klisemfg Chapter 305 The Man Who Lights the Lamp During the Day
Chapter 305 The Man Who Lights the Lamp During the Day
Apart from the mayor's hall and residence, which are surrounded by a wall, the town of Hillsbrad is mostly open-plan, with other buildings scattered around farmland. The blacksmith's shop is right next to the mayor's hall, and the militia's main guard post is the entrance to the mayor's hall.
The main guards were outside the mayor's residence, where the so-called four town councilors were located.
All matters, big and small, in the town are decided by the mayor, or rather, by the town council controlled by Mayor Bonn. Recently, things have been unsettled around the town. The Hillsbrad Declaration states that Hillsbrad has joined the Alliance, Southshore and Hillsbrad have formed a powerful alliance, and reinforcements sent by Dalaran have once again occupied the entrance to the hills from Silverpine Forest.
The mages said that besides the main camp by the lake, they also had reinforcements in Gilneas.
The threat of the undead will soon be eliminated, as the Gilneans and the emissaries of the Scarlet Crusade have already discussed detailed plans with Prince Garin for a renewed invasion of the Forsaken territory.
The objective this time is to take Undercity and completely eliminate the Dark Queen Sylvanas and her Forsaken minions.
A rebellion has broken out within Undercity, causing some trouble for our previous plans.
All the key figures of the Undercity Desolate Council were eliminated. Four experts who were in charge of studying the mysterious artifacts found by the Queen, fearing being purged, secretly took away the Forsaken's treasures and fled to the other side of Lake Lordamere.
This news was originally a secret, but it seems that all the leaders had received it.
The conflict between humans and the Forsaken of Undercity has been brought into the open, and some people enjoy the idea of a life-or-death struggle between the two.
Mayor Bonn learned from the clerk that his nephew had been foolishly manipulated into hiding a traitor from Undercity in the containment facility. Once the Queen of Undercity discovers the traitor's whereabouts, Hillsbrad Foothills will immediately become the Forsaken's primary target, as the Forsaken's original activity range was limited to the area around Lake Mil.
The situation changed drastically after the fall of Ambermill during the Wolf Island incident.
The situation of the Alliance and the Horde fighting each other was inescapable. Dalaran fled, and the towns of Hillsbrad, which humans could barely survive in the past, lost their support. The entire Worgen kingdom, including Gilneas, declared its allegiance to the Alliance.
The Stormwind Alliance expanded once again, gaining more members, including Stromgarde, Gilneas, Hillsbrad Foothills, the last human settlement at the foot of Alterac Mountains, and even some of the Syndicate bandits who had surrendered.
Countess Katarina, the Stormwind Master, gained great fame. Regent Bolvar & Grand Duke Fordragon personally ordered her commendation and approved the plan for the combined forces of dwarves and humans from Southshore to attack Undercity.
The North is already in enough chaos. The Alliance's motto is to reclaim human territory and eliminate all heretics.
The Church of the Holy Light spearheaded this plan, and the Allied Forces received a number of priests and monks. The Silver Covenant, a human faction in Dalaran, also provided a considerable number of male and female sorcerers... These unique units were specially trained to deal with mages.
With the arrival of the priests and spellbreakers, Marshal Garin's power has increased. He is filled with ambition, aiming for Stratholme in the north... his ultimate plan even extends to conquering Silvermoon City...
Reclaim all the northern territories and restore the glory of Stromgarde and Alterac. Stormwind has always held a prestigious position and hasn't needed to contribute much, so Bolvar found the human kingdom's revitalization plan, provided by the new Kirin Tor Chancellor, Master Ansrem, to be perfectly reasonable... He didn't need to listen to the opinions of the savage tribes; he only needed them to disappear.
Humanity has been divided for a long time, and Stormwind should rightfully shoulder the responsibility of ruling all human homelands.
The Seven Kingdoms were originally a division of the former Arathor Empire; now it's time to return the suffering human civilians to the rule of the Anduin family...
Duke Bolvar set aside his search for the missing King Varian for the time being, after all, almost half a month had passed... there was still no news of the scarred, battle-hardened, hot-tempered king, while the rebel activities around the heart of Stormwind were escalating.
He had no time for anything else; Bolvar also had to deal with dwarven envoys, maintain communication with the night elves, and handle trivial trade disputes and environmental protection issues.
The headstrong Marcus has disappeared... With one less thorn in their side, the nobles act even more recklessly.
Stormwind's expansionist policies and attacks on Undercity or the Horde are perfectly justified... They welcome the annexation and assistance of human settlements like Hillsbrad Foothills in war-torn regions.
Regardless of the outcome of the battles on the front lines, both the Alliance and the Horde are vying for territory, with reinforcements being sent to Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands...
Human settlements that could barely survive independently were forced to choose sides...
They couldn't fly away like Dalaran, and they were right in the middle of the battlefield... there was no way to avoid it.
The mayor knew perfectly well that Stormwind and Stromgarde's initiative to send troops to aid them was tantamount to inviting disaster, but he was powerless to stop it. It was an open conspiracy, and the mayor could only pretend he knew nothing and grit his teeth to continue supporting the garrison by the lake.
This includes the fact that the dangerous Undercity spy was placed in the containment facility...
The mayor ordered a ban on outsiders entering the town, fearing that the exposure of secrets could directly trigger a war...
The tone that had just been agreed upon was immediately reported by a guard that a merchant from afar had arrived... and that he was a silk seller... The mayor immediately forgot his own orders and ordered the commoner Wilkes to welcome the merchant, disguised as Rolin, inside...
Wilkes, an ordinary commoner, wore a wrinkled white shirt and a bow tie.
The lower half, however, consisted of rather unsightly, worn-out pants...
The fact that he was carrying a lantern struck Roland as odd.
Turning on lights in broad daylight, what kind of weird habit is that...?
"Which one of you is Mr. Barbatos & Footman?"
Hello, I am...
The man in the white shirt was sizing up Luo Lin, while Luo Lin was also observing him.
The two guards seemed somewhat afraid of the civilian Wilkes. Rowling observed that the lantern-bearer had strong arms and a hunched back, like a lion poised to pounce. He was certain that the man was an agile and skilled fighter.
The shirt and bow tie were just a disguise. Rowling vaguely remembered that one of the targets to be assassinated in the Battle of Hillsbrad was a person whose appearance perfectly matched the description.
It was marked that a group of humans frequently raided Undercity's supply convoys.
The group in the lead consisted of miner Hackett, blacksmith Kabala, farmer Rain, and Gaz, along with the strange man carrying a lantern...
Roland's photographic memory allowed him to identify the man as the undead slayer, civilian Wilkes, without needing any introduction...
A ruthless guy who acts as a human during the day and leads a group of civilians as thieves at night.
Disguised as syndicate bandits, they acted with impunity, unaware of the undead's methods and memories...
The seemingly honest and unassuming human residents of Hillsbrad are actually quite similar to the syndicate bandits hiding in the mountains.
Their principle is, can you call it robbery if you're stealing something from a dead person?
.......
Wilkes held the lamp and shone it around in front of Rowling.
Roland found it strange; it was only the afternoon of the 17th, and it wasn't even dark yet. Why was the light being shone on him like that...?
After the other party took a look for a while and seemed to find nothing unusual, Wilkes' brows relaxed and his face beamed with a smile. "Let's go, guest, come with me to see the mayor!"
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