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It is rumored that Arugao has mastered this new summoning technique, and that he has made a promise to King Jean Greymane of the Kingdom of Gilneth that he will order these summoned creatures to attack the borders of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the information received by Dalaran, Jean Greymane acquiesced in Arugao's actions and offered as much convenience as possible; The target of Arugao's attack was Gianna's destination, a small castle on the border between the kingdoms of Gilneth and Lordaeron.
Because Arugao's identity is a mage after all, and the "Book of your" was indeed stolen from Dalaran, Archmage Modra and Archmage Antonidas are very concerned about the seriousness of this matter, and they plan to send Gianna to the castle first to understand the basic situation, and then decide whether Dalaran needs to send more mage troops.
After all, with King Terenus' prestige at a height, there was no way for the mages to move freely in Lordaeron's territory with Dalaran's background alone; What's more, due to the increasing marginalization of Quel'Thalas's position in the Alliance, it is difficult for the mages of the High Elves to be accepted by humans.
"This ...... Archmage Antonidas ...... What a good calculation. ”
Arthas listened to Gianna's words, couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.
"Calculation?"
Gianna asked with a puzzled look on her face.
Arthas glanced back at Gianna, and the girl's round lips were slightly open in surprise, and her blue eyes were particularly lovely because of her bewilderment.
Now Gianna is not the strong woman who led her people across the ocean to build the Theramore Fortress; She has only been a qualified mage for a long time, and her experience has been much worse, so it is understandable that she has not analyzed the deep purpose of her teacher.
But Arthas saw it - Archmage Antonidas had anticipated his actions from the beginning.
The leader of the Kenrito Council knew that Gianna would tell him about it, and he knew that he would not stand idly by; Perhaps Archmage Antonidas wouldn't have thought of going to the castle with Gianna himself, but he knew he would do something about it.
With Prince Lordaeron's involvement, whatever Dalaran will do next, it will be much smoother; It can be said that when Gianna went to the palace of Lordaeron to be a court mage, Dalaran finally did not suffer.
"Well, nothing...... Gianna, how did you know about Arugao's specific plans? And also...... What are the minions, and it takes so much trouble to verify their power? ”
Arthas no longer thought about Archmage Antonidas, but asked in a different direction.
"Hmm...... Because...... I don't know the specific details, but I heard from Teacher Modra that some of the mages who were sent back to the Kingdom of Gilneth wanted to return to Dalaran, and they didn't like Arugao's style, so they ......"
Gianna didn't quite understand the question either, and said to Arthas with a distressed expression.
"Each of these mages is very shrewd......"
Arthas sighed - perhaps the mages didn't exactly want to return to Dalaran; Perhaps the power brought by Arugao has attracted a lot of attention from Jean Greymane, which is why these mages of the Kingdom of Gilneth are dissatisfied.
After leaving Dalaran, the court of the Kingdom of Gilneth was suddenly filled with mages, and Jean Greymane certainly did not have enough ability to meet all the needs of these mages, so he had to choose the best.
Those mages who were not treated well by Jean Greymane and could not immediately provide combat power to the Kingdom of Gilneth would definitely be dissatisfied with a guy like Arugao, who was obviously just a newcomer, but suddenly became a red man, so it was understandable that he would secretly report to Dalaran and try to sabotage Arugao's plan.
Frostmourn sat beside Arthas, and when he heard his master say this, he couldn't help but pout—who said every mage was shrewd? Gianna is stupid!
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Bordered by the Hillsbride Hills, the Silver Pine Forest is one of the few dense jungles on the continent and is off the beaten track.
Both the Kingdom of Gilneth and the Kingdom of Lordaeron wanted to exploit the land, clearing the woodlands and clearing them for farmland and pasture.
However, of course, the two countries could not agree on the ownership of the land, and both sides claimed the forest, and this contradiction also led to conflict and even war.
The aggressive kingdom of Gilneth once occupied the Silver Pines Forest and encroached on the Hillsbrad Hills, but the elite soldiers of the Royal Guard of Lordaeron had taught the Greymans that it was not for nothing that their ancestors had been hiding behind high walls.
With Jean Greymane expelled from the Alliance, the kingdom of Gilneys shrank into the Greymane Wall, and the kingdom of Lordaeron has slowly but surely encroached on the realm of the Silverpine Forest for the past six years, eventually gaining effective possession of it.
The castle that Arthas, Gianna and the others were going to was indeed some years old, even before the Kingdom of Lordaeron was founded.
However, the current owners of the castle, the Sivalens, are not very old, and their ancestors were rewarded for standing firmly on the side of the Minahir family in the war between the kingdoms of Gilneth and Lordaeron, and were given a small territory limited to the vicinity of the castle.
The castle's current owner, Baron Sylvaline, whose name Alsace is not at all impressive, is only a rank higher than the "knight" among the nobility.
Such a small nobleman, the garrison of the castle is at best a dozen servants and private soldiers, and it would be too weak to choose this place as a breakthrough.
However, it is very symbolic - if the lords of the Silverpine Forest know that such a fate will happen to the Minahir family if they firmly support it, they will definitely have some scruples when they stand by in the future war.
Arthas, of course, couldn't allow that to happen, and he was indeed a little curious about what kind of summoning spell that the guy named Arugao had stolen from Dalaran.
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Light four-wheeled carriages rode along the main road in the Silver Pine Forest, a rare place where the lords relied on logging to pay for their taxes, but because they could not feed the peasants, the food was expensive, and few civilians other than lumberjacks lived here.