As Cheng Xiaotian expected, early the next morning, Isara rushed to tell him that the secret envoy of the Stormwind Kingdom had visited.

"Young master, I think this is an opportunity." Isara looked a little excited.

Cheng Xiaotian and Youyou were relatively deep in thought.

Yi Sarah's mood Cheng Xiaotian can understand, he wants to regain his own territory, but he is facing a behemoth like the Orc Empire! With the hundreds of people in Mochizuki Village alone, it is impossible at all. But the Kingdom of Stormwind is not good, and the help they give must be conditional.

Politics is sometimes no different from doing business, don't look at the two sides fighting hotly, in fact, they are thinking about how to bite off a piece of meat from each other.

The silence lasted for a full quarter of an hour, and Cheng Xiaotian raised his head and asked, "Youyou, do you think there is anything else that can make Stormwind City look at it?" ”

"Your Excellency, you must know that the current Arashi Basin is already the only grain producing area north of the Sadol Bridge." Said quietly.

Cheng Xiaotian and Isarah glanced at each other.

The meaning of the gloom is very simple, what Stormwind looks at is no different from the Orc Empire, it is still food.

Then, the question arises, the current Arathi Basin is still firmly in the hands of the Orc Empire, how can Stormwind's claws reach over, unless......

Yu Yu nodded and said, "Anyway, my lord, you still have to meet this envoy and see what he has to say before making a decision." ”

"Let's see it." Cheng Xiaotian stood up, stretched his waist, and his spirit immediately increased.

"I'm here to see what they're up to, let's go!" After that, Cheng Xiaotian's golden knife opened the way first, and Isarah and Youyou hurriedly followed.

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The Arathi Basin is only a small part of a vast land that has given birth to countless heroes whose stories have been passed down on the continent through various means.

It was ruled by a clan of trolls, and humans were oppressed and enslaved until the advent of Soradin.

Soladin led an alliance between humans and the High Elves of the north to defeat the trolls and establish the first empire in human history, Arathus.

As the old saying goes, prosperity leads to decline, and the Alaso Empire cannot escape this fate. Internal factional strife and the exploration and plundering of unknown regions of the continent led to the weakening of the cohesion of the empire, and finally split into seven kingdoms, one of which is now the kingdom of Stormwind.

As soon as Cheng Xiaotian walked into Old Dawson's house, he saw the knight he met yesterday, he was sitting by the window, his posture was impeccable, and Old Dawson was next to him, and the two were talking and laughing.

"Hey." Cheng Xiaotian put on a very enthusiastic posture and said hello as soon as he entered the house.

Old Dawson hurriedly got up and gave up his seat and introduced the guest to Cheng Xiaotian: "Lord Viscount, this is the envoy from Stormwind City-Knight Hernandez, the Baron of the Kingdom of Stormwind. ”

Although Cheng Xiaotian is a down-and-out nobleman, his title is that of Emperor Soladin, and his title is higher than that of Elendin, so Hernandez hurriedly got up and gave a salute with his hand to his chest.

"Good day, Lord Viscount, see you again......" Hernandez's courtesy was impeccable, but his words were very inappropriate.

How can we see each other again?! Cheng Xiaotian said in his heart, if we meet again, then I will not be the one who fooled you yesterday!

"Hernandez knight, huh? When we met for the first time, Your Excellency really looked dignified and talented! Cheng Xiaotian interrupted Hernandez's words, patted his chest, and said with a grin.

"Oh...... Oh! When we meet for the first time, please take care of ......" Hernandez is not a fool, his eyes rolled, and he immediately changed his words according to Cheng Xiaotian's words.

"Sit down, sit down." Cheng Xiaotian nodded with satisfaction, walked to the main seat and sat down first.

But after this fart, although the two of them sat down, they didn't know where to start, and the room was strangely quiet.

Old Dawson was a little puzzled and looked at Isarath with an inquiring gaze, and Isara shrugged her shoulders to show that she didn't know what was going on. Youyou stood behind Cheng Xiaotian, with the posture of a staff, looking at his nose and nose, and no one looked at him.

Both principals bowed their heads, their eyes rolling over the words.

"Hmm......" Cheng Xiaotian put on a smiling face, dragged a long "um", and turned his face to Hernandez, if it goes on like this, it will be time to delay lunch.

At the same time, Hernandez couldn't hold his breath either: "Mr. Viscount......"

The two of them spoke at the same time, turned at the same time, and bumped into each other's faces.

"You say, you say, hehe......" Cheng Xiaotian shrank back with a haha.

Hernandez thought for a moment, pulled out a roll of paper from the travel bag on his waist, and solemnly placed it on the coffee table between the two.

The paper was fine parchment, bound in rolls with blue ribbons, densely covered with small handwritten letters.

"This is a personal letter from His Majesty the Grand Duke of Pagodagen, the regent of the Kingdom of Stormwind, Berval." Hernandez said solemnly.

Old Dawson raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Cheng Xiaotian stared at the parchment roll for a long time and smiled lightly.

"Tell me about it." did not untie the parchment roll, Cheng Xiaotian leaned back lazily.

Hernandez untied the parchment and spread it out on the coffee table, but did not read it out as written.

"The Arathi Basin is my last stop on this trip to the North, and I've been to Fort Riptide, Gilneys, Kurtilas, and even dealt with the bastards of Alterac." Hernandez said lightly.

Hearing his words, everyone secretly glanced at each other, this Hernandez knight really didn't seem to be mortal. It is not possible to go behind enemy lines alone, walk through so many places, deal with so many forces, and finally get here intact.

Looking around and seeing that no one was talking, Hernandez continued: "Cheng ...... Lord Xiaotian, your ambitions can be seen by everyone, but just with your hundreds of family knights and their relatives, if you want to accomplish the great cause, you are only afraid of ......"

"I still have tens of thousands of people scattered across the basin." Cheng Xiaotian interrupted Hernandez.

Hernandez paused, thought for a moment, and said sincerely: "You are right, those are all subjects of my Seven Kingdoms of Mankind, and they are trustworthy. However, most of them are farmers and herdsmen, and if they want to form an army and train them to be qualified warriors, the financial and material resources required are not small, and the orc empire will not sit idly by. ”

"Well, go ahead." Cheng Xiaotian nodded.

This is a clear matter, and those people cannot be used as bargaining chips in this negotiation.

Hernandez continued, "But unlike us, as the most intact and powerful of the Seven Kingdoms of the Race, Stormwind is fully capable of helping you achieve the great cause of revival. Moreover, now we are no longer alone, the Dwarven Empire has formed an alliance with us, and the 50,000 Dwarven army has gathered at the southern end of the Sador Bridge, ready to move north at any time, and the current land of Alaso is actually the front line! ”

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaotian stood up suddenly.

"What you say, it's all true?!" Cheng Xiaotian asked with frowns.

"Swear by the Holy Light, and there is no lie!" Hernandez said solemnly.

Cheng Xiaotian couldn't help nodding, and slowly sat back again, falling into deep thought.

The orcs had said that they had reached Shining Gold and approached Stormwind. However, the Stormwind envoy said that their army had reached the southern end of the Sador Bridge, and across the bridge was the vast land of Araso!

Which is true and which is false?

"So, what do you mean by the regent?" Cheng Xiaotian asked again.

Hernandez sat up straight, lowered his voice slightly, and said: "Our grand duke's meaning is very simple, we are both descendants of Soladin the Great, and we should work together to drive out the evil orcs and restore the territory that belongs to humans. When the big thing is done, the Arathi Basin will still belong to the Elliot family, and we won't want a single foot, as long as your declaration of allegiance to the Kingdom of Stormwind City, my lord. ”

Hernandez is indeed an excellent diplomat, and his words are awe-inspiring, but they do not point out Cheng Xiaotian's obligations, which is really difficult to refuse.

"Knight Hernandez, I need to discuss this matter with you." Cheng Xiaotian was silent for a long time and said politely.

Hernandez smiled and said, "Yes." ”

With that, Hernandez left on his own, leaving only the letter from the Grand Duke of Stormwind.

"My lord, is what he said credible?" Old Dawson looked at Hernandez in the distance and asked.

Cheng Xiaotian picked up the letter, sighed and said, "It's not credible, I don't plan to believe it, I just know that the peaceful days in the Arashi Basin are coming to an end." ”