[Chapter 62 Van Cleef]

“Van Cleef wants to talk to me?” This is not surprising. David asked Fording to help recruit craftsmen including Van Cleef. As the leader of the craftsmen, Van Cleef must know who invited him and others, right? It is reasonable to ask for a meeting and a talk: “Now?”

In a way, it is better for the other party to talk to David than to ignore him directly. Of course, there is another possibility that the other party cannot beat Fording and has to talk to David face to face.

“He said he can do it anytime in the next few days.”

“If he thinks it’s okay, now.” David looked outside. The weather was cool after the heavy rain. Such days are especially suitable for entertaining guests at home: “But, is Van Cleef willing to come here?”

Isn’t he worried about some conspiracy? Ever since he was cheated by the nobles of Stormwind, Van Cleef has become extremely cautious. In this case, how did Fording convince the other party to come to Winter Village to talk to David face to face?

“Use your strength to prove to him that I don’t need those conspiracies to kill him.” Fording’s answer was very convincing. With his strength, it would not be difficult to completely destroy the Defias Brotherhood. It would just be a waste of time to find those thieves roaming around everywhere.

With this strength that it would only take a wave of his hand to kill Van Cleef, he proved that he really didn’t want to kill you without taking action.

Although Van Cleef did a lot of crazy things after establishing the Defias Brotherhood, his IQ was still online, otherwise he would not have caused so much trouble to the nobles of Westfall and Stormwind City, causing the nobles of Stormwind City to suffer more economic losses than paying full wages at the beginning. What

‘s more, Van Cleef was a person who could complete the training of the Storm Kingdom’s Military Intelligence Department. Such a smart person could not fail to realize this.

After tidying up the table and preparing tea and snacks, David casually opened a notebook that had been written with a lot of content and continued to write on it.

This is the textbook for learning the common language of Azeroth, which was agreed upon long ago. Since he and Laura decided on the division of labor, he has been writing this thing intermittently during this period of time. Now it is almost finished, but I don’t know what kind of answer Van Cleef will give?

“I hope it can be used!” It’s not a waste. After the fall of Lordaeron in a few years, those refugees can still use it, but David still hopes that this “textbook” can be put to use as soon as possible.

Just thinking about it, there were a few knocks on the door.

“Come in!”

The door opened, and Fording walked in with a sturdy man who was not much thinner than Fording, the paladin.

The sturdy man was wearing black leather armor and had black hair. If it weren’t for the red scarf hanging around his neck, the whole person seemed to be integrated with the black. There was

a pair of long knives on the man’s waist. David knew that this was a pair of weapons called cruel hooks, which were also Edwin Van Cleef’s personal weapons.

David was looking at Van Cleef, and Edwin Van Cleef was also looking at David. Perhaps David’s young appearance was a little beyond his expectations, so he showed a little surprise when he entered the door.

However, he quickly hid this surprise and carefully observed David’s figure and the surrounding environment.

“Do you need me to take down my weapon?” Van Cleef looked at the narrow environment in the house and deliberately glanced at David with contempt. This professionally trained thief, or assassin, used a little provocation.

In his opinion, a young man might make irrational judgments because of being despised, such as not requiring him to hand over his weapon. To

Van Cleef’s surprise, David gave an answer that he had never thought of: “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Van Cleef. If you think it’s in the way, you can put your weapon aside.”

At the same time, he made a gesture to Van Cleef to sit down and invited Van Cleef to sit opposite him.

Van Cleef thought for a moment, took off the cruel hook on his waist and placed it by the door, as if to express his sincerity – in fact, he had already determined after observation that this small space was not suitable for using weapons, and he felt that David’s “slender” figure should not be good at close combat, so he would not be in danger even if he did not use weapons.

Sitting down in front of David, Van Cleef did not intend to introduce himself. Since the other party specifically found him, he must have a detailed understanding of him. On the contrary, who is the person opposite him and what is his identity? He knew nothing, only that this young man could command the powerful paladin.

Thinking of this, Van Cleef cautiously glanced at Fording next to him. The powerful paladin was sitting on the bed beside him, reading a book in his hand.

“Hello, I am David, the village chief of Winter Village. Welcome to my village.” David knew that the other party was waiting for him to speak. After motioning the other party to drink the tea and dessert on the table, he started with a simple self-introduction: “Mr. Van Cleef, I wonder what you think of my village?”

“This village called Winter Village?” Although Van Cleef was brought to this room as soon as he arrived here, it did not affect his observation of the surrounding environment in the shortest time. Besides, Winter Village was not big, and he could see it clearly with a few glances: “Excuse me, this is a very small village.”

“Yes, there are only about 30 people in Winter Village, including me. It is indeed a very small village, but what do you think of the environment here?”

“…” Van Cleef did not answer. He was actually a little confused about what the other party wanted to do with him.

He suspected that this was a trap, but the strength of the paladin next to him made him give up this possibility.

So, was it really like what the other party said, just to invite him to work in the village? Could it be that this young man wanted to be like the nobles in Stormwind City and let himself and those old guys work for him for free?

His mind was full of imagination, which brought up the most painful scar in his heart, and his emotions became a little wrong. The look he gave to David became sharp.

When David noticed the change in Van Cleef’s eyes, he guessed that this guy might have misunderstood something. He didn’t want the misunderstanding to deepen, so he immediately explained a few words: “Mr. Van Cleef, I think you may have misunderstood something! I sincerely invite you and those craftsmen to come to Winter Village.”

“Oh?” Van Cleef still had a skeptical attitude towards this. There was no way, he had suffered too much loss before.

“Not only do you want to come to Winter Village to work, I really hope you can settle down and live in Winter Village.” David noticed some doubts on Van Cleef’s face, and looked at Fording beside him strangely.

“There are some things that he won’t care about even if I say them, so it’s better for you to explain them in person after you bring them here.” Fording didn’t look up and continued to read the book in his hand, but when David looked at him, he immediately gave an answer: “And the people around him were too mixed at that time.”

Fording knew that David wanted to invite the craftsmen headed by Van Cleef and their families, and had no interest in the pirates, thieves and other social scum of the Defias Brotherhood. Including the thugs of various races hired by Van Cleef were also not within David’s recruitment scope.

“So that’s it.” David understood what was going on, so he explained his idea in detail: he hoped that Van Cleef would lead the members of the Defias Brotherhood who originally belonged to the Stonemasons Union and their families to live in Winter Village.

After thinking about it, he remembered that there were also a large number of miners in the Defias Brotherhood, which was also a talent that Winter Village lacked, so he simply packed them up together. In the end, it will be all right for an honest person with a clean record!

After David clearly expressed his thoughts, Van Cleef finally understood why this person came to him.

“You want the Defias Brotherhood to move to Winter Village?”

“No, it’s the craftsmen and their families of the Stonemasons Guild, and you can also count the miners and some farmers you recruited in the West Wilderness, which are different from the Defias Brotherhood.”

Van Cleef didn’t care about David’s emphasis. He wanted to know what David was doing this for?

“People.” There was nothing to hide. David directly pointed out his intention: “Winter Village is currently just a small village of more than 30 people. If you want to develop, you need more people, and the development and construction of various urban facilities require various craftsmen.”

If the Stonemasons Guild is willing to join Winter Village, it will not only allow the population to grow significantly, but also make up for the weakest link of Winter Village: the craftsmen in the Defias Brotherhood are not only stonemasons, but also craftsmen who are proficient in forging weapons, shipbuilding and other skills.

Since Azeroth is a world with mysterious power, top stonemasons must know the knowledge of mysticism. Stormwind City, built by the Stonemasons Guild for Stormwind Kingdom, has many designs to defend against mysterious power. However, due to the large number of internal traitors in Stormwind Kingdom, most of the designs did not work.

But this has nothing to do with the maker. The craftsmanship of the stonemasons’ guild is guaranteed. If they can be recruited, it is not difficult to build a winter city for them immediately, not to mention building a town.

“So, you want us to join Winter Village and build this village for you?”

“No!” David waved his hand: “It is to build a beautiful new home for us.”

Van Cleef had a lot of words to reject David, but at this moment, they were all stuck in his throat, and he found that he could not say those words.

Even Fording, who was concentrating on reading, raised his head and looked at David again.

“What?” David looked at the two of them. He did not expect that his casual words would cause such a big reaction from the two of them, especially Van Cleef, the former leader of the Stonemasons Guild and the current leader of the Defias Brotherhood, whose face was full of entanglement.

“Nothing.” Van Cleef was silent for a few seconds and then returned to his previous indifferent expression: “I need to think about it.”

(End of this chapter)