"It's a shame!"

In the aristocratic district of New Gilneys, the capital of Gilnes, the powerful lord Count Gofrey sat in his chair with a gloomy face, and in front of him, the loyal family guard, Baron Sivalen, was clenching his fists and saying to his lord:

"It's stupid! The true unification of the empire is the trend of the times, and the changes that Varian has brought to the kingdom of Stormwind, as long as we are not blind, we can see it! But those bastards couldn't see it, and they bewitched Liam... I mean, the light is above! That's the coronation! ”

The baron, who was a master of martial arts and slightly bald, raised his hands as if he were wailing.

"The whole world is looking at us, the whole world is looking at the empire, and on our land, as part of the empire, our king himself doesn't want to participate, even if he doesn't even send an envoy!"

"Rude, what a faux pas!"

"Shivalenne is right! It can't go on like this! ”

Another lord of real power, Mayo, dressed in the gown of the nobility of Gilnes. Morrison, the almost middle-aged man, slapped his glass on the table, and said to the silent Earl of Goldfrey:

"We can't let those crazy people drag Gilneth to hell anymore!"

"High Frey... You are the former minister, you know better than anyone else, Liam is a good young man, but in the face of such a big event, in the face of such a complex decision, he is inexperienced, he is not as firm as his father, he will always be influenced by other people's judgment, I know, that child also has his own ideas about the emperor's throne, but it should not be the current situation! ”

"They can't see the difference in power between us and Varian at all, the Pope and the whole Church are on Varian's side, and what do they have?"

The nobleman, who had inherited the shrewd thinking of the Gilneth people, gritted his teeth and said:

"They only have a bunch of unreliable allies, a bunch of private soldiers who have formed themselves, and they don't even see the kingdom's declining commerce, hell! Gilneth started out in business! Those bastards have recklessly cut off our business ties with the Stormwind Kingdom, and they have been fooled by Lordaeron's clever bastards, and we've had nine months of negative income last month! ”

"Speak! High Frey! Did you come to us today to listen to our complaints? We need you to come up with an idea now! ”

Mayo. The more the Morrison grew, the more angry he became, he stood up, looked at the Earl of Gofrey, who was sitting in his chair, and saw that the most powerful and conscientious Earl of Gilneth had maintained a disappointing silence, and he cried out:

"You didn't say anything when they threatened Liam to impeach him and force him to back down! You didn't say a word when those frightened bastards cut off trade! Now when the whole of Gilneth is about to fall into hell, are you still going to be silent? We're going to save the country! We are the last hope for this country! ”

"War! Varian will start a war! There is no doubt that he already has the righteousness and name of a unified empire, and even the people are not on our side, and if we have not already expressed it, we are finished! Can Gilneys' current army really hold off the Stormwind Army, armed with artillery, airships, bombs, freedom and dignity by Varian? No! ”

"We can't stop it!"

"Will Varian show mercy to us and Liam's men after destroying our army? Look at what he did in the Stormwind Kingdom! His methods are old enough, his heart is cold enough, his will is resolute enough, he is already a qualified emperor! Believe me, he will never hesitate when it is time to be ruthless! ”

"I know!"

Under the constant scolding of Lord Mayo, Count Gofrey had a gloomy face, and finally spoke:

"I know, Mayo, and Shivalen, I've seen everything you say, and I've been trying to persuade Liam all this time, that poor young man has been lost in all the bad news from the princes and nobles, that he has taken over the king's burden prematurely, and has been overwhelmed at a young age, and that kid really doesn't need these bastards who only talk about it."

With his eyes closed, Count Gofrey followed Jean. For decades and generations, Greymane has spoken bitterly and in a lost voice to the Earl of Power, who is loyal to the royal family of Gilneis:

"Liam would be a good executor, but he is not fit to be a decision-maker, he should be on the battlefield rather than in the palace, what a brave young man he was, look at him now, the weight of the throne has almost drained all his will and courage."

"It's time to put an end to this."

The Count opened his eyes, and a glint flashed in his eyes, and he said:

"That's what I'm calling you here for today, but first, allow me to introduce you to someone."

The Count waved his hand, and the door to the parlor was pushed open, and a tall man in black armor, with an off-white beard and short gray-white hair, and a scar on his face that seemed to have been scratched by a wild beast, entered, with a cold murderous aura all over his body.

And when he saw this man's face, the eyes of Lord Mayo and Baron Shivalen, who were still angry just now, widened, and the baron exclaimed:

"O Holy Light! Lord Darius! You're alive! ”

"I've always lived, Shivalen, and you owe me a good bottle of wine."

Lord Darius tugged at his lips and smiled a hideous smile, as he had done when they had been on battle together in the past, and the former northern lord of Gilneth reached out and patted the baron and the lord of Mayo on the shoulder, while Count Gofrey stood up and introduced the returning lord to his close friend.

"Lord Darius did not die in the catastrophe of Gilneis, for all these years he has been the commander of His Majesty Varian's legion, and his legion is famous... You've all heard of it, it's the Bloodfangs, the legion of werewolves. ”

"Yes, I'm infected too, brothers."

Lord Darius sat on the sofa, picked up a bottle of wine, and while drinking it as rudely as a warrior, he said to the others:

"But I, like King Jean, turned this curse into power! During the Battle of the Quicksands, I brought the words of King Jean to Liam, the child I watched grow up, and married my daughter, but unfortunately... Liam's performance over the years has made me feel very disappointed, maybe King Jean is right, his son is a true warrior, but he is not fit to be a king. ”

After saying that, the werewolf bared his teeth, and in the midst of the darkness he took the form of a werewolf to make people fearful, and he moved his mane like a wild beast, and he said:

"Let's go, let's give Liam a decent abdication ceremony."

"Wait!"

Baron Sivalene looked at Lord Darius, he clenched his fists, and he asked:

"Is that what Varian meant? Darius, are you serving Varian now? I have a complaint for His Majesty Liam, but if this is Varian's attempt to meddle in Gilneth's internal affairs, then I won't go with you! I am loyal to Gilneth and everything I do, I do to make Gilness better, not to betray him! ”

"No matter how bad Liam is, he is also our king! It's not the turn of another king to dictate! ”

Lord Mayo also stood beside the baron, but before they could finish, Darius stretched out a claw, shook it in front of their eyes, and placed something on the table, a handwritten letter from afar.

"Nope! That's not what Varian meant, I came alone, without any Bloodfang soldiers following me. ”

"This is what the first king Jean meant... And all the people present are Gilnesians, and no one wants to betray their country! Trust me, it's for Liam's good. ”

"As for those nobles who don't know the general situation, their good days are over."

And at the moment when the werewolf lord's words fell, the door of the earl's reception room was suddenly pushed open, and the butler, the most trusted butler of Count Goldfrey, rushed into it panting, and he said to the earl with a panicked face:

"The royal palace... The palace is on fire! ”

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By the time Count Gofrey and Lord Darius rushed into the palace with the Count's soldiers, the palace in Gilneth was in chaos.

Obviously, someone came before them.

Looking at the palace outposts engulfed by the flames, the corpses of the guards that filled the garden in black smoke, and the remains of the nobles whose blood had been drained, the werewolf lord suddenly sniffled, and he shouted to Goffrey, Shivalen, and Mayo beside him:

"It's those damn vampires! I smell their stench! Fast! Liam and my daughter could be in danger! ”

With that, the fierce werewolf warrior flailed his claws behind his back, and a vampire hiding in the shadows trying to sneak up on them was torn apart by the werewolf's claws, and disgusting blood and flesh were scattered everywhere.

"Chop!"

The werewolf let out a loud howl, he drew the battle axe behind his back, and rushed into the chaotic palace in front of him, where Count Gofrey and the other military nobles who rushed to support him, led by Shivalene and Lord Mayo, they rushed all the way through the vampire line, and rushed into the palace with fierce shouts of killing.

"Rhona!"

Lord Darius, who was fighting frantically against ten, raised his head and saw Queen Rona who was fleeing from the castle in a hurry. Crowley, his only daughter, the usually delicate queen, carries a black shotgun and wears a cumbersome queen's dress, but she shoots accurately, and each shot can hit a vampire who pounces on her.

And beside the queen, it was Jean. Greymane's daughter and King Liam's sister Tess. Princess Greymane, a beautiful princess with a perfectly tall figure, has inherited almost all the virtues of the Gilneys, but beneath her beautiful appearance, there is a heart for adventure, and this princess also has a pretty good swordsmanship.

Dressed in a long dress with limited mobility like Rhona, she held hands and fled the castle, wielding a traditional Gilness bayonet that Tess's would push away with a precise and vicious stab or sweep whenever a vampire came close.

And seeing that his daughter was about to be surrounded by vampires, the wild power that the blood fang lord Darius had been suppressing in his heart exploded at this moment, like a predatory wolf, he wielded a battle axe and claws, like a beast, brutally tore open the encirclement of vampires, forced the female legendary vampire who had been fighting with him in front of him back with a claw, and then rushed towards his daughter like a phantom, in just a few seconds, those vampires who wanted to hurt Queen Rhona were torn apart by this furious werewolf in place.

He stood in front of his daughter and Princess Tess, and he watched vigilantly at the legendary vampire with a blood-red hood and a long skirt, constantly emitting a low threat like a beast. Lady Montrose, the honorary elder of the vampires, also looked at Lord Darius with a gloomy expression.

Some of her favorite faces were hacked to death in front of her... How could this legendary vampire elder with a bad brain endure it?

But seeing Gilnes's army break through the vampire lines and rush into the court, Dabel's Spicy Chicken Vampires are beaten and retreated, and if the Blood Lady doesn't stop, her little lovers will die.

"Oh, good dog, we're playing next time!"

Dabel. Montrose stretched out his hand and sent a flying kiss to Darius in front of him, and then turned into a bloody shadow, enveloping the remaining vampires and fleeing the death-covered palace together.

"Father!"

At this time, Queen Rona recognized the fierce werewolf in front of her, her father, who had claimed to be dead for a long time, and Lord Darius also dispersed the form of a werewolf and appeared in front of his daughter in human form, and he said to his daughter with a complicated face:

"Rhona, I know, we have a lot to say, but now is not the time... Listen to me, where is your husband? We need him to attend His Majesty's coronation of Varian, and... How did these vampires get into the court? ”

"It's those nobles!"

Princess Tess gasped and explained to the Bloodfang Lord:

"Liam quarreled with them, Liam felt that he should send an emissary to attend the coronation of His Majesty Varian, but those nobles did not allow it, Liam used the power of the king to reprimand them to step down, but they colluded with the vampires and tried to imprison Liam and Rhona, and they also tried to depose Liam and make me queen, no, no, no! I don't want to be a queen, I saw the throne drive my brave brother crazy, it wasn't glory at all, it was a curse! ”

"It's horrible... It's all horrible. ”

Slightly panicked, the blood of the battle surged, the cheeks slightly reddened Princess Tess spoke, inside the castle, in the mess of the king's hall, Count Gofrey was also talking to his majesty, after a great battle, King Liam leaned on his throne tiredly, the king of the Gilneth people killed several vampires with his own hands, but at his feet, the broken corpses of the nobles, apparently, those vampires did not consider them allies.

"Your Majesty, we're late, sorry."

The Count was about to say something, but was interrupted by Liam's raised hand, and the young king, with his hand over his face, said in a voice that was utterly exhausted:

"No, Godfrey, I can't do it all... I should have said this to you a long time ago, I am not a qualified king, Lord Darius has said to me, I can't be an emperor at all, yes, I'm not, I can't. These conspiracies, betrayals, these... All of this, I can't do it, I'm not as strong as my father, look what I've made of Gilneth. ”

"I'm tired, Godfrey, I don't want to be king anymore, do I have a choice?"

His Majesty Liam looked up, the scars on his face twitching, and he said to Goldfrey:

"Varian is going to be Emperor, and if he wants Gilneth, we'll give him Gilneth... I made this cowardly decision, will you blame me? Will you be disappointed, Guffrey? Because of my decision, you will lose everything, power, status, and inheritance, and maybe Varian will kill me to strengthen his position..."

"No, Your Majesty."

Count Gofrey stepped forward, not like a courtier, like a comrade-in-arms, and took the king by the arm, and said to Liam:

"We'll go with you, everyone... If Varian wants to hurt you, he'll have to step over our corpses! As for the fate of Gilneth ..."

"Let our Emperor Majesty decide."