At four o'clock in the morning, at dawn, when most people slept heaviestly, the operation to recapture Stormstorm Fortress began.

Some of the First Legion, Stormwind City Defenders, and Royal Knights had gathered in front of Stormwind Fortress, and at first they suspected that they had misheard this ridiculous order, but after Claudia, Marshal Wendsol, and others came forward to speak, most of them accepted the claim that the king was controlled by dark magic, and swore to participate in the operation.

This is partly due to Claudia and Wendsol's high prestige among the soldiers, but more importantly, Claudia's regent status has not yet been abolished, so in theory, she is still the supreme ruler of the Stormwind Kingdom, and the soldiers are not considered to be acting against orders.

There's a reason Catlona didn't abolish Claudia's regency for a reason, Claudia's return was so fast that everyone expected her to return in just three days in at least a month, which left Catlona unprepared for battle in many ways.

For example, using Varian to control the city defenses, such as controlling public opinion, and abolishing Claudia's ruling position after that, Katlana at this time only took three days to control Stormwind Fortress.

It's not hard to understand that in Azeroth, the monarchy is by no means supreme, Varian doesn't even have a good way to look at the little nobles, and the abolition of the regent is not a matter of his word.

In fact, the status of long-term regent will only be given in extreme cases where the king is young, old, missing, crazy and so on, and it will naturally be returned when the ministers are sure that the king has the ability to fulfill his obligations again, and this confirmation ceremony needs to be witnessed by at least the three major forces of the Storm Kingdom: the church, the nobility, and the military.

Because of the attack on Stormstorm Fortress last night, Stormwind Fortress is on high alert at this moment, seeing a large number of soldiers approaching, the defenders on the fortress wall sounded the horn for the first time, and Baron Raglan, who was responsible for guarding the city gate, personally walked up to the city tower.

When Baron Raglan noticed the leading Marshal Wendsol, he immediately asked, "Wendsol, what are you doing with so many soldiers?" Don't you know what this place is, are you going to commit treason? ”

Wendthor didn't answer, but a figure dressed in the blue Stormwind royal coat next to Wendthor stepped forward, when he saw the first moment of the figure's armor and weapon face, Baron Raglan couldn't help but be stunned, he could naturally recognize who that figure was, but he really didn't expect Claudia to come back at this time, which made him not know what to do for a while.

While Baron Raglan was in a daze, Claudia had already replied with a sneer: "Treason? Raglanqing, what is there about their treason? This fortress is my royal palace, and Windsor and these loyal soldiers are only ordered to escort me home, but you and your men are not knowing what is the reason why you are preventing me from entering my fortress? ”

For more than a year, Claudia led the army to defeat trolls, orcs, black iron dwarves, blackwing nests, etc., and it has long been famous, seeing Claudia's unkind face, Baron Raglan hurriedly panicked: "This is a misunderstanding, Your Majesty, we just didn't notice your existence before...... ”

"In that case, hurry up and open the city gates, now, quickly!" Claudia said impatiently.

Baron Raglan, who realized that what he had just said was inappropriate, gave another excuse: "However, His Majesty has ordered ....... ”

"I don't care about His Majesty's orders," Claudia interrupted Baron Raglan, "according to the law, when the regent and the king exist at the same time, the regent's order is the first priority, and now, in the name of the regent, I order you to open the gates of the city within half a minute, otherwise I will only regard the actions of you and your soldiers as treason!" ”

When the words fell, and Baron Raglan was still hesitating, Claudia looked at the other two figures and ordered:

"Arthur, start counting down!"

"Gianna, I'm sorry for you!"

Arthur shouted and counted: "Thirty, twenty-nine......"

Gianna began to weave a spell, and as she moved, the magic began to whine wildly, and the sky began to turn red.

This magic was not small at first glance, and Baron Raglan hurriedly turned his head and asked Frodez, the family mage of Duke Vyshak, "What kind of magic is this?" ”

Froudez looked frightened and said in a trembling voice: "Male...... My lord, I suggest that I ...... It's better for us to surrender...... Better. ”

"How?" Baron Raglan snapped.

Froudez swallowed, and his words began to stabilize a little: "This...... This magic is a ...... Starburst usually requires more than 20 mages...... can be released together, once the meteor smashes down, the entire city gate and city tower cannot be saved, and even the people above are estimated to die...... It's dead. ”

Raglan immediately understood the consequences of this incident, even if he could escape, once the city gate was destroyed, his private soldiers would never be the opponent of the regular army of the Stormwind Kingdom, and more importantly, the queen had made it very clear just now, as long as the door was not opened, once the queen won today, others might be able to surrender, and his treason was a certainty.

"Sixteen, fifteen, ......fourteen," Arthur's voice was still coldly counting, and it was creating more pressure on Raglan one by one.

That's it, Katrana, the little benefit you gave me really wasn't enough to put my life on the line.

With this mentality, Baron Raglan did not dare to hesitate any longer and ordered: "Open the city gates and welcome the return of the Queen Regent!" ”

The door opened with a bang, and Claudia also caused Gianna to disperse the magic, and if Raglan insisted on not opening the door just now, the magic would have really fallen.

What is a mere city gate, if it is broken, just find a stonemason to repair it, Claudia doesn't think that she will take this fortress without blood tonight, not to mention that now the fortress is full of the nobles and Katrana's private army that block her every day, and there are not many excuses like today that can justifiably weaken the power of the nobles.

After stepping into the city gate, the operation to recapture Stormwind Fortress was actually half successful, the noble private army was only a private army after all, and it could not be an opponent of the regular army, not to mention, Baron Raglan's surrender was by no means an exception, most nobles would be like him, very knowledgeable about current affairs.

After a symbolic exhortation to the surrendered baron, Claudia began to march deeper into the fortress, and in her heart, the whisper of the void sounded again:

‘…… Our darling, why don't you use your psychic vision to probe the mind of that weakling, it's funny, he treats you with deference on the surface, but in his heart he scolds you for being a fake Lordaeron bitch......

Claudia's heart flashed with disgust, she knew that the Void Whisper was sowing discord, but she was not a saint, so naturally she couldn't be in a mood, but she didn't respond to this whisper.

But outside of the physical universe, a consciousness still senses her mood change, and a new plan takes shape......