Tyran Fording, the current lord of Fireplace Valley, accepted the soldiers and poor thousands of refugees who fled from Stantholm, and began to actively operate the fortresses and defense facilities in Fireplace Valley, so as not to attack his territory that had never been truly captured by the dead.

Although,

If Prince Arthas and Uther hadn't come to support the last time, they would have been underprepared and poisoned by the undead, and they would have been conquered by the undead long ago?

Half a month ago, after Uther returned to Lordaeron to report his duties and reported to King Terenas, the Paladins of the Undead began to leave the Fireplace Valley and crazily swept the sporadic and endless undead near the ruins of Andorhal, as if they wanted to reoccupy and operate Andorhal in order to resist the upcoming invasion of the undead?

But unfortunately, when the residents died or fled, and when the kingdom did not send troops to station and consolidate their defense again, the more than a thousand paladins obviously could not control a city and area as big as Andorhal.

At the intersection of Cowlin Road, which was at the forefront of resisting the undead, unexpectedly, the task of the general Alfred Abidis and his daughter Bridget Abidis was unexpectedly relaxed... Because, for more than half a month later, the undead army they imagined had never arrived. The undead did not seem to be in a hurry to go south, but they were entrenched in the area near Stantam and the newly formed sick wood forest?

Therefore, the two fathers and daughters with more than 20,000 troops were running their fortifications near the Korlin intersection and Tyre's hands, causing various fortifications, strongholds, sentry towers, etc. to rise up, and various ground thorns and traps were also spread around the Korlin intersection. As for when those fortifications will come in handy, it is unknown for now.

therefore,

A little witch who had been stranded here with some Paladins before, was free. She even had time to go out to investigate the source of the plague with Davi Croverd, who was also free, and Captain Joseph Redpass.

Because, they obtained a reliable and valuable information from certain channels, it is reported that:

The plague of undead occurred in Andorhal, and the plague of Andorhal originated from Lake Dalonmil. The plague of Lake Dalonmil is possible, or responsibly, it can only come from one place, that is, a large island in the center of the lake - Keldaron?!

then,

After obtaining the information and after careful analysis, Paladin Davi Croverd, who felt that it was very likely to be true, led some elite soldiers and scouts, together with the witch Hermione Granger, who was idle in Dalong County, set off from Dalong County, and quietly took advantage of the heavy fog to take advantage of the opportunity to row a boat and sneak into Keldalong Island.

Now, their group has been exploring and advancing in the ruins of Keldaron County, a city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

“…”

"Mr. Cloverd, and Captain Redpass, can you be sure that this is really the source of the plague? It is really the old lair of the Cursed God Cult? But how did I see that there is only a ruin of a city, and the undead wandering on the ruins..."

Yes, as he slowly sneaked into this huge island of Keldaron, as he slowly approached the castle of the Barovs, all Hermione saw was the ruins of the ground and the broken eaves and broken walls of the city. There was no living person here, only those souls and evil undead monsters wandering, just as if they were captured by the undead plague a long time ago?

Therefore, looking at the dilapidated houses, dirty streets, broken castles, rusty cannons on the walls, etc., Hermione, who came here for the first time, was more willing to believe: this Keldaron city is not like a base established after colluding with the Curse God Cult, but more like Stantamme occupied after being captured by the undead, and is another place poisoned and destroyed by the undead plague?

However, compared to the miserable Stantome who fell more than half a month ago, Keldaron may have already sunk.

Perhaps, in terms of time, the terrible undead plague may have really leaked from Keldaron and Lake Dalomir, but if this is controlled by the Cursed God Cult and the Demon, she cannot believe it for the time being.

"Miss Granger..."

"Actually, we didn't believe it very much, but our scouts found two informants who provided important information, so I think you will definitely understand later."

Captain Joseph Redpas was carefully leading the way, because they were secretly infiltrated this time, so if possible, try not to be discovered by the undead wandering in the ruins of the city. If they are accidentally discovered, they must use thunder to directly kill the other party, and must not let the other party send out any alarm.

Otherwise, they would have to run away in a panic...

After all, this is the legendary old nest of the Cursed Divine Cult, and they must not dare to continue lurking in after being discovered by the enemy.

“…”

"Mr. Croverd, can you tell me about the Barovs?"

"I don't know why, but I'm still a little reluctant to believe: In this world, there are really people who choose to join the undead, to join the evil beings, and even to destroy their own family territory, their homes and cities?"

Yes, Hermione couldn't figure out why some people don't want to put a great land like Dalonmill Lake and Keldaron, and they just hook up with the people who cursed the God Cult, and even their own people, their families, and even their own territory?

For Hermione, that kind of terrible thing can't be understood, it doesn't seem like a group of normal people should do.

"Barov family?"

"Well, if it's Miss Granger, you want to know, then I might as well talk about it!"

"However, because the Barov family has been very low-key in recent years, and their city has rarely had any connection with the outside world, I may not know much... Speaking of which, this may start from the First World War. At that time, I was just a small paladin, a team leader from Dalong County. Later, most of the content about the Barov family was only known after hearing Lord Uther."

Keldaron County is very big. After entering the city, it may take a lot of time to explore the ruins of the castle close to the Barov family. In addition, there are not many undead around now, if there are any problems, Joseph and the others should be able to solve them easily. So, after thinking about it, Davi Croverd began the meeting and began to speak in a low voice.

“Um…”

"I remember it's like this, and it starts before the Kingdom of Ultratown was destroyed..."

Once upon a time, the Barov family was a rich and ancient family that controlled the vast land east of the Ultrarank Mountains! Whether it is now Breil, Tarenmil, Keldaron, or the rich Nanhai Town, etc., this large area of ​​plains and confluences of the Ultrarank Kingdom, all of them are the fiefs of their Barov family!

It can be said responsibly that the Barov family has a lot of wealth compared to the Ultrarank royal family. Whether it is territory, wealth or army, they can be said to be the country among Ultrarank!

Moreover, the Barov family also has the ancient bloodline of the Arachi people. They have lived in the old castle of the ancient Arachi people for more than 1,200 years in the old Arachi people in Keldaron County for generations, and have continued the Arachi bloodline of this ancient and noble family bloodline.

It's a pity...

The outbreak of the First Orc War completely changed the fate of the Kingdom of Ultralank, and also changed the fate of the ancient family of the Barovs.

At that time, no one expected that the treacherous King Aiden Pirenold, the treacherous King of Ultratown, would surrender to the orc army secretly and launch a counterattack against the alliance's army?

During that dark period, Ultralank, as a human kingdom, not only did not unite with other kingdoms to fight against the invasion of the orc tribes, but also continued to incite peasant riots in the Alliance controlled areas, organize rebels to invade the Dalaran Kingdom army in Hillsbrad area again and again, so that Dalaran was unable to fully support the Alliance Navy fighting in the south, which almost led to extremely bad military consequences!

Later, with the support and interference of Uther, the envoy of Light, the rebels entrenched in Dalaran were finally defeated, and the remaining forces of the Kingdom of Altlan had to escape to the territory of the Barov family in Lake Daronmil and to Keldaron.

Immediately afterwards,

The Barov family in Keldaron County, who had been watching, saw that the opportunity was not good, so they took advantage of the opportunity and began to claim to stand on the side of the Lordaeron Alliance. They actively cooperated with the elves of Silvermoon City to break through the encirclement of the orc army trying to block the Daronmil Lake, and packed the Ultrarank rebels and some orc prisoners who ran to Keldaron and handed them over to the Lordaeron Alliance.

There is not much suspense about what happened next. When the orcs fled, under the counterattack and encirclement of Dalaran's mage and the alliance's strong army, the Kingdom of Ultralank had almost no ability to resist and was declared wiped out. Even the stubborn mountain capital, the magnificent mountain city, was razed to the ground by Dalaran's mages!

As a representative of the fence faction, the Barov family, who chose to join the Lordaeron League at a critical moment, escaped the blame and received temporary forgiveness for their meritorious service...

That's right, it's temporary!

Because, humans are a very fickle creature, and "setting accounts after autumn" is a political skill that some politicians like and use.

"well……"

"We all know what happened after that. With the complete defeat of the orc tribe and the war soon ended, our King of Lordaeron, Terenas Minaishir, made the final judgment..."

"The remnants of the Altrank Kingdom cannot be completely forgiven for the Barov family's rebellion, and he insisted on exercising a certain degree of punishment, that is, depriving him of his dominance in the elite places such as Breil, Tarenmil and the South Sea Town, and confiscating and custody as a key support point for the orc prison Dunholder Fort?"

"In fact, all the stewards are excuses. In fact, our cunning king annexed all the lands that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Ultratown, except for the pitiful and no longer important county of Keldaron, to the territory of the Kingdom of Lordaeron..."

"So when I came, I was thinking, if the Barovs had any reason to cooperate with the Curse God and spread the undead plague in Lordaeron, I think those things are probably the main cause of all this, right?"

After saying that, Paladin Davi Crover sighed again, obviously in a heavy mood.

There is no doubt that in the follow-up matters of the Ultrarank Kingdom, the eating habits of the Terenas Minaihil of the Kingdom of Lordaeron were indeed a bit too ugly. Otherwise, there would have been no incident in which the Kingdom of Gilness angrily withdrew from the Lordaeron Alliance and the High Elves also took the opportunity to withdraw.

Therefore, because these unfair incidents in handling the Ultralist issue seriously damaged the interests of the Barov family, they instantly deprived nearly half of the territory passed down by the Barov family for thousands of years, leaving only a not-so-important Keldaron. Barov also kept the name of "rebel" and "broker" and was scolded by people, so that Keldaron became increasingly deserted and prosperous...

so,

For those of the Barov family who guarded the isolated island of Keldaron, who were in endless curses, resentment and loneliness, they began to curse Terenas and cooperated with the Cursed God to fight against Lordaeron, and spread the terrible plagues of the undead in the traditional territory and fertile lands of Lordaeron, in Andorhal, Stantome and the entire East-West Plagueland (Dentithrisfalinland), while the Hinterland, the Altran Mountains and the Hillsbrad Hills did not have any plagues at all.

"well……"

"If all this is really done by the Barovs, I think the undead plague is really the cause of our King Terenas in dealing with the issue of the Kingdom of Ultrart…"

"But, Miss Granger, you probably won't report to King Renas, saying that I, the Paladin, secretly said behind my back that he is not?"

Although Paladin Davie said that all he said was factual, and even after they completed the investigation, they submitted the report to the Lord Lord's Royal City, all those who saw the report would think of all the causes and effects of the matter and agree with what he had just summarized, it is always wrong to say behind the scenes that the king is not and "produce rumors" or something, even if he says the truth!

"ah?"

"Of course not..."

Hermione didn't feel that she would have the chance to meet the legendary King Terenas Minaishir who led the alliance of the seven kingdoms and defeated the orc invasion. So, after listening to the Barov family, she was hesitant and hesitant, and hurriedly responded.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with Paladin Davi Croford saying bad things about the king behind his back, because if it was really the king who dealt with the injustice that Barov threw himself into the arms of the Cursed God Church and released the undead plague in order to revenge...

Then, the king in the Royal City of Lordaeron is definitely one of the culprits!

The countless people of Lordaeron, the dozens or even millions of innocent lives who died tragically under the plague of the undead, must have the unshirkable responsibility of King Terenas Minaisir.

‘Be careful, we are almost here!’

‘Sir Davi and the Granger Witch, you better whisper, it’s already very close to the castle of the Barovs family. Look, that castle is there, we must pay attention!’

finally,

After Davi Croverd explained the dirty things that had been played between the Barov family, the Kingdom of Ultratown and Lordaeron, Captain Redpas whisperedly reminded that their team of more than a dozen people finally successfully arrived at their destination after a half-day sneaking.

‘Pay attention to the movements under your feet, be gentle…’

‘The ruins in front are Barov’s manor and castle. We can’t go there anymore because there are many undead there, and it is said that under the castle is the base of the Curse God Cult, which is the Psychological Academy, which is said in the information to create and spread the plague of undead!!’

Captain Joseph Redpas has not confirmed what he said, because he has not been able to enter, and he has no idea what the situation is inside. However, judging from the information he obtained and the information he investigated by the scouts, it is probably what he guessed.

“!!”

"Not good! Some undead have discovered us!!"

Suddenly, just as Hermione wanted to observe the seemingly dilapidated and empty Barovski castle, the ghost of two humans, a man and a woman, floated straight towards them, and she was so scared that she took out her wand and prepared to use a spell to deal with the two undead who discovered them.

‘Wait first!’

‘Granger Witch, don’t do it, they are their own people!’

However, Captain Joseph Redpas lowered his voice and reminded him and quickly reached out to press the head of her wand in advance, and promptly stopped a spell that she was about to blurt out.

‘Good evening, you are finally here, young mage lady, and all the knights, I am Eva Sakhoff, and this is my husband Lusen.’

‘Hello everyone, I’m glad to see you…’

After the female ghost in maid-style costume spoke, the male ghost in housekeeper-style costume next to her also spoke, and nodded and smiled at the strangers who came to the Barov family territory and said with a smile.

“!!”

"You, you guys are..."
To be continued...