When Aaron returned to Covenant City with the giant portable communicator that Ironaya gave him, before he could relax from the fatigue of flying thousands of kilometers with a giant ball, VanCleef hurriedly found his office. "Lord City Lord, you are finally back.
In this posture, VanCleef did not give Aaron a chance to rest at all, so he spread out several design drawings in front of Aaron, and eagerly used these drawings to introduce Covenant City's future plans to Aaron.
Aaron Seeing that VanCleef was so enthusiastic about urban construction, it was difficult to interrupt the other party, so he had to listen patiently. After all, it was not a bad thing that the other party was enthusiastic about work, and his eyes were focused on the several design sketches in front of him.
Just by looking at it, Aaron saw some very familiar designs. The more he looked at it, the stronger the feeling became. Aaron simply rotated the design drawing in front of him and said, "This port..."
"Lord, what's wrong with this port?" After VanCleef noticed the focus of Aaron's eyes, his face changed slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed.
"Nothing, I just think this port looks familiar." Aaron replied casually, and at the same time looked at the port carefully, and finally realized where this familiar feeling came from: Isn't this the port of Stormwind City in the game?
Speaking of which, the seaport of Stormwind City also has some similarities with that of Covenant City. The main part of the city is located on a relatively high ground, and there is some height difference between it and the sea level.
However, what is strange to Aaron is that the port of Stormwind City in the game was only opened in later versions. The initial version of Stormwind City did not have the port part.
Before the port was opened, VanCleef had already taken Stonemasons' Guild to occupy Westfall, and had even been killed by adventurers. Logically speaking, the Stormwind City port should have nothing to do with VanCleef.
However, looking at the map in front of him, Aaron had a different idea. It seemed that all the design drawings of Stormwind City's port came from VanCleef. Although Kingdom of Stormwind regarded VanCleef and his men as a huge threat to the kingdom, he still recognized his design in his heart.
"Lord, have you seen such a design anywhere?" VanCleef asked tentatively.
"Huh?" Aaron heard that something was wrong with VanCleef's voice. He raised his head and looked at VanCleef, only to see a bit of excitement hidden under the calm expression of this middle-aged man. This made Aaron a little puzzled. He thought about it and said, "I said I saw it at Stormwind City. Do you believe it?"
Aaron Most people would definitely not believe this. When he went to Stormwind City last time, Harbor District was still in ruins. If he could see the appearance of the port from the ruins, it was basically equivalent to talking in a dream.
However, VanCleef was a little excited when he heard Aaron's words. He stared at Aaron closely and asked, "Have you really seen such a design on Stormwind City?"
"I did see it, but..." Aaron scratched his head, wondering what was wrong with VanCleef, and wondering if he should talk to VanCleef about the fact that he was actually a prophet.
"I know that you have seen some scenes of the future and cursed each other?" VanCleef calmed down and explained, "Miss Barov told me about you, including some rumors. It seems that these rumors should be true."
"What rumors?" Aaron asked with an interested expression.
VanCleef hesitated for a moment, then told what he had heard from Illucia, as well as what he had heard from Covenant City's residents and passing businessmen.
Some of these rumors are quite reliable, while others are exaggerated. Generally speaking, there are relatively few reliable ones and more unreliable ones. Aaron listened to VanCleef for a long time. In addition to gaining a clearer understanding of the imagination of the Azeroth people, he also learned a lot of news that made him laugh or cry.
"Okay, these are really..." Aaron shook his head and said to VanCleef, "Mr. VanCleef, I advise you not to believe too much in this news."
"Yes, Lord." VanCleef was holding back a smile on his face. Obviously, this experienced designer knew very well which information was unreliable, and there was no need for Aaron to remind him.
"It's just, Lord," VanCleef said hesitantly, "Can you tell me our Stonemasons' Guild's future outcome?"
When he said this, VanCleef's eyes revealed a bit of confusion and worry.
Even Illucia, who is thousands of miles away from Stormwind City, has heard about the attitude of Stormwind City nobles towards the Stonemasons' Guild. VanCleef, who is among Stormwind City, will only feel it more deeply.
Out of honor as an architect, VanCleef really wanted to complete the reconstruction work of Stormwind City, but the behavior of those selfish nobles made him feel a little chilled.
Since the reconstruction of most areas of Stormwind City, especially those where nobles live, these guys' attitude towards the Stonemasons' Guild has become worse and worse, and their desire to default on their debts has become more and more undisguised. This makes VanCleef really want to give up the job early and take the members of the Stonemasons' Guild to make a living elsewhere while they can still get paid.
After learning from Aaron that Stormwind City would build the port according to his own design, VanCleef was pleasantly surprised that his design could be completed completely, but he was worried that if he actually completed the design according to the plan, how should those Stormwind City nobles treat him?
"About this issue..." Aaron hesitated, not knowing whether to describe the man in front of him and his daughter who had continued their violent resistance to Stormwind City for two generations.
"Okay, I understand." Although it was impossible for VanCleef to guess what Aaron didn't want to say based on Aaron's hesitant attitude, he could still tell that his prospects were definitely not good.
"What I saw was only a possibility. In fact, the present is very different from the future I saw."
"I understand," VanCleef nodded, "The Lord will call us here through Lord Bolvar. It should also be related to our future, right?"
Aaron didn't say anything, so Quan took it as acquiescence.
After being silent for a while, VanCleef gathered his thoughts and continued to introduce other parts of the plan to Aaron. After listening to him, Aaron raised a question of his own, "Covenant City's situation is different from Stormwind City's. Is it okay to design the port like this?"
"Please rest assured, Lord, although this design drawing may be similar to the Stormwind City port you saw, in fact I have adjusted it based on Covenant City's situation, and there will definitely be no problems." VanCleef vowed that after talking to Aaron, he left Aaron's office, preparing to start work with his own people.