Chapter XVII: Varian and Arthas

Just as Claudia was called by Gianna, Varian, who had just finished communicating in Stormwind, put down the ring in his hand, and he had withdrawn before the communication could take place, now enjoying the rare silence alone.

Upon receiving Gianna's request for help, Varian immediately convened a council and had one of the mages recreate the two images in public.

When the discussion on the matter began, a rather heated quarrel broke out between the ministers, with Archbishop Benedictas and Duke Satum Breck unequivocally supporting Gianna and demanding to send a large army to Mount Hyjal, while Duke Visak and Marshal Windsol were firmly opposed, and the rest were also biased.

Most of the supporters of sending reinforcements are high-ranking members of the Church of Light, who hate demons and the undead far more than the Horde, and they agree with Gianna that if the demons succeed, the whole world will be destroyed, and that they can cooperate with the Horde for a short time before the war is over.

But the opposing side also has its own reasons, Duke Visak said that the budget has already spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources this year because of the refugees in the north, and there is no additional budget, and the noble council will definitely not increase additional military spending because of vague speculation and enemies far away, Marshal Wendsol has great distrust of Medivan's appearance, thinking that Medivan has betrayed the trust of the kingdom, and everything that is happening in front of him is more like another conspiracy of Medivan.

Neither side would back down, and the quarrel dragged on for so long that Varian had to suspend the meeting and decide to continue the discussion tomorrow. He had always disliked to take a position lightly, because he had always remembered King Terenus's instructions to him and use his power carefully, but if he was asked what he really thought about it, he actually supported sending reinforcements in his heart.

Personally, Varian hated the tribe more than anyone else, because of the tribe, he had seen the loss of his loved ones and the destruction of his homeland, and if he were just a soldier or a samurai, he could let hatred prevail over reason in the matter of the tribe.

But he was a king, and for a worthy king, his own feelings were nothing more important than the interests of the people, so he put aside his hatred about how to deal with the orcs more than ten years ago, and firmly supported King Terenus's method of disposition: building a shelter instead of slaughtering the orcs for revenge.

At tomorrow's meeting, perhaps the ministers will continue to fight-for-tat, or maybe in the end the two sides will find a mutually acceptable solution?

Varian shook his head, no longer thinking about the political troubles, and instead remembering the images of the people and Manolos fighting that he had seen this morning, he was more interested in the battles than in politics.

The demon in the image was the most formidable enemy he had ever seen, and he tried to substitute himself as the orc warrior who faced the demon in the video, and was soon overwhelmed by the horrific and brutal ferocity of the battle in the image, which made him very excited.

It took a while for Varian to be content to stop simulating his battle with demons, even if it was a simulated battle that would make him forget all his worries.

I always feel that the martial arts between me and that warrior are still a little bit close, and if only the warrior who faces the demon is me, then I may have a chance to break through to the current realm.

Varian thought, but then he soon laughed at his own thoughts, he was a king, and he couldn't be so willful at this point.

He then remembered Claudia in the image again, the girl was so beautiful, dazzling, and shining on the battlefield, that he had a trace of indescribable emotion in addition to appreciation.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent shipment from Fort Riptide." Adjutant Devon? Fadar pushed the door in.

"Okay, I'll deal with it now." Varian's short break was interrupted, and he returned to work.

Claudia, who was beside Gianna, was nervously packing her luggage at the moment, and when Gianna's camp was meeting just now, she learned a shocking news: the ranger in charge of reconnaissance found that the Scourge Legion was rushing to the coalition garrison with demons all over the mountains, and it was estimated that it would arrive near the coalition camp in an hour.

When Claudia was about to finish packing, Shirley ran to Claudia's tent in a panic, and asked the knight girl eagerly, "I can't find my bracelet, have you seen my bracelet, a green opal bracelet." ”

"Bracelets? I haven't seen it, so if it's not very important, I'll look for it later. ”

The elf girl was about to cry out urgently: "How can it not be important, that is my most important thing, I have searched all over there and have not found it, it must have fallen on you before." ”

Seeing Shirley in such a hurry, Claudia also hurriedly helped her find it for a while, but soon Gianna appeared and interrupted the two: "Why are you two moving so slowly!" Hurry up, the Scourge is already very close. ”

Claudia didn't dare to delay any longer, and persuaded Shirley: "That bracelet may also be in my packed luggage, if it really doesn't work, I'll accompany you to find it after repelling the enemy." ”

Faced with the critical situation, Shirley could only reluctantly agree with red eyes.

The Alliance had finally completed the evacuation before the Scourge arrived, and Gianna had already communicated with Thrall that the Alliance would camp next to the Tribal camp for the time being, and would work together in this battle, and then continue to camp separately when the follow-up troops arrived.

Shortly after the troops withdrew into the camp on the Tribal side, the Scourge and many demons had already arrived near the camp as the smell of corpses and sulfur came, and they did not attack immediately, but waited for orders from their masters.

Arthas was riding his beloved skeletal horse 'Invincible' and watched the coalition camp from afar before remaining silent, waiting for the arrival of the true commander.

Yes, Arthas was not the commander of this army, after the arrival of the Burning Legion, times changed, he and his men were stripped of their military power, the demons used the words to cross the river and tear down the bridge to the fullest, and a Dreadlord named Tikdios stripped him of his command of the Scourge Legion, and took Arthas with him so that he could be watched nearby.

Arthas's direct subordinates, Kel'thugad and the Great Lord of Death, Jenn, although they all stayed in the Eastern Continent at this time to be responsible for defending Lordaeron, but the power in their hands was also hollowed out, and the actual affairs were all in charge of the three Dreadlord Lords, if it weren't for the fact that Akmund, the leader of the Burning Legion who came this time, was too terrifying, and the Lich King privately assured his favored retainers that he didn't need to endure this kind of life for too long, Arthas would have rebelled a long time ago, and even then Arthas went to the front line at this time just for show, and he didn't plan to work, He who killed his father and killed his teacher did not have a noble character to the point of repaying his grievances with virtue and serving his life for the Burning Legion.

At this time, the camp of the coalition side, the coalition army was lining up to prepare for battle, and Arthas observed for a while, and soon came to the conclusion that it was difficult to deal with.

The undead side seems to have enough of them, but they must only be the vanguard troops, most of them are low-level ghouls, zombies, skeleton soldiers, and not much of an abomination. Similarly, in Arthas's opinion, only Demon Guardians and Angry Guardians can really be counted as armies among the demons, and there are too few of them at this time, and other types of demons are more like a group of rangers, even if they are powerful Hellfire.

On the opposite side of the coalition army, although they are still in the queue, but in the face of the undead and demon army, the warriors of all races who appeared in the frontline array did not have the slightest nervousness, and were meticulously checking their armor and weapons, obviously first-rate fighters who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and then excluded a large number of troll spearmen, as well as shamans, mages and priests, who were also well organized and did not panic at all, this kind of opponent with very strong melee ranged strength was quite difficult to deal with.

But it doesn't matter if he fights, anyway, what does it have to do with Arthas if he wins or loses, he is not a commander, he doesn't care if the army in front of him is dead, only the undead who have reached the professional level are really regarded by him as 'population', and the undead in this army in front of him are just cannon fodder in his opinion.

The teleportation spell flashed, and a tall Dreadlord appeared next to Arthas, he was the leader of the Dreadlord, Tikdios, this demon was cruel, cunning, and murderous, and was also one of the three Burning Legion demigod-level archdemons who invaded Azeroth, the other two being Manolos the Destroyer and Akmund the Polluter, who was infinitely close to the true god.

"Death Knight, is it this group of mortals in front of you who killed Manolos?" Tikdios spoke condescendingly in a tone that faced his subordinates.

Arthas was furious, but remembering the Lich King's request, replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord, this is the largest camp of humans and orcs in the vicinity. ”

Tikdios observed for a while and then scolded: "That waste Manolos, not to mention being killed by his own slaves, after returning to the Twisted Void, he shifted the responsibility to the Holy Light Legion, and even the high-level paladins didn't recognize it. ”

High-ranking paladins?

Arthas suddenly became interested, he basically knew the high-level paladin, I don't know which "old friend" is here, he carefully observed for a while, and finally found a blonde girl with a familiar outline, who was blessing some high-level warriors with the power of the king at this time.

It turned out to be my former vassal, Baron Thurberchel, it seems that what happened to her fiancΓ© really stimulated her, and she has grown so much during this time, it's a pity that Jenn didn't come this time, otherwise there would be a good show to watch today.

Arthas thought maliciously, and then he felt a burning gaze staring at him from afar, and he followed the gaze, but could not take any eyes off it, and his hands trembled violently, and countless good memories came to his mind, and finally turned into a bitter name.

Jaina.