I felt a cold touch on my face, and just as I noticed it, the rain began to fall.

Very little rain, beautiful rain.

Kael'thas looked up at the sky, it was already the second sun rain he had seen in the Arathi Heights.

Based on the situation last time, the rain would have ended in two hours without causing any trouble to the roads.

However, when you wake up the next day, your keen eye will notice that the grass on the ground will grow taller.

[Two weeks]

It's been two weeks since the Horde stormed Fort Riptide, but the situation hasn't improved in the slightest.

Coalition forces were still stationed outside Fort Riptide, while the Horde took refuge inside the city and reshaped the walls.

The speed with which they shaped the walls was unbelievable, and within a day, the black dragons brought a large number of boulders from the mountains on either side, which were superimposed on the broken walls by the orcs.

Over the course of two weeks, the Coalition launched several attacks, but without success.

The orcs of the tribe are no worse than them, occupying a geographical advantage, and the air power directly overwhelms the alliance.

The continued fighting has made the Alliance's losses even greater.

"Hey, it's raining again!"

Kael'thas heard a grumbling voice, and he looked back and smiled:

"They say don't sleep on the grass, Oni, Catina."

Behind him, the black dragon princess was patting the grass on her body, and stood up with an unhappy face:

"It's better to sleep on the grass than in those little tents."

This black dragon princess is really not used to the small space in the tent, even if she looks like a small high elf on the outside, she still likes to lie on the grass and sleep.

A few days before this behavior began, some human men couldn't help but get up in the middle of the night to peek at her, but after the profound lesson of this black dragon, now all the men avoided her.

As a result, this black dragon, who has never been able to play, is really bored to stay, and he will lie on the grass and fall asleep in the middle of the day, and for the dragon, he may not get tired of sleeping for a long time.

The most peculiar is the Green Dragon Queen, it is estimated that she will wake up in less than a year in 10,000 years.

"But then again, you complained about the last time it rained."

Kael'thas looked at Onexia suspiciously, and asked:

"Such a light rain can't bother you, right?"

After this time, the two of them gradually got acquainted, at least the conversation was not much of a problem.

"You're not a dragon, how do you understand?"

Onexia glanced at Kael'thas and muttered:

"It's because it's a light rain that bothers me, and it feels so nasty that it sticks to my body."

The way she looked, to Kael'thas eyes, was like a child complaining that sugar was not delicious, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Then you're not going to hide?"

He said with a vague smile.

"Forget it, it's late."

Onexia shook her head:

"I'll take a shower in the evening."

She seems to have found a good place to take a shower, and has been playing missing in the evenings for the last few days.

"I want to go too, do you want to take me with you?"

Kael'thas made a joke.

But to be honest, bathing is a big problem here, and he hasn't done it in days.

For Kael'thas, who has a little cleanliness fetish, it is inevitable that there will be some complaints.

"Take you there?"

Onexia thought for a moment and nodded unexpectedly:

"If the old guy doesn't object, I don't have a problem."

"It's better to say that I just apologize to you for what happened last time."

She was mostly thinking about Mephites' problem.

But Kael'thas was stunned.

[Apologize?] 】

He recalled, and then immediately remembered why Onexia said that.

After the fall of Riptide Castle, Kael'thas was somewhat surprised to believe that the orcs were using the black dragon instead of the red dragon.

He thought of Onexia, so he asked her for help that night, to see if he could rely on her position as the black dragon princess to make those black dragons give up helping the orcs.

As a result, Onexia rejected it in one go.

According to her, the power of the black dragon clan is divided, and she, the princess, is only in name, and she actually has little power, and she doesn't know those black dragons.

What's more, Onexia had long since discovered that those black dragons had been enslaved and controlled by the orcs, and they would not listen to others.

Kael'thas was a little disappointed, but he knew that the tribe used the rituals left behind by the ancient shamans, and that there were clans among the orcs who specialized in suppressing and enslaving dragons, so he didn't talk about it anymore.

Instead, he was more curious about why that clan didn't use the red dragon now, was it because they hadn't gotten the demon soul that could control the red dragon queen?

However, Kael'thas didn't expect that Onexia would always be apologetic about it.

[She doesn't really think of me as a friend, does she? 】

Kael'thas was a little surprised, he had never heard of such a friendly side of the Black Dragon Princess.

"Okay, I'll explain to the teacher, you can take me to the shower in the evening!"

Able to clean the wind and dust for more than ten days, Kael'thas certainly will not refuse.

However, although Onexia is a dragon, Kael'thas also understands the difference between men and women, and he will not take a bath with her like this.

[When they get to the place, it's good for the two to separate. 】

He thinks so.

"Hmm."

Onexia nodded in agreement.

Kael'thas smiled, didn't say anything more to her, and turned his gaze elsewhere.

At the front of the line, which was far away from them, there was a man standing.

All this time, the human man stood there, motionless, and he called Solas. Torbain, the heir to Riptide Castle.

The first human king in Riptide Castle was the ancestor of Anduin Lothar, but after the human race split into kingdoms, his ancestors also left the land, and Riptide Castle was inherited by the Thorbain family.

The people of this family are also a family with a long history, thousands of years ago, after humans finally agreed to the elves' request and joined the battle, and finally defeated the trolls completely, and the famous family that killed the most and fiercely was called Thorbane.

Therefore, when it comes to this family, even Mephites has an impression.

At this time in history, Fort Rapidwater was still a country, but it only controlled two areas, the Arathi Heights and the island fortress of Tor Barad, and most of the country's soldiers went to battle with Lothar, and the defense of the capital was relaxed.

No one expected that the Horde would take the initiative to attack it.

Soras. After Torbain was rescued from the city, he did not express anger at Kael'thas but thanked him very much.

The human king, believing that Kael'thas had done the right thing, rescued the people of Riptide Castle.

He's a good leader, even though he now looks at Riptide every day and wants to take it. But instead of forcing the soldiers who had participated in the war at the front to rush back, and instead of transferring Tol Barad's defense personnel back, he chose to trust the Alliance.

He believes in Lothar's actions and is willing to wait here for his rescue, much to Kael'thas's chagrin.

When the news of the fall of Fort Riptide was received, Lothar also expressed his anger and announced that he would take it back as soon as possible, but the front line was tight and never really delivered.

Until now, so many days have passed, and new reinforcements are finally arriving.

Kalia left the team not long ago to meet the Alliance's reinforcements, and is expected to be back soon.

"What an amazing guy"

Kael'thas looked at it and muttered:

"What if I were in his place?"

It didn't even take much thought to get the answer.

If the High Elves' Silvermoon City fell to the hands of the aliens, Kael'thas would definitely fall into the extreme and not be so rational.

Although he has always been strong, it is actually because of the sadness that has not yet decided on his surname.

When grief outweighed his strength, Kael'thas himself didn't know what to do.

Is it the ultimate calm, or the extreme madness

It was something he was afraid to imagine

Kael'thas sighed, turned around, and walked towards his teacher's tent.

"Okay."

Mephites listened to his request, glanced at Onexia, and agreed:

"Take a breath for a while."

He said to Kael'thas .

For the past few days, Kael'thas has been in charge of managing the troops, and it's time for him to rest.

Observations from this period indicate that the orcs have no intention of actively attacking, so Mephites is not afraid of what will happen to Kael'thas after his brief departure.

Onexia had already signed a contract with Kael'thas and could not harm him.

"So, if anything happens, say I'm resting."

Kael'thas said to Mephites, "I'll be back soon." ”

After explaining everything, Kael'thas left the tent with Onexia.

He looked through the ranks of the Alliance, then analyzed the latest information, and after making sure that everything was normal, the rain just stopped.

Kael'thas stepped out of the tent and looked up at the clearer sky, where the sun was shining, but it had already set.

"Let's go."

He said to Onexia.

"Well, here, come with me."

Onexia nodded, turned and led him to the back.

"Wait."

Kael'thas involuntarily followed her for a few steps, and suddenly shouted to stop.

The Black Dragon Princess looked at him suspiciously.

"Are you going to walk?"

Kael'thas asked, frowning.

If he's not mistaken, even if you're riding a mount around, there's no place to take a shower within an hour's distance, right?

If there was, he would have found out.

So the destination should be far away, how can you go there like this?

"Of course not."

Onexia shook her head:

"It's just a matter of finding a place in the middle of nowhere."

"Avoid the crowds, so I'll take you away."

It's impossible, in front of the public, just leave.

(To be continued)