Chapter 251: A Trip to the Capital
With white hair and gray eyes, frosty face, and many days of not seeing each other, Arthas's image has changed dramatically, his face has lost its vigor and has been completely replaced by maturity, but Anduin feels that this maturity is mixed with inexplicable old age, and his indifferent expression and slightly drooping cold eyes show a gloomy temperament.
Is this a rape?
Anduin muttered in his heart, thought about it, and denied it, there is not a single word on both sides, what kind of traitor is caught!
At best, it can be regarded as a narrow road, and he happened to meet the person he least wanted to see in the Silver Fortress.
Sighing, Anduin smiled while letting the system scan the source of Arthas's changes: "Yes, it was more than a few months since I said goodbye last time, but I'm in Stormwind City, and I can always hear the news of your southern and northern wars, Arthas, it seems that it won't be long before you can inherit the throne." ”
"Is that encouragement?"
Arthas on the horse muttered to himself, as if he was not satisfied with Anduin's "condescending" compliment, he turned his head slightly, his silver hair fluttering in the wind, stared at Gianna's blue eyes, and asked indifferently: "Why did you come to the Silver Fortress to hide it from me?" ”
By this time, the princely guards of Arthas had cleared the streets, and a group of armored knights blocked the street intersections, watching and listening to all directions, preventing any idle people from approaching, and they were unaware of Arthas's questions, and carried out their respective tasks without distraction, apparently specially trained and loyal to Arthas.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you." Gianna didn't shy away from Arthas, "I just don't feel the need to inform you. ”
Well......
Anduin's eyelids jumped and jumped, this "unnecessary" was not an ordinary hurt, although Gianna was a maverick girl, but with the wisdom of Alsace, she must be able to detect the faint alienation.
Sure enough, Arthas's face became even colder, but he didn't vent the negative emotions in his heart, nodded lightly, and said lightly: "Recently, I've been busy with my own affairs, I'm sorry for snubbing you, since I happened to meet today, just go to the palace to live for a day, I can take this opportunity to introduce you to my father." ”
At Princess Kalia's wedding banquet, Arthas revealed his heart in public, although Terenus was willing to oppose it, but in the end, because of Antonidas's letter of introduction, he chose to acquiesce, so in the eyes of the outside world, Arthas and Gianna have become lovers, and the empire deliberately concealed Gianna's identity, in order to use the Solar Inquisition to provoke the relationship between the fortress royal family, the Sun Holy See and Dalaran.
Although the probability of achieving the goal is not high, it is also a chance to try, and by the way, you can also disgust the Silver Fortress, why not?
"Forget it, if you suddenly return to the Silver Fortress, there must be something important, and it won't take up your time."
Gianna's response was cold, ignoring Arthas's closeness.
On the Floating Island, she saw Arthas on the Frozen Throne with her own eyes, holding the sorrow of frost in her hand, showing her hatred and ambition without any scruples, the power blinded Arthas's eyes, and also made Gianna feel disappointed in him.
The ruby stone she had with her told her that Arthas was about to turn away from the Light, and that the chill lurking beneath her brow made Gianna wary.
Arthas has changed, the former Prince of Sunshine has been completely gone, even Gianna's magical eyes cannot see through Arthas's abyss-like soul, and only use distance to ensure the safety of life.
Call......
His Royal Highness the prince on horseback sighed, even if the sun was shining at this time, he could clearly see the white pillars condensed by the mist, Alsace's face became more and more gloomy, exuding a colder aura, and the horse under the crotch felt the abnormal emotions of the master, and flicked his tail a little uneasily, in order to relieve the depression in his heart.
"Don't be in a hurry to reject me, Gianna." In Arthas's determined gaze, there was only Gianna's indifferent figure, "This time I suddenly rushed back to the Silver Fortress, dealt with some emergencies, and also gave me enough strength to help my uncle out of the predicament." ”
Hearing this, Anduin's eyes moved slightly, the emergency situation mentioned by Arthas is probably the dispute between the Holy See of the Sun and the Silver Hand, listening to his meaning, combined with the performance of the old lord, it must be that the fortress royal family decided to further delegate power to Artace, if the situation is true, the Silver Hand is probably completely obedient to Alsace.
It's no wonder that the old lord behaved so easily, seeing with his own eyes that Arthas did what Terenus did not do, the old lord may have the idea of a successor in his heart!
"You know, Gianna, my mother was killed by the Empire, so I'm going to stand with you all the time."
Arthas said with some excitement that his greatest wish was to destroy the imperial family, even if he lost the power of Frost Sorrow, this wish has not dissipated, although he cannot summon an endless army of the dead, but he has the steel hero he wants, and a golden opportunity for revenge.
The appearance of the black dragon princess Onexia has made the royal family's power unprecedentedly weak, and the Holy Empire at this time is like a steaming oil pot, which can completely explode with just a drop of water.
The confrontation between the Admiral and the Imperial Family was enough to ignite the fuse on the battlefield, which made Arthas not only interested in uniting the Admiral, but also intended to take the opportunity to make Gianna change her mind.
It's a pity that his wishful thinking of killing two birds with one stone failed.
If it was an ordinary woman, as soon as she saw the reinforcements appear, she would definitely be eager to pounce and beg Alsace to send troops to support, but Gianna's performance was unusually calm, because she knew what the key contradiction between her father and the top of the empire was, and she also knew that the Silver Fortress would not solve the admiral's problem by waving south, but would add fuel to the fire.
"I'm sorry, you can't help me with my business!"
Gianna didn't want to get too entangled with Arthas, so she simply chose to speak out.
Arthas frowned, and Anduin's face finally appeared in his eyes: "I can't do it, can he just do it?" ”
"Yes."
Gianna's answer made Anduin smile silently: "I came to Anduin for this matter." ”
"Is that so?" Arthas showed a look of sudden realization, a flash of pain flashed in his eyes, and then it was replaced by a deeper coldness, "Your mind, I know, I hope that the matter of my uncle can be properly ended, so don't leave it at that." ”
Sigh Rhythm ......
A neighing of horses led Arthas's figure away, and the armored knights who had just been guarding the surroundings rose silently and sped away with neat steps.
"Yes, originally the second phase of the expansion of Stormwind City, the fortress side would not exert too much resistance, but now that you are so disturbed, you must not be able to worry." Anduin shook his head, very helpless.
Gianna glanced at her eyes and chuckled softly, "Then what do you want me to say?" Accede to his request? I'm afraid that your Stormwind City won't be able to be built! ”
Anduin shrugged his shoulders and did not reply, he looked at the empty street, and was suddenly surrounded by strange emotions in his face, afraid that the next time he came, he would be listed as persona non grata.
"Let's go, don't waste time here." Gianna's voice interrupted Anduin's musings.
"Let's go? Where to go? ”
"To my father, of course! Didn't I just say to Arthas, can you help me? What do you think he would think if you just left? ”
Anduin glared, and found that he seemed to have been taken into the pit, looking at the smile on the corner of Gianna's mouth, he could only spread his hands and said helplessly: "Okay, it should be regarded as sacrificing his life to accompany the gentleman, anyway, it is not good to continue to stay in the Silver Fortress recently, so let's just go outside and hide first." ”
It would take five days to open a Hearthstone branch in the Silver Fortress as quickly as possible, and in order to avoid seeing Arthas, Anduin simply took charge of everything and left everything to Presto.
Later, Anduin and Gianna arrived at the capital of the Holy Empire through the city teleportation array, and the negotiations between the admiral and the upper echelons of the empire have reached the final stage, so Gianna's father will be here to join the two.
Speaking of which, the contradiction between the admiral and the top of the empire is actually not complicated, because the admiral monopolizes the power and incurs the suspicion of the top of the empire, so all along, they have always had plans to reduce military power, especially the black dragon princess came out of the background, making the top of the empire more eager to gather power to deter the major princes who are about to move.
It was at this time that the admiral saw the opportunity of the orc civil strife and proposed to the imperial top to start a war, but the last thing the imperial top brass wanted to see was that the Holy Empire was dragged into the whirlpool of war, which led to the intensification of the contradictions, the admiral showed a tough hand, and the imperial top brass simply cut off the supply of resources to the navy.
Gianna's father, who is also the ruler of the coastal city of Kul Tiras, spent his own money to supply the navy, and he was still able to hold out for a while, he had no intention of tearing his face, because it would go against his path, and there were moderates in the upper echelons of the empire, who spared no effort to lobby to appease the irritable emotions of both sides, making the situation a contest of patience, and whoever bowed his head first was bound to make concessions.
The admiral is an iron-blooded man, even if he desperately exhausted his family wealth, he insisted to the point where the imperial high-level began to waver, the orc civil war has ended, in order to prevent the destroyer Blackhan, who has just become the great chieftain, to make crazy moves, the imperial high-level must deploy troops in advance, and the imperial navy is a vital link, so both sides have the intention to resolve this contradiction.
However, no one is willing to take the initiative to bow their heads.
Realizing that further delay could worsen the situation, the admiral decided to have a showdown, he wanted to bring the Empire's top brass to the negotiating table, and then show his strength and will to force the Empire's top brass to abandon the plan to reduce military power.
In this case, the large number of potions provided by Anduin has become an important bargaining chip, for any army, sufficient potions are the guarantee of combat effectiveness, even if the admiral has been emptied of his family, but as long as he shows all kinds of resources, including potions, he can forge the illusion of confidence.
In fact, the upper echelons of the empire were more eager than the admirals.
They couldn't afford to wait, so Gianna's father was confident.
"Sounds like my mission is minimal!" Walking through the streets of the capital with Gianna, Anduin said speechlessly, "With your strength, you don't even need me to protect you, and you can still play the role of a flower messenger now, but it won't be long before your father teleports over, and there will be nothing to do with me." ”
"It just so happens that my father wants to meet you, he is very interested in your identity as the incarnation of the Holy Light, and he is also interested in signing a long-term order for the supply of potions."
"It's a good feeling!" Anduin's eyes lit up, his biggest headache now is where to raise the expansion costs, although in a short period of time, the Imperial Navy should be in no demand, but it is still a good result to be able to get a stable large customer, moreover, I heard Gianna say this, but it reminded Anduin that since he can do business with the Imperial Navy, why can't he negotiate a deal with the Imperial Navy?
Anyway, there is no contradiction between him and the top of the empire, the current situation is tense, all parties are increasing their reserves, and in the face of the pharmacists sent to the door, unless the top of the empire is blind, they will not turn him away.
Anduin has perfectly inherited the legacy of the Dark Gold Cult, and the scale of production is absolutely proud, coupled with the potion industry in Stormwind City, no one can underestimate it.
Some time ago, when the orc civil war was in full swing, the Holy Empire's potion market was suddenly swept by a large number of mysterious forces, raising the price of potions by several percent.
At this time, all kinds of pharmaceuticals are still leaving the assembly line, and there are only a few days left before the next large-scale shipment to fill the pharmaceutical market waiting to be fed.
In line with the idea that it is better to sell to an unknown enemy than to a customer who knows the bottom, Anduin decided to have a good talk with the admiral, let him bring himself to the negotiating table, and also give him some weight by the way.
"That's it!"
Thinking about the key to this, Anduin felt that he should be able to get an extra surprise when he came to the imperial capital this time, and a smile appeared on his face, but then he suddenly froze, because a familiar voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
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