The soft sunlight shines on the emerald green meadows, and the hills are particularly beautiful under the sunset, and the lush woods and singing cuckoos add to the tranquility.

Palm forests are always full of dangers, and maybe in one of the casual grasses in the woods, a black bear will suddenly pounce out.

Locke rode slowly through the Hillsbrad Hills on a gray-brown horse, his silver-white skeletal armor swaying with Locke's undulations, and the Destroyer of Worlds on his back reflected a pale red glow in the setting sun.

He didn't go with the soldiers of Fort Riptide, and after giving them instructions to train in Southsea and then wait for his orders, Locke headed for Lordaeron, the southern hub city of Tarunmere.

Tarun Mill is the transportation hub of Lordaeron in the south, where the goods transported by the town of the South Sea to Lordaeron are sorted out and imported into the territory of Northern Lordaeron, and all the materials in the territory of Northern Lordaeron are sent to ships and sold to the kingdom of Stormwind in the far south.

The scenery is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, and the high yield of agriculture has kept the food in the city very low. Therefore, it has also attracted a lot of foreign residents.

This is also the purpose of Locke's trip, his goal is to go to the Alterac Mountains, so it is necessary to buy food and clothing in Talenmere, after all, it is not a wise choice to go to the Great Snow Mountains without the slightest preparation.

There was a commotion ahead for Locke to understand that Tarenmere had arrived, and he looked up to see that in the setting sun, Talenmere seemed to be dyed with a golden coat, and the smoke rose from the chimneys of the pale red houses, and the rich smiles on the farmers' faces on the golden fields showed that the city was extremely wealthy.

"But this will soon become the land of the dead." Locke muttered softly, and he looked ahead carefully, and on the smooth path, a caravan was moving slowly, filled with goods peculiar to the South.

Locke crossed the caravan on horseback, and then ran into the hotel of Talummere, where he now wanted nothing more than to sleep to his heart's content, and had been very sleepy from a long day's travel.

The clatter of horses' hooves pleased Locke, but soon the road ahead of Locke was blocked.

"Oh my God, who did this?"

"It's a dark shadow! Maybe it's really revenge. ”

Locke fixed his eyes and saw that in front of him, there was a dense crowd of people. In the middle of the street, several carriages were parked, and there was a man lying in the middle of the road.

The man's clothes were red with blood, his face was full of terror, and there was a large hole in his stomach. Soaked in blood, next to this person, a middle-aged woman was sitting on the floor crying, wailing frantically: "Master, why did you die in this place." ”

"Damn nobles, damn ......"

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, Locke jumped off his horse and asked the passerby around him casually, the pedestrian shook his head slightly, lowered his voice and said, "This is the fifth murder in Talenmir. ”

"In the past few days, murders have been soaring, and they are basically targeting two targets: outsiders and businessmen."

"I heard that the person behind it is a nobleman."

Locke frowned slightly, and he reluctantly laughed: "Impossible, how could a nobleman do such a thing." ”

When he heard this, a mysterious smile appeared on the pedestrian's face: "Who knows, the matter between the nobles." ”

"But I've heard that the name of this assassination organization seems to be called the Syndicate."

Locke coughed, and his mind suddenly recalled the name of this organization, an organization established by the nobles of the former kingdom of Alterac to assassinate all kinds of people. At first, they wanted to restore the country, but soon they were transformed from a purely political organization into an assassination organization.

However, judging from the information that Locke obtained in later generations, the driving force behind the syndicate is actually a black dragon.

"It's unfortunate, and I really hope it doesn't happen in Tarummir in the future." Locke rolled over his horse and said to the pedestrian beside him, "Good luck." ”

"Good luck."

As Locke rode towards the hotel on horseback, the guards took the corpse behind him, and a fierce clash erupted, which was directly ignited by Talummere's long-standing uneasiness.

But it has nothing to do with Locke.

Locke soon discovers Talenmere's Bar, with decks carved out of wood hanging from the door with the words Read.

Honey with a stove.

As soon as he entered the house, Locke was surprised by the situation inside, knowing that Talenmere was at least a commercial city, and there were many merchants coming and going, but there was no one in this hotel.

A blonde girl sat at the counter, wiped the plate in her hand with a handkerchief, and asked without raising her head, "Do you need to stay in a hotel or eat?" ”

Locke smiled awkwardly, and then found a seat: "Eat, stay in the hotel." ”

The blonde girl nodded, and then she raised her head and put the plate on the table, "Talemmir has not been quiet lately, and many merchants from other towns have been living in the wilderness for another night, and they are not willing to stay in Talemmir's hotel for the night. ”

"A herb baked egg, a spicy wolf meat." Locke said as he surveyed the room.

It was a spacious cottage, a wooden house that was very bright by the lights, and the tables in the hall showed that business was very prosperous not so long ago.

"Because you have a murder here, there are no businessmen coming to your hotel?" Locke asked with a smile.

After the blonde girl gave orders to the kitchen, she went to Locke's side, and then said cautiously: "The murder is just a small murder, the soldier captain of Tarummere has begun to investigate, and my hotel is absolutely safe." ”

"Homicide?" Locke frowned slightly, could it be that before the outbreak of the natural disaster, Lordaeron was already facing the eve of decay?

In his previous life, he did not come to Talenmir at this point in time, but came here in a hurry a few months later.

"The Syndicate did it." After the proprietress took a bite, she looked at the ceiling and said coldly, "I will let all those rats taste great." ”

"Lordaeron's army has been dispatched, and it is believed that it will not be long before the rebellion of Alterac will break out, and at that time, take the opportunity to deal with those nobles who do not open their eyes."

Locke almost choked on the tea in his mouth, and his heart suddenly moved, and he asked the blonde girl beside him, "By the way, how much do you know about that syndicate and Alterac." ”