Looking at the ferocious ghouls that were about to surround them, and the black-robed wizard behind the ghouls, Kalia sighed softly.
They had been hiding in this remote mountainous area for a long time. She had always thought that she might be able to stay here quietly like this forever, and then slowly grow old until the day she was completely freed. This might be good for her. In other words, this is the best ending.
But who would have thought that these undead would eventually find her...
For Calia Menethil, she was undoubtedly lucky.
Because she is now the last living direct member of the Menethil royal family in Lordaeron. If she went out with the name Menethil in her name and waved her arms and shouted, with these four words Menethil, most of the remaining armies of the original Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Silver Kingdom would be destroyed. The knights in her hand will gather under her banner without hesitation. By then, it is not impossible for her to be crowned the Queen of Lordaeron.
However, Calia Menethil was also unfortunate.
Because, not long ago, she experienced the greatest family tragedy in the world - her most beloved brother, the brave, kind, just and responsible Arthas Menethil, he actually fell like that! Not only did he kill his father with his own hands, but he also wanted to harm himself, his own sister, and now, he has even destroyed the entire kingdom of Lordaeron!
Now, in the land of the former Kingdom of Lordaeron, the undead natural disasters that are raging and killing people everywhere are all the work of her good brother! Not only did he destroy her home with his own hands, he also destroyed his own country and everything beautiful in front of him!
Kalia still clearly remembers that day, what happened at that time, everything seems to be still vivid in her mind...
She still remembered his cold words when she was rescued by the guards - kill her...
It was a sunny afternoon
...
Today is a good day for Alsace to return triumphantly...
Princess Kalia was in the back garden of the Palace of Lordaeron, taking a boring walk alone.
On the streets outside the palace, waves of loud cheers from the citizens of the royal city began to be faintly heard. At the same time, the special bells in the royal city that had not sounded for a long time finally rang again.
She knew what those people outside were cheering for - they were cheering for their prince's triumphant return! Cheering for their Prince of Arthas' victory in Northrend!
As for the melodious and resonant bell, Kalia certainly knew it, and she knew exactly what that special bell meant! They are generally only sounded during important state events - for example: a royal wedding, the birth of an heir, or... a funeral when the king is laid to rest.
In Kalia's memory, she had only heard such a bell once.
Kalia still remembers clearly that it was the day when her younger brother, Arthas Menethil, was born when she was just two years old. It was this same bell that rang all day long, and the melodious sound echoed throughout Tirisfal Glades for a long time...
On that day, the royal family of Lordaeron welcomed the birth of their most hoped-for and most urgent male heir! On that day, it seemed that the entire forest of Lordaeron was whispering the same name - Arthas...
Kalia couldn't help but smile knowingly when she thought of the scene when her brother was born.
Although she is the princess of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the eldest daughter of King Terenas and Queen Leanne, due to the hereditary system giving priority to men before eldest children, the crown prince has always been the prince from the moment he was born. It's Alsace, and Kalia has never been the first priority to inherit the throne.
However, Kalia didn't care about this. She had never wanted to be the queen of Lordaeron. She liked her brother Arthas very much, and she also liked her current harmonious and happy royal family even more. There was no persecution or strife. She was already very, very satisfied with what she had in front of her.
Today, when she heard this melodious bell ringing again, Kalia in the garden couldn't help but stop and began to listen attentively. She seemed to see the citizens of Lordaeron on both sides of the street. While waving petals of various colors, she shouted her brother's name loudly.
As she listened, a subtle smile began to appear on her face. Anyway, no matter what, she liked the sound of the bell very much.
In fact, once upon a time, Kalia was almost lucky enough to have this bell ringing for herself!
She still remembered that when she was about to turn sixteen, King Terenas almost decided to betroth Calia to a young human nobleman for a political marriage.
At the beginning, this approach made the young Calia heartbroken. She had never seen the man named Presto, and she was about to be mortgaged by her father as a bargaining chip. It was then that she felt her first disappointment in her father.
But later, after she met Presto, she was deeply fascinated by him. He was a handsome, polite, and talented young human noble.
Moreover, I don’t know why, every time Kalia gets close to him, she will unconsciously have a feeling of love at first sight for him! It was a special kind of magic. At that time, she almost thought that she had fallen in love with him. For this reason, she even secretly dropped a coin in the wishing well in Dalaran.
It was a pity that Presto, who was said to be related to Lord Perenolde, suddenly disappeared for some unknown reason. This not only ruined Kalia's marriage, but also caused all her father's arrangements to come to nothing. It was precisely this plan that prevented Kalia from getting married even though she is now a girl in her twenties!
It was said that the identity of the nobleman named Presto was very doubtful, and there were a lot of gossips later, but her father never let her know about it, and she was not allowed to mention it again.
By now, Kalia no longer had the slightest fondness for that Presto, but she still harbored a faint trace of hatred.
If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't be still in the palace of Lordaeron!
If it hadn't been for him, her father would not have dared to mention her marriage arrangements until now, because the original incident had simply become a nightmare for her father!
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The bells outside were still ringing, and after listening for a while, Kalia continued to wander in the garden. Although she also wanted to go out to welcome her brother's return, on this important occasion, she, the princess of Lordaeron, was not suitable to appear in the king's hall, and her identity did not allow her to go outside casually. She had to go to the streets and crowd with the citizens, so she could only wait in the garden in embarrassment.
Anyway, she can only wait patiently for the time being. Maybe, during dinner in the evening, the whole family can listen to her brother talk about interesting things about Northrend while eating? That would be interesting, right? Their family hasn't had dinner together for a long time, and Kalia is looking forward to it.
When walking around a cluster of beautiful flowers, Kalia stopped, and she just looked at the colorful butterfly dancing on the flowers silently. She was already in a trance. She thought, how great would it be if she could fly freely and carefree like this little creature? In that case, she would no longer have to be locked up in this cage-like palace, right?
Or maybe, if Kalia was a boy, could she, like her brother Arthas, be free to wander around in the colorful world outside?
I don’t know what the scenery in Northrend in the north is like? Is it really cold there? It is said that there is a huge rock giant there? And there are all kinds of weird and honest seal people? Moreover, it seems that the ancestors of human beings also came south from Northrend in the north to this continent at that time? In that case, it really is a magical place.
If there was a chance, Kalia would really like to see it in person, but unfortunately...she could only think about these things.
While Kalia was thinking wildly, the melodious bell that had been echoing in the royal city of Lordaeron finally stopped. She knew that it must be her brother Arthas. He had already entered the palace. Maybe, not long after, she would be able to see her heroic brother here!
Thinking of this, Kalia laughed, and she decided to use the flowers in front of her to weave a beautiful garland for her brother, and hang it around his neck when he comes. Just think of this as her sister's gift for her brother's triumphant return!
Yes, this is a really good idea. It doesn't cost a lot of money and can express her deep feelings for her brother! So, without further ado, Kalia decided that while they were debriefing in the King's Hall, she would quickly make the hero's garland.
After thinking about it, Kalia stretched out her tender hands with delicate white skin and began to pull and pick among the flowers. She needed to find a few long branches as the backbone of the wreath outline, and then carefully picked the individual flowers one by one. Decorate it.
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"ah!"
Suddenly, when Kalia was busy and happy, there were loud screams outside the kingdom, as well as the clang of weapons and shields colliding violently. This incident scared the girl who was just about to pick a beautiful rose. Kalia was accidentally pricked deeply by the thorns on it, and then, a little bright red blood flowed out from her white fingers.
Turning around, Kalia was holding the half-finished garland in one hand, and at the same time she put the injured index finger of her right hand into her mouth and sucked it. Then, she looked in the direction outside with a puzzled expression. After a while, the screams and the sound of weapons clashing seemed to be getting louder and louder, and the scope of the impact was getting wider and wider. After another while, almost half of the The royal city of Lordaeron began to become noisy.
What happened?
Kalia was confused. Shouldn't today be the day of her brother Arthas' triumph? Why does it seem like there's suddenly a fight outside? If it was a city-wide carnival, the sound wouldn't be like this, right?
Kalia continued to stand there and listened for a while. She didn't know what was happening outside now. When the sounds of fighting began to slowly spread to the palace, she finally panicked.
But there seemed to be no one in the garden. The guards were not allowed to enter the palace garden at will. And she had just dismissed two of her maids. Now, she didn't even have anyone to ask questions!
boom!
After a loud noise, the front gate of the garden was knocked open by several guards with black and red blood stains on their bodies. Seeing this scene, Kalia screamed in fright and took several steps back. , almost collapsed to the ground, she is just an ordinary princess, where have you seen such a scene?
"Found it, the princess is here!"
A sharp-eyed palace guard suddenly shouted when he saw Kalia standing in the distance holding a garland.
After that, more guards began to pour in. Then, a big man who looked at the color and decoration of the armor and showed that he was the adjutant of the guard commander rushed to Kalia's side. She was so frightened that she almost collapsed because her feet were weak. on the ground.
"Princess Kalia! Run! Alsace just killed the king! He also killed all the ministers! He, he is no longer the prince he was before! He is a monster now! He will come here soon. , Princess! We will cover you, run away!"
The adjutant ran up to Kalia in a few strides, knelt down with one knee on the sword, and after a simple salute, he immediately stood up again and reported loudly in the most anxious tone.
"What?!" Kalia felt that her head was suddenly confused, and the world was almost spinning.
How can this be? Isn't today the day of Alsace's triumph? Today should be a happy day. Why did he kill his father? What reason did he have for doing this? impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could her brother Arthas do such a thing?
Kalia is very reluctant to believe this fact. She is more willing to believe that the soldiers in front of her are launching a mutiny and they want to take her hostage!
Yes, that must be the case! It was impossible for her heroic brother Alsace to do something like killing the king, that was absolutely impossible!
"your Highness!!"
The adjutant shouted again anxiously, but their Princess Kalia just stood there in a daze, her frightened pale face constantly changing colors.
This made the adjutant extremely anxious, but for a moment, he did not dare to be rude to the princess without authorization, so he could only stand there and move around anxiously.
"Wow!!"
At this time, the two guards who were guarding the outside of the garden with vigilance seemed to be suddenly attacked by some huge force. Then, a huge wound was directly torn open in their abdomens and armor, and they screamed and flew sideways. When he got up, he hit the grass in the garden. After rolling twice, he dragged his intestines all over the ground. After twitching twice, he stopped moving.
Then, a tall figure slowly appeared at the gate. That was Arthas, the original prince of the Kingdom of Lordaeron! Following him, there were also several ferocious monsters, those were ghouls! There are also two unknown giant spiders!
"You guys stop them!" The adjutant lamented in his heart, and after giving a stern order to several guards, he turned around again.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry!" After saying that, without waiting for the other party's reaction, he leaned over directly, lifted Kalia on his majestic shoulders, and then ran towards the back door of the garden with all his strength. And go.
A few guards covered the adjutant and the princess and ran back, but the others turned around silently. After they looked at each other for a few times, they simultaneously raised the elite palace-standard steel weapons still stained with blood in their hands. sword.
"Long live Lordaeron!!!"
After the guards raised their weapons and shouted, they pulled down their visors and charged crazily at Alsace and the monsters who were about to enter the garden gate...
Alsace…..
Kalia, who was carried on the shoulders by the guard adjutant, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure that appeared at the garden gate with tears in her eyes.
That was her brother Alsace, but it seemed that he was no longer... His once beautiful long golden hair had turned pale, his charming and handsome face had turned purple, and there was still a trace of evil in the corner of his mouth. laugh…..
On his dark and ferocious long sword, drops of bright red blood were slipping...
He really killed his father...
He is really not her brother anymore...
Why is this happening...
The half-finished hero garland finally slipped silently from Kalia's left hand. At the same time, her crystal tears fell to the ground together...
In the distance, at the garden gate, the figure who looked a little confused under her tears began to become more and more strange in Kalia's mind... and became more and more terrifying...
"Hmph! Chase them! Kill her!"
This was the last sound Kalia heard after she was carried out of the small door by the guards.
It was this familiar voice that broke the last illusion of luck in her heart. At this moment, her heart broke into countless pieces...
In the end, how Kalia escaped from the Royal City of Lordaeron, she didn't know, and she didn't want to know! She only knew that when she came to her senses again, she had appeared in a remote cabin north of Barnier Farm.
However, she was not safe at that time. Because, before they had time to rest for long, she vaguely heard the guards saying that more undead began to surround them outside!
Then, the last thing Kalia remembered was that she was stuffed into a large wooden cabinet by the adjutant, pushed down and pushed under the bed and covered with some rags, and then they rushed out with loud shouts. The shouts of killing are getting farther and farther away...
From that day on, she never saw them again. She didn't even know who they were or what their names were. The last thing she saw of them through the cracks in the wooden cabinet was the blood-stained ones. Armor, fearless back...
Kalia doesn't know how long she stayed in the wooden cabinet, maybe one day, maybe two days...
She just huddled up inside without saying a word, neither afraid nor thinking about going out on her own. She just lay there quietly, letting the water that seemed to never stop filling her cheeks and soaking her. Her shoulders...
Until... on that drizzling afternoon, a strange undead found her from here and gently took her out of the wooden cabinet. He said that his name was - Fao, Alonsos Fao...
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First update
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It seems no one guessed yesterday...
