Looking at the hideous ghouls who were about to surround them and the black-robed wizard behind the ghouls, Caria sighed softly.

They have been hiding in this remote mountainous area for a long time. She had always thought that she might be able to stay here quietly like this and then slowly grow old until the day of complete relief. This might be the best ending for her.

But then I thought that these undead still found her...

For Caria Minaihill, she was undoubtedly lucky.

Because she is now the last direct member of the living Lordaern Minaiheil royal family. If she went out with her signature, with the surname Minaiheil and shouted with the rocking arms, with the words Minaiheil, most of the remaining troops of the original Lordaern Kingdom and the knights of the Silver Hand that survived would gather under her banner without hesitation. By then, it would be impossible for her to be crowned as the queen of Lordaern.

However, Caria Minaihill is also unfortunate at the same time.

Because, not long ago, she experienced the biggest family tragedy in the world - her most beloved brother, the brave, kind, righteous and responsible Alsace Minaiheil, who was so depraved! He not only killed his father with his own hands, but also wanted to harm himself as his own sister. Until now, he has also destroyed the kingdom of Lordaeron!

Now, on this land of the original Lordaeron Kingdom, the undead natural disasters that ravage the people everywhere are all the masterpieces of her good brother! He not only destroyed her home with his own hands, but also destroyed his own country with his own hands, destroying everything in front of him!

Kalia still clearly remembers that on that day, everything that happened at that time seemed to be still vivid in my mind...

She still remembers his cold words when she was rescued by the guards - killing her...

It was a sunny afternoon

......

Today is a good day for Alsace to return triumphantly...

Princess Carlia is in the back garden of Lordaeron Palace, and she is walking alone boredly.

On the street outside the palace, huge cheers from the people of Wangcheng City began to vaguely hear the people of Wangcheng City. At the same time, the special bell that had not been ringing for a long time finally rang again in the royal city.

She knew, what the people outside were cheering—they were cheering for their prince’s victory return! They were cheering for their prince’s great victory in Northrend!

As for the melodious and bright bell, Kalia certainly knew that she knew very well what that special bell mean! They were generally only ringed when important state affairs - for example: the wedding of the Wang family, the birth of the heir, or... the funeral of the king when he was sleeping.

In Kalia's impression, she had only heard such a bell once.

Kalia still remembers it very clearly. It was the day when her younger brother, Alsace Minaihil, was born when she was just two years old. It was the same bell that rang all day, and the melodious sound echoed the entire Tirisfalin land for a long time...

It was that day that the Lordaeron royal family welcomed the birth of a male heir whom they most hoped and urgently! On that day, it seemed that the entire Lordaeron forest was whispering the same name - Alsace...

When Carlia thinks about the scene when her brother was born, she can't help but smile knowingly.

Although she is the princess of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the eldest daughter of King Terenas and Queen Leanne, because the hereditary system prioritizes men and then recounts the age of the elders, the crown prince has always been Alsace since the moment the prince was born, and Caria has never been the most preferred right to inherit the throne.

However, Carlia didn't care about this. She never thought of being the queen of Lordaeron. She liked her brother Alsace very much, and she also liked her current harmonious and happy royal family. She had no persecution or confrontation. She was already very, very contented with everything she had in front of her.

Today, when she heard the melodious bell ringing again, Caria in the garden couldn't help but stop and began to listen intently. She seemed to see the citizens of Lordaeron on both sides of the street, waving petals of various colors while shouting her brother's name.

As she listened, an invisible smile began to appear on her face. Anyway, no matter what, she liked the bell very much.

Actually, once, Kalia was almost lucky to enjoy the bell ringing for herself!

She still remembers that when she was about to have her sixteenth birthday, King Terenas almost decided to betroth Galia to a young man of human aristocrats for a political marriage.

At the beginning, this practice made the young Galia heartbroken. She had never seen the man named Presto and was going to be mortgaged out by her father as a bargaining chip. At that time, she was disappointed with her father for the first time.

But later, after meeting with Presto, she was deeply fascinated by him, a handsome, polite and talented young human aristocrat.

Moreover, for some reason, every time Kalia approached him, she would unconsciously feel a sense of convincing at first sight! It was a special magic. At that time, she almost thought that she was falling in love with him. For this reason, she had secretly dropped a coin in Dalaran's wishing pool.

Unfortunately, the Preisto, who is said to be related to Lord Perenolde, suddenly disappeared. This not only ruined Carlia's marriage, but also caused all the arrangements of her father to be gone. It was this plan that made Carlia become a girl in her twenties and unable to get married!

It is said that the aristocratic identity named Presto is very doubtful, and there were many rumors coming from behind, but her father never let her know and she was not allowed to mention it again.

At this point, Carlia had no fondness for that Presto, but instead had a faint hatred.

If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been hiding in Lordaeron's palace now!

If it weren't for him, her father wouldn't have dared not mention the marriage arrangements for her, because the incident at that time had become a nightmare for her father!

...

The bells outside were still echoing. After listening for a while, Carlia began to wander around the garden. Although she wanted to go out to welcome her younger brother's return, on this important occasion, Princess Lordaeron was not suitable for appearing in the king's hall, and her identity could not be casually huddled with the citizens in the streets outside, so she could only wait in the garden in embarrassment.

Anyway, she can only wait patiently for the moment. Maybe, during dinner tonight, the family can listen to her brother talking about Northrend’s interesting things while eating? That must be very interesting, right? Their family hasn’t eaten together for a long time, and Carlia is looking forward to it.

While walking around a beautiful cluster of flowers, Kalia stopped, and she looked at the colorful butterfly dancing on the flowers in silence. She was already in a state of trance. She thought, how great would it be if she could fly freely like this little creature? In that case, she would never have to be locked in this cage-like palace again, right?

Or maybe, if Kalia was a man, then could she be like her younger brother Alsace, and she could go out to the colorful world outside with will?

I don’t know what kind of scenery is Northrend? Is it really cold? It is said that there are huge rock giants there? There are all kinds of strange and honest seal people? Moreover, the ancestors of human beings also came to this continent from Northrend at the time. In that case, it was really a magical place.

If she had the chance, Carlia really wanted to go and see it in person. It's a pity... she could only think about these things.

While Carlia was thinking about it, the melodious bell that had been echoing in the city of Lordaeron finally stopped. She knew that it must be her younger brother Arthas, who had already walked into the palace. Maybe, in a short time, she would soon see her heroic brother here!

Thinking of this, Carlia laughed. She decided to use the flowers in front of her to make a beautiful garland for her younger brother. Later, when he comes, she will hang it on his neck. This is just to treat it as a gift from her sister to her younger brother for her return!

Yes, this is a really good idea. It doesn't cost money and can express her deep feelings for her brother! Then, without further ado, Carlia decided to make the hero's garland while they were reporting their duties in the King's Hall.

After thinking about it, Carlia stretched out her tender hands with delicate and white skin and began to pull and pick them in the flowers. She needed to find a few long branches as the main trunks of the garland outline, and then carefully embellish the individual flowers one by one.

...

"ah!"

Suddenly, while Carlia was busy and happy, there were bursts of noisy screams and the jingle of weapons and shields colliding violently. This incident was so scared that Kalia, who was about to pick a beautiful rose, was accidentally thorned by the thorns on it. Then, a little bright red blood flowed out from her white and tender fingers.

Turning around, Carlia held the half-finished garland in one hand, put the injured index finger in her mouth and sucked it. Then, she looked out with a puzzled look. After a while, the screams and weapons collided with each other seemed to be louder and louder, and the impact was wider and wider. After a while, almost half of the Lordaeron royal city began to make a noise.

What's going on?

Carlia was puzzled. Today shouldn’t it be the triumphal day for her brother Alsace? Why did it seem that the fight suddenly started outside? If it was a carnival in the whole city, the voice wouldn’t be like this, right?

Kalia continued to stand there and listened for a while. She didn't know what was going on outside now. When the fighting sounds began to slowly affect the palace, she finally felt a little panicked.

But there seemed to be no one in the garden. The guards were not allowed to enter the palace garden at will. She had just repelled her two maids, and now she didn't even have anyone to ask for a question!

Bang!

After a loud noise, the front door of the garden was knocked open by several guards covered in black and red blood. Seeing this scene, Kalia screamed in fear, took several steps back, and almost collapsed to the ground. She was just an ordinary princess. Where had she seen this scene?

"Finally found the princess is here!"

A sharp-eyed palace guard screamed when he saw Caria standing in the distance with a garland.

Afterwards, more guards began to rush in. Then, a big man who looked at the color and decoration of the armor showed that he was the deputy commander of the guards rushed to Carlia's side, which scared her so much that she almost collapsed on the ground because of her weak feet.

"Princess Carlia! Run! Arthas just killed the king! He also killed all the ministers! He is no longer the prince he used to be! He is a monster now! He is about to kill here, princess! Let's cover you and run away!"

The adjutant ran to Carlia a few big steps, knelt down on one knee, and after a simple salute, he immediately stood up again and reported loudly in the most anxious tone.

"What?!" Carlia felt her head suddenly confused, and she was almost spinning.

How is this possible? Isn’t today a triumphant day for Alsace? Today should be a festive day. Why did he kill his father? What reason does he have to do this? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could her younger brother Alsace do such a thing?

Carlia was reluctant to believe this fact. She was more willing to believe: it was the group of soldiers in front of her who were launching a mutiny and they wanted to hold them hostage!

That's right, it must be like this! Her heroic brother Alsace could not do the same thing as killing the king, that would absolutely not be possible!

"Your Highness Princess!!"

The adjutant shouted again anxiously, but their Princess Caria was standing there in a daze, her pale face was constantly changing colors.

This made the adjutant very anxious, but for a moment, he did not dare to be rude to the princess without authorization, so he could only stand there and go around in a hurry.

"Wow!!"

At this time, the two guards who were originally guarding outside the garden vigilantly seemed to be suddenly attacked by some huge force. Then, after their abdomen and armor were torn apart, they screamed and flew up sideways, and suddenly hit the grass in the garden. After rolling twice, they dragged their intestines all over the floor, twitched twice and stopped moving.

Then, a tall figure slowly appeared at the gate, which was the original prince of the Kingdom of Lordaeron - Alsace! Following him, there were also a few hideous monsters, which were ghouls! There were also two unknown big spiders!

"You block them for me!" The adjutant sighed in his heart, and after giving orders to the guards fiercely, he turned around again.

"Your Highness, you offended me!" After saying that, without waiting for the other party to react, he leaned over and carried Kalia on his majestic shoulders, and then ran directly towards the back door of the garden.

Several guards covered the adjutant and the princess and ran backwards, but the others turned around silently. After looking at each other for a few glances, they raised the elite palace-style steel swords that were still covered with blood in their hands.

"Long live Lordaeron!!!"

After yelling with their weapons, the guards pulled down their armor fiercely and charged forward frantically to Alsace and the monsters who were about to walk into the garden gate...

Alsace...

Caria, who was carried on her shoulder by the adjutant of the guard, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar figure that appeared at the garden gate with tears in her eyes.

It was her younger brother Alsace, but it seemed that it wasn't... His beautiful golden hair had become pale, his charming and handsome face also turned blue and purple, and there was a hint of evil smile on the corner of his mouth...

Drops of bright red blood were sliding down his black and hideous sword...

He really killed his father...

He is really not her younger brother anymore...

Why is this happening...

The half-finished hero garland finally slid silently from Carlia's left hand, and at the same time, her crystal tears fell on the ground together...

In the distance, at the garden gate, the figure who seemed a little confused under his tears began to become increasingly strange in Kalia's mind... and became more and more terrifying...

"Hmph! Chase them! Kill her!"

This was the last sound that Kalia heard after being carried out by the guards.

It was this familiar voice that broke the last trace of luck in her heart. At this moment, her heart broke into countless pieces...
To be continued...