klisemfg Chapter 290 Seeing Through
Chapter 290 Seeing Through
Walking down the hillside from the intersection wasn't a long distance, but Lorraine, pretending to be lame, dawdled for ten minutes before being stopped by two guards from South Sea Town.
The guards sized up Lorraine, and Lorraine sized up the guards in return.
The female guard asked with concern, "Are you injured? Where are you from? Do you need our help?"
He reached out to help Lorraine up, but the slightly older, bearded male guard snapped, "Britney, don't go near him. Let me ask him who he is... Have you forgotten the lesson I taught you?"
“Lieutenant Rayleigh, you’re right, but look, he’s injured… badly injured.”
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"Who are you? State your identity. Refugees should go to Refuge Valley...you cannot stay here. Southshore is under martial law. Major William has ordered strict checks and registrations, and you must obtain a pass. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to enter Stormwind Kingdom territory. Where do you think you're going? Stranger?"
"My esteemed knight, I come from the battlefields of Alterac Valley... I come from the Kirin Tor. I am mortally wounded and need to recuperate. Please help me find an inn; I am starving..."
Lorraine feigned weakness; his disguise as a magic apprentice was stiff, his words weak and feeble, his body hunched over, looking utterly lifeless—which suited the occasion nonetheless.
Lieutenant Rayleigh's expression was serious. He looked at Lorraine's legs suspiciously. "Why are your robes covered in bloodstains... What's the situation in the Alterac Mountains? Didn't the field medics there treat you?"
"I've been shot in the thigh with an arrow..."
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Lorraine lifted the hem of her robe, revealing a hairy leg covered in blood and gore... It looked like it was covered in wounds and wrapped in bandages... These were wounds that Lorraine had smeared with the blood of Syndicate bandits beforehand... and that she had cut herself with a knife.
Seeing the bloodstains, Britney felt a pang of heartache and bent down to examine and touch Lorraine's wounds.
Lorraine quickly turned around to avoid the female guard's armored gauntlets.
"pain..."
“I’m sorry, I hurt you. Lieutenant, you see, he’s really badly injured. Let me take him inside… I’ll register him with the clerk; the wounded need rest.”
Britney, the human female guard, is beautiful and kind-hearted, leaving Lieutenant Rein shaking his head helplessly.
"When on patrol, you cannot leave your post! No one of unknown identity is allowed to enter. This is military regulation! Britney, you're still young and haven't experienced the undead plague of that time... The people who lived around Southshore in the past died in that plague, and now some of them survived, but they are our enemies in a different form."
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"They are no longer our kind, nor our relatives; they are our enemies!"
"But he's injured! Uncle Lelein, you said that a knight's duty is to protect the people. If we can't even protect ordinary people, how can we fight against the undead and the calamities? What is the meaning of our battle?"
Didn't you teach me that a true knight must have a benevolent heart?
Britney removed her arm armor to examine Lorraine's wounds, her hands flashing with holy healing magic as she prepared to treat Lorraine's broken leg...
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"stop!"
"Hey, what are you doing...don't..."
Leon and Lorraine simultaneously stopped the newly promoted human female paladin... She had learned the Holy Light Healing spell and had always hoped to use Holy Light Flash to save people... Lorraine was simply pretending; he couldn't allow Holy Light magic to touch his undead body.
Lieutenant Leylan, a knight patrolling with his apprentice Britney, had experienced the Scourge of Lordaeron. He was formerly a member of the Knights of the Silver Hand and also joined the Scarlet Crusade in their fight against the undead. Later, he discovered that the Scarlet Crusade had drifted further and further away from its original purpose of protecting its homeland, becoming more like another terrible plague...
The Church of Holy Light, originally meant to guide people to maintain hope, love, and justice, has, under the guidance of the priests and clergy of the Scarlet Crusade, become a sanctuary of punishment targeting the dead and everything possibly related to them...
When they investigated the undead plague, they massacred civilians, which enraged Rayleigh, who had always believed in the Holy Light and championed justice, but was powerless to do so.
Paladin Leylan left the Scarlet Crusade alone and came to Southshore, becoming the captain of the guard responsible for the town's security, doing his best to help the civilians who had escaped the Scourge from the north...
The Scarlet Crusade's madness inspired him to uphold the true code of chivalry and cultivate true knights of light.
Reliant hopes to use the power of the entire Alliance to eliminate the false Lordaeron Salvation Army, including High Inquisitor Iselion of Hearthglen who betrayed Uther in the past and now commands his own army, and the mad mage Riodu of the Scarlet Monastery who has abandoned his faith.
His reluctance to leave Southshore stems from his deep attachment to his homeland and home, including Hillsbrad Foothills, where many humans would rather remain in the dangerous, undead-infested land.
The main reason is that Nanhai Town is the last territory where they lived since childhood.
Of course, Lieutenant Rayleigh, who frequently dealt with evil undead and his own kind, wouldn't underestimate Lorraine's sudden appearance... He wouldn't be as soft-hearted as the Holy Knight Britney, judging friend from foe solely by appearance...
"What's your name? Where are you from? Which legion do you belong to? All participants in the Alterac Valley must be vetted Alliance soldiers. They all have military status. You can't possibly not even remember your own name... Please show me your Alliance insignia! Prove your identity!"
"I...I...forgot..."
"What?" Rayleigh drew his knight's sword immediately. Britney, not understanding what was happening, hesitated for a moment before following her teacher and drawing her sword as well. If Lorraine could sweat, he was already drenched in sweat...
I had planned everything meticulously, chatted idly with the teacher for a long time, and thought I was fully prepared. Before entering Nanhai Town, I only thought about maintaining a superficial facade, but I hadn't anticipated so much more...
Well, that's bad. They failed to infiltrate, and now they've been exposed as soon as they reached the door...
"Do I lack acting talent?"
Lorraine sighed, and the next second, Lieutenant Rayleigh saw a flash of magic, and Lorraine was already 8 yards away. His limp, which had been supported by his staff, was instantly healed. He threw away the broken wooden staff and scurried off...
Without turning back...
In an instant, the plague messenger Lorraine successfully caught the attention of Lieutenant Rayleigh, the current duty captain of the Southshore Guard...
Rayleigh immediately realized what was happening and yelled at his apprentice and subordinate, Britney, "Go get reinforcements, I'm going after him... This person is likely a spy, we must catch him. Our operation is imminent, we can't let the enemy get wind of it... Guards, guards! Help me block that guy ahead..."
Not far away, the guards on both sides moved at the sound and surrounded them...
The lame Lorraine had already put some distance between them, and he was far from actually entering the interior of Southsea Town. Leylein and his disciple were just the outermost sentries. The two were originally a teacher leading his apprentice on patrol and explanation, but Lorraine was just unlucky to be a wounded battlefield mage.
Under normal circumstances, the guards in Nanhai Town wouldn't interrogate you too much...
They judged the enemy solely by sight.
Lieutenant Paladin Leylan was different... his combat experience was extremely rich; if it weren't for his unwillingness to go to Stormwind and his desire to remain in his homeland, Southshore, he would certainly be far more than just a knight lieutenant...
There are only a handful of soldiers left who originally belonged to Lordaeron in Southshore; most of the rest are young apprentices and new recruits. In contrast, many of the Forsaken in Tarren Mill are former relatives and friends.
Now the two sides are enemies...
Fate plays tricks on us, making it difficult to distinguish friend from foe...
Southshore is preparing to coordinate with the Hillsbrad Foothills camp to launch an attack on the undead watchtowers and strongholds...
The extermination of the undead is already underway, and the two watchtowers near Southshore and Hillsbrad are now under human control. The Alliance has effectively cut off the supply route from Silverpine Forest to Tarren Mill and killed the undead sentries.
The Kirin Tor mages returned to the front lines, ready to cooperate with the allied forces to recapture the undead strongholds.
Tarren Mill's decision to send Lorraine into action was merely a last resort...
The battles between the two sides, large and small, in the area between Southshore and Hillsbrad Foothills have never ceased, numbering at least hundreds or thousands. But this time, the Horde is short-handed... An internal strife has broken out in Undercity, and Lorraine happens to have the opportunity to serve the Queen.
It is an honor for all the forgotten...
The plague messenger turned tail and ran, and a large group of Southsea Town guards chased after him with shields and swords, which didn't seem very honorable...
Don't ask...
The answer is tactics!
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