Back to me, we have established a base area, and in order to strengthen the management and monitoring of these areas, Gianna has learned some new magic somewhere, which is a kind of magic eye placed in some key areas to monitor the movement in the vicinity. Yes, this kind of thing really works, at least as a scout when we're short on manpower and weak, and it also monitors for goblins to escape.

Speaking of goblins, they once experienced life and death together on Mount Hyjal, but with the end of the war, our so-called friendship really didn't expect it to collapse in an instant. Of course, they brought it upon themselves, and the mere killing of Daelin and ambushing us in the Dust Swamp and the Barren Lands would justify my slaughter of them...

But to be honest, the most important thing is that if we are to gain a foothold in this area, we will definitely have the necessary conflict with these natives, as evidenced by their own hostility towards us, and perhaps this is why the Horde put us here when they met to divide the land after defeating the Burning Legion, of course, I may have thought too much, but I know that I will soon be condemned by them, and before that, I will have to fix the level, although he may not be effective in the face of Thrall's power of the earth and the great military power of the Horde...

One does not do two endlessly. Now that I've chosen to kill the goblins, I'm going to kill them all. However, the inhabitants here are not only goblins, and the advance on the eastern front is relatively smooth, and soon after eliminating the fishmen entrenched in the islands of Seramo and Okaz, this place will become our territory. But because I had so few soldiers, I couldn't send my extra forces to garrison them, and we didn't have any ships, so I relied on flying to transport them to the island. Therefore, we can only plant a flag to symbolically indicate that this is our territory, and then lead everyone away.

"Three lights" left this place after finishing the poor belongings of the fish-people. Of course, Gianna also plugged in her magic eye to spy on the possible movements here. Let's wait until the Kurtilas army arrives.

After "pacifying" the east, we returned to the original camp, as for our actions there, naturally I will not tell the old Fuding, but fortunately, in addition to some basic internal affairs, he still mostly focuses on cultivating some young people and even teenagers, and selects them to become a new generation of paladins.

Yes, I know he cares more about the quality development of these paladins at this moment, but it's useless, they are all a generation that grew up in war, and there will be wars in the foreseeable future. So I think he's still raising minions for me, because those apprentices are loyal to me, and they have lost more than half of their relatives in this war, and they want to go back to the glory days of their childhood, so at this point, it is impossible for Foding to change them, and I believe Fodin understands this very well.

Back to reality, I took care of my current belongings. At this time, we only have 150,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000 troops left, although this is the situation, I still have no intention of expanding the army, yes, there is no big war to fight in the short term, especially after pacifying the goblins and the fishmen of the two islands, the first thing we need to do is to build towns and restore production and population. Of course, we still have to expand the territory we should have, I don't know when Luo Ning's assistance will come, judging from the things that have been grabbed, it is not that I urgently need assistance, but I think that after some military assistance, I can strengthen my control over this place, and I can make better use of the vast land here.

I'm very eager to think about this, and of course, what I can do now is to expand my territory in addition to waiting.

Most of the soldiers, under the leadership of Foding, built the houses and town walls, and built the pass in advance, but I still gathered dozens of elite soldiers and continued to march south to patrol (receive) (scrape) the south of the dust swamp, yes, the land here is fertile, and I can occupy as much as I can.

On the way to the flight, we didn't find any goblins. This surprised me a little, because the land was very fertile and flat, and it was very close to the sea, and the goblins were not fools, so why didn't they live nearby? Just as I was flying, an eagle loomed into my field of vision. Yes, it reminds me of Tyrande's owl, because this eagle doesn't seem to be afraid of my dragon looming, and Gianna senses something peeking at us... Isn't it.

I think it's a bit difficult, because I vaguely remember that this eagle was not just the first time I saw it, and if he appeared many times, it would only mean one thing.

"Damn. "I flew towards the eagle like an eagle catching a sparrow, and it realized the seriousness of the problem and fled, yes, I just wanted to know who his owner was.

Gianna recognized my purpose and cast some magic on the eagle as I approached it, so that she could spy on his path. Then I made no more action, and let the eagle realize that it had gotten rid of me, and went straight away, and when it had come down close to its master, I followed it in the direction Gianna had pointed out.

It didn't take long for me to discover that the man who was following us was a strong orc with a wild beast. When I spotted him and swooped, he quickly spotted me and ran away with his war bear, but alas, it was in vain and I immediately appeared in front of him. And the soldiers quickly surrounded him and the eagle dogs he raised. The orc, realizing that he was surrounded, raised his axe and tried to fight us to the death with his beast, but I seemed to be aware of his identity, a powerful orc who should have known.

"Lexa, is that you?"

He was taken aback when I called out his name, but it didn't make him let his guard down.

"I wonder how you would have known me, human prince. ”

"Listen to the dead Grom, your bravery. After all, we have fought side by side with you orcs, and your war bears and wild boars have revealed your identity, and you are close to the beasts. ”

"We've fought side by side, but your actions aren't what allies should do, and you've killed goblins. ”

"Allies have to show sincerity, but my father-in-law died at the hands of your tribe, and their soldiers, and those innocent civilians, they all died, is this the sincerity of your orcs as allies?"

"I'm talking about goblins, and you want to blame them for what the Minotaurs did. I thought you were a warrior after defeating the Doomhammer, but I didn't expect you to be a politician. ”

In the face of my sarcasm, he didn't follow my rhythm about their own orcs and tribes, but about the mistakes I made. This angered me, because the tribe was sorry for us.

"Don't go too far, do you want us to fight with your tribe because of such a thing? Tell you, although your tribe is already strong, I am not a vegetarian, with my own strength, I can slaughter any of your villages before your main force arrives, just like what your Dragonthroat Clan did before, but the difference is that you can't help me, I still have the world's most powerful Kurtilas navy, and you can't threaten my homeland at all. Believe me, such an outcome will not do your tribe any good. I scolded Lexa in one breath, but seeing his unmoved, I seemed to think of something that could mock him. "Oh, by the way, you didn't participate in the Battle of Mount Hyjal, and you didn't even dare to face the demons head-on, can you give an explanation? I thought that the warrior who Grom recognized was a coward and a deserter. "Actually, I didn't communicate much with Grom, but I just used this reason to show that I knew this orc, and with the return of my consciousness, my understanding of him also came to mind, and I seem to have forgotten a fact...

“... I'm an orc, but I'm not a tribe!"

"It's all the same, the threat of the demons is the whole world, otherwise when I learned about the arrival of the Burning Legion through some warnings, you thought I would secretly support the development of the tribe! But as a result, our alliance is dying day by day, and you are still in the sky, and you are still oppressed by you, what can I do, do I just let our alliance decline and endure oppression? Or do you escape from reality alone like you? We are not orcs, and I am more responsible than you, even if it is by some shady means. ”

Lexa was wiser, but he still couldn't talk to me, he was a little silent, but after the silence, there was still no good excuse, yes, we almost forgot what we were going to prepare.

"So what do you want? ”

"I'm not going to do such a boring thing, you're a warrior, if I'm going to kill you, I'm going to have to go head-to-head with you, but if I go head-to-head, I definitely don't have a chance of winning, and so is anyone of us here, so I don't want to do unnecessary casualties...

"So you choose to use the despicable way!"

"I'm not that mean, you go. "I motioned for everyone to come back to me and not to form a siege. Although everyone was puzzled by my orders, no one disobeyed them. Equally unexpected was Lexa, who thought he was already unlucky. So he made a request to me.

"But you've beaten Orgrim! To be honest, I'd love to see what you're capable of, and if I'm better than you, I'll promise I won't kill you. ”

"If Orgrim hadn't cared about the consequences of killing me, I wouldn't have had a good chance of winning! After all, we're all politicians as you call and we all have to think out about our own racial interests. ”

My words made Lexar realize something, and he no longer insisted on fighting me alone. Yes, I seem to understand that maybe he still has a family, or his own tribe. It may be nearby, and if he kills me, his people will be leveled by Gianna.

"Tell me what you're doing in the south, and to be honest, I'm worried that you're going to do our village a disservice. There's a small part of the Dust Swamp to the southwest that is our village, and I don't want people to encroach on it. ”

"I just want to get more land resources, as you said, I am a politician, I have to consider the interests of my race, and this interest is also the compensation that I must get after the Hyjal Mountain, I destroy the goblins because they threaten my existence, just like you, you were originally in Draenor, after your people moved here, if anyone threatens your tribe, you will also take action, even if he is a native here, right?" As for your village, I can't attack it, because you have no enmity with me, and I don't want to find any contradiction with you orcs. But there is one thing I still have to say, if you belong to the tribe, then please leave the dust swamp as agreed between your leader Thrall and me, and if you are not a tribe, then I welcome you, my orc neighbors. ”

"You're really not going to attack our village?"

"I don't have to deceive you warriors, because I thought that if I could, you could join us, we are just starting out now, we need a lot of strength, of course I am not forced, this is your will. ”

"Leaving the tribe doesn't mean I'm betraying the tribe. ”

"I have patience, and I will inform all of my people to take care of your village, hoping that you will become a trade neutral zone for our tribe, which is definitely a very meaningful thing for your village, and it is also conducive to the peace of us and the tribe. ”

"I'll think about it, Alsatian warriors. ”

"I'm going to go on the expedition, and if you're going to oversee me, I'm not going to intimidate your Scout Eagle. I left with the people.

On the way, Gianna was quite surprised by the conversation I had just had with the orc, and there were other people who were ready to kill the orc, but the reality was that we were no longer heading southwest, but continuing to destroy the lower tribes such as goblin fishmen and goblins in the south.

As soon as we left Lexa, Gianna voiced her doubts.

"Arthas, it seems that you care about this orc, aren't you afraid that he will tell the tribe what we have done?"

"Since the minotaurs instigated the goblins to turn against us, they will naturally spy on our side as well, so it is a matter of time, and as for the orc I care about, you are right, he is a powerful warrior and a good general, and I really want to get him. ”

"But if he's an orc, you're not afraid of him becoming the second Thrall, and even if he becomes our general, how can our soldiers trust an orc to rule them?"

"He's a half-orc, an orc of ogre and orc blood. The tribe had abandoned him, and he now considered only the beast his most faithful companion. As for whether the soldiers are convinced or not, that is something that should be considered when he joins us, in fact, to be honest, I don't think there is any way to get him to join us, such a thing can only be encountered and not sought. ”

"I also recognize his strength and his wisdom, he is indeed a talent, and we can do something about it, like—" Gianna didn't say, but I knew he was talking about the elves like Sylvanas and Winresa, and some of the methods I used at the time.

"But Lexa is different from the others, his race is the opposite of our alliance, and he is very guarded, if he knows that we have used a trick, he will immediately turn against us. I just don't let him join the tribe. But if he does lead his people to join, then I won't let the Dust Swamp have any traces of the tribe!"

As I said this, I spotted some of the goblins' villages, and swooped downward, with the swoop of my own flames... My conversation with Gianna is also over for the time being...

After collecting the necessary treasures and resources to hide, a fire wiped out all traces of what had existed here, and then we continued to repeat the act on our way to another place. A few days later, after we had wiped out all the goblins in the Dust Swamp, we returned to camp and transported the stave back to me and a few others to continue replenishing our booty.

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At the same time, although he was promised by me to continue to spy on me, he did not do so, but shared all this information with the Orc colony of less than a few dozen people in the village of Fern Wall.

"It's surprising that that human killed so many goblins and didn't kill us. ”

"I think we're still orcs, but if the Horde and the Alliance fight, we're probably going to bear the brunt of it. I think we'd better get out of here. ”

"Yes, the idea of that trade center is ridiculous, we are not good at business, and we don't want to interact with people, so let's go. ”

Some of the older members of the group have voiced their opinions, and almost none of them are waiting to see humans, and certainly not only humans.

"Could it be that the human is not trusted?"

"It's not just humans who can't be trusted, tribes too, think about what they've done to our homeland and our planet, and your war wolf, which didn't die at the hands of orcs to save you. ”

"And where else can we go?"

"To the south of the continent, far from the tribes and alliances, there is an undeveloped territory. ”

Realizing that his decision could not sway the others, Lexa had no choice but to follow his elder's arrangement and move his family south. But he still wanted to tell me about his departure, one was to get some necessary material goods to exchange for the land where they were, and yes, there were still many crops growing in their homes, and he knew that these things were necessary for us.

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At the same time, on the other side, the Black Dragon King continued to carefully observe my activities with magic, yes, Gianna was already a very powerful mage at this time, and he had to be careful of Gianna's possible counter-detection. And just when he was about to be exposed, the warhawk also happened to appear, helping him not to be suspected of his prying eyes...

"It's all going as we expected, what will happen if we let the tribes and goblins know about Arthas's actions?"

The King of the Black Dragon asked about his son, and it was clear that under normal circumstances, the King of the Black Dragon still believed in his eldest son the most. Here, as long as the two of them are in this secret black dragon hall.

"I think it will be hateful goblins who join the Horde and convince the Horde to attack the Alliance. ”

"That's right, the goblins have joined the Horde, and their militants will be stronger, and their relationship with the alliance will be more hostile, so the smell of gunpowder will be stronger, and soon we will be able to watch another good show. ”

Nesario was very proud, but Nefarian was not very satisfied, as it seemed to upset the balance even more.

"But then Alsace's alliance is even more fragile, and it won't be a close game. ”

"Don't underestimate Arthas, he'll have a way to make up for it..."Nefario had a lot of confidence in me, but he was clearly not the only one who was focused. "And don't forget the Night Elves. ”

"They are now very jealous of the current strength of the orcs, and they are also guarding each other, and the same tribe is also, he is also worried that Illidan will move south after taking Northrend, so he has also strengthened his armament. Nefarian continued to explain what he knew, much to the satisfaction of the Black Dragon King. Of course, the Black Dragon Prince is not limited to this. "Also, Illidan's vanguard has arrived in Northrend, fighting the undead, and Kael'thas is leading the main force of the Scourge to retreat there, and a major battle is inevitable. ”

"Don't you say that I forgot, we must always be ready to receive their defeated side, whether it is the Burning Legion or the Scourge Legion, and when they are almost depleted, we will attack the whole army and let them all fall under my command in one fell swoop. There's no room for error, so I had to go to Northrend to check the situation myself. Nesario thought of something, and decided to leave the place on the spur of the moment, but warned his son before leaving. "Tell Vandal, Magatha, Burks, and the others to find a way to eliminate dissidents, expand their influence, and wage war, if they still want to be the leader of their own race..." "Take care of our dragon eggs for me, and when the time comes, I will let all our offspring witness my great moments. ”

Nesario said and left, leaving only Nefarian, who was proud inside.

"I understand very well..."