‘……’

Early in the morning in the Mid-Levels Market of the Four Winds Valley, the hard-working panda farmer Lao Yu stood beside his few pieces of farmland that he planned to open up with his hoe, and then the hairs on his face with a pair of black eyes stood up, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time, and he didn't know what to say.

anyway

Looking at the yellow, the little girl's flying mount 'Rhubarb' not far away, the big guy named the dragon roared angrily, and was breathing fire in his wasteland, and began to rake the ground with four claws, and the claws plowed deep into the soil, and in the next second, both hard stones and hard clods of soil were instantly turned out, and also burned the red-eyed rabbit demons who jumped out of the big guys, the farmer Lao Yu could only reluctantly nod after the shock, expressing very, very satisfied!

To tell the truth, after observing this, he had to admit that he really couldn't find a better, more efficient and harder animal to plow the field than the other party...... Whether it is those alpine yaks or plateau Mushan beasts, or even sturdy horned sheep or huge turtles, dragon turtles, etc., I am afraid that they are not half as powerful as the other party.

'Ah......h

'Really, that's amazing......

At the beginning, he was not very worried about the little girl who was being punished, so he planned to come early in the morning to see if he could help and supervise the work by the way, but what do you think, now the rhubarb of the little girl's family seems to be able to solve all the work with a dragon, and there is no need for anyone to get in the way at all?

So, the old fool decided:

When the big guy had finished his heavy work, he would take the old leaves of the vegetables picked from a few bamboo baskets, the radishes that were about to rot, the cabbage that was buried, and so on, to entertain the big guy who worked hard! After all, a yellow 'cow' as big as that must have a lot of food, so he must prepare a little more.

“！！”

"Little girl, your rhubarb is so hard, haven't you thought about helping?"

After nodding approvingly to the hard-working rhubarb, the old man was about to go back to his house for a few drinks, but before leaving, he subconsciously asked a reproachful question to a little girl who was overseeing the work.

Because, he thinks that this little girl is too cunning, and children can't develop the habit of being lazy from an early age, since he has the opportunity, he must supervise it, after all, yesterday, he thought that this little girl would do it herself, and then he took the opportunity to educate?

“！！”

!？ (??''????)??

"People are still children with little arms and legs, how can you, a bad uncle with a hairy face, let others do that kind of heavy work of farming?!"

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The poor and helpless Queen Anne said that a little girl like her, who was powerless, would certainly not be able to turn over the land and plant the fields, so it was better to leave the heavy work and dirty work to the 'hard-working' rhubarb of her family.

And what's more......

?? 乛?? 乛??

She wouldn't tell a certain panda man that a certain rhubarb originally refused to work at all, but when she hit it, she beat it hard...... After educating the other party, the other party quickly became much more honest, and ran up early in the morning to work, and was ready to finish the work for several days in one morning, and still no one could stop him, and whoever wanted to help was in a hurry?

"Oh?"

"Little girl, you're very dishonest...... I can see that you are as cunning as the abominable little cubs of our panda people...... But I won't care about you so much, since your rhubarb will be able to complete that job soon, then let's leave that yesterday's incident at that. ”

"But in the future, you must remember that you little foreign creature is not allowed to cause trouble for everyone here in the Valley of the Four Winds and the Mid-Levels Market, we don't welcome that kind of dishonest clever little ghost!"

The farmer, who was going to go back for a few drinks, did not want to waste his time on a little girl whom he had just met for a day, so, after a few words of pretending to say a few words at the end, he shyly patted his big belly, patted his buttocks, and trotted in the direction of his own house with the hoe, which was still very clean and had no chance to stain the dirt.

A few days ago, he had just made a pot of good wine, so he had to drink a small glass while he had time to work today...... Of course, it could be several large cups?

"Huh~!"

(???????? -)??

"You old fool is not honest!!"

ε=(?? ˇεˇ????))) Bah!

After making a big grimace and snorting at the other man's round body and back, Anne took one last look at a certain 'rhubarb' and felt that the other party should not be cheating and slippery, before nodding in satisfaction and turning to the west away from the Mid-Levels Market.

"Hum ......"

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Queen Anne wanted to eat the Flame Spirit Salmon at noon today, so just now, she had already gone to talk to the master chef, Uncle Yan Iron Palm.

Although the other party agreed to her request and symbolically accepted one of her gold coins as cooking money, the hateful panda man also said: Can't let her child develop the inertia of being lazy and lazy, and can't let her spend 'other people' money too easily, so she has to get the king salmon and the best green onions for cooking the 'Flame Spirit Salmon' by herself, and he will help cook and pick it up?

However, little Anne thinks that if the cunning panda man is not deliberately trying to make things difficult for her, then he must be trying to use her!

Because, when the other party said that kind of thing, he would deliberately say that after seeing the big rhubarb in her house, and he could fly it, and at the same time, he asked her to help him bring back several sacks of vegetables and other crops he had already ordered from the old farmer Shanzhang before noon?

Due to the other party's identity as a chef and for the sake of her own food in the future, little Anne had to reluctantly agree......

Actually,

After getting up early in the morning to eat 'mist hot', she had already gone to the old farmer's mountain palm, but the other party's crops were still in the field and had not been packed up, so she had to fly back and drive a certain bronze dragon who wanted to steal and play tricks to rake the ground......

And now, she is going to go to the west near the field of the old farmer's mountain palm again, of course, not to do farm work for the other party, but to help the pesky old panda man catch chickens!

That's right, it's catching chickens!

Because the old fellow said that he was in trouble, and that his winning hen had not trotted out of the cage yesterday and would not come back, but now must have run into his free-range flock of native chickens, and the other hens, pheasants, and wild birds, and ...... Some unkind roosters mixed up?

So, Anne needs to go to the west side of the other party's farm, south of the Sky Ridge, before the other party prepares those crops at noon, and find and catch the winning hen, and then the other party will give her some of the goods of a certain hateful cook and some fine fresh onions to take back to make Flame Spirit Salmon?

But well......

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Little Anne is now wondering if the award-winning hen tastes different from the average hen. Therefore, she is now very entangled, not knowing whether she is going to eat homemade 'peanut grilled chicken skewers' at noon, or continue to eat the 'Flame Spirit Salmon' that she has not been able to eat for a long time?

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Anyway, it was a big question worth thinking about, and maybe by the time she got to the old farmer's field, she would have almost made a decision.

Although, she had already gotten a king salmon......

However, she wouldn't tell anyone that the fish was actually after she kept harassing a pandaren fisherman fishing in the river, throwing rocks at the bait, and even threatening to use magic to blow up the fish.

?? 乛?? 乛??

But......

She is still struggling, whether she wants to eat chicken or fish at noon? Or, is there a way to eat both chicken and the 'Flame Spirit Salmon'?!

(?????? ﹃?? `??)

Fortunately, it was morning, and there was still a lot of time, so it was early in the morning, the birds were chirping, and the sun was shining, and she still had time to slowly figure it out.

(*^▽^*)??

Suddenly!

There was a jog in the grass by the side of the road, and then a monster almost half the height of little Anne jumped at her.

“……”

∑(?? △｀)？！

"Go away! People don't want to eat you yet!! ”

ヽ(ヽ`д′)┌┛★)??????????) Ahh

After kicking a red-eyed rabbit demon who suddenly jumped out of a cave on the side of the road, waving the sharp bamboo pieces in his claws to launch a surprise attack on himself, Little Anne spat and then continued to jump forward with her own bear.

"Lalala......"

"I'm a happy little master......"

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Now she needs to take advantage of the time she is in a hurry to continue to think about the important question that she was thinking about just now, which made her very tangled, but at the same time, it also made her drool.

And as for what to eat for dinner after figuring out the question of lunch......

“……”

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Well, that kind of important and complicated question should wait until she has the strength to eat lunch, because she thinks that it is better to continue to dwell on the question of whether to eat chicken, or whether to eat fish and chicken.

（…… ）

ε=(???? '●))) Alas

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……

While some of the worst little girls were 'somehow' stranded in the Valley of the Four Winds in Pandaria, ready to go chicken hunting, Lordaeron, far north of the Eastern Kingdom, who she had completely forgotten, was still confronting the evil undead scourges.

But

It's strange that at this time, due to the asymmetry of intelligence between the two sides, they are just half a day's distance away, about a dozen miles away, just silently facing off between the royal city of Lordaeron and Brill, and it seems that neither side has any intention of going to a large-scale battle, so strangely maintain a basic state of 'peace'?

As a result, the Battle of Lordaeron, which everyone would have thought would be in full swing, and perhaps even ended with the fall and defeat of the royal city of Lordaeron, came to a halt without warning and entered a temporary phase of confrontation, which finally gave those people of Lordaeron who were worried in their hearts an extremely precious respite.

After all

If it continues like this for the time being, it is obvious that this is extremely beneficial to Lordaeron, and even to the entire alliance! Because this means that they can calmly deploy and deploy more and more superior forces, and gather the forces of the entire Lordaeron Alliance to fight against the undead, instead of just using the remnants of Lordaeron's army and part of the forces of the dwarves of Dalaran and Eagle's Nest Mountain to deal with it in a hurry!

If the undead can give Lordaeron a month, or even longer, to arrange and calmly arrange, maybe Lordaeron's side can even change from a passive defensive state to an active offense?

Of course, the people in Lordaeron would not dare to think of that kind of thing now, and they are still suspicious and speculating about why the undead are not attacking yet, and they are still worried about what terrible conspiracy they don't know about because they don't have enough information to support them.

……

At this time, far away in the south of the continent, in the northwest corner of the peaceful and peaceful Elwyn Forest, in Stormwind City, in a beautiful newly built stone mansion, a young and beautiful, sexy and noble countess, with straight black hair and beautiful black eyes, Catlana Presto of Stormwind City, was sitting comfortably half-reclining in the chaise longue in the study of her own mansion, while sipping the special vintage wine from the East Valley in a goblet. On the one hand, he teased the pug dog next to him who didn't look very big.

“……”

However, her beautiful eyes at this time did not focus on the wine glass, and even less on the pug dog that she touched very comfortably, but slightly half-squinted, without any focus at all, and did not know what she was thinking about that made her so focused.

finally

I don't know how long it took for her to figure out something, and after she raised her head and drank the blood-red liquid in the cup, she turned to look at the puppy who was constantly scratching her chin and humming with her throat with her delicate face.

"Crissto ......"

"What would you think if I gave you to Anduin as a playmate?"

Although in an inquiring tone, Countess Catlana Presto knew that some of her words, once she spoke, meant that she had made a decision, and the opinions of others or other dogs were obviously irrelevant.

'Woo~Wang!! ’

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The dwarf pug wagged its tail and barked in a low voice, conveying its meaning to its owner.

"Huh?"

"Why, you don't seem to be happy?"

There was a pause in the movement of the hand, and a certain countess seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the reaction of her dog? So, she turned her head slowly and stared at the 'Cristo' who kept wagging his tail and rubbing his dog face against his thigh.

'Wang~! ’

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The dwarf pug wagged its tail and once again conveyed its opinion accurately to the mistress of the house.

“……”

"But, do you know that Anduin is the prince of the Stormwind Kingdom, he will definitely be the king in the future, as long as you follow him, you can eat and drink spicy food from now on, and you don't have to follow me every day."

"Also, if I don't have you in charge of you in the future, you can just hang around Stormwind...... I've seen a lot of beautiful in the city, and they ......."

However, before the Countess Catlana could finish her words, the dog whose chin she was scratching at random was suddenly agitated, and then ran directly in front of her, and still waged his tail vigorously and nodded his tongue incessantly.

'Whew!!' ’

▼⊙`???? ⊙▼

Its meaning is obviously very clear and direct, because it was persuaded by the mistress of the house, and certain conditions issued by the other party made it completely unable and justified to refuse.

"Okay......"

"I'll find a chance to send you out in a few days!"

"But, you have to remember, you have to 'protect' him for me, and I don't want him to be too strong, I hate that Varian, so I don't want his son to be like him, you have to guide him properly, do you understand?"

The countess, who was satisfied with the other party's acquaintance, stared at the stupid dog's eyes in front of her for a moment before warning with a slightly threatening and terrifying gaze.

Not to mention, the reason why she gave away the dog named 'Crishitto' in front of her was definitely not without reason! In fact, everything she did with Katrana Presto was efficient and justified, otherwise her plans wouldn't have gone so smoothly now.

‘！！ ’

'Woo~Wang! Woof! Woof! ’

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Regardless of what he was doing, he didn't care if he could complete it, but Krishitto, who only knew that he would agree first and then rub the benefits, wagged his tail vigorously, and then kept rubbing the hostess's calf, indicating that it had no problems at all, and promised to complete all the tasks assigned by the other party.

"Humph!"

"In that case, then you must not let me down, or I think you yourself know the consequences......"

After glancing at the other, Count Catlana said no more, and despite the vigorous shaking and courtesy of the other man, he drank the wine from the East Valley in his own house, and hooked his fingers, with the help of a simple mage, to let the bottle of wine placed on the table fly by itself and pour a full half of it into his own glass.

“……”

Now that Crischito's affairs were decided, it was time for her to think about other things, such as the ..... of the Wild West, and the affairs of Blackstone Mountain, and that some nasty fellow of her family had caused her no less trouble in Red Ridge Mountain and Burning Plains, especially in Lakeside Town.

Although she has suppressed the matter, she also knows that it will definitely not work if that kind of thing is pressed all the time, she has to think of a way, either to solve the problem or to kill the person who finds the trouble, and sooner or later she will always have to choose between the two.

Just as Countess Catlana was at home leisurely drinking wine from the East Valley, teasing her stupid dog and making up her mind to come up with a better solution to the problems of Lakeside as soon as possible, a spark rose from the candlestick on her desk, and a small dragon-shaped ball of fire burst out in front of Countess Catlana, and flew around her in circles in the air, startling her and the dog in front of her!

“……”

Stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembering what it was, Katrana hesitated for a moment, then gently kicked some stupid dog who was still trying to rub her calf and gave her an order:

"Silly dog! Go out and walk on your own! ”

With one look at her, a stupid dog named Crishitto understood and turned and ran, and soon disappeared without a trace, not knowing where it had gone.

“……”

Subconsciously turning her head and squinting and looking left and right, Katrana, who noticed that there was nothing unusual around the room and the house, frowned, stretched out her slender hand and lightly tapped the small candle flame in the form of a dragon that was still circling around her.

Burst!!

The moment Katrana's finger touched it, it burst into flames on its own, and then, a piece of parchment burning with black fire in the corners fell out of the small dragon-shaped fire that exploded, and on top of it, there was something written in some esoteric ancient script:

'Oni ......'

'Change your plan, immediately make every effort to help the Stormwind Kingdom quell the turmoil, and urge the Stormwind Kingdom to send troops north to support Lord......aeron as soon as possible.'

The parchment with black fire burning in the corner was swept twice by Catlana, and when she was sure that she had read the contents, it exploded again, burning directly in the countess's white hand, and soon only a mass of charred ashes remained.

“……”

Katrana didn't mind the black fire burning in her palm, and she easily grabbed it and the ashes with a single fist.

“！！”

"Humph!"

Snorted angrily, for an old guy who hadn't moved for a long time, but now suddenly sent such an inexplicable new message and instructions, Katrana was ten thousand dissatisfied in her heart!

"Damn! What the hell does that old man mean?! ”

Katrana had no idea what was going on, but gritted her teeth and cursed to herself.

You know, she finally forced Van Cleef and the Stonemason Guild to rebel, and saw that she was about to plunge the Stormwind Kingdom into a violent internal conflict, her plan had already been well arranged, and even made some preventive arrangements for the future, but now, that old guy suddenly appeared again, and said that she should fully support the Stormwind Kingdom, and stabilize Stormwind City as soon as possible, and then send troops north?

That guy, what did he think of her, suddenly came out and completely denied the results she had taken risks and worked hard for many years in a single sentence, why did he have it?!

But......

After the initial shock, shame, and chagrin, Katrana soon calmed down and began to rack her brain about what to do next.

"Damn ......"

However, she soon discovered that there seemed to be no better way for her than to comply?

After all, she didn't dare not listen to the old guy's orders, so she could only compromise and start thinking about what she had to do to clean up the mess in Stormwind as soon as possible, and then complete the task in the old guy's letter just now?

“……”

Hum!

It wasn't that hard to solve the problem of Van Cleef and the Masons Guild, and in the blink of an eye, Katrana thought of two good solutions:

First, the most simply thing is to kill the Van Cleve guy, and then let the king and nobles send troops to suppress the stonemasons' guild, but this can be more time-consuming and labor-intensive, and I am afraid that it will not be able to subside in a year and a half, and besides, the stubborn King Varian may not be happy to do that.

After all, it is indeed very bad and inhumane to owe the Masons Guild's wages and then send troops to suppress and exterminate them, otherwise the other party would not have just expelled the Masons Guild from Stormwind in the first place.

Then, I'm afraid there is only one other option......

Thinking about it, Katrana rummaged through her drawer, and after a long time, when she had picked out a few letters, she smirked, for a relatively perfect plan was gradually brewing and perfecting in her mind.

"It seems ......"

"Need a trip to Stormstorm......"

Although it was late, Countess Catlana Presto, who felt that the matter was 'significant', felt that it seemed appropriate for her to go there overnight in the event of an emergency.

……

Stormwind Fortress, a massive fortress perched atop a cliff in the northern part of the city, not only guards Stormwind, but also provides shelter for King Varian Wryon and the rest of the city's nobles.

And at this time,

King Varian Ureon was alone in his study dealing with the mess of military and political affairs, and he had no idea what to do.

Now, despite his alerts and pleas for help from Lordaeron, Varian says that he has no options at all as king......

Because, Lordaeron is still too far away from Stormwind City after all, besides, now the things inside Stormwind City and Stormwind Kingdom are still a mess, he is too busy to take care of himself, and even he is in turmoil, plus Stormwind City has just been rebuilt, and the national strength is extremely weak, when he can only defend, how can he send troops to help Lordaeron so quickly to deal with the undead plague that is said to be very powerful?

If there were peace in the Stormwind Kingdom, no matter how difficult it was, he Varian would immediately lead the maximum number of troops to board the ship and rush to the aid of Lordaeron, and he would not hesitate to do so! However, he couldn't do that now, because if he dared to mobilize the elite guarding Stormwind and Darwin's Forest, maybe before they arrived in Lordaeron, Stormwind would fall again.

And now, the most anxious and faceless thing in the Storm Kingdom is the affair of Edwin Van Cleeff and the other party's stonemasons' union!!

"Alas......"

Varian, who sighed, could only rub his forehead, and dejectedly pushed aside the message for help from Lordaeron's messengers.

Luo Danlun is definitely going to send troops to support, but I'm afraid it won't work in a short time, he only hopes that the other party can hold on for a year and a half more, so that their Storm Kingdom can straighten out domestic affairs first, and wait until there are no worries?

And now, the thing that bothers him the most is actually not too complicated, it is all provoked by one thing, that is-money!

Yes, it's because of the Stormwind Kingdom, or quite as because of Varian Ureon, the king of the Stormwind Kingdom, has no money! Now, their Storm Kingdom's military and political expenditures have long been in deficit! And the Stormwind City and Stormwind Fortress they are now rebuilding are even more credit-on-credit!

As for the person on credit, he didn't want to think about it anymore...... Because, once you think about it, things come back to a damn thing, and that's still - money!

originally

At the beginning, Varian had agreed with those nobles, maybe he promised all kinds of conditions and benefits, but he didn't know what was going on, let alone what went wrong, and at the critical time, when he was very satisfied and couldn't find any fault and was ready to pay the salary...... The greedy aristocrats suddenly repented and refused to pay all the wages of the stonemasons' union at once, instead opting for deductions and indefinite deferred payments?!

Honestly, that kind of thing, if replaced by him Varian?? Uryon himself must not be able to accept it, so he will take the maximum tolerance for the rioters, the thugs who killed his queen, and the stonemasons who have plagued the western wilderness.

So, when Varian, the miserable king, really had no money, and the rich nobles did not know what medicine they had taken and deliberately made it difficult to deny and were unwilling to pay the money, the conflict between the two sides exploded, and the king, who was still confused about the development of things, became the center of the whirlpool......

And then

Before he could react, his beloved queen died unexpectedly in a riot, and then, in a fit of rage, he rightfully expelled the Masons Guild, expelling the violent resistance of the thugs from Stormwind and the magnificent city they had built themselves.

Then, the rest is needless to say.

Now, the union members who were driven out of Stormwind City went to the Western Wilderness together, and it didn't take long to turn the original western granary of Stormwind Kingdom into a chaotic place, and the other party also entangled a large number of thugs who opposed Stormwind City, and from time to time they also came to the Elwin Forest or Stormwind City to attack and make trouble, and gradually developed to the point where the tail is not falling now.

Add to that Lakeside Town, Karazan and the Lands of the Damned, where there are so many external things that haunt the Stormwind Kingdom, and with serious civil strife, what can he do even if he knows what happened in Lordaeron?

Now, his original choice has firmly bound him and the Stormwind Kingdom......

But

As a staunch supporter of the Lordaeron Alliance, Varian, who had been taken care of by Lordaeron a lot, did not completely say that he did not plan to support, so he could not sleep at this time, and was anxiously thinking about various possibilities, wanting to solve those problems as soon as possible and find a way to send troops.

"Ahem......"

Varian sighed heavily......

"Huh?"

"Count Presto, how are you?"

Suddenly, Wryon heard the door open, and when he looked up in frustration and saw that it was the young, beautiful and capable Countess Catlana Presto, he asked with some curiosity.

He knew that with the identity of the other party, he needed to come to see him, and the guards outside would definitely not be too difficult.

"Hi~!"

"Your Majesty, I have a way here to quickly stabilize the affairs within the kingdom, I wonder if you would like to hear about it?"

Seeing King Varian, who was sitting behind the table and not in a very good spirit, looked at His Majesty, Katrana suddenly smiled, stepped forward and picked up the kettle, and poured him a refreshing hot drink, before asking softly with a smile on her face.

"Huh?"

"What did you say?!"

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(*^▽^*)?? Asking for a ticket?? (*^▽^*)