"I'm always chasing my goals, and every time I succeed in getting them, there's nothing left in my heart." Locke said as he sat in his chair and looked out the window at the streets of Fort Riptide.

It's been three months since the last Riptide Castle incident, and in the past three months, most of the residents who have migrated from the Valley of Refuge have gone from panicking at the beginning to living in peace and contentment.

"It's boring." Locke flipped through the materials on the table, which were full of changes in the Arathi Heights in three months.

"What are you thinking?" Laurena put down the quill pen in her hand and asked with a wink of bright eyes, "We must deal with the winter food of the forest trolls and ogres." ”

Locke nodded, and it was Locke who had made many persuasions from the beginning of her determination not to let ogres and forest trolls become her subjects, to now allowing them.

"Winter food, I've already had people communicate with the goblins in the wetlands, and they're going to transport some food from far away." Locke stood up and looked out of the window lattice: "The price of the goblins is very high, they want all the minerals in the Arathi Heights this year, but in order to maintain the population, I have decided. ”

Laurena nodded, for the past few days, she originally thought that Locke would become the regent of Riptide Castle, but she didn't expect that Locke not only did not have a dictatorship, but also made 80% of the humans in the Refuge Canyon move to Riptide Castle.

In Locke's words, "The Canyon of Refuge doesn't need a lot of people, but Fort Riptide needs to be filled with some people." ”

Laurena smiled, "It's just some minerals, we have opened up all the farms in the Arathi Heights, and I believe that by next autumn, there will be no shortage of food." ”

In the hall, High Priest Ryan had a strange face, and as a forest troll, he still felt a little strange as he lived in a human castle. The castle is made of stone, and in the summer it is hot and sweaty.

"The food of the forest trolls can be dealt with from New Tran." High Priest Ryan suddenly proposed. In this kingdom dominated by Locke, Ryan has also resisted from the beginning to the current acquiescence, because the human social system and assistance really make Ryan unable to refuse at all.

However, he still refuses to go to war against the Evil Branch of Neutran, and although Locke is the leader of the forest trolls, in fact, after Locke left the tribe, Ryan re-established a theocracy system with it at its core.

This made Locke helpless and helpless at the same time. However, Locke owned three territories in the Arathi Heights at this time, and he was not afraid of the two forces of Ryan and Laurena at all.

"Well, let me draw a sentence on the internal affairs of the Arathi Heights." Locke looked at Laurena, who was sitting at the wooden table in the center, "How's the news from the Stormwind Kingdom?" ”

Laurina picked up a piece of paper from the table and read slowly, "The Cathedral of Light has acknowledged that I am the queen of Riptide Castle, but the royal family of Stormwind has not said anything. ”

"It seems that because of the disappearance of the king, the Stormwind Kingdom has become an empty period at this moment."

An interregnum refers to the loss of a kingdom in a country, the paralysis of the government, and the separate affairs of the princes.

Locke nodded, the Stormwind Kingdom in this period is in a period of continuous weakening, and there is really nothing to pay attention to, but the Lordaeron Kingdom is in full swing, judging from the spies he infiltrated Lordaeron, the kingdom of Lordaeron seems to have a mentality of building an empire.

This may be the second human empire to be established in the Eastern Kingdom since the fall of Soladin the Great. However, Locke shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window, looking out the Riptide Castle to see the long wall of Soladin and Dalaran floating in mid-air.

However, the rise of Arthas completely destroyed the nascent empire, and even gave birth to the youngest demigod in Azeroth.

"It's too far away." Locke sighed and turned to look at the two behind him, he picked up a piece of papyrus from the table: "This is an envelope sent to us from the Kingdom of Lordaeron. ”

"I won't read the content, but it probably means that the nobles of the Alterac Mountains may rebel, and Fort Rapids, as a friendly country, should send 500 troops to fight Lordaeron's army."

"Knock" Laurena slapped the table hard, then stood up and said excitedly, "Who does the king of Lordaeron think he is, our lord?" Actually let us send troops to help him quell the chaos? ”

"No, I've decided to accede to Lordaeron's request." Locke said slowly, staring at Laurena, whose face was full of shock, "In the Eastern Kingdoms, all but the one that built the Wall of Greymane have effectively allegiance to Lordaeron. ”

"A few months ago, Lordaeron could have chosen to ignore Riptide Castle, but now Lordaeron is waiting for an answer from us."

Laurena had no master, she wanted to refuse, but she still suppressed the words she wanted to refuse.

"Then let you go and make contact with Lordaeron, I'll ......" Laurena sat back on the throne, "I want to be quiet." ”

"Now?" Locke frowned slightly: "But I have one more piece of news for you now, and that is that I plan to go to Lordaeron." ”

"Never." Ryan's hurried voice echoed through the hall, and it got up from its chair and quickly walked in front of Locke: "The ogre has not yet fully surrendered, and the ogre who surrendered to us is now building its ogre fortress in the Elemental Heights. ”

Locke pulled the hand of the High Priest of Ryan: "The construction of the Arcane Barrier is my order, and the process of this is supervised by humans throughout the process, you don't have to worry too much, it is also my established strategy to strengthen the defense of the Arathi Heights." ”

On the contrary, Laurena did not make a decision against Locke, in her opinion, she was not the strongest force in the Arathi Highlands, and the forest trolls and ogres outside Riptide Castle made the kingdom of Riptide itself, which had very few fiefdoms, now only a city left for her.

If Locke was able to leave, she would at least have a buffer time, and in her plan, she would have to control at least two farms near Fort Riptide.

"Locke, if you can, can you keep the human soldiers from going to Riptide Castle." Laurena asked in a whisper.

After all, she didn't want to see Locke take most of the human soldiers from Riptide Castle.

Locke looked at Laurena with a smile, then nodded slowly......

"There's no more to get excited about at Fort Ripwater." He thought

"I'm going to Lordaeron this time, and I'm probably going back soon, and before I leave, I'm going to build the Soladin Wall with a third of the strength of the Arathi Heights." Locke's language is not amazing, and the swear is endless.

"What!" Laurena and High Priest Ryan both shouted loudly.