Chapter 46: The Strife in the Heights of Arathi

Looking back, Sal always feels that fate is so incredible. He was in the shelter in Dunhold two years ago and had absolutely no idea what the outside world was like. He was Blackmore's personal pet and was trained as a gladiator to earn money for him.

But after that, fate pushed him to a path to become the king of the clan.

He found his old man, became the new chief of the Frostwolf Clan, learned the way of the shaman, and inherited the position of the Great Chief of the Tribe from his predecessor, Ogrimmar Hammer of Destruction, as the leader of all orcs. In just over a year, he managed to free almost all the orcs in the shelter and establish a shelter for them on the Arathi Heights.

The blind old shaman Drektar told him that it was a bit like the orc hometown of Nagrand. Although Drektar could not see with his eyes, the spirits of wind, water, fire, earth, and wild would tell him in his place.

Thrall also became a shaman - probably the strongest shaman in orc history. He never returned to his homeland. Only the old shaman and other orcs of the older generation have heard of the scenery of their homeland: the clear rivers and turquoise grasslands of Nagrand, and the sacred mountain of Washurgu, where the spirits of the ancestors took refuge after death, as well as primitive shamanism and simple, brave, hunter-gatherers.

This qiē sounds so good.

Thrall decides to revive the tradition of the orcs. In order for the newborn orcs to no longer be subjected to war and captivity, he must establish a shelter for them in this world, in Azeroth.

He had read history, and he knew from his past experiences how the humans of Azeroth viewed orcs. Thrall is willing to make peace with the humans, as long as they allow them to have a land in this world that is fertile enough to feed all the orcs and abandon their past hatreds.

But the humans don't seem to want to, they see the orcs as beasts, demons. Ordinary humans fear them, and the kings of men hate them. In order to fight for the soil for survival, he has fought many battles with the human kingdom.

Now the orcs have established a stronghold in Hammerfall Town in the Arathi Heights. Reclamation also began in the vicinity. There was a large forest for orcs to hunt, and while that meant competing with nearby humans and trolls for resources, Thrall had already fulfilled the first step of his plan. The orcs have carved out a land on their own.

It was originally part of the Stormgard Kingdom, and although the kingdom had lost a lot of power in the last war, it had lost control of the western part of the Arathi Highlands, but when the Orcs appeared here and showed signs of entrenchment, the Stormgard Kingdom sent an army from Riptide to defeat the Orcs.

In the past month, the orcs led by Thrall have engaged the human army more than a dozen times, and both sides have suffered losses. It seems that Solas Thorbain, King of Stormgard, has a desire not to give up until the orcs are driven out of his land.

But in the last ten days, the orcs have not encountered a human army again. It seems that they acquiesced to the existence of the orcs.

This is great news for the Tribe. If King Solas wishes, Thrall can sign a non-aggression treaty with them. Now they just need to concentrate on dealing with the nearby deadwood trolls.

Unbeknownst to Thrall at this time, the Kingdom of Stormgard did not send any more troops because of the messengers sent by King Terenus of Lordaeron to Fort Riptide.

King Solas Torbain of Stormgard was gray. He was a valiant and decisive king, and in the Second War, his kingdom was one of the first to respond to Terenus' call to join the Alliance. He led his group of warriors from the Arathi Mountains to a brilliant victory.

During the Second War, the Great Chief of the Tribe, the Hammer of Destruction, decided to take the Alterac Valley, from where he smashed the Yellow Dragon and attacked the royal city of Lordaeron. As long as Lordaeron is defeated, the Alliance's resistance will be weakened by half. The orcs will win the war.

The kingdom of Alterac felt powerless to resist the invasion of the orcs, so King Pirenod secretly met with the Hammer of Destruction. He threw out his terms: he could divert the treacherous defenders of the Alterac Valley and let the orc army pass through Guò. And the hammer of destruction Miè was to ensure that his kingdom would not be disturbed, and that Alterac would be guaranteed after the war.

The hammer of destruction miè agreed.

Because of Pirenod's betrayal, the orc army appeared directly in the royal city of Lordaeron. They crossed the Alterac Mountains and joined the fray in a steady stream. At the most critical of times, even King Terenus was forced to defend the city—the Light was above, and his hands barely wielded his weapon.

That's when it was Solas and his army who saved Lordaeron. When he discovered Pirenord's betrayal, he led the army of Riptide to cut off the orc's follow-up reinforcements. In the end, the Alliance held Lordaeron, while the Orcs were forced to retreat, ultimately failing.

Solas opened Tyrenus's handwritten letter and spread it out in his hand to read it. He put the letter down and looked at Lordaren's envoy, his rough voice full of anger: "So, Terenus wants my kingdom to return to the Alliance to fight a plague scourge?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The messenger always felt that he was a little shorter in front of the stout king, and he said the words that he had been brewing for a long time, "Your Majesty, this time we are facing a situation that is stricter than the original orc invasion. The Lich King is the enemy of the entire living world, not only humans, but also dwarves, gnomes, and elves. We can only defeat it if we unite and strike first. ”

Solas scoffed, "You should have sent an emissary to Gilneth too, right?" I'm sure that Jean guy must have blown your messenger away! ”

The messenger was a little embarrassed, because Gilneth was very close to Lordaeron, so when he came he heard that the messenger had not even seen King Gilneys's men, and had taken a close door, as if he was following the path of the great lord Darius, hoping to meet the stubborn King Greymane.

"We also hope that King Greymane understands righteousness as well as you do. Last time you were the first to answer the Alliance's call, this time—" The messenger flattered, but was quickly interrupted by Solas.

"You don't have to pat me on the back, I don't like this. Let's make it clear, why did Stormgard and Gilneth leave the alliance last time? Because Terenus didn't meet my needs. Fort Riptide is too small in strategic depth, Arathi is a high ground, and it is already difficult for us to feed so many people. But he has not been able to meet our legitimate needs for territory. To be honest, his approach is not above board enough! ”

Solas took a sip from the wine glass on the table, wiped his lips and continued, "This time you want me to join the alliance. How can I trust that he won't continue to cheat me after the war? What's more, Riptide Castle is now facing a ** annoyance - after the last war, I always thought that it was more than a hundred clean and direct to kill all the orcs directly, but your king's kindness was overflowing, and the mercy was given to the orcs, and we actually let us pay for the construction of the shelter. Well, now the orcs have broken out of the prison and are now regrouped into a tribe. Now my kingdom is wreaking havoc, and I am still encamped, and I don't plan to leave! ”

He slammed his glass down on the table, making a loud bang that startled the messenger. Solas roared with red eyes: "Don't wait for any natural disasters or plagues, let the orcs stay there, in a few years, those green-skinned orcs will overwhelm my kingdom!" Where is your king at this time? Well? ”

Solas was visibly drunk. He burped and threw the empty ones aside for the attendants to fill them up. He waved his hand and said indifferently, "Go back and tell your king, I'm too old to fight for the alliance anymore." My people are now under the threat of orcs, and may one day be overwhelmed by a frenzy of orcs once again armed. What a natural disaster, what a plague, to hell with it! I'm going to fight the orcs to the end! ”

Seeing that the king had given the order to expel him, the messenger hurriedly shouted before the guards came to drive him away: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we have a way to save you from all troubles!" Listen to me! ”

"Oh?" Solas was a little drunk, and he sneered with his fingers in his ear, "Tell me about it." ”

The messenger took a deep breath, and he knew that success or failure was in the next minute. He straightened his clothes and said in as concise and clear language as possible, "Majesty Solas." Before I came here, King Terenus told me that you were the king he respected the most. After the last war, there was a lot of controversy over the territory of Alterac. We in Lordaeron are not alone in that territory. In fact, over the years, all the taxes of the people of the original Alterac Kingdom have been used to maintain the orc shelter, and we Lordaeron have also taken a lot of financial subsidies from the treasury. At that time, it was not divided among the alliance countries because it was afraid that everyone would get into unnecessary disputes over territory. And once the division is completed, the orc shelter will lose the money it has to follow. All things considered, King Terenus took the infamy and picked up this mess. ”

Solas sat up straight and motioned for the messenger to continue.

"After the orcs were imprisoned in the asylum , Master Antonidas found that they were gradually losing their bloodthirsty nature. The walls we built for them couldn't trap them at all, but the orc POWs almost completely lost their escape. We've been kept in captivity. You should remember what the orcs we fought were like back then - they were bloodthirsty and warlike, red-eyed, animalistic, and possessed a great desire for destruction. But since the orc named Thrall began to rescue his kind, we have found that the orcs have become much more sensible now, and now that your army is fighting with them in the Arathi Heights, you should find that they are not slaughtering civilians anymore, right? We've only learned before that Thrall had a message to the Coalition that he would like to make peace with humanity. ”

"We think that the orcs are no longer the orcs they used to be, that they can communicate and appear sane enough, and that Terenus has fulfilled his original purpose of putting them in the shelter in the first place. Although it is a way of violent resistance. Therefore, King Terenus wants us to get to know the orcs anew and try to make peace with them, and even establish diplomatic relations. ”

"Huh-" Solas made a disdainful voice, the notion of "making peace" with orcs had never been in his habitual thinking. But when he tried to refute it, he was very disturbed to find that what the messenger said was indeed the truth.

The orcs began to colonize, rather than plunder. He also hunts in the nearby mountains and forests, competing with trolls for survival resources. That's what a normal race should look like.

And the words of the messenger did convince him.

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