Chapter 16: Vandal Deerhelm

"The Goddess is not our slave, she did not respond to my request," Claudia smiled wryly, "and the last favor in Nomorigen has not been repaid, Tyrande, if the Elune sisters need my help, please speak." ”

Tyrande's heart moved, but before she could reply, the current Grand Druid Vandal Deerhelm had already strode in, with long green shawl hair and short beard, his eyes glittering with gold, and he was dressed more modestly than the other druids--- he was almost shirtless, only the rudimentary wooden shoulder pads at the shoulders, but this was not rude, for the druids.

"Long time no see, ma'am." Vandal nodded to Claudia, who had already gotten up, and Claudia replied with the same greeting, not knowing if it was her delusion, she felt that there seemed to be some coldness between Tyrande and Vandal.

After the greeting, Claudia chatted with the two Night Elf leaders about the trade agreement.

Claudia explained most of the agreement, the orcs stopped deforesting in Warsong Canyon, the Night Elves gave the Orcs the right to hunt parts of the Ashendale and sold some grain to the Orcs, and the Orcs were to exchange minerals and some of the arid-hot herbs for human wood and food for the Night Elves.

"I don't see the need for us in Kadore to trade with those green-skinned beasts," Vandal said disapprovingly, "Nature will give us most of the supplies we need, and we will be able to trade with you humans for certain special ores and herbs." ”

Claudia nodded: "You're right, the tribes need this trade agreement far more than we do, they lack food and timber, and we don't profit much from it, but we still need this trade because we need this trade in exchange for peace with the tribes." ”

"There is peace," Tyrande began, "and we have lived peacefully with the tribe for more than three years since the peace agreement was signed at Mount Hyjal. ”

Claudia shook her head: "But this peace is extremely fragile, we all know that the situation in the Ashen Valley is on the verge of breaking out at any time, and a full-scale war may break out at any time. ”

Vandal quickly replied, "In that case, we should not feed the warriors of the tribe with food, which is feeding our enemies. ”

"The tribe is not necessarily all enemies, they also have internal differences, such as Thrall, who wants to live in peace with us," Claudia patiently explained, "and we can strictly calculate and control the amount of food traded to the tribe to ensure that they can't feed too many unproductive warriors, but if the ordinary people of the tribe don't have enough to eat, they will only have the voice of war left within themselves, and Saar, including Sal, will have no choice." ”

Unflinched, Tyrande said, "Then go to war, although the goddess teaches us to be kind to other creatures, this does not include enemies, and Kadore has never feared aggression and any enemy for tens of thousands of years. ”

Vandal also looked grim and agreed: "Madam, the reason why we Kadore joined the alliance is to deal with the threat of the tribe. We have made a great contribution to the Alliance, and to this day our druids are still cleaning the Kingdom of Lordaeron of the contamination of the Silver Pine Forest and the Western Plaguelands, and at least half of the food in the war in the north of the Alliance's Eastern Continent is provided by our Kadore, and now is the time for the Alliance to repay Kadore. ”

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Claudia was a little helpless, she had not expected the two leaders of the Night Elves to be so tough, and the reasons provided by Vandal were even more irrefutable to Claudia.

Claudia thought for a moment, then organized the language: "There is no doubt that once the Horde attacks the Night Elves, all the countries of our alliance will come to the aid of our allies in accordance with the mutual defense treaty, and all the alliance territories, including Theramore, will send troops to attack the Horde. ”

Tyrande nodded slightly, and Vandal also softened slightly.

Claudia continued: "But the tribe is not easy to deal with, once the war breaks out, the main battle in the early stage will break out in the north of the Camlido continent, from the Gray Valley to the Black Coast, every inch of the Night Elf territory except for Teldashir may fall, and the troops of the other countries of our alliance will take time to mobilize their troops, and after mobilization, they can only land from Aishara and Theramore, so that although we can finally destroy the tribe, the Cadore clan will also suffer heavy losses." ”

Tyrande frowned, she was no longer so persistent, the Night Elves had a hard time reproducing, their people were scarce, and they couldn't withstand such a heavy loss, and in addition to that, she thought of Malfurion, who was still unable to move in the big beast's den north of Camlido, which made her attitude change a lot.

Vandal snorted coldly: "Why can't we take the initiative to attack the tribe?" As long as we prepare in advance, we can mobilize the army, evacuate the civilians, and completely wipe the tribe from this world. ”

Van Dahl's words surprised Claudia, who was a little too belligerent for an unrivaled Great Druid, but Claudia reminded the other party: "Great Druid, there is no hard and fast rule that the alliance must participate in wars initiated by other member countries, and the creed of our alliance is to work for peace and prosperity among member countries, not to invade other countries. ”

"And once a war breaks out, even if it breaks out in the territory of the tribe, we will lose at least tens of thousands of excellent warriors, and this price is too heavy."

Tyrande suddenly spoke: "I think this trade agreement can be tried first, Vandall, it will pay us off without much cost, if the tribe is willing to live in peace with us from now on, it will be great, if they don't agree, we will find another way." ”

Seeing that Tyrande's attitude had changed, the lonely Vandal hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed: "Well, High Priestess, the Council of Cenarion will support this agreement, and I hope that the green-skinned beasts will not fail our good intentions." ”

After the trade agreement was reached, Claudia breathed a sigh of relief, she refused Tyrande's offer, and instead walked around the neighborhood of Darnassus alone, and finally found a secluded meadow to lie down, enjoying the beauty of Darnassus and savoring the flowers and birds around her.

"I've already talked about it, Gianna, what about you? Are you still angry? ”

Claudia, who was lying on the grass, suddenly had a thought in her heart, and sighed slightly, she thought that she was right in this argument, but Gianna also did not think that she was wrong, the smarter people tend to be more stubborn, and Claudia did not want to have a conflict with Gianna because of this little thing--- she was such a friend, as for the others, they were not her friends.