Chapter 264 New Mount Stormwind

The morning sun shines on the earth, and Stormwind City returns to its bustling scene.

In a luxurious bedroom, the fierce confrontation continued. The tall figure shook violently, and the next second the figure suddenly leaned back. An elegant figure on the curtain leaned back desperately, and the body was stretched into a graceful arc.

The humming became higher-pitched at this moment, and the whole body was like a snow-white swan neck. After a few seconds, it fell down like a swan with broken wings.

"Master, let me help you wash."

"How to wash?"

"What method does the master want?"

“Turkish bubble bath!”

Onyxia got out of bed, prepared hot water, and cast Grease and Hydration. Grease can make the skin smoother, and Hydration can make the skin moist and elastic.

Combined with magic oil and plant essential oil, it can achieve a very good maintenance effect.

After being taught a lesson by Richard, the Black Dragon Princess immediately became well-behaved and sensible. After Richard gave her the "Complete Guide to the Use of Grease Technique", "Complete Guide to Training the Skills of the Mage's Hands", and "One Hundred and Eight Shadow Tentacle Binding Techniques".

Onyxia learns very quickly, and Richard personally gave her the test questions. As a black dragon princess, Onyxia is very smart and almost got full marks in the test.

After this set, Richard felt smooth.

After washing up, Richard took Onyxia and took away all the wealth in the Earl's mansion, and then prepared to leave Stormwind.

Vanessa VanCleef followed a caravan, whose destination was Stormwind City. She followed the caravan because she wanted to go to Stormwind City to find her father.

Just a week ago, the king of Stormwind led his army to break into the Deathmines. At the critical moment, Edwin VanCleef hid his daughter under the slag pile and told her not to come out no matter what noise she heard.

Vanessa hid inside obediently, and then there were shouts and screams. She waited for two days. She was so hungry that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she carefully crawled out of the slag.

She saw the most unforgettable scene in her life. The entire death mine was filled with dead bodies lying all over the ground.

She didn't know what was going on, but soon she saw a familiar figure lying on the ground. Vanessa ran over and said, "Old drunkard grandpa, old drunkard grandpa, wake up!"

"Uncle Kent, Uncle Kent, please get up quickly."

"Grandpa Wood, wake up. I swear I will never pull out your beard again. Open your eyes and look at me. I am little Vanessa."

Little Vanessa looked at the uncles and grandfathers who always made her happy in the past, all lying on the ground motionless. She became more and more anxious and scared. Then little Vanessa kept searching around, trying to find her father.

But she looked everywhere for her father but couldn't find him. With a glimmer of hope in her heart, little Vanessa walked out of the Death Mine and headed towards Stormwind City.

She remembered that her family used to live in Stormwind City, but later on, she didn't know what happened and she, her father, mother, and many uncles and grandfathers were driven out of Stormwind City.

It was also here that her mother and many of her friends disappeared. My father said that they went to a very far place, and when I grew up, my mother would come back.

From then on, she tried hard to eat and be obedient every day, wanting to grow up quickly, but now, her father was gone.

"Little Vanessa, you have to be strong. You will soon grow up and you will be able to see your mother when you grow up. You can't cry." Vanessa kept encouraging herself, and then followed her blurred memory to find the home in her memory.

She felt that if she found her home, she would be able to find her father.

Along the way, when she was hungry, she would steal some food from the farmland; when she was thirsty, she would drink stream water or dew; when she was too tired to walk, she would hide in a haystack to take a nap; when she had enough sleep, she would continue along the way home.
Sometimes she was chased by vicious dogs, but there were also some kind uncles and aunts who gave her some food or gave her a ride behind the caravan. Finally, she stumbled all the way to Stormwind City.

Just as she was thinking about sneaking into the city, a loud noise was heard.

"Sir, wasn't the tax collected only thirty silver coins last month? Why is it fifty silver coins in just one month? It's not easy for our caravan to transport goods. Please be flexible." The manager of the caravan said to the tax officer at the city gate with a flattering look on his face.

As he spoke, he stuffed the bag in his hand into the tax collector's hand.

The tax collector felt the weight of the bag and said with a smile, "Recently, His Majesty the Emperor wiped out the notorious Defias Brotherhood. The bandit leader Edwin VanCleef was beheaded and then displayed to the public. The wooden cage above the city gate is his head. In order to provide compensation for the casualties, the parliament decided to impose an additional tax on bandit suppression."

"Since you know the rules so well, I'll pay thirty-five silver coins."

When Vanessa was about to sneak in, she suddenly heard her father's name. When she looked up at the city gate, the next scene became a scene she would never forget in her life.
The head of the father who loved her the most and always protected her from the wind and rain was placed in a cage by the soldiers and hung at the city gate.

"dad!!!"

At this moment, the strong and brave little Vanessa collapsed. The light of hope in her heart was completely extinguished.

When she had come here after many dangers and hardships, she saw such a cruel scene. Little Vanessa stumbled towards the wooden stake where her father's head was tied.

But she was too weak, she was just a thin and small little girl.

"Catch her!" The city guard next to him grabbed the little girl, this skinny little girl, and lifted her up with one hand.

"Let me go! Let me go! You bad guys!"

Vanessa wanted to struggle, but she had no power to resist in the hands of the guards.

"Brothers, did you hear what she just yelled?"

"It seems that he called the bandit leader Edwin Van Cleef dad."

"Hahaha, brothers, we are going to get rich today. This is the daughter of the bandit leader Van Cleef!" The captain of the city guard next to him walked forward, grabbed little Vanessa's hair, and pulled her head over with force.

"Indeed, they look alike. Their hair and eyes are the same color. She must be Van Cleef's daughter!" After saying that, he directly called the two guards to go with him to claim the reward.

A gorgeous carriage was about to leave the city. Richard was lying leisurely on a velvet blanket. Onyxia beside him was feeding a peeled grape into Richard's mouth. Suddenly, there was a commotion. When Richard heard the words "Van Cleef's daughter", his expression changed. He immediately stopped the carriage and got off.

I saw several strong soldiers holding a struggling little girl and walking towards the city. They were excitedly talking about which brothel had the prettiest girls and that they would go and try it out tonight after receiving the reward.

"I don't think you can go." Richard stood in front of the three soldiers.

"Black hair and black eyes, what is your relationship with Van Cleef?" Seeing Richard blocking the three people's way, and he also had black hair and black eyes, an idea suddenly popped up in the three people's minds.

"He also has black hair and black eyes. He must be a relative or accomplice of Van Cleef!" said a smart man next to him.

"Catch him and claim the reward together!"

Following the captain of the guard's order, the surrounding soldiers immediately rushed towards Richard.

"Chain lightning!"

A dazzling flash of lightning appeared instantly, and then the city guards who rushed up with their weapons in their hands were instantly struck by lightning. The lightning was like an electric snake, instantly covering all the city guards who rushed up. These people didn't even have time to let out a final scream, as they were directly turned into charcoal by electricity, and their armor was also melted by the lightning at this moment.

Now that the action had begun, Richard would not hesitate at all. The three guards holding Vanessa were frightened to the point of paleness and trembling. After seeing Richard looking at them, the leading soldier raised his sword and was ready to fight back to the death.

Richard stretched out his hand and grabbed, and three fire snakes appeared instantly, directly entangled the three people, and then the next second the flames rose, turning the three people into torches. They could only watch helplessly as the fire snakes devoured them in the flames.

After a scream, the three guards, along with their armor, shields and weapons, were burned into black iron lumps by the flames.

While dealing with the guards, Richard had already given Vanessa a shield, and with a slight wave of his hand, little Vanessa flew to his side. After seeing that she was just unconscious, Richard sent her to the carriage.

"Enemy attack!"

Seeing Richard kill a group of soldiers in a breath, the guards who were farther away were trembling with fear. They didn't dare to approach Richard at all, but shouted desperately. At the same time, another one ran to the tower and pulled the rope and shook it wildly.

The rapid ringing of bells quickly spread throughout Stormwind City.

When the soldiers on sentry duty heard the shouting, they immediately rushed over here, led by a knight.

"Brothers, the enemy is a mage, he is alone. Split up and surround him, and use archers to harass him." The leading knight immediately allocated the battle method.

As a well-informed noble, he knew how to deal with mages. Mages could not be disturbed when casting spells, and only archers could harass them, and then disperse and siege them. It was not difficult to deal with just one mage, at most a few would be killed or injured, and the others would take the opportunity to rush up and hack him to death.

Several archers immediately drew their bows and shot at him, and the other soldiers also raised their shields and rushed forward to surround him.

Richard saw these people put up this formation, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. Using such a trick to deal with him? Who are they looking down on?

——【Law·Death!】

A ray of spiritual light spread out instantly, covering all the soldiers. The next second, the soldiers who were on high alert instantly lost their breath of life. These soldiers fell down in an orderly manner like dominoes, and there was no sign of life anymore.

After dealing with these guards, Richard pointed at the cage on the city gate, and the cage containing Van Cleef's head flew over.

Richard snapped his fingers and put the cage into the dimensional space, then returned to the carriage. At this time, the people near the city gate ran away immediately. Richard's carriage successfully left the city and left Stormwind City.

"boom!"

A muffled sound was heard, and then several guards rushed in.

Varian was discussing something with Duke Bolvar. Seeing the panicked look of these guards, he immediately said in displeasure: "What happened? Why are you so flustered?"

Varian was very unhappy. Not long ago, he had gone against the majority's opinion and led his troops to raid the Deathmines, killing VanCleef, the leader of the Defias Rogues. Then he wanted the nobles to pay some money as rewards and pensions for the soldiers, but the nobles refused.

Over the years, Stormwind's finances have been in deficit, and he has to worry about the finances every day, while the nobles live a luxurious life. Whatever he wants to do, there is always the parliament to oppose him.

This time, Van Cleef was the one who had to pay off the debts owed to the nobles. Asking them to pay now would be like asking for their lives. This country, which had been rebuilt after the orc war, had not yet recovered.

Corrupt nobles, arrogant and extravagant dignitaries, as a king, why is it so difficult for him to revive the Storm Kingdom? As a king, he needs to consider the overall situation and stability. Who will understand him?

"Your Majesty, the city gate is under attack!"

"What!" Varian stood up angrily.

"Who is it? Send someone over immediately!"

"Your Majesty, these are the remnants of the Defias Thieves Gang. They killed the guards at the city gate, snatched Van Cleef's head and left!" the guard said quickly.

"Damn it! Those remnants of the mob came to take revenge so quickly! I should have sent out all my troops and killed all the rebels!" Varian roared angrily.

"Gather the troops and kill those rebels immediately!"

Richard took Vanessa away from Stormwind but did not go far. After seeing Vanessa, Richard suddenly felt that he should give this corrupt world a little iron fist shock.

So he gathered the street children, beggars, and orphans around Stormwind City. As the capital of Stormwind Kingdom, there were many beggars and orphans nearby.

After the reconstruction of Stormwind Kingdom, the nobles became even more corrupt. Although Onyxia was causing trouble among the nobles, was it Onyxia who caused the nobles' extravagant and decadent life?
The Black Dragon Princess just pushed these nobles aside, just like refusing to pay. From the beginning, these nobles didn't want to pay and made all kinds of excuses. Later, when they found that the stonemasons couldn't do anything to them, they treated them even more recklessly.

Therefore, in order to enjoy a luxurious life, the nobles of Stormwind naturally exploited the farmers and merchants in every possible way. Coupled with the destruction of the war and the subsequent riots of the Defias Brotherhood, a large number of farmers around Stormwind went bankrupt.

After Richard found these people, he gave them food and told them that if they wanted to eat, they should follow him. After hearing that they could have a full meal, these people who had nothing for a long time agreed without hesitation. Soon, Richard gathered thousands of people.

(End of this chapter)