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The lord didn't even give his new realm a name - despite the tax money, he was able to continue spending a lot of money in the high society of Stormwind. [Ran^Text^Library] []

So the vendors and farmers gave it a new name, Sentinel Ridge, and thanked the sentinels, otherwise it would sooner or later become a playground for gangsters and gangsters to extort hygiene.

……

Malone stood in front of the watchtower at Sentinel Ridge - a watchtower that looked old but still sturdy.

Huge white stones formed the body of the watchtower, and between the stones were white intersperses - the glue of glutinous rice pulp, lime and sand, so that the fortress could not be inserted between the stones1 with the sharpest knives.

Marlon didn't know the exact process, but in his eyes, it was impossible for the orcs who lacked heavy siege equipment to capture one of these watchtowers in just two or three days.

Marlon walked to the entrance of the watchtower, checked the surrounding situation, and did not dare to let go of any clues; Eventually, after a few minutes, he came to the conclusion that there had been no fighting here.

Just as Malone was about to enter the watchtower to take another look, Robin quickly ran over from the south side of Sentinel Ridge and stopped in front of him, panting.

"We looked around a lot, and there was not a single living person, but there were no bodies; But...... There are traces of being slashed by a huge axe blade on the door panels of some houses, which should be those orcs. ”

Robin breathed a sigh of relief and spoke quickly.

"The orcs have taken the inhabitants of this place?"

Ma Long's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's not like ...... There were some leftovers in the houses, and some of them were a little messy, as if the inhabitants had left in a hurry; If it was taken by orcs...... There will not be no corpses and blood left behind. ”

Robin shook his head and said.

Marlon finally breathed a sigh of relief - although the orcs had visited this human settlement, they had not been able to harm the people here; This is perhaps the most exciting news Malone has heard in the past week.

But then, Malone fell into deep doubts - where did the residents of Sentinel Ridge go?

According to Robin, the inhabitants of Sentinel Ridge must have been hiding from the orcs - otherwise they wouldn't have left their homes in a hurry.

But where can these residents go? And...... Did they evade the orcs? If unfortunate...... They will most likely encounter orcs elsewhere.

"Sir Lothar! …… In a warehouse over there, a large amount of gold coins were found. ”

Paul trotted over from a distance and said to Malone and Robin.

"Gold coins? …… Let's go up and have a look. ”

Marlon smiled bitterly - in such a situation, I don't know what the use of gold coins is; Not wanting to stay here and speculate, he planned to go to this watchtower to find out.

Entering the gate of the watchtower, there is a corridor; A spiral staircase leading to the upper level of the watchtower clings to the walls, and on either side of the corridor are two large rooms stacked with wooden beds for the sentries who are guarding the tower.

Walking up the spiral staircase, between the top and bottom floors of the watchtower, is a spacious office; On one of the desks inside, all kinds of texts were scattered everywhere.

Malone walked to the desk, while Paul and Robin crouched in the room, and they all looked at the Wen Jiàn on the drinking desk on the floor, hoping to find any clues.

"The orcs have been to Sentinel Ridge, but not here; There are no footprints of them. ”

Robin reported to Malone as he looked at it.

"The people here are really rich...... Look, this is the best papyrus, so white! ”

Compared with Robin, Paul's attention was focused on some inconsequential things - of course, he was right, relying on the high commercial taxes paid by the merchants, and some gray income such as conventional commissions, the garrison of Sentinel Ridge was indeed not paid much more than the military salary, but the Xiquan garrison was much more comfortable than the jackals.

"Sir Lothar! Look at this! ”

Robin suddenly shouted loudly, then picked up a piece of paper from the ground and hurried over to Marlon; Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Paul smiled wryly, and leaned over to see what Robin had discovered.

"Orc...... Invade...... Stormwind...... Sink...... Fall...... Fall back...... ...... of Yuexi Town"

Malone took the letterhead from Robin's hand, unfolded it, and read it aloud.

I don't know if it was because of the dampness, or if someone had spilled water on the floor, but in short, the ink on the papyrus had been soaked, and Malone could only deduce what the vague letters meant.

"Mooncreek Town! That's right, it seems that the residents of Sentinel Ridge got the news of the orc invasion of Stormwind and retreated to Moonstream. ”

Robin spoke immediately.

"It makes sense - there are gold coins left in the town, but no weapons or armor left - the inhabitants must have been escorted further south by the soldiers here; In order to be fully prepared for battle, the soldiers took away all their weapons reserves. ”

Paul also spoke his mind.

"Probably yes, but...... You two take a look at the last word...... What exactly is being said? ”

Malone nodded, but didn't stretch his eyebrows; He sent the letter to Robin and showed him the end of the letter.

The words there were vague, and only a few outlines could be faintly seen; Malone's mastery of written lingua franca was inherited from the incomplete memories of the body's original owner, and even the "arcane language" could not help him—it was a word he had no memory of.

"I don't know ......"

Robin shook his head and handed the letterhead to Paul—an orphan who had grown up on a remote farm, had little education, and had little memory of the word.

"I think I've seen ...... somewhere"

Paul took the letterhead and looked at it—he was from Stormwind, had a little money in his family, had a governess as a child, had a good education, and had read a few books—and he had the impression that the term had been mentioned in some book on geography.

"What is it?"

Malone asked.

"I want to think about it...... That's right, goblins! It's a goblin! That's right, that's the word, goblins! A bunch of dwarfs living further south! ”

Paul pondered for a long time, and suddenly tapped the door of his head and said loudly.

"Goblins?"

Marlon asked in astonishment, but the expression on his face became gloomy - what does this matter have to do with the goblins?

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