In the afternoon, the few remaining court mages in Riptide Castle carved a sound-amplifying circle.

King Solas stood in the square in front of the palace, summoned everyone, and announced a command, his last as King of Stormgard:

The last member of the Thorbain family has died, and as a death knight, he is naturally not qualified to continue to serve as king, so he entrusts Riptide Castle and the entire Arathi Heights to the inheritor of the will of Soladin the Great and the wielder of Excalibur Sdomka:

Marquis Nicholas from the Kingdom of Lordaeron!

After this order was given, the crowd was enthusiastic.

Some people are angry and unwilling, some people are overjoyed, some people scold and cry, and some people run to tell each other.

Some still haunt the pride of being an Alahi people, but many more have long been disillusioned with the ruined country. In the current situation of danger and the possibility of ruin at any time, handing over Riptide to Marquis Nicholas is equivalent to receiving the support of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

Most people can still figure this out!

Subsequently, Jiang Zao came forward and swore on the spot that he would definitely use his life to protect Riptide Fort, protect the Arathi Heights, and protect the original territory of the ancient Arathso Empire, the place where mankind rises.

The remaining hundreds of Arathi cavalry, under the orders of King Soras, swore allegiance to the new owner of Riptide in public, and then some of the Rapids guards also swore allegiance, and then many more swore allegiance.

Subsequently, King Solas personally wrote a letter, which was delivered directly by the mage to the palace of Lordaeron, and handed by the Marquis of Lawrence to Queen Kalia, which contained the meaning of entrustment, as well as praise for Jiang Zheng, and expressed his request:

Riptide Castle could only be placed in the hands of the Inheritors of Soladin the Great, not Lordaeron. The owner of Riptide Castle must not just be a marquis, at least an archduke.

If Lordaeron doesn't agree, then Lordaeron will never want to get Fort Riptide.

Queen Kalia then convened a meeting of Lordaeron's highest level in the King's Hall to discuss the matter.

Many nobles objected, and each nobleman wanted a piece of the pie, believing that Riptide Castle should be divided and administered: Marquis Nicholas could be the supreme consul of Riptide Castle, but he could never have such a large and unprecedented fief. The Arathi Heights should be divided into several parts and given to other meritorious people.

But no matter how strong the opposition is, it is useless, because there are not many old nobles in Lordaeron now, and those old nobles have now gone to the western wilderness in the south and become the people of Stormwind, and even if they want to come back now, Queen Kalia will not agree, and King Varian will not agree.

Eventually, with the support of the regent of Uther and the Marquis of Lawrence, Queen Kalia issued an order to canonize Jiang Zai as the Grand Duke of Riptide Castle, and the fief was the entire Arathi Heights.

Jiang Zheng has become the largest nobleman in the fief of the entire Lordaeron Kingdom, and even the largest nobleman in the fief of the entire Eastern Continent, the total area of the fief is even comparable to the former Barov family, and his status instantly surpassed that of the Marquis of Lawrence, almost equal to the regent Uther, Her Majesty's grace is eye-catching.

Everyone knows that the rise of Nicholas Ginger has become unstoppable, and Fort Riptide has even turned into an independent vassal state, a duchy run by the Grand Duke. This is Lordaeron's compromise with King Solas, and with all the people of Riptide:

This was the last dignity of Riptide and the Torbain family, even if it was only considering the immense contributions of King Sollas and Danas Torbain to the Alliance, Lordaeron had to do it.

And Jiang Zai is the biggest beneficiary.

Three days later, another exciting news arrived:

Duke Chorazi, the Gnome Archmage, and others personally intervened to kick the Dreadlord "Varimasas" back into the Twisted Void.

No one knew how the League of Assassins did it, and a few people began to be surprised by the terrorist power of the League of Assassins, while most people did not know what the "League of Assassins" was, because the Duke of Choraci played the banner of the Ravenhold Manor and the Ravenhold family.

It's a strategy, and it's a compromise.

It is impossible for Lordaeron to canonize the leader of the Dark World, but if the canonization is for a family patriarch who is supported by many nobles, then it is acceptable.

Although the neutrality of the League of Assassins will not change as a result, the leader of the League of Assassins is the Duke of Lordaeron, so it is bound to profit from it, and Lordaeron will also benefit from it, which is a win-win situation.

Although the really powerful people know what is going on, being a bitch to set up an archway, but that's it, but who dares to say it?

That's politics.

After the death of Varimathas, hundreds of members of the League of Assassins attacked at the same time, and the bones of the Alterac Mountains were all over the place, and the blood of three thousand syndicates stained the Great Snow Mountain.

Subsequently, the Assassins disappeared, and the Grand Knight "Baron Maxwell" personally led 5,000 members of the Knights of the Silver Hand to attack the Alterac Mountains in an all-out attack, exterminate the remaining diehards, and wipe out the mountain snowmen.

Maybe it won't be long before the grain that was stolen will return to Lordaeron's hands, and then the entire Alterac Mountains will truly become Lordaeron's territory.

Perhaps in a few months, south of the Wraith Lands and north of the Sador Bridge, all the lands except Hinterland, Gilneth and Kurtilas will belong to Lordaeron.

And Duke Jorazi Ravenhod, who has made great contributions, will also be officially canonized as a duke and own a large fief.

The strange thing is that unlike the time when Jiang Zheng was canonized, this time the regent of Uther and the Marquis of Lawrence strongly demanded that the fief be reduced as much as possible, and Tarenmir, who had 50,000 people, must not be given to a leader from the Assassin League, while most of the nobles strongly advocated the merits of Duke Cholazi and demanded the expansion of the fief, and Tarummir must be among them.

The influence and control of the League of Assassins is heart-wrenching.

This will be a long tussle, and what the final result will be, Jiang Zao doesn't care anymore.

On the afternoon of Deserock's death, after declaring their allegiance to the new owner of Fort Riptide, the Arathas cavalry galloped back to the Valley of Refuge to continue to maintain safety and defend against the Orcs.

On the third day, the Fenris People's Army finally arrived at Fort Riptide and served as the personal guard of Archduke Nicholas, responsible for the security of the palace and the entire Fort Riptide.

Seeing the chaos at Riptide, the Stonefist Ogre launched a massive assault, but by this time the Fenris People's Army had arrived, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

Everyone in the entire Riptide Castle has seen the formidable combat power of the Fenris People's Army, as well as the terrifying power of the Nightmare and the Shadow Phoenix.

Any member of the Fenris People's Army can confront an ogre head-on and kill it, but a squad of Riptide Guards can't do it;

The Nightmare and Shadow Phoenix, flying in the sky, easily killed a small number of Stone Fist spellcasters, directly leading to the rout of the Stone Fist Ogre.

In less than half an hour, the Stonefist Ogre had left more than a hundred corpses and fled, followed by Nightmare and Shadow Phoenix, and Jiang Zai also led the Fenris People's Army to attack.

It didn't take long for the good news to arrive:

The Stonefist outpost was breached, the Stonefist ogre base camp was breached, only a small number of ogres fled, the Fenris People's Army was chasing with all its might, and the ogre threat was basically lifted!

When they learned that these people were all warriors and apprentices of Archduke Nicholas, at least 3,000 people flocked to the palace square and asked to worship Archduke Nicholas as a teacher and join the Fenris People's Army.

Jiang Zheng immediately said that the Fenris People's Army would expand its recruitment in the near future, but he himself would not accept apprentices casually, and the newly recruited people could be taught by Bai Darian, Sven and others...... That's for the future, not yet.

On the fifth day, the three hundred earth spirits, led by Blanc Blackheart, finally arrived at Riptide Castle, and immediately divided two hundred men to build the collapsed city wall and another hundred to build a mausoleum.

During this time, there were many robberies and murders due to the disillusionment of the people, but with the arrival of the Fenris People's Army and the Earth Spirits, and with the defeat of the Stone Fist Ogre, the situation gradually stabilized, and everything was developing in a good direction.

However, on the seventh day, a war horse dragged a seriously wounded and dying cavalryman of Araso into Fort Rapids and broke into the royal palace.

After a crucial piece of news, he breathed.

"The Great Lich Kel'thugad and the High Chief Orgrim Doomhammer have led a massive invasion of the orc undead in Hammer Town, and the Valley of Refuge has been lost!"