Stepping on the Arathi Heights, Zuifeng and Lao Chen can't wait to find a city to take a good rest. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Half a month of sleeping in the open made the two of them physically and mentally exhausted, and they could only gnaw on the dry heron legs in the wetland every day, which was too painful for foodies.

After crossing the Sador Bridge, there is a big road in front of you, drunken wind inquired, follow the road to the north, and then turn west, and you can reach Riptide Fort in a few days!

"It's amazing!" Lao Chen was so excited that he almost jumped up, "I can finally find a place to take a shower, have a big meal and sleep comfortably!" ”

Zuifeng also nodded and let out a sigh of relief.

Three days later, the most divided and Lao Chen finally arrived at the gate of Fort Riptide.

Compared to when Fort Riptide was first established thousands of years ago, Fort Riptide is obviously a bit dilapidated, with its old walls in disrepair, and civilians who come in and out look like they are in and out.

Thinking of the many pastures and farmlands he saw along the way, Drunken Feng's brow furrowed tightly - this was very wrong! Why are these people in such a poor mental state?

The kingdom of Fort Rapids in the Arathi Heights, although the land here has become relatively barren after thousands of years of reclamation, there is not much population here!

And the Orc War is over, and there are no other burdens here, why do you always feel that the people of Riptide Castle live like refugees?

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Solas Tolbain could be said to be in despair at this point.

The Orc Shelter was originally unburdened, but since the High Elves withdrew from the Alliance, and without a big donor, the entire Alliance's finances have become stretched thin - Terenus has complained to himself more than once that he can barely afford the orcs.

As a result, Solas relented and agreed to help share some of the burden.

Originally, this was not a big deal, and Riptide Castle's assistance was more of a help than an obligation, but what Sollas didn't expect at all was that Tyrenus was holding chicken feathers as an arrow!

At the Alliance meeting, all six nations agreed and passed a resolution to help the orcs contain, and then Terenus simply allocated a large amount of money to Riptide Castle.

Now Solas is dumbfounded!

Okay, I'll help you depending on the situation? How did it turn out that I had to help you?!

Terenus's political skills were on display at this point, as he began to trumpet Riptide's selflessness, repeatedly stating publicly that he was looking forward to Ripside's help - with the result that if Solas dared not complete these financial tasks, Ripwater's credibility with the Alliance would plummet.

If it was just a matter of credibility, Solas might not be able to accept it even if he didn't want to be cheeky, but in the subsequent urging, Terenus intentionally or unintentionally said that if he didn't take the money, he would impose economic sanctions on Riptide Castle, which made Solas really a little powerless.

Forced to helpless, Fort Riptide can only raise taxes.

Imagine that the kingdom of Stormwind at this time collects almost no taxes, but Riptide Castle is raising taxes!

Do you think this is Terenus's plan? How naïve!

Ten days ago, just after the first batch of funds was apportioned at Fort Ripwater, at another league meeting, Solas made it clear that Fort Riptide was doing his best now, and that he could not continue, and hoped to cancel the apportionment.

The other five nations of the human race expressed their understanding, and then rejected Riptide Castle's proposal!

That's when Solas realized that the current alliance was no longer the one united in the face of the orcs, and that all the nations had their own careful thinking - and Fort Riptide, the weakest of the nations, had become a victim of this careful thinking!

King Terenus Minahir of Lordaeron was behind all this, and naturally he would not let Riptide Castle go easily, which Solas had in mind.

Then Coultiras was so aloof that Admiral Dalein Prodmore seemed to have made something new, and he didn't hesitate to sell Riptide Castle.

Dalaran is the head of the Kenrito Council, and Master Antonidas has a vendetta against Riptide.

When King Aiden betrayed the Alliance, the Barov family, the nobles of Alterak, sided with the Alliance - and after the war, the Barovs were not only not rewarded as they deserved, but were stripped of almost all their territories with the advice and support of Terenus, Jean, Solas and Varian!

The Duchess of the Barov family, Jandis Barov, was Antonidas's younger sister, and although Antonidas tried his best to prevent it, he could not resist the four-to-three vote.

The vote took place while the expeditionary force was fighting in Draenor, and Terenus, as the beneficiary, did not hesitate to choose to confiscate the Barov family's territory and give it to Lordaeron; Jean had not yet withdrawn from the league at the time, and he had reached some relevant agreements with Terenus and agreed to sacrifice Barov; Solas didn't realize Tyrenus's true colors at the time, and he listened to Tyrenus's lie about Barov's two-headed bet, and was willing to punish them; Without Lothar's help, Varian is the echo of Terenus, and Stormwind is basically following the ticket.

This incident made Antonidas discouraged from the alliance, and at the same time secretly hated the four countries who voted in favor - it was not easy to make Solas suffer this time, and Antonidas directly said that Fort Riptide should bear the apportionment!

Stormwind's attitude is a lot of fun. At this time, although Varian Ureon still has a lot of respect for Tyrenus on the surface, but with the help of Tulayan and Khadgar, Varian is no longer a political idiot after experiencing too much, and since Riptide Castle is no longer saved, it is better to simply vote for it, and now there is also a chance to befriend Dalaran and Antonidas - sorry, I didn't know everything before, I was just deceived by Terrenus.

The ugliness of politics was revealed at this time, with Riptide's loyalty and goodwill to the Alliance becoming the reason for its own decline, and King Solas's integrity becoming a talisman for Riptide.

What's even more terrifying is that now the ogres around the Arathi Heights are starting to move, and Fort Riptide even has to ask for help from the Alliance in order to defend itself against ogres and syndicate thieves due to the heavy losses of Fort Riptide's army in the expedition.

It also blocked the last road for Fort Riptide - the way to withdraw from the Alliance.

Solas paid a terrible price for his naivety, and if he didn't quit the Alliance, Riptide would be exploited endlessly; Withdrawing from the Alliance, Riptide Castle will fall to thieves and ogres.

Standing on the ancient walls of Fort Riptide, Solas looked at the Arathi Heights at sunset, his heart was extremely heavy, and after so much, he finally understood the purpose of Terenus - to force himself to abdicate and annex Fort Riptide.