Chapter 21: Medium-Ripe
"Welcome to the beautiful young lady, it has been a long time since Alterac has been here, and we happen to have a party today, and we invite you two to join us." The owner of the castle was a rather handsome nobleman who seemed very welcoming.
Of course, his enthusiasm mainly revolves around Illusia, and Su Chen, who has dirty hair and a full beard, is obviously regarded as Illusia's servant.
"Thank you, Your Excellency...... "After all, Ilucia came from a famous family, and although she was a little disheveled, her etiquette was extremely decent.
The interior of the castle was lavishly decorated, the banquets were extravagant, the glasses of wine were staggered by candlelight, and a group of nobles and men in full costume were personable, and there seemed to be no sign of decline, as if they were still at the height of the kingdom of Alterac.
"I remember when I was a child, my family used to hold banquets like this, and my father and mother at that time were very elegant and never quarreled......" Under the candlelight, Elucia looked a little distracted.
Su Chen also sighed slightly in his heart, in Arthas's memory, there were naturally many similar palace banquets, but it was a pity that the current Lordaeron Kingdom had been completely destroyed by someone disguised as himself and led the undead natural disaster, maybe he would never be able to experience such a grand banquet in the future.
At this moment, the owner of the castle suddenly raised his glass to Ilucia.
"I'm sorry, I don't drink alcohol...... Ilucia blushed, turned her head slightly to look at Su Chen beside her, and hurriedly waved her hand to signal that she couldn't drink.
"Really...... How could the eldest lady of the Barov family not drink. The owner of the castle suddenly sneered.
The originally noisy banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and all eyes instantly focused on Ilucia's body.
Sensing the hostility around him, Su Chen immediately instinctively reached out and touched the sword box that had been placed next to his feet.
"You know my identity?" Illucia's face was also a little heavy, and she slowly stood up.
"As the nobles of Alterac, how could we not know Miss Elucia, the pearl of the Barov family, and I don't know how many people wanted to kiss Fang Ze back then...... I didn't expect it to fall into our hands today. One of the young nobles smirked.
"This is called the cycle of heaven, retribution is unpleasant, when your father did not hesitate to sell the entire Alterac Kingdom for his own benefit, resulting in the displacement of us and others, we are worried about how to take revenge on you renegades, I didn't expect that your pearl of the Barov family will be automatically sent to the door, it seems that we can have a good time at today's party." The owner of the castle smiled even more.
Although the Barov family is the largest aristocratic family in Alterak, the kingdom of Alterac was besieged by the alliance after the defeat of the orcs because of the betrayal of the human alliance, and the last remaining forces of the kingdom fled to the territory of the Barov family in Keldaron, but the Barov family chose to join the alliance in order to keep their wealth and status, and cooperated with the alliance's army to defeat the last troops of the Alterac kingdom.
After the war, the Barovs were forgiven by the Alliance, but they still lost most of their territory, and thus resented both Lordaeron and Dalaran, but at the same time, the surviving nobles of Alterac were extremely hostile to the Barovs, believing that it was their defection that had destroyed the entire kingdom of Alterac.
"If the kingdom of Alterac had not been supported by the wealth of my Barov family, it would have collapsed long ago, you short-sighted people thought that humanity would be defeated and took refuge in the orcs, and even led the way for the orcs to attack Dalaran, which led to the alliance's retaliation and sanctions, and my Barov family just didn't want to fight to the end with you ignorant people." Ilucia said coldly, there was no longer the previous weakness on her body, and a chill spread around.
"Don't talk nonsense, if it weren't for the fact that your Barov family suddenly betrayed the kingdom and led the alliance and elven fleets into Lake Mirondal, how could the kingdom be completely destroyed, and why would we have to live the life of robbers here." Someone shouted angrily, and even smashed the wine glass and pulled out the dagger.
The man's words immediately struck a great chord, as the nobles had apparently joined the Syndicate, and although they still lived aristocratic lives in their own domains, they had to go out and raid pedestrians often to amass their wealth.
There was a great contradiction between the etiquette and glory of the aristocracy and the looting of the syndicates, and it also made the spirit of these people more and more confused and divided, and even went to a certain extreme.
In the hall, some young nobles immediately made a commotion: "Avenge Alterac, kill this girl, and today you will taste what kind of ecstasy is like for you, the pearl of the Barov family." ”
Many people who coveted Illusia's beauty rushed over in a hurry.
An invisible aura of ice immediately spread around Ilucia, and the few people who had just rushed to her side were instantly frozen.
Apparently, these noble-born syndicates could not have the keen sense and swiftness of Medirri to dodge the Frost Nova.
"Instantaneous Frost Nova? This chick is said to have a great talent for magic, has she really become an archmage?! Some of the nobles who were more familiar with magic immediately looked frightened.
The rest of the people immediately showed fear, the mage has always been boasted of being very mysterious, and the archmage is the best among the mages.
"Don't be afraid, there are more mages who have been killed by us over the years, let's shoot together, as long as we catch her, everyone in this hall can play with this little girl once." The owner of the castle seemed to be afraid of the people backing down, and immediately cried out.
The politeness of the nobles in the hall had long since disappeared without a trace, and now only the laughter of a group of hooligans and all kinds of obscene language remained, and some people had begun to smash the candlesticks, and the hall soon fell into darkness.
Most of the members of the Syndicate are thieves, and they have the ability to stealth in their own right, and now they are even more comfortable in the dark.
However, a white ball of light immediately lit up beside Illusia, it was the mage's illumination technique, and its light was even brighter than dozens of candles before.
Elucia herself was already floating in the air, surrounded by a magical shield that seemed to be absent, and with the flick of her white, slender fingers, ice arrows struck everyone who rushed at her with a fierce chill.
Screams rang out in the hall, and more and more people were frozen into ice crystals, but no one could get close to her.
Su Chen was a little surprised in his heart, it seemed that he still underestimated the combat power of the mage, in this real Azeroth continent, the mage was far stronger than the ordinary profession, and the powerful mage could even compete with the dragon clan, far from being able to match those professions that relied on their own strength.
If magic weren't so powerful, the upper elves of the year wouldn't have been addicted to magic, which led to the invasion of the Burning Legion.
Perhaps out of anger in her heart, when facing the attack of the castle master, Ilucia even deliberately changed from ice magic to fire, and also used the fire explosion technique that required chanting!
However, although this fire explosion technique is huge, even the archmage cannot do it instantaneously, and it is easy to be disturbed or dodged while chanting.
A huge explosion rang out, and even the entire castle shook violently, and from time to time sand and gravel fell overhead.
Immediately, a cold wind rolled up in the hall.
Su Chen looked at the source of the cold wind rather speechlessly...... It was a large hole in the castle wall, and the snow had fallen from the hole, and he could already see the Azeroth Twin Moons in the night sky as he sat there.
"Damn! My castle, my freshly built castle! You dare to destroy the castle that I have built with so much debt, I will fight with you, and release the seven points of ripeness! The castle owner howled bitterly, and the heartache looked far worse than if he had been hit by a fire blast.
Immediately, there was a howl of ghosts and wolves in the hall, and it was the remaining nobles fleeing the hall in a hurry.
"What's wrong...... What is Medium Rare? Su Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this.
His doubts didn't last long, though, as the door to the living room shattered into sawdust with a loud bang as the ground shook, and then he saw an ogre several meters tall in the smoke...... A two-headed ogre!
"I'm X, is Medium-Rare the name of this ogre?"