The surname Ravenholdt is still relatively unknown at present, but in twenty years his reputation will spread all over the world.
The Duke founded a famous organization: the Assassin's League. It specifically recruits assassin masters from all countries and races, and many big thieves flock to it.
Of course, on the opposite side of the League of Assassins, there is a more famous enemy: the Syndicate.
After leaving Dalende's residence, Li De and the others walked eastward along the hillside behind Dalende's farm. This is the only road to the north of the mountains that can enter Alterac. There is also a road from the east to the east.
The main road from the Weald direction.
After walking for dozens of miles on the mountain road, the terrain became higher and higher, and the surrounding vegetation began to become sparse, and the snow that remained on the mountain all year round could be clearly seen.
"Finally no more of those annoying spiders."
After entering the snowy highlands, Pumilo breathed a sigh of relief. On the slopes with green plants, there were many large and scary spiders living. Even ordinary ones were as big as a washbasin, and the largest ones were bigger than a millstone.
Unless the three of them are strong enough, this journey would not be possible.
"I really don't know how it grew so big. It's bigger than the spiders in Elwynn Forest, and it's much more poisonous."
Jason next to him also kept complaining.
Li De was thinking about another thing. No wonder thieves and assassins are produced in the Alterac and Hillsbrad Hills areas. The creatures here are highly toxic and are the perfect natural assassination materials.
Standing on the plateau at an altitude of three to four thousand meters, Li De took out a map to judge the direction. Entering the plateau from the north, there were two roads: one light and one dark. But after reaching the plateau, if you want to enter Alterac, you have to take the same road.
The road is over, it is a mountain pass called Ogg Valley.
There is a village called Steinblade outside the mountain pass. It is the only way to enter Alterac from the north. Strictly speaking, this place does not belong to the territory of Alterac. It is the territory of the Barov family.
After Perenold was put under house arrest, all the Barov family members fled back to the castle in the north. Steinblad fell into a state of chaos without governance, and the only remaining people were hiding at home.
Waiting for the final judgment.
If nothing else goes wrong, this land that does not belong to Alterac will come under the rule of Lordaeron in the future and become a fulcrum for Terenas to focus on the south.
Li De and the others entered the Ogg Valley directly without stopping here.
After walking into the valley, Li De and the others immediately noticed something was wrong. Counting the time spent at Dalende Farm and Kamikochi, it took them a day and a half to get here, and now the sun was warm at noon.
How could it be so dead in the valley during the best time of the day on the plateau? It was as if there was no sign of any life.
"Captain, look here quickly!"
Just then Jason, who was walking in front, shouted. Li De sighed and rubbed his hands while squatting down to look at Jason's fingers. On the snow half a foot deep, there was a huge footprint half a meter long!
"Protector, isn't this left by a snow monster? I heard that there is a big snow monster in the Alterac Mountains."
"Wendigos do exist, this has been confirmed. However, Alterac wendigos are active in the southern part of the Alterac Mountains and will not appear in the densely populated north."
Li De shook his head. This huge footprint was left by something else, a creature they were very familiar with.
"These are not the footprints of the snow monster, these are the ogres of the tribe! After the tribe fled, the ogres were left here!"
Li De cursed in a low voice. There was a war at the time, and Lothar and the others were rushing to catch up with Orgrim who was fleeing south. Who would have thought that there would be an ogre hiding here?
Although the ogres are generally much stupider than the orcs, they often also have some very cunning two-headed individuals, such as Cho'gall who was captured by Li De. Under the leadership of those cunning two-headed ogres, the ogres
Human demons will also behave in ways that are inconsistent with their intelligence.
“There’s more here!”
Pumillo found more ogre footprints ahead.
Although they didn't know the reason why they couldn't see those ogres during the day, Li De knew that this was definitely not a place to stay for a long time.
"Get out of here quickly, we must get to Broken Ridge Castle before dark."
Broken Ridge Castle is the territory of Duke Ravenholdt that Darrende said. Li De felt that it was necessary to find him and understand the true situation in Alterac.
Going south into Ogg Valley, you will find a thoroughfare, which runs from north to south of Alterac. In the middle of the road, there is a fork heading west. Turn west and you will find the main entrance to the capital of Alterac.
However, Li De and the others did not need to go that deep. Their destination was in the north of Alterac. Broken Ridge Castle was connected to the main city and was equivalent to a military fortress.
After getting off the main road in advance, you can see a somewhat abrupt mountain ridge between the wide snow valley, which is the Broken Ridge where Ravenholdt is located.
This place is responsible for resisting the invading enemies from the north. Several kilometers around is the warning area of Broken Ridge. Before Li De and the others could reach the ridge, they encountered a group of soldiers.
"Stop! Who are you?"
These soldiers did not wear iron armor, but the unique yellow cloth armor of Alterac. From the coat of arms on the cloth armor, it can be seen that they belong to a noble's private army.
The combat effectiveness of the Alterac army is recognized as the weakest in the human race, which is reflected in their weapons and equipment. The private armies of nobles should actually be treated better than the regular national army, but even so, their weapons and equipment are not as good as
Militias of other countries.
"I was introduced by Darend. I want to visit Duke Ravenholdt. I brought news from the north."
Li De was not in a hurry to reveal his identity, but after he said that he had brought news from the north, the captain of the patrol immediately became very happy.
"Holy Light, Lordaeron is finally going to help us! I will take you to see the Duke right now!"
Even in the isolated snowy highlands, the people here still imitate other countries in praising the Holy Light. This is the result of long-term cultural weakness. Unfortunately, they don't know that the Holy Light of Lordaeron is destined to be unable to show mercy to them.
The so-called castle actually had no luxurious furnishings at all. It was more like a fortress. After walking into a cylindrical tower, Li De met Duke Ravenholdt in the basement of the tower.
It's better to meet someone than to be famous. Duke Ravenholdt's full name is Jorach Ravenholdt. He looks about the same age as Terenas. His hair and beard are still black, but he also has a tendency to go bald.
Jorachi Ravenholdt is not tall, but he can feel that he is very capable. He is obviously a master assassin.
"Are you an envoy from Lordaeron? Has Terenas finally decided to take over this country?"
As soon as they met, Ravenholdt sneered and said that unlike other nobles, he seemed sharp.
"I am not the emissary of Lordaeron."
After hearing what Li De said, Ravenholdt had no intention of continuing the conversation on the spot, and signaled his men to drag Li De and others down and kill them.
Pumillo and Jason left and drew their weapons, preparing to fight here, but Li De stopped them.
"Actually, a noble from Alterac has taken the initiative to visit His Majesty Terenas. Lordaeron seems to recognize that noble."
When Ravenholdt heard about this, he also signaled his men to stop their actions.
"Oh? Let me hear who is this duplicitous guy who wants to change his master? Barov? Faculest? It can't be Perenold himself, right?"
Perenold's escape deeply hurt Ravenholdt. From that moment on, he decided to completely abandon this spineless guy.
"No, it's a lord named Presto."
"Presto? Don't tease me. Are there still people in this family?"
Ravenholdt seemed to have heard some joke, and Li De nodded.
"I have the same point of view as you. I don't trust the so-called Lord Presto either. That's why I came here specially to ask your attitude and how you feel about an inexplicable guy who represents Alterac in the country without authorization.
Lordaeron is good at dancing."
Ravenholdt was stunned and looked at Li De intently. The other person's calm demeanor made him doubt Li De's identity.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Lid Victory. I came here to help Alterac get out of trouble, but the first step is to let me know the real situation here and what happened here after the war."
What assassins are best at is gathering information, and Li De's name Ravenholdt has not only been heard of.
"Aren't you in the Kingdom of Stormwind? Why are you here?"
Li De smiled back.
"Mr. Duke, your intelligence is lagging behind. How I got here is not important. What is important is how you view your country. Do you hope that someone can save your country, such as Marshal Lothar."
Ravenholdt seemed to understand something, and he looked a little angry.
"This stupid country is hopeless. Whoever takes care of this country will be better than it is now. If Lothar takes over Alterac, it would be best if he could be the king here."
Things went surprisingly smoothly, and Li De became more interested in Ravenholdt. He casually took out Darren De's letter, but this letter was of no use now.
"When we came from Lake Lordaeron, we met Darrende. Did you send him to Lordaeron before to ask for some assistance? What is the current situation in this country?"
Hearing Li De ask this, Ravenholdt let out a long sigh.
"When night comes, you will see with your own eyes that this country is finished."