Chapter 252: Dividing up the Arathi Basin

As soon as the talks began, the two sides began a round of business blowing.

Michaela first Kwakharfer Wimbane's tactical command is very superb, and Harver Wimbane praised Michaela for his personal combat strength with a backhand.

Under Selesteen's wide-eyed gaze, Michaela and Halver-Wimbane seemed not rivals, but friends.

This is not the end, as the business blows are over and the talks get to the point, Halver Wimbane, a high-ranking commander from Stormwind, sells Arashi as soon as he opens his mouth:

"Mikaela, according to the previous agreement on the division of the Arathi Basin, seven days a week, one, three, and five belong to the tribe, and two, four, and six belong to us, and they will rest on Sundays, so there is no objection."

"Okay, deal."

Then, Halver-Wimbane and Michaela clasped their hands tightly together......

"Hey, that's wrong!"

As a paladin who believed in the Light and had justice in her heart, Celestine couldn't sit still, she immediately jumped out, pointed in the direction of Michaela, and said to Halver-Wimbane:

"Commander Halver, the purpose of our visit to the Arathi Basin should be to drive out the invading tribal army and maintain the justice of the Alliance! How did it become a partition of the Arathi Basin?"

"Huh?"

Halver-Wimbane glanced at Celestein, not only him, but everyone else present and even the agents of the Seventh Legion hiding in the shadows of the mine all looked at the naïve paladin with foolish eyes.

Michaela said to Halver-Wimbane, "It's better for you to explain it to her."

Halver-Wimbane shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Celestein,

Where is this place?"

Celestine: "This is the Arathi Basin, the territory of the Kingdom of Stormgard."

Halver-Wimbane is asking, "So who are we?"

Celestine: "We are the army of the Stormwind Kingdom."

"That's right."

Halver Wimbane spread his hands and said, "So what are the troops of our Stormwind Kingdom coming to the territory of the Stormgard Kingdom for?"

"For justice!"

Celestine said firmly, "The Kingdom of Stormgard, as one of the Seven Kingdoms of Humanity, is an ally of our Stormwind Kingdom, so we should help them defeat the Horde Invasion Army."

Celestine's answer directly caused Halver Wimbane to laugh, and the orc lieutenant Razger also laughed, but Michaela and Malenia didn't move much.

"What's so funny about that?"

Celestine couldn't comprehend the situation in front of her, as a paladin who completed the trial at the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind City, it had always been her creed to carry out justice.

"Justice, okay."

Half a minute later, Halver Wimbane, who had laughed enough, spoke, "So, Celestein, let me ask you a few more questions, we are here, are we going through the portal of Stormwind?"

Celestine nodded, "Yes."

Halver-Wimbane's next sentence was, "How many resources does it cost to pass through a portal that allows an entire army to pass through it every day?"

Celestine was stunned, as an adventurer, she couldn't answer the above question at all, and could only judge from common sense: "Very, a lot."

Halver-Wimbane asked again, "How many reinforcements do we have in Stormwind?"

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Celestein: "More than ten thousand."

Halver-Wimbane next sentence: "So how much food and how much weapons and equipment do more than 10,000 soldiers consume every day?"

Celestine was stunned again, she couldn't answer, she could only say, "Very, a lot."

"yes, a lot."

Immediately, Halver-Wimbane threw out a cold truth: "These resources, food, and equipment are all spent by the Stormwind Kingdom, and we have come to the Arathi Basin to shed blood and sacrifice and fight against the tribes, just for justice? Will you come up with those resources?"

Of course, Celestine couldn't take out so many things, she could only bow her head.

"Listen, Celestein."

Halver-Wimbane walked up to the paladin, "As a subject of the Stormwind Kingdom, I also believe in the Light, and in fact, from a personal point of view, I greatly appreciate people like you who pursue justice."

"But what we're talking about, it's not about individuals, it's about going up to the national level. Individuals can have good and evil, but at the level of the state, we have to think about benefits and expenditures, and that's politics."

At this point, Celestein has understood how ignorant she was about saying "justice" before, but she still can't bear it: "So, for the sake of politics, should we divide the Arathi Basin with the tribes? So why don't we just drive them out and divide them up?"

"That's the meaning of our previous war."

Michaela stepped forward and spoke, "Celestein, you must have noticed as a witness that the Alliance and the Horde are really fighting, and we both want to destroy each other."

Halver-

Wimbane replied, "But after the battle, both of us found that neither could destroy the other."

Michaela: "Since neither the Alliance nor the Horde want to invest heavily in the Arathi Basin to fight a protracted war, then of course what should be done is to stop the loss in time, shake hands and make peace, and each takes what he needs, which is also politics."

Halver Wimbane: "Politics is the art of compromise, compromise at the right time."

"So, deserve the misfortune of the kingdom of Stormgard?" Celestine asked rhetorically.

Halver-Wimbane snorted, "Don't talk so innocently about the kingdom of Stormgard, the story of Garin's kid who killed his father and took the throne is known to everyone in the League. Think about what impact his actions will have on the whole country, and you can see what combat effectiveness the Alasso coalition army has."

The Alasso Coalition Army, an army engaged in the 955 war system, can have the combat effectiveness of wool.

Seeing that Celestine was silent, Halver Wimbane continued to speak, pointing out something closely related to Celestine himself:

"Celestein, I know you want to organize a farm raid before the blacksmith showdown, but other adventurers aren't interested in it at all except your friends, right?"

Celestine nodded, "yes, I don't understand, why aren't they ...... like last time"

Before Celestine could finish speaking, Halver Wimbane interrupted:

"The first time you organized the raid on the farm was because our Stormwind reinforcements had just arrived in the Arathi Basin, and adventurers like you hadn't reaped enough credit for it, so of course they would be desperate. But until the war has been fought, those adventurers have made a lot of money

Credit, is it possible to make them desperate at this time?"

I also know that those adventurers, that is, the recruited warriors, must want to go back alive to exchange their merits for rewards, and no one is willing to fight hard.

The above problems arose not only in the Union army, but also in the tribal army, and the recruited warriors were not regular troops after all, and they could not be expected to be as organized and disciplined as the regular army.

After listening to the above, Celestine already understood, no wonder Michaela on the opposite side would name herself to follow Halver Wimbane to the meeting, just to let herself know the truth about this battle in the Arathi Basin.

So, Celestine asked, "Was the agreement to divide the Arathi Basin already settled?"

Halver-Wimbane does not deny that "it was already set when the Tribal Ambassador came to Stormwind, and this meeting was just to implement the agreement that was made."

Michaela followed suit, "Selesteen, remember? When we met at Fort Stone, I said there would be a battle in the Arathi Basin."

Celestine nodded, "Turns out, Michaela, you went to Stormwind as a tribal ambassador for this."

"The cause is not, but the result is," Michaela said.

Celestine smiled wryly, "So, I'm fighting a political battle to the death, here

There is no such thing as justice."

As she spoke, Selesteen's eyes filled with tears, as a paladin, she longed for justice, but reality gave her a hard blow.

Celestine was a little devastated, she didn't want to accept such an outcome, so she shouted, "If this fight

There is no justice at all, so I would rather not have the so-called merit!"

Halver-Wimbane frowned, "Are you sure, Celestein? Are you sure you want to give up all your credit?"

Celestine wanted to speak, but Michaela stepped up:

"Celestein, don't be rash. Remember, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world. Now you are white, you have nothing, you can't even do self-cultivation, let alone realize your ideals later, so you have to accept this credit, that's all you have."

"Huh!"

Not only Celestine, but even Halver Wimbane looked at Michaela: "You're pretty good."

"That's the wisdom of China's 10,000-year-old history!" Torina seized the opportunity to show her presence.

Celestine was frightened, and did not speak after that, but the question in his heart was not answered.

Actually, the answer is simple.

"It's justice in your heart, Celestein."

Halver-Wimbane said, "At a time when even Archbishop Benedictas does not believe in the Light, it is rare to find a man like you who pursues justice. The Arathi Basin is indeed not the place for you, and I will introduce you to the Silver Dawn, where they fight the undead in the Plaguelands."

Defeating the Scourge was justice recognized by all of Azeroth, and Celestine immediately said, "I do."

Michaela followed suit, "Celestine, you are now too blind in the pursuit of justice, and since you are going to the Plaguelands, then I suggest that you go all the way north along the eastern bank of the Sodoril River, where your guide is."

"On the east bank of the Sodoril River

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Halver-Wimbane immediately turned to look at Michaela, "How do you know about that location?"

Michaela said lightly, "It doesn't matter, Halver, at least Celestine is the right person."

"That's right." Halver-Wimbane nodded.

As the frontline commanders of the Alliance and the Horde shook hands and made peace, the battle for the Arathi Basin, which was a political contest between many forces, finally came to an end.

On the bright side, the two sides still maintain a war situation, but in fact, the two sides do not have any actual battles, but occupy the entire Arathi Basin according to the agreed time, commonly known as the brush battlefield.

Since the fighting was de facto over, workers from both sides were able to enter it, resume production in the Arathi Basin, and divide the resources produced......

As for the stakeholders.

The Stormgard Kingdom suffered a big loss, both economically and politically, and was completely manipulated by the Stormwind Kingdom, heading for irreversible decline.

The Undercity suffered a small loss, and although the road to expansion was blocked, it did not lose much.

Orgrimmar made a small profit, and with the help of this war, he successfully suppressed the Forsaken and stabilized the leadership of the orcs in the tribe.

The Stormwind Kingdom made a lot of money, not only completely solving the public debt problem and achieving economic independence, but also successfully controlling the Stormwind Kingdom and expanding the influence of the Stormwind Kingdom in the entire alliance.

So, on a Sunday in the Arathi Basin, that is, on a day of rest, Marshal Oslet of the Arathas League and Duville, the slaughterer of the Polluter Legion, met at a peace party in the blacksmith's shop.

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