A simple camp not far from the Thirteenth Knights of the Royal Guard, where Tito, the commander of the Scourge's Southern Expedition, lived. This semi-circular valley has been transformed into a temporary camp for the Scourge's Southern Expedition command post.
Unlike the heavily guarded Death Knights camp, this place is more like a simple small farm. There are only a few knights patrolling back and forth on death horses. However, people usually hide in the dark and observe all the necromancers.
Adele came to an abandoned wizard tower on a death horse. Just as she jumped off the horse, another handsome death knight came up to him, and he gave a knight salute with one hand on his chest.
"Is it Lord Adele? Lord Commander, please go in directly!"
Adele nodded, walked up the few steps at leisure, lightly pressed the doorknob with her black leather gloved hand, pushed the door open and walked in.
A ray of sunlight came in through the broken window, leaving a long shadow in the humble house. A man of not tall stature faced Adele with his back, his body straightened.
"You came!"
A deep voice sounded, and the man quickly turned around and smiled at Adele.
The man had a pale, bloodless, standard undead face. He couldn't tell his age. He was wearing a very ordinary linen home robe. He stood there casually, exuding an iron-blooded look like a soldier. Imposing, but his bald head is a bit funny no matter how you look at it.
"Yes, here I come, mentor!"
Adele performed a standard knight salute respectfully. The man in front of him is Tito, the dean of the Scourge Royal Military Academy, the commander of the Southern Expedition Corps, and the number one powerhouse of the Scourge Corps. Dale's mentor.
"The most beautiful flower in our college has finally come... No wonder I feel that the room seems to be a lot brighter..." Tito said with a smile.
Adele stuck out her tongue playfully, "Why don't you say it's all thanks to your bald head? Mentor!"
When Tito heard this, he touched his bald head and laughed.
When Adele was studying at the Royal Military Academy, she was named one of the top ten beauties in the academy, and there were many suitors. Of course, there are differences between beauties. Regardless of beauty, strength or wisdom, Adele was completely overwhelmed. Overwhelmed the other nine, deserved first place, the fastest improvement in strength, the shortest time to pass the exam, broke the record many times, was praised as a genius, and finally became a student of the dean directly, and was personally taught by Tito, so Tito The phrase "the most beautiful flowers" is allusive.
But Adele knew in her heart that the superficially easy-going mentor Tito was actually a very strict person. Tito was born in a military camp and was used to thinking about problems with military thoughts. For Adele, the mentor's words were orders. , the order must be executed immediately, and it cannot be discounted. Adele was once severely punished for missing one sword move from practicing 1,000 times. Rather than living in a barracks.
However, in private, Tito was kind to Adele, a gifted student. Adele's ability to rise from a high level in the Sanctuary to the peak of the God's Domain was largely due to Tito's credit.
The two exchanged a few words, and soon got to the point.
"Mentor, why are we retreating?" Adele said bluntly, she knew that the mentor didn't like too much nonsense.
"Because of His Majesty's order!" Tito said with a slight smile.
"His Majesty the God Emperor?" Adele frowned, "Teacher, with all due respect, I don't think His Majesty the God Emperor should...should..."
"Should such a stupid order be given?"
Seeing that Adele hesitated, Tito said it directly. With his identity and status in the Scourge, there was no issue of disrespect to His Majesty the God Emperor, but it was not suitable for Adele.
Adele nodded slightly and fell silent.
Tito smiled, "If only this war is considered, this order now seems really stupid, no matter what the reason... In fact, with the power I currently have, in that case, I can choose to refuse The...but...'
Tito paused, "But this time, I chose to obey!"
"Why?" Adele's expression was a little astonished, but the expression on her face disappeared in a flash. She knew that what the tutor said next was the key point.
"Because the Southern Expedition Army has more important things to do!"
Tito glanced at Adele, walked in the room with his hands behind his back, and continued, "There is important news from Icecrown Castle. A group of undead appeared in the northwest of the main plane of undead. They Occupying the Forgotten City, it is constantly expanding to Hokkan District... "
Seeing that Adele was about to speak, Tito shook the ground impatiently, and continued, "But this is not the most important thing, the most important point is... this undead popped out of nowhere... they actually called themselves 'natural disasters'." Legion'!"
"What? Scourge?"
Adele opened her eyes wide, with an expression of extreme disbelief on her face, "Wait...wait...Master Tito, isn't Hokant District...not the territory of orcs?"
Hearing this, Tito's face shrank imperceptibly.
One hundred thousand years ago, on the seventh day after the orcs occupied the Forgotten City, the God of Calamity, Fesmarck, organized a mighty army of undead to attack Hokan District, but was killed by the Frostwolf Legion led by Long. After being defeated, they fled back in embarrassment, which later even led to the split of the Scourge. Saruman, the dread demon king, left Icecrown Castle with his undead, and the affairs of Hokkan District were put on hold.
Adele knew that this incident was an eternal pain in Mentor Tito's life. He was the one who commanded that battle. At that time, he tasted the shame of failure, and also accepted the fact that the Scourge was declining from its peak. The Lich King's Scourge Legion is just a mass of scattered sand, defeated again and again in foreign wars, and large areas fell and became other people's territories.
After some explanation from the instructor, Adele finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.
"No wonder the God Emperor hastily dispatched the Southern Expedition Corps to go north..." Adele thought to herself, and she also felt a little bit of admiration for the "scourge army" that expelled the orc forces. At this moment, she smiled, "so ... Mentor, this battle is still in your command, right?"
Tito's footsteps stopped, he glanced at Adele, but did not speak.
"Very well, mentor, I think we can team up again...to beat those bastards..." Adele joked, she didn't notice Tito's dodging eyes at all.
Adele finally realized that something was wrong with Tito's expression, "Dear tutor, what's wrong with you?"
Tito took a deep breath, "Listen, Adele, I don't think I will participate in this war against the Scourge... so... I recommend you to His Majesty the God Emperor!"
"what?"
Adele was taken aback, "This... this... mentor... why are you doing this?"
"If I was facing an orc, maybe I wouldn't hesitate... even if it's a sacrifice, but this time... Adele, you know, I... I can't make a move against Lord Lich King... "Tito's face showed pain.
Looking at Adele's puzzled gaze, Tito sighed and said, "That's right, the leader of the 'Scourge' also calls himself the 'Lich King', but in fact, he is the successor of Lord Lich King, and more importantly What's more, he also has the 'Scepter of Calamity'!"
"What? Scourge Scepter?"
Adele was taken aback. She realized the seriousness of the matter. It was related to the legitimacy of the God of Calamity Fismer's rule over the main plane of the undead. Judging by the teacher's appearance, it seemed that she wanted to take a neutral attitude between the two.
Adele took a deep breath, calming down her chaotic thoughts, she stared at Tito quietly, "Teacher, you and Lord God Emperor are people I respect, but... we need to pay attention to that self-proclaimed The 'Successor of the Lich King' guy? Maybe... maybe he does have the Scourge Scepter, but... but so what? It's just a common artifact... I don't think..."
"Adele, you don't understand!" Tito smiled and interrupted Adele, "The Scourge Scepter is not just an artifact...it is a symbol of the Scourge..."
"But... Teacher..."
"No... listen, Adele..."
Adele became a little anxious, but her speech was interrupted by the instructor again. At this time, Tito's face became extremely serious, "I didn't ask you to come here to argue about this issue..."
"I have no intention of questioning the legitimacy of His Majesty the God-Emperor, but I will not participate in any war against Lord Lich King..."
"So..." Tito forced a smile, and patted Adele on the shoulder, "The letter of recommendation is on the table... Adele, please think about it carefully. I have no intention of interfering with your choice. For you, this is A good opportunity to make meritorious service!"
After Tito finished speaking, he walked out of the room slowly, leaving only Adele with a dazed face.
Adele hesitated for a long time, staring blankly at a letter that was written "From His Majesty the Emperor" on the desk, and sighed silently.