Even if the winter sun is silent, it still has a hint of warmth, imprinted on the path that can only be used by horse-drawn carriages, making this winding path hidden by dense jungle show some popularity.

Kerryth sat in the carriage and looked calmly out the small window at the dark woods. When he first came out of Dalaran, he wanted to go to Dunhold to see. After World War II, humans captured a large number of orc slaves and built internment camps in various places, and Dunhold Castle was the largest of them and the one that Kerrith wanted to visit the most, because here, the son of Durotan, the puppy of the frostwolf, the future orc great chieftain, the heavenly shaman Gouil is "growing up" , Under the education of human beings, he slowly learned the true civilization and strength, but out of Dalaran, the middle-level mage realized how backward the road of this world is, even if it is in the same Helbled area, but it will take more than a week to go back and forth, this is still under the premise of good weather, plus now he has no power and power, and he has no chance to enter this famous bloody arena, so the meeting with this future legendary shaman can only wait for the time when the storm rises again in the future.

This is the Silver Pine Forest, one of the few primitive deep forest areas in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, even after thousands of years of development, except for the two relatively large gathering areas of Thurberchel and Ambermere, and the Barony of Sivalen, which also has the town of Burning Wood, there are other small villages scattered throughout this primeval jungle.

Dalaran is close to the southern shore of Lake Lordammere, and is actually across the lake from the royal city of Lordaeron. Theoretically, it only takes a day and a half to reach the royal city of Lordaeron by boat, but in fact, Dalaran does not have a port, yes, the magical city next to Lake Lordanmere does not have any harbor, so from Dalaran to Lordaeron, you can only go by land at the beginning.

Because it is separated from Lake Lordanmere, there are two roads from Dalaran to Lordaeron. One is to take the Silver Pine Forest all the way north through Ambermere and Thurburnel, and then either spend at least a week traversing the Primeval Bush Trail to Dalordanlen, or board a boat at the Old Man's Harbour in the Serberchel region to reach Lordaeron in two days, or take the Otlant Mountains, turn to Andorhar, cross the steel wheel barrier, reach the Tirisfal Woodland, and then follow the official road to reach the royal capital of Lordaeron in one day.

Both roads have drawbacks, the former is full of mountains and forests after walking through the Ambermere and Thurberchel areas, and the roads are not in good condition, even if the water is changed, the ships of the old man's port will sail to the island of Fenres, from there they must be transferred to reach Lordaeron. Fenris Island is the largest piece of the Fintias Islands, and the archipelago is actually the former site of Dalaran, but because of the great change of the fall of Dalaran, the original large island was divided into more than a dozen small islands of different sizes, and then Dalaran was rebuilt on the south shore of Lordammere Lake, but for a time there was no spare power to manage this old land, and later because of the quarrels of all parties, in fact, there is still no strong official management in this area, and it has almost become a gathering point for all kinds of dark sides。

And the disadvantages of taking Atlant are more obvious, this road is almost a circle around the Aotlant Mountains, and it can't be walked down in a month or two, and now the Atrent area is full of wars, and it is mixed with the forces of Kel'thugad, although the so-called prophecy fooled Kelthugad, but until last resort, Kellis still doesn't want to have too much contact with the other party.

So in the end, the middle-level mage still chose to cross the road through the Silver Pine Forest, although the second half of the road is densely forested, but in fact, there will be small human settlements next to each other every other road, even if it is the arrogance of nature, it can't withstand the erosion of human beings for thousands of years, not to mention that this road can be regarded as the main road in the southern district of Lordan, and most of it is still relatively smooth and easy to walk.

In fact, there is a more convenient way for Dalaran to go to Lordaeron, which is to reach Brill City in Tirisfa directly through the public teleportation array, and it is less than a day away from Lordaeron King City, but recently Dalaran's public teleportation array has entered a maintenance period, and as for when it will open, the official has not given a specific date, so this easiest and most convenient way can only be abandoned.

"My lord, ahead is the last big town of Thurberchel, the town of Rootwood, and after him we will have to abandon the carriage and ride on the road. The middle-aged knight, who had most of his face covered with beards, walked into the window and leaned over and said.

Jin, the second leader of Tirius's forces in Dalaran, although he looks rough on the outside, he is very careful and cautious, acting vigorously and resolutely, with a little military atmosphere, but he is familiar with many small ways, and he treats Kyris more respectfully along the way. Although he only knows that he is a middle-level warrior, he does not know the specific strength, but there is at least a fourth-order level, the fine-forged half-body armor that has not been taken off since the beginning of the departure, with the iron and wooden shield on his back, should be a warrior who specializes in defense, this time he brought twelve warriors, accounting for almost half of the forces stationed in Dalaran, at first Kelreth was quite embarrassed, and later according to Jin, they have no energy to participate in a series of situations in Dalaran recently, at most collect some information, and the remaining forces are enough.

"Then stay overnight in Rootwood Town, and enter the mountain early tomorrow morning. ”

Poking his head out to look at the vaguely visible outline of the town, Kyris commanded, because he was an illegitimate child, he did not receive an orthodox aristocratic education since he was a child, but he only learned the basics for a period of time before entering Dalaran, and the skill of horseback riding was naturally not a point, although he had been able to stay on the horse steadily after Professor Jin along the way, but he could only slip around, and it was not as fast as the carriage, so he still stayed in the carriage most of the time.

"Although Rootstock Town is only a town, it is actually a big town close to the city level like the Burning Wood Town in the south, and it is also the nearest and largest transit point in the entire Silver Pine Deep Forest and Tirisfa area. ”

In a corner of a tavern in the center of town, Kim slowly narrated to Kyris while scanning the entire bar out of the corner of his eyes, the depths of the Silver Pine Forest are not only trees, all kinds of powerful are not uncommon, not to mention that in this magical world, there will always be some strange things mixed in, plus there are many bandit groups that are swept by the wind, if you want to safely cross this mountainous area, joining a large caravan is the safest way.

Keerreth listened and nodded, his eyes fixed on the corner of the front desk, a half-sized man in a gray linen dress leaned on the wine barrel in the corner of the front desk, and laughed with the wine girl, although the sun has not completely set yet, the tavern is already a little crowded, but the two of them chose the best tavern in the town, the layout is quite clean, it is a lot of caravans are willing to settle down, and there are many less hands and feet in the secret. It was only three or four seconds before the boy felt his gaze and turned his head to look at it.

Slightly surprised, he met the other party's gaze, Kelreth beckoned to him, and the young man glanced at Jin next to him, said a few words to the wine girl next to him, and walked over.

"Sir, Sipp is willing to serve you. Glancing at Kim again with alarm, the boy bowed to Kyrryth.

"The eucalyptus harp, or the singer of Tirisfa. Looking at the young man, Kyrreth said, these two organizations are the most famous intelligence organizations in Lordaeron, and it is even rumored that the big boss in the secret is the Minethil royal family, compared to MI7 in Stormwind City, Lordaeron does not have an intelligence agency on the surface, but secretly it definitely exists, but it is better hidden.

Although Kelrith was just wearing an ordinary travel suit at random, the boy could tell at first glance that the Seiko at the corner of the clothes was not something that could be made in an ordinary small place, and he originally thought it was a little fat sheep, but from hearing the two names that burst out of Kelrith's mouth, the boy's face showed hesitation for a while, knowing that the people of these two organizations were either rich or expensive, and they were not something that he could fish at his level.

"Sir, I'm just an outsider to the woodpecker, and I probably don't have too much important news on my side. ”

"Woodpecker?" Kelreth tilted his head to look at Kim, who had only known about the Eucalyptus Harp and the Tyrisfa Chanter when he was chatting with Old Boren.

"It's a small group of the Tirisfa Chanters, and it's usually active in the Silver Pines Forest. Just glanced at the boy when he came to him, and then glanced at the bar again, and officially turned his head to stare at the boy.

"You're a woodpecker in this stronghold, you can't get the information I need, so I'm looking for you big woodpecker. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Kyrreth raised an eyebrow and glanced at Kim, and when he turned around, the boy had already dodged into the crowd.

"My lord, according to the plan, we will meet a large caravan from Riptide Fort through the Silver Pine Forest to Lordaeron, which belongs to the Arathi Royal Chamber of Commerce, but just now the brothers looked for it, and the other party seems to have not arrived in Rootstock Town. ”

Looking at Kim's whispered explanation, Kyris nodded thoughtfully, since Tirius already has a plan, a change is a sign of an accident, and any accident is the beginning of danger.

The two sat in the corner speechlessly, Kelreth rubbed the wine glass in his hand, counting his hole cards, Kim still silently scanned the entire bar, but in ten minutes, an old man dressed in a washed gray linen cloth sat silently next to Kelris.

As he walked in, Kyris spotted the other party, and Kim watched him slowly sit down on one of the remaining chairs. Kim looked at the table lightly and knocked for a while, only to realize that the tapping sound was regular, it should be a similar code, but when he started to pay attention, the tapping stopped.

When the gold was halfway through, the old man leaned back in his chair casually, turned his head to stare at Kelryth, and when the gold was over, he spoke.

"It's amazing to me that you can see the people of Quel'Salas in such a backcountry. ”

Along the way, although Kelrith had already covered up, he didn't pay much attention to it, so Kim also knew that Kelrith had a pair of pointed ears, and although the surprise must have been there, he never asked anything.

"Tidespring Caravan, I want to know all about it. Kylereth was silent, and King spoke.

"This one costs one hundred and fifty kinnars. The old man turned his eyes to Jin and said slowly.

And Jin, who heard the offer, had a cold face, just looking for news of a caravan, and he didn't need this price at all, it seemed that something had happened to the other party, and he threw out a bag of gold coins casually.

The old man's withered right hand quickly took the money bag, nodded, and nodded in satisfaction.

"They were detained by Baron Sivalen's private soldiers while passing through Burning Wood Town, and it was officially announced that they were smuggling strategic materials, but according to my information, on the last night of the caravan's departure from Burning Wood Town, Baron Sivalen's private soldiers suddenly imprisoned the entire caravan. ”

"Something happened to Arashi!" One hundred and fifty kinnar only got a few words, but Jin didn't say anything, just touched his rough cheeks and thought for a moment, and looked at the old man with a surprised expression.

"Hehe, that's another story. He also looked at Jin in surprise, and the old man smiled lowly.

"No, you're just getting some leftovers. Waving at the old man, Kim winked at Kyrrys, and the two got up and went back to their room.

In Kyrryth's room, Kim looked at his men with a gloomy face.

"My lord, it seems that we can only find another big caravan and adapt to the situation. ”

"Plans can never catch up with changes, the enemy in the shadows is always more dangerous than the ones in the light, don't worry about me, I'm okay with self-preservation. Pinching the space-time anchor in his hand, Kyrreth responded.

"What happened to Arathi, do you need to report to Tiris. ”

"Arathi also has a branch over there, but the Silver Pine Forest is just too remote, so the news came a little late. Kim shook his head, gave a few orders to his men, and let them leave.

"Don't you ask Arahi what's going on?" waited until there were only two people left in the room, and Jin said slowly.

"Since Baron Sivalene dares to blatantly detain the Arathi Royal Caravan, it means that no one will go or have no time to take care of it at the moment, and it seems that Riptide Castle has really failed to withstand it this time. ”

said regret on his lips, and there was a hint of sarcasm on his face, the kingdom of Riptide Castle, as the only country in the human kingdom with a large area of horse grazing grassland, was also the force with the largest cavalry legion at the beginning, and the Arathi Royal Cavalry Legion was one of the few troops that could fight with the orc wolf cavalry in the second war, but the Arathi region, as the first barrier on the way of the orc's northern invasion, suffered the impact of the green torrent of the orcs alone in the early stage, and almost wiped out the country. And what is chilling is that after the victory of the war, the major kingdoms of mankind were busy carving up the Otlante region, deliberately ignoring the remnants of the orcs remaining on the Arathi Plain, so that although the Arathi Kingdom barely survived, it still kept bleeding, and the royal city of Rapids Fort was several times facing the impact of the remnants of the orc ogre. In this way, the major kingdoms of mankind still have not lent a hand, and almost all the nobles are waiting for the fall of Riptide Castle, after all, unlike the chicken ribs of Otlante, Arathi, as the first place of mankind, not only has a large area of horse grazing grasslands but also several grain-producing plains, which is a rare and rich land.

"In the absence of external pressure, it is ironic that the greatest enemy of mankind is himself, and I wonder if Marshal Anduin will crawl out of the grave in anger when he knows that Fort Riptide has become history. ”

Placing the space-time anchor in the space bag, Kyrreth taunted after pouring a glass for Kim.

"I fought alongside the Royal Knights of Arathi in World War II, and I was a good man. It's a pity that although Tolbain has been in power in Riptide Fort for nearly a hundred years, it is not the blood of Arathi the Great after all, and the existence of too many powerful nobles has dispersed the already small strength of Rapidsburg, and His Royal Highness Garin's brother, His Royal Highness Stirling is even more talented, as the head of the original Alathi Royal Knights, he led the victory of several major battles, but unfortunately he died in the hands of his own people, and the Royal Knights have since fallen apart and been divided by the powerful nobles from all over Arathi. ”

Jin said in a low voice, looking at the wine glass, with a slight memory of the past in his eyes, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and when he opened his mouth again, there was a regular knock on the door.

"Enter"

A member of the team walked in in brown leather armor, one of only two Shadowmen on the team, who were dedicated to the team's pathfinding and were often absent from the group, so it was the first time that Kelrith had seen each other up close. The leather armor is just ordinary hardened cowhide, but the inner layer can vaguely see the reflection, it should be a layer of half-body armor, but I don't know if it's magic equipment, the hands are always placed next to the double dagger on the waist, the dagger can only see the handle, just a few layers of gauze are roughly tied, but according to the previous Kelrith has seen the other party use the secondary nocturnal technique, it should be a fourth-order or even fifth-order shadow person, because as long as the professional is promoted to the middle level, whether it is the law system or the physics department, the perception will be much sharper, so Kelrith did not detect the members of this team all the way, after all, it is not good to be careless, and it is not good to be stiff。

"Boss, I've checked, in the entire Rootstock Town, there are currently only two caravans of comparable size, one is the caravan of Rootstock Town's own, and the other is a caravan from Gilness. ”

"Gilnes?" said Jin frowned.

"Yes, it should be the vanguard of the Gilneth caravan this year, although it is said to be the merchant group of Nanhai City, but I have long smelled the smell of turtles in the countryside of Gilness. ”

"Kiel!" glared at the Shadowman, and Kim turned to look at a funny-looking Kyrryth.

"Kiel is a native of Gilneis, but he couldn't get along anymore, so he went to Dalaran. ”

"Head, what do you mean I can't get mixed up, I can't get used to those turtles who only dare to nest in Gilneth, so I ran to Dalaran. ”

Although at least a mid-level shadow person, but the other party is only in his twenties, and I don't know if he was born a nobleman, but most of the latter, after Gilneth World War II, with the wall of Greymane, pursued a policy of seclusion and seclusion, but its own land is not large, so many years later, many wild professionals have left their homeland, and those who have the ability will want to live better, especially a group of people with extraordinary abilities.