Chapter 140 Little Anne and Little Vanessa (1)

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In the dark and dank dead mines of Westfall, at this time, it has become more terrifying and gloomy than ever.

Because, now, there is no popularity, no sound, and no light. Not long ago, a group of tin men in white armor shouted various slogans and attacked directly... They wantonly Hacking, and brutally killing all living beings in sight!

Afterwards, not long after, when everything quieted down, this mine of death became a new place of death... Here, only death remained...

Vanessa VanCleef carefully got out of the pile of slag, she didn't dare to make too much noise, she was very worried, afraid that those evil tin men hadn't gone away, they must be villains, right? The bad, the bad kind...

The reason why Vanessa hid in this pile of slag was because her father, before starting the battle, forcibly covered her with a pile of planks and mine carts. At that time, he also told her many times not to come out until the noise outside was over.

Vanessa listened to her father very much, and stayed in the pile of slag so quietly, even though there were a lot of screams and weapons clashing at the beginning of the battle outside, even though she saw her with her own eyes. When her father was captured by a group of ferocious tin men, she didn't dare to move... She was terrified at that time...

It wasn't until a long time later that she knew that the outside had become quiet, and that her stomach was unbearably hungry, so she carefully pulled out from the pile of slag with all her strength.

Vanessa didn't know what happened here, and she didn't know why it became like this... She could only stumble slowly from the mine pit to the She crawled outside... Even though she had many wounds on her body by the sharp rocks, she didn't notice...

When she finally ran outside the pit and saw the clear sky, it was almost dusk.

Outside the entire mine, there is not a single living person...

Here, there are all kinds of corpses in disorder...

Countless black crows are constantly gathering high above the sky, stopping on the eaves, among the branches of trees, they...preparing for a carnival feast...

Now, Vanessa looks around in a daze, she can't see any living people here... There are no uncles and aunts in the past,

Without the vicious tin men who rushed in just now, she just stayed at the entrance of the mine in a daze, and stood there for a long, long time...

"Vanessa... wants Daddy..."

In the end, without knowing why, she just started to follow the traces of those men in iron armor when they left, took her small and fragile steps, and followed unswervingly...

She didn't know why she did it... She always felt that maybe, if she followed in the footsteps of these Tin Woodmen when they left, she would find her father, her Edwin father...

Days, just pass by day by day...

Vanessa is still stubbornly and firmly walking in the direction of the traces of those villains...

When she was hungry, she would go to the farmland or house to steal some food... When she was thirsty, she would go to the stream or the jungle to drink some dew... She was too tired to walk, so she ran to Farmers sleep in the haystacks in the field, and when they have had enough sleep, they embark on the road that seems to never reach the end...

During this period, she was chased by the vicious dogs of the farmers on the side of the road...

I was also chased and beaten by some bad boys with sticks and stones...

I was also lucky to take a ride in the carriage of a taciturn businessman...

Of course, some kind-hearted uncles and aunts once gave her food and wanted to take her in...

However, the little girl Vanessa stubbornly refused. She had to follow the road that the tin men walked, and catch up with them and find her Edwin before the traces disappeared completely. dad…...

Finally, she didn't know how many days had passed before she finally followed the traces and arrived in front of a tall and majestic huge city... But, now, it was raining heavily from the sky, and the original traces on the ground I can't find it anymore.

Vanessa knew that she had completely lost the chance of finding her father now, so she could only let the icy heavy rain drenched her thin body, and then she began to look at the huge silhouette in front of her at a loss. the city to go...

Vanessa was about to go to the huge city gate to take shelter from the rain, but... there were two villains in iron armor guarding there, which made her feel very scared, so she hesitated, just so cowardly Huddled in the icy rain, he dared not go forward.

"Hey, head! Look, there seems to be a little girl over there?"

One of the sharp-eyed Stormwind soldiers quickly spotted Vanessa in the distance, so he began to ask the captain of the guard who was standing guard with him in the city gate opposite him.

"Hmph! You have nothing to do when you're free, right? She's nothing more than a little beggar. There are plenty of people outside Stormwind City, so you don't have to pay attention to her!"

After the leader of the squad leader glanced at the direction his soldiers were pointing at, he stopped paying attention. There are too many little beggars like this outside of Stormwind City. How can they manage them? These things are for kings and noble gentlemen to worry about!

Besides, instead of wasting money and materials for disaster relief, it is better to give him a drink! Such beggars and refugees, what use are they to the Stormwind Kingdom? Dead all down!

Finally, unable to bear the bone-chilling rain any longer, and seeing that the two scoundrels didn't seem to want to pay attention to her, Vanessa walked forward step by step carefully. She found that beside the city gate, there was A small corner is protected from rain.

So, she waited until she got close to the two iron villains, and when she saw that the other party really didn't want to pay attention to her, she quickly walked to the corner far away from them and squatted down. Now, here, she It will no longer be drenched by rain.

It's just that Vanessa still feels very cold now... She urgently needs to take a good rest, if, if there is a cup of hot water here, that would be great...

It's a pity that here, no one cares about her life and death, and there is no father Edwin to take care of her, so she can only curl up her thin body tightly, curled up in the place where the rain can't get her. At the foot of the city wall, he put his hands in front of his mouth and breathed lightly.

I don't know why, maybe I'm starving? Still tired? Vanessa felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and she seemed to really want to sleep here...

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At the same time, outside the square of the Bright Cathedral in Stormwind City, although today is not a good day for worship or any important celebrations and festivals, although there is still a misty cold drizzle in the sky, but now here, But inside and out, the place was full of citizens from all walks of life in Stormwind City.

The reason why they crowded here with great interest was because, today, here, a thug whom they hated to the bone - Edwin Van Cleef was going to be executed! He is the villain who led the riots of the Stonemasons Union in the past, and now the leader of the Defias Brotherhood, and at the same time, the most wanted criminal in Stormwind City!

Earlier today, the citizens unexpectedly discovered a piece of news on the bulletin board. Their great King Varian personally led the troops to capture the Dead Mine without making a sound, and at the same time Captured VanCleef, the man responsible for creating the Phidia Brotherhood!

At last, the wicked VanCleef, here in the cathedral square, on this newly erected scaffold! And like this kind of important and important event to watch, the citizens of Stormwind City who are idle and have nothing to do, they will definitely not miss it!

Therefore, the citizens of Stormwind City, as long as they have no important things at hand, braved the cold rain falling from the sky, and gathered here with extraordinary enthusiasm. They just wanted to see that thug, that Van Kry The exciting moment when the husband was pushed to the guillotine!

"My lord, the Duke of Bolvar...why don't you tell me about His Majesty the King's private expedition to the Dead Mine?"

Countess Katrana Prestor is standing under the eaves of the church door behind the execution platform. She can see that the wooden platform has been tightly bound and is being kicked by the executioner, but she still stubbornly does not want to Kneeling Van Cleef, she smiled and asked in a slightly coquettish tone to Duke Bolvar who was standing next to her.

At this moment, although Katrana Prestor was smiling, she was already cursing in her heart!

This idiot Van Cleef, and his Phidia Brotherhood, but she Katrana worked so hard to make a good move! But now, just like this, he was somehow abolished by that Varian king?

Or... Could it be that he, Varian, had seen something about Katrana's identity? That's why you deliberately hid it from yourself? Let's cut first and play later? Countess Katrana narrowed her eyes slightly, and began to think wildly.

All this, is it a coincidence? Or specifically for it?

If it was really the result she was least willing to see, then it would really be a big trouble for her in the future! Maybe, all the painstaking efforts she has made in Stormwind City for so many years will come to naught. If the situation is really bad to that point, it will be the last thing she wants to see.

"Oh! No, dear Katrana, you must believe me, I have not lied to you in any way! I don't even know about this!"

Seeing that the countess beside him looked a little angry, Bovar hurriedly explained in a panic that he really didn't know about this!

"I've already asked the king's head of the royal guards before. He said that His Majesty the King was indeed planning to go out of the city to hunt and relax. That's why he brought less than 200 royal guard cavalry."

"It's just that when His Majesty was wandering outside the city, for some unknown reason, His Majesty the King suddenly became upset, and then, in a fit of anger, he directly led the soldiers who were stationed in the south of Shinjin Town to the west. The wilderness has gone... At that time, they didn't even have time to send someone back to report!"

In Bolvar's view, His Majesty the King really did it on the spur of the moment this time. Not only he, Bolvar, didn't know about this matter. Know the facts!

"Well, it seems that I really misunderstood you, so how about it, another day, I will treat you to lunch again, and I will make an apology."

After hearing the explanation, Katrana nodded slightly, then shifted her gaze, frowned, and continued to look at the execution wooden platform, the Van Cleef who was still cursing with the executioner.

The more she looked at each other, the angrier Countess Katrana felt!

That bastard VanCleef is really a fool! How could it be so easy to be caught by Varian's army? How could their Defias Brotherhood dare to go head-to-head with the regular Legion of Stormwind?

The countess really wanted to grab the other person's head and ask: This is obviously something that cannot be defeated, so won't you run away early? Drilling into the mountain below the mine, will he, Varian, send an army all over the mountains to look for you? You just stay in the mine so stubbornly? It's all right now, it's not easy to catch you!

"Dear Katrana, why do we need another day? Why don't we just tonight..."

Just as Bolvar was about to say something ambiguous to the Countess, King Varian, Bishop Benedictas of the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind City, and two royal guards behind him walked solemnly from the cathedral. Ri walked out.

Bovar was so scared that he quickly stopped preparing to say teasing words to the countess, stood up straight, pretended to be serious, and looked at the high platform in front of him without squinting.

After heavy footsteps of armor hitting the ground, King Varian came to the cathedral gate and stood under the eaves with the nobles. Afterwards, he nodded slightly to Bishop Benedictus who was following him , Then, the other party also nodded slightly at the same time, braved the drizzle, and walked over to the wooden high platform that was built.

"Bolvar, tell me...is it really good for Van Cleef to be beheaded directly like this? Don't need to interrogate for a few days or have a trial?"

Katrana didn't know what the hell she was thinking, she seemed to want to fight for it again.

She didn't want this easy-to-use pawn to be killed inexplicably. She needs to give it a try and see if there is any room for turning this matter around? As long as this Van Cleef doesn't have to die now, she has 10,000 ways to get him out of prison!

"Sigh... I also know that this matter is a bit hasty... However, the matter has come to this point, it is better to finish it as soon as possible! Don't bring up everything before, so as to avoid any more twists and turns..."

Bolvar sighed. He misunderstood the meaning of Countess Katrana, thinking that her idea was to straighten out the mess of the stonemasons' union first, and then execute Van Cleef after the kingdom stood on the moral high ground.

It's just... In Bovar's opinion, there is no way to go further into this matter. Once you get to the bottom of it, in the end it is the Stormwind Kingdom that is in a difficult position... So, it's better to catch the other party now, and go straight down with a knife, and it will be over once and for all!

This is already the best solution for the Stormwind Kingdom that Bolvar has come up with so far!

Thanks to His Majesty the King's wit, he didn't even say hello, and directly led his troops to set off to capture the opponent. Otherwise, once the formal process is followed, I am afraid that the army has not yet been dispatched. After Van Cleef heard the news, he might have been ready to evacuate with his hands, right?

"Hey...it's really a pity..."

Seeing that there was no room for turning back, Katrana sighed softly again, and for a moment, her expression seemed a little sluggish, and her whole body became sickly.

"That's right, it's a pity to kill this person!"

Bovar also nodded in agreement, and he seemed to have misunderstood what the countess really meant.

"Edwin Van Cleef is a great engineer. The planning and layout of our Stormwind City are all written by him!"

"We have also seen that at the beginning, under his leadership and hard work, the leader of the Stonemasons' Association, the Stonemasons' Association gathered a large number of people to start the work of building a new Stormwind City... The majestic city in front of us, in the In the hands of a group of talented stonemasons, Stormwind City was displayed, showing the majestic momentum and majestic demeanor that our Stormwind Kingdom should have..."

Bolvar looked at Van Cleef on the high platform, and sighed deeply again.

"No one can question this! In the field of stonemasonry, Edwin Van Cleef is really a genius... Now, he died in such an infamous way... It's really It's such a pity."

Duke Bolvar spoke clearly and logically, which made Katrana next to him dumbfounded for a moment.

What she meant just now was actually saying: This Van Cleef is a good pawn that she has cultivated with great difficulty, and now she is dead like this, and her efforts are in vain, what a pity! Does it have anything to do with whether he is a genius or not? How could she care about the other party's achievements in the field of masonry? What does it matter to her? ha! This is really, where did you Boval go? Simply unreasonable!

"Edwin VanCleef, poor lost lamb, may the light..."

Archbishop Benedictas finally walked in front of Van Cleef while Katrana and Bolvar were whispering.

Looking at the handsome black-haired man who was unwilling to kneel down in front of him, Benedictus also sighed. When he was about to read out the quotations from his holy light book like a routine, the other party's mouth was bleeding. Thick phlegm spat fiercely on his face.

"Ah bah! Get away, old man! I don't believe in your aristocratic hypocrisy! You, ah..."

When Van Cleef, who was full of disdain, wanted to say something, the two executioners behind him kicked desperately on his lower back and legs, forcing him to stop what he was saying, and stand alone aggrievedly. Kneeled down.

"Okay...then, start praying for the mercy of the Holy Light now, lost child..."

Since the other party is not giving him face so much now, Bishop Benedictas doesn't want to make any more entanglements here. He decided to shorten and speed up the process a little bit.

Therefore, he didn't bother to wipe off the saliva on his face, and let the rain wash it off. He just stepped forward and made some gestures to Van Cleef as a routine, and then cast a holy light spell on the opponent's body to purify and expel the undead. , to ensure that the other party would not be transformed into an undead after death, and then he nodded to the two executioners, and walked off the high platform in a slightly embarrassed manner, with a dark face, and returned to the eaves of the main gate of the cathedral under.

"Edwin VanCleef! Have you anything to say now? This is your last chance!"

King Varian pressed the hilt of his sword at his waist and took two steps forward, allowing his cloak and cloak to be drenched by the icy rain that was getting bigger and bigger. Kneeling Van Cleef asked loudly.

"Hmph! Kill if you want! What can I say to you filthy nobles? Pooh!"

Even though he was half-kneeling on the ground by the two executioners behind him, Van Cleef still looked at Varian, the so-called King of the Stormwind Kingdom, with a mocking expression on his face.

"Don't you feel the slightest remorse for your crimes?!"

Continuing to keep his face livid, Varian glared at Van Cleef, who was still unrepentant at the end of his death, and continued to question him with a louder voice.

If it wasn't for the fact that the other party's actions were too excessive, if they hadn't killed his Queen Tiffin, if it weren't for the fact that their Defias Brotherhood had caused too much damage to the Stormwind Kingdom, Varian really didn't want to do what he was looking at. This point of immortality!

"Hahaha... this is the funniest joke I've ever heard in my life!"

After Van Cleef laughed wildly for a while, he began to refute loudly. He first looked around at the crowd and the magnificent city built by their stonemason union.

"Before you say these words hypocritically, please take a look at this beautiful city around you, please open your eyes and see it! This is the Stormwind City that our Stonemasons Guild has devoted all our efforts to condense! Look! Look, it's so resplendent, it's so majestic..."

"But! Look at the people around you again, and look at yourself!"

Van Cleef gradually increased his tone, staring fiercely at King Varian in front of him.

"When you are filled with the joy of coming home, when you sit on those stone benches admiring the beautiful fountain gardens, when you walk the cobbled streets and see the beauty of Stormwind. When you are looking at the beautiful scenery, have you ever thought about who has done all the hard work for you? Who has worked so hard to do all this for you? And who has built a new home for you without getting any rewards? return?"

"Ah? Why, you dare not speak anymore?"

Van Cleef looked mockingly at the livid-faced King of the Stormwind Kingdom, and after scanning the crowd that had started to become silent, he began to laugh out loud.

"Hahaha... are you dumb now? That's right! We did all of this! Our stonemason union did it! So, I can't see at all, where are the crimes you keep talking about against me? Who can tell Tell me, where is our crime?"

Like a wild beast, Van Cleef scanned the high-ranking kingdoms and nobles standing in front of the church gate without flinching with his bloodthirsty eyes.

"When you nobles in Stormwind City disregarded and expelled us indifferently, when you so-called citizens were eating dinner in a warm house, we craftsman union and our family members were expelled from this place by you. A city built by our own hands!"

"When we are facing the threat of hunger and beasts in the wilderness, dying in the cold and mud, and women and children are constantly dying, what are you doing? Have you repented again?!"

Van Cleef exerted his last strength, took advantage of the stupefied effort of the two executioners to shake them off, and then stood up directly. He didn't make any other moves, just stood on the high platform Looking up at King Varian in the distance.

"So! I can tell you clearly! I do not regret what I have done! I will not confess to the Holy Light! Because, I do not believe in it!"

"I will not admit any of the crimes you have imposed on me! I will not pray for the hypocritical mercy of your nobles! I only firmly believe that justice will be done one day! Everything will be repaid eventually !"

"Come on! Now, please come and cut off my head! I firmly believe that one day, those hungry and cold people who are oppressed by you will finally step on my blood and kill you dirty The nobles pull down your hypocritical throne! You continue to be proud, I firmly believe that my death is not the end, but only the beginning! Ahahaha..."

Van Cleef just stood there, in the heavy rain that started to become majestic, raised his head up and laughed wildly and loudly without any scruples, his laugh was so wild, so unscrupulous... …

And after Van Cleef finished speaking, the nobles who were questioned by him also began to commotion, and they communicated with each other in a low voice, either with genuine affection or falsely...

Perhaps, among them, there are indeed quite a few enlightened people who sympathize with the masonry union... However, the current Stormwind City is a maelstrom that kills people without blood, and everything is not about three or two people. It can be easily changed.

"you……"

asshole!

King Varian forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and also forcibly suppressed the urge to go forward and hack the opponent to death. After taking a few breaths, he looked at the heavy rain so coldly, That figure laughing wildly.

According to what the other party said, should everything be blamed on the Stormwind Kingdom, the king and these nobles? What kind of logic is this? He was incompetent as a king for not paying them the mason union wages in time. Varian also admitted this!

However, before the king himself came out to the parliament and mediated with the nobles, the stonemasons' union brazenly launched an armed riot and killed Varian's most beloved queen, Tiffin! Could it be that everything that their masonry union did at that time was all right?

After taking two more breaths, Varian closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate, with a dark face, without saying a word, turned around and walked into the cathedral.

He knew that this would be a muddled account that would never be cleared up... However, from today onwards, everything would be over... Regarding this matter, he believed that time would dilute everything... Perhaps, from now on, this matter will never be mentioned again, never again.

"Your Majesty... what the hell does this mean?"

Seeing that Varian walked directly into the cathedral without saying anything, Duke Bolvar was a little confused. What the hell does this mean, Your Majesty the King? Is this Van Cleef to kill or not to kill? You should give me an accurate word!

"Oh! Bovar, you are really hopeless! Forget it, since you don't want to bear this infamy, then let me, a woman, do this kind of thing now..."

Katrana Prestor shook her head, smiled sweetly, and stunned Bolvar, who was annoyed by what Van Cleef said and His Majesty's reaction.

"Executioner, listen to my order... Execute!"

After putting on a spell shield to protect herself from the rain, the countess stepped forward into the rain curtain, and coldly shouted at the executioners on the high platform.

Originally, Katrana didn't want Van Cleef to die so easily. However, now, after hearing what the other party said just now, she suddenly thought of a wonderful idea, it seems... If this useless Van Cleef dies now, it will affect her next plans , will be even more beneficial! If this is the case, please ask him to die quickly.

Click!

Under the majestic heavy rain, with the ear-piercing friction sound when the guillotine fell, a handsome black-haired head rolled down quietly...

Now, the executioners don't even need to deal with the splattered blood anymore, because the heavy rain has already washed them away... After tomorrow's sunny day, there will be nothing left in the square of the Guangming Cathedral Any traces... This place will still be as solemn and solemn as before...

While the head was rolling down, under the rain that no one could see clearly, the corner of Countess Katrana Prestor's mouth curled into a triumphant line. No one knew what she was trying to use What the hell are you thinking...

At the end of the twenty-year winter at the Dark Portal, the Defias Brotherhood, which has ravaged the Stormwind Kingdom for a long time, is finally declared to be completely suppressed! Edwin Van Cleef, the bandit leader, had been beheaded in front of the Bright Cathedral Square in Stormwind City, in a heavy rain, in this magnificent city built by their stonemason union with painstaking efforts...

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"Hey! You slobs, hurry up! Hang this VanCleef's head on it! And you, hurry up!"

When Vanessa was trembling and was about to fall asleep in a daze, she suddenly heard noises coming from the city gate next to her, which immediately woke her up. When trembling and puzzled, she looked up with difficulty, but she didn't want to let her see that scene that she will never forget in her life...

Her dearest father to Vanessa, her father Edwin who loved her so much, his head, was put in a wooden cage by those tin villains and hung up?

"No! Dad!!!"

Finally, at this moment, the stubborn Vanessa collapsed. She never thought it would be like this... These days, when she followed through all kinds of hardships, she finally saw such a terrible scene in front of her. ?

So, she finally began to burst out the weak strength in her body that was tortured by hunger, cold and fatigue, and cried loudly, and threw herself on the wooden stake on which her father's head was hanging...

"stop!"

One of the city gate guards had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed Vanessa's thin arm and held her tightly.

"Let me go! Let me go! No..."

Vanessa still wanted to struggle, but unfortunately, her strength seemed so insignificant in the hands of the soldiers...

"Ha ha! Brothers, we're really going to be rich! Look, it's Van Cleef's remnants! Did you hear that? What was she calling? Papa? Ha ha! That's great!"

Regardless of the crying and struggling little girl, the captain of the guard stepped forward and grabbed Vanessa's face full of dirt, and then began to carefully compare it with Van Cleef's head hanging on the wooden stake.

"Sure enough, she looks very similar. Look at the hair and eyes! That's right, it must be his cub! Let's go, brothers, let's take her to collect the reward! Tonight's drink money can be regarded as It's over, hahaha!"

Overjoyed, the captain of the city gate guard carried the heart-piercing crying girl onto his shoulders, ignoring Vanessa's wet and dirty hands and feet kicking him. He just greeted his companions wantonly and asked them to go with him to receive the reward money.

What a lucky day for them! Even he didn't expect that in this cold and rainy day, they guarding the gate of the city would still encounter the windfall that Baba sent up?

"Hey! Then who? I think...you must be the kind of bad guys with this look, right?"

When the captain of the guard rearranged the manpower on guard and was about to carry the little girl around and walk into Stormwind City, another little girl's voice came out from the rain outside the city.

The voice in the rain curtain is Little Annie.

She had just parted ways with Brian today, and she had teleported directly north from Stranglethorn Vale several times before she managed to find the Stormwind City that the bearded dwarf uncle was talking about!

In Little Annie's opinion, that bearded dwarf must be unable to tell the difference between east, west, and north. This Stormwind City is clearly in the northwest direction, okay? It caused her to teleport wrongly several times, and she ran a lot of wrong roads to find this place.

What annoyed Annie was that when she teleported here, it happened to be raining heavily, causing her to be drenched in water all of a sudden!

But before Annie started to cast spells to block the rain and dry her clothes, she was at the city gate and saw something that made her even more upset-a few strong human soldiers, they were actually bullying a and A little girl around her own age? So, Little Annie thinks, these people must be bad guys, right? Must be right?

"Haha, there's another one here! This one must be an accomplice too! Come on, arrest her too, and let's discuss crimes and receive rewards together!"

When he saw a little girl walking out of the rain curtain again, the captain of the city gate guard was overjoyed. It's really good today, it's double happiness! Look, they managed to catch two of Van Cleef's remnants with ease. After today, they are really going to get rich!

"What are you laughing at! Is this funny? As soon as I see you, I know that you are a very bad villain! Then..."

When little Annie was still hesitating whether to take action, or how to take action to punish them, she never expected that the villain on the opposite side would send two soldiers and draw a bright knife, and wanted to come and arrest herself? ha! That would be great! Then, they must be bad guys, that's right!

"flame……"

Several soldiers who were still unaware of the approach of death rushed into the rain in ecstasy.

When their minds were only thinking of the shiny gold coins they got for this, they seemed to vaguely hear that little girl in the heavy rain, she seemed to be using her clear voice to yell slightly, and then , They saw a red light flashing in front of them, and they didn't know anything...