At dawn the next day, we set off immediately. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info looked at the empty houses all the way down, and some people couldn't help but be reminded of the past.

"This reminds me of the tragic situation when the tribe invaded, and I didn't expect the werewolf threat of Gilneth to be so big. Muradin said empathetically, and although I hadn't experienced too much, he nodded approvingly. Yes, I was very glad that Muradin, seeing the look in their simple eyes, and the movement of holding the hammer tightly, it was obvious that they were desperate on behalf of Forgeum and Gilness.

But just as I was thinking, Sylvanas had a different perspective.

"At least they didn't burn the village, but only took the food and clothes from the village, and everything else seemed to be intact....it may be said that they were still fundamentally different from the barbarian orcs of that time. ”

"You mean, maybe they still have their humanity?"

The friends asked Sylvanas, who nodded.

"It may be that they had to do this because they lacked food, after all, they are Gilneth people, and they are scattered in the depths of your Lordaeron with that appearance, and naturally need to find food and supplies to make ends meet...", Sylvanas said, and everyone looked at her strangely, and she immediately became uncomfortable, and felt that she had said something wrong. "I mean we Lordaeron. ”

"Well, that makes sense," I nodded, dragging my lips. "It's true that they want to survive, or better live, and that's the only way for them, but I think they're definitely not here just to make a living. ”

"I'm more worried about their intelligence, since they know how to develop and plunder for a long time, rather than the orcs at that time, who only know how to destroy and destroy...."Gianna also voiced her concern.

"Yes, that means they're more cunning than orcs and undetectable. ”

"It could be worse..."

"How?" I couldn't help but look at Sylvanas's words, yes, as if she had fought against the undead some time ago on her calm face.

"Apparently they've been around the area, but until now, I haven't found any of them...", which means that they are as observant as we elves, and if they do, it will be difficult for us to find them. ”

"It's the same as how difficult it was for you to destroy the Animan trolls, and thousands of years have passed, and it seems that there has been no substantial progress in this task..."

"Maybe we should wipe out Arugao and Greysideburns before they create more werewolves. Otherwise, they rely on the local silver pine forests and pose a huge threat. ”

"I see. Hearing this, I made up my mind that there was more reason to exterminate Gilneis, so the first thing I did after returning to the main city was to apply to go to the front line, inform Uther of the stakes, and personally lead my troops to capture Gilneth.

And at this time, Sylvanas suddenly discovered something....

"A bunch of werewolves just ransacked a yard and were about to leave..."

"Very well, we're going to catch it alive this time. "Looking in the direction of Sylvanas, we looked, and at the limit of our field of vision, we could vaguely see several human creatures in motion. And it seems that we have also been discovered.

"The enemy also discovered us. ”

Sylvanas said, leading the cavalry among us in that direction, but the werewolves were not much slower than us, and the narrow paths made it difficult for us to pursue them, and the dense jungle made it easy for us to escape from view. This makes it very difficult for us to pursue. If we hadn't been able to follow Sylvanas, we wouldn't have been able to detect their location. Even so, we still can't get closer to the werewolves, except for Sylvanas. I can notice them, but the trees make it difficult for us to catch up with Sylvanas,

Maybe she can catch up with these werewolves, but the Ranger force is not here, and it will undoubtedly be a big risk to let her deal with those dozen alone, and for her safety, I decided to stop this operation.

But just as I was about to order my troops to abandon the pursuit, Gianna suddenly teleported to our vicinity and cast a spell on them. The sudden frost merciless smashing blow made these werewolves forced to protect their heads from ice and snow, and they were unable to escape, and we also took this opportunity to do it, and together with the troops behind, surrounded a dozen of them, crushing them in numbers, so that they could not escape.

In the face of our encirclement and suppression, they put on a position like us humans. But just when I thought they would make a last stand like beasts, the reality surprised me, because they chose to surrender and justify their actions more like ordinary people....

"Arthas, Prince of Lordaeron, and the daughter of Admiral Kul Tiras, killing us is like killing a captive, and it will not bring you true glory. ”

"But if you still think you're still a human being, then it's best to give her the honorific title 'Your Highness.'" ”

I reminded them, but Gianna didn't care about the detail and motioned for me to continue.

"They Gilnes can call me that, it's already respectful to me..."

"Well, werewolves of Gilneys, what do you have to say. ”

"Your Royal Highness, I hope you don't do anything bad to us, we haven't done anything bad since we regained our humanity. ”

"Doesn't that count?!"

I drew my sword and quickly pointed it at the empty house. And this kind of behavior made everyone unconsciously aim their weapons at these werewolves, waiting for me to announce the order to attack. They couldn't help but feel even more panicked, but they still chose to defend themselves rather than resist that senselessly.

"They're safe, they're all in the Stronghold, and we didn't hurt them. ”

"We came here just to find food and supplies. And don't want to destroy. ”

................

"Believe us, we are still human beings in the heart of humanity despite our cursed cloaks. ”

They argued, and for some reason, one of the werewolves said something that I felt a little bit about, and I decided to lower my weapon first.

"You may be right... But if you could tell me about you werewolves and this invasion of our Lordaeron, I would probably spare you. ”

"Really?"

"I swear in the name of the Light. My oath made the friends a little stunned, they really didn't expect me to do this, however, they saw that Gianna didn't say anything.After still staring at those werewolves without saying a word, everyone didn't say anything, yes, if Princess Kul Tiras was okay, then naturally they didn't have much to say.

In the same way, the werewolves knew that I was a paladin and believed me, so one of them, a werewolf with the highest qualifications and vaguely wearing some general's robes, walked two steps to me and began to tell me about their experiences.

"We Gilnesians, as I am sure you know, our country is very closed and does not like to communicate with outsiders. ”

"Yes, but that doesn't seem to be much of a problem. ”

"Originally, we all lived a peaceful life, because the seven kingdoms of our Terran formed a balance, and you Lordaeron were constrained by us and the Alterac, Riptide Castle, Kurtilas, and Dalaran Ring, forming a balance of power that completely restricted your Lordaeron expansion. But now that you've annexed Alterac and your political marriage to Stormwind and our rival Kul Tiras, we're putting pressure on our country.

"Yes, I can relate to it, but King Alterac has committed such heinous acts in two battles with orcs, and their people have voluntarily joined us in Lordaeron. "Seeing these werewolves disdain my political interpretations, I changed to the most direct way. "But in fact you are the ones who started the war! And I've heard rumors of collusion with the orcs from Dunhold. "This is simply your king's ambition to annex the entire alliance. ”

"No, although we did have the idea of uniting with the orcs who migrated to us when your father rebuked our king, the new orc chief only agreed to maintain trade with us, and did not agree to fight with us against you..."Listening to their explanations, I am very sure that he is telling the truth, but I will not admit it..."Our king just doesn't want anyone else to disturb the peace of our Gilnes. ”

"But the reality is that you have disturbed our tranquility, and even when we are in danger, tell me why, your king wants to create werewolves to attack us. ”

"Mainly because the orcs have set foot in our country, and dealing with their threat alone is tricky for us. And you, Lordaeron, are still stationed on the border and threaten us, so our king thought of this solution. ”

In the face of my questioning, the human race, who was once Gilneis, is still justifying the actions of his country. And in this regard, I can refute them with the orcs, such as their collusion with the orcs, but in fact the partners know that it is I who really 'colludes' with the orcs, and has nothing to do with Gilneth....

Just as I was hesitating to tell these lies, Sylvanas stepped forward and stood up for me.

"We're also here to prevent your alliance with the orcs..."

Sylvanas said, and the werewolves were surprised to see her and her status as a ranger general. And let them bow their heads and be silent, yes, if some elves have joined us on Lordaeron's side, what can they justify the actions of their country. Maybe there are other reasons, I thought?

"There's always a lot of surprises, aren't they. Seeing them in such a state, I reminded them once again that I didn't blame these werewolves too much because of some intersections with Sal, so I asked them directly about the things I cared about the most. "You haven't told me how you became werewolves. ”

"Our country is a peaceful place, and although there are many conflicts and grievances with Kul Tiras over resources, we are still at peace with various countries. ”

Yes, that's true from their point of view, but that's not what I want to hear, especially as I'm worried that it will affect the emotional dwarves' perception of Greysideburns and Gilneth, who obviously want to use their weakness to gain more sympathy, but it seems to me that they have gone too far. "Making a werewolf like you is almost impossible for you Gilneth, and someone must have advised your king to do that, right? ”

"That's right, shortly after the news of the orc revolt in Stratholm came out of the Orc Shelter, a strange man came to our king and said that an even more terrible plague was about to break out in that area, and that we should take this opportunity to attack Lordaeron. ”

"But even if we have a plague, it will not allow you to compete with us militarily, so we will need other methods, such as creating werewolves like you. ”

"No, he started out as an undead warrior, but this was hated by our king. Then, together with our mage Arugao, we worked out how to transform a warrior into a werewolf like us on a gnoll. ”

"So, after the development was successful, you immediately chose to attack us. ”

"In fact, this magic was developed in a matter of days, but our king still does not support the use of it against our soldiers and against you. Even though he was surrounded on all sides by then, he still didn't want to do that. ”

"Then you still launched an attack on us, can you say that your king is controlled?"

Thinking of the former Lord of Stratholme, Rivendell, I believe that Greysideburns will have a hard time resisting Melganil's power, but I still doubt that a soldier like them would know such a secret...

"Controlled?" he was a little silent in the face of such a statement, perhaps he had never thought that his king would be controlled such a thing, but after thinking about it, the werewolf seemed to realize something, and to my surprise, the result was not what I imagined, but another way. "Rather than a threat. ”

"Threat, a demon can threaten your entire kingdom?" We all laughed, yes, although Melganir is very strong, his strength is believed to be completely suppressed by me and my partner alone, "Could it be that your King Gilneth Guard is eating white rice, and his real body is still gone, are you still stupid at this time to continue to be threatened by him?" With my remark, we laughed even harder, yes, our alliance looked down on the Gilneth army in the first and second wars, and now we hear it even more so here. But the werewolves became serious and showed us ignorant disdain.

"If you knew who he really was, you wouldn't laugh. ”

"I know, a guy who can fly, unfortunately, he and his troops were just wiped out by us the other day. ”

"Perhaps, you're talking about the alien who studied werewolves with Arugao, but the person who can threaten our king is an Alterac nobleman named Presto, whose appearance directly caused our mage advisor Arugao to fall to the ground in fright, and the guy you said was killed by you, who was so frightened that he immediately showed up and immediately escaped with teleportation, and has never returned. ”

"Is that the new king of Alterac who was once elected, and it's funny that a human can actually scare you?" Sylvanas asked as a matter of course, obviously not noticing that I was also so frightened that two lines of cold sweat instantly appeared on my face, and everyone stopped smiling abruptly when they saw me doing this, and looked at me questioningly. Yes, they quickly realized that something was wrong.

"Are you afraid of him too? It seems that he is indeed a character. The werewolves smiled, but it didn't last long before Sylvanas' eyes caught them, and their tones resumed their careful narration. "He likewise 'advises' our king to use that werewolf recipe against our army, and to attack you Lordaeron... And then the war between us began.

Everyone understands what happened when they hear this, but there is still a big question in front of everyone. Sylvanas thinks I should know the answer better than the werewolves.

"Who's that guy who threatens Greysideburns?"

"It's Nesario, the king of the black dragons, or Deathwing, as we often call it... He showed up. ”

I know that if he appears, it will only mean one thing, and that is that he thinks his time has come, and that what we have done to their children in the Lessero Canyon will not let me go. I thought worriedly, and I couldn't calm down because of it.

"Alexstasza didn't show up, probably to deal with him, and since Gilneth was defeated and retreated, it obviously means that the Black Dragon lost again this time. ”

Gianna comforted me with facts, and I now realize that they might not be too bad. I hurriedly asked the werewolf about something I was most concerned about.

"Did the black dragon send troops?"

"They said they would send troops to support us in Alterac, and our king began to believe in his promise, but we never saw any sign of them, but the Red Dragon was there to help you. ”

Hearing this, my heart calmed down, yes, this shows that Gianna is right, the red dragon should completely suppress the black dragon and them, otherwise, these werewolves will not be defeated. After thinking of this, I quickly returned to my state, and re-examined with rational thinking, such as the identity of these werewolves, and the reason for their appearance here....