Volume III Kuroshio 49 Dog Eats Dog

I suddenly remembered a sentence from a man......

He said that he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of restlessness.

Ease, what a seductive word. Comfort is comfort, the mind is completely relaxed, you don't have to think about anything, and you are comfortable with peace of mind.

And most of this kind of comfort is not won by winning, only escape, escape with a fluke mentality, give yourself all kinds of reasons to shirk and escape, when what you are worried about does not happen or you are not affected or it is much better than you expected, that is the real comfort...... Ha!

Unparalleled.

Thankfully, I didn't get involved......

You see, I used to worry about it in vain, and it seems that I can't always put pressure on myself in the future......

Hmph, I'm so lucky!

Draw a circle for yourself, bury your head, and tell yourself that there is no such thing as self-deception, and even though you are worried all the time, you still hope that you will be lucky enough to escape.

I seem to be wrong...... But it's true. Every day, when I open my eyes and see the sun rise again, I always wonder if the future will be like this, whether it will be like that, and slowly, the days that seem to be okay will give me a delusion.

I'll go on like this forever.

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Hum...... It's not education, and I just need to be reminded.

It's like...... A reminder from the dwarven refugees.

They shattered my dreams of ease.

The orcs are coming.

It's finally here.

You know it's been months since I learned about the orcs, and I'm even a little sure that the orcs were really defeated by the dwarves, and that's fine, and the ending I saw won't play out.

Do you know how irritable and frustrated you feel when you are disillusioned all of a sudden?

I don't want what I've heard to happen.

But I asked myself, I really ...... Don't want to? Ha! Actually, I'm already preparing in my heart, I've told myself 10,000 times that it's going to happen, it's very likely! It may happen at any time. But I ...... I just don't want to admit it, I always want to put it off a little longer, and I tell me that maybe I can put it off and the situation will get better.

And I feel that many people have this kind of thought.

When you reclaim a large piece of land in Nanhai Town, when you produce crops on your land, when you find that you don't have to pay taxes...... Have you ever fantasized about it?

News of the dwarves' flight spread throughout the kingdoms through messengers from the kingdom of Stormgard. Anyway, when I heard the news reached King Terenus's ears, he asked three times in a row, if it was true, and if it was reliable. He also wanted to be comfortable.

Soon, Lordaeron's emissaries brought back a tangible report to the king. The orcs captured Kazmodan, and the dwarves were defeated.

Meeting...... This was the first thing that came to King Terenus's mind. So a month later, in May, the kings finally gathered again.

It's just that it is said that the faces of the participants this time are completely less relaxed than last time, you look at me, I look at you. That's what Lothar told me......

He said...... The atmosphere at that time was awkward, the dwarves had failed, and the news of the fall of the south was a foregone conclusion, but the old man of King Gilneys was still lucky about whether the orcs would really invade human territory.

The commander of Kurtilas was not the first to speak, and he kept looking at Alterac Crown Prince Auriden Pirenod and Solas Tolbane of Riptide.

Lothar didn't speak, he told me that he had a belly, and he was very aggrieved, but he kept pressing, he was pressing, and there were still people trying to divert attention.

It was also this first meeting that gave Lothar a high hat.

The regent's ambitions are a bit big.

I don't know who said this, but I'm sure the guy who said it must be still alive now, and this kind of person tends to live longer.

The ambition of the regent...... What ambitions? What does the person who said this mean? Why do you say this at this time?

Hum...... Do you know what those people mean when they say that Lothar is ambitious if she doesn't take a stand?

You guess.

Hum...... Desire to add sin...... There is no excuse for it.

In the first meeting, Lothar didn't interject, and it was basically those old men who were bargaining, crying out for poverty.

Lothar said that the person who frustrated him the most was the king of Gilneis, and he said that he was eager to grab the old man's hair and slam his head against the corner of the table.

Such words can come out of the mouth of the suave Sir Lothar, what do you say the old man must be hateful.

It is not to blame that he and his stupid son want to build a great wall, a high, thick, great wall, so that their kingdom will be peaceful forever.

That's definitely a capitulation faction, that's what Lothar says about him.

And Autranch's crown prince Oriden came to the meeting on behalf of his father, who was going to die or not, and he said all the things that were innocuous and innocence. Only Solas knew that the war was on his doorstep, and he kept emphasizing the extent of the news brought by the dwarves and the news that he had sent someone to investigate the swamps.

That night I told Lothar that you can't be silent anymore, you have to talk even if you yell at those stupid X's back, don't use gentlemanly methods against the hooligans, it's no longer a matter of arguing whether you should pay or send troops. I told him that there was a good chance that the orcs would not be coming by land right now.

Lothar asked me why. I say it's still a prophecy.

Whenever I said that, he didn't look at me with obvious suspicion, and he rarely had that look of suspicion, disgust, or dissatisfaction, but I could see his doubts, and I understood him.

I couldn't think of an explanation to him, and I couldn't make up a reason to persuade him, so I could only tell him that the prophecy I had made before had basically come true.

I don't want him to remember how Stormwind fell, but he should have remembered. So he said that such a thing would not convince the kings, and I said that the navy of Kul Tiras, which was closest to the swamp of the wetlands, should go and reconnoiter as soon as possible.

Sure enough, a few days later, the flying letter came that the orcs were indeed building a huge military port in the wetland, and it had already begun to scale.

The news made the kings of the third meeting stand up in surprise.

I'm not wrong, it's the third time.

The second meeting was almost a fight.

Although he almost tore his face, the ending was good.

The kings of the second meeting...... Well, it should be the heads of state of the Parliament of the Seven Nations who are arguing the whole time. The physical strength of these old things has decreased significantly, and I am really afraid that they will not be able to get up in one breath and die there. I was there at the time, a lot of people were there, and Varian was there, but he was too young at the time.

In fact, there is a certain reason why some kings are reluctant to form alliances, and I heard it at the time.

An alliance is a union of kingdoms led by Lordaeron and led by Terenus Minahir II, and this kind of leader is often the most profitable.

Pay the money...... Ah, of course they have to pay money, and they will come up with a large sum of money as a union due, so that they can use it at any time when any disaster strikes, but it is argued for two hours over whose money it is.

This bunch of stupid X!

This is not the main problem, the main problem is that some boundaries are still very controversial, such as the border between Lordaeron and King Gilney, Baron Sivalenne is a retainer of the great nobleman Lord Gofrey of Gilness, Lord Gofrey has always coveted the southernmost region of Lordaeron, and Baron Sivalenne is a soft-eared guy, and if he has soft ears, he will be taken advantage of. And to the north of the castle of Sivalenne there is a large land, and there is a lake, and that place is rich in pearls, the most beautiful pearls in the world! It is said that this place was taken from Gilneth many, many years ago.

And Alterac too, and the Barov family, the biggest nobles in Alterac, have been hooking up with Lordaeron in a vague way. And so far, as far as I know, the Barov family not only has a large estate in Alterac, but he also has a fief in Lordaeron! The formation of an alliance is good, and Barov is likely to be independent! If he really wants to be independent, Lordaeron doesn't care?

Anyway, Mrs. Barrow is still quite stable now, and has not shown any intention of giving Crown Prince Auridon Pirinold's future throne a little surprise, and I know some of the things here.

Solas was in a hurry, but there was also a mess in his kingdom, as I said, the Torbarad region.

So at that time, they were arguing about power and money.

And what I didn't expect the most was that it was Oriden who took the lead. The stupid beep was instigated and provoked, and then stood up and first declared that he was against the continuation of the coalition, and he even said that he was no longer interested in the coalition forces.

At this point, Solas asked him if this was King Auden's opinion, and Auriden glared at the two dead fish eyes and said yes. Although Solas wished his beard stood on end when he told him about the cold of his lips and teeth, Oriden still disagreed.

But this matter was approved by Gilneth.

These two countries that already have territorial disputes are actually huddled, and I really don't understand what Akibald thinks. Whether an alliance has been formed is even more difficult to control the veins near the border between the two countries. Don't understand......

And then it becomes accusations...... Ha!

Military spending is high, natural and man-made disasters are coming, and taxes can't come up! That should be my land, give it back! Oh, my God!

At that time, Lothar had been sighing, and we who had lost our country far from strife had nothing but sadness there.

This old thing of Terenus is probably also a piece of shit, he can solve all the problems in one voice at this time, but he didn't, he just watched the whole audience turn the sky upside down.

If it weren't for Master Fao standing up, this matter might have ended up like this. This is also the first time I have seen a kind person who is always angry like a temperamentless person, and I quickly closed my eyes when the holy light that bloomed in that moment pierced.

At that time, he was like a sun, and the light seemed to illuminate the whole hall without a trace of darkness and shadows, and it was so bright.

Immediately after, he stepped forward.

This guy, I underestimated him.