"The ones down there loading in the distance are the merchants of unknown origin that you are targeting?"

Madias Shore, the leader of MI7 in the Stormwind Kingdom, was at this time in the Alexton Farm northwest of Mooncreek with several of his high-ranking subordinates. In a hidden room by the window on the second floor of the farmer's house, he quietly monitored the group of strange merchants who came to the farm to buy grain, fruits and vegetables near the granary outside.

Since they spent 500 gold coins from the goblin venture capital company to obtain the approximate time and place of the arrival of the other party's ships transporting weapons and equipment in the Western Wilderness ten days ago, they hurriedly took the small steam boats of those goblins up the Shuo River, and finally arrived here in the Western Wilderness two days ago, intending to make some preliminary preparations for intercepting the other party's escort ships.

Whenever he thought of the supposedly advanced steam boat they had hired for the branch of the Stormthorn Valley Insurance Company, the automated, mechanized steamer that was said to be able to swim upriver without paddling, Matthias couldn't help but feel the urge to chop down those damn goblins!

In the past few days of his journey, he finally experienced what is called: goblin products, shocking!

In the beginning, the coal-burning steamships were really fast and good, although the smoke was a bit heavy and the smell of coal was a bit big, but it was also bearable!

However......

The other half of the way, their boat went wrong, and the magical mechanical paddlewheel never turned, so they had to go from employer to crew, and they had to paddle desperately with the only goblin to reach the riverbank of the Western Wilderness, but there was no time to lose.

"Yes, we've been spying on them for a long time!"

In fact, the group of businessmen below is already purchasing food for the second time this month! Because the amount of food purchased by the other side was too large, the personnel of MI7 reluctantly sent someone to investigate.

Originally, they thought that the other party was just those grain merchants like in previous years, and they didn't care too much.

However, they discovered new additional information in their investigation: those merchants who were said to be from Stormwind, those wealthy merchants who were buying grain on a large scale and were bidding very generously, after confirmation by the farmers, found that the other party was not a regular merchant who had come to the Western Wilderness to buy grain in recent years, but a new one?

What's even more intriguing is that these unfamiliar faces, their accents don't seem to sound like Stormwind, but more like Lordaeron accents from the north......

It's intriguing: a bunch of rich, price-careless, and Lordaeron-accented guys come to the Stormwind Kingdom's western wilderness to buy a lot of food, what the hell are they trying to do?!

Therefore, based on the time of the opponent's appearance and the composition of the opponent's entourage, after their own close observation and multi-party intelligence summary judgment, Madias's subordinates came to a surprising final conclusion: the other party should be the enemy spies of the Flame Alliance who came to the Western Wilderness from the north and are helping to organize the Brotherhood of Defia!

The purpose of the other party to help organize the Brotherhood of Defia is already obvious, that is, to bring disaster to the great granary of the western wilderness of the Stormwind Kingdom and create difficulties for the supply of the Stormwind Kingdom and even the Stormwind Alliance army!

And now, the reason why the other party is buying food on a large scale, after the judgment of the agents of MI7, they feel that it must be inseparable from the upcoming batch of weapons and equipment!

Because, I'm afraid the time for those Defia Brotherhood to revolt is coming soon......

Now the other party is buying grain on a large scale, which is nothing more than preparing logistics materials for the army of the Brotherhood of Defia in the name of merchants, and it will definitely not be wrong!

"Are you really sure there's something wrong with the two of them?"

Lifting a small corner of the curtain of the room slightly, through the inferior window glass, Matthias Shore could easily see the two principals in the distance who were buying grain: one of them was a young woman of about twenty years old, who looked very temperamental, behaved very well, and seemed to be of extraordinary origin? The other tall young man, who was a little frizzy, looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and there was a broadsword with a somewhat ornate hilt decoration hanging from his waist, but he didn't know if the other party was a knight or a warrior? However, judging from the other party's sturdy body and pace of action, he must be at least a high-level professional!

However, after watching for a long time, Matthias Shore did not see from the other entourage the figure of the black-haired traitor Vanessa Van Cleeff who forcibly assassinated Duke Greg Leskova in the wilderness People's Army barracks west of Mooncreek a few days ago and then calmly left.

Of course, it is also possible that the other party used that kind of magical transformation method that can evade detection?

But in any case, in Matthias's own opinion, the other party's choice to run to the western wilderness of the Stormwind Kingdom at this time to make troublesome activities is nothing more than to do some final dying struggle. This just shows the weakness of the strength of the other party's Flame Alliance and the smooth progress of their Northern Expedition of the Storm Kingdom!

As far as Madias himself knows, the powerful support of those Draenei is coming, and the Flame Alliance in the north can hold on to the few lines of defense that the Holy Knights of the Silver Hand can hold on to for so long will definitely not last long, and their demise is just around the corner!

When the time comes, the entire Eastern Kingdom will be the world of their Stormwind Alliance! Whether it's the evil Flame Alliance or the ignorant tribe, don't even want to gain a foothold on this Eastern Kingdom continent!

"Yes, Chief, we're sure!"

"After investigating, we found out that no one had ever seen those two before the Brotherhood of Defia was reactivated! Moreover, we have also specially investigated the large merchant groups in Stormwind City and the surrounding areas, and we can already confirm that the two of them do not belong to any merchant group or the noble children of rich families! ”

This kind of large-scale grain transaction that is enough to be eaten by thousands of people for several months at one time, the Chamber of Commerce without some strong strength does not dare to reach out at all! And in the Storm Kingdom, there are really very few merchant groups with this kind of strength...... After all, the reconstruction of Stormwind City has not been many years, and there are only a few people who have money, so it is too easy to investigate.

"Our members who have been stationed in the Wild West have also discovered that several of their followers were unemployed people who had been roaming around the town of Mooncreek, but when the Brotherhood of Defia became active again, they disappeared! Therefore, we are now ninety percent sure that those of them are indeed the Brotherhood of Defia! ”

All kinds of intelligence have shown that those guys who are purchasing food below are the hostile targets that their MI7 team is going to deal with!

"You've done a great job during this time, I'm satisfied!"

"By the way, did you inquire about the location where they were going to escort the grain to later? Hum! With so many carts of grain, I'm afraid they won't easily go to the north or south, right? ”

Such a huge convoy, although it was only discovered by their MI7 that it was the second purchase, but Matthias also had enough reason to believe that the other party would definitely be transported to the nest of the Brotherhood of Defia!

And this is their MI7 chance!

Now they not only know where the weapons and equipment of the other party's sea are ready to be delivered, but they will soon know the specific location of the other party's lair, which will have a great effect on whether their MI7 can successfully crush the other party's conspiracy! Then, they just had to wait patiently, and when they learned everything, it was time for their MI7 and the Western Wilderness People's Army to take action to eradicate each other.

Hopefully, the People's Army of the West formed by that old knight, Grian Stallman, will not disappoint the Stormwind Kingdom......

"Yes, Chief! The disguised brothers below had already asked, and they said that they would first go west, through the Dumont Wilderness to the temporary dock by the sea to load the grain on the ship, and then turn to the sea route back to Stormwind? ”

Speaking of this, the MI7 intelligence officer couldn't help but sneer.

Since their northern expedition to the Stormwind Kingdom and the mobilization of almost all of their sea forces to participate in the war in the north, the route from the north of the Lighthouse in the Western Wilderness to the port of Stormwind has long been cut off by those crazy pirates! Their ships in Stormwind City don't dare to go along the Western Wilderness at all, and these guys, where do they get ships to play with the sea?!

"Interesting! Alright, now go organize the staff! When they escorted the grain back, we quietly followed...... I don't think they're going back to Stormwind or anywhere else! ”

"When the time comes, we will disguise ourselves as robbers and rob them of these grains directly! But you have to remember that you have to let a few of them go, and we need to know where they will return. That's all for now, you guys go out first......"

After looking outside for a while, Madias waved wearily at his men when he couldn't see any more information from the other men.

During this time, he traveled from Stormwind to Thorn Valley, and from Thorn Valley back to the Western Wilderness, all the while rushing to time, which really exhausted him. But it was all worth it, they grabbed a few of the Brotherhood of New Defia and were just waiting to strike the fatal blow!

In fact, in Matthias's opinion, it should be very easy to defeat the Defia Brotherhood of this new cat, after all, the other party was formed in a hurry, and it will definitely not be a climate! However, the only thing that worries him is: when the time comes, will he be able to capture that Vanessa Van Cleef?

Once the thief who is said to be a teenager succeeds in escaping again, it will be an endless trouble......

"Yes! Subordinates obey! ”

As the masked thieves turned around and were about to leave one by one, Matthias called out to one of the dwarves.

Somehow, he suddenly remembered something, in order to succeed in the operation later, he had to reconfirm it again, and there could be no sloppiness!

"McClairy, take a closer look at that, the woman in the robes at the head...... The ...... she wears Seems to be a mage robe?! ”

Madias, who was about to rest and wait, suddenly realized that something was wrong, and then, he quietly lifted the corner of the curtain, and once again began to look intently at the young woman who was directing his retinue and the farmer to load the cart in the distance.

The style of the robe on the other party's body, and some peculiarities, seem to be very similar to the magical equipment that mages like to wear?

"Uh...... It should be, right? ”

"Head! What do you mean...... Is it thought she might be a mage? However, I didn't see a staff in her hand......"

The dwarven agent is also a little unsure, after all, he is just a thief who specializes in assassination and concealment, and he doesn't know much about mages, so it is still a little difficult to tell if someone who uses spells is a mage.

Besides, there weren't too obvious mana fluctuations on that robe, and even if it did, it might just be an ordinary magic item!

In the Stormwind Kingdom, those wealthy nobles or big businessmen always like to buy themselves an expensive magic robe or two, because that can not only show their noble status, but also have good protection capabilities, making them safer? Thinking about it this way, it was normal for the woman in the distance below to wear a magic robe, and there was no need to make much of a fuss.

"You're talking about the staff......"

"Wand...... Wrong! Now things are in trouble! ”

"McClairy, quick! Take advantage of the fact that they still have a lot of time to finish loading, and immediately ride the griffin back to Mooncreek Town, and let the high-ranking mage from Stormwind City who came with the group to investigate the cause of the Duke's death come to help! If he refuses to come, say: We may have found the mage who killed the Duke!" ”

Hearing McClairy, one of the dwarves' men, talk about the staff, Matthias suddenly remembered the confession written by multiple witnesses: on the day the Duke was killed, the mage who used a strange teleportation spell to directly take away the head of the bandit Vanessa Van Cleeff and the Duke, and the other party used a staff in the shape of a short wooden stick!

And that staff at that time...... It seems that the other party took it out of his sleeve? At that moment, the woman waved her hand, and the heads of Vanessa and the Duke disappeared in an instant......

Thinking of this, Madias couldn't help but look at the sleeve of the young woman below, the other party was indeed wearing a long-sleeved robe, in that case, it would be too easy to hide a stick or two in the sleeve or something!

"What do you mean...... Be! The subordinates now understand! ”

McClairy, the copperbearded dwarf of Ironforge, was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what his boss meant, then nodded quickly, turned around and took a short comical step, and ran out of the door quickly.

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"Sister, you have to be careful, I found that we seem to have been targeted......"

While loudly urging the farmers and his men to hurry up and load their goods, Pete, the future general of the western wilderness, pressed the hilt of his sword at his waist, walked to his sister Lana's side, and then whispered in the other's ear.

After a period of observation, Pete noticed that there were some people around him who were wrong, so he walked to his sister's side as soon as possible, reminding the other party while also hoping to protect her.

"Oh? My good brother...... And when did you find out? ”

Lana was noncommittal to Pete's words, in fact, she had already noticed that there were people around her who were observing, and probably found a lot of people who seemed to be observers! In fact, at the beginning, she even thought that the other party was only doing that because of her beauty, so she didn't care about it at first.

Because, when she was in the City of Fire, she had long been accustomed to the attention of others.

However, after many confirmations just now, she finally found out that something was wrong! Because, those guys, when they look at her, they are not the kind of strange eyes that are amazed or admired, but a cold, ruthless, even like looking at a dead person, without the slightest emotion in it!

So, after confirming it, Lana felt that the shopping thing was becoming more and more interesting......

"Aha! I found out for a while! ”

Pete didn't rush to say anything, but stood next to his sister, and together they looked at the wagons loading and unloading goods in the distance, and then stretched out his finger and pointed.

His height is two heads taller than Lana, Lana, who was originally very slender, can barely reach the position of his shoulders a little lower, if someone who doesn't know looks at it, seeing the intimate movements of these two people, it is likely that they will think that the two are a pair of lovers!

"Sister, you know, we grew up on the farm since we were kids! If it weren't for some terrible things that happened and we never touched those farm jobs again, we would still be two ordinary farmers by now...... Although our circumstances have changed now, there are some things that will never be forgotten! ”

"You may have just noticed that behind us, among the tenant farmers who threshed the grain, there are two or three guys who have been pretending to be there with a handful of grain, and they are obviously not good farmers!"

Pete didn't turn to look over, but as if to say something inconsequential, he lowered his head and whispered to his sister. The other party's carelessness when doing farm work seems very unprofessional, and it is inevitable that he will find flaws!

"Oh? So how do you know they're spies? Maybe...... Are they actually lazy? ”

Lana was still a little noncommittal, and she just laughed and teased her brother.

She actually found more people herself, but she didn't rush to startle the snake, but treated it as if the other party didn't exist! But if the other party dares to make a move, so many of them are here, and they may not be afraid of them!

It's a big deal, when the time comes, she will set fire to this place, and then run away, what can those enemies do with her? Thanks to a little girl's example, Lana's most proficient spell is now 'Flame Blazing'! The fire was fast and ruthless, and although it was not very powerful, it would have been easy to burn down the farm and the granary here.

"Nope! They're definitely not lazy! ”

"First of all, I noticed that although they had changed their clothes, their skin color and hair did not at all resemble those of the coolie farmers, and the farmer with the whip was next to them...... Don't you think it's strange that they've been squatting there like that for almost an hour with a handful of grain, but the shrewd farmer hasn't whipped him at it? ”

Earlier, before the grain was loaded, Pete and Lana had haggled with the farmer for a little while, and he felt that it was impossible for a stingy and shrewd fellow like that to tolerate the farmer being lazy under his nose! So, it's obvious.

Anyway, those people, what kind of people are they, why would the farmer cooperate with the other party to come in and sneak close to and observe them, and why would the farmer have a sense of jealousy towards them, combining these factors, the specific identity of the other party is not difficult to guess.

"If only you knew!"

"Actually, there are not a lot of them! As far as I can see, there are at least twenty or thirty people, and there are a lot of invisible guys! Don't look back, and don't be surprised...... You should not know what to do, and don't leave my side easily! I have an obstacle spell on my body now, and if they are going to burst out and assassinate later, they will not only warn you, but at least help you resist a few more times? ”

After asking those subordinates who were still unaware to hurry up and load the car, Lana reached out and patted her brother's hand holding the hilt of the sword, signaling the other party not to be in a hurry and relax, because it is useless to be anxious at this time!

As those in MI7 guessed, today, the two brothers and sisters came here to buy food, and it was indeed to prepare for the upcoming Wild West uprising!

After all, Lana, who grew up in the Flame Palace, often comes into contact with government affairs and is no stranger to the military, is very clear about the fact that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first! This time, in fact, it was already the second batch of grain, so Lana herself didn't mind if they could be successfully escorted back.

Even if she really works with the other party here later, she won't be cowardly! If she can win the battle, that's the best, and if she can't win, she will pull her younger brother and run away directly by phantom shifting, leaving those dozens of inconsequential subordinates, if they die, then die!

Anyway, in Lana's eyes, the safety of her brother Pete is the most important thing!

And since those thugs have chosen to join the New Defia Brotherhood and have a great future, they must always be prepared to work hard! Where in this world of Azeroth will there be jobs that are both safe and promising? If you want to be rewarded, you have to pay first!

You know, even Lana herself, she has been assassinated by hostile militants or spy assassins in the past few years! Even she, the queen lady-in-waiting of the Flame Kingdom, had survived many times, and what did the thugs who had joined the Brotherhood of Defia have to complain about?

"Okay sister, I see! Do you need me to give those guys a heads-up? ”

Nodding, Pete thought for a moment and bowed his head again to ask for the opinion of his sister Lana, who was obviously the would-be soldiers of the Brotherhood of Defia disguised as retinues and caravan guards.

"Nope! Letting those fools know is going to be bad! ”

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