Menethil's Power

Chapter 626 Supreme King

Isaacs felt something, "You mean..."

"Since your power exists, it is impossible to be ignored, because you are naturally inseparable from Lordaeron." Terenas looked at the young man in front of him with an inexplicable gaze, "In a sense, You are No.1 in the history of mankind, I think if you are willing, it will not be difficult to realize the territory of the former Arathor Empire."

"However, a huge empire maintained by force is bound to be unsustainable. Even if it can maintain its rule, it will inevitably fall into long-term turmoil, and death and disaster will continue." Isaacs said.

"That's right, so it should be done in a different way." Terenas nodded in agreement, "If you don't take this position, then Alsace and his descendants will complete this great cause, but to be honest, he still can't A full-fledged king, we have to pave the way for him."

The old king was talking to Isaacs on an equal footing.

"That's right, this kid is stupid, and it took me a lot of effort to make him improve." Isaacs looked at his brother with a smile.

Alsace, who was judged by his father and brother in this way, was very upset. He just wanted to refute a few words, but found that he seemed to have nothing to say, so he languished again.

His father's prestige and experience are absolutely incomparable to him, and his brother... a ghost will compare himself with this monster!

Kalia on the side covered her mouth and snickered.

"I can't do anything about the extraordinary level." Terenas couldn't help sighing, remembering that the high-end combat power of the human nations was only at the hero level more than ten years ago, "But I have been a king for more than 70 years. You are good at this, Arthas, my son, before you are crowned king, we will try our best to remove all obstacles for you."

Terenas is a generous elder, but he is also a competent king, and a qualified monarch must have ambitions.

"Is this going to attack Gilneas?" Kalia said,

It is obvious that Azeroth is still not beyond the scope of geopolitics. Since the Second Orc War, the continent's multi-thousand-year pattern has begun to fall apart, and now the alliance is almost dominated by one family.

Most of the human countries are in the North Continent, while the South Continent cannot be considered as the land of humans at all. As the only country established in the South Continent, the land actually controlled by the Kingdom of Stormwind is relatively limited, except for one volume Beyond the huge Stormwind City is Elwynn Forest and some surrounding areas.

Blocked by the Dun Morogh Snow Mountain and the strait, Stormwind City naturally has a sense of glorious independence. In the original history, this geographical isolation made this country lucky. It did not suffer too much in the third war. After the northern countries were almost destroyed, it became the new core of the alliance, but in this time and space, it made Stormwind City far away from the power center of the alliance, and it felt quite harmless to humans and animals.

So for the current Lordaeron, there is only one unstable factor around.

"That's right." Facing Kalia's question, Terenas nodded slowly, "In this war, even the orcs are contributing to defend the world, but Gilneas has not sent a single soldier. Un Greymane's shortsightedness and arrogance will lead his people to ruin."

It was a perfect excuse, and Gene offered it unsolicited.

There is no friendship at all between countries, there is only a pure interest relationship. How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? This is the most direct logic.

"So use the army withdrawn from Azsuna to move into Gilneas, force Greymane to step down, and then let the Gilneans hold a referendum? Just like the Northern Gilneas Republic a few years ago, voluntarily join Lordaeron?" Al asked Seth.

"The situation is not the same," Isaacs shook his head lightly, "Most of the area in Silverpine Forest belongs to the powerful nobles of Gilneas, and they don't have a strong sense of identification with the Greymane royal family, and the plague is even more serious. It played a decisive role, and Gilneas does not have these conditions. Greymane is now controlling the territory that their family has operated for hundreds of years. The people there have already possessed unique characteristics of civilization. Your method is close to It is equivalent to a direct invasion and will inevitably cause great resistance."

"Then what should we do?" Alsace asked immediately, asking questions when he didn't understand was a good habit he had developed over the years.

"This time the guilt is obviously limited to Jean himself." Terenas reminded.

Arthas immediately understood what he was thinking, "With the current system of human nations, the royal family is inseparable from its people, we can send troops to intervene in Gilneas, force Genn Greymane to abdicate, and let his Our son Liam succeeded to the throne. Liam is different from his father. We can ask him to open the blockade and even garrison troops in Gilneas. Dylan is no different."

He answered correctly, "This is the thinking that a ruler should have." Terenas nodded slightly.

Alsace looked at Isaacs and Kalia, and found that they all had expressions of approval. He couldn't help scratching his head. So he was the last one to think of this?
Sure enough, Menethil's family is all monsters except himself.

A simple family meeting decides the fate of a kingdom. Lordaeron's advantage over Gilneas is almost comprehensive. The latter can be said to have almost no resistance. It was ridiculously naive that a Wall of Grace could protect his country.

Lordaeron has developed too rapidly in the past few years. Generally speaking, the rapid development of productivity will inevitably bring about changes in social classes, but because the decisive high-level production materials are all under the control of Isaacs and cannot be replicated by others, Mi The status of the Nehil royal family is unshakable, and this situation will continue for a long time.

"The abdication of Jinn will be decided jointly by all countries in the subsequent alliance meeting." Isaacs said, "But the military control of Gilneas must be carried out first. Who do you think is more appropriate to send?"

"Garithers, or I will go in person." Alsace said without hesitation.

Paladins account for a very high proportion of Lordaeron's senior generals, but they are obviously not suitable for such delicate tasks. At this time, a person who can do dirty work is very valuable, which reflects Terenas' foresight, Even though Garithos was arrogant and had a bad reputation, he appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Legion.

Isaacs nodded slightly, "Then I'll go with you. The ghosts have done a good job of infiltrating Gilneas over the years. It's time to activate those arrangements."

This is also to let Alsace get acquainted with the operating mechanism of the ghost, after all, this intelligence organization will be handed over to him after all.

"Then I'll go too." Kalia smiled gracefully.

"Of course." Isaacs shrugged.

Kalia certainly doesn't have any particular interest in Gilneas, but it's still boring to always face demons and fel orcs in Outland.

"What are you going to do about the ghost and the Uncrowned?" Terenas asked suddenly.

As Phantom continues to grow, there are already many functional conflicts between the two intelligence organizations, which must be resolved.

"It can be merged, but that's not very suitable." Isaacs thought for a while, "After all, the intelligence organization needs to ensure the purity of personnel, so I suggest to divide the responsibilities in detail, for example, the ghost is in charge of the country, and the uncrowned is in charge of foreign countries. intelligence."

Terenas nodded slightly, approving the plan.

"By the way," Isaacs looked at Alsace, "you can go to the Holy Sword Altar to find Emperor Thoradin later, and see if that old guy is willing to pass the holy sword to you. I don't think it's a big problem. He couldn't find another suitable heir."

"Do you think now is the right time?" Terenas' eyes were burning.

"Yes, there will be a customary celebration ceremony after every joint battle. When the leaders of the alliance gather, it is obviously most appropriate for Arthas to announce that he has inherited Stromkar. After all, he is still the leader of this war. The commander in chief. Since you want to complete the imperial career, you must first become the supreme king of the alliance."

"Supreme King?" Terenas' expression moved slightly, "No.1 among the kings is a good title."

……

Gene had another nightmare.

In the dream, he was hunting wild animals alone in the dark jungle. The only weapon he had was the shotgun in his hand, not even a hunting dog. When his expression was tense, suddenly a fierce and deadly beast jumped out. It was a half-man, half-wolf monster, with bloodthirsty gleams in its eyes. Jin fired wildly, but couldn't stop it from plunging towards his throat...

Then he woke up.

Jean sat up. Although this level of nightmares would not interfere with his thinking too much, it could disturb his sleep. He hadn't had a good night's sleep for many days, and most of this anxiety came from the north of that country.

He is stubborn, giving the impression of being fierce and disrespectful, but this is actually a cover for his inner frailty.His father brought Gilneas to glory, but he caused the country to lose nearly half of its territory directly, and he couldn't even prevent this division.

A word has begun to circulate within Gilneas that the nation is unlucky, too far from heaven and too close to Lordaeron.

"Father!" came a voice from outside the bedroom.

It was Liam, his only son. "Come in." Gene cheered.

Liam did not inherit the iconic grey-black hair color of the Greymanes. His hair was tan like his mother's, and it seemed to be the case. He did not have the stubborn and violent nature of the Greymanes. Although Gene thinks he is sometimes too naive, he is generally satisfied with this son.

Liam barged in, and Gene also got up from the bed. He noticed that the prince was preoccupied and trying to hide it, and immediately frowned, "What happened?"

"There's news from Greymane's Wall that Lordaeron has sent troops." Liam's voice was dry.

"What?" Genn was taken aback, but then flew into a rage. The purpose of building the Greymane Wall was essentially just self-protection, indicating that he would sever ties with Lordaeron, but the damned Menethil family went further and further!
"This is aggression!" Gene slapped heavily on the bedpost next to him.

"And what's worse, the second news that follows is that the Greymane Wall has fallen." Liam smiled wryly.

This is undoubtedly more important news, Gene turned pale, "How is this possible, that wall can withstand hundreds of thousands of troops!"

Liam couldn't help sighing. Subjectively, his father didn't even want to understand the changes in Lordaeron these years, but he was different. For an army that mainly uses cold weapons, the Greymane Wall is indeed insurmountable , but this immovable fortification is a joke to the Lordaeron army, not to mention those amazingly powerful artillery, just an ordinary floating battleship is enough to make people despair.

Essentially, this huge wall that cost countless gold coins is just a spiritual symbol.

Liam had expected this situation since Jin refused to send troops, but he never expected that Lordaeron would act so quickly.

"Make a decision, father, if you want to fight, you must immediately mobilize the whole country and prepare for the fall of the royal city, and if you want peace... you must also send envoys before large-scale battles take place," Liam said in a deep voice,

However, Gene's face was cloudy and uncertain, and it seemed difficult to make a decision.

Liam sighed, he could understand his father's difficulties.

At this moment, a guard reported from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Lord Godfrey is asking to see you."

"He seems to have gotten the news." Gene looked at his son, "Let's go, let's see if he has any good suggestions."

Liam noticed that his father's eyebrows were stretched a little, and more people seemed to share his stress at this time.

Godfrey was waiting in the living room. Even in the middle of the night, his attire was meticulous, and the monocle reflected cold light.

"You came to see me late at night, do you have any suggestions, Godfrey?" Gene asked wearily, suppressing his tiredness.

"Presumably His Majesty has also heard the news that Lordaeron's army has broken through the Greymane Wall."

"That's right, this is a blatant declaration of war." Gene's face was a bit ugly, "I want that old fellow Terenas to know that Gilneas is not something to be lightly insulted!"

"Your Majesty, I do have a way to stop the invasion of Lordaeron, and the two sides will return to peace." Godfrey lowered his head slightly.

"What method?" Gene was completely unaware that something was wrong.

"This method may wrong your Majesty."

The atmosphere was suddenly dull, and all the sounds seemed to disappear suddenly at this moment.

Liam reacted suddenly, "Guards!" he yelled.

But it was too late, a faint slender figure appeared behind Jinn, and the cold purple-black dagger was directly pressed against the throat of the King of Gilneas.

"This dagger is called Regicide, and it once pierced into the chest of Rhine, the former king of Stormwind." Lord Godfrey showed an inexplicable smile, "I don't think your Majesty, you don't want to be its achievement, do you?"

(End of this chapter)