Chapter 7 - Missing
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Tonight, the temperature in Stormwind City is extremely cold. Many towers are illuminated white by the moonlight in the cold night. A cold wind blows, and the soldiers stationed outside Stormwind Fortress are wearing cloaks, huddled together, shivering.
The guards were shivering because of the cold, but they did not notice a strange wind blowing through the streets of Stormwind City, blowing in from the main entrance of Stormwind Fortress, passing up through the wide fortress corridor, and then turning to the left.
Go. The gust of wind rotated, passed through another walkway, and finally entered a small open-air courtyard.
There were two guards standing opposite each other, guarding the entrance to the Royal Library of Stormwind City. When they felt the cold air, they couldn't help but shudder. The two noticed that the surroundings seemed to become darker, so they squinted their eyes.
Be alert.
Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew away the shadow, revealing several standing figures. Four of them looked a little thin and should be human beings. But they were wrapped in black robes and hoods.
, only their eyes can be seen shining with fiery red light. And there is a person standing among the four people. He is much taller than the other four people, and he is also more dangerous.
One of the guards drew his sword and tried to shout out to warn of the intruder, but he failed. The man in the middle stepped forward, swinging his giant hammer, and the poor guard fell. His companions used
He thrust the spear in his hand, but all he did was in vain. The opponent grabbed the handle of the spear and twisted it off, then turned around lightly, crossed the top of the shield, and thrust the spearhead into the guard's chest.
Neck. The second guard also fell silently.
Everyone stepped over the body that was still twitching slightly, opened the front door, and entered the Royal Library.
The Blood Demon ordered in a low voice: "We must move quickly and we must not be discovered."
The five death knights spread out and searched for what they were looking for in the library. After only a few minutes, a death knight cursed in a low voice: "It's not here!"
"What?" Gorefiend walked over and saw the death knight standing next to an empty glass box. There was a small tan card placed in a corner of the box. The card was written in human characters.
:The Book of Medivh! It cannot be opened without the permission of the King or Alliance Commander.
"It was here." Gorefiend looked at the velvet lining in the box. It was obvious that some kind of large, thick rectangular object had been placed there. "But where did it go?"
"Here," another death knight shouted softly. The Blood Demon hurriedly walked towards him. "It seems that someone got there first." He pointed to a corpse in a small study. The corpse was wearing librarian's clothes, and a dagger was stuck in his
on the neck.
"Alterac!" Gorefiend looked at the emblem on the hilt and whispered, "It's their emblem. So it's Alterac who took the Book of Medivh." Gorefiend smiled sinisterly.
Laugh. "But why did he leave such an obvious clue?" He questioned, "This assassin is really careless."
"Maybe he wants to convey a message." A death knight reminded. Blood Demon glanced at his companions, and these words woke him up.
Even though Perenolde was a traitor in the last war, he is still the king of Alterac, at least for now. For the Alliance, that book is also crucial. Alterac can definitely use it.
It's used as a bargaining chip, yes, the logic makes sense.
"Alterac wants to inform the Alliance that it and its king are still in this game. Or..." He smiled again, and if he wasn't in the enemy camp, he might have laughed loudly. "Maybe it's true.
It's just a careless assassin." The other death knights also smiled.
"Go to Alterac. The Horde needs that book. Take that dagger away by the way. We can't be careless and let the Alliance have the same clues. This body hasn't rotted yet, so let the guards see it tomorrow.
When these three people died, I thought they all died at the hands of the same person."
After speaking, the blood demon immediately mobilized the power in his body, and the shadow enveloped him again, and the temperature in the library dropped sharply. A moment later, another cold wind passed through the door, passed over the cold corpse and the pools of blood around it, and left the fortress.
, and finally disappeared into the night. They left just as they came, and no one noticed them.
Ner'zhul told the Gorefiend to follow the original plan as much as possible, find the Book of Medivh, and then go to Blackstone Mountain. The tribe needs the two brothers Red and Maimu, and also investigates the whereabouts of the Dragonmaw clan.
‘Blackrock Mountain happens to be the only way to go to Alterac.’ Gorefiend thought to himself.
Quel'Thalas
Alleria rode the travel bird and headed to Zul'Aman alone. She wore a large cloak, hiding her entire face. At the same time, she held tightly the weapon that the Windrunner family was proud of.
Sasdora, always be alert to possible ambush around you.
'How could Nathanos choose to meet in such a place?' Alleria thought to herself. This morning, there was a letter written in human script on her desk for no apparent reason, asking her to meet in Zul'Aman. Female
The elf knew who the other party was without even thinking about it, but the location he chose was too crazy. Why not in the Tower of Windrunner? If he didn't want to be seen by other elves, he could have chosen an absolutely safe place like Taquilin. Quill
Silas's state of martial law has not been lifted, and there are more ranger patrols in the forest. Alleria must bypass these informants. If she is discovered to be in Zul'Aman, the politicians of the Silver Moon Council
There will be a big fuss about this again.
She walked for two hours and finally arrived at the city of the old trolls, only to find that the human whom she had not seen for a long time was sleeping on a stone. The chocobo chirped, which frightened Alleria.
The elf quickly asked the little guy to calm down.
"Are you here?" Nathanos woke up and stretched.
"I have to admire you for being able to sleep peacefully here?" Alleria said complaining as she tied the chocobo to a tree. She made every move carefully, it felt like a tryst
Normally, a blush appeared on her face inexplicably.
Nathanos looked back at Zul'Aman's somewhat collapsed retro door, "I think it's very nice here. It's quite quiet."
"Aren't you afraid of trolls?"
"Aren't you afraid that your rangers will see you sneaking out?"
Alleria smiled, pulled down the wide hood on her head, and combed her hair with her hands. "Don't be afraid, because I am their general."
"So you must not lose their respect." Nathanos stood up and approached her. "Thank you for your appointment."
"But you refused."
The human nodded. He couldn't remember how many times this was. "It's better for me to refuse. I don't have the patience to wear the hat of a certain ranger lord to participate in the conspiracy in that gorgeous city. In other places, even here,
I can think...I can breathe. There is no such comfort to be found in the shadows of those ancient spires."
"Kael'thas said that you were hiding because you were frightened by the elven archers." She raised her eyebrows.
Nathanos snorted coldly: "Kael'thas Sunstrider is a politician through and through. If he wants to have a real fight, I will accompany him at any time." He suddenly closed his mouth and stopped speaking.
.
"A master wants to use bows and arrows to bully a mage?" The female elf said with a playful tone, which left Nathanos speechless. He would not admit that he was a master in bows and arrows, especially as a ranger.
In front of the general.
"But I'm glad to see you come to me." Alleria suddenly said softly. Nathanos felt like his head had been hit, and he couldn't even breathe. He could only stare blankly.
He looked at Alleria, and the female elf looked at him as if she was expecting some answer.
"Me...me too." Nathanos blushed and turned his head. Alleria finally couldn't suppress her laughter, which only made Nathanos even more nervous. He decided to put an end to this extremely stupid plan.
Topic. "I'm already here, what's going on here?"
"Too many." Alleria looked at him intently, carefully tasting the embarrassment on Nathanos's face. "I need you to hunt down the orcs with me."
"What? Are you still...?"
The female elf put away the smile on her face, but there was still a trace of smile on her lips. "I have been chasing them."
"And then executed on the spot?" Nathanos asked, this was a serious topic, and Alleria's joy just now completely disappeared.
She replied calmly, "I have written you so many letters, but you have never replied."
The female elf wanted to change the subject intentionally or unintentionally, but the human simply said directly: "I keep those appointment letters and letters about the situation of Quel'Thalas in the cabinet in my room." He said that it was clear, Olei.
None of the letters Leah wrote were about herself. Nathanos suddenly realized that there was no way she could tell him about her hunt for orcs.
The female elf bit her lip, anger flashing in her emerald green eyes.
"Yes, I have been looking around. There are rumors that there are some orcs hiding in the peaks of Alterac, and then I went there." She smiled ruthlessly and continued: "I found ten orcs
.”
Nathanos didn't need to ask what she did to the orcs. He even wondered if she had collected some loot.
"What's the point of doing this?"
"Meaning?" Her sharp tone shocked Nathanos. The human could hardly believe that the female elf in front of him was the Alleria he knew. He couldn't even imagine that she would be exposed when she crouched next to an orc corpse.
A sneer.
"Do you know how much pleasure I got from killing those orcs? Justice will be demonstrated when they pay for the sins they committed. I want to witness their death, every orc! Even if it takes
For nearly a hundred years!”
"Enough!" Nathanos roared, and the chocobo next to him became agitated. "This is not justice at all, and you don't want those orcs to pay the price for what they did. You
Just want to kill them. If possible, would you wipe out the entire orc race at all costs?"
"So what?" The smile on her face was ruthless. Nathanos opened his eyes wide and was surprised to find that the female elf was so unwavering in her belief in herself. In her heart, she did not regard the orcs as
Emotional creatures. "They deserve it!"
The human stepped forward and stretched out a hand to grab her, "I know that you lost your relatives, many people died unexpectedly, and..."
Alleria pushed Turalyon's hand away and said sarcastically: "Loss? A human comes to talk to me about loss? What do you know? Can you feel the guilt and pain? Human life is insignificant in front of elves.
So short!"
Nathanos felt all the blood drain from his face. For a moment, he didn't even know how to react. "Elves do have a long time, but that doesn't mean you can be more rational than humans."
"So you think you know everything better than me, right?" She glared at him, then roared: "How dare you preach to me? Nathanos!"
The human stood there quietly for a long time, his eyes trembling slightly, staring at her. The female elf closed her lips tightly, regretting the last words she just said. Her breathing was getting faster and faster, but she couldn't feel it.
Nathanos breathed.
a long time
He closed his eyes, opened them again for just a second, and were replaced by eyes that Alleria had never seen before. There was no pain, no anger, no helplessness, nothing. Then, he nodded,
This action was like a knife stabbing into the female elf's heart. When Nathanos turned and left, Alleria trembled. Was he really going to leave? The female elf stared at the back and tightened her grip.
Her fists and fingertips made her palms ache. 'Stay! Stay! Please!' She was screaming in her heart, hoping that Nathanos would stop.
And Nathanos also walked very slowly, perhaps because he suddenly felt weak all over, or perhaps he was waiting for the female elf to speak and stop him. If she did, he would definitely turn around and rush to hug her, even lightly.
Kiss her.
But Alleria didn't, and she didn't say a word until Nathanos disappeared into the jungle.
Chapter completed!