It's been a week since the Battle of Steinbled was defended.

Although transportation was quite inconvenient in this era, the news of the war was spread throughout Lordaeron by griffon messengers.

It generally follows the path of the griffin riders, the local garrisons, the procurement specialists who urgently collect grain and grass before the start of the trip, and the surrounding villages and towns.

As for why a large number of griffon messengers would travel to garrisons in various places within a week, and why should the garrisons be urgently deployed......

Because I'm afraid there will be a war.

As Orix guessed, at the same time as the Blackstone Orcs attacked Steinbrad, members of the Cult of the Cursed also disguised themselves as regular army troops of Lordaeron and attacked the orcs, setting fire to the orcs' already stretched food supplies, trying to disrupt the situation, dragging Lordaeron and the orcs into the quagmire of war, and losing the capital to resist the main force of the Burning Legion in internal friction.

Immediately after that, the situation became tense.

A few months earlier, shortly after the breach of Dunhold Castle, Thrall had sent a message to the Coalition through the mouths of human survivors.

To the effect that I don't want to start a lose-lose war again, but orcs aren't afraid of war either. Immediately free the rest of the shelter and cede the land for the orcs to live, after which the orcs will live in peace with the Alliance, or the orcs will take it all with their own hands.

The Alliance certainly couldn't have agreed to the Orcs' unreasonable demands.

Thrall then led the orcs to conquer the remaining shelters, liberate all his compatriots, and occupy the southeast of Hillsbrad in preparation for a war.

The kingdom of Lordaeron also deployed all its forces along the line from Tarunmere to the town of the South Seas to confront the orc forces. However, both sides have always exercised restraint, and neither of them is willing to take the lead.

Lordaeron is on his side, because even if he is the thickest wood among the human nations, he is still alone.

Because the High Elves can't count on it, and the self-absorbed Stormgard can't help, let alone the kingdom of Gilne, ruled by the ungrateful Jean Greymane, the "old wolf" is still not very good at this time.

If a war starts with the orcs, the kingdom will be greatly damaged, and it may even be defeated.

On the orc side, a large number of compatriots have just been released from more than ten years of imprisonment and have been recuperating, and Thrall is a very sensible chieftain, so he has not done anything to escalate the situation.

In the original history, before the two sides had a chance to clash, the orcs crossed west under the guidance of Medivan.

But it's different now.

The Burning Legion's trick is not a conspiracy, but a real conspiracy.

They only rightly ignited the fuse of the powder keg that had been built up at the right time, when the aftermath of the attack on Stratholme had reached its peak, and the two sides were directly locked in a life-or-death moment.

Even if Lordaeron is on his side, there is Saint Oryx who clarifies the truth and informs the public that all this is a conspiracy of the Burning Legion, and that a war with the orcs will give the demons a chance to take advantage of it;

Even on the orc side, the sane Saarr restraint tribesmen have been "oppressed" for more than ten years, the disgraced orcs still do not want to ignore Lordaeron's provocation - most of their food and grass have been burned, even if they don't want to go to war.

When it comes to blood feuds between races, people don't need a voice of reason. Lordaeron was okay on his side, at least thanks to the efforts of King Arthas, the Church of Light, and the Knights of the Silver Hand, the call for war had weakened a lot, and they turned their attention to the Burning Legion and the Scourge, which were hiding in the shadows.

But the orcs are different.

Thrall is the rightful heir to the Frostwolf Clan, the handpicked successor to Orgrim Doomhammer, and brings back the long-lost ways of tradition, helping most of his people to escape the aftermath of Manolos' blood, but he is still too young.

Especially when Grom Hellroar, who once loyally supported him, and his Warsong Clan, who were once loyal supporters, advocated war against humanity, opposition grew louder.

Some orcs believe that he is nothing more than a child raised by a human, and that no matter how great he is, his way of thinking is essentially that of a human, not an orthodox orc. Even insultingly referred to Thrall as a human in the form of an orc. What qualifications does such an orc have to lead the tribe?

Thrall is said to have done everything he can to avoid escalation, but he still has no control over everyone.

At a time when a great war is imminent, and no one wants to suffer the terrible consequences and is therefore doubly cautious, the slightest move by either side may lead to over-precautions, which in turn will affect its own further ......

It's an unsolvable chain of suspicion.

Either way, the orcs were ready to go to war—they had to. The grain harvested in the autumn of the hills of Hillsbrad was all burned by the cursed sect. With so many mouths waiting to eat, and the coastal catch cannot meet the demand, do you have to wait to starve to death if you don't send troops to plunder on a large scale?

The regular army of Lordaeron also responded quickly, and Alsace once again called on the remaining second-line garrisons and militia units to rush to the Hillsbrad Hills to prevent a possible war.

That's what the people of Lordaeron are most worried about.

But the story of how Saint Oryx turned the tide in the Battle of Steinbrad, saving thousands of townspeople who were on the verge of being sacrificed, was mixed with rumors about whether the kingdom would go to war with the orcs.

Its popularity is not lower than that of such national events, and even a variety of versions have been deduced.

One of the most widely circulated versions is that the evil orcs have struck, taking over Steinbrad and mutilating innocent townspeople in an evil sacrifice. His Majesty Alsace personally rushed to oversee the battle, and the Hand of the King, Count Oryx, was ordered to raid the town with 500 Lordaeron soldiers, but fell into the trap of the enemy.

It turns out that the mastermind behind this group of orcs is an incomparably powerful demon!

Under the spell of the devil, the fog sealed the town, confusing people's hearts, and the soldiers fell into the ignorance and terror of cannibalism.

In the midst of a desperate situation, Lord Orix, the Hand of the King, showed unparalleled courage to go behind enemy lines and slay the demon leaders with the will of the Holy Light, dissolve terrible spells, awaken the fighting spirit of the soldiers with supreme grace, and single-handedly save the entire town and all the soldiers in danger!

Legend has it that he holds a weapon made purely of holy light, and even his armor is flowing with holy brilliance, and wherever he goes, the holy light is always with him.

When he speaks, there will be a divine echo around him that clarifies people's hearts; When he walked, even if the clouds were thick, there was always a ray of holy light that pierced through the clouds and illuminated his path.

He is the embodiment of virtue, the agent of the Light, and the guardian of Lordaeron, Aurex Rivendell!

It literally lifted Oryx to the sky.

……

In the eyes of the people, the saint Oryx, who brought the Holy Light to Lordaeron to help the suffering, is staying in his home to recuperate.

Sitting in a wheelchair, he was wheeled into the manor's garden by Bridget Abidis, who volunteered to take care of him, to admire the first snow since the beginning of winter.