Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 651 204

   Princess Calia is going home soon, she is in a good mood.

  Although she knows exactly what kind of situation she will face when she goes back, it is indeed a joy to be able to be reunited with her family after experiencing such a thing unscathed.

   But she did not know that her brother was not happy at this time.

  Prince Arthas Menethil was in the church of Stratholme, an important city in the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Today will be his baptism ceremony.

   After the ceremony, His Royal Highness will become a glorious Silver Hand recruit.

   He was baptized with Varian Wrynn, the king of Stormwind Kingdom, and a group of other selected reserve Paladins.

  This ceremony was supposed to be lively and grand, after all, the baptism of a king and a prince is a real event.

   But the Dalaran incident has not passed a week, the entire northern region is still immersed in the hesitation and loss after the destruction, and the cleanup work of Dalaran City has not been completed, let alone rebuilding.

   It stands to reason that the work efficiency of a group of mages is not so low, but the trouble is that after the deathwing raged, a lot of corrupt blood was left near the Dalaran pit.

  Those things that are contaminated with the power of the void will continue to release weak void erosion until they are removed.

   Therefore, in addition to cleaning up the ruins of the giant pit, the mages also asked professionals like Merry Winterwind to complete the cleanup of the fallen flesh.

  Those are hidden in the cracks in the shattered ground.

   Some have already attached to the creatures near the Silverpine Forest. Alienated fish have appeared in Lordamere Lake. Seeing that this "Resident Evil" will expand, the Council of Six immediately issued a closure order.

  A huge violet blue magic enchantment shrouded the entire Lake Lordamere, wrapping all the polluted creatures and the earth in it to avoid the leakage of the power of the void.

   It is said that there are also blue dragons and green dragons helping them with this, but it is extremely difficult to clean up the remnants of the void.

   Therefore, according to conservative estimates, even with the help of other kingdoms, it will take at least a few years, or even more than ten years, for Dalaran to rebuild.

   This is big bad news.

   Residents in Dalaran were forced to move to nearby cities, and mourning for the dead was going on all the time. Under such circumstances, the Church of the Holy Light took into account the mourning public opinion, and naturally it was impossible to hold another grand ceremony.

   This was also Varian's personal request.

  The young king did not want his private affairs to affect the people and kingdoms who needed to recuperate.

  Alsace approves of this move with both hands.

   Therefore, the simple ceremony is not the reason why the little prince is unhappy. What really makes him feel dissatisfied and depressed is Varian's concealment from him.

   is about the assassination of Marshal Lothar.

   Arthas knew that Varian had the truth in his hands, but every time he asked, Varian was reluctant to discuss it. The northern Xinjiang countries have also been arresting people who are said to be related to the case recently.

   However, there are also rumors that these arrested people are "scapegoats".

   They may not be clean themselves, and they deserve to be tried, but those black hands who are really hiding behind the scenes and presiding over all this cannot be really caught.

  How could Alsace, who has pursued justice since he was a child, accept this result?

   "Just tell me."

  In the church where various ritual supplies for baptism have been prepared, Arthas, wearing a ritual armor, whispered to Varian who was watching the Holy Light Book:

   "I promise not to tell anyone, I will keep it a secret.

   You know how much I adore Marshal Lothar, I cannot forgive his tragedy, I may not be able to avenge him, but I have the right to know who killed him!

   Varian, you can't keep a secret so selfishly.

  I also have the right to know. "

   "I'm not being selfish, Arthas."

   Varian, who was also wearing ceremonial armor, sighed. He looked at Arthas with a determined face beside him. He said:

   "I just don't want this unfortunate incident to continue to expand. If Marshal Lothar can speak now, he will definitely tell you that it will be over.

  Those dark and dirty things should be forgotten, not repeated.

  You don't need to know those dark things, you just need to take it as a lesson, draw from it the wisdom of righteousness, use that wisdom to guide you, and tell you what kind of person you want to be in the future.

  Trust me, you don't want to know those scorching truths.

   That's vicious acid that will make you uneasy and make you sick. "

   The young king reached out and patted Alsace on the shoulder, and said:

   "Don't worry, everything will be fine. His Holiness the Pope confirms that your sister is still alive, and Dalaran and the Church have sent their forces to search, and Calia will be home soon."

   "I'm not worried about my sister."

   Arthas whispered:

   "She is a terrible woman who has been in a relationship with a world destroyer like Deathwing for several years, and there is nothing in this world worthy of her fear.

   But I care about the truth.

  I have a feeling that there must be some connection between it and me, otherwise it wouldn't make me so anxious.

  You sent that **** dwarf away in advance, and I went to the cage and fluttered as if an invisible hand was preventing me from approaching the truth.

   But the more they got in the way, the stronger my resolve to understand those darkness.

   As you said, if I need to find the beliefs that support my path of justice, I must understand the darkness before I can find a way to defeat them. "

   "Crap!"

   Varian shook his head and scolded softly:

   "You are a paladin with the will of the Holy Light. You only need to always stand on the side of the light, and the darkness will collapse without a fight. You don't need to walk on the edge of the evil cliff to actively understand them.

   Have you forgotten the admonition of His Holiness the Pope?

  Good people should never take the initiative to walk into the dark. The night has evil magic, it will blind your eyes, and when you realize that you have gone too far in the dark, you will not be able to turn back.

  Be good, this is the end of the matter.

   Stop worrying about those who care about you. "

After   , Varian saw the serious-looking Grand Duke Bolvar Fordragon walk into the church. He got up and said a few words to the Grand Duke, and Varian's expression became ugly.

Next to   , Arthas only heard a few words like "Gilneas", "Pirates", "Defeat", "Injured", "Curse" and so on.

   But from Varian's expression, he knew that something must have happened.

   A few minutes later, under the astonished gaze of Alsace, the entire church was crowded with people, and even the bedridden Prince Fao was alarmed.

   Arthas saw His Majesty Fao walk into a portal opened by Archmage Modera himself, supported by the Grand Knight of Dathohan, and Varian and the Grand Duke of Bolvar also walked in.

   Before leaving, the young king shouted to Arthas:

   "Wait here, we might be back in an hour to continue the christening, don't run around, Arthas."

   "What the **** happened?"

   asked the little prince.

   Varian did not answer, strode into the portal, and in a slight dizziness, they crossed most of the northern border, from Stratholme to the hinterland of the Gilneas Mountains.

   At the entrance of the Greymane Royal Manor, His Majesty Jean, with a serious face and eyes full of anger, was holding Lorna Crowley, the only daughter of Lord Darius Crowley, Lord of the North.

   Little Rona's eyes were red, obviously she had just cried, her little face was full of fear, helplessness and worry.

   "All the senior priests in the country are helpless, I have to ask for your help at this time, Your Majesty."

  Gene, who has always been arrogant, will be very humble.

   He took Rona's hand, went to the old Pope, and said to him:

   "Please be sure to save Darius. He is not only my lord, my general, but also my brother. I owe him several lives."

   "Let me see his condition first."

  Fao was leaning on the holy staff and supported by the great knight. He coughed and said:

   "I heard from the messenger that the lord of the north is suspected of being under a vicious curse?"

   "This is just speculation."

  Gene said in a low tone:

   "But my court mage told me that Darius did have a strange dark force inside him that couldn't be removed. Those **** pirates must have killed him!

  Dailyn is right!

   All pirates in this world be damned! "

   "We brought the Holy Hammer, which is powerful enough to suppress any curse."

  The great knight Da Suohan next to the Pope was carrying a wooden box, and he said to Jean in a deep voice:

   "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Holy Light will bless the Lord's well-being."

   On the other side, in Alonthos Chapel in Stratholme.

   Arthas sat alone in the chair and was sulking. Just now, Varian and the others didn't take him with him. They didn't even want to tell him what happened. This made the little prince feel that he was excluded from the crowd.

   They don't bring themselves to play!

   Well, the little prince is not so naive.

   He knew that something must have happened over there, and naturally he didn't have too many complaints, but it really didn't feel good to hide everything from himself.

   He has been persuading himself to accept it, but he is only an eleven-year-old child. Although he eats well and grows well, he is already as tall as a young man, but his mind is not fully mature.

   And this kind of thing has always been a step back, and the more you think about it, the more angry you become.

   After ten minutes, Alsace stood up suddenly, he looked left and right, and made a very bad decision.

  Since Varian won't tell him the truth, he'll find it himself!

When Arthas came to Stratholme yesterday, he heard the testimony of Zach Yaozhi while listening to the chat between Uther and Fording. It has been stored in the church's archive room. are permanently sealed.

  That place was heavily guarded, and it had always been the responsibility of the Great Knight Dasuohan and his squires. In the past, Arthas would never even want to sneak in.

   But today is different.

  The Great Knight of Dathohan accompanies the crown to Gilneas, and the defense force of that place has been greatly weakened. But he certainly couldn't wear this armor that rattled when he walked.

   Arthas rolled his eyes, he walked out of the church generously, and told the paladin guarding the gate that he was going back to his place to rest for a while and read the Holy Light's scriptures.

After    went out, the little prince turned into an alley.

   Quickly took off the ritual armor, put on a lined hunting suit, moved his body, and took out a set of rolled hooks from his luggage.

  When he was beaten by Black before, he had seen how pirates used this hook to climb walls. He thought it was very convenient, so he prepared a set for himself.

   I didn’t expect it to work.

   Arthas was very familiar with the structure of the Alonthos Chapel, which was after all the territory of Lordaeron, and he often came to Stratholme to play when he was a child.

   He looked around, threw out the hook and locked it on the building next to him, climbed up like a monkey, lowered his steps on the eaves, and walked to the top of the dossier room, where there was a small skylight.

   He glanced down.

  Very well, there was only a young priest in the room dozing off.

The little prince waited patiently for more than ten minutes. After seeing the priest lying on the table and falling asleep, he put down the hook and lock fixed on the eaves. Like an airborne soldier, he grabbed the rope with thick leather gloves and silently descended. down.

   Arthas, who was doing this kind of thing for the first time, felt an excitement in his heart, and an evil pleasure of doing bad things.

   "This is for justice!"

   He told himself so in his heart, then rubbed his hands, crept into the depths of the dossier room, and started searching according to the time stamp on the file.

   Soon, he found a stack of thin files marked with warnings from the Church of the Holy Light.

  Not available for non-high priests and paladins.

   Arthas hesitated.

   "This is for justice! The light of justice will surely forgive my little peek!"

   He told himself this, and prayed to the Holy Light again. After a few seconds, there was no Holy Light to punish, and the little prince thought it was the acquiescence of the Holy Light.

   So he opened the file in his hand.

   The testimony revealed by the dwarf master was short, but it was really cool!

   On the first page, Arthas saw several names that shocked him.

   "Lord Godfrey of Gilneas, General Edras Blackmoore of Stormgarde, Lord Barov of Alterac, and House Prestor of the Deathwing Familia.

   The Holy Light is above! "

   The little prince exclaimed. As a royal family, no matter how young he is, he can fully understand the heavy meaning of these names.

   He already felt uneasy.

   Damn!

   Varian's warning is right!

   If this matter continues to excavate, the waves caused by it will be terrible.

  The frightened Arthas put the file on the table. He made up his mind not to continue reading it. Although he had not seen the list of Lordaeron Kingdom, he had a subtle feeling.

   If you continue to watch it, it will definitely lead to some bad things.

   But when he took a step, his thirst for knowledge and insistence on justice made him scratch his heart like a cat's claws. He really wanted to know who was involved in the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

  I will rule this country in the future!

   You must identify in advance who you can rely on and who is evil.

The idea of ​​   made Arthas turn around hesitantly. He put his hand on the file, took a deep breath, and turned the page back as if he had uncovered the mystery.

   "Marshal Osmar Garithers. Unexpected, but reasonable."

   The little prince looked at the two names, and he remembered that the palace where Marshal Lothar was recovering was guarded by Marshal Garithers, and Zach Yaozhi was also caught there.

   There is no doubt that the marshal facilitated the assassins.

   "When I ascend to the throne, I will remove you and exile you from my kingdom! A coward with two sides! Kuaishou marshal also praised your bravery."

   Arthas cursed angrily.

   seems to end here.

   The little prince looked at the end of the dossier, he grinned and planned to close the dossier, but unexpectedly turned to the next page, which recorded some behind-the-scenes figures who were not directly involved in the assassination.

   And there is a name that makes Arthas stare:

Operation    Funder: Terenas Menethil, Baron of Rivendell.

"Do not!!"

   (end of this chapter)