Azeroth Trail of Light

After voluntarily giving up nearly one-third of the land of Subcher and Silverpine Forest, Gilneas surrounded by the Greymane Wall is like an irregular circle, and Gilneas City is located at the end of this circle. central.

This first-class city on the mainland was once the pride of the Gilneas people. It was truly built in the hands of the previous king, Archibald Greymane. At that time, Gilneas was a very active commercial country. People envy the coastline, but most of its commerce is carried out on land. It's not that Gilneas people don't like sailing, but there is a special kind of reef growing outside the coastline of Gilneas, "biting reef". , this reef spreads all over the coast, making it impossible for any ship to enter Gilneas by sea.

But in fact, this is a kind of protection for Gilneas, at least during the Second Orc War, because of the protection of these reefs, Gilneas is almost the only country that has not been attacked by orcs on a large scale, so in this country , most people agree that the existence of Bite Reef is a good thing.

But now, the Bite Reef is still protecting the country, but it also hinders the last hope of the country's new life.

All things began 6 years ago, after the outbreak of the Undead War, King Genn Greymane seriously assessed the scale of the entire war. At that time, Gilneas had withdrawn from the Human Nations Alliance due to sensitive territorial and commercial issues. , and the terrifying scene of Lordaeron being completely overrun by the undead within a few months did indeed frighten the upper echelons of the country.

In the end, Jin decided to build a wall to protect his people. This idea seems a bit whimsical, but in fact, the special peninsula terrain of Gilneas decided that this was almost the perfect solution to the problem, so the resistance in Lordaeron While it was still going on, the Gilneans abandoned them.

This is a difficult decision, not only to endure the contempt from other human nations, but more importantly, in order to protect the people, King Jean had to abandon one-third of the land outside the Greymane Wall. Silverpine Forest, Pyrewood Village, etc., these places were completely abandoned.

This decision was not considered a mistake at the time. After all, the threat of the undead was too terrifying, and when the Wall of Greymane was built, it was indeed approved by most of the people. It is impossible for a wall to destroy a country. Nice cornered, is another matter.

At that time, when the Greymane Wall was built, King Jin actually still had the idea of ​​​​counterattack, but he could not risk his own soldiers and citizens, so he chose another tricky method, the Archmage of Gilneas Arugal told Genn that he could use the forbidden knowledge called "The Book of Ur" in his hand to summon a beast ferocious and dangerous enough to guard the Wall of Greymane for Gilneas. Having made the creature a threat to the people within the walls, Arugal had the full support of the royal family.

He succeeded! In Shadowfang Castle outside the abandoned Pyrewood Village, Arugal used forbidden knowledge to tear the connection between the present world and a special location in the Emerald Dream. No one knows how this crappy archmage did it, but Indeed he conjured a beast so ferocious that even the undead had to retreat.

A terrifying monster with a human appearance but full of mane, wolf head, human intelligence and beast killing instinct. He called them werewolves. At the beginning, werewolves obeyed Arugal. Under his command, they even took back a third of the Silverpine Forest.

But just like the accidents that happen in all stories, after Arugal summoned a special werewolf, he completely lost control of the werewolf, and even he himself had to succumb to the beast that called himself Lyra. Under the savage power of Ral Fangfire's mighty werewolves.

So the Bloodfang werewolves appeared, and under the leadership of the alpha wolf, Rilal, they used Pyrewood Village and Shadowfang Castle as their bases, competing with the undead for the control of Silverpine Forest, but soon, Rilal was no longer Satisfied with this status quo, as an older existence, he immediately set his sights on that wall. After that, a group of guys who are better to deal with than the undead huddled there, and that would be Laila. New believers.

When Wolf Worship first emerged in Gilneas, it did not attract the attention of the royal family. When King Jean began to face up to this problem, one-half of the land behind the Greymane Wall no longer belonged to it through the werewolf infection. He is dead, as long as the skin is scratched by the werewolf's claws, ordinary civilians will not be able to resist the infection, and will soon become a new werewolf. The speed at which this "plague" spreads is far more terrifying than the natural disaster of the undead.

But neither Gene nor anyone else can reverse all of this, and the bitter fruit they planted can only be tasted by themselves.

There were fewer raindrops in the dark night, but the howling and cold wind took over the rain and continued to wreak havoc in this city full of haze. From a distance, the civilians who had been frightened by the beasts running in the darkness of the city were not at all scared. Dare to go out alone at night, so the whole grand city of Gilneas looks like an abandoned ghost town.

The whining wind blows the rubbish on the ground and rolls around, and the signs of the commercial street are constantly swaying in the wind. This is not a suitable weather for traveling, but Lorna, who has changed into a military uniform, is wearing a black leather windbreaker and riding on a pure The bloody warhorse, brandishing a whip, let the violent wind and rain blow back the windbreaker of this violent rose, making her look full of heroic and heroic temperament.

This is the real Rhona Crowley, no longer that delicate noble lady, who has inherited the fine blood and resolute character of the Crowley family, she is more like a commander, a born general!

A dozen or so black swift shadows were galloping on the roofs on both sides of the street behind her, following behind Rona like loyal guards, and any threat from the eldest lady who tried to interrupt the galloping horse would be caught by them immediately. Clearly, frankly speaking, the werewolves transformed from civilians are far inferior to these elite veterans who took the initiative to accept werewolf blood in terms of strength and combat skills. Even though they only have a dozen of them, they were born in the most elite hunting battalion in Gilneas. Coupled with the blessing of werewolf blood, even an army of hundreds of people in front of them will definitely not be able to stop their wild surprise attack.

Extraordinary beings and mortals are never the same starting line, remember that!

The fierce sound of horseshoes came from the church area, all the way to the Gilneas court. Even in this stormy autumn, it is still the safest place in Gilneas, so Lorna did not rush there with werewolf veterans, but Is to choose a path.

As a child who grew up here, this heavily guarded palace was almost undefended in Rona's eyes. Of course, she would not be crazy enough to assassinate Jean. She came here entirely for another guy.

Prince Liam's full name is Liam Greymane, the only son of Genn Greymane, and if all goes well, Liam will inherit his father's throne in more than a decade and become the next king of Gilneas King, of course, if the country has a future.

Liam is an energetic young man. As we all know, young people like to think wildly, and have an impulsive personality, and they tend to do some bad things under the control of emotions. Three days ago, Liam was alone at night The old king found out about sneaking out of the palace to date a certain noble lady, so he is being grounded now.

This is undoubtedly the old king's protection of the prince. The current situation has become extremely bad. Even Jin can no longer guarantee the safety of Gilneas City. Liam's behavior of sneaking away without a guard is absolutely The question ignited the anger of the old king, but just after Prince Liam fell asleep in the rainy night, an unusual noise mixed with the exclamation of the guards and the sound of smashing things woke the prince up instantly.

The young prince immediately jumped up from the bed, stretched out his hand and pulled out the sharp sword beside the bed, picked up his musket from the table with the other hand, pressed it against the wall, and opened the door a little, bloody The smell hit his nose, and what little sleepiness Liam had left disappeared in an instant.

There was a serious expression on his face, the palace was breached! There is no doubt that it is an assassin!

As a prince, Liam is already familiar with this kind of situation. Instead of panicking, he walked quickly to the window, looked around, and was about to jump out of the window. Although he was young, Liam He is a good fighter. He is not a child who grew up in the palace. He has seen blood no less than that of a veteran. But just when he was about to jump out of the window, the door of the room was pushed open.

Rona, wearing riding boots, strode into Liam's room. The spurs behind her heels collided with the ground, making a crisp crashing sound. She reached out and turned on the spar lamp, then put her hands on her shoulders and looked at Liam in a very cool gesture. Looking at Liam who jumped out of the window, the latter scratched his head, put the long sword and musket in his hand on the table, and asked suspiciously,

"Lorna? Honey, why are you? What are you doing here? You... be careful!"

A werewolf wearing a black blindfold walked into the room from outside the door. This was taken by Liam as a signal to attack. The young prince rushed towards the werewolf with blood-red anger wrapped around his body, and then fists and sharp knives rang out. The prince was not afraid of these werewolves, but when they were having a lively fight, there was a loud shout,

"enough!"

Rona dodged and jumped into the battle circle. At this moment, Liam's fist stopped in front of Rona's face. He looked at the werewolf, who respectfully put away his weapon and stood behind Rona. This gesture made Liam He raised his brows, he was not an idiot, so he soon knew the identity that Lorna was hiding, he looked at his lover bitterly, and took a few steps back.

"It turns out that what they said is true, Rona, do you really still have contact with Lord Darius?"

Facing her lover's questioning, Lorna's answer was very short,

"Nonsense! That's my father. Well, Liam, pack your things and leave Gilneas City with me. This place will soon become a battlefield."

"What's the meaning?"

The prince's eyes became sharp at this moment. Lorna glanced at the delicateness of the noble lady before, and explained impatiently, "The bloodfang werewolf and the moonrage werewolf are about to fight, Gilneas City cannot be kept! And Godfrey and his The gangsters are about to set off a rebellion, maybe you, an idiot, will be used by them, so I will take you away in advance."

"What? Lord Godfrey? How is this possible!"

Liam exclaimed, and subconsciously rushed out of the room to report to his father, but a dozen werewolves blocked his way tightly. He clenched his fists and looked back at the The lover who became completely different overnight, lowered his voice, full of some kind of betrayal,

"What do you mean? Rona, I thought you were on our side."

"Hey, did you know? Liam, my father is now one of the leaders of the Moonrage Werewolves. I was never on your side."

Miss Rhona turned around, and there was a hint of loss and nostalgia in her eyes that could not be concealed, "I'm sorry that I lied to you and Uncle Jean about this, but believe me, my feelings for you are true, We grew up together, there is no need for me to lie to you about this matter, you have to follow me!"

"Why! Why? You betrayed our feelings! Lorna! You betrayed me! My father is being threatened, and my people are about to become victims. Why should I go with you?"

Liam clenched his fists and roared angrily, his eyes were red, like a sad prince who was really driven to the brink of death by this world, while Rona faced this kind of questioning, her cheeks turned red at this moment,

"I have your child."

"ah!!!"

Fifteen minutes later, the fully armed Liam and Lorna rode together and rushed towards the closed gate of Gilneas City in the dark. The young man still had a mixture of expressions on his face, and there was a hint of Silly smile, even though Lorna told him she was lying to him when she left the palace, to Liam who had already made a decision, these were trivial matters.

Lorna is willing to exchange the reputation of herself and the Crowley family in exchange for his approval. This in itself is a display of the greatest sincerity. What's more, he himself is very fond of Lorna, and facing the smooth escape route at this time, Liam No matter how dull he is, he has already guessed something.

"Are you sure my father the king knew about Lord Godfrey's rebellion?"

Liam asked in a low voice to Lorna who was curled up in his arms, and the latter snorted coldly,

"Of course, why don't you think that with only a dozen of me, I can break into the palace all the way? Uncle Gene acquiesced to all of this. He must have known the news of the battle between Bloodfang and Moonfury, and Liam, Haven't you noticed Uncle Jean's abnormality for a while?"

"Huh? How to say?"

"Hey you fool, I never lied to you, we have always been on one side, the conflict between my father and Uncle Genn is a matter between the two of them, but when it comes to matters related to the survival of Gilneas, neither of them You will be misled by your personal feelings, do you still remember the assassination of Uncle Jean a year ago? They said it was done by the Moonrage Werewolf. It wasn’t.”

It seems that because of the cold wind and rain blowing head-on, Rona tightened her clothes, and told the last secret to Liam who knew nothing,

"We're on one side, Liam, and we've never been enemies."