Chapter 10: Farewell
In the following half a month, Kelrith did not massacre the fishmen on a large scale, and the usefulness of the first- and second-order fish-man crystal puppets to him was too low, although the second-order puppets could barely be used as meat shields after transformation, but they were also cannon fodder in the same level of battles.
Therefore, the mid-level mage found some clues to the third-order fishmen through the mercenary union, and then with the assistance of the rock team, he swept away several fisherman tribes entrenched on the shores of Lake Lordamere, and finally collected three third-order fishman crystals before leaving, but he still did not encounter any fishman shamans along the way.
"Remember my staff of the serpent!"
The little girl who hadn't seen anyone yesterday suddenly appeared and shouted to Kyris in the distance, this is the north gate of Lordaeron City, and there is a narrow canyon outside.
Kelrith and the others had already entered the valley at this moment, but after hearing Belinda's voice, they looked back at Mage Lori wordlessly, then smiled, pulled down the pony they sat down, and trotted into the canyon.
"My lord, out of the canyon is the city of Banier, whether we will skip it directly, rush to the steel wheel barrier to rest, or stop at Banier for the night. Kilzema, dressed in gray leather armor, walked over to the mid-level mage and asked in a low voice.
The mid-level mage's invitation to Kim and Kiel, in the end, only Kiel stayed. Although Kyris has already been in contact with Tiris, the new Grand Duke of the Stormwind Kingdom doesn't seem to care too much about the two of them, but Jin is not a real subordinate of Tiris, but a branch of the Tailaner family, and he has long decided to apply to Tirius for transfer back to his hometown after this escort, so Kyris is not easy to stay, but he just forced the magic shield to him. As for Kir, after thinking about it for a few days, he agreed to become the first follower of Kyrryth, in the magical world of Azeroth, in addition to nobles can have followers, or guards, magicians usually recruit followers, and they are generally existences with a high level of trust.
"It's still early, let's rest at the steel wheel barrier today. "Looking up, the sky was clear without a hint of white, and the sun had just risen when they went out, and it was indeed early.
"Yes. Kiel answered, and turned his horse to the mercenary captain beside him.
This journey had to pass through several regions of Lordaeron, such as East Tirisfa, Dalongshire, and Great Cowlingshire, and the distance was almost three times that of the original journey he had traveled from Dalaran to Lordaeron through the Silver Pine Forest, but this way passed through the richest areas of Lordaeron, and the road conditions were naturally not too bad, if nothing else, it might take less time than the previous time to Lordaeron.
However, the mid-level mage still hired a team of mercenaries to guard in Lordaeron City in case of accidents, and because of the cooperation between them for a month, the rock team became the final choice of Kelrith, hearing that the middle-level mage who hired him was already a Lordaeron field baron, Captain Jon was both jealous and surprised to accept Kelrith's employment and escorted the middle-level mage on the journey to Stratholme.
"My lord, the steel wheel barrier is a military fortress, although there are hotels and other things, but they are all goods that can't even compare to the crappy hotels in the country town, and only those small merchants who really can't help it will stay at the steel wheel wall. ”
In fact, when Kiel was asking just now, Jon was on the side, waiting for Kyrrys's decision, and then hesitated before speaking.
After all, it is the land snake of Lordaeron, and it is true that Kiel, who has only been active in the area around Dalaran, is indeed less than a few points.
"Is the steel wheel wall still a military fortress? I thought it would have been abandoned after World War II. ”
Giving Jon a strange look, Kyris asked. This barrier was built at the end of World War II, the main purpose is to defend against some of the orc legions that flowed to Andohar after the Otlante mutiny, but it seems that since the beginning of construction, there has been no war, and some of the orc legions in Andohar have not yet stormed the fortress, and the main force of the orcs in the Hillbride area was defeated, and World War II began to enter the stage of human sweeping, and this remnant later flowed into the Ortrant Mountains to hide. They are the mother clan of the future Heavenly Dao Shaman Gouyle, the famous Frostwolf Clan, and as the rear of Lordaeron, the Eastern Tirisfa region is guarded by the Grand Lord of the Holy Light of the Valley of the Hearth, Grand Duke Tirio, except for Andor, which has only recently emerged a little noble war, there is basically no war.
"It's because it's almost abandoned, just a symbolic garrison of a garrison, and it lacks management, so it's very dilapidated, and it's not too far from Banir, which is comparable to Brill's big city, so most people who pass by the steel wheel will choose to stay in Baniel, and the next day cross the barrier to reach East Tirisfa. Jon twitched the foal under him slightly, and walked to the other side of the mage to explain.
"Well, let's go to Barnier first!" The mid-level mage nodded indifferently, but his gaze stopped on the bronze ring in his left hand, a gray light flickered intermittently, Kelreth whispered a spell, and a figure the size of a hand appeared on his palm, still wearing a fiery red robe, and the Lori mage grabbed a staff that seemed to be composed of a stiff and twisted fire snake, the snake head of the staff was slightly open, and the four fangs flashed with a green faint light.
"Kyle, can I go see you?" the little girl stared at the mid-level mage and said sullenly for a long time.
"It won't be long before I'll pick you up to play, but I may not be able to contact you during this time!" Coughing, Kiel and Jon walked away as Kyle Ris whispered into the video. After going to Stratholme, without an independent mage tower, Kyris can't perform a remote video like the last time he met Tiris, after all, this kind of spell requires not only a huge amount of energy, but also delicate space and spell operations, and must need the assistance of the mage tower.
"I know... I..."The image began to flicker, it should be a little far away, and Kyris is now relying on his own mana alone to maintain this kind of influence transmission, not only the distance is limited, but also very mana-consuming.
"Take care of yourself!" Kelreis said softly, watching the other man's image beep dissipate, sighing, retracting his left hand and speeding up the road with the team.
The canyon outside the west gate of Lordaeron City is very short, so that it does not even have an official name, the reason why it will be left when the city is built at the beginning of the period is also to have the intention of using it as a protective barrier, but it took more than ten minutes, Kelreth and his party walked out of the canyon, and the whole piece of Qianmo was attacked, but at this time, just after the autumn harvest, beside the wide main road, there was only a pair of pairs of patches of straw on the fields, and the farmer was rarely seen.
After nearly four hours of horseback riding along the main road, when the sun began to run down, Kerryth arrived at the first stopover of the journey, the city of Barnier.
As the center of the Barnir region, the city of Barnier is not much smaller in size than the large city of Brill, which is affiliated to the royal capital, and can parallel the gates of nearly four carriages, with an endless flow of people coming in and out, and from time to time there will be large caravans mixed in.
"Find a hotel to stay in. Riding his horse into the crowd, as soon as he entered the city, Kyrreth said to Kiel.
"My lord, our Rock Squad has a house in Barnier, and if we don't dislike it, we have enough room over there to live in. However, Jon on the side immediately answered.
Hearing this, the mid-level mage and Kiel looked at each other, and then turned to look at the mercenary captain.
"So, the headquarters of the Rock Team is in Barnier?" asked the mid-level mage, glancing at the other mercenary members.
"Yes, it's our headquarters in Barnier. Slightly stunned, Jon nodded and said, then turned his head and took the lead towards the west of the city.
Kelrith sensed Kiel's inquiring gaze, shook his head slightly, and took the lead in following, while the Shadow One touched the dagger on his waist intentionally or unintentionally, and silently followed the mage.
After only ten minutes of riding a horse, Jon led the group to a row of low houses in the western part of the city, that is, the civilian area. It is said to be a low house, but compared to Kelreis, who is used to living in tall towers, this is a house with a similar overall plan, most of them are two-story, bright blue walls, two windows facing the street on the second floor, and a small balcony, which is the prototype of the house of ordinary city dwellers in Lordaeron.
"These three are all the houses of our Rock Squad, the adults' rooms are in the middle, and there are four rooms on the upper floor, you can choose at will. Jon, who was in the lead, pointed to three of them, then to one of the three, and after speaking to Kelrith behind him, he walked over and opened the door to the middle room.
However, the middle-level mage did not follow, but glanced inside the door and said to the mercenary captain with a calm face.
"I'm amazed that Captain Jon's headquarters is guarded by high-ranking warriors. ”
Hearing this, Jon, who looked at the mage in surprise, was at a loss at the door, and saw Kiel dodge up to him, and after taking out two daggers to defend himself, his mouth opened open, but he didn't say anything.
Shaking his head, Kyris patted Kiel's shoulder and turned to leave, although it looked relaxed, his hands were already full of gems.
"Kyle, what, don't you want to see me?" A male voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar came from inside the door, and the mid-level mage slowly turned his head to look at the middle-aged man who walked out of the door.
"Don't you dare, if you want to see me, isn't it your word, Lord Earl Kennery. ”
Dressed in a well-fitting black dress, looking at Kyris not far away with a wry smile, Jon flicked the staff in his hand, turned and walked in the door.
"Come in, standing at the door and talking will make the other nobles laugh, I should have taught you. ”
Frowning at the back of the Earl who slowly disappeared into darkness, Kyris followed with steps, and then Kiel still followed closely with his twin daggers, and when he passed by the door, he gave the mercenary captain a cold look.
"In the hall on the second floor, you should have sensed it!"
When I walked through the gate, I saw a straight walk to the small courtyard leading to the front yard, and there was no figure of the Earl, but then the voice of the Count of Kennery came from upstairs.
With a twitch of the corners of his mouth, Kerris led Kiel slowly up to the second floor, and the door turned a corner, and there was a large living room, with several simple sofas around a low table, and Count Kennery, who was playing with his cane, was sitting on one of the largest sofas, and behind him stood three men who looked like squires.
"Sit" glanced at the mid-level mage, and Count Kennery waved his hand to let the attendant behind him bring a cup of milk tea.