Chapter 35: Give a big gift
The story of the tall man is clichΓ©, but it is very true.
A promising young man has been reduced to the point of being a robber because of the blood in his chest, and fate is really impermanent. This is Leo's summary of the tall encounter.
The tall man was originally the heir of Satinia Farm, and he has the talent to become a paladin, so it can be said that his future is very ambitious and bright. In order to become a great paladin, Tall left his hometown and went to North County to study under Brother Samuel. If he hadn't been impulsive, if he hadn't joined the "Stormwind Construction Brigade" in Leo's mouth with the idea of doing his part for the kingdom when he hadn't heard that the Stonemasons' Guild were going to rebuild the great Stormwind City, he might have finished his studies and become a noble paladin by now.
The majestic Stormwind City was finally built, but the stonemasons' guild as the builders did not even get a copper plate, and Van Cleef, who had repeatedly begged for it to no avail, was so disappointed in the nobles of Stormwind that after an assassination that almost killed him, the president of the stonemasons' guild did one thing in anger, that is, - rebellion!
This incident is nothing more than an otherworldly version of "arrears of wages for migrant workers".
The developers, the nobles, the contractors, the president of the Masons Guild, Edwin Van Cleef, the migrant workers, joined the Stormwind Construction Brigade, the stonemasons and other participants who worked tirelessly for years without even a single copper.
First of all, the developer wanted to build Stormwind City, they found the contractor Van Clive, and after the two sides negotiated the price, Van Cleef gathered a lot of manpower, and everyone worked hard to build a majestic royal city but was repeatedly owed wages. If it was in the society before Leo crossed over, then everyone could still go to the court to fight a lawsuit, and they could slowly get some compensation. But in this world where the aristocracy has privileges, the privileged class has made it clear that "the lord just doesn't give money", what can the stonemasons who are the bottom of the people do? Who do they turn to?
Later, the nobles got tired of Van Cleve's collection and even started to use the knife directly, if it weren't for Van Cleef's excellent skills, his little life would have been over. It is said that he will be framed after being killed by the aristocracy's executioners, and most of the scoundrels of the nobles will say that they have handed over all the arrears to Van Cleef, who has died.
The official forced the people to rebel, this is a typical official forced rebellion. Leo couldn't help but sympathize with the stonemasons' guild at the time, and in that situation, if they still wanted to survive, rebellion was the only way out.
I didn't expect the alliance to have so many bullshit things, in other words, if my brother is a member of the tribe after crossing, then my brother can still master a lot of secrets, and people like my brother who have been playing the tribe have crossed into the alliance, and they don't know a lot of secrets of the alliance at all. Can you afford to be hurt by the tribal players who have crossed into the Alliance?
ββ¦β¦ Van Cleef led the members of the Stonemasons' Guild to form the Brotherhood of Defia, and the nobles of Stormwind said they were traitors to the kingdom, and we ......" The tall man's face showed a complicated expression, with a little resentment, with a little helplessness, and even a little dazed...... We, who built the royal city, have become traitors to the kingdom. β
patted the tall shoulder, Leo didn't say anything, when others fell into a sad past, it was okay to watch, if it was still stimulated with words, it would be too unkind.
Leo was sympathetic to the plight of the tall man, and the nobles of Stormwind City did have an unshirkable responsibility for the thieves of Defia who had fallen to the point where they are today. But Leo wasn't going to give up on his mission to deal with the Defia Thieves because of what had happened to them before. Perhaps the Defiya thieves were very pitiful at the beginning, but with the development of the thieves, the Defiya thieves were not uncommon to see all kinds of murder and robbery, and at this time, the thieves of Defia changed from poor people to hateful people.
A group of poor people has become a group of evildoers, no matter what they have experienced before, evil deeds are evil deeds, and the Defia thieves have become a cancer in the kingdom that must be removed.
"The Cathedral of Light sent a paladin to the Wild West not long ago, maybe she can help you." Leo said casually.
His seemingly casual words made the faces of the tall three people change greatly.
A paladin has come to the Wild West, so Stormwind is going to take action against the Brotherhood of Defia entrenched in the Wild West?
The tall man grabbed Leo's hand and asked nervously, "Are you sure?" β
Leo rolled his eyes helplessly, I said buddy, what are you so excited about? Be calm, be calm, isn't you just a paladin? Also, I said, can you let go of your hands first, is it fun to hold hands with the old man's house? Even if you want to rub your brother's oil, you can't rub it so openly.
Secretly slandering Leo, he pretended to have an indignant expression on his face because he was not believed: "A high-ranking paladin." I fought with her, and I was thrown around. β
Hearing Leo's words, the tall man's face looked much better, and a high-level paladin should not have a hard time dealing with it with the strength of the brotherhood.
A high-level paladin is powerful, but the Defia Brotherhood, which has many mid-level professionals, is not a vegetarian either. Even with the help of the guards of Sentinel Ridge, it is impossible for a high-ranking paladin to defeat the Brotherhood. Thinking of this, the tall man calmed down a little. However, this news is very important to the Brotherhood, and he is not sure if the Brotherhood's higher-ups know about it, and he must send the news back to Mooncreek Town as soon as possible.
When the tall man finished thinking and looked up to say goodbye to Leo, he found that the other party had already walked away, and only a sentence came from afar.
"I came to the Western Wilderness to have my own business to do, and this news should be sold to you Defia Brotherhood, I hope your people don't come to me to trouble, otherwise they will die."
This guy! The tall man frowned, he had a feeling that he couldn't see through Leo. But this did not prevent him from having a good impression of Leo, this person's news was too important for the Brotherhood, and if the Brotherhood was attacked by a high-ranking paladin without knowing it, the result would definitely be destroyed.
Poor tall man, if he could know what Leo had in his heart, then he wouldn't think that Leo was a good man.
Aren't you people in the Cathedral of the Holy Light, can't you use the kingdom's army in a righteous and bright way, and in the face of the powerful Difia thieves, I don't know if Sentinel Ridge can resist it.
That knight girl, my brother has prepared a big gift for you, and I believe that the Defia thieves in the western wilderness will welcome you, the noble knight.