Chapter 30: Return to Stormwind
At 9:45 a.m. on the day of the meeting, a portal was unfolded from the coordinates of the portal of the Stormwind Mage Tower, and out of it were the Anaheim City Forerunner and a team of "honor guards" wearing white background and gold trim and bright uniforms. However, it is not so much a guard of honor as a show of veterans with medals of honor.
Although there are similar costumes in the human kingdom of Azeroth, this profession is a new thing that Adelan has created, and although the higher-ups of Anaheim City feel that it is not necessary, he still has 50 one-armed veterans with sound legs specially trained in this area, and said to them, "You represent the face of Lordaeron, and we are going to welcome back Her Highness the eldest princess, so if you have more spirit, you have to make a more spiritual performance." ”
So these 50 veterans really practiced hard, although they couldn't do it like the military parade of a certain big country, the whole team could walk in unison and salute neatly, but it was much more eye-catching than the ordinary soldiers who were usually used to fill the number.
"This is the Anaheim City Honor Guard, so please cooperate with us. "The Forerunner is also the captain of the honor guard, and he is also a gray-bearded old fellow with a missing arm, which is his left arm that was cut off during the death fight with the crypt demons, but his voice is loud and not old at all, and he shouts: "Honor guard, queue"
I saw these weather-beaten and war-baptized veterans walking out of the portal in pairs and quickly standing aside, their movements were smooth and capable, without the shortcomings of pretentious noble soldiers, and the empty sleeve made people feel more about what they had paid for this capable action. The people present were simply silent, quietly watching each other's pleasing performances. From the moment they went out, the veterans stood against each other every 5 meters as if they had calculated the distance, and while quickly clearing the field, they also set aside the middle aisle.
The Harbinger shouted, "Please be silent!" Below you are the successor of the Ember Bringer, the Northern General of Lordaeron, the lord of Anaheim City, the head of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and the wartime agent of Lordaeron, Baron Adelan Anaheim. ”
"Oh hell, you guys got so many names, it sounds like a lot of trouble. The High Elf-like Valastaz grumbled, but followed Crassus and Chromie as well, and walked in after Adlan entered the portal.
Edlan's appearance undoubtedly made the ceremonial officials of Stormwind who were waiting in the small space of the mage tower feel Alexander, because no one could figure out the temperament of this person, and the highest steward present was him, and the nobles thought that the mage tower was too crowded and chose to greet him in the garden outside the mage tower, and handed it over to him here for the first time, as a ceremonial officer, he knew very well that such a way was undoubtedly disrespectful to the other party!
As long as it is not a foreign affairs between warring countries, it has always been egalitarian, for example, if our ambassador goes to visit, it is natural for someone of the same level of your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to accompany it, but if it is a nobleman, then it should be greeted by a person of the lowest rank among the nobles, such as a paladin. This ceremonial officer no longer dared to imagine the lords, kings, and representatives of power who would come out of the portal next, how could he, the ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have enough weight to greet these people.
At this moment, he didn't know how many times he scolded those incompetent nobles in his heart, not counting the mess of Stormwind City, but also embarrassing it to people outside, and he was also a member of the alliance countries, which really disgraced all his face. It is precisely because his identity and qualifications are not enough, so he shouted to the other party's leading officer to match
When the other party cleared the scene, he couldn't refuse, after all, the other party came to be a big man, and he was a small courtesy, what else could he do?
Following Adelan out of the portal was a High Elf in a leather suit, a High Elf with a gorgeous staff, and a dwarf dressed as a priest, this combination immediately made the ceremonial officer see that the identity of this young man with so many titles was really not simple, and it was extremely rare to have a High Elf who looked like an assassin and a mage as an attendant. As for the gnomes, the people of the Stormwind Kingdom can still see gnomes often, after all, the gnomes live in the Ironforge Fort temporarily, and they are also very close to humans, so it is not surprising. It's the High Elves, who have rarely interacted with humans since they broke away from the Lordaeron Alliance, so this is why this official is surprised.
"Your Excellency, you are very welcome to Stormwind City, please go this way, we have set up a sumptuous state banquet, please follow the guide into the banquet hall first. ”
Edlan's official faction was very sufficient, and he didn't look at this ceremonial officer directly, he just held the decorative sword at his waist with one hand, and after sorting out the annoying decoration of the neckline with the other, he walked towards the exit of the mage tower, and behind him, the three "retinues" and the soldiers of the honor guard also saw that they were constantly closing the ranks and walking out with their lord.
Passing through the not wide arch, here is a spiral downward ramp, outside is the civilian land of the mage area, because the mage master also needs a certain amount of relaxation, so the environment here is still relatively beautiful.
The garden outside the mage tower has long been cleaned up by the nobles' private soldiers, and even the "spontaneous" masses are arranged plainclothes noble soldiers, and there is no problem with safety, of course, this refers to the security problem in the hearts of those nobles.
"How many black dragons have been found?" Edlan asked in a low voice as he walked.
"Not much, just a dozen dragonmen, but a little scattered. Valastaz scanned the crowd of humans and came to a conclusion.
"Well, he's right, I didn't see the primary target either. Crassus, on the other hand, was much more elegant, and after glancing at it indifferently, he raised his head with a sneering expression, revealing the arrogant Fan Quan of the High Elves.
Chromie still acts as a spectator without saying a word, but this time Adelan in order to minimize the casualties as much as possible, he still asked Chromie to be ready to shoot at any time, after all, the power of time is too mysterious, even the red dragon mage Crassus can't understand it, only Chromie, the bronze dragon, can interfere with the time of the powerful black dragon princess, and also prepare for the first possibility in Edlan's plan for the three of them to directly abolish Onexia.
But the cunning black dragon princess was not found at the scene. Instead, it was Kalia Minechil and Tirio Verdin who greeted the guests with a few of the Lordaeron ministers.
Despite some surprises, after walking down the spiral ramp outside the mage tower, Adelan did not immediately step forward, but stopped and let the honor guards quickly line up, and they stood facing each other in pairs, and as if no one was around, he drew his ceremonial sword and stabbed it diagonally upwards to form a "sword gate", one of which stood Edlan, and the other end was Kalia.
At this moment, Adlan untied his decorative sword, took off his white gloves and handed them to the empty-handed Valastaz, and then walked through this "sword gate", ignoring the other nobles of Stormwind City and the officials who greeted the visitors, he knelt down on one knee at Kalia, bowed his head and said with emotion: "Long."
Your Royal Highness the Princess, the ministers are fortunate not to be dishonored, and the motherland has been recovered!"
Kalia was not prepared at all, from the pompous "Sword Gate" composed of veterans with resolute eyes and strong will, to Edlan's sudden kneeling in front of her and telling her about it himself, which made her heart seem to stop for several seconds. At this moment, she remembered in her mind the beautiful and fertile days when Lordaeron had been when she was still beautiful, the old but kind faces of her parents, and the brief happy times in the gardens of the royal palace, when she had Arthas, Varian, and later Adelan, who had appeared after Varian's departure......
Kalia choked up, she couldn't control her tears of excitement, she helped Edlan up, trying to control her emotions, but the tears couldn't stop flowing, "Dry, good job...... Baron Edlan, Lordaeron is proud of you!"
"Papapapa......" Tirio was the first to applaud with a pleased smile on his face, and then the former ministers of Lordaeron began to applaud whether they were sincere or not, and this applause seemed to have a kind of magic, so that the private soldiers of the nobles of Stormwind City and the "crowd" who were watching also joined in the applause of this blessing, and finally the nobles who looked at each other had to save face, and they also sent the applause to the ......
For those private soldiers, they are soldiers and civilians who have really experienced the fall of the Stormwind Kingdom and regained their country with the help of the Alliance Nations, and they empathize with this scene, not to mention that some of them have even fought with Sir Lothar, if it weren't for the forced life later, how would they become the private soldiers of these wine-sacked nobles? Announce the restoration of the Kingdom of Stormwind to his people.
This kind of excitement is very easy to spread and infect, whether those nobles want to or not, with the continuous loud applause, and the word of mouth of the soldiers who have been standing guard early along the way, the cheers in Stormwind City are all over the place and become louder and louder, which makes those of them who have experienced the darkest moments of the Stormwind Kingdom seem to have returned to the most exciting moment, the most exciting moment when the king has just announced the restoration of the kingdom......
"Long live Lordaeron!"
"Long live the Stormwind Kingdom!"
"Long live the Alliance!"
I don't know who started the shouting, cheering and enthusiastic shouting one after another, if it weren't for the sincere expressions on the faces of those people, Adelan would have even thought that this was the work of the nobles of Stormwind.
Of course, he was also a little surprised by this situation, he originally wanted to pretend to be a good force for Kalia before she ascended the throne, but he didn't expect such an effect. But it's a pity that there is no primary target here, and if Onexia is here, after successfully killing this girl, it is estimated that this carnival will turn into a frenzy.
However, now at least you can see that the people and soldiers at the bottom of the Stormwind Kingdom are no different from the people of Lordaeron, hoping that their country will be better, and their lives will be better, and it is not difficult to see from their cheering voices that they have not forgotten who helped them restore their country, then it will be much easier to do now, at least Lordaeron will continue to consolidate his position as the leader of the Lordaeron Alliance in the next talks.
But the question now is how to get rid of the black dragon princess on the surface as soon as possible? Don't let her take Varian or Anduin hostage......