24. The Great Lord's Sign
Seven days after the Emperor's coronation ended, a shocking message spread from the Winter Palace in New Stormwind to the entire Empire at breakneck speed.
Varian. His Majesty the Emperor Wrynn, who will break the political deadlock between the Empire and the Commonwealth, in the port of Pelralis in Kurtiras, with the Speaker of the Supreme Council of the Commonwealth, Edwin. H.E. Van Cleeff for talks.
According to rumors flying all over the world, it is said that after this meeting, the Empire and the Confederation will open their borders to each other, and the people of both sides will be able to travel freely between the two countries for a modest fee, and apply for a thing called a passport in the administrative hall of the Empire.
It is said that in the talks between the emperor and the speaker, there is also an agreement on trade between the federation and the empire, that is, from now on, they no longer need to do smuggling work, they can do business in both countries openly, of course, those who like to do black work will have to wash their hands and go ashore from now on, so once the real trade agreement is signed, it means that both sides will start to fight smuggling at the same time.
This made the sea merchants feel painful, but they were actually very happy, after all, who doesn't like money that is transferred in the open?
The last piece of gossip was about the Stratholme district in the northern frontier of the eastern continent.
It was a disputed area between the Federation and the Empire, which the Empire considered their ancestral land, and the Federation wanted to maintain the existence of the Silver Dawn Order, rather than just return Stratholme to the Empire.
And according to those who are well-informed, in the end, it is likely that both sides will take a step back and let the Silver Dawn Church truly become a buffer zone for both countries, and it is said that it will be changed from a military area to a free trade zone, and this news has also made many speculators buy tickets to the Stratholme area as quickly as possible.
They will take advantage of this peaceful east wind to show their skills in that ancient land.
These chaotic and surprising news also successfully attracted the curiosity of the Empire's melon-eating masses, making them ignore the changes that are taking place around them, such as those nobles who suddenly disappeared, such as those who have been liquidated, and the administrative talents who are willing to accept the Empire's invitation in various kingdoms, are all going to New Stormwind City in batches to undergo administrative ability assessments, and to regain their official positions in the new system.
Under the management and orders of the Emperor, the center of the Empire began to function again, and many of the staff who had followed the Emperor of Lothar returned to their jobs under the call of Varian, and with the help of the forces of the dark world under the light of the Empire, those nobles who tried to flee or tried to resist would be taken down by MI7 agents in one fell swoop before they could actually act.
Basically, there were no major conflicts, they were all small local wars, and the news about these wars was also tightly sealed and would not be known to the people of the empire.
In the attention of those homesick people, the time finally came for the meeting between the heads of the Empire and the Federation, in today's port of Bullalls, the Prodmore family dispatched almost all the soldiers and put the entire city under martial law, the significance of this meeting is too important, if there is any omission, it will be a terrible disaster for human civilization.
As a gesture of sincerity, Emperor Varian. Ureon, personally leading the four guardians of the Empire, greeted the Speaker of the Bundestag from afar in the port of Bullalls.
The original kings became grand dukes, but they also had new, cool official positions.
For example, Garin. Thorbaine's Guardian of the North, Liam. Greymane's Westward Guardian, Drake. The Guardian of the Eastern Frontier of Prodmoor, and Alsace. Minethir, Guardian of the Empire's South.
As the spokesmen of the Varian government in the kingdoms, they are the real military and political hands, their power is no less than when they were kings, and they are still in the overall operation of the system, of course, with the re-stabilization of the empire, the power of the guardians will inevitably be replaced by the government that will gradually complete in the future, until finally, the empire truly becomes a united country.
There may still be conflicts between them and the Emperor, but that's nothing, after all, they've already taken the hardest step.
"Bang, bang, bang"
Accompanied by the landing of the Union fleet in the port of Pelares, a 48-gun salute accompanied by musical horns sounded throughout the harbor. Speaker Van Cleeff appeared on deck a few minutes later, dressed in a black gown with a white shirt underneath, and although the speaker was a little out of shape, no one cared about it on this grand occasion.
When Speaker Edwin waved his hand and waved to the people of the port, a wave of enthusiastic calls filled the port, and behind Van Cleef, the councillors of the Federation, those humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, werewolves, vampires, and undead undead in ceremonial dresses were also looking at the territory of the Empire, in the past confrontation, not only the Empire would distort the Federation, but the Federation was actually distorting the Empire, for some councilors, this was the first time they had set foot on the land of the Empire in the true sense.
But they did not feel hostility ...
Looking at the cheering crowd, they felt that in fact, both sides... It's not any different.
"Speaker Edwin, thank you for coming."
As the Speaker walked down the gangway, Emperor Varian took a few steps forward and extended his left hand. Van Cleef, looking at Varian's face covered with scars and marks of time, suddenly fell into a strong sense of déjà vu, and his shrewd mind seemed a little confused at this moment, and he said to Varian:
"When you were still in charge of Stormwind City, I was just a foreman, and I took the Brotherhood of Stonemasons to repair the walls for you, but you couldn't pay us..."
"yes."
Emperor Varian was not angry or at a loss, he looked at Van Rikoff in front of him, and said:
"If I had come up with enough money at the time, maybe the scene of our meeting would be different now."
"Haha"
The Speaker smiled, he reached out and took Varian's hand, and he whispered:
"If you had paid at the time, I would never be in a position to meet you on such an occasion now, but what to say... It's all gone! Thank you for taking this step, Your Majesty the Emperor, for the goodwill you have shown, the Federation... The Federation will not disappoint you either. ”
"Hmm."
Varian nodded, and he whispered:
"I'm sorry I let you down, Lord Van Cleef, but this time, not again!"
The two people's hands are clasped together, quite a bit of a smile and a grudge when they meet, and this moment will also become a moment that will inevitably be remembered by history, and may be written into textbooks, becoming the most disgusting history exam question for children, and the princes present will also be greeted a thousand times by those children who have a headache for the exam in a few years.
But anyway, it's all over ...
A new era...
Set sail here...
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At the same time that the heads of the Empire and the Federation began their talks, on a small island in the Endless Sea, Dornan. Dawnblade has also just completed a major life event.
This girl's hands were filled with powerful elemental power, and in the surging power of storm, fire, and earth, in front of her eyes, the powerful water elemental lord who was imprisoned by the void of darkness, in an unwilling roar, finally had to accept Dornan's elemental contract, becoming the last link to complete the balance of the four elemental powers in this girl's body.
This Water Elemental Lord is not the same as the average Water Elemental... Well, that's pretty much Dornan's style, and the elements she contracts with are different from ordinary elemental creatures.
For example, the last descendant of the Origin Land of the World of Draenor, the rebellious Earth Elemental Lord Krogmore.
For example, the power essence of Ragnaros, the king of the fire demons, was born from the power essence of the fire elemental Ragnarus, who has unpredictable and powerful potential.
Another example is the former prince of the wind element, whose powerful power of calm wind can command Sunderland, the wind chaser of all winds.
And finally this one!
In the throat of the abyss of the water elemental realm controlled by the tide hunter Neptulon, the famous elemental duke, the Duke of Hydaxis, whose body is filled with the most ancient and purest still water power.
It is a very powerful elemental lord, at least the ancient Wind Chaser Sunderland has frankly said that the Duke of Hydasia, like it, is a powerful ancestral element born in Azeroth when all things first opened, and its status in the Abyssal Throat is very noble, similar to Sunderland's status in the Sky Wall, once the tide hunter Neptulon is accidentally killed, then the Duke of Hydaxis is likely to become the next tide hunter.
And now, the powerful being of the Abyssal Throat has been contracted into its own elemental creature by a small shaman who has not yet reached adulthood, which makes the water elemental angry, but it is powerless to resist, because the more powerful and ancient power of the Void is drinking it.
In the ancient days of Azeroth, the Elemental Lords were slaves of the Elder Gods, and now, the power of the Void that binds the Duke of Hydaxis comes from a true Void Being... Uh, a beautiful young lady with black hair on her head.
Saratas, the self-proclaimed Fifth Ancient God!
And under her suppression, the Duke of Hydaxis's resistance is meaningless, it can only passively wait for its fate, and on the other side of this small island, the Grand Lord Tyrion stands on the beach of the island with a sword in hand, and in the sea in front of him, the tide hunter Neptulon, the elemental lord of the Azeroth elemental realm, is holding a trident that commands the sea, confronting the high lord.
The tide hunter came to rescue his subordinates, but it didn't expect that as soon as he showed his head, he saw the great lord Tyrion who was waiting for him there, and the moment he saw the big lord, the tide hunter instinctively wanted to escape from this sea, because as the oldest element, he could clearly feel the power of death in Tyrion's body that had been completely sublimated.
That's not an opponent it can deal with... Even the most powerful of them, the Fire Demon Nagraros, would not be able to compete with the Great Lord in this world, unless it was still a slight possibility for the four elemental lords to gather together, but according to the chaotic nature of the elements, the four elemental lords gathered together, let alone join forces to fight against Tyrion, I am afraid that they will have to fight within themselves first.
But now, the tide hunter could feel that the great lord in front of him was not hostile, he was just intimidating it and telling it not to interfere with his daughter's affairs, nothing more.
And as time passed little by little, seeing that Duke Hytaxis could no longer get rid of the fate of being contracted, the tide hunter Neptulon gritted his teeth, and this very anthropomorphic water elemental lord was ready to really retreat, and at the moment when it retreated, Tyrion, who had been silent, suddenly spoke:
"Nepturon... I have a question for you. ”
"Huh?"
The tide hunter turned his head, and it looked at the Great Lord, and it said indifferently:
"Am I obligated to answer you?"
The moment the elemental lord spoke, the entire sea within Tyrion's vision began to fluctuate, and if Nepturon wanted to, it could instantly set off a wave of destruction on this sea.
"You're not obligated, but I'd love to know, so, you'd better tell me!"
The Great Lord put away his sword, and he said to the Elemental Lord in front of him:
"Deathwing has been hiding in the Earth Elemental Realm, the Deep Rock Continent for the past few years, right? What conspiracy is it brewing? And also... Serazane, the Mother of Stone, did it fall to Deathwing's side? ”
"I don't know!"
The tide hunter replied simply, the water elemental shook its body that glowed with a faint blue light, and it whispered:
"My relationship with the Stone Mother is not as good as you think, but recently, there has been some disturbing gossip among the elements, it is said that the fallen guardian of the earth has gathered a large army of dragons in the Abyssal Continent, and with him is not the Black Dragon Mother, but the queen of the red dragon, Alexstasa, but the red dragon has been reduced to a miserable fertility machine..."
"The bloodlines of the two dragons are born from the combination of some powerful beasts of destruction that are not intelligent enough, and the Mother of Stone... Deep Rock is its territory, but it's allowed Deathwing to develop its power there, so I think it's likely that they've united, but why should they? Frankly, I can't figure it out. ”
The Water Elemental Lord showed a puzzled look, while the Great Lord nodded silently, he pondered in his heart for a moment, then raised his head, looked at the tide hunter in front of him, and said:
"I'll tell you the answers you want to know, about the power behind Deathwing, and the reasons for the choice that the Stone Mother made, and I'll tell you a lot more, but not now... Anyway, when I'm done, let's go back and get ready, Nepturon. ”
"A great war is about to begin, and your Abyssal Throat and all the water elementals in this world..."
"I requisitioned!"