Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

Lorena's heart was beating violently.The metal armor seemed to be tightly trapped on her body, and she could hardly breathe. But Queen Proudmoore and her friend—the old woman named Aegwynn or something, the queen looked at her with admiration and awe, which Lorena had never seen before—had They walked out safely from the demonic barrier that had surrounded them for a long time.Apparently, they used Lorena standing outside the barrier to penetrate it.The colonel was not good at that.When it comes to magic skills, she has a headache, and she only cares about whether the magic can really work.Fortunately, Queen Proudmoore can successfully cast every spell.

Queen Proudmoore turned to the old woman and said, "Magna, I have a request." "What is it?" "Are you against me putting some thunder lizards in your house? I can set up a barrier to ensure that your house, your homeland, and your water well are absolutely safe. Besides, the hills are also a good barrier." Puro De Moore quickly explained the situation of the Thunder Lizard to Aegwynn. After listening, the old woman smiled and said, "I have no objection at all. I have raised a thunder lizard before." Lorena opened her mouth in astonishment: "You're not joking!"

"Absolutely not. I had just passed my 400th birthday, and in order to combat the unbearable loneliness and loneliness, I decided to get a pet. I thought it would be challenging to tame a kodo. I take the name of my master Name it Scarville." "Kodo?" Lorena asked, frowning. Aegwynn shrugged. "That's what we called them back then. Anyway, I like them very much, so I'm more than happy to have them in my house." "Thank you, Magna." Queen Proudmoore said to Lorena again, "give me a few minutes. I will go to Durotar to complete this task first, and then we will return to Theramore—I will Cast the spell to teleport the three of us back. Give your soldiers an order to return to Theramore immediately by spaceship." Queen Proudmoore smiled helplessly: "When I bring all the Thunder Lizards here, I'm afraid it will Not enough strength to teleport the entire ship back."

"Okay, Queen." Lorena nodded. "Thank you, Colonel." Queen Lorena smiled cordially, and Lorena immediately felt proud and proud.She came here under great pressure with her trust in Bravien's ability to find the queen in the orc kingdom, and with the hope that the queen would not hold her accountable for her unauthorized actions.But it now appears that her instincts were correct - among other things, thanks to her, the queen and her friends were freed from prison. Queen Proudmoore closed her eyes, concentrating on the incantation.Lorena looked at the old woman: "Are you really four hundred years old?"

"In fact, it's more than eight hundred years old." Lorena nodded in surprise. "Ah," she blinked a few times, "it doesn't look that old at all." Aegwynn smiled smugly: "You should see what I looked like thirty years ago." Lorena felt that the subject was too strange for her, so she climbed the rope ladder to deliver orders to Major Baker and the others.After receiving the order, Major Baker wished Lorena good luck, and then launched the spaceship to return. When Lorena came down the rope ladder again, Queen Proudmoore had already finished.Lorena jumped down the last rope ladder, and the spacecraft began to fly south.

"The Minister of Internal Affairs always stays in the throne room," Lorena found a trace of uncontrollable contempt in her voice, and couldn't help asking herself why it was always like this, "He always sits on your throne. " Queen Proudmoore nodded: "Christoph attaches great importance to the meaning of sitting on the throne." "But I'm too keen, if you ask me," Lorena said. "Anyway, I'm ready." Lorena pulled herself together and began to prepare.She'd only been teleported once, and that was during the war, but that one alone made her stomach sick.

The whole world literally turned upside down, and Lorena felt as if her head was between her knees and her feet were up her neck. A second later, the world returned to normal.Lorena started throwing up.She bent down and saw the stone floor in a daze, and then remembered that she had arrived in Proudmoore's throne room.Duffy screamed when she saw her throw up. "Ma'am!" it was Christopher's voice, "you - you're back with Colonel Lorena! We were worried about you being captured by the Burning Blade clan. I thought if you knew we had strengthened Northwatch Fortifications, sure will be glad. We will defend ourselves, for the orcs and trolls have sent troops by sea and land. Oh, who is this?"

Lorena vomited again, her stomach constricted, a world away from the sublime feeling of being the queen's attendant to magic. "My name is Aegwynn." "Really?" Christopher said in surprise, as if he knew who Aegwynn was.Lorena still doesn't know who this woman is, only that she is a very old woman. "Yes. Although I am no longer a member of Tirisfal in the true sense, I can still smell the stink of demons. Now, you are covered with this stink." Although there was nothing in her stomach, Lorena couldn't help but vomited again, secretly wondering what this Tiresh's thing was.

"What are you talking about?" Christopher asked innocently. "Please, Christopher," said the queen, "tell me that Aegwynn was mistaken, and tell me that you are not in collusion with Zmodor and the Burning Blade." "Your Majesty, things are not as you imagined." Lorena's stomach finished torturing her and she was able to straighten up.What Lorena saw was a very dramatic scene.Christophe stood in front of the throne, looking panicked, while Aegwynn was sullen, which was completely different from Lorena's when she first met her. But in Queen Proudmoore, Lorena saw something she had never seen before—an anger that was suppressed to the utmost.A storm gathered in her eyes, and Lorena felt lucky that the Queen was on her side.

"Not what I imagined? So, Christopher, what should I think?" "The orcs must be completely wiped out, ma'am. Zmodor also has this purpose, and he is just a small boss, so he won't pose any threat. I have made arrangements. After victory, we will start to expel them and unify the world." "Victory? What victory? Tell me what you have planned, Christopher?" "A chain of things that would drive orcs out of this world. I really mean it, Your Majesty. They don't belong in this world at all, and all—" "You idiot." Christophe seemed to have been slapped, and his face flushed suddenly.Lorena was also shocked.She has followed the queen for so many years, and she has never heard the queen reprimand anyone so severely.

"Zmodor is a demon. Do you really think you can stop him?" Proudmoore said, pointing at the old woman. "This is Aegwynn, the greatest Guardian." Aegwynn snorted disdainfully, but neither the Queen nor Christopher noticed. "She couldn't completely defeat him when she was full of magic. Why do you think you can do better than her? Even if you have this ability, no end should be the way to cooperate with a demon. Their only The purpose is to create disaster and division. The destruction of Lordaeron is not enough for you? You must be satisfied with the destruction of Kalimdor after the war you planned at Northpost started?" "And," said Aegwynn, "even if you had a way of defeating or expelling Zmodor, you couldn't. You are already his slave." "It's ridiculous!" Christopher's voice sounded even more frightened, "Our cooperation is only temporary, we just use each other, once the orcs are driven out—" "The orcs are our allies, Christopher!" A flash of lightning flashed around the Queen's golden hair, and a light wind blew between her knees, blowing up the white cloak, "The battle between humans and orcs Alliances are forged in blood. Demons are the common enemy of all life in this world. How could you betray us like this—betray me?" Christopher was sweating profusely: "I swear to you, Your Majesty, this is absolutely not a betrayal. I did it all for the good of Theramore! The Burning Blade clan is just a group under the command of Zmodor Warlocks, it's easy to turn their spearheads on orcs. Besides, they have done nothing but stir up hostility between humans and orcs." "Where are the orcs from the Burning Blade clan?" Lorena asked. "What?" Christopher was a little confused. "Those orcs who attacked me and my troops at Northpost were members of the Burning Blade clan—but they are orcs, how did they join the Burning Blade clan, have you thought about it?" "I—" Christopher was completely confused. Queen Proudmoore shook her head angrily: "How many people, Christopher? Do you know how many people will die in order to realize your ideal world without orcs?" Christopher seemed to have regained his composure at this moment: "As long as Thrall is dead, the orcs will be the same as before. We didn't need a single soldier to—" "Enough!" The light wind turned into a churning gust, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the Queen's fingertips. Christophe screamed and pressed his left shoulder tightly.A wisp of black smoke drifted out from between his fingers. Lorena instinctively ran to Christopher and tore the shirt off his body. On Kristoff's shoulder is a tattoo of the Burning Blade blade, along with the tattoos on the orcs that Lorena, Strovo, Clay, Jarloud, and the others encountered at Northwatch exactly the same.That tattoo is burning right now. A second later, the tattoo was gone, leaving only a piece of burnt paste.Christophe collapsed as if on a piece of suet, his eyes wandering. Aegwynn said quietly, "Zmodor is gone." "Yes," Queen Proudmoore's voice became much calmer, "I cast an exorcism spell, and Zmodor seems to realize that he has been seen through." "Sorry……" Lorena squatted next to Christopher, his words were already slurred. "I thought... what I did... of my own will... but Zmodor... controls... everything, yes... sorry... sorry..." The light in Christopher's eyes disappeared. The three women stood silent for a long time. Much to Lorena's dismay, Christopher isn't really a bad guy.He had done what he felt was good for Theramore, and he had always done his duty.True, he made a huge mistake, but he meant well.It made her so guilty, she had cursed Christopher a thousand times, but now that he was really dead, she felt very sad. She looked at Queen Proudmoore: "We must rush to Northpost as soon as possible. If we are lucky, the war may not start yet, and we can order our troops to retreat. But madam, you have to go there yourself - Major Davin Will not obey anyone's orders." Queen Proudmoore nodded: "Yes, I'll—" "no." These words were spoken by Aegwynn.The queen looked at her calmly: "Can you explain it more clearly?" "You can cast the spell right now, Queen Proudmoore, you are the only one on Kalimdor who can stop this war. But your just-dead Home Secretary was right about one thing - Zmodor was just a little The boss, one of the many sycophants around Sargeras. In this case, he does not have that much magic power to influence so many people - nor can he level a forest overnight and remove all the trees. Chris Those warlocks that Tov mentioned just now are the real culprits of all this. But they are acting under the banner of Zmodor, maybe in exchange for rare magic scrolls or other such things." Aegwynn shook his head and continued Said, "Those warlocks' pursuit of magic is like smoking opium, which makes people hate it in their hearts." "But we don't have time to search around for a group of warlocks," Lorena said. "But these warlocks are to blame for everything, Colonel." Lorena looked at Queen Proudmoore: "As far as we know, Your Majesty, the battle has already begun. Even if it hasn't yet, according to what Christopher said just now, the orc and troll troops have already flowed down the river. A war could start at any second. Once it did, it didn't matter who or what started it—only blood was shed, and once the war line was crossed, the alliance was severed forever. " Aegwynn stared at the queen: "Time is of the essence. You just said that Zmodor knew that you had seen through him. In order to prevent him from plotting new tricks against you, we must pursue the victory now. Moreover, you cannot escape In two places." Queen Proudmoore laughed.It was a bright smile, Lorena let out a long breath, the Queen's resentment towards Christopher was finally swept away. "I don't need to be in two places," she said as she walked into the inner room.Lorena and Aegwynn looked at each other suspiciously, and followed her in. They walked into the inner room, and saw Queen Proudmoore looking for scrolls on the desk, and finally called out: "Ah!" She turned and held up a very delicately carved stone.After a while, the stone began to shine brightly...