Chapter 31 Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
Stormwind's Ballroom, since King Varian's long illness turned into a place for members of the noble council to enjoy opera and hold large banquets. Therefore, the usual usage rate here is quite high, and there is no situation where there is no money to hold a large banquet.
There is no money in the Storm Kingdom, the nobles have a lot of money, they are professional in such things as holding banquets, every inch of the banquet venue is arranged, every waiter should enter the scene from what direction, what kind of expression, what kind of tone and phrasing, what steps need to be done in order to attract the attention of future visitors, How to make visitors feel the meticulous care and care of the host, etc., after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, and the knowledge of how to run a banquet to make the guests feel at home is far more than their knowledge of governing the country.
However, despite the splendid decoration of the venue, despite the fact that the dishes prepared by the chefs of Stormwind City were piled up on the table for no money, although the Council of Nobles carefully selected a number of long-sleeved courtesans to accompany them, and despite the fact that they invited a certain troupe second only to the Darkmoon Circus in the industry to perform, the leaders of the various countries and powers who were almost sitting at the same table were not interested in those dishes at all, and did not even taste a bite of the specially made dishes.
Because the main seat of the long table was empty, it was supposed to be the seat of Varian Urien, King of the Stormwind Kingdom, but before the banquet began, it had been announced that he would not be able to attend the banquet and the rest of the meeting due to illness, and he was accompanied by Bervar Fortagan and the Council of Nobles, and the talks would begin after the big men had eaten and drunk enough.
Originally, it should be like this, and those nobles thought very well, no matter how big those people were, in such an environment of "universal celebration", at least they had to give the organizer a little face, and they always had to eat something, right?
However, Edlan, who was accompanying Kalia Minahir to sit on the seat of Lordaeron's delegates, made a harsh remark in his capacity as the initiator of the meeting, "Invite your king out, you are not qualified to represent this country." ”
Then, as if they had discussed, they ignored all the laughter and laughter around them like old monks, and ignored the fragrant and steaming dishes on the table, and began to communicate with each other in a low voice. As for the entourage of these bigwigs, they just sat quietly in their seats, neither participating in the dances invited by the courtesans, nor paying attention to the nobles' subordinates who wanted to come over and get close.
Silence to the outside world has become the best performance of these foreigners.
This made the nobleman who was in charge here panic, he had never seen this posture at all. I've heard that there are filths in the Lordaeron Alliance, and he's thinking about how to divide this group, and then someone can help when it is possible to propose the content of the meeting that will be detrimental to the Stormwind Kingdom, but now it seems that the other party is simply monolith?!
Isn't the essence of diplomacy that I dig into your corner, and you chisel into my wall? The important thing in the talks is to bargain and exchange interests, and if you can't talk about it, the other side has directly omitted this step, as if it is like pulling the Storm Kingdom directly to the main battlefield for a decisive battle.
This kind of operation, which seems to be more than a layman, makes these nobles who are not very familiar with political affairs and diplomacy feel surprised and puzzled, what does the other party want to do?
No one knows, because so far, only Adran said in his letter that "there will be a lot of discussion about the current international situation." In fact, it is not to blame these nobles, they are too small in vision and pattern, holding the Storm Kingdom, or more precisely, holding the core area of the rule of the Elwyn Forest, they don't care about what is happening in the outside world, they are drunk and dreaming all day long, if they have the heart, they can do it a long time ago
Lordaeron sent a message to the military newspapers, but they didn't.
Therefore, there is no way to solve the current situation for them, and they can't afford to pay for it if they are nobles who usually only have fun, so the nobles of the Storm Kingdom who are present secretly sum up.
"What the hell do they want to do? Do they really think we're not qualified, or is there some other purpose?"
"I understand the reason, it is true that the other party is these lords and kings, and people like us are not qualified to talk to them, but didn't Lady Katrana repeatedly emphasize that His Majesty was not allowed to be disturbed during his recuperation......?
"Don't do it, Your Excellency the Viscount, now it is obvious that they want us to give them an explanation, the ceremonial officer in charge of external affairs has emphasized to me many times just now, we have made a lot of mistakes in etiquette, if you still neglect these people like this, I am afraid that it will be really difficult to deal with them at that time." ”
"What then? Lady Catlana is sick too, who should we ask? Birval, please, that unaristocratic fellow makes me want to vomit!"
"So what do you say?"
"It's better to ...... Shall we go and consult His Majesty?"
"You...... No, I think it's feasible, if His Majesty the King brings out the illness so that these people can see it with their own eyes, then they will definitely have nothing to say, such a serious illness will definitely make them understand, and then we will talk about the rest?"
"Yes, yes, I second!"
“...... But Ms. Katrana didn't say ......"
"Shut up! We're the only ones who can make decisions now, and we have to do it beautifully, so that Ms. Katrana thinks we're not echoes, and we're capable of getting things done!"
“...... Well, then I'm okay with that. ”
"Okay, then I'll go and ask His Majesty the King, and you should first stabilize the mood of the guests. ”
The three or five nobles muttered and quickly settled the matter and began to divide the labor, but almost all of these old powerhouses present were guys with keen hearing, and when they heard this arrangement, they were all secretly relieved, because they finally didn't have to choose the most dangerous forcible move, and now the plan could be transferred to a relatively stable way.
After exchanging glances, the guys began to wait for the arrival of the main master......
After a short time, with the sound of "Please be quiet, His Majesty has arrived!" swept away the noise of the entire state banquet hall, Varian, dressed in a heavy and luxurious bear skin, entered the state banquet hall with the support of his entourage.
Some of them were seeing the king of the largest country in the southern part of the human race for the first time, and some were familiar with Varian, but they were all attracted by the emaciated human male who was slumped and could not walk steadily, and needed to be supported by two people.
What is it that makes a man of good fortune look like this? was the first reaction of those who had little knowledge of magic, and the big men in the room, even the rough warriors Magni, Furstad, Tirio, and Daelin felt the stench of sinister magic wafting from Varian.
Not to mention the guys who eat by magic, when Varian first stepped into this banquet hall, Kael'thas, Ronin, Gianna, and even Van Dal, who was called to support the scene, frowned.
Just as Valastaz wanted to go up and directly remove the evil magic that belonged to the black dragon, Edlan stopped the impulsive red dragon and shook his head at the other party. Then, when Varian was helped to his seat, Adlane stood up, straightened his bags, and walked over like an old friend
In the presence of the young but very weak king.
A set of bows is inevitable, "Your Majesty Honorable Wryne......" Edlan paused deliberately, as if he was brewing a tone, but he snapped his fingers behind him and asked, "...... I think you should have put your son in order, right?Varian, you have 15 seconds to answer now, don't ask me why, I don't have time to waste with you, if you want to get rid of this bad look, let me know quickly! Your answer will directly affect our actions! The countdown begins!"
Varian was stunned for a moment in the face of the sudden and unbelievable question, and then he keenly noticed that everything around him was motionless as if it was forbidden, but the human in front of him, who was full of holy light, had just spoken to a king in an almost threatening way! If this was Varian in normal times, he would definitely kick the other party away and let the guards throw this madman into prison.
But because Varian's current situation is bad enough, he guesses that the other party must have known his situation through Kalia or other means, although it is not ruled out that this is the possibility of calculating himself, but he also saw when he came in that most of the people present are leaders of the alliance members, even if the other party wants to harm himself, it is impossible to do it in front of everyone.
So even though Varian didn't know what the other party's plan was, he still said truthfully: "MI7's right-hand men are guarding Anduin 24 hours a day, what are you going to do?"
"I hope your operators are as good as you say...... And I don't want to do anything, I just want to lure the snake out of the hole, oh, yes, that snake is a bit special, I think you'd better be prepared for it......" Edlan played a dumb riddle, then turned back and said, "Okay, Cromy, thank you very much for your help, count me in for owing to you once." ”
"Hmph, this is the second time!" Chromie muttered discontentedly, then unleashed her mysterious time magic.
"Buzz"
Edlan's body suddenly burst into a blazing holy light, enveloping his entire body in a "cloak" intertwined with holy light, "This may hurt a little. ”
"Ahh!!!h
And this seemed to be a signal, when others were still stunned and couldn't believe this scene, those strong people all took action!
First of all, Crassus very accurately slowed down and marked all the black-clothed people who were mixed in the crowd as squires and guards, and almost at the same time, Valastaz directly broke the neck of one of the black-clothed people by flying under the human form, and the effect of the Transfiguration Technique lost its effect after the body was destroyed, and the huge body of the dragonmen of the Black Dragon Legion suddenly appeared in this strange and quiet hall, and then the strong men who were still a little hesitant killed those marked black-clothed people one after another!
At this time, those nobles, courtesans and others who came back to their senses let out miserable cries as if they were frightened......
"Hah
"It seems that the effect is not bad, so now wait for the main protagonist to appear"
Before Adlan could finish his sentence, a sharp dragon roar rang out from afar! a thunderous voice resounded throughout Stormwind, "Damn humans! you'll pay for your stupidity!"