In three days' time, Lordaeron will celebrate the grand autumn festival.

The Autumn Festival is an annual event in Lordaeron to pray to the gods to remove the bad luck of the year, and at this time of year, the kingdom holds a grand military parade with royal princesses and princes, as well as some high-ranking nobles, and citizens spontaneously hold a lively procession.

Especially in recent years, Lordaeron, who has been bumpy and bumpy, has just been trampled on the front foot by the iron hooves of the orcs, and the plague is rampant on the back foot, and the lives are devastated.

For the sake of these unpleasant things, Terenus specially ordered this year's Autumn Festival to be even more extravagant, trying to use this celebration and festivity to sweep away the gloom brought by the broom star!

In fact, as early as a few days ago, several ministers jointly submitted a letter to Terenas after discussion. The purpose was to ask the king to postpone the autumn festival for a few days, as the plague events in Andohar had caused unrest in various regions, and it would be inappropriate to hold the annual autumn festival, which symbolizes festivities.

But Terenus was unimpressed.

In his opinion, after actively preparing for the post-disaster work, most of the civilians who moved to Lordaeron have been properly resettled, and the holding of the autumn festival now is tantamount to giving these civilians who have just experienced the catastrophe a shot in the arm, and can also help them get out of the haze of the disaster more quickly.

Moreover, not far north of Andorhar was the domain of the High Lord Tirio Fordin, who had already arranged for the Sentinels to carry the letterhead to the Valley of the Hearth many days ago, and the paladins would assist his son Arthas in taking care of the matter, and perhaps on the day of the Autumn Festival, his son would lead the expedition in triumph.

It was not his wish to delay the traditions of the Lordaeron Empire for the sake of trivial matters.

Such a lively celebration also attracted many civilians from other places, and tourists from all over the world flocked to Lordaeron.

For a while, the bustling city of Lordaeron was overcrowded, and all the hotels were full, especially the hotels around the central square, and the prices were nearly five times higher than usual, but even so, the demand for rooms was still in short supply.

What's more, on the day of the Autumn Festival, Terenus will publicly display a transcendent artifact in order to appease the turbulent people!!

The secret of this artifact, which has guarded Lordaeron for decades, has been passed down among the nobles of the imperial capital, but no one has ever seen it with their own eyes, let alone some ordinary people in the market, let alone heard of it.

However, according to some bards, this artifact that has been guarding Lordaeron was accidentally obtained by King Terenus during his expedition to the Eight Directions twenty years ago, because of its hard texture, gorgeous appearance, and the vast energy contained inside, even Antonidas was amazed.

Therefore, Terenus regarded it as a national treasure and kept it in the palace hall, and sent a large number of knights of the inner court to guard it day and night.

This time, Terenus will display this treasure publicly, I am afraid that the main thing is to appease the people and show the national strength, after all, Lordaeron has really not been peaceful in recent years, and there have even been some discordant voices in the imperial capital.

But Terenus probably couldn't have imagined that these Xiaoxiao who were secretly walking around the rumors were actually pawns that Xue Huan ordered to be planted by Tried who lurked in Lordaeron when he left...

But in any case, Terenus's purpose was achieved, and the festive atmosphere before the festival swept away the gloom on the faces of the citizens, and even the pain caused by the plague was greatly reduced, and for these ordinary people with no great ambitions, peace was everything.

In order to ensure the safety of the display of the "national treasure", Terrenast selected two middle regiments from various military camps in the imperial capital, and nearly 200 excellent soldiers guarded it.

Since its establishment, the knightly system of the Inner Court has continued to this day, and it has won the trust of Terenus, and it is only at the disposal of the old king.

This mysterious organization is small in number, but all of them are elite.

In the royal family of Lordaeron, every knight of the inner court is funded by the royal family, and has been baptized by the holy light since he was a child, and is sent to various military camps for rigorous training, and Xue Huan saw them when he first stepped into the palace hall.

Most of the knights of the inner court are extremely talented, in terms of combat talent, they are no worse than Arthas, and they are extremely friendly to the Holy Light, and there are not a few who have entered the high-level knights at the age of fifteen or sixteen, so whether it is loyalty or ability, these elite warriors are fully capable of this task.

The display of Lordaeron's mysterious national treasure may not be able to catch up with ordinary citizens once in their lifetime, and it would be a pity if they missed it?

Therefore, in this year's autumn festival, there are several times more foreign tourists in Lordanlun than in previous years, and the people in the imperial capital security office are busy.

The number of police officers patrolling the streets every day has increased several times, and as time goes on, more and more people enter Lordaeron to pay homage to the relics, often causing a number of law and order incidents.

Fights, thefts and robberies, endlessly, the prison of the Sheriff's Office is almost full, but it still can't stop this situation, especially in the already mixed Beicheng District, where the order is even more chaotic.

For this reason, the Sheriff's Department had to send additional manpower to gradually stabilize the situation.

The soldiers of the Sheriff's Department complained one by one, and all of them canceled all their vacations, patrolling the streets and alleys with weapons and shields all day long, day and night, and even slept in the barracks of the Sheriff's Department.

Many people, even some officers, haven't closed their eyes for days.

The soldiers in charge of the city's defense are also said to be tired enough, and there are a lot of people entering and leaving Lordaeron these days, and the number of soldiers at the four gates of the imperial capital has increased fourfold, but there are still not enough people.

In order to alleviate the pressure on the imperial capital, Terenus had to issue a travel restriction order, and it was okay to go out of the city, but to enter the imperial capital, whether you were a high-ranking official or a commoner, or an elf or a dwarf, you could only queue up, and everyone who entered Lordaeron had to go through a strict and meticulous identity registration.

At the four gates, a large number of heavily armed knights of the inner court were dispatched, and if there was any disturbance, or if the scene could not be controlled by ordinary city guards, then these inner court knights would immediately suppress it by force.

All in all, for this unprecedented grand National Day, the entire Lordanlun was boiling, but Xue Huan, who was sitting in the tavern, was a little confused...

"What's going on, Terred?"

"Tell the Lord..."

"Didn't you tell you not to call me master in such a crowded place? Xue Huan raised his glass, took a sip of the sweet wine in the glass, and said with a frown.

"It's... Yes... I mean... Bright... Understood..."

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Tried, who was in charge of dispatching all the dark believers in the city, was a little unspeakable at this time.

He only remembered that he was arranging the eyeliner of some upper-class nobles at that time, but he was unexpectedly summoned here by a cold voice, and just when he was in doubt, the voice sounded again, this time, the voice directly clarified his identity.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the cunning Tried would never have imagined that the aristocratic man with long hair and a gentle face in front of him would be the Lord of Darkness who commanded the army of the Scourge in the mouth of Kel'thugad...

After learning Xue Huan's identity, Tried was a little panicked, but years of experience still made this old man with gray temples quickly calm down.

He put on a relaxed expression, and said with a light smile: "Sir, you don't know, it's been an important festival for our Lordanlun recently, the Autumn Festival." It is said that on that day, the great King Terenus would feast his guests, parade the soldiers, and at the same time, a holy artifact enshrined by His Majesty would be made public. ”

Boy...

Seeing that Treed had adjusted his mentality and tone in just a few seconds, Xue Huan had to look at this dark mage differently, no wonder that Kel'thugad guy would choose him to become the executor who corrupted the upper nobles of Lordaeron.

Not humble or arrogant, tactful, worthy of great use!

But then, the second half of Tried's sentence caught Xue Huan's attention...

A sacred vessel enshrined in Terenus.

Could it be...

"That's right, sir. ”

Looking at Xue Huan's gradually brightening eyes, Tried smiled dryly, then leaned closer, and said in a voice that only he and Xue Huan could hear: "The holy weapon that is about to be displayed is the artifact that I investigated some time ago and is hidden in the Lordaeron Deep Palace. ”

This news lifted Xue Huan's spirits.

I can't think of it, I can't think of it!!

It took no effort to get through the iron shoes, and just as he was worried about how he could get his hands on the mysterious holy artifact, Terenus made such a stupid move, which was tantamount to self-destruction.

"Terred. ”

With an evil smile on the corner of Xue Huan's mouth, he looked directly into Terred's eyes, and the depth of the dark in his black eyes made Tred palpitate for a while.

"I need you to do something for me..."

(End of chapter)