[Chapter 78 Count One Two Three Four Five]

David did not continue to talk about the Temple with Fording. After all, that was not something that needed to be dealt with urgently. Instead, he asked Fording how much of the chronicle had he read? How was the game playing?

“I have finished all the campaigns of Warcraft, and with the content in the chronicle, I already know what is going to happen next.” Fording sighed. He was shocked when he saw it. He had never thought that his world would have so many disasters. The natural disaster plague that was about to break out was just the beginning. Compared with the previous war with the orcs, it was nothing.

“Have you thought about what to do next?”

“I have thought of many ways, but there is not much room for maneuver in Lordaeron.” After Fording’s simple explanation, David understood the specific situation. There was less than a year left before the natural disaster plague broke out in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Arthas massacred Stratholme, went to Northrend and returned with Frostmourne to stab the old king to death, and led the natural disaster army to sweep across the northern part of the Eastern Kingdoms.

The Burning Legion, the Lich King Ner’zhul, the Dreadlords, all the forces have made various arrangements, and now those things are on track, just waiting for the right opportunity to explode – Arthas, is this opportunity.

Now it is impossible for Fording to extinguish various crises from the source.

“If I were still the great lord of Hearthglen, there would still be some hope. Now…” Fording sighed helplessly. The destruction of the Kingdom of Lordaeron was inevitable. It seemed that the only thing he could do was to save the many civilians who were harmed by the Scourge: “I hope Stormwind can help.”

Hearing Fording say this, David knew that Fording had made up his mind to find trouble with Onyxia, but David was not optimistic about Stormwind’s help: “Maybe King Varian is willing to help, but the nobles of Stormwind… hehe.”

Varian may be a hero, but is he an excellent king? This question is really hard to answer. If the villagers in the cafeteria were asked to answer, Varian would only be regarded as a tyrant.

“Besides that, I can only think of returning to Hearthglen.” Although Fording was deprived of his status as the Lord of Hearthglen and expelled from the territory, with Fording’s popularity, it would not be difficult for him to return to raise his arms and regain control of Hearthglen when the Kingdom of Lordaeron fell into a huge crisis.

Even once the news of Fording’s return to Hearthglen spread, the paladins of the Silver Hand Knights who were defeated by the Scourge would have a clear target to surrender to, which might avoid the subsequent split. With

such a powerful military force and Fording, one of the first five great paladins, in command, Hearthglen would inevitably become a thorn in the eyes of the Scourge. Then Hearthglen would not be like the original history, where Arthas sent people to fight casually, suppressed the remnants of the Silver Hand and then ignored them, and finally became an important base of the Scarlet Crusade.

Arthas would definitely do his best to eliminate the threat of Fording before he could continue to attack Quel’Thalas with confidence.

“In this way, perhaps the destruction of Silvermoon City and the Sunwell could be avoided…” Fording didn’t know whether his idea would succeed, but he had to try.

Hearthglen was his territory, where his wife and son lived. Could he just sit there and watch the Scourge wreak havoc and do nothing?

Whether as a great lord, a husband, or a father, he had to do something.

David could only express his support at this time: “Remember, Winter Village will be your solid backing.” He did not say that he would take people to Winter Village if the situation was really critical. Fording was not a fool, and he knew when to choose to retreat.

“I am very confident in my next move, because I know you will fully support me.” Fording patted David’s “thin” shoulder. Although they had not been together for a long time, he believed that David would provide all the help he could when he asked.

At the same time, the existence of Winter Village was also the reason why he chose to go back. Even if he really couldn’t defend Hearthglen, as long as he could gather enough civilians and save more Knights of the Silver Hand, his trip would not be considered a failure! At worst, he could bring everyone to Winter Village before the city was broken.

There are people! There are paladins! Lordaeron has preserved its seeds, leaving new hope for the future. If he is lucky enough, he may be able to preserve the bloodline of the royal family of Lordaeron, so that the Kingdom of Lordaeron will not be completely destroyed.

David did not know what Fording was thinking at this time, but he could guess a little: anyone who has read the chronicles and knows something about the plot of Warcraft would think of this. Considering Fording’s identity, he could not ignore the royal bloodline that unexpectedly survived the invasion of the Scourge: Calia Menethil, the sister of Arthas Menethil.

“By the way, if possible, I hope to get more weapons.” This sentence was not said to David, but turned to Laura beside him.

In fact, when Fording was talking to David, everyone kept quiet, including Jonah who did not disturb the two when he brought the stew.

Sheldon, who had previously argued with Leonard whether to go back for dinner, kept quiet at this time, wanting to hear more “explosive news”.

“Ordinary weapons may not be very effective against the undead creatures of the Scourge. Let’s get more heavy machine guns, mortars, incendiary bombs and the like!” David felt that if enough heavy machine guns were placed on the walls of Hearthglen, perhaps the numerical advantage of the Scourge could be minimized.

“No problem, leave it to me.” After a period of adaptation, Laura has figured out the actual capabilities of her company. Purchasing weapons is no longer as troublesome as before. If she wants, she can go overseas to purchase large quantities of weapons, and even buy heavy weapons. The main reason she didn’t buy them is that they can’t be shipped to Winter Village: “Do you want to buy some mines?”

“Of course I will.” Fording has already conceived the outer defense line of Hearthglen in his mind. There will definitely be a lot of pits, chevaux de frise, and barbed wire. Of course, mines must be arranged. If possible, he would like to get a few heavy artillery back, but it is a bit difficult: “What else can I get?”

“This, I may have to ask around to be sure.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for your news.” Fording is not in a hurry. Next, he has to solve the problem of the black dragon in Stormwind City now. He still wants to try his best to get the foreign aid of Stormwind Kingdom.

More importantly, it is useless for him to go back early. Before the crisis breaks out completely, he is still a “sinner” and is not allowed to return to his territory. Only when the crisis breaks out and the Kingdom of Lordaeron falls into chaos can he go back reasonably. Although it was very speechless, he had no other choice.

After the conversation, Sheldon and Leonard breathed a sigh of relief: “Wow, I heard something amazing.”

“Tirion Fording vs. Arthas Menethil, will the final battle of Icecrown Glacier be staged in Hearthglen in advance?” Sheldon’s eyes were shining, and he wanted to go to the scene to watch it in person, but unfortunately he knew that he couldn’t go to Azeroth: “What a pity.”

After finishing the business, everyone quickly finished the delicious stew and then came to the back of David’s cabin again, where the spherical crystals were buried. After

clearing the snow that covered the ground again, everyone still didn’t see any crystal ore emerging.

“Give it some time!” David sighed helplessly: “It seems that this thing can’t grow by counting one, two, three, four, and five.”

Everyone dispersed, and David returned to his cabin, preparing to practice holy light in the cabin to kill today’s free time.

Because of the snow, no one had the idea of exercising outside. Leonard and Sheldon chose to stay at home when there was nothing exciting to watch.

Will continued to study crystal ore in the blacksmith shop. After discovering that crystal ore can strengthen weapons, he wanted to try whether he could use the crystal ore itself to make weapons directly.

In addition, he also received an additional order from David, which was to use the light cast iron that Fording had given David to make various parts according to the drawings brought by Laura. Will, who had made up a lot of knowledge, saw at a glance that this was the part of a pistol. It seemed that David wanted to make a pistol made of light cast iron. Will was also very curious about whether the firearms made of this metal would have any special effects.

Therefore, the little blacksmith who was originally the most idle in the village has been busy recently. He only had some free time before going to the Royal Port to meet Elizabeth at night.

Mark was free. After entering winter, he had no way to continue to grow new varieties of vegetables. Instead, he had planted a lot of crops before, making him the man with the most types of vegetables in the village. Mark did not hide his own vegetables and gave all the vegetables to Jonah so that Jonah could make more delicious food.

But today, Mark took out several processed vegetables from the cafeteria and came to David’s wooden house: “The Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and potatoes you want.”

There were no documents or books on David’s table, but a copper product with a strange shape: there was an opening at the bottom, with a few pieces of burning charcoal inside, like the top of a chimney column with smoke coming out, and the surrounding basins filled with clear water had begun to boil.

“What is this?”

“Of course we have to eat hot pot on such a snowy day.” David didn’t look up at Mark, but turned around and took a few bags of base ingredients from Laura, and then poured them all into the water. He watched the clear water turn red and nodded with satisfaction: “Where’s Jonah?”

“He’s cutting meat and fish slices, come over soon.”

(End of this chapter)