Arriving in Donggu didn't really move me, but when I set foot on the road to the eastern barracks again, my heart churned.

I am back! Where I once died.

The eastern barracks have been built and turned into a huge fortress. But the tall walls didn't make me feel really good and safe, but rather an inexplicable sadness.

Once in the city, I looked around trying to find familiar buildings and feels, but found nothing. It's a completely different place than it was back then.

"Hey!" A young man in uniform ran up to me.

The young man was very tall and his neck was long. The small head has two big eyes and big ears, which makes his body seem very incongruous.

He ran up to me and greeted me. "Hello, my name is Effahibi. Where did you come from? ”

"I have arrived from Ridge Town on the orders of Lothar, and I am going to see your commander immediately."

When I saw the guy standing by the window, I only remembered his name as Leorick.

Hey! I didn't expect it to be you! He walked up very enthusiastically.

"I didn't expect to see you here." I shook his hand, and although I wanted to greet him with an honorific title, I regretted that I forgot his last name.

"I heard you lost badly at Blackwood?"

"It's not just a fiasco." I said, "The original fortifications did not play any role at all, and I thought it would last for a while, but the wall was too low, and the wall was breached in about half an hour." ”

"I can't believe it." He looked at me in amazement. "I received the news of your defeat two days ago, well, unfortunately, we didn't make it to the rescue ......"

"Thank you very much for your kindness, but there was no rescue in that battle, and defeat could be turned into victory." I continued, "My lord, there is an ogre army heading north, and I'm not sure if they'll go this way or east along the road to Red Ridge Mountain, but this team is not to be underestimated. Their combat power is stronger than that of orcs, not a little bit. ”

"Ogre?"

"The species in the same world as the orcs is another species that is extremely ferocious and violent, and very strong in combat. And they have not only warriors in their ranks, but also terrible shamans. ”

His eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension, "Another world? ”

Oh my God, they don't know where these guys got here! I nodded, "These monsters didn't grow out of the ground, and they weren't made from swamp creatures. My Honourable Lord. They are from another world, a ...... You can imagine that they are demons! ”

He apparently understood where the demons came from. "What is a shaman?"

"It's the equivalent of Dalaran's mages, but their shamans are far more destructive than most Dalaran mages."

"So serious?"

"I've experienced it on my way here." I pointed to the blood from my armor. "They killed a quarter of us in an instant, dozens of them!"

The relaxed smile on the face of the Lord in front of me, who was only a few years older than me, disappeared.

"We've got to stop this ogre force, it's fine if they get here, but it's bad if we let them get to Red Ridge."

"Red Ridge Mountain...... What do you mean? ”

"I think you should know about the plains north of Red Ridge Mountain."

"That plain is barren, and there is a group of unfriendly dwarves, a wild land!" He said.

"But what you don't know is that that mountain contains very strange magic, although the ogres are savage and bloody, but they have a great affinity for the power of magic, if this group of ogres come into contact with those things, the price we pay will be unimaginable."

"Who are you listening to?" He looked at me suspiciously, "Magical things." ”

"I've dealt with dwarves." I started making up nonsense. "The kingdom of Stormgard in the north borders on the territory of the dwarves, and I have had the privilege of coming into contact with the dwarves. And isn't there a record of this story of the dwarves in your history books, the Battle of the Three Hammers? ”

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the room, and through the door came a face that I would never forget, but which I would be disgusted at the sight of, and which now surprised me greatly.

And he happened to see me, he obviously hesitated, and then looked surprised.

My heart thumped, and for a moment my brain buzzed. But I came back to my senses, and I only glanced at him and then at Leoric.

"I think I've heard of it. Okay, without telling the story, you're saying we're going to send troops right away and intercept the ogre's troops, right? Lord Leorik looked at him and said to me.

"The sooner the better, and we need to hurry up to warn Lakeside that it is time to step up patrols and strengthen its defenses. The war has come, my lord. I accentuated my tone.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Leorik asked, stunned when he saw him looking at me.

"Yes, sir." The man answered, but his eyes didn't take his eyes off me. "I have important information to report."

"This is ......," but he did not report the situation, but inquired of me from Lord Leorik.

"Report what you know, Baron Palmer." Leorik did not answer his question.

"Ah...... The sentinels reported that a large number of monster troops had been found east of the village of Yuta. He said.

"Where did they go?"

"To the east!" He said, his eyes drifting to me again.

"This is Colonel Bill." Leorik explained.

"Ha, I almost recognized the wrong person just now." He said as if he was joking, and he held out his right hand to me.

"Hello, Lord Palmer." I try to make my expression as natural as possible, and my tone is more natural. I said and nodded to him.

"I feel like I've seen you somewhere." His eyes were full of uncertainty and incredulity.

"Your Excellency has ever been to the North?" At this point, I suddenly didn't know what kind of expression to put on.

"No, no, no...... It's just that...... It's really like that. ”

"What?" I frowned slightly and tilted my head to look at him, with an expression on my face that I didn't understand what he meant.

"Haha, nothing." He smiled, hiding the embarrassment just now.

"Palmer, hurry up and organize the Knights. Hurry up and get moving, we have work to do. ”

Palmer saluted, gave me another look, and then turned and walked out. He had a smile on his face that made me very uncomfortable.

"I hope you'll be part of this operation too, after all, you've fought these monsters many times."

Writing back to Lothar, we hurried off again.

Leoric's armor was quite ornate, and I remember his father as a Grand Duke.

"My lord, this armor ...... To be honest, I don't recommend you wear it. I said.

"Huh?"

"Even if you don't have a lot of intelligence, even a fool in your armor can tell you're a commander or something." I said, "Trust me, their spells can put you in great danger. ”

Leorik smiled and went back to change into a plain armor, which was really not swaggering just now...... However, looking at him and his golden armor, I have to admire...... This is the simplicity in the eyes of the son of a rich family.

It's not just him, the Knights of Stormwind do look pretty presentable, I mean looks.

Palmer was also on the team, and I tried not to look at him, I tried to ignore his presence, but I had greeted him a thousand times in my heart.

The cavalry marched much faster than the infantry, and it took only one morning to get out of the fortress to the village of Yuta. A little further on, after the fork in the road, is the boundary of the Red Ridge Mountain.

The scouts at the front came back to report that the ogre's forces were heading southeast.

"Where are you going to the southeast, to Lakeside Town?" I asked Leorick.

He shook his head, he didn't know either. "Where is the ogre going?" He asked the scout.

"Report to your lordship...... Over there...... Nothing. ”

"What do you mean nothing?"

"That direction...... It wasn't the road to Lakeside, and there seemed to be no people in that direction except for the forest. The scout hesitated, lest he say something wrong.

Leorik turned to look at me, and I shrugged. "Our cavalry can't get into the forest." I say.

"How far are we from them?"

"Less than seventy." The scout said.

"Full speed ahead! Be sure to annihilate those monsters before they flee into the forest! Leorik yelled.

"Your Excellency!" I have one more mouthful. "I hope Lakeside will send enough soldiers to cooperate with this operation."

"At our pace, we will be able to catch up with them very quickly. The army of Lakeside simply did not have time. Palmer said, "What's more, our cavalry has defeated many orc attacks. Easy. ”

I glanced at him and then at Leoric, but didn't speak.

"Herald! Rush to Lakeside at once, and let them send six hundred men to our aid. Leorick said solemnly.

Palmer's face changed, and he pursed his lips.

Seventy kilometers, it may take more than half a day to catch up with them. And this time we sent out three hundred knights, and with my remnants less than four hundred. Perhaps the Stormtroopers played a big role in the first attack on the Orcs, but I don't think we could afford to take advantage of this fight.

The further I went, the more panicked my heart became, and a series of red hills appeared in front of me. The woods here are not very dense, but they are really large. This is somewhat similar to my impression of Red Ridge Mountain.

I raised my binoculars and saw the ogre troops in the distance. "My lord, it's already ahead!" I handed him the binoculars.

"The terrain ahead does not seem to be suitable for cavalry charges." He said.

"My lord, we should wait for reinforcements from Lakeside Town." Palmer said.

Leorik ignored him. "What do you think?" He asked me.

"I thought the forest was very dense, but I didn't think it was a forest...... Such a forest can also be used by our cavalry. I said.

"Your Excellency......" the scout interjected. Further east, the forest will be dense. ”

"Are you sure?" I asked him.

"I'm sure, I'm a local." He said.

Leorik crooked his lips and frowned.

"Then lure them out!" He looked at my face. He paused, "Bill, your Rangers are faster than we are, I need you to attract them, and it would be best if I could steer them in this direction!" He said.

"I'll take people around their flanks and behind them. They don't have a lot of people! He handed me the binoculars.

It was clear in my heart that this attraction firepower...... There may be no return!