For the next few seconds, what Garrod saw was a nightmare. He saw something like a wolf...... But it has roughly a humanoid shape. It was at least as tall as he was, but almost twice as wide, and much stronger than he was. Deadly long claws flashed in front of his face, but they didn't touch him. Those eyes—

It wasn't a pair of beast's eyes.

Garrod received a heavy punch in the chest, leaving him with a thump in the chest. The Night Elf gasped and bent over, deep in his consciousness waiting for the deadly blow, whether clawed or bitten.

However, the blow did not come, and by the time Garrod was able to look up, he found himself alone again. Only the slowly swaying branches showed that something had been standing in front of him.

Garrod chased after the creature he had never seen before. He walked around under another tree with his head down—

- and almost hit his sister Mavi. She suddenly appeared in front of him, a deep scar on her helmetless face, both of which surprised Garrod equally.

"Never track alone in a strange land. I remember it was one of the first few things I taught you. ”

Garrod looked down and saw the blade of the Shadow Crescent pointing at his chest. When he first saw her, he noticed the weapon hanging from her waist, but he never thought it would be used against himself.

"I thought that among all of them, I could at least trust my sister. ”

"It's better than wishful thinking to fall in love with someone," she replied. "I see that the person who has fallen back to the temple is Shantis? Hazuki General, right?"

"Mavi ......"

"When you disappeared all those years ago, she was so heartbroken—"

"That's enough, Mavi!" His joy at meeting his sister was quickly diluted by her comments about Santis. However, he still tried to restore his initial enthusiasm. After all, it's been so long...... "It's great to see you again!" I wondered if I could see you when I came back. I've always wanted to see you. ”

"Why?"

Her rhetorical question almost stumbled him. "You're my sister! My only flesh and blood relative! We haven't seen each other in thousands of years!"

"And whose fault is that?" She asked suddenly.

"Mavi—" Suddenly, Garrod was confronted with a man whose heart was full of anger and pain. This was not the meeting he was hoping for.

Mavi shook her head at his naivety. "Do you think I'll forget after all these years? You have disgraced us! You were one of the leaders of our people! I was so proud of you then. My brother is the commander of the Night Elf army!I watched you grow through the war, taking over the seal after the death of that incompetent aristocratic Stareye, and proving to everyone that the surname Shadow Song deserves everyone's respect!"

"You don't understand—"

"I don't think you ever understood. You've obviously never understood what it means to be responsible and loyal—"

She paused and looked into his face. It was only then that Garrod felt a wetness on his left cheek, and a tingling pain came from the corner of his eye. He reached out and touched his face, then looked at his fingers.

Blood. Garrod couldn't remember when this happened, only to assume that it was during an encounter with the mysterious creature. But he couldn't recall being scratched in the face by the beast.

"The danger is right next to your eyes," his sister commented, with a surprising tenderness in her voice. She held out a finger to the stinging area. "Did you fall or slip on the road? I remember you used to hunt and you were much better than that. ”

It was then that Garrod remembered that he hadn't had time to tell her about the amazing encounter.

"Mavi! there's something else in this woods besides us! I've never seen it anywhere else before. I bumped into one before I caught up with you! it might still be around—"

Her mocking expression vanished, and she looked around like a warrior. "What does it look like?"

"No...... Must have been scratched by a branch after hitting the creature. It didn't attack me!" Garrod recalled, "I didn't see it clearly. It happened so fast. I think...... I saw claws and teeth, and they weren't the same size as us, much wider than ......."

"Oh. Mavi seems to have lost interest. "It's one of them. Nothing to be afraid of. They did not dare to offend the High Priestess or the Grand Druid Malfurion. ”

He couldn't believe it had passed so lightly. "'They'? and more of that stuff? wandering around Darnassus?"

"Leave it alone, brother. It's gone, isn't it? That already says a thing. They are cowards who hide in the shadows, toothless dogs, and disgusting werewolves who can't even protect their homes. ”

"What's—" Before Garrod could finish speaking, Mavi had already begun to move on. Instead of heading directly in the direction of Darnassus, she chose a path that would go around the eastern side of the capital. Garrod had to trot to keep up with her.

"As I say, don't think about them," she repeated, "and besides, it's obviously not your responsibility to guard the capital. Thousands of years ago, you left all your responsibilities behind. ”

The sharp words made Garrod's face twist, and he tried to defend himself. "Mavi, I have dedicated centuries of responsibility to my people, dedicated—"

"Centuries of dedication?" She scoffed to her face. "What is this!Garrod, since I became a priestess of Elune, and then a caretaker, I have been duty-bound to protect the Night Elves. I volunteered to guard Illidan?Fury, even if it meant that my fate would be with him for thousands of years! When disaster struck him and he escaped, I pursued him relentlessly! Even if I became his prisoner, I endured humiliation and survived until I finally had the opportunity to do what I should have done in the first place...... Kill the abominable twin brother of the Great Druid. ”

"Mavi!"

She shoved his outstretched hand away. "I don't need you to be pitiful! I chose responsibility, and you didn't. This means that there were times when I had to make some decisions, and although it may have been a long time before I was recognized by others, I never regretted it. ”

"I understand. You are always determined to do what is best for everyone, regardless of what others will think of you. I have always admired your determination. ”

The muscles on his sister's face relaxed slightly, and there was a hint of tiredness in her eyes. "I do what I have to do. ”

This time she didn't block his hand. Garrod gently pressed her shoulder, hoping she could feel it through the armor. "I miss you. Of all the people who have parted, the one I think of the most is you. ”

The general would be displeased to hear this. ”

"Stop making fun of me. Don't now. ”

She patted his arm. "It's me who is not good. You've just lost a loved one. I remember Sarah Hill. He excelled in the martial arts training of the sorority. She instinctively makes a good caretaker. ”

He felt a little uneasy. "I have to go back. Sorry, Mavi. Later—"

"Yes. We'll talk about that later. Let's go. Condolences to you. ”

Garrod hesitated for a moment, then turned around. The apologies of walking away made him look back almost immediately.

Mavi is gone. (To be continued.) )