"Ding, Ding, Ding"

The bell of the pack horse rang from time to time in the mountain road, and the crisp sound indicated that a caravan was approaching, and this was not a difficult mountain road in the Alterac Mountains, but a mountain road carved out by the Thunderspear Dwarves for mining.

The dwarves are adept at digging, and in the years since they returned to Alterac, they have used explosives and strange machinery to open the mountain between the Alterac Mountains and the Dagger Heights of Cowland, digging a wide road in the mountains, but this road is not open to everyone, and only human traders who are trusted by the dwarves can occasionally borrow this road to transport goods.

Of course, once the dwarves decide that you are a friend, they will be very generous, so the merchants of New Talon Mill try their best to get closer to the dwarven commander, but in the face of the immortals, some small conspiracies of the human race cannot hide from them, so there are only a few successful ones.

And our Miss Taresa is one of them, don't think crookedly, the friendship between the eldest lady and the commander of the Dwarven Air Force, General Patton, is entirely due to an accident.

There are many dangerous beasts living in the Alterac Mountains, and when the Thunderspear Dwarves first arrived, they planned to expel them, but the beasts that can live in cold regions are very ferocious, although the dwarves have strong firepower, but occasionally there will be casualties, and during a certain hunt, General Patton, who accidentally got lost in the wind and snow, was besieged by several snow leopards, and when he was dying, he was rescued by Miss Taressa, who was out to transport goods.

Since then, the maiden Taresa has had the right of passage coveted by the merchants, and although she drinks a lot of alcohol, the dwarves still regard her as a friend, and who doesn't love an energetic maiden? Especially for a girl like Taresa who is not pretentious and has a gentle personality, it is said that several dwarven boys have sent flowers to Taresha, but they have all been politely rejected by the girl.

"Hi, Uncle Barton."

Taressa sat in her own wagon, wielding a whip, and when she saw a drunk, bearded dwarf, she jumped briskly from the side of the carriage, ran to the dwarf with the horn of her skirt, and slipped a small bag into his hand.

"This is the rum I bought from the sailors of Nanhai Town, it is said to be of Kul Tiras, you must like it."

Taresa mischievously grabbed the beard of the dwarven general Barton, sobering him up a little from the drunken vertigo, he grabbed the bag in his hand, took out a bottle of wine, opened it, sniffed it, and a flash of light suddenly burst into those little eyes.

"Hahaha"

General Patton let out a pleasant laugh, like a thunderclap, and he poured a sip of wine with satisfaction, burped, and looked at the girl in front of him with drunken eyes, and muttered:

"How I wish you were my daughter, little Taresha, or you could be little Barton's wife, you are the most perfect human girl I've ever seen, how about it? Do you want to think about it, the Patton family is very wealthy, we have a big house in Ironforge, and you can still meet Muradin. ”

"But how can a human marry a dwarf?"

Taresa is not pretentious, this very smart girl has figured out the character of the dwarves a long time ago, and when getting along with them, it is definitely the most basic principle not to be clever, so she shrugged her shoulders and said bluntly:

"I'm going to open a shop in Lordaeron in the future, and I'll send you back when I find a good wine there, maybe I'll be able to do business at Ironforge, well, I'm leaving, next time I come back, I'll bring you some bacon, my brother has already made a lot of it."

"Your brother?"

The drunken dwarven general scratched his hair, and he said:

"It's been years, I've never seen him, when did you bring him back for a drink, you smart little girl... Go ahead, be careful all the way, signal when you encounter danger, I taught you how to use a flare gun, right? The outposts along the way will help you. ”

"Well, then I'm leaving, goodbye, Uncle Barton."

The maiden hurried back to her carriage, which was full of wooden chests piled together, and the dwarven soldiers in charge of the guard only rummaged through it, and then received the wine from the maiden boss, and everyone was satisfied.

Including the Assassin Tails, who was lying in a box, already clasped his dagger and throwing knife.

As the carriage began to move again, Tails breathed a sigh of relief, and he suddenly realized that this human girl he had held hostage was not ordinary at all, and in that case, as long as Taresa shouted for help, he would be instantly beaten into a sieve with muskets by the enraged dwarves.

The high-ranking assassin is indeed powerful, but with dozens of heavily armed dwarves and a powerful general, he will never be able to escape in this situation.

"That's all for here, little girl, put me down."

Tails said angrily in the urn, but the next moment, Taresha's playful voice came back:

"That's not a good idea, Mr. Assassin, you see, I have a flare gun in my hand, which Uncle Patton gave me, and there is a dwarven post every 3,500 yards along the way, as soon as I pull the trigger, it doesn't take more than 1 minute, and there will be griffon knights to help, and to protect my safety, I put three locks on the box, listen to me, Mr. Assassin... Come with me, I promise we'll all get the safety we want. ”

"I can kill you 10 times in 1 minute!"

Tails gritted his teeth and said, "You're playing with fire, girl! ”

"But if you kill me, you will die, unless you can escape into the valley under the pursuit of more than 100 griffin knights, and now, the valley is covered in heavy winds and snow for at least 3 days, and even if you escape, you will freeze to death in the mountains."

There was a hint of coldness in Taresha's voice, and she whispered:

"I've said it a long time ago, I've seen people who are 100 times more dangerous than you, and you dare to threaten me... Mr. Assassin, who do you really think your little dagger can frighten? If it weren't for what you had in your arms, you'd have died long ago, so be quiet. ”

After saying that, Taresa raised her horsewhip, and a hint of joy flashed on her beautiful face:

"My brother will be happy that I have finally found something related to his background."

Taresha's carriage followed the road built by the dwarves all the way, passing through each outpost, the girl would greet the dwarves stationed there, it seemed that she had a good relationship with the Thunderspear dwarves, Tails knew that it was the girl who was deliberately threatening him, and the high-ranking assassin suddenly felt angry in his heart, when had he ever been treated like this?

But now the form is stronger than the human, especially when a few dwarven patrols follow Taresha's carriage, chatting and patrolling, Tails is rarely nervous, he is actually trapped by a human girl who is helpless.

If this gets out, he will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire Ravenhold Manor.

This embarrassment lasted until Taresa left the area controlled by the dwarves, and she trudged through the snow with her carriage, which was not unsuitable for going out, and before reaching the valley's warehouse, the carriage managed to get stuck in the snow and could not move.

Wrapped in a bearskin, Taresa kicked the wheels in anger, but eventually, she sighed and reached out to unlock the lock on Tails' chest, and at the moment of her freedom, the high-ranking assassin rushed out of the box like a leopard hunting for food, pinning the screaming girl into the snow, and the sharp dagger against her neck.

"You're going to pay for your play with fire!"

Tails gritted his teeth and scared the girl in front of him, he couldn't do anything to kill her, Tails was very young, although he was doing an unsightly job, but he still had a trace of kindness in his heart, otherwise Madias. Shore won't go out of his way to recruit him.

"This!"

Taresa screamed, but quickly reached out and pointed at the skin leaking from Tails' chest, and she whispered:

"It's my brother's stuff, and you're here for him, right? Since you want to find him, come with me, and by the way help me push the carriage out, and we will be there in no time, and, sir, don't you find this action embarrassing? ”

"Your brother?"

Tails glanced at the posture of the two men, it was indeed terrible, he jumped up from the ground, withdrew his dagger, and looked at Taresa again, he asked with some confusion:

"Your brother is Orgrim? Are you crazy? ”

"Orgrim? Who's that? ”

A sly glint flashed in Taresha's eyes, she stood up, pushed the cart stuck in the snow, and shook her head: "My brother's name is Sal, come and help!" Don't be lazy! ”

Tails' mind was already in turmoil, he couldn't tell what the quirky girl in front of him had to do with Orgrim, but since she could recognize the hide, it proved that she did have the information she needed, and after weighing it for a moment, Tails reached out to help, and it took him a while to get the carriage back on the road.

"So, who the hell is your brother?"

Sitting in the carriage, Tails asked curiously: "I have seen this animal skin, it is not any kind of leather I have ever seen, and it also has the emblem of a certain clan of orcs on it, it is impossible for humans to have such a thing." ”

"Don't ask!"

Taresa snorted, unwilling to answer the question, and soon, a warehouse hidden in the cedar forest appeared in front of the two of them, and just as Tails looked up, Taresa suddenly let out a scream, and the assassin turned around to see a large, white snow wolf jumping out of the snowdrift next to it, opening its mouth wide, and biting at the girl.

"Hell!"

Tails picked up Taressa, and the two rolled into the snow, and the cunning beast chased after him, and Tails drew his dagger and shouted to Taresa behind him:

"Run! I'm going to stop it! ”

Behind the assassin, he didn't see the glint in Taresha's eyes, and a second later, just as he was about to fight the huge snow wolf to the death, the girl suddenly shouted:

"Snow Song! Go back! ”

"Whew"

When the huge snow wolf heard this, he immediately took a step back, and Tails watched in amazement as the girl walked out from behind him, reaching out and stroking the beast's head, and the giant snow wolf that could bite steel was like seeing a relative, circling the girl in a circle, and licking her palm, very intimate.

"Sal, come out, I'm coming."

Taresa followed the snow wolf into the cedar forest, and a moment later, a tall man dressed in animal skins walked out of the warehouse, carrying a dwarven musket and a felt hat, and embraced Taresa warmly.

Tails watched this scene, his brain was completely dead.

Because that tall guy... It was an orc.

That's Thrall, Taresha's brother, and an orc... Damn it!

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"So what the hell is going on? Didn't anyone tell me? ”

Tyers, wrapped in warm leather, sat in the basement of a well-built inn, presumably the handiwork of the dwarves, with a not-so-beautiful but practical fireplace on the wall, and in front of him, the maiden Taresa was making tea, and at her feet the great snow wolf was resting by the warm campfire.

And judging from where it was lying on its stomach, the beast could jump up at any moment and bite off Tails' neck.

On the other side sat the strange orc, with green skin and a strong look, but with eyes that Tails had never seen before, a warm watery blue, about the same color as Taresha's, which was probably the only thing the two had in common.

However, the young orc in front of him did not have the kind of bravery that Tails had seen in other orcs, on the contrary, his every move was like a real human, he had fangs, perfectly trimmed black hair and beard, and hell, Tails even felt a hint of "grace" from the action of taking the teacup.

The well-maintained dwarven musket was placed at the orc's feet, and Tails had no doubt that the orc would grab the musket and smash his head to pieces if he showed the slightest hint of hostility.

Although with the strength of a high-level assassin, he was not afraid of the orc in front of him and the snow wolf, but the atmosphere in front of him clearly told him that the two sides might not need to fight, and what made Tails even more curious was what the connection between the orc in front of him and Orgrim was?

"You're a kind person."

The orc Thrall took a sip of tea and smiled at his sister, then turned to look at Tails, who spoke well in human language, with a hint of Lordaeron's accent, his blue eyes staring at the humans in front of him, and he whispered:

"I can feel from your actions to protect Taresa that you are not as vicious as you seem on the surface, so since Taresa believes in you, then I believe in you too."

"I'm gentle with this girl full of ghost ideas because I'm human too."

Tails smiled strangely, "You wouldn't think I'd be gentle with an orc?" Have you forgotten how many of my compatriots your compatriots killed in previous years? ”

"It was a tragedy."

Thrall shook his head, a flash of sadness flashed in his eyes: "In that battle, my sister and I also lost our loved ones, and my hands have never been stained with the blood of good people, we are not enemies, and the animal skin in your hands... That's what belongs to me. ”

As he spoke, Thrall took out another hide from behind him and spread it out before Tails' eyes, the Assassin's eyes narrowed, and he took out his own hide and pieced it together with the half, which revealed a complete pattern.

It was a white wolf head emblem with a strong clan style.