The sun has risen, but Alex. Barov's heart is still as cold as the ice on the snowy mountain.

After a long conversation all night, King Aiden's heart-to-heart reassurance, the Grand Duke was as overwhelmed as if he had fallen from a height.

Conspiracy or sincerity, trickery or redemption, Alex can't tell anymore.

Candlelit dinner for two old men, no servants, no maids.

Alex and Aiden seem to have gone back to thirty years ago, back to the age when the two of them were local ruffians together.

You help me take the chili sauce, I help you hand the pepper, and the meal is a rare harmony.

After about eight minutes of fill, Aiden began to tell Alex all about his plans.

Terenus. Minecil II and Jean. Greymane is using the alliance to fight dissent.

A seemingly just alliance, a seemingly just strategy, hides a conspiracy under the sun -- food.

As the first area where humans arrived in the north, the Hillbride Hills region has a high degree of development and abundant materials, and is the foundation of the Alterac Kingdom. But in this war, the Hillbride area, as the main theater of operations, was also the area with the greatest losses.

Aiden tells Alex that an invisible undercurrent has long since swept through the kingdom of Alterac. The nobles were unreliable, the merchants were unreliable, the peasants were even more unreliable, and the only reliable soldiers and knights suffered heavy casualties.

Terenus and Jean seem to have mobilized a large number of troops to join the alliance and unify their command, but they are all farmers and civilians, and Alterac is all professional soldiers.

This means that after the war, the kingdoms of Lordaeron and Gilneth will harvest a large number of warriors who have been baptized with blood and flame. And the kingdom of Alterac will pay for the pain that two generations will not be able to erase.

Aiden told Alex that throughout the early stages of the campaign, it was Alterac's professional soldiers who stood on the front line and saved the situation countless times. Under the attack of the orc wolf cavalry, it was the cavalry of Alterac who fought bloodily to stop the frenzy from the tribe.

And Terenus and Jean are actually at the throat of Caotranke on the issue of food.

Aiden's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he told Alex a secret.

For the sake of the stability of the alliance, Anduin. Lothar made a deal with Aiden. The secret agreement stipulates that Aiden will unconditionally support Lothar and help in the subsequent rebuilding of the Stormwind Kingdom, while Lothar will provide shelter for Aiden and the Kingdom of Alterac.

In addition to this agreement, Aiden planned a deception to prove his sincerity to the descendants of Soladin the Great. The plan was for Aiden to lure the tribe into the rugged mountain paths of the Alterac Mountains, and then work with Lothar's ambush to wipe out the orc among the mountains.

This not-so-glamorous plan would bring Ayden fame and prestige, and Lothar, who had done bad things together and taken advantage of them, promised to take special care of the Alterac soldiers in the alliance and reduce their casualties.

Aiden was a little drunk, and the unspeakable things that should have rotted in his stomach were shaken out by him.

It turned out that under the tight finances, the second batch of conscription plans Aiden fooled Lothar and the alliance, and the original conscription quota of 5,000 people, Aiden only recruited less than 2,000 people.

"Lothar has brought me a message that the situation has changed, and the reinforcements that were originally promised will not come. And the orcs have also brought me a message, they are happy, they are coming soon. What zone do I use to hold back the cattle of those tribes? Alex, you tell me, what should I do? What should Alterac do? Aiden looked in pain.

"I still have 1,000 soldiers in Keldaron, let the nobles from all over the country recruit squires, and Alterac can still cobble together at least 5,000 soldiers, you still have the Knights of Alterac King, you still have me!" Alex, as a member of Alterac, made his own pledges.

So overnight, the monarch and the ministers enjoyed themselves, as if the estrangement between the two had disappeared.

However, at the next day's court meeting, in the council hall that can accommodate 500 hundred people, Aiden, who was wearing an iron crown and sitting on the iron throne, slapped Alex fiercely.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lothar has deceived us by fabricating false news, and the Alliance has turned its back on us, and Alterac is in danger!" Although Aiden's face was pale, his voice was full of energy, and he did not look weak and old.

While many of the noble officials in the council hall were shocked by His Majesty's words, Aiden stood up and walked over to Alex and grabbed his wrist.

"I talked with the Grand Duke all night, and finally made a difficult decision, for the sake of the future of Alterac, for the sake of the future of all of you, Alterac will break away from the alliance and join the Horde." After Aiden finished speaking, the scene immediately became chaotic.

"Alex, one night, enough time to do too much. As long as you cooperate, I guarantee that neither this crown nor that throne will belong to Carlos. If you don't cooperate, then I can only express my regrets. ”

Whisper to Alex. After Barov said this, Aiden. Pirenor raised his free hand and waved, and the heavily armed guards poured into the hall.

The chatter and controversy of the officials and nobles quickly subsided.

After waiting for a few more moments, the quiet pin drop could be heard in the spacious council hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know you have questions, but put them aside for now, and let us have a messenger from the tribe."

When Aiden finished speaking, three gray-robed mysterious men entered the hall through the side door.

As they pulled down their hoods, the sound of inhalations was heard, creating a clear wave in the silent hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you, but let me first introduce myself, I'm Gyssenstanda from the Tribe." A sturdy, bald-brained orc introduced himself in a proficient lingua franca.

"I know there are many people who mistakenly think that we orcs are savage, bloodthirsty, unreasonable, and even cannibalistic. But I tell you, these are all slanders, delusions, and selfish slanders of the remnants of the Southern Kingdom! Today, I, an orc, Golsenstanda from the Horde, bring peace and hope to all of you in Alterac! The orc envoy spoke impassionedly. The collapse of the alliance was inevitable, but the Horde welcomed new friends. ”

Afterwards, the orc named Golsenstanda briefed everyone present on the benefits of joining the tribe.

And the most important point is that when the alliance is defeated, Alterac will lead the post-war human world as a tribal party, and the Alterac nobles will become world nobles.

What a wonderful promise, on an equal footing with the orcs and superior to other humans, the many nobles present in the kingdom of Alterac paid nothing but to follow their king.

"Now, sign the deed and agree to the Alterac Kingdom to join the tribe one by one." Aiden winked, and immediately an attendant carried out the high table, the contract book, and the writing instrument.

Under Aiden's leadership, his henchmen scrambled to sign their names on the contract. And the Dukes were watching their leader, Alex. Barov. As for the neutrals, they frowned and were at a loss.

Gradually, a third of the aristocratic officials signed their names on the deeds. Aiden winked, and the undercover agent lurking under Alex stepped forward and signed the contract.

The situation slowly shifted to Aiden's side, the neutrals wavered, the herd mentality prevailed, more and more people signed the contract, and Alex's duke's faction became a minority.

"Lord Duke?" Someone began to ask Alex, but the Grand Duke clenched his hands into fists and remained silent.

"This lord, you should be a wise man among the human race, join the tribe, the vast world is promising!" Gersenstanda persuaded.

"Alex, sign it, it's all for Alterac." Aiden walked over to the high desk, picked up the pen, turned it back to Alex, and slipped it into his hand.

"Lord Grand Duke, what should I do?"

"Sign it!"

"You can't sign it!"

"Orcs can't be trusted!"

"Lord Duke, for the sake of Alterac, let's sign it!"

"Lord Duke, we listen to you!"

In the cacophony of persuasion, Alex's expression was cloudy.

"What about the price, Aiden, haven't you thought about the cost of betraying the Alliance?" After a long time, Alex asked.

"I'm the one who betrayed!" Aiden roared in a sudden rage.

"That's not a reason." Alex shook his head indifferently.

"Enough for me! Guard, please sign it! Aiden suddenly had no patience to play a friendly trick anymore.

Soon, four guards came out and walked to the stiff Grand Duke Alex.

"Your Excellency, please."

Seeing that Alex didn't move, someone made a move and was about to push, but his companion pinched his wrist.

"That's enough."

"What are you doing, carry out His Majesty's orders," the guard who was held by the wrist shouted to his companion.

"I've said enough."

Taking off his visor, Carlos threw the guy out of the way.

"Carlos!" Alex looked at his son in amazement, completely fate to have imagined that he would be here.

"Your Majesty, or should I call you Uncle Aiden? As a king, you are disqualified. After Carlos finished speaking, he turned around and faced his father, bent down and pulled out the pen in Alex's hand, folded it in two and threw it aside. You taught me that a man can bend over for life, compromise for his family, lie for his career, but he must never forget that he is a person for the sake of power. I'm proud of you, my father. ”

"You shouldn't have come, we've already lost." Alex took a deep breath, smiled helplessly at his son, and turned his head to look at the two remaining guards behind him.

In the middle between the Barov family's father and son, Aiden paced back to the Iron Throne step by step and sat down.

"Carlos, you're just in time, let's sign together, guard, re-prepare a pen, and make it stronger." The king commanded.

Carlos, on the other hand, walked slowly to the high education table containing the contract book, slowly rolled it up, and tucked it behind him.

"My dear nephew, what do you mean by that?" Aiden asked with interest in holding his chin with one hand.

"Evidence of the Guilt." Carlos replied.

"Oh? So who do you want to give it to? Aiden continued.

"Not you, anyway. Allow me to call you one last thing, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have been arrested. Carlos replied.

"Go talk to the guards, remember to stay alive, I want to know who betrayed me."

With that, Aiden beckoned, and more guards rushed into the hall.

"No one has betrayed you, Your Majesty. It's just that they chose justice and chose me. ”

Carlos beckoned, and the guards with white ropes tied to the hilts and heads of their spears moved ahead of time, aiming their weapons at their former companions.

"Traitor, former Baron Carlos, you will be judged the most severely!"

Seeing that things had changed unexpectedly, Aiden couldn't help but stand up from the Iron Throne and pointed at Carlos.

In the face of Aiden's accusations, Carlos pulled out a dark brown cloth belt from his waist and tied his hair into a high ponytail.

"You have no right to judge me, for I am righteous!"