Volume 2 The Storm Falls 179 The Lion Returns
Significance.
I've thought about a lot of things that can interpret the word. Life, Love, Money, Sex, Desire, Cause and Effect...... I don't have much knowledge, I don't have any level, and my mind can only stay at the level of knowing.
When my knife slashed down the kobolds that pounced on me, and I swung my twin knives to cut down waves of monsters that pounced on me, I suddenly had a new understanding of the word.
I do.
I am willing to dedicate all my passion, all my strength, and even my life to this matter.
Right now.
Luke was running on his back with a already emaciated Lothar, and I had to buy them more time. I prayed in my heart, praying that Bonsandi would give me the power of death, that I would be stronger and more agile, and that I would attack all living beings like a hurricane that swept across the earth.
In the not-so-spacious cave, my knife grabbed every little monster that tried to pounce on me and cross me. Hurry, hurry, my knife can be faster.
I felt the joy of the Grim Reaper's revelry, the predation like mowing the grass. That said, I'm not completely unconscious, and I'm not going to let myself become a reckless man who doesn't know what to do.
Thinking that they were about to escape, I turned around and ran. When I rushed out of the cave, they were anxiously waiting for me to appear. I yelled for them to get out of the way.
The two brothers each had a horse, and Lothar was riding on my horse with her eyes wrapped in cloth. Lothar's body shook as I rolled over and got on my horse, "Retreat, retreat!" I shouted.
I let Reggie clear the way in front, a dozen cavalry in front of me, and I was caught in the middle of the line. "Thank you." Lothar said softly.
"It's called fate." I say.
"Fate...... Is this a new word you invented? ”
"Sort of." I said, "Fate is like a prophecy, it is a predestined thing. Don't be surprised, man. Does Reggie know it's you? ”
"I don't know yet." He said. "Let's wait until it's safe."
"I didn't even recognize you, let alone him." I said, "You're as thin as wood now." Actually, I ...... Although I know something from the prophecy, I'm not sure it will actually happen, and although I don't want to admit that you're dead until then, I do have the mental preparation for it. ”
"You're doing the right thing." He smiled.
"The prophecy is right, you can't die." I say.
"How long have I been locked up?"
"You disappeared the winter before last until now, three years." I say.
"What about the orcs?"
"The Sunshine Glade has all been lost, just the other day. Now the orcs may infiltrate the West or the Elwyn Forest, but I don't know what the situation is at the moment. ”
"Three years...... What else is going on? ”
"Actually...... Nothing has changed. Except for the current upside down. ”
"What about your people? Why is it just you? And what about the Kurtilas? ”
"All of my men have returned to the north, after all, it has been a few days since the orcs were defeated."
"Why didn't you leave?"
"At the time, I thought...... Even though...... It was your body that was found, and I will continue to look for it. And...... Your sister. I sighed, "At the time I refused her request to let me look for you. ”
"Is she okay?"
"I don't know, but the king gave us the go-ahead to evacuate." I say. "Then all my guys went back home, and I got off the boat on the western beach, and there was something going on behind it, and that's it until now."
"No one knew you stayed."
"Reggie knows."
"Who else?"
"No one anymore." I say. According to the prophecy...... Stormwind may not be able to save it this time. ”
"What do you think?"
"I don't want that to happen." I say.
"You have a lot of prophecies, Bill." He paused and said, "How many of your prophecies have been successful?" ”
"Maybe several......"
He didn't say anything more.
We ran out of the mountains until dawn, all the way north until we met a few families.
"Let's take a break." Reggie jumped off his horse first. He came up to me and stared at the ragged, dirty guy in front of me.
"I didn't have time to ask last night, why are there still people in the cave?" Reggie looked at me and pointed to Lothar.
"Go to the villagers and borrow a big wooden basin, hurry up and boil hot water, a lot of hot water, and then prepare something to eat, make some gruel and some meat." I say.
"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment.
"Go." I said to him solemnly.
The Sander brothers lifted Lothar from his horse, his uniform so rotten that he could not see the color or appearance. After settling into a farmer's home, the brothers helped the skinny Lothar into the bathtub.
"You ......," Reggie stood beside me, he looked at me, and I knew he was in doubt right now. What happened last night? ”
"Saved a man, a man imprisoned in a cave." I looked at him with a smile, "The ogres broke into the cave, they shouldn't die, but that's all, it shouldn't do us much damage for the time being." ”
"Is the orc dead?"
"Nope."
"Uh...... Well. Reggie was still a little confused.
"There's something more important than orcs right now." As I spoke, I turned my head to look at the closed door. "That person ......"
I pushed the door open and went in, and the doors and windows of the house I had the soldiers all sealed, and the room was very dark. Lothar was quietly soaking in the big tub, and I was crouching beside him, his withered body with many scars.
"Can your eyes stand it?" I asked him.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal."
"These wounds on your body...... A bit much. I said.
"Those things hit me, and they tortured me and the soldiers who were still alive at the time." Lothar said slowly, suppressing his feelings, but his voice still trembled slightly, "They...... Witchcraft. Lothar said, turning her head to look at me.
I shook my head, "Witchcraft ......"
"They break the hands and feet of the soldiers, and then they heal them with witchcraft, and then they break and heal again."
"Can it be cured?"
"It works, it really works. The interrupted place will heal. ”
"Immediately?"
He shook his head, "It will take a little time, but ...... The speed at which bones heal is still amazing. If it is some skin trauma, it will stop the bleeding immediately, or even heal and return to its original appearance. His eyes were sunken deeply, except for those eyes that radiated the same gaze as when I first saw him.
"You were beaten too?"
"Yes...... I've been the one who has been holding up the longest, and I've been beaten the most, especially when they found the book...... I didn't know it was it at the time, but they noticed that it seemed to react to me. Especially when I put that thing around me, my injuries heal faster than anyone else. ”
"You've been beaten more because of it."
"Yes, they want to know why."
"How did these brutes learn this healing technique?"
"I don't know."
"You've been sent to investigate and find this thing." I say.
He stared into my eyes and nodded, "What do you know?" ”
"Hah, I know......," I pouted, "I didn't know what you were doing on your mission." But...... "I hesitated for a moment, because I wondered if I would tell him what I had found.
"But what?"
"From the first moment I saw you, I had a feeling...... I can't tell, but then I inadvertently thought of a question about the throne...... "I stared into his eyes, and his gaze became sharp. "I found out something, and then I went to Stormwind many times and met a lot of people, all kinds of people. I learned a few things from the past, including...... You and your ancestors, and ......" I squinted at the package next to me. "Those books."
"I told you about the Light, and I was ...... I don't really understand your attitude until you disappear. At first I thought you were being calculated...... Or it will be ...... You know, this is not a trivial matter that I found out when I investigated. ”
There was no change in expression on Lothar's face. "You'd better not show up in Stormwind." He watched me spit out such a sentence.
I opened the door and glanced at the two brothers, Reggie and Sandal, who were standing in front of me. "Come in, I have something to tell you."
One of the guards rode out of the small village on fast horses, and two days later we were met by a troop on our way back to Stormwind, who had come to meet us, Lothar to be exact.
Reginald was promoted two levels on the spot, and the hero who found and found Lothar was sent to Stormwind with Lothar.
As they passed through the towns and villages along the way, they were greeted by the people, who knew that Anduin Lothar had been in distress but had now returned, and the kingdom was now saved. Of course, this group of westerners has not yet been attacked by the orcs, and they can welcome me I don't think any lord did it on purpose, I prefer to believe that they really like to love this last bloodline of Aratho.
When I arrived in Shining Gold, I took off my soldiers' clothes and changed into civilian clothes, and then I couldn't accompany them. The welcome ceremony in the town of Shining Gold was nothing short of ...... It's very grand, it's not even to Stormwind, the people here have spontaneously poured into the streets, and in their eyes I can see people's love and expectation for this guy. Of course I understand their psychology...... The orcs have now taken over a large area of land around the town of Donggu and the eastern fortress.
And that's not all, the defenders of the Eastern Fortress can't get out at all right now, and they've been completely cut off from Stormwind by the orc forces. At the same time, the orcs have taken over all parts of the Sunny Glades and have already used their forces on Red Ridge Mountain.
If the orcs really want to attack, maybe they can kill the town of Shining Gold in three to four days. The kingdom's army had gathered in the town of Shining Gold, and while the people were expecting Lothar to come out and save them, they were told that Lothar had been missing for a long time.
Because no one dared to say that Lothar had a stomach upset or was unwell and could not lead the troops, this news could not be hidden, although it was true that it could be concealed when there was no war, maybe not too many people cared, but once the war began, the person who was the commander and the backbone of the boss was particularly important.
In the tavern, I heard them brag that the king was in a hurry at that time, and if he really couldn't do it, he would have to go on a conquest, but the great hero Reginald Windsol found Lothar, and it is said that it was inspired by the gods to find the missing Lothar in the endless mountains of the Western Wilderness.
And there are different opinions about the reason for Lothar's disappearance, and there are all kinds of theories.
Still, Lothar is back. Listen to the people of the tavern, and Lothar will lead them to defeat the orcs once again and save the Stormwind Kingdom once again.
Everyone had hopeful smiles on their faces, and I could feel their excitement, but I couldn't understand why they loved this person so much. Of course, I didn't dare to ask, I felt that asking this question at this time would be scolded or labeled a pessimist.
I was just wrapped up in this crowd of people singing and dancing excitedly, and I felt in their singing that they needed leadership, they needed hope, they needed to be led, they needed to be saved!