time, werewolves began to appear in Gilneth - these guys, who were usually human, but turned into wolves at night, appeared inexplicably.
After returning from the Battle of Keldaron, Prince Liam, who was in charge of the defense of the homeland, took this very seriously, but because the troops were brought to the front by Jean, Gilney was actually very empty, so it was difficult for the werewolves to be contained.
Liam also tried to send a letter to Jean asking for help, but Jean, who was in a hurry to advance the line, had no intention of caring about the werewolf.
"It's just a bunch of brutes, you can solve it casually, dear Liam, hold on for a while, and wait until I return with victory!"
There was something interesting about Jean's letter, but it was bitter for Liam.
In this case, the clever Liam mobilized the power of the people of Gilneth and launched a wolf hunt, encouraging every adult man to enter the Black Forest during the day to eliminate werewolves, and rewarding exterminators according to the corpses of werewolves.
Under Liam's control, the werewolf's movements were contained.
But not so long ago, Jean launched the "Spring Offensive" and began a rapid advance.
Years of fighting have left Gilneys's treasury extremely empty, with a massive military deficit, no reward for wolf hunting, and the innocent who have been bitten can only wail in pain in their own homes, and the country's finances are stretched.
Eventually, Gene, who was bent on expanding his territory, signed the order to raise the tax himself, despite the dissuasion of Liam and Darius Crowley.
And King Jean, fearing that he would not be able to collect his taxes, even sent a team of soldiers back to supervise it himself—you know, even at the height of the werewolf rage, Jean did not send a single soldier!
Gilnes, who had just recovered a little bit thanks to Liam's efforts, was once again on the verge of collapse.
Three months of high taxes have caused the people of Gilneth to complain, but Jean, blinded by ambition, has no intention of stopping.
On May 30, the last night before the arrival of summer, the civilians of Gilneth entered the Black Forest in droves, transforming themselves into werewolves.
This is the most famous "Black Forest Night" in the history of Gilneth.
If the previous werewolves were all outsiders sneaking into Gilneth in an attempt to disrupt Gilness's fine work, then after the night in the Black Forest, most of the werewolves were innocent Gilnes people.
Liam didn't know how he should face these people at this time, after all, if there was a glimmer of hope, no one was willing to give up his human identity!
But if you let it go regardless of it, then Gilneth is really finished!
Liam fell ill under the blow - but even so, he needed to hold his short sword and continue to defend his country!
Finally, during a fight, Liam was bitten.
And now, in the face of a seriously ill son and a country riddled with devastation, Jean, who has pursued a policy of isolation all his life, feels the deepest exhaustion.
I used to think that the high wall could block everything, but ironically, now the change has appeared inside the high wall.