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Haze trance〉neon frame!?
Arthas retorted in surprise - it had taken him six years to decide to let Frostmourn use her powers in a battle between mortals, only to be stopped by his own father after he showed it once in Zuaman.
"These can be seen as the price of necessity, Alsace. I know you don't want to see the Lordaeron Royal Guard die, but...... Have you ever wondered what will happen after we use the power of Her Excellency the Queen and your fiancée, Miss Fiancée, to win the war? ”
King Terenus asked in a deep voice.
"What will happen?"
Arthas said subconsciously.
"When Her Excellency destroys the Wall of Greymane, and the countless kingdoms/armies of Gilneys are wiped out like the orcs who died in the Bay of Fadil, the Gilnesians will surrender in fear, and we will take that land without much difficulty. But neither the Queen nor your fiancée will be able to stay in the sight of those Gilneys forever. Rebellions and riots never cease – because such defeats cannot be accepted by those people. ”
"The Greymane family has ruled the kingdom of Gilneth for a long time, Arthas. No matter what you think of Jean, the people there are willing to die for him, and no matter what happens, they will follow him. We must defeat Jean with dignity to have the potential to rule this place forever. ”
King Terenus explained to his son.
"But we can suppress these rebellions, Gilneth is not far from here, and neither Her Excellency nor Frost can get there very quickly. The rebellion could not even reach Gilneth to be quelled. ”
Arthas disagreed with his father.
"And then? In every rebellion, we kill those who participated in the rebellion until we kill all the people of Gilneth? Even the Greymane Wall could not stop the two nations from communicating with each other, and there were many commoners and nobles in the Silverpine Forest and the Hills of Hillsbrad who were related to the Gilnesians, and if we were not able to rule there peacefully and steadily, the name of the Butcher would soon spread throughout the continent. ”
King Terenus said.
"Butcher ......"
Arthas was silent, the word that brought back some bad memories for him, such as in the original time stream...... King Terenus's words may not be true, but they serve as a reminder to Arthas that humans are not such an easy race to conquer, and even if they were all turned into undead, the Scourge would not have been able to completely conquer them.
"Arthas, you are very smart and talented. You'll become the most illustrious king in Lordaeron's history, but there's so much more to learn...... Will you be the lonely king in the fear of the peoples, or will the name of virtue be praised by your allies and enemies alike...... Sometimes, the two are only in our thoughts. ”
When King Terenus had said this, he stood up, left the table, and walked out of the dining room, where Arthas was stunned by his father's words.
The Lonely King.
- This reminds Arthas of his time at Icecrown Fortress. The Scourge Legion brings death and pestilence, and all the dead will be one of them, and all the living are no exception; However, the Scourge was unable to rule anything in the end - even the Death Knights of Ebon Fortress, who were also dead, chose to betray Arthas.
Arthas didn't care about that, he didn't become the Lich King for the sake of domination; But it was really worth thinking about his father's words.
The young prince suddenly felt that perhaps he could not conquer Gilneth by relying only on the mighty power of the Red Dragon Queen and Frostmourn.
Arthas knew his father was right - unlike the Amani trolls, the kingdom of Lordaeron could not slaughter all the Gilneys because of the war Jean had started.
Maybe they can wipe the kingdom of Gilneth off the road, but at least for a hundred years, they won't be able to erase the term.
War is not the end of domination, but only the means of domination; Arthas understood what his father was trying to say to him—if it was just conquest, the Minethil would never have been given such a loyal vassal as the Fodins.
Arthas finally understood what his father had called "his own mistakes" - albeit unintentionally, but apparently brought the same ideas he had from his time as the Lich King with him.
Transformed by the Red Dragon Queen's increasingly powerful body, as well as Frost Grief and the support of the Red Dragon Queen, coupled with the growing horn of the Burning Legion's invasion, Arthas gradually forgot who he is now.
King Terenus was reminding his son that he was not a god on high, but a prince beloved by all peoples; And people hope that he will bring prosperity and prosperity to the country, not endless wars and deaths.
Sure, Arthas could be a god on high - but, as in the original time stream, he had to pay the price of loneliness, a nightmare he wanted to escape even if he committed suicide.
Arthas suddenly remembered Neozu, the old orc shaman who had only thought of his people and his tribe in the beginning; But as the war progressed, Neozu eventually betrayed all the orcs and betrayed the Burning Legion, and he lived only for himself - until he was consumed by the Frost Grief.
Arthas didn't want to be the next Naozu, he was enjoying his life very much; He wouldn't let anyone ruin this chance of rebirth that Frostmourn had given him, including himself.
"Master, when are we going to take out those bad guys hiding in Gilnes?"
Frost Sorrow asked with great interest - the Red Dragon Queen was not there, and the little magic sword couldn't wait to show himself in front of his master.
"I'm afraid not, Xiaoshuang...... Maybe we won't be of much use in this war......"
Arthas came to his senses from the chaos of thoughts, pinched Frost's sad and smooth face, and said indulgently.
"So...... Are we going to war again? ”
In the garden of the Lordaeron Palace, Aurelia slowly put down the teacup in her hand and said with a wry smile.
"Yes! I had advised my father and Alsace, but they said it was a war waged by the Gilnesians, and they couldn't help it. ”
Kalia complained as she lay on the stone table with a tablecloth on her face.
"You can't really blame them for Arthas, after we arrived in the Silver Pine Forest this time, we were indeed attacked by the army of the Kingdom of Gilneis; Although there are not many people, there is a very strange mage, and if it were not for us, it is estimated that none of the nobles in those castles would have escaped. ”
Sylvanas said, sitting beside Aurelia.
"Yes, yes! Those monsters are so scary! ”
Wen Lesa was eating cake happily, and after hearing the conversation between the two sisters, she hurriedly responded.
"Strange...... Sylvanas you ......"
Aurelia asked in surprise with a puzzled look on her sister's face.
"What's wrong?"
Sylvanas touched her face - could it be dirty?
"When are you ...... How can you speak for Arthas? ”
A playful smile tipped into her sister's lips as Aurelia teased her sister, who had noticed that Sylvanas had softened her attitude towards Arthas since returned from the Silver Pines Forest.
"I didn't speak for him, I just told the truth...... But now the queen of the red dragon doesn't know where to run, and I don't think Arthas will really win this war this time. ”
Sylvanas didn't hear the surprise in Aurelia's words, but said to himself - as the most commanding High Elf Ranger since Aurelia, Sylvanas has his own opinion on the imminent war between the kingdoms of Gilneth and Lordaeron.
Any nation that wants to go to war with the Kingdom of Gilneth must face that tall, sturdy, almost airtight grid