The next day, Gianna and Ferding came to us as promised, and I and a few commanders went to the middle of the camp, which the Night Elves had just set up, to renegotiate, but before that, Gianna also reported to me some information, such as Varian said that he did not care about his position, but was very concerned about the news I had about the Black Dragon, and yes, he said that he would continue to leave these troops to help us if needed. But to be honest, this help is not completely gratuitous, and he asked Gianna to tell me about the Lordaeron refugees, which is that he doesn't want them to cross the ocean to get here, after all, they have settled down in Stormwind and are officially citizens of Stormwind.

I am very grateful to him for such selfless assistance, of course, I also know that this is more or less due to my sister, but what makes me happiest is that my sister is now said to be pregnant, yes, Varian has been controlled by the black dragon for so long, and it is indeed now considered stable.

Of course, as for what Varian said about the refugees in Lordaeron, yes, these are the fleeing Lordaeron and the former inhabitants of Alterac and Gilneis, I know that they did not heed my call and chose to come here with the people of Kalimdor or it means that they are far less loyal than my people, and when I recall the hostile encounter I received when I was escorted back to the main city when I was undead, and the massacre of Stratholme, plus the fact that I destroyed Gilneth... It did offend quite a few of the inhabitants, and the fact that they did not flee to Kurtilas is perhaps the best proof of this... So since Varian has asked for this, there's really no need for me to bring them back under my command, so I might as well let them go and let them be part of Stormwind and enjoy the peace there. Of course, because the number of these refugees may be in the millions, and they may even be comparable to the residents of the native Stormwind City, which directly makes Stormwind City completely the existence of the first power in the alliance, and even reaches more than half of the total number of alliances, which is enough for Varian to sit firmly in the seat of the leader of the alliance, and the reputation of that leader is indeed insignificant compared to the real strength.

Of course, in the current situation, I can't care about the world question of who is the alliance leader between me and him, and what I am most concerned about now is the situation on my side. I am glad that the captives of the tribe are obedient under the supervision of Faric, and that they have repaired many villages and houses in the dust swamp area. and day and night at the North Point Guard Tower to the nearest port of Theramore, a flat official road 15 meters wide was built. And around this official road there are many small roads that connect villages and towns, that is to say, completely through the northeast corner of the dust swamp. Not only that, but they also cultivated a large estate in these places during the time we were fighting, so that we could grow crops in the following spring. And then there's Theramore, where the captured elite Magasa troops are also building the buildings of the island, of course, they won't be involved in the layout, but in some infrastructure such as casting stones and digging earth, etc., now that the prototype of the capital has been built, and the materials used for the next construction are almost ready for the tribal captives. It was gratifying to hear this result, but also regretted the attitude towards the orc captives after the second war, and perhaps we should have used them for hard work in this way.

In fact, Falic originally planned to use their southern half of the Dust Swamp area, that is, the town where the goblins used to gather mainly, the town called the Muddy Swamp area, to restore the goblin farm, and to increase the transportation convenience of the capital by building two bridges to the north and west of the Dust Swamp area in Theramore, respectively, and highlight the status of the capital. But for now, the most we can do is to complete the shorter bridge to the north before the tribe can take these captives, and the future plans to develop the area south of the Dust Swamp will have to wait until later.

And I didn't want to let him continue, because no one knew if we would have to leave our homes again in the next war? It was imperative to ensure that we had a good harvest, that we had enough food and reserves, and that a large area of farmland such as the North Point guard tower and the guard post would be sufficient.

Back to square one, everyone who should be going to go has come, except for Lotherma, I don't know what happened to him now, but after getting Maitwyne's answer that he is very stable now, I can't say anything, after all, I don't plan to let him come, he has already offended the Night Elves, and when the time comes, I really don't know what to do when the Night Elves really want to capture him. And when we just arrived here, we happened to meet Sal and others who came here. Before we could start looking at each other, Zurkin mocked us that the High Elves were cowards who hid under the covers and did not dare to come out.

But just when I was about to refute it, Malfurion came out and presided over the work, and refuted Zulkin not to cause trouble with them. This was accompanied by an opening remark that welcomed us and arranged for our meeting to take place in a tent set up in the middle of the Night Elf camp.

Sal and I barely looked at each other before we sat down, just skimming each other's attendees. In the opening scene, Malfurion is straightforward about their purpose, such as not wanting us to live, and repeating that the outcome of the Ashenvale negotiations after the elimination of Akmund was not so fair that there is now a war... So now he wanted to redraw the line and discuss acceptable terms for both the Union and the Horde.

I was surprised by such a statement, and I could not believe that Malfurion did not know about his brother's defeat, and then prepared us for a war similar to that of the resistance to Akmund. Do the Night Elves want to deal with it themselves? But I don't see any concern on their faces.

And it was this pointless thinking of my negotiation with the tribe that made me a little distracted, so that Sal first found the right to speak, that is, he attacked our actions first. However, it was the fact that we took the initiative to provoke Bloodhoof Village that led to the start of this war, and we attacked us with warlock magic, and of course he also mentioned in passing about the High Elves stealing the Night Elf warship, and also told them about their attack on Zulkin under the guise of the Night Elves. Yes, he didn't say anything about the burning of my Dark Spear Island, apparently he knew that someone under his command had used the power of the undead.

When he finished speaking, it seemed very strict, but I realized that he didn't know about the behavior of the high school in Rusty Waterport, and I was quite satisfied with it, after all, the wealth accumulated by the goblins destroyed by Lotherma over hundreds of years was not a joke, and a considerable part of this wealth was transported back to the island of Theramore with the High Elf civilians.

And my retort is clear, and that is that at the beginning of his attack on the Northern Fortress, of course, he mentions that they have always had plans for expansion, which is to encroach on the habitats of centaurs and hawkfaces, and to kill Thrydes, and of course, and the most important point I want to say, is that they used the power of the undead to resurrect their corpses. And they didn't refute it, they just refuted it with Mavi's matter, but I believe that there is definitely a difference between that kind of power and necromancy. This, I'm sure Tyrande and Malfurion, who have been friends with Mavi for tens of thousands of years, must know, but their ignorance is really infuriating.

So in this question of justice, we have never argued with each other, so Malfurion decided that we should each pay half of the responsibility for this war, and it is true that the war is over, and it does not matter who is the moral high ground about whether it is righteous or not, anyway, it will not punish the criminals severely, at most it will show how noble they are, and they should not eat. The important place lies in the question of territory and compensation. That's where we got into a fight. Of course, it is precisely because I have made the matter of their Dark Spear Islands clear, that they will naturally include the compensation for our burning of their property, and I will also-for-tat for such unreasonable demands, such as I include the loss of Thrydes, the Hippogriff, the loss of the Centaurs, and of course, our Northern Fortress, And the loss of the Dust Swamp, of course they didn't know that I was doing hard labor with the captives right now, and of course I wouldn't say it, and I also signaled to Fordin not to talk too much, because I was just using their captives as a bargaining chip to trade resources with Thrall.

And for the matter of Magatha's captives, Sal is still very skeptical, but after Malfurion's affirmation, Sal is not calm, yes, originally he thought that even if Magassa did not succeed, it would not be to the extent of total annihilation, but now that I have so many hole cards, Sal is completely panicked. Because these were the regular armies of the Horde anyway, but now they are all captives ... So he was ready to exchange half of Zurkin's warships for our alliance in exchange for their freedom, and I was happy with the result, because I knew what these warships meant to us. With these warships, I will naturally form a naval suppression of the Horde, but I obviously did not agree with him so easily, I want more, such as all the Tribal naval warships, after all, these are the legacy of our alliance, and of course the territory, that is, in addition to the dust swamp, I also have to ask for the whole barren land, and the place where our current camp is stationed and the exiled beach area, so that we can have about the same territory as the Horde.

Sal certainly disagreed with my request, and our most heated argument began. Then the new hatred and old hatred were put on the table, and even our gains and losses were calculated to the time when we first met, yes, compared to our innocent friendship at that time, it is completely child's play now. I knew I was asking too much, but to be honest I was just trying to take advantage of it, but I was really angry that Thrall didn't give in and was like that goblin's business acumen.

But just as I was about to lower the bar, an accident happened, and a priestess told Tyrande something in private, and she got the information and motioned for him to come in. Just after we didn't know how, a goblin came, a fat goblin, and the decoration was more luxurious and luxurious, but the gray fluttering must have experienced something, especially the way he glared at me and walked to the tribe, and it was at this time that I seemed to think that he might be the goblin leader...

"Your alliance has destroyed all of the wealth we have accumulated over the centuries, and you must pay the price. ”

This is what Lotherma said about the leader of the goblins in Rusty Water Harbor, Gary Vickers! So the argument has become heated again, and we are now asking us to pay compensation from the tribe. And to my surprise, the Night Elves are a little partial to the tribe, for example, whenever Mavi wants to say something, Tyrande will talk about what she used to do, such as the Night Elf Navy in Ashen Valley, as the largest fleet on the East Coast, she will give it to the Alliance, and at that time she has removed Mavi's lordship, and she didn't give her any chance to speak at all, but just gave those High Elf warships the right to continue to use it, which is something Mavi has won. But these battleships clearly do not meet my requirements. In this regard, Gianna faced the aggressive goblins and the tribe, and said some information about the death of Daelin, since the goblins joined the tribe, then they had to give an explanation, and of course, the destruction of the goblin foundation was also because the goblins provided material to the tribe.

However, Dalin's death also offsets the fact that the Alliance slaughtered the goblins. In the end, under the threat that I would not release the prisoners, an agreement was finally reached, that is, to atone for everyone's sins and to release all the prisoners, and the matter of reparations was stopped. The territorial battle is for all of the Southern Barren Lands except for three-quarters of the South Barren Lands, which are the northwest and southwest corners, and a southeast half called Sharp Spear Village and the North Sprawling Oasis, and the Dust Swamp region belongs to the Alliance, and the rest is the location of our current garrison, and the southernmost hill of Orgrimmar as a replacement for the exiled beach, and two enclaves as the territory of the Alliance. Moreover, according to the requirements, each enclave must have more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians stationed or garrisoned.

I had no choice but to agree, and Saar did not object, and the agreement was reached. At first, I didn't think about why Malfurion had arranged some enclaves for both of us in this way, but then I realized that the purpose of this was nothing more than to strengthen the connection between the alliance and the tribe in disguise, that is, trade exchanges, and that the supply of our 6,000 garrisons needed the support of the tribe, and the tribal enclave in the south also needed the support of the tribe, and the same was true for them, so that gradually commerce and trade could be exchanged, so that we could restore contact, and then the relationship would be back on track.

After the discussion, Malfurion motioned for us to sign a tripartite document and shake hands, and declare a complete truce, yes, when I shook the hand of this former friend again, I had no feeling with him, I knew that we could never return to the way we used to be, and the first thing he did after doing these ceremonial gestures that annoyed him was to beg for the prisoners as I did, and to let them go home as soon as possible, and my reply was very-for-tat.

"They'll be at the Overgrown Oasis in two weeks' time, maybe you're lucky they won't be treated like Dahlin this time, but not necessarily next time. ”

"I'm not as cruel as you, and I'll be merciful to release you!"

We parted, and they left. Only me and my subordinates were left, and at this time Malfurion also wanted to leave, and seeing that I had not meant to leave, he expressed doubts about me.

"I don't think you have anything else to say to us, if not, of course you can stay, I'm just saying we're leaving. ”

I was surprised by Malfurion's statement, because I thought he would face this crisis with us, but now they didn't care.

"Don't you have anything to tell us? for example, your brother Illidan has failed. ”

Malfurion was surprised by what I said, for there was almost no one among the Night Elves who knew anything like this, except for him and Tyrande, and confronted us with Tyrande after he had retreated from the people around him:

"How do you know he's failed?"

"I have my way to know. ”

I said with a joking voice, yes, I don't need to tell him about Ysera, and of course I don't need to mention her and lie to Malfurion, that's all I can say. But this is clearly a provocation to Malfurion. What I didn't expect was that he also turned up against me...

"Well, I'll tell you that my brother Illidan may have been on the back foot, but he didn't fail. ”

"He's completely lost all of the demon warriors fighting for him, and they've all turned to Deathwing, so do you think he has a chance of victory?"

"I also have my way of knowing, and I'm repeating, that Illidan has not failed, and I trust his assurances that Illidan will succeed. ”

"Believe what he said?" I was very angry at Malfurion's statement, yes, I made this the focus when I first came, so I tried to make concessions to the tribe during the negotiations, but now, I got such an answer, I really don't understand what he thinks, how important the task of throwing Illidan is, not to mention, they are twin brothers after all, does he not care about his own brother at all? And I could hear that he knew that Illidan had suffered a serious setback, but he turned a blind eye, could it be that they Night Elves wanted to take it all by themselves, was that possible? He believed in 'his' assurances, of course he thought it was Illidan...

"Okay, count me aside, since you think our alliance can't help anything, that's it. "Angry, I left here. and returned with his own people to his camp. But at this time, I also felt that Mavi was staring at Tyrande uncomfortably, and even wanted to cry, and I had no reason to talk to them about anything, and what to stay here.

On the way back I was furious, and everyone else except Mavi was at a loss, many of them didn't quite know what Malfurion and I said in the end, and I mentioned the Black Dragon King, which alerted the people of Stormwind, and they wanted to get all the explanations, and I could only tell him everything I knew about what Isella had told me in my dream, and as for how I found out, I didn't say Isera, but Ronin.

However, at the end of the explanation, of course, I had to add that "my worries are too much, and the Night Elves can solve these problems alone." "And let them explain to Varian that there is no such thing as a crisis, and tell him that the Night Elves want to solve this problem on their own, and that if the situation gets worse, this threat is simply not something our Alliance can afford. Birva and the others, who didn't know any information about this, could only nod their heads and obey. However, I have made a strong will in my heart, that is, if the Night Elves need the help of our alliance, I will definitely ridicule the arrogance and arrogance of this so-called demigod Night Elf leader.

But I only feel guilty at the moment, about this peace negotiation with the Horde, because to be honest, the result of this peace negotiation is not very good for us, at most a truce agreement was reached, but as for the compensation or anything, there is almost nothing, but the territory is relatively more than at the beginning, but what can we do, without the support of Stormwind and Ironforge Fortress, our strength here is still very different from the Horde.

However, compared to us, they are still more satisfied with Ironforge and Stormwind, after all, after such a big war, their losses are only twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, and the cost of a few warships, and Varian still hopes to let the hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled to Lordaeron to Stormwind City completely join their own sequence, which is undoubtedly a disguised enhancement for them, and there are quite a lot of centaurs who want to join Ironforge Castle, so overall, they still earn it.

In response, I asked them to leave behind more than 6,000 warriors to be stationed in our camp and in the southernmost hill of Durotan, because we were less than 6,000 men, and they all needed to go home and reunite with their families, and they had no reason to refuse my request, after all, as Stormwind people, they also wanted to have a place here, and they also had our supplies.

Time went on like this, and after leaving enough material for these garrisons, most of our troops followed the battleships and transports back to Theramore, where I and a small number of troops arrived there in advance through Gianna's portal.

Here, seeing that Theramore did not suffer any damage due to the war, and after the restoration was very beautifully completed, the unhappiness he had just had slowly disappeared, yes, in any case, this was also a good start for the people of Lordaeron after the war. And my return was warmly welcomed by all of our residents.

Compared to the 200,000 residents who were helpless at the beginning, now I have more than 300,000 inhabitants, and there are still 700,000 in Kul Tiras, at least I can accumulate the strength of Lordaeron and achieve the revival of the country on the basis of a middle-class and upper-class country, and more importantly, these residents have gone through so many tests with me, and their loyalty to me will also help me to promote the implementation and implementation of my own policies in the future, so what I want to ensure is the scientificity of these policies and plans, and of course, fairness... For example, the contribution of Kurtilas

Yes, Kul Tiras has paid too much for us, and if they only know how to ingest it like this, it is not easy to explain it, plus in peacetime, as an island nation, they have always relied on land supplies. The natural disaster and the appearance of the Burning Legion have stretched it to the limit, so we must also take responsibility for the food supply over there. This forced me to revisit Falik's plan for Tabesa's farm, which wanted to develop the original goblins. Of course, there is more to do than that, and Gianna and I have to return to the life that we used to be busy with politics all day, and with the addition of Mavi, my mood is still much better than when I first came to the Dust Swamp, which may be another attachment from God to me... With such positive thoughts, we once again threw ourselves into our work.