Chapter 12 The Fishman's Elegy - One - Barov

Andorhar is geographically part of Eastern Tirisfa, but historically it was actually part of the kingdom of Otlan, but after World War II, this area was rewarded by the royal family of Lordaeron to several military nobles, and at first it was not only geographically but also truly subordinate to Lordaeron.

Although the region has recently begun to experience a lot of turmoil due to the return of the Ansinaire clan of the former kingdom of Otlante, in fact, most of Andohar belongs to the Barov clan entrenched in Keldaron. If the richest king in the human world is Her Majesty Dareen of Kurtilas, then the richest of the nobles is the Duke of Alix Barov, who has a strong Alahi blood.

As the only Grand Duke of Otlant who survived the catastrophe of World War II, he originally owned a vast area east of the Alterac Mountains, and even the town of Southsea and Brill were once their fiefdoms, and at his strongest, Barov had completely controlled the finances of the Otlante Kingdom, almost on a par with the King of Alterant. Of course, the current Barov family is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, which is also one of the costs of surviving in the first place, except for the ancestral land of Daron, which only controls most of the Andohar region, and it turns out that Erwuzai is not welcomed anywhere.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of this grand duke that most of Andorhar has actually maintained a relatively stable state and has not been invaded by war at all. In fact, it is different from the war in real history, where the army passes, whether it is the regular army or the bandits, there is no grass, and the people's livelihood withers, in this world, the people in a region are dependent on the nobles, to a certain extent, it is the private property of the nobles, and few nobles will involve the ordinary people because of the war, but it is another matter to kill the red eye.

Sitting in the corner of the bar, Kelreth watched the bustle of people coming and going, and couldn't help but laugh at the nervous nerves that he had begun to nervous since he stepped into Andorhar, which was the howling port in the east of Andorhar, one of the many ports in Andorhal, although it was not large, but the endless stream of cargo ships and merchant ships completely threw off the old man's harbor in the Silver Pine Forest for more than ten streets.

The Andohar chair leans against Lake Daron Mill, a large inland lake second only to Lake Lordammere, and compared to Lake Lordammere, which has no large tributaries, Lake Daron Mill has a large tributary that runs through most of the northern continent, crosses the Hillbride region and joins the endless sea, the Grimlamere River, which is also the fastest and main transportation route between the north and south of Lordaeron.

"My lord, I've already asked, Howling Harbor did issue the highest reward order for strangling the fishmen, but there is too little news at the moment, and I don't know what is going on. ”

As Kyrreth stared out the door at the view, Kiel quietly walked over and whispered.

The two of them did not find a suitable mercenary team in Barnier, after all, there are not many mercenaries who are willing to escort them for long distances, most of the mercenaries are regional, and they have an instinctive resistance to unfamiliar places. So in desperation, Kyrreth could only take Kiel on the road alone, but fortunately, he was the real rear of Lordaeron all the way, not only in good condition but also in good security.

The road went smoothly to Andorhar, and the middle-level mage heard that the eastern Howling Harbor had issued the highest reward fishman strangulation task, plus it was originally a stopper, and the two came here, intending to see if there would be a fishman shaman, but they didn't expect to know that the task was only awarded to the mercenary team at this level, and even the specific information was not disclosed to the public.

"Is this harbor a noble domain or a free territory?" the mid-level mage asked after a moment's thought.

"It belongs to the Barov family, but this is a pure commercial port, and the management is managed by a so-called merchants' association, and the Barov family is only responsible for coming over on time to collect taxes. ”

"The Merchants' Association. Rubbing his chin, this is actually a free territory, there are not many areas without aristocratic rule in Lordaeron, after all, it is still the era of human aristocracy, and only a small part of the more chicken ribs will appear in the trusteeship state, but this harbor is not a chicken rib, just from the ship throughput of Keerrys's visual inspection, it is a place where money is made every day, but it may also be a trick of the Barov family, and even this so-called merchant association may just be a puppet put by Barov on the surface。

"Let's go to the town hall and have a look. ”

Most of the area of Howling Harbor is the harbor part, the city is only a small area, and the bar where the two of them are in the center of the city is also in the center of the city, and it is not long before Kelreis takes Kiel out of the house before he arrives in front of a four-story building in the center of the port.

Very ordinary city hall building, even because of its proximity to the water, the main structure is weathered badly, it seems that it has been some years, the door of the government hall is open, there are two militia-like guards standing at the door, and on the left side of the gate is erected a notice board, there is only one notice on the sign now, that is, the recruitment of the fishman to clean up, there have been a lot of mercenaries gathered in front of the notice board, but the strength is uneven, and some of them have not entered the ranks.

"Our Red Maple Tree is also at the mercenary squad level, why don't you let me take this mission!" As soon as the middle-level mage moved his gaze to the billboard, there was a quarrel in front of the crowd, tight black leather armor, short brown hair was a little messy behind his head, and a broadsword was stuck on the ground in one hand, and the young female mercenary stared at the militia in front of the sign and shouted roughly.

"There are only seven people in your team, and there are only three professionals, we are asking for at least twenty or more people, all of whom are mercenary teams of professionals!" frowning at the person spitting in front of him, the middle-aged militiaman explained impatiently.

"Huh..."Turning to Kiel on the side, the mid-level mage found that the other party was staring at the female mercenary with a surprised expression.

"Acquaintance?" asked in a low voice.

"My lord, I know her, but she shouldn't know me. Looking at the mercenary again, Kiel continued to whisper.

"I've told adults before that my hometown of Sufeng Island belongs to the Groom, and if I'm not mistaken, she should be the youngest daughter of Count Groom, Miss Catherine..."

Turning his head slightly, the mid-level mage looked at the Shadow One with a strange expression.

"You can't be mistaken..."

Hearing this, Kiel also hesitated, after all, it was indeed a bit bizarre that the daughter of a field earl suddenly became a mercenary, and then turned his head and stared at it for a long time.

"It should be her, my lord, Miss Catherine has a good heart, and often helps the poor in the realm, and I have seen her up close, and I will not be mistaken. ”

"Forget it, it's none of our business whether it's her or not. Glancing at the female mercenary who was still arguing with the militia, what came out of the other party's mouth did not look like a young lady of the earl's house, shaking his head, Kyris walked towards the militia in front of the notice board, and Kiel behind him hesitated and looked at the female mercenary again, and then lowered his head and followed Keiris.

"Since it is a requirement for strength, it doesn't matter if it's a mercenary or not!" The middle-level mage directly gave himself and Kir a levitation technique, slowly crossed the crowd, came to the notice board, and said to the militia with a surprised face.

"Master Mage!" Before the militia could speak, an old man dressed as an attendant walked out of the gate of the city hall not far away, and stepped forward respectfully.

"If you want to take on this task, Master Mage, you can go directly to the town hall with me to talk to me in detail. ”

"Lead the way. ”

Glancing at each other, this stereotyped posture, the steps between the feet along the way are not even the same, only the kind of family that has been inherited for hundreds of years has this kind of background to cultivate this kind of waiter.

The mid-level mage slowly walked into the town hall with the attendant, and Kiel behind him glanced at the mercenary who was there and then turned his head and followed, while the mercenary who noticed the Shadowman's obvious gaze glanced at Kiel's back with strange eyes, and then turned around and disappeared into the crowd without looking back.

After about half an hour, the two of them followed the attendant out of the city hall, only this time through the back door, the three of them walked around the city for half a circle, and finally got on a small boat on a small pier, but it was a small boat that could carry a dozen people, it turned out to be a magic ship that had been transformed by magic, although the middle-level mage could see at a glance that the transformation was extremely rough, but it also made this sailing ship drive the speed of a steamship.

Looking at the impression that kept passing away, Kelreis was silent, he didn't expect that the Barov family, who had been in power for the entire Otlant more than ten years ago, had decayed to the point of cultivation.

It was not the Wailing Harbor that was really infested by the fishmen, but the Barov Zudi - Dalong Island.

Since the beginning of this month, several large fisherman tribes have begun to unite to attack Daron Island head-on, and even some of the fishmen have rushed to the bottom of Kurdaron Castle a few days ago, and the Barov family, who were galloping in Andorhar a few months ago, now need to recruit mercenaries to barely withstand the onslaught of these fishmen, and the reason for this finally prompted the mid-level mages to decide to make such a trip.

After all, according to the trajectory of history, the Barov family will eventually fall to the Scourge of the Dead, and even the Castle of Kurdaron on the island of Talon later became the center of the Catastrophe's domination in the East Tirisfa region - the Psychic Academy, and it is also a place for mass production of psychics and necromancers. It's just that according to his memory, it is far from the time for the Plague of the Dead to break out, and the eastern region of Lordaeron is now peaceful, and there is no news of the plague and natural disaster.

However, it may also be the trigger for the other party to start involving spiritism. Muttering to himself, Kyrreth didn't notice that Kiel had been in a daze since he uploaded it.

The magic ship drove very fast, but in less than an hour, Kelrith saw the outline of a large island, and after ten or so minutes, the magic ship drove to a small dock, where there were already people waiting, and when he saw the ship approaching, he immediately looked anxiously.

"Is it Mage Tiris? I'm Brown, the second butler of the Barov family, the situation on the other side of the castle is already critical, can the mage fight now?"

As soon as Kelrith stepped on the ground, the person who was waiting immediately said to him, in fact, Kelrith was not wearing a magic robe, but there were only three people wearing it, except for the boatman, only he and Kiel were left, and the Shadow One was consciously standing behind him, so the second butler recognized at a glance this middle-level mage who was said to have traveled from Dalaran-Tiris.

"Lead the way. A flash of blue light flashed in his eyes, and a set of magic robes slowly appeared on the body of the middle-level mage, which was the one that Kelreth had transformed, took out the magic staff in his hand, and said to the butler.

"Please come with me, Master. The butler glanced past Kelrith at the boatman, then addressed the mage, turned and walked back quickly, followed by the mage and Kirti.

Although this small pier is relatively barren and surrounded by a forest, but Kelreth walked with the butler for only ten minutes, through a fairly neat forest path, and saw a majestic bunker in his eyes, almost nearly seven meters high, far away and even the end of the bunker can not be seen, but on the main entrance of the bunker, like a tide of fish-people washing the city wall, although the city wall is very high, but some fish-people actually have their bare hands as if they have a sucker, quickly climb up the city wall along the wall, although because of the location, can not see comprehensively, but Kelreis can still feel from the distant fish-man roar and human screamsThe war is already very dangerous.

The three of them naturally couldn't go to the front door, the butler took Kelrith and the two quietly walked to a secret passage at the edge of the woods, the secret passage was full of fresh vegetation, if it wasn't for the housekeeper to open it, even Kelrith couldn't find out that there was a secret passage here, and after entering the secret passage, it was a deep passage, and the three of them slowly walked inside.

"My lord, this can already be regarded as a fisherman's disaster, and it is too dangerous for my lord to take me alone. Probably awakened by the fish-man frenzy he had just seen, Kiel finally came to his senses, glanced at the second butler who was far ahead in the passage, and whispered to Kyrryth.

"Don't worry, I'll prepare a teleportation array in a while, and if there's a problem, we'll flash people immediately. With his eyes fixed on the front, Kyrreth said in something that only Kiel could hear. The Shadow One breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then shut up and followed closely after the mid-level mage.

And at this moment, in a secret room of the castle, most of the descendants of the Barov family gathered here, and the current Duke of Barov, Alix Barov, looked at a beautiful female mage in front of him, his face full of anger.

"Look at the good things you've done!"

"Father, this is a process that must be experienced, and only by giving up the original power can we truly accommodate my lord's gift!" said to the glamorous mage, glancing at the other members, to the gloomy Grand Duke of Alix.

"What about the fish-men outside, just when we were at our weakest, causing the fisherman's disaster, my daughter, do you want to save the family, or take Barov to destruction?"

"Aren't there some mercenaries on the defensive? plus the remaining family private soldiers, if they survive today, as long as today passes, the fish-men will naturally retreat. Boredom fiddling with his nails, the glamorous mage said to the duke.

"If it weren't for your experiment, you wouldn't have provoked so many fish tribes!" At this time, a young man beside the duke, looking at the female mage with a blue face, said through gritted teeth.

"Hehe, my brother, what's the matter? I feel sorry for your Lilith, but it's a pity, even if she's still here, you don't have that ability!" glancing at her brother, the female mage smiled strangely.

"You!" the young man burst out of his head, but finally sat weakly on the ground.

"Enough, Joseph!" said the Grand Duke, though he verbally stopped his son, but his eyes looked at his daughter.

"With so many mercenaries, it's easy to see something. ”

"Then kill them all, if it weren't for the fact that I would have easily left traces as soon as I made a move, I would have removed the fish people outside by myself. ”

"No, there are a few of them who are noble sons of Lordaeron, and dying here could easily arouse suspicion. A middle-aged woman in the corner suddenly spoke.

"How can there still be nobles?"

"It's a beginner mage who traveled with those mercenary teams. ”

"Then be careful, it's really not good, wait for them to get out of the island, and then make a move... ”