"How long will you follow me?"

In the icy and snowy Zul'Drak wilderness of the distant Northrend continent, Sylvanas Windrunner, wearing a cloak, screamed angrily at the uninvited guy behind her:

"Stay away from me! I am carrying out a secret mission in Quel'Thalas, and I warn you not to try to destroy it, let alone try to become my enemy!"

"There is only one way here, mentor."

Nathanos Maris, who was also wearing a hunting cloak, spread his hands helplessly and said:

"If I don't go here, I will have no choice but to fall off the cliff. Besides, it seems that the person following is not me, right? I got here before you, and the snow leopard goddess Hakoa is calling me."

"Don't call me mentor."

Sylvanas snorted.

Windrunner's second sister held her halberd and let her hunting cloak fly. She blocked the narrow road and said coldly to her former disciple, the human ranger who almost became her lover:

"You traitor who collaborated with the pirates! You betrayed me."

"I didn't betray anyone."

Over the past year or so, Maris has grown a lot, and he is no longer the young man who would blush when facing Sylvanas.

Faced with the scolding of the goddess in his heart, the human ranger behaved very gracefully.

Amid the falling snowflakes in Zul'Drak, he said calmly:

"I was just trying to protect you from the brutal truth. You can see it as a betrayal, but everything I said to you that night was from the bottom of my heart.

I can rest assured that I came to Northrend. In addition to shouldering the mission of the secret passage, part of the reason was because I was worried that you would encounter danger in this place.

It turns out I was right.

You are heading to the temple of Quesluen, but the wind serpent is a cunning and vicious Loa. I don't think it summoned you to help you find the soul beast wandering here.

I clearly gave you a map, why are you still lost?"

"I'm not looking for that soul beast..."

Sylvanas pulled her hood and said hoarsely:

"I said, I'm here on a national mission, so don't guess what I'm thinking."

"Quel'Thalas decided to start a war with Black's fleet in the North Sea. Their rangers and assassins were unable to break through the defense line deployed by the Uncrowned, so they sent you to collect intelligence?"

Marius shrugged and said:

"Then I have reason to ask you to go back. The Windrunner family should not be involved in this war. You have no chance of winning. This is what I must warn you on this trip... huh?"

Nathanos' persuasion was interrupted by a looming guy in the blizzard.

He and the second sister Windrunner turned their heads at the same time and saw a strange guy speeding over in the heavy snow.

The slender jawed dragon wearing a red turban rushed to Nathanos, looked him up and down, then took out a letter from his bag and threw it to him, and disappeared into the falling snow in the blink of an eye.

Nathanos opened the envelope and looked at it, then at the arcane teleportation stone that came with the letter.

He hesitated for a moment and said to Sylvanas not far away:

"I have urgent matters and I have to leave for a few days. No matter what your reasons are, don't get too close to the Loa temple on this land. The savage trolls here and their equally savage gods are not tolerant of the elves.

If you need a soul beast, just follow the information I gave you to find it.

I'll rush back as soon as possible.

Take care of yourself."

After saying that, Nathanos crushed the teleportation stone in his hand, and a flickering teleportation door opened at his feet.

Through the rotating arc of the portal, Sylvanas could vaguely see the desolate scenery of the yellow sand desert on the other side, as well as a looming fortress that existed above the elven ruins.

What is that place?

The second sister Windrunner frowned.

She watched Marius striding into the teleportation gate, watching the teleportation light dissipate, she pursed her lips and glanced back at the desolate and barbaric Zul'Drak.

Seeing Nathanos' serious expression before leaving, she knew that her former disciple would definitely go on a dangerous mission.

She was a little worried, but in the end she didn't choose to follow him.

We are no longer children, we all have our own missions and responsibilities to fulfill, and personal love must be postponed in the face of these things.

As for those unforgettable and entangled pasts, let them pass.

What else is there to say about protection...

When did the women of the Windrunner family need men to protect them?

What an unreasonably stupid idea!

When will you, the pathetic men, put an end to your pathetic machismo?

With this thought in mind, the second Windrunner sister pulled down her hood and turned around to walk into the dark and cold snow of Zul'Drak.

She didn't have much time to follow Nathanos' actions.

She still has her own investigation mission to complete.

My mother has already joined the pirates, and the eldest sister doesn't know what is going on in her heart now, so her posture in the court is ambiguous, and she even seems to be letting things go.

My younger sister and younger brother are even less likely to be counted on.

Vereesa ran to the human mage Ronin all day long.

The younger brother, Rilas, went even further. It is said that he found a black-skinned elf as his wife, and even used his wife's family background in a serious manner to negotiate with Quel'Thalas officials.

The Windrunner family is full of loyal people!

Among this generation of popular travelers, at least one must be loyal to the motherland, right?

If they are unwilling to take responsibility, they will have to do it themselves.

well.

As the second sister, she really paid too much for this family.

On the other side, as soon as Nathanos Marris arrived at Cenarion Fortress, he was given a "political lesson" by Pope Faol and Grand Duke Mograine.

The Grand Duke did not make a long speech, he just told facts and presented evidence.

He outlined the battle plan for this time and described the consequences of the insect swarm once it was controlled by the orcs. Maris immediately boarded the "thief ship".

As a veteran who had participated in the orc war, Nathanos, although young, had a lot of hatred for the orcs.

He could not accept the result that the orcs obtained war weapons from Ahn'Qiraj while humans returned empty-handed, so he swore an oath to the Grand Duke and the Pope on the spot that he would also obtain the mysterious power of the swarm for human civilization.

But after walking out of the house, Maris felt a little regretful.

Just now, he had been summoned by the Grand Duke, and he had agreed to it. But now that he thought carefully about the difficulty of this task, Nathanos suddenly felt a headache.

Especially when he saw that his companion in the secret passage, the green-skinned ace trainer Rexxar, was also carefully observing the silithid captured in the fortress, he became even more stressed.

I learned most of my animal training skills from Rexxa.

Now he had to compete with Lexa on the same stage, which made Maris a little unsure, so he decided to check it out first.

"Why can't you see Misha?"

Nathanos pretended to meet by chance and walked up to Rexxa, who was reaching out to touch the black mutant bug in front of him. He leaned against the cage, folded his arms and said to the silent orc:

"Isn't it inseparable from you?"

"Misha was sent to Un'Goro Crater by me. Not only Misha, Spire and Hofer were also temporarily sent away by me,"

Rexxar didn't care about Nathanos spying on intelligence. He maintained his attitude of sensing the silithid without raising his head, and said honestly:

"I don't want them to be 'contaminated' by the emotions of the silithid bugs. Taming such wild bugs is an experience I have never had before. This unique rebellious life is completely different from ordinary beasts in every aspect.

They lack the emotions that animals should have.

He has become accustomed to acting under the instructions of the will of the insect swarm. After leaving the swarm, he shows little thought, and his remaining emotions are only the instinct of fighting and killing.

I feel the pressure.

It’s a pressure I’ve rarely seen since I was able to pick up a battle ax.”

The Beast King's words made Nathanos become serious.

He also squatted next to Lexa, looking at the black soldier bugs locked in a cage in front of him. The latter's compound eyes were observing them, but as Lexa said, there was no emotion in those eyes.

It makes people doubt whether this bug can really be tamed by hunters.

"What do you think is the difficulty?"

Although Nathanos hates orcs, he still admires Rexxar's ability to tame beasts, so he will take the initiative to ask:

"I won't hide it from you. I was summoned to Silithus just to help the human camp capture at least one swarm lord. I believe that the orcs also want you to do the same, right?"

"Um."

Lexa replied without any emotion:

"They did request that. I wanted to refuse, but...because of some reasons in my family, I couldn't refuse. But you don't have to worry that I will lead the insect swarm to attack you.
To be continued...