38. Let's make big news

The journey after Andohar was even more lackluster than before. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Under the escort of super luxurious teams such as the Guardians, the Barov family, and the Duke of Blackmore, even the protagonists of this escort mission, the Sunfall Mercenary Group is not so important. The fierce and vicious fellows calmly made their way all the way to the royal capital, and then whistled outside the city gate, leaving only the half-elves with long flaming hair to continue to follow to facilitate the settlement of wages.

"It's been a long time since I've been here, so I want to go in and have a look," he explained, looking at Arthas's curious gaze, "By the way, I also want to know what the cargo I am escorting is, after all, it is the Eye of Dalaran and what is the Scepter of Sargeras, I don't know if it turns out that I am also curious." ”

"No, so that's just my guess......"

For the half-elves who had completely misunderstood what was in front of them, Arthas was clearly powerless to reverse this delusion. And probably because of the recent research on the power of shadows, Cardinal Richelieu, who has a very wrong painting style, is always curious about what the real situation of this cargo is, and judging by her face, it is obvious that she is very eager that the cargo is really the so-called Sargeras Scepter. After all, as the collective wisdom achievement of the orc warlocks, it must be a wealth that is more valuable than the existing shadow spell materials, right?

As for Alex and Blackmore, it was obvious that the escort was just a stopper, and their main purpose was to go to the royal capital at the beginning of the year to show their loyalty to Lordaeron. As the only two nobles who are in an awkward and sensitive position today, such an action is also a matter of course. Even if Alsace had some doubts about Blackmore, it would be difficult to continue without tangible evidence and the suspicions that arose from that less obvious action.

For Alsace, who is already fourteen years old, the current royal capital of Lordaeron is the real equivalent of what he remembers. After passing through the same streets and urban areas as in memory, and then entering through the main gate of the royal city, after passing through the particularly impressive flower corridor, the people carrying the goods finally reached the end of the operation, in front of the throne of Terenus.

However, to Arthas's surprise, Lordaeron put on a very grand welcome ceremony for the arriving team, as the political center of the alliance today, several messengers in the throne hall rarely stood on the high platform, and in the hall, Khadgar, who had not been seen for a long time, and Tulayan also appeared next to them, but looking at their faces, they did not look like a warm welcome.

"Arthas, you've just in time," Tyrenus stretched out his hand to signal the quarrel in the room to stop for a moment as Arthas entered, "and this time, I am very pleased that you have succeeded in another difficult task. ”

A daunting task? What's that?

With a question mark on his face, Arthas turned his head to look at his companions, only to find that except for the half-elves, the others were mostly confused, completely unaware of what Terenus was saying.

"Hehe, there's no way around it, Master Khadgar?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Khadgar saluted Tyrenus before stepping forward, "Your Highness, the thing you are escorting this time is the famous Scepter of Sargeras. ”

As soon as the name of Sargeras's scepter came out, the entire throne hall was in an uproar, but fortunately, everyone still remembered that this was a place that needed to be serious, so it was only a slam on the ground, and then it was quiet again.

"So, it's a very dangerous thing, and if it falls into the hands of the enemy, it could probably cause another catastrophe like the Second World War," Khadgar said solemnly, "Thankfully, nothing went wrong this time......

"Enemies? Could it be that the orcs have reappeared? ”

Ambassador Gilney's words interrupted Khadgar's explanation, but instead of getting angry, the good-natured mage stepped forward once more and declared loudly.

"That's right, the orcs are back! And this time, although they do not have a stronger army, they will bring even more terrible disasters! ”

"It's horrible......"

"It's long overdue to kill all those green-skinned monsters!"

"Is the army of the Watch Fort all destroyed?"

……

The scene began to get a little out of control, after all, all the countries of the alliance had invested a lot of energy in the previous two wars, and a comprehensive general mobilization would be a great harm to every country. And after everyone heard that these orcs were going to come again, they naturally became excited.

"All silent," the person who spoke was not Terenus, but the person standing on the other side of the throne, this person was wearing a standard admiral's attire, and seemed to be a little younger and more limited than Terenus, but Gu Pan was not angry and arrogant, but his eyes swept over, and those ambassadors shut up one after another, and stopped making noise, "A group of cowards, since the orcs can be beaten away by us once, then they can naturally be beaten away a second time." Don't think they're some unbeatable opponents, they're just a bunch of beasts, and with courage, there's nothing to fear! ”

No one dared to contradict the words of this "old man", for his name, Daylin Prodmore, was the Admiral of the Alliance, the king of the sea kingdom of Kul Tiras. In the last orc war, he led the alliance's navy to fight bravely, not only did he carry more than a dozen battle wounds, but even his favorite son died under the breath of the red dragon. Therefore, no one can make any objection to him in terms of their attitude towards the orcs.

"So, Master Khadgar came to Lordaeron this time for the sake of these green-skinned mongrels?"

After calming down the scene, the admiral returned the right to speak to Khadgar. The mage nodded at the admiral, and continued, "As His Majesty Prodmore said, I, Khadgar, in order to deal with the threat of the orcs, hereby propose to the members of the alliance to form an expeditionary force to completely eliminate the threat of the orcs to us at the root!" ”

Khadgar's words caused another round of discussion, but he was not anxious, just stood there quietly, waiting for the nobles of the alliance to make a final decision.

"Gilneth can no longer afford to continue an expedition," the ambassador of the Kingdom of Gilneth spoke first, "There is a big project in the kingdom recently, and there is really no spare strength to support the next operation. ”

"Fort Riptide isn't strong enough lately," said Fort Riptide's ambassador, "but under the protection of the Alliance, we don't need much military force, so Fort Riptide is willing to provide personnel support for this expedition." ”

"Dalaran will give his full support to this operation," Khadgar himself replied in place of the ambassador from above, "In addition, Dalaran has a very important matter to do, and at that time, I hope that all the members of the alliance will be able to help." ”

"Stormwind will support this expedition," said the ambassador of Stormwind, "This is Your Majesty's order, and Stormwind will fully support the Alliance, as well as any plans of His Highness Terenus." ”

"Well," said Terenus without waiting for the Admiral to speak, "since the vast majority of the members believe that we need such an expedition, then the matter is settled. ”

Then, he looked up at Gilney's ambassador and continued slowly, "Defeating the orcs is a glory that every member of the Alliance should share, but behind this glory, there is something else. Those things may not be glamorous enough to be annoying, but to abandon them is to gouge away even the glory. ”

"That's all I have to say, I hope you can understand."

With that, Terenus waved his hand, and the ambassadors of various countries saluted and withdrew. After a few hours, the tall throne room was filled with only eight men, Terenus, Darin, Khadgar, Tulayan, Arthas, Richelieu, Esni, and the half-elf Tifania.

"Your Majesty," the grumpy Dai Lin said immediately when he saw that the rest of the people had no intention of leaving, "why don't you let me go with you?" ”

"Dalin, my brother," Terenus said with grief as he looked at someone his own age, "I've cost you your only son, so I can't let you go on this expedition with no return. ”

"Since you know that he is my only son, you should let me go and avenge him!" Daylin Proudmore shouted, "As you said, I have lost my only son, so what do I have to cherish?" Is this my old life now? ”

"Like I said, you still have your responsibilities to cherish, Dalin!" Terenus roared angrily, "Think of your people, think of Torbarad, think of Kurtilas, you are not just a father, you are also a king! ”

“…… What if I were to give you those territories, Terenus? In the face of Terenus's roar, Dahlin calmed down, "The current Lordaeron needs a lot of taxes, right?" If I give you these rich places, will it be able to ease the pressure on the alliance? ”

"You're crazy, Dalin."

"I'm not crazy, Terenus," the Admiral reached for the necklace on his chest, "I've just lost too much. Long ago, the moment my wife died in childbirth, I knew that this was the fate of my Daylin Proudmoore. ”

Speaking of this, Dalein suddenly set his eyes on Arthas.

"Do you know, Terenus, that although I am ten years younger than you, I am a lovely daughter to me, and that is the most priceless gift the Light has ever given me. I've already given her a name, Gianna, a beautiful name, isn't it? Dalein looked at Arthas, and at the same time whispered something that shocked the little child in front of him, "But, my angel, she was not born into this world, because of difficult childbirth, she and her mother, at the moment when they should have enjoyed the joy of a new life together, left me forever. ”

"So, Terenus, even if you don't agree, I'll lead my men into the swamp and kill all the orcs!"