Thrall led the main force of the tribe south, although I had already thought of such an outcome, and had prepared a way to fight, which was to concentrate on defending the northern fortress against enemy invasion and kill Thrall when he unleashed the power of the earth. But I really don't know what the outcome will be, if Thrall dies and the tribe is in chaos, and if that deputy chief Kane can take control, then obviously we will have a more violent attack.

In any case, it is very risky to hold on to the northern fortress, not only can Thrall's earth power destroy the entire fortress, but also we will be attacked by the tribe after killing Thrall, and the dust swamp of our territory is not only a passage to the northern fortress, Thrall will definitely send his soldiers to the west and the valley mouth of the barren land to send Minotaur troops to attack from there, and there is no danger to defend at all, so when the Minotaur arrives there and then besieges us in reverse, then this is a lonely city.

Although we have an outlet to the sea near the outer city to the northeast that allows us to retreat along the seashore, it is difficult for me to guarantee that this flat outer city will be able to hold on to the sea in the event of war. So since we have chosen to stick here, the retreat here will also be the focus of our contention. Fortunately, Gallisus has already led our main fleet here, and if this becomes a battlefield, the navy will become another point of support for us. Of course, there are other places, such as Faric, the centaurs led by Muradin, and our human knights, which are nearby. If the war goes in our favor, or if we are deadlocked, they can also be a force of wonder to insert the enemy into the enemy, so as for the direction of the war, we will only know when it starts.

Of course, these are my ideals, but my enemy is Thrall, who is no longer the honest orc I remember Dunhold, who is a sinister and scheming leader with a good appearance. Although I may not be much better... So he must have some plans waiting for me, since he also chose to fight me, it also means that he has been prepared for a long time, which means that he must have estimated some advantages and disadvantages, and when he chose to kill Thrydes, he has already proved that he is a very good leader, and even surpassed me, it is not impossible...

Thinking of this, I was even more determined to kill him, of course I had such strength, Gianna closed her door and stopped all work and thought that it was for this purpose.

In the past few days, she has closed herself in a quiet basement, with magic books and some magic props, in order to prevent any accidents, I will stay nearby to work, and Ronin, who came back from Bloodhoof Village, will not return to Kurtilas and stay near me to train Gianna's mage apprentices in actual combat, and also supervise some accidents. For example, Gianna accidentally summoned a demon or something. Now thinking about the magic that Akmund unleashed was extremely destructive, not only could it easily destroy the entire fortress, but it could even resurrect hundreds of thousands of demon armies, it felt terrifying to think about, you must know that even if it was an undead disaster, they had no possibility of resurrecting any demons.

It seems that Gianna can't do it like Akmund now, but one thing is still very certain, she can do a miniature version of the Death Finger, which is similar to Annetheron's trick. The kind of powerful move that is enough to inflict heavy damage on a single strong enemy even if you are prepared for defense, and if it is a sneak attack... Thrall is absolutely certain to die. When the scouts reported that the horde army had entered the vicinity of the overgrown oasis, Gianna walked out of the basement with a few pieces of magically torn mage robes and a head wrapped, which immediately reminded me of the tightly wrapped decoration that was characteristic of warlocks when Kel'thugad was alive.

Her decoration shocked me and Ronin, and I immediately stepped forward and lifted his robe, and when I saw Gianna's stable eyes, I was relieved, yes, it was still the same look at me before, but she looked more haggard, and there was a lot more silver hair on her head... It makes me feel a little distressed, of course, I am more concerned about her current situation, whether there has been a qualitative change as I feared...

"Scaring you?"

Gianna said with a smile, her temper was still the same as before, and more importantly. She nodded at me, and I knew exactly what it meant, which meant confidence in myself, or the completion of the task I had given her.

"It's okay!"

Just when I wanted to hug her and try to comfort myself, Ronin walked over with anger and anxiety and slammed off Gianna's spell glove. That's when I realized the gravity of the situation. His hands were just wrapped in skin like skeletons, and they were not at all as slender and white as they used to be, and when I touched them unnaturally, they felt almost the same as bones.

I looked at Gianna suspiciously, and now he had already lowered his head in shame, and Ronin reproached her in a reprimanding tone.

"The books you trained were orc warlock magic, Gianna! I thought you were trying to boost the power of your lasers..."

"But I have no choice, time is too late, if I don't do this, I may not be able to make this battle"

"It's too dangerous. ”

"I know what I'm capable of. ”

"That's just your luck!You know if you have something wrong..."They said to each other, and I listened to their conversation as if I was an outsider, yes, the tacit understanding between the two of them was very high, and Luo Ning, who was slowly calming down, also realized that he had crossed the line in front of me, so he didn't say anything, but chose to leave. "You're fine, then I should go about my business..."

"Arthas, I'm fine, Ronin is worried that I may be consumed by demonic power, but I know my strength very well, please trust me, I will not do anything that worries you. ”

"I know, Gianna, I believe in you, always have, if you think what you do is necessary, you do it, I trust you. ”

"Hmm..."

Since Gianna thinks he's done her magic, I don't hesitate to do that, just as Gianna paid for her slender hands, and since we've paid so much, we're going to make the tribe pay. Like the Northern Fortress, this magnificent fortress we have built will not be able to defend against the onslaught of the Horde because the flanks of the Dust Swamp are not safe, but as a symbol of the western part of the Alliance, we will have to make the enemy pay a heavy price here anyway.

We didn't linger much, and soon went to our posts, and continued to prepare defenses, batteries, crossbows, and arrow towers, hot oil, etc., with the soldiers and civilians in the vicinity of the outer city, and in the distance near the outer city, and in the distance along the coastline, the gunboats and frigates that were sporadic and so on. When the scout told us that all the soldiers and civilians in the Dust Swamp had moved to the vicinity of Theramore, I had no scruples about waiting for the arrival of the tribe.

Two days later, in the early morning, with the appearance of the wolf horseman, followed by the continuous appearance of the horde warriors in the north, yes, as the scout said, even from the top of the fortress it still looks like the sky and the sun, there is no end, I am afraid that Lordaeron in the most glorious period did not have such a formation. And for the tribe to come as promised, my heart is unusually calm, because I know very well in my heart that since we have chosen to stay in Kalimdor, this day will come sooner or later, rather than waiting for the tribe to improve its equipment and develop its own population, it is much better to take advantage of this time when they are tired of fighting for many days to carry out an early defensive battle, of course, as a commander, I am also looking forward to this duel with a strong enemy created by my arrogance, to make up for the mistakes I have made in the past.... The mistake is to sympathize with and illusion the enemy.

Along with my own thoughts, I didn't choose to salute Sal first, but directly ordered long-range artillery greeting, and the war with the tribe officially began...