Marcus didn't care if he had revenge or revenge. Nephilim will not be afraid of the retaliation of ordinary NPCs, and besides, he is also a person with a backstage now.

Neras Elam is there, and his presence can keep some trouble out of his way, whatever he wills. For the rest of the guns and arrows, Marcus still has confidence in himself.

He sat down in the waiting room of the old Count of Lothar and waited for the summons. After this duel, for the time being, there will be no nobles who judge people by their appearances to provoke him, so that he can avoid a little trouble.

In fact, it is exactly what it is. At the behalf, Mr. Simon, Marcus spent a short time in the quieter waiting room, until the earl's chamberlain opened the door and entered, interrupting the noise in the waiting room, and shouted—

"The Earl has invited Mr. Marcus Elam. ”

......

The whole meeting was lackluster.

Due to the player's lack of attention to this aspect, Marcus is not very clear about the way people are treated in the kingdom officialdom, but he can still feel that he is being received coldly.

The letter of the great magician Neras played a great role, and the old Count of Lothar, although polite and detached, appointed him as a lieutenant of the kingdom's infantry without hesitation.

With a few kind words, he signed a letter of appointment, and called in an adjutant to take Marcus to the formalities—in fact, the general headquarters of the kingdom's military was less than fifty steps from the count's office.

This is exactly what the latter is pursuing, and at the same time, he also met the eldest lord who is actually more than ten years younger than he seems on the surface, and satisfied his curiosity - it turns out that the top and baldness of the Lothar family are really ancestral.

As far as Marcus knew, the future legendary hero of humanity, Anduin Lothar, was also a powerful warrior when it came to saving the world. Although players were not able to fight alongside Lothar because the closed beta was decades after Lothar's death, it didn't stop players from being curious about the true legend.

"Well, sure enough, to be strong you have to be bald. ”

Marcus left the reception room satisfied.

However, the other party to the meeting was not as satisfied as it seemed.

"Sean, what do you think of this Mr. Marcus?" asked the Earl, touching the thinning hair on the top of his head, and looking out through the window.

The body of a thin, pale middle-aged man slowly appeared in the shadows. The black tights and the two daggers stuck in the waistband of his trousers illustrate his profession. Marcus didn't notice that there was a large living man hiding in the shadows behind the Count.

"I don't understand him, but he doesn't look as impulsive and reckless as he is outside. ”

"How do you know he didn't think about the consequences?" said the Earl, touching his beard, which had long since dried up like a withered weed, "though I don't know why he had to go to Red Ridge Mountain. Neras made it clear in his letter that he wanted him to join the Royal Guard, that he had to go to the frontier to pioneer the frontier, and that he respected his nephew's choice. ”

Many years ago, the humans of the Viku people, who had been exiled to the southern continent because of their deformity and weakness, were forced to abandon their nomadic life due to the threat of trolls in the northern forests. Then, for the first time, a great barbarian overseer unified the forces and established the Arathus Empire. As men named Soladin unified the human tribes, the empire finally defeated the trolls after allied with the elves, and post-humans began to spread across the continent, and new city-states were established one after another.

The empire eventually collapsed, but the human city-states remained the same, each developing its own customs and beliefs, and a new king. Among them, the Kingdom of Stormwind was founded on the basis of Stormwind City, which was built by pioneers who traveled long distances from the northern continent.

Stormwind is located in the southern part of the eastern continent of Azeroth, near the coast to the west, with hard-to-develop mountains to the north, barren western wilderness to the southwest, sunny forests to the south, and barren Red Ridge Mountains to the east. It can be said that as a kingdom built in the wilderness by the pioneers, only the Elwyn Forest, which is half wrapped in Stormwind, can be considered a good land to develop.

The land in the western wilderness is actually very fertile, and the Red Ridge Mountain, except for the part bordering the burning plains, has a very suitable climate, but these two places are not well developed, and can be said to be very treacherous places.

Even in the Elwyn Forest, there is still an invisible boundary between the village and the wilderness, dividing two different worlds. Ignorance and savagery, civilization and civilization, life and death, it is a danger to go on the road alone, and the bandits, beasts, and monsters such as fishmen, kobolds, and jackals on the road are enough to discourage any adventurer.

The Elwyn Forest, which can be regarded as a familiar land, is still like this, and it is natural to imagine what the Western Wilderness, the Twilight Forest, and the Red Ridge Mountain, which rely only on a few towns as strongholds. Marcus still asked to go to the outermost garrison defense area.

For example, in the town of Moonstream, located at the outermost of the kingdom's power in the Western Wilderness, battle has become a part of the lives of the descendants of these pioneers. Wolves, wild boars, vultures, gnolls, kobolds, fishmen...... Whether it's farming or going down the mine, there will always be monsters that can't be killed, and there will be a defensive battle at both ends in three days.

"Maybe it's because there are more garrisons in the Red Ridge Mountain region, unlike those places in Mooncreek Town, which are under the rule of the local lords, the pioneer knights who have forged ahead and gained the right to pioneer. The stalker said that he thought it was not a reliable speculation, "Maybe Marcus is more timid, and it would be more secure to go to the Red Ridge Mountain garrisoned by the kingdom, after all, we only give the pioneer knights the right to develop, as well as tax incentives, and the rest are the nobles' own efforts, whether they can occupy the land, and how much land they can open up depends on him - there are not many knight lords who have been destroyed over the years." ”????

Count Lothar whistled, "It makes sense, the Red Ridge Mountain defense line is better than Yuexi Town, and it is within the kingdom's military system. But staying in Stormwind and having Neras to take care of you is much better than Red Ridge Mountain in terms of promotion and security, right?"

"Hmph, I don't think you need to think about the idea of a little ensign, you just need to pay attention to the idea of the chief archmage of the court, Neras Elan!"

"You're right!" the Count grimaced as he dealt with his spy leader. "Let's talk about the latest news from His Excellency Neras. ”

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After completing all the formalities, Marcus visited his cousin again.

The owner of the magic tower seemed to have returned, and he had just shown his family crest to the guard golem at the gate of the magic tower, when a voice reached his ears.

"It's just in time, come up. ”

The door opened, and a magic carpet floated in front of Marcus. Without hesitation, he jumped up, carried by the flying carpet all the way upward. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at his destination. Marcus jumps off the flying carpet, which rolls itself up and lands on a shelf.

The walls and ceiling of this level are covered with lattice windows, which are spotlessly clean, but the light is so dim that it needs to be illuminated by torches. The flames of these torches are solidified, and they are covered with lampshades, which are very dim.

Several curved tables are scattered in the center, with various instruments and mountains of notes lined up. And there Neras Elan was, dressed in gold-rimmed mage robes, holding a golden astrolabe in one hand and a notebook in the other, standing at a table as if he were lost in thought.

Marcus thought he hadn't seen himself and had to ponder for a while. Unexpectedly, Neras's voice soon sounded, "Have you seen old Lothar?"

"Well, yes. ”

"What position?" asked Neras briefly, without looking up, as he began to flip through his notes.

"Lieutenant of the Infantry of the 33rd Regiment of the 16th Brigade of the 3rd Army of the Kingdom. ”

"It's just a lieutenant," the archmage frowned, closing his notebook and looking up. "I remember that the children of nobles who did not have a knighthood could at most be awarded directly to the captain...... Forget it, a lieutenant is a lieutenant, and the third legion is an elite legion, and being promoted to captain is also a matter of chopping a few gnolls. And then—"

A black ring rose from the table in front of Neras and floated towards Marcus.

The latter took it and immediately felt the power contained in the pitch-black metal ring. He saw some kind of energy swaying and flashing in the pure black face, powerful, yet somewhat uncontrollable, somewhat dangerous......

Marcus's hesitation was misunderstood by the archmage, "Take it, it's a parting gift from an elder who cares about you—there's a talisman spell in the ring that might save your life on the battlefield." By the way, if you want, there is a flying point on my mage tower that can quickly take you to Chiji Mountain, so you don't have to travel tired. ”

Flying in the air is another way to travel in the Stormwind Kingdom, but it's not suitable for most people. The kingdom has long had a tradition of domesticating griffons, which have the body of a giant cat, golden wings, and the head and front paws of an eagle. Griffons that were not suitable for battle as griffon knight mounts were eliminated and used as flying tools.

This creature flies very fast, but griffons are not easy to domesticate and the daily expenses are large, so the number of griffons in the kingdom is not large. As a result, such flying tools were mostly used by the military, except for the use of the upper echelons of the kingdom. Unlike in the game, the air flight service is only available to "ordinary people" when they are free, provided that he/she can afford the expensive price - at least for Marcus - and enjoy this kind of quick journey many times faster than horseback riding.