Chapter 0397: Vanessa Van Cleef (1)
Grian? Stallman had been wrestling with what was brewing in this part of the Wild West for some time...... Especially three days ago, when he saw with his own eyes that great stonemason engineer, founder of Stormwind, and former leader of the Brotherhood of Defia, Edwin? Van Cleef's daughter, his anxiety became even worse!
He will never forget the terrible little girl in a tight black leather coat, with short black hair and hiding her face behind a red scarf, especially the terrible look in the other party......
That Vanessa? Van Cleef looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was vicious and ruthless, and a blade enchanted with the power of evil shadows instantly killed more than a dozen of the militia of Yuexi Town who injured him...... In the end, he was able to calmly escape from the hands of an old paladin, which made him feel very troubled and worried!
If the other party is allowed to roam this western wilderness, she will definitely be a great enemy of the Stormwind Kingdom in the future, just like her father Edwin? Van Cleef like that!
Even...... It's even more terrifying......
Because, the New Defia Brotherhood, which has been resurrected by the hands of that little girl, has become more and more seriously threatening the lives and property of the people of the Western Wilderness! Especially the slogan of 'kill the nobles, divide the land, pay less taxes' put forward by the other party, which made Grian's heart palpitate when he thought about it!
As a veteran who has been on the battlefield and has been in contact with many people's livelihood matters, Grian? Stallman certainly knew the general power of this slogan and the serious damage it could do if the Brotherhood of Defia were allowed to continue like this!
Remembering the horrific effects of these words and the recent discoveries, there is now ample evidence that more and more refugees and townspeople have been bankrupt by the heavy taxes of the kingdom's wars, as well as a small number of low-level peasants and small farmers who are in frequent contact with the members of the New Defian Brotherhood.
In the past two days, as more and more information piled up on his desk, he almost often couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, and even occasionally woke up in his sleep at night by the wind and grass outside the window!
To know, he Grian? Stallman is also a man with estates and lands here in the Western Wilderness, and there are many, many of them......
So, without much thought, he Grian knew that he must be the exploiting class that needs to be eliminated in the slogan of the New Defia Brotherhood and the object of the divided land, and he must not be wrong.
In short, whether it's for the peace and stability of the Western Wilderness, or for the prosperity and harmony of the Stormwind Kingdom, or for the sake of Tarrian? Stallman himself is not going to be inexplicably cut off in his sleep and robbed of his inheritance, he must give the thugs of the New Defian Brotherhood a good look!
And Grian, who knew that the power of the individual was too thin in front of the organized Defia Brotherhood and in the face of the thugs whose numbers were already getting larger and larger, resolutely decided: Together with the townspeople, merchants, and big farmers in Yuexi Town, they would form a Western Wilderness People's Army to defend their Western Wilderness, their homes, and their property!
So, since meeting that Vanessa three days ago and losing his army, I've been thinking twice, Grian? Stallman finally decided: to gather the industrialists and kulaks of the Western Wilderness, as well as those who were unwilling to join the Defia Brotherhood, to expand the militia of Mooncreek Town, which originally consisted of only a few dozen people!
This time, he will directly arm and train them into the Western People's Army, which numbered about two thousand or so, as a way to protect and maintain the security of this important granary of the Stormwind Kingdom and the increasingly obvious threat to the New Difia Brotherhood!
Of course, although he Grian? Stallman is a powerful old paladin and a modest nobleman in the Stormwind Kingdom, but ...... The formation of an army at will, even if it is just a local militia organization, is certainly not something that can be built and established.
Because, even if it is only a militia force, it is a large-scale army of serious people, not the escort of some merchants, nor the armed forces of private thugs.
If they come around at will without going through the report of the Stormwind Kingdom, maybe, before they can train to fight against the Brotherhood of Defia, the few regular troops left in Stormwind City will probably kill him first? Stallman was exterminated as a rebel!
It is precisely because of this consideration that on the day when the Western Wilderness People's Army is about to be formed, he Grian? Stallman specially invited the temporary mayor of Mooncreek and the administrative executive of the Western Wilderness, a veteran nobleman who had only recently been transferred to supervise the grain tax collection work in the Stormwind Kingdom Council.
Now, when the Stormwind Kingdom is using troops in the Outer Regions and the Flame Alliance in the north, they are fighting on two fronts, and they still attach great importance to logistics work! Therefore, a noble councilor was sent to this month, Creek Town, to oversee the payment of grain taxes and work to pacify the western wilderness.
After all, in the entire territory of Stormwind Kingdom, except for a small number of farms in the Elwyn Forest that produce food, only the Western Wilderness has the most farms and mines here!
It can be said that here in the west, it is indeed an important area to maintain the finances of the Stormwind Kingdom! This is also the fundamental reason why the Stormwind Kingdom wants to continue to maintain stability here, and is reluctant to go out of their way to clean up this place before the Brotherhood of Defia really causes a big mess.
"Grian Knight......
"Look, the warriors you've recruited are now in place...... And later, I may have some important things, plus ...... I saw that the girls were already waiting a little impatiently, and it was not good for the garlands in their hands to be left for a long time, so ...... Are we ready to start the ceremony? ”
Duke Leskova took a few deep breaths, and after looking at the old paladin beside him who was wearing a gray-white unmarked plate armor and carrying a standard war hammer of the Silver Hand Knights behind him, he urged the old guy beside him a little complainingly.
Originally, he didn't want to take care of such a thing as forming a militia, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, after all, he was only here to supervise the grain tax, and other things that didn't have oil and water had nothing to do with him! And, when the war in the Outlands or the North is over, he can roll up and return to Stormwind to continue his life as a drunken councillor, and no longer have to worry about the toil of the remote region of the Western Wilderness.
However, because someone specially reminded him before: it was said that it was above the Storm Kingdom, and he hoped that Yuexi Town could maintain stability here in a self-sufficient manner...... And now, there happens to be such a veteran who is willing to take on this thankless and unpopular, so, of course, he can't ask for it!
Anyway, he himself will definitely not donate money, nor can he donate food, in fact, he will not give anything except to say a few words on the spot!
This Grian, whether he pays for it himself, or lets the merchants or farmers in Yuexi Town share it evenly, don't come to him anyway! He was only responsible for making two sentences today, announcing the legitimacy of the Western People's Army and writing a report to the Royal Assembly, and the rest was nothing for him to do.
"Hmm......"
Grian? Stallman did not reply immediately, but first looked around the barracks in this review hall, where only a few representatives of farmers and big merchants, or their families, watched and witnessed, except for himself and the Duke of Leskova and dozens of elite guards.
In addition to this, in the ranks of the townspeople's representatives, there were two large blonde girls with garlands in their hands, which were to be presented to the Duke of Leskova, who was going to speak, and was part of the ceremony, and those two men he knew were also known by Grian, and indeed an old nobleman he knew, and the family of the great farmer, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be members of the Defia brotherhood.
Therefore, he felt that there seemed to be no problem with the security work of today's ceremony, with his own presence, as well as so many soldiers on the periphery and the guards of the Duke, those people from the Brotherhood of Defia should not be able to blend in, let alone get into the place where they took the oath.
"Okay...... Lord Duke, you are now ready to speak! ”
Nodding his head, and seeing that nothing was wrong around him, Grian reluctantly agreed to the great nobleman from Stormwind City's proposal to start the ceremony early.
Originally, Grian himself was reluctant to perform such a meaningless ceremony, and according to his own wishes, he only needed to get the authorization document of the kingdom.
However, in order to show his presence with the Stormwind Kingdom, the Duke also needed to let most of the merchants, mine owners, and farmers know about the legitimate existence of their Western People's Army, so as to facilitate the future raising of funds, grain and grass, etc., so he finally reluctantly agreed to this matter.
But somehow, Gree was still a little worried, he was afraid that the New Difia Brotherhood would send someone to make trouble here, so he glanced at all possible suspicious elements in the venue several times......
"Hey! Griman Knight...... Those two beautiful ladies over there seem to be two sisters? Do you know them, don't you know...... Can you tell me about it later? ”
Duke Leskova had long noticed the two women over there who were wearing silk robes, holding garlands of flowers, with long blond hair hanging down their shoulders, and a soft and white complexion! They looked young, only eighteen to twenty years old, and ...... It seems that they still look alike, it should be two sisters?
“……”
"Lord Duke, those two are also from noble families, and they are also one of the largest landowners here in the Western Wilderness...... So, sorry, I can't really help you......"
Of course, Grian understands the meaning of this old lewd nobleman, this duke, after coming to Yuexi Town, has been thinking about those dirty things all day long! The other party is either messing around with those parties and living those arrogant and lascivious lives, or he is messing around with flowers and grass and ignoring political affairs, and he is not the same person as a veteran! Therefore, he directly rejected the other party's request and was unwilling to involve too much with this kind of person.
"Oh? You don't seem to be quite willing? Forget it...... I'll ask myself later! ”
With that, the Duke of Leskova smiled proudly and walked generously to the high platform in front of him, which was improvised from wood.
“……”
At the same time, after seeing that the Duke had already stood on the wooden platform, the two blonde beauties holding garlands finally breathed a sigh of relief, and greeted them with a smile as soon as possible.
They need to present the Lord with the wreath they have woven in advance, and then the Lord will speak and announce the decision of the Kingdom! By the time the speeches were over and the call-up warriors shouted a few more slogans, it would be almost time for today's simple ceremony to end.
"This beautiful lady, I don't know...... Can I get the names of both of you? ”
When one of the older mature beauties put a garland around the Duke of Leskova and took two steps back, the little beauty, who was two years younger, but had a more delicate and beautiful face, walked towards Leskova, and he couldn't wait for a long time, so he asked with a smile.
Although this behavior is rude and not in line with etiquette, Leskova believes that with his duke title, he believes that no one dares to gossip! Moreover, dealing with such a woman from a small aristocratic family, even on such an occasion, should not be a big problem.
"Lord Duke...... Please keep your head down, you're too tall for me to reach ......"
The little blonde beauty didn't seem to be willing to tell her name, and she seemed to be a little afraid of this strange old man with squinting eyes, so her voice sounded a little timid.
If she could have reached the other party, she might have put the garland on and run away!
However, the other party is much taller than her, and there is no way for her to successfully put her wreath on the other party when she is standing up straight...... And now, her sister's task has been completed, and only she is left with the duke's troubles, making her seem to be very wronged.
"If you don't tell me your name, then I will resolutely not bow my head!"
Looking at each other with a smile, bullying and molesting this little beauty who is not deeply involved in the world, it makes Leskova feel very accomplished! He has already thought about it, and when he knows the other party's name, in a day or two, he will hurry up and hold a grand dinner dance, and then give the other party an invitation, of course, he must also include the more mature beauty sister behind the other party.
And then, as long as they are invited to his home, at that time, are they not left to do whatever they want?
Huh-huh......
As soon as he remembered something wonderful, Leskova couldn't help but smile and rub his specially trimmed chin and beard.
"Ahem! Your Excellency, it's not too early......"
Grian, standing behind the high platform? Stallman, the soon-to-be commander of the Western People's Army, couldn't help but cough twice in a low voice and whispered a reminder to a certain duke when he saw that the shameless old fellow above had openly flirted with the blonde girl on the high platform, ignoring the ritual procedures, and looking like he was almost going to scare the other party into tears.
“……”
"How's that, my lady...... As long as you tell me your name, I will bow my head and never embarrass you! This small request shouldn't be too much, right? ”
After turning her head slightly, glancing at the old paladin behind her out of the corner of her eye, Leskova continued to ask the little girl softly.
Whether it's a paladin or a Western People's Army, it's not something that Duke Lescova wants to care about! Now he just wants to find out the names of this little girl and her sister, as for whether other people have any opinions, what does it matter to him?
Taleskova is the Duke of Stormwind, a Congressman of Stormwind and an Archon of the Wild West, what is he going to do, and where does he need to look at the faces of these untouchables? He is powerful and powerful, and now he is so willful, what can they do with him?!
"Lord Duke, please don't do this...... Everyone...... Everybody's watching us......"
The little girl holding the Merry wreath became neither advancing nor retreating, and could only bite her lip with her white teeth aggrievedly, with a little tear in her eyes, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
"It's okay, let's say our whispers, just let them watch it, rest assured, they won't and don't dare to have opinions?"
"Well, beautiful lady, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want to know your name...... Then, your mission is complete! And I, too, can continue my speech...... You see, everyone seems to be a little impatient to wait, and you don't want to be blamed by so many people, right? ”
Duke Leskova, who swore not to give up until he reached his goal, still persecuted the other party in a soft tone without slowness or urgency, he had a way to deal with this kind of little girl!
It is feasible to use his status and power to do reasonable coercion, and he believes that the other party will definitely give in.
"That'...... Okay, okay......"
"Lord Duke...... You, you put your head down first...... When I put a garland on you, I will tell you in your ear secretly......"
Finally, when the tears in her eyes were almost about to fall, in the worried eyes of her sister behind her, this little girl, who was only about eighteen years old, finally compromised under the pressure of Duke Leskova.
She had to nod her head in shame and reluctantly agreed to the other party's rude request.
"Of course! You can't play tricks on me, my lady! ”
Seeing that his goal had been successfully achieved, Leskova quickly squinted with a smile and leaned over with his head bowed towards the other party.
And then...... Sure enough, he felt the other party's white and slender arm holding the beautiful wreath and gently placing it on his neck. At the same time, the other party's cheeks, which exuded a charming fragrance, carefully took this opportunity to come to his ear, and whispered in a slight voice like a murmur between lovers:
"The ...... behind me She's my older sister...... Her name is Lana......"
The little girl's voice sounded soft, and when he heard Leskova's ears, he felt like his heart was about to melt, if it weren't for the fact that this place was not in full view of everyone, and it was not easy to do some rude things, I am afraid that he would have to reach out and hug the other party directly, and play with it fiercely!
Of course, he believed that it would be achievable, and it wouldn't make him wait too long.
Wait for the day after tomorrow......
No, just wait until tomorrow! On the next night, he will hold a grand party, and invite the two sisters to come, and then find some foil guys, and then he will definitely achieve his purpose, he believes, it will be possible!
"And my own name ......"
"It's actually called ...... Vanessa ...... Van Cleef......"
When the word gently penetrated into Duke Leskova's ears, in an instant, before he could react, he only felt a pain in his neck, and then the whole world spun......
“!!”
“??”
At this point, whether it's Grian? Stallman, or the guards of the surrounding Duke of Leskova, or the people around to watch the ceremony and the recruited warriors lined up in front of the venue, were all shocked to see that the little girl who had to succumb to the duke's obscenity and was about to tell the other party her name had come out of nowhere, and then directly cut off the head of the Duke of Leskova who had brought his head in front of her and was going to listen to some whispers!
"Yes...... There are assassins!! ”
"Murder! Run!! ”
Finally, I don't know who shouted in panic first, and then the panicked emotions exploded from the ranks of the ordinary people who were onlookers, and they all screamed and began to turn around and run!
"Hahaha......"
Then, the headless corpse with two beautiful colored garlands, after barely standing and shaking twice, sprayed thin red blood, and directly convulsed and fell crookedly on the high wooden podium......
And the little girl who had done it, at this time, grabbed the head of the Duke of Leskova, which had not yet landed, and still had a look of surprise and incomprehension, and stood on the high platform and laughed loudly.
"Quick...... Give me...... Catch them!! ”
Although I don't know why those two little girls suddenly killed Duke Leskova directly, and the methods were so cruel and clean, everyone was caught off guard! However, Grian knows that it will not be wrong to catch the other party first now, otherwise, he may be in big trouble for himself!
A noble Duke of the Stormwind Kingdom was successfully assassinated and his head was cut off right under his nose, and this incident will probably be a stain on his life! If he can't catch the assassin, then he shouldn't be happy!
"Hurry up! Surround them and catch them alive! ”
"The others spread out and watched around to prevent them from having any of their comrades come to answer! Those guys running around over there, block to stop them, no one is allowed to leave without permission today!! ”
Under the anger, Grian was like a lion that was completely enraged, directly bursting out with the powerful golden holy light of his body, and grabbed his war hammer, with a fierce and hideous expression, with his subordinates and the guards of the angry duke who reacted, directly surrounded this place, which was originally a lectern but now became a duke's guillotine!
"Say...... You guys...... Why!? ”
With grief and indignation and a hint of trembling and incomprehension, Grian's eyes widened, and he raised his head and shouted at the two little girls on the stage who had assassinated the Duke.
What he didn't understand was: the other party was obviously the family members of the two nobles of the Storm Kingdom Kingdom, whether it was in the Storm Kingdom or here in the Western Wilderness, they were all characters with heads and faces, why would they do such an outrageous thing?!
"Hahaha!!"
"Stormwind lackeys, and you, Grian? Stallman! You can take a good look now, who am I!? ”
A sentence that seems to make Grian? Stallman felt a little familiar with the words, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he shouted out from the mouth of the hideous little girl who was clutching the Duke's dead head.
Then, after the little girl laughed proudly, the other party's body began to twist and change?
Then soon, the other party was in full view, from the original blonde girl with blue eyes, distorted into a little girl with short black hair and black pupils, and only about fifteen or sixteen years old. Moreover, her countenance ...... It also became more cold and hideous...... Of course, there must be a sense of pride after the plan succeeds.
"Are you...... Vanessa? Van Cleef......"
Finally, Grian, who remembered something? Stallman lamented that if that was the case, it would all make sense.
He had been worried that the New Difia Brotherhood would come to make trouble, and for this reason, he also deliberately strengthened security and patrols, as well as the number of guards standing guard!
But what he never expected was that the other party didn't sneak in in with a stealth posture, nor did he trigger the precious magic items that he specially prepared to detect the thieves' stealth around, but instead blatantly transformed into someone else's appearance, and stood in front of Duke Leskova so generously, and easily cut off the head that was sent to the door?!
"Sister Vanessa! The effect of my compound decoction is also about to fail, let's hurry up, I'm afraid that I may not be able to bear the pain later, and something will go wrong! ”
Unlike Vanessa, who has been triple-trained as a thief, ranger, and shadow priest since she was a child, she can endure the bone-crushing pain of the polyjuice potion's recovery, and she Lana can't promise to endure that pain and cast spells!
After all, she didn't have a strong physique, only a delicate body that belonged to a mage.
Moreover, she is a spell mage, and she is also studying the Hogwarts magic spell book that Her Majesty Queen Anne left her in the first place, if the polyjuice decoction fails later, she can't concentrate on shouting the spell, then something really will happen!
So after finishing speaking, she didn't care whether the other party agreed or disagreed, and grabbed the wrist of Vanessa's other hand that was not carrying her head with one hand.
"Humph! Do you want to run? Give it to me, and you must catch them for me, whether they live or die!! ”
After finally understanding the reason why the other party would assassinate Duke Leskova, Grian now doesn't need to be interrogated alive! After all, the other party is the remnant of the Van Cleef family, and he is an existence with extreme hatred for the Storm Kingdom, so he would do such a thing as assassinating nobles, isn't that normal?
"Humph! Grian, I'll be back! At that time, it will be the heads of you Stormwind lackeys! ”
After Lana grabbed her wrist tightly, Vanessa didn't resist, just hurried and shouted at the enemies who rushed to the high platform, and then the next moment:
"Shapeshifting !!"
Grian, who rushed up with the soldiers? Stallman only heard another assassin who did not reveal his true face brandishing a short wooden stick, and he shouted something strangely, and then ...... Before they could react, the two hateful female assassins on the high platform 'snapped' and disappeared completely from the high platform.
......
"What the hell is going on ........... How is this possible?! ”
Rushing to the middle of the lecture platform first, he helplessly scanned the barracks around the barracks grounds, carrying Grian, who was emitting a golden holy light? Stallman was indignant to find that here, except for the headless corpse of Duke Leskova, which was still braving Bo Po blood, there was no trace of any enemy in the vicinity!
The kind of method that the other party used just now was definitely not the stealth of the thief assassin, but seemed to be...... What kind of space teleportation methods for mages?
However, if it is a distance flash, it can only flash a distance of thirty or fifty meters! And long-distance space gates or teleportations, don't you need to guide spells?!
"Lord Grian...... What do we do now?! ”
Seeing that the enemy had disappeared, a helpless-looking commander of the duke's guard could only turn to the old paladin in panic for help.
Now that the Assassins had cut off the Duke's head and left in peace, they were able to guess that if they returned to Stormwind, they would be thrown into prison for the rest of their lives, if not dead!
“......”
"The whole town is under martial law, and the assassins are hunted down! And then...... Report it to Stormwind......"
Duke Leskova was assassinated right under his nose, and the assassin was Vanessa, the remnant of Van Cleef...... What else can he do now? He had nothing to do but impose martial law on routine matters and search for members of the Brotherhood of Defia!
Grian is now more concerned about the fact that after the death of this great nobleman of Duke Leskova and tax and political consul of the Western Wilderness, will the formation of his Western Wilderness People's Army make some trouble?!
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