Chapter 194: Internal and external troubles
After returning to the capital of Lordaeron, Arthas quickly obtained the consent of his father, the old king of Terenus, and then personally led a large northern expeditionary force to the continent of Northrend, officially beginning his journey of revenge.
Lordaeron was furious at the fall of Stratholme and the transformation of the entire region into a plague land.
It was a thriving place second only to the Tirisfard Glades, and now it was a wasteland infested with the undead, how could Lordaeron endure it?
So you have to get your revenge! Kill all the damned Cursed cultists, and kill that hateful Dreadlord Marganis!
The nobles were furious, and the old king of Terenus was so enraged that he immediately agreed to Arthas's expedition, accompanied by an army of battle mages from Dalaran.
The northern continent is now a piece of decay, full of decaying dead, dragging the stiff and smelly body aimlessly, and the former prosperity and excitement no longer exist.
The devastation in Lordaeron also caused tension in the other kingdoms, setting off a panic of natural disasters on a collective scale.
The fleets of the Kingdom of Kurtilas no longer docked at the ports of Lordaeron, and their people did not dare to continue their borders, and the plague of the undead on the continent was too terrible, and Kurtilas had to protect his territory hanging overseas.
The Kingdom of Gilneth was even more exaggerated, they closed themselves off from the country, cut off all communication with Lordaeron, and withdrew from the Northern Alliance.
On the orders of King Jean Greymane, the Gilneys built a long wall that directly blocked their land behind it, completely cutting off the bordering area of the Silver Pine Forest.
They gave up the land of Shadowfang Castle in the Silverpine Forest region and completely lost it to Lordaeron.
If you want it, you can ask for it, and now it's for you, and we're not going out anyway.
The heavily fortified Gilneth Wall was completely closed and no entry or exit was allowed, much to the agitation of the refugees who had gathered at the gates of the high wall.
They are the Gilneys who live in the Silverpine Forest region, and now the kingdom has abandoned them.
The royal family of Greymane also has a good reason for this: who knows if you have a plague of natural disasters on you, we can't risk this to let you in, we are responsible for the whole kingdom.
Regarding the withdrawal of the Kingdom of Gilneth from the Northern Alliance, Lordaeron was naturally extremely angry and scolded this group of cowards.
However, Lordaeron is not able to make any retaliatory actions at this moment, and the undead natural disaster has already made the country extremely weak, so in addition to verbal scolding, he has no power to send troops at all.
The only consolation is that the openly anti-water kingdom of Alterac has finally been broken by the army, and this protracted local conflict has officially come to an end.
Davar Presto, the damn two-and-five-boy who is missing, seems to have escaped early, leaving behind a huge mess in his wake.
Cities are being destroyed, fields are burning, and large numbers of Alterac refugees are pouring into the Hillsbrad Hills and the Silver Pine Forest area.
Since you Lordaeron want to annex us, and now you have got your wish, then we are the people of Lordaeron, so you are responsible!
Lordaeron, who had acquired all of the Alterac lands, found that he seemed to have lost money.
The land also needed to be restored and rebuilt after the war to bring benefits to Lordaeron, all of which required manpower and gold, as well as a large supply of uncontaminated food, which was what Lordaeron lacked at the moment.
Not only that, but having to settle and take care of the influx of refugees is even more troublesome.
The country was ruined, the king disappeared, the commoners who had no way became refugees, and the nobles who had the way went south en masse.
This group of nobles formed an illegal and violent organization: the Syndicate.
The Syndicate is strictly a gang of bandits, burning and looting along the way, sparing no food supplies or gold coins.
The Arathi Heights were the first to be hit hard by the Syndicate, and then the bandit wave continued southward.
Eventually, their large army settled in the western wilderness of the Stormwind Kingdom, and took over the town of Moonstream and the large mines in the town, dubbing it the Death Mine.
The Death Mine is easy to defend and has an extremely complex internal structure, which the Syndicates have taken advantage of to entrench themselves and begin to harass the Stormwind Humans in the Wild West.
The People's Army of the Western Wilderness immediately began to resist, spreading outward with Sentinel Ridge as the core, stationed on various farms, and resisting the infestation of Cindy's reinforcement bandits.
The Storm Court also immediately issued a heroic summons, calling on the adventurer groups in the country to go to the western wilderness to complete various bounty missions and eliminate this group of damned bandits from the north.
But the trouble is far more than that, the Crow Ridge Necropolis in the Twilight Forest area has also been attacked by the undead plague, and a huge number of resurrected dead are constantly breaking through the ground, completely occupying the entire area, and also spreading to the outside world.
In the depths of the forest, the werewolf plague is also raging everywhere, and at this moment, the roads of the Twilight Forest are no longer safe, and the local Night's Watch forces have suffered great losses.
In the valley of the sunny woods in the middle of the forest, there are also unknown anomalies here.
The green dragons guarding the entrance to the Emerald Dream Realm here have changed their friendly personality for a hundred and eighty degrees, and they have sealed off the entire valley, no longer allowing humans from the outside world to enter, or even the druids.
In the midst of a situation of erosion, it is not without good news.
The "heretics" living in Twilight Orchard, led by Winian the "Demon Blade", managed to defeat a large number of werewolves who tried to invade their homeland, and successfully defended their land.
This group of heretics who do not believe in the Titan gods, their slogan is that only they can save themselves, and they will never pin their hopes on the gods and outside forces.
However, the times are difficult, and the Stormwind Kingdom is overjoyed to learn the news, and now everyone needs a victory to be inspired.
I heard that Winianca's power is extremely terrifying, and she is not yet an adult, just a young Lori.
Wielding the two-handed greatsword that was disproportionate to herself, she rushed to the front, easily slashing the werewolf in front of her into bloody pieces of flesh.
The golden divine power produced an unknown mutation within her, forming a scarlet energy that swirled around Venianka and the blade of the artifact Apocalypse.
Under the influence of divine power, the form of that big sword also changed a lot, turning into a slender big sword, like an enlarged version of the Tang knife.
Now that the Divine Venerable and the Holy Cult Army have let go of these heretics, the Stormwind Kingdom doesn't care about their state of mind, as long as they pay their taxes on time and recognize the rule of the Stormwind Court.
Therefore, for their victory, the Storm Court also made a reward, giving Winianka the title of the emerging nobleman, the Demon Knife became her family title, and the Twilight Orchard Garden became her legal fief.
Vinianka was extremely resentful of this, she hated nobles the most, and now she actually lived the most hated appearance.
The Storm Court insisted on giving her the title of nobility, and Winianca also stubbornly refused to accept it, and for a while the scene was a little weird and funny.
The first time I saw a talent who treated the title of nobility like shit, it was really a long-lived series.
In the end, her arms couldn't twist her thighs, and Winianka still received her own noble title.
Well, this is the result of her subordinates making their own decisions.
Vinianka is the only one who really hates the aristocracy, and the others are normal and ordinary mentality, usually extremely disgusted with the noble lord, all kinds of complaints and disdain.
And when he had the opportunity to get in touch with the aristocracy, he immediately changed his attitude and became a staunch vested interest group.
After all, people are realistic, aren't they?