Chapter 55: The Duke of Mascot
While the two were talking, Baron Tairosos, who had just left, suddenly hurried over, "Captain Cole, can you come with me to the conference room?" Max, you come too! ”
"At your command, Lord Baron!" Xu Mo and Max glanced at each other, and they both had a bad premonition in their hearts.
"Cole, just call me Maxwell!" The one-eyed baron's face was filled with anxiety that could not be concealed.
Baron Tyrosos took Xu Mo and the two into a low bungalow next to the chapel. The interior of the room was very simple, with a large map hanging on the wall, and the map was full of various signs, which was a map of the entire Plaguelands, including the East and West Plaguelands.
In the center of the room was a large wooden table, on which lay a suit of all-steel plate armor and a large crosssword, as well as some letterheads, pen and ink. In addition, the sharp-eyed Xu Mo also saw bread crumbs and soup dirt in the cracks of the table, and it seemed that Baron Tairosos had put all his office meals on this table.
"Captain Cole, I beg your pardon for not being able to entertain you with ceremonies!" The one-eyed baron's words were full of helplessness, "We have a lot of places here to provide to the surviving civilians of the northern continent of Lordaeron, and the army has to reduce the places where they usually operate. This is my headquarters, as well as the officers' canteen and conference room! ”
"It's okay, Baron!" Xu Mo smiled and said, "You seem to be bothered by something?" If there's anything you need my help with, don't hesitate to say so! ”
"Actually, I do have a problem that I would like to ask for your help with!" The one-eyed baron looked a little embarrassed.
Originally, after Xu Mo refused to join the Silver Northern Expeditionary Army, the baron thought that it was unlikely that he and this stalker would cross paths again. But unexpectedly, after only a few minutes, he had to find Xu Mo again for help.
It turned out that just now, a knight of the horned eagle who was patrolling outside returned to the chapel station with reconnaissance information. The Horned Eagle Knight told Baron Tyrosus that he had seen a small group of undead giant bats in the direction of the Northland outpost.
The Undead Giant Bat is a giant bat that transformed into an undead flying mount after being contaminated by the undead plague. Usually, they are flying mounts of some high-level undead classes of the Scourge Legion, such as the Lich, the Death Knight, and so on.
Originally, this information was not very important, because the Horned Eagle Knight was quite sure that the number of undead giant bats in this group was not very large, and it was completely impossible to threaten the Chapel of the Wish of Light, and it was only out of caution that he reported it to Baron Tairosus.
"Your Excellency, there is nothing to worry about, then? Why are you so worried? Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and he had a hunch that this team of undead giant bats was very likely to be the wise man of the Black Widow team.
"I'm worried about Duke Serenhof!" The one-eyed baron sighed.
It turned out that Baron Tyrosus was not worried about the Chapel of the Light's Wish, nor the Silver Northern Expeditionary Army, which was responsible for cutting off the back of the Scourge Legion, but about Duke Sørenhof himself.
In Baron Terosus's introduction, the policy of the Silver Crusade is to unite all forces that can be united to resist the Scourge Legion, so they can even accept orcs and jungle trolls as allies.
However, the main body of the Silver Crusade is composed of two parts, one is the Knights of the Silver Hand rebuilt by Tirio Ferdin, and this part of the Silver Crusade is basically knights and veterans with rich combat experience. The other part is the Silver Dawn that used to occupy the Chapel of the Light's Wish.
The main body of the Silver Dawn is the Church of the Light, plus the various local lords who originally belonged to the Kingdom of Lordaeron and are now the Plaguelands, leading civilians and servant armies.
Duke Threnhof was a great lord near the city of Stratholme, and of course, now his land has been completely turned into the backyard of the undead, who are led by the duke's original friend, Baron Rivendell.
(Rivendell is another undead knight in Warcraft whose life is no less poignant than Alsace, so I won't mention it here, interested book friends go to Baidu by themselves)
Duke Sørenhof was a formidable man, but his experience in leading troops in battle was inversely proportional to his personal strength. Luckily, the Duke was very self-aware, and every time he led his army out into battle, the Duke of Serenhoff would put himself in the position of the army mascot, leaving the leadership to Captain Blanton, the lieutenant sent by Tirio Fordin.
Captain Blanton, who has extremely rich combat experience, has not failed to live up to the trust of his mascot, the Duke. All along, this army has been working well with the tacit cooperation of the two. But Captain Blanton also had a weakness, that is, he could command the army, but not the Duke himself.
If it were normal, Baron Tairosus would not worry too much about the combination of these two people, but this time the mission location was very close to Stratholme City. The one-eyed baron was worried that the Duke of Threnhof would lead his personal guards and leave the army to free the soul of his friend Baron Rivendell.
It stands to reason that the Scourge Legion going north to attack Quel'Thalas would take most of the undead army in Stratholme City with them, and the powerful Duke would not encounter much resistance. But the appearance of that group of undead giant bats made the experienced one-eyed baron keenly aware of the crisis of Duke Sellenhof.
"Who said that there are no wise men in these plot characters, and the one-eyed dragon in front of him is a wise man!" Xu Mo sighed secretly, Baron Tairosos only said half of what he said, and he basically understood what the Baron wanted him to do.
"Samsara 228, you have received the hidden story mission: Silver Rescue (C-rank)! Find Duke Nicholas Sørenhoff of the Silver Crusade and bring him back to the Chapel of the Light's Wish. Rewards: 5 Superstring Coins, 1 random base attribute, 1000 Silver Northern Crusade reputation. Mission failure: 5 credit points will be deducted. ”
Xu Mo looked at the prompt information in the soul mark and was slightly stunned, after he changed jobs in the second order, the rewards and punishments of the world mission were really different.
"Your Excellency, you want me to use the red dragon's high-speed flight to catch up with the Duke and save him from danger!" Xu Mo smiled and said, "There's no problem with this, it's just that I still have a question that I don't understand very well!" ”
"If Captain Cole is willing to accept this mercenary assignment, as long as I know the information, I will tell you!" Baron Tairosos nodded, "Although the Red Dragon's flight speed is fast, however, I will not let you fight alone, and I will send another team of Horned Eagle Knights to follow and meet you." ”
"I wonder what the leader of the Silver Crusade, His Excellency Tirio Fordin, is doing?" Xu Mo narrowed his eyes slightly.
"This ...... I can't tell you the specifics, I can only say that Lord Tirio is not in the Plaguelands at the moment! The one-eyed baron smiled wryly.
Xu Mo nodded, and didn't continue to ask, "Okay, I'll set off as soon as possible, and besides, I need a copy of the combat map on your wall!" ”
Xu Mo pointed to the map on the wall, he hadn't forgotten that the detailed map could also bring him a reward for world exploration. In the map of the Great Library of Dalaran that Ronin had given him, there was a map of the Plaguelands. However, that was the map before the start of the war, and after the Scourge invasion, it was completely obsolete.
In normal times, this kind of silver Northern Expeditionary Army spent a huge price and sacrificed a lot of intelligence maps that scout sentinels could only discover, and it would not be provided to people other than high-ranking officers, let alone outsiders like Xu Mo. However, now that the one-eyed dragon wants to hire Xu Mo to do things, he can't even give a detailed map, and Xu Mo's request is quite reasonable.
"Of course it's fine, it's just ...... This ......" bold one-eyed dragon suddenly twisted and pinched, and it seemed a little difficult to speak, which made Xu Mo look creepy for a while.
"Words about remuneration...... The material resources of our Northern Expeditionary Army are not very rich......" The one-eyed dragon lowered his head, his eyes looked at the floor, and his voice was almost an octave lower, almost so that Xu Mo didn't hear clearly. However, the stalker was deaf and clear-sighted, and quickly understood the meaning of the baron's intermittent words.
"It's okay! It is the responsibility of every human to fight against the Scourge Legion, and this time, I can serve the Silver Northern Expeditionary Army for free! Xu Mo smiled secretly and said righteously.
It seems that the one-eyed dragon wise man in front of him is a genius in combat, and the cunning level in other aspects is really insulting to the name of a wise man.
Max next to him couldn't help but look sideways, just when he thought that his boss was rarely generous, Xu Mo continued, "Your Excellency, the Silver Northern Expeditionary Army and the Brute Hammer Tribe of the Eagle's Nest Fort in the southwest should be an alliance, right?" Can you provide some forging materials at the right time, and ask them to help me repair my weapons and equipment! ”
"Of course, this is how it should be, our Northern Expeditionary Army has nothing else, and the forging raw materials collected on the battlefield are piles and piles!" Baron Tyrosus smiled happily.
The Stalker's request seems reasonable to him, people do the work for you, and you don't even ask for a pay, as long as you have a combat map and repair weapons and equipment, it's not too much.
The one-eyed dragon even felt a little bullying the mercenary leader, but thinking that the Northern Expeditionary Army was indeed lacking in material resources now, he had to endure it. The baron still gritted his teeth secretly, and decided to extort a few good things from the duke's private collection after the safe return of the mascot duke, and compensate the stalker.
"BOSS, you really don't want Baron Tairosos' payment? There are a lot of good things in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and those restoration props made by the Holy Light Priest are very valuable, and it's good to have a few! Coming out of Baron Tyrosos, Max couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe, my equipment isn't easy to repair!" Xu Mo looked at Max's thick Germanic face, and couldn't help but smile, "By the way, I have prepared a bloodline item for you." ”
As he spoke, Xu Mo took out the dragon scales that Crassus had obtained, and handed it to Max with a frown, "I didn't want to give it to you, this thing may not be suitable for you, but now I urgently need you to improve your combat power, so I have to use it first, and then change my bloodline later!" ”
"Dragon...... Dragonborn blood! Max's eyes widened like copper bells, he looked at Xu Mo with a complicated face, and finally sighed, "BOSS, you put it away, I don't need this bloodline." Actually, I was halfway through what I was talking about at the beginning, when I was interrupted by Baron Tyrosus. There's a reason I didn't join the Silver Crusade, I joined another nearby army, the Knights of the Black Blade! ”
"Death Knight?!" This time, Xu Mo almost bit his tongue.