Chapter 377: Meeting? Farce?
Chapter 377: Meeting? Farce?
Being able to indirectly control and guide Bervar Fotagen, and even secretly control the power of Stormwind, how can Caterina be ordinary in terms of vision and mind? Originally, she thought it was just a coincidence, but when the fox appeared in front of her with the envoys of Riptide Castle and the detection magic of the blood elves, all the mysteries were solved
The rise of Riptide Castle, although there are factors such as the support of the Brute Hammer and the timing of that big battle, but the reason, Stormwind's connivance and inaction are the main reasons, otherwise, a single Ninth Legion could sweep the high ground in the first place, and if the Alliance was squeezing out a legion, the weak Riptide Castle would not even have a chance to breathe
However, why did Stormwind, which has always been tough, allow the Riptide Kingdom to rise and grow bigger this time?
Quite simply, Riptide Castle's actions are backed by a high-ranking Stormwind ruler
Stormwind is now in charge of the military by Duke Berval, the House of Lords, which is largely dominated by Caterina politically, and Archbishop Benedictas religiously. Naturally, the hard-line Bervar would not sit idly by and watch Riptide Castle act in an almost divisive manner, and the archbishop would not intervene in such a matter at all, so it was up to him who could make an impact.
As long as you have a little vision and brain, you can come to this conclusion, and the blood elves are obviously among them
As a result, the Blood Elves took advantage of the concerted efforts of the tribal races to intensify their efforts to weaken the Alliance, and blatantly invited Riptide Castle to appear in Stormwind City as a seat at the meeting
After the Battle of the Highlands, Fort Riptide has been freed from the clutches of Stormwind, but this layer of paper has not been pierced after all, Stormwind needs their power to contain the Forsaken in the Highlands, and Fort Riptide also needs the full support of the Alliance.
Neither side was willing, or rather daring, to tear their skins apart, and Riptide became another Theramore-like force, nominally part of the Alliance. However, it is more independent and autonomous
But now if the envoys of Riptide Fort attend this Big 6 summit independently, they will restore their kingdom status in disguise. As the Seven Kingdoms, the political status will naturally become equal
In this way, the biggest loss will become Stormwind City, which will naturally not let Riptide Castle get its wish, and will definitely try its best to obstruct it.
However, the only people who can really have a say in this matter are Berval, the archbishop and Caterina, and the archbishop is obviously just a foil and cannot be the master. Now that Bolval has been transferred from the mountain, the matter is basically settled
Gianna and Ronin may not want to see humanity split again, but what excuse do they have against it? You must know that their status is now more than that of Riptide Castle, that is, they rely on the name of Violet Castle and Gianna.
As for the other forces, they have no right to speak, and even if they can, who will oppose them?
The biggest battleground between the tribal alliances is Arathi, Warsong and Alterac, Thrall is more peaceful, so although Warsong is constantly in skirmishes, it will not turn into a big war, and the same is true of Alterac, two rival races nest in the ravine and fight in the dark, and it will not change the situation. The only thing to worry about, and the most intense conflict, is Arashi
Now the general trend is a truce, peace, and joint resistance to Angela and all kinds of evil forces, but if Fort Riptide and Stormwind completely fall out, then the balance of the battlefield of Arathi will inevitably be broken, and how can Fort Riptide be the opponent of the Forsaken without the assistance of the Alliance? However, they will not be easily defeated, so it will definitely be a protracted battle that will definitely be lost
Peace? To hell with such a great time, who would give up easily in the highlands and hills, the two battlegrounds?
With Fort Riptide as a buffer point between the Confederate Tribes, that's all another story
The Alliance supports and the Forsaken will have a hard time defeating the greatly strengthened Riptide Fort, and similarly, it is impossible for the Alliance to send troops to provoke, so how could Garin agree?
In this way, the alliance with a slight advantage was cut off a layer of flesh, weakened a lot, and stopped shouting and killing the tribe every day. Isar's habits and style would not have taken the initiative to provoke the tribe when it was clearly weak, and peace came
Without Bolvar as a new force, and with Caterina's acquiescence, the other Alliance races wouldn't be boring.
In other words, there will be no danger to the success of Riptide Castle, and only Stormwind will be unlucky, but if the Alliance doesn't want to lose the high ground, it can't completely tear its face with Riptide Castle, but will continue to support them in the fight against the Forsaken
Garin didn't see through this at the first time, so he was a little indecisive, and Rommel the fox understood it at all, and chose to go to Stormwind City without hesitation, and came to meet Caterina as soon as possible, because all the gains and losses depended on her
Caterina, who had always prided herself on her political prowess, was in a tingling of the scalp, and instead of feeling the joy of provoking the infighting in the League, she felt the urge to vomit blood.
The blood elf's move made it clear that it was to suppress people with power, even if they knew it was a trap, all parties would jump into it willingly
Perhaps everyone in the Big 6 was happy to see it happen, except for Varian, Berval, and Gianna
"What do I get?" After pondering for a long time, Caterina did not nod directly, but asked rhetorically.
A certain fox seemed to know that she was asking, and replied without hesitation and straightforwardly: "What do you want?" ”
On the surface, Riptide Castle must have a pillar in Stormwind City, and it must not lose Caterina's support, Rommel's rhetorical question directly shows his attitude, to a certain extent, Riptide Castle supports your decision infinitely
But who knows?
At least Caterina wouldn't trust the fox's plan to revive Riptide Castle and let it fall into the hands of someone else again.
But now Caterina will not take the little Riptide Castle seriously, in front of the power of Stormwind, it is nothing but her real purpose is to provoke a battle, a never-ending battle
The reason for asking questions is just to get a plausible excuse
A deal that made Stormwind suffer so much was finalized by two people with their own evil intentions in this seemingly harmonious situation.
Soon, the satisfied, with a smile that would never change, walked out of the manor and returned to the mission.
It's the same inn, and the other powerful man in Riptide Castle, the Draenei adventurer Nicaa has been waiting for a long time
"How? What do they say? Did you say yes? Seeing the appearance of this still tacit partner, the fox changed his usual calm and calm, and even his expression couldn't help but change greatly, and he asked urgently.
"You're actually anxious?" Perhaps it was a matter of great importance and successfully completed, and Nicaea, who had always been serious and resolute, actually made a rare joke, which shows how happy and even excited he was
"There is no suspense that our logistics are tight and our materials are poor, but our army is strong, their vitality is greatly damaged, their forces are weak, but they are economical. What if there is even some estrangement? Why not join forces? After a pause, he said with some pity: "If you hadn't made a mistake and let go of that damn woman, the Blackwater Pirates would have been in our pocket, so why should we ask others for help?" ”
Rommel did not defend himself, and readily admitted: "It's my fault, I shouldn't be careless to underestimate the enemy, even if the pirates are integrated, they won't be able to achieve the climate after all, and how much supplies can we get by relying on robbery and their ship transportation?" Partnering with one side is an essential option, at least until our navy grows."
After speaking, he didn't do much entanglement, and he couldn't suppress his excitement anymore, so he slammed the table excitedly: "What about Caterina when the general trend is over?" What about Stormwind? No one can stop the revival of Fort Riptide, and no one can stop it."
Almost all the forces that can get on the stage at a meeting and the big 6 are gathered in Stormwind City, among them, there are those who hold high the banner of righteousness, those who have evil intentions, and there are many who have both sides, and even Xie Feng is obviously thinking of making trouble.
In addition, there must be a lot of spies of some hidden and evil forces, and although Ravenhold's den of thieves did not send representatives to attend, there must be members of their members in the shadows.
Stormwind City was very quiet and serene under the cover of night, but how could ordinary human people who were sleeping soundly feel the turbulent undercurrent and infinite killing power contained in it?
To some extent, ignorance is not necessarily a blessing. At least compared to Xie Feng and the others, who were still troubled by the treacherous situation and couldn't sleep until dawn, they were happy, at least, temporarily
Even if no thieves come out to make a fuss tonight, many people are destined to lose sleep, but fortunately, none of these people are ordinary guys, and early the next morning, they still appear in good spirits in front of the storm guards who came to lead the way.
The location of the negotiation is naturally decided by the Stormwind side, Luo Ning and the others may know, but the tribe doesn't have to think about it, just follow along~
"What could it be? Storm Fortress? Or prison? ”
Xie Feng only brought Galen as an escort, and followed the guards in front of him with Théresta, speculating maliciously as he went.
Anyway, Stormwind doesn't know if it's to embarrass everyone or what, this etiquette is really flattering, even if it's a number of hostile forces, you don't have to do it so obviously, right? Until now, there were only a few dragon guards who had officially appeared in front of Xie Feng, and even the lowest human nobles had not seen them
Okay, these are all subsections, what really makes Xie Feng interested is whether the things of Riptide Castle can be done, and whether the people who were sent out in advance, Tyri, Sirendis and the others, and a series of arrangements, can be realized as they wish?
While walking and thinking, it didn't take long for Xie Feng to appear at the location of the play last night, before the Royal Court of Stormwind City, or the Stormwind Fortress.
Just like last night, taking advantage of the journey, Xie Feng was the first messenger of the tribe to arrive, and under the guidance of a human ceremonial officer, he walked into the building in front of him, which took into account the two attributes of practicality and magnificence and magnificence
Of course, the negotiations could not take place in front of the throne of the little king, but in a small rotunda next to it.
When Xie Feng and Telesta entered, only the dwarf king and the dwarf ** master who had seen last night were present, and the other messengers had not yet arrived, and Caterina as the master had not yet appeared. According to human habits, don't the big names in the real finale always appear at the end?
Seeing Xie Feng and the two coming in, King Magni glanced at it casually and ignored it, but the dwarf ** master was not so straightforward, although he also did not speak, but he still looked at the two blood elves with interest for a long time.
Xie Feng didn't look bored with himself, nor did he pay attention to the two alliance envoys, and began to scan the layout in the field.
In the middle of the hall is a circular staircase about a foot high, on which a circular parliamentary table is placed. Twenty stone chairs were divided around, each of varying heights, apparently designed to suit the body shapes of each race.
The two of them casually found a more normal place to sit down, lowered their heads and closed their eyes, and waited for the others to arrive.
Not long after, Gianna and Luo Ning, the two ** divisions, appeared at the same time, glanced at Xie Feng and the others expressionlessly, and found a position in the middle of the alliance phalanx that was slightly close to King Magni and sat down, also silent.
Next up was Hamuel, who appeared last night's male Night Elf, Vandal Deerhelm, the other helmsman of Cenario, and sat down in the middle of the same seat. Then there are the three old acquaintances of Xie Feng, the Sage Demidya of the Scarlet Crusader, the Reblatt * Earthbreaker of the Council of Clay, and his other mentor, the Silver Lord and Lafayette
At this point, the neutral strength is almost the same, and then the tribesmen appear together under the leadership of King Sarufar and take their seats.
At the end, the priestess Tyrande and Countess Caterina dressed up in holy moon-white fluorescent robes appeared together, and the envoys were basically there. However, what made Xie Feng feel a little amused was that no one on the Delaney's side seemed to have come at all, and Archbishop Benedictas also seemed to have been ignored in the past
"If you have anything, just say it, I have something important to do again" The two women just sat down, and the deer helmet couldn't wait to stir up the topic.
In the eyes of the radical Grand Druid, there was no need for this farcical meeting to continue, and the scars of the millennia-old mind, including the dragon, had been stirred up again, and his mind was now full of the belief in revenge and the memory of his son.
In addition to the envoys of the various tribes, only two royal guards stood guard at the door of the conference hall, and when the deer helmet looked up, Caterina immediately motioned for them to close the door, and the meeting was about to begin
"Wait, the people haven't arrived yet" The person who most wanted to see didn't appear, and Xie Feng naturally couldn't let them close the door of the conference room.
The deer helmet paused for a moment, then waved his hand irritably, and didn't even look at Xie Feng: "The Draenei are not coming back"
"What does it matter to me if those octopuses come or not?" Xie Feng snorted disdainfully, turned his head to look at Duchess Caterina, who didn't know what to do, and said bluntly: "Ms. Presto, don't you have anything to say?" ”
"Naturally" Caterina obviously saw that Xie Feng was a little unhappy, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said indifferently:
"What will happen in this meeting、You know in your heart,Alliance、Stormwind、Need an explanation"
On the surface, at least on the surface, this meeting was held because of the Morgan Sentry incident, and Stormwind City forced this matter that should have been the responsibility of King Qi Niu to Xie Feng's head. When Caterina provoked, everyone turned their eyes and waited for his explanation
"Confession?" Xie Feng sneered in his heart, but with an understatement on his face, he said casually: "The outpost camp established by the elite veterans of a hundred battles was served by a group of rabble, and you are still embarrassed to let me explain?" ”
The faces of the alliance suddenly darkened, and they stared at Xie Feng with an annoyed expression.
"General Alex, remember the purpose of your visit, we are here for peace talks, not provocation," Gianna reminded him in a heavy tone. I don't know if it's from the Theramore map cannon incident or if it's already there, anyway, she is a little unhappy looking at Xie Feng now.
"Of course I remember," Xie Feng looked directly at the other party: "If it weren't for the peace talks, I wouldn't be here"
After speaking, without waiting for everyone to answer, he sneered and said to Hamil and the deer helmet:
"The tribe has long promised to participate in this battle, and is actively preparing strategic materials and mobilizing warriors, why did this meeting occur, and the real reason is well known, and I really want to pick it out?"
Then he glanced at Luo Ning, who was sitting upright, and said sarcastically: "At least we are still fighting for the future of Azeroth Big 6 now, instead of hiding in some mountainous area to survive, don't you say?" The great Kenrito ** teacher? ”
Since the Theramore incident, Xie Feng has completely classified Dalaran as a hostile force, and because of Tyri, sooner or later he will have to fight-for-tat.
"Lingering?" Luo Ning almost ran out of anger and almost roared: "What do you know? Do you know how traumatized Violet Castle was? The Violet Prison is almost completely shattered, and all the other creatures, demons, and elemental creatures captured by the Guardians of the past are imprisoned inside, and if you let them escape, do you know what the consequences will be? ”
Listening to Ronin's tone, the reason why the castle hid in Alterac and didn't come out was to repair the broken Violet Prison? But so what? Xie Feng didn't think that any blue dragon could break into the prison and wreak havoc
"How traumatic is the joke?" Xie Feng sneered: "Is it as big as a sun well?" What the hell is Violet Prison, no one believes that it will be easier to kill than to capture and imprison, right? Who told you to keep these evils? ”
Ronin speaks. Of course, you can catch and kill, and the reason why you stay is not to study these creatures. If they really let them escape, it is also Kenrito's mages who are responsible, and they definitely can't blame anyone else
"Don't say these useless, the valiant Kazmodan warriors never flinched," King Magni interrupted the quarrel between the two, his beard shaking, and he said in a menacing voice, "We will form an expeditionary force and fight into Silisus"
"That's not the point, it's about how many troops you have" Asker didn't flinch, confronting the heroic powerhouse and talking eloquently. With a certain 1o1i missing, the Deadrider Lord once again showed his gut.
Caterina glanced at him indifferently, and did not answer directly, but said with a little meaning: "Stormwind City is not avoiding the war, Angela's Gate is far away from the southernmost part of Kalim 6, what we need is time"
The words are high-sounding, but they are all human spirits present, and they naturally hear the meaning of her words. Far away in Kalimdor, that is, if the Eastern Kingdom cannot be defeated in a short period of time, Stormwind City is naturally not in a hurry, and it is your tribe that needs to be worried
The implication is that we should not be expected to attack with all our might, but that the lion's head will still be on you.
In this regard, King Sarufar's answer was also very crisp and indisputable, and he directly came to the bottom of the kettle: "Orgrimmar is short of troops, we need to send Stoneard's elite warriors back to Kalimdor to fight"
Xie Feng was almost amazed when he heard it, and he really could become every fuel-saving lamp of a hero and a strong man.
Don't you think Angela is far away in Kalimdor and can't threaten Stormwind? Are the Cursed Lands and the Dark Gate close? If you don't make a difference, why should you expect the tribe to take the tank for you? It's a big deal, you kill the demons, we kill the insects.
The topic is getting more and more outrageous, and it is about to collapse, and it is even worse than before, and several envoys of neutral forces can't sit still, and Lao Fuding, who is quite open among the forces on both sides, comes out to persuade: "Sarufen, this is not the time to be rash, in the face of these enemies who threaten the big 6 at all times, we should abandon our prejudices and fight side by side"
Then he said to Caterina, "Why didn't Bovar show up?" I am sure that he will give us a satisfactory answer"
Compared with King Sarufar, he was obviously a little displeased with Katerina's shirk and provoking trouble, and asked bluntly.
"This is a military secret of Stormwind City, I don't need to report it to you, Grand Lord of Fordin" Caterina naturally won't show weakness, obviously with the idea of provoking trouble and stirring up the situation, how could it be so silent?
Old Ferdin's words were stopped, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped and jumped. Lost your temper since you came into contact with some little bastard?
There is a voice in my heart that keeps pounding that you have a hammer in your hand, throw it out, you have a hammer in your hand, throw it out
Before the meeting officially opened, it almost broke up unhappily without even closing the door. Although everyone knows that, according to the convention, this kind of meeting needs to go through a period of running-in, foreshadowing, struggle, compromise, or a period of arguing before it can get to the point and finalize the contract. But this is a bit too much now, right?
The few people in front of me all looked like you and didn't have me, so they almost stabbed them with knives
After fighting with each other for a few words, and before some had time to express their attitudes, the conference room had already fallen into a cold field, and the only people who were happy in the face of this situation were Xie Feng and Katarina.
Caterina is clearly disrupting the situation, while Xie Feng is waiting for his plan to be in place, and he is also thinking about delaying time.
Therefore, in the entire venue, these two people are both outwardly and inwardly calm
Just when everyone was silent, a fox that Xie Feng had been looking forward to for a long time, with a smile like a spring breeze, slowly stepped into the conference room: "Ah~~ Everyone has arrived?" Sorry for the wait."
"Coming?" Xie Feng responded enthusiastically. With his understanding of this fox and his own calculations, he will definitely not be able to hide the other party's demonic IQ, but he has the same goal as he wants, and there is no need to calculate each other for the time being
"It's useless to sit here, it's a rare opportunity, let's have a good visit to Stormwind City with Alice~" Xie Feng glanced at it, scratched his head, and turned to say a word to Théresta, who was sitting next to him.
Two of the blood elves came, and it seemed that they had taken up the position originally reserved for Riptide Castle?
Waiting for Teresta to get up and exit, Xie Feng pushed the chair over: "Come and take a seat, just wait for you, how are you doing?" ”
"It's not light to be harmed by you~" The fox was not polite, smiled and walked to sit down between Xie Feng and Demytia.
Then、The two of them walked together and discussed the successes and failures of the Molten Heart, and the discussion was full of water.
"Where did you end up? Did you kill the fire demons? Xie Feng is also curious about where the alliance has gone.
The fox stroked his head and said boringly: "I got five, and in the end there was one fire demon who actually surrendered, but he seems to have a problem with his brain, and he actually wanted to lead us to find the fire demon to die, and was slaughtered by Nicaea~"
"You killed Xotus?" Xie Feng's eyes lit up: "Then he has all the collections, right?" There's no wrench in it, it's red, and at the top is a huge gear."
As he spoke, he pretended to be casual and glanced quickly at the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande, who was sitting there.
"Na~~ That's what you're talking about?" The fox took Fink's lava digger out of his backpack and asked curiously, "It was interesting to look at, so I left it, but I still don't know what it's for." You're going to send you~"
Xie Feng was naturally unpolite, grabbed it, and gently pressed it next to the gear.
The familiar sound of turning sounded, and then he nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time, a malicious evil smile appeared on his face
"Who is he? Why is it here? Seeing that the peace talks were shelved, the deer helmet asked coldly with a frosty face.
Xie Feng rolled his eyes, glanced at Tyrande seemingly unintentionally but unusually obviously, and then forced the excavator into his hand, and added: "This is for you, sometimes it can save your life~~ I hope you don't forget my benefactor when the time comes~"
Then he patted a fox on the shoulder and introduced: "Rommel Fox, this time on behalf of the Torrent Castle Stormgard Kingdom to attend this peace conference"
When the envoys of the alliance heard this, they immediately changed color
And Gianna and Luo Ning, who Xie Feng focused on, suddenly turned pale when they heard the name of the Stormgard Kingdom
Gianna was okay to say, her face changed a few times, and finally turned iron-blue, but her eyes flashed with raging anger, staring at Xie Feng murderously
And Luo Ning, under the violent action of the mana, the flame scepter in his hand was powerful again, and directly ignited the beard of King Magni next to him, who was distracted by astonishment
Rumble~~~.