40. The Wheel of Hate (Part I)

"Where's Lunara?"

Santis coming out of the portal. General Yuyue has been dressed all his life, and this beautiful elf general has a cold murderous aura all over his body at this time, and the human ambassador in charge of receiving it didn't say much, and immediately took the elf general who came from afar to the meeting room of New Rapids Castle.

"Santis!"

The anxious and haggard Miss Dryad saw Santis walking into the parlor, and immediately rushed over and gave Santis a tight hug, the two were comrades in the Battle of the Ancients, and their personal relationship was also very good.

"Santis, everything is in chaos... The father is dead, the great druid is captured, and the day song... Rige she betrayed us... Damn it. ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Santis comforted Lunara's hair as she stroked her hair and asked in a low voice:

"Is all this true? Can you determine the authenticity of the message? ”

Lunara nodded vigorously:

"Well, I've seen the demons planting the orcs in the woods, and the orcs also survived the Naga ambush, and the human archbishop has tested their sanity with psychic suggestion magic, and everything is true... Santis, what are we going to do? ”

"Have you contacted Hyjal?"

General Hazuki's fists clenched, she had a hunch that this would be the worst situation that the Night Elves had encountered since the Battle of the Ancients, in response to her inquiry, Lunara shook her head, the eldest daughter of the forest was already a little ownerless, she said:

"Mt. Hyjal's communication has been cut off, it must have been done by the demons, and the human mages tried to contact the Moon Temple at the frequency of magic I gave, but no one replied... I didn't dare to contact the Mt. Hyjal defense forces directly, which was under the jurisdiction of the Japanese song, and the Japanese song... If Rige really betrayed, it would be over. ”

"What about the Emerald Dream? You should be able to enter there in dream form..."

Santis asked again, this time with a more bitter expression on the eldest daughter of the forest:

"Emerald Dream... It's sealed, it's closed from the inside, and no one knows why, but the human bishop says that an ancient evil god is involved in the conspiracy..."

"The moon god is above!"

Hearing this, General Hazuki couldn't help but exclaim, she had truly fought the Silishus War, she had faced the depraved majesty of Cthun, and she knew what it meant for the power of an ancient evil god to appear in the Valley of Ash.

"Bang"

Santis slammed his fist on the table, and a clear fist mark suddenly appeared on the wooden table, and General Hazuki said viciously:

"It's not a betrayal... I've seen the minions of the evil gods captive, brainwashed by the depraved power! Damn it! ”

"So what do we do now?"

Lunara, who had been devastated by a barrage of bad news, helplessly held Santis's wrist, who looked at her, then gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice:

"It's simple... Let's call back! ”

"Is it up to us?"

"Nope! We have allies... At least I have allies! ”

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"Orcs!"

King Drake, who had walked into the council chamber of New Rapids Castle with his younger brother, saw the orcs sitting on the other side of the chamber at a glance, and the human king, who was becoming more and more stubborn and more god-like, snorted coldly, and he turned back to his brother and said:

"Look, Thanred, the Human Empire is really getting more and more mixed up, and now even orcs can enter our King's Council with dignity."

In response to his brother's complaint, Rear Admiral Tanred, Prince and Admiral of Kurtiras, shrugged his shoulders and replied softly:

"Look at the good, brother, this time they begged us... That's a good thing. ”

"Hmph"

Derek replied to his brother in an indeterminate nasal voice, but a smile appeared on his face, yes, Tannred was right... This time it was the orcs begging them.

After Drake took his seat, King Garin, who was the host and presiding officer of the meeting, came to the main podium with his crown, and he gestured to the attendees in front of him, and the tidal wave of chatter in the conference hall subsided.

This was a war-related meeting, so there were not many attendees, it was kings, marshals and generals from various kingdoms, and in the current situation of the general rulers and the great nobles among the vassals of the human empire, the meeting did not invite the great nobles... This was the tacit agreement of the young kings.

They are young and vigorous, and they don't need those old men to dictate to them, and the reform that King Varian secretly started has attracted the interest of all young kings, and they are all waiting for the results of Varian's reform, once the reform of the Stormwind Kingdom is successful, then it is foreseeable that the entire human empire will start a cruel liquidation of the old nobles by new forces.

Of course, the old aristocracy will not sit still, but the secret struggle between the two is not something to be discussed today, so I will not describe it too much here.

"Friends, brothers, I won't do too much foreshadowing and meaningless descriptions."

As his reign lengthened, the majesty of King Garin grew deeper, and he looked at everyone in front of him, humans, High Elves, orcs, minotaurs, trolls, Night Elves, and a dryad lady who could not sit in a chair, but could only stand to one side, and a boar man in a thornwood robe...

"There has been a new wave in the demon war that took place in the Ashen Valley, and the participants in the war have expanded from the simple night elves and demons to the orcs and the Naga of unknown origin but suspected of being servants of the evil gods, and the situation in the entire Ashen Valley and even the Hyjal Mountains has undergone terrible changes."

Garin paused, and a glint flashed in his eyes:

"I'm sure there are no fools here, so I'll be blunt, the Empire of Humanity can't sit idly by and let the flames of this brewing Quadrilateral War burn over our heads, we have to take action to calm things down before they reach the worst... But as for what to do, how to do it, that's what this conference is about... With all that out of my way, I now give the floor to the representatives of the orc side! ”

After saying that, King Garin simply gave up the main podium, and then sat back on the seat of the human kings, and on the orc's side, the weak Thrall glanced at the Lexa and Fenris chiefs beside him, and the pale-haired wolf cavalry chief patted Sal on the shoulder and whispered:

"Go, kid... You are the most eloquent of us and the most knowledgeable of human beings, and it is up to you to represent us... Oh my God, I don't even know how to say that... I may be insane, but we need reinforcements, and to get Orgrim and the missing Grom back from Mount Hyjal, we need human help. ”

"Hmm"

Sal nodded silently, and then walked up to the main podium step by step on crutches, he looked at the eyes of everyone below, curious, doubtful, hateful, indifferent, mocking, and expectant.

The young orc took a deep breath, and the next moment, his voice rang out in the hall:

"I, my name is Sal, the meaning of "slave" in human language, I grew up in a human environment, I don't want to comment on that past, but it did give me a lot of wealth, once a human friend told me that my appearance is an orc, but my soul, is an out-and-out human... I am special, and therefore, I stand here today to speak on behalf of the orc tribe. ”

"It's a funny guy, right?"

Varian turned to Drake beside him and said:

"I heard that he was also approved by Uncle Dai Lin?"

"That's a rumor, Varian, listen less to the market stories, that thing will hurt your intelligence."

Drake said with a cold face:

"I'm curious how this orc can beg us to help them..."

The whispered exchange of the human king did not interrupt Thrall's speech, and his voice echoed through the hall with a hint of magnetism:

"We're here today to ask for help, and that's crazy, isn't it?"

Sal smiled, and a hint of emotion flashed in his blue eyes:

"Ten years ago, who would have thought that humans and orcs, who had fought and bled each other and forged a blood feud, would coexist in such a form, and that an orc like me would be able to stand in front of the human kings and speak without being stabbed to death by a thousand swords of brave warriors... But that's what I want to say, folks, times have changed. ”

"In this damned, war-torn and shadowy age, there are greater threats to orcs, humans, and other races, and I don't want to hypocritically tell you that the past hatred should be forgotten, but I would say that it's time to let go of the blood feud of the past for a while, the wheel of hatred between the two races is still running, and maybe at some point in the future, humans and orcs will still fight each other on the battlefield, just like our fathers!"

"But at least for now, we should pause that damn wheel of hatred!"

Thrall's fist swung in the air:

"In the Great Desert of Silissus, humans and orcs fought together against the ferocious insects, and in that war, we learned a valuable lesson, that when we join hands with each other, we are more powerful than when we are against each other... We can defeat the ancient gods, who they said were the unconquerable power in the world! ”

"But when humans and orcs stood together, we defeated it! I don't think I need words to outline a bright future for you, words are pale, for us words mean nothing, but the facts have proven that we should stand together! Everyone, don't forget... On the Eastern Continent, there is an indifferent behemoth watching us. ”

"Uh..."

Thrall took a deep breath, he was about to play the last card, once this card was played, then the future of the orcs could only be left to fate, but unfortunately, in the face of the current situation, he and the entire orc tribe had to do this.

"Bang"

A scroll of animal skins was placed on the main podium by Thrall, an action that made all the human kings look up, and they could have a hunch that the orcs had made an important decision.

"When seeking help from others, there must be sincerity and a price, and orcs know this better than anyone else, so today, I bring the price we will have to pay in the future!"

Thrall unfolded the scroll and said:

"In the name of the chiefs of the Blackstone Clan, the Blood Ring Clan, the Thunder King Clan, the Warsong Clan, and the Frostwolf Clan, I hereby announce that from this day forward, the Orcs will form the most sacred war alliance with the Human Empire... No matter what kind of war the Human Empire is going to join, no matter who the enemy the Human Empire faces, the orcs will stand with the human race..."

Thrall glanced at the human kings, who had stood up in surprise, and he said in a deep voice:

"We will all go on the battlefield with humanity until we die..."

The atmosphere of the entire conference hall froze at this moment, and King Drake, who was the most indifferent to the orcs, propped up the table with his hands, he looked at Thrall in front of him, and said word by word:

"Do you know what you're talking about? You know what that means? ”

Thrall did not answer, and Chief Fenris and Kilrog, who stood up in their seats, answered the question in Thrall's place.

"You're going to have a battle with the Grimblade Undead..."

"By that time, the orcs will be standing in you... Even if you fight to the last person. ”

Fenris and Kilrog looked at the kings of the human race:

"That's our sincerity, you guys, accept it?"

No one answered, no one dared to answer ... This matter is too important, too important for a scroll or a statement to carry it, which is equivalent to the orcs completely tying their future fate to the human empire, the undead... That's the most feared force in Azeroth right now.

"Uh..."

Varian breathed a long sigh of relief, he looked back at Field Marshal Halver and Archbishop Chaldea behind him, both of whom nodded lightly to him, so Varian stood up straight, and he looked at Thrall:

"Sal, I want you to answer me honestly... Are you really willing to represent the entire orc tribe and take the initiative to eliminate the blood feud between humans and orcs at the cost of this kind of future extinction of orcs? Or, in your words, to stop the wheels of hatred for one another? ”

In response to Varian's questioning, Thrall gently slit his finger with a knife, wrote his name on the scroll, and threw the scroll to Varian.

"I said, Your Majesty Varian, times have changed... This is no longer a time when humans or orcs alone can solve problems, and hatred may still exist, but we should not continue to push it, but let time slowly change it... I can't predict the future, but I've at least taken this step. ”

"It's your turn!"

Varian looked at Drake and Garin beside him, as well as Liam and the eldest princess of the Minahill family, who had come on behalf of Arthas. Minethil, and the Grand Knight Uther, who came on behalf of the Church of Light.

The king of the kingdom of Stormwind pursed his lips, and finally, he smiled, took the short sword he carried with him, cut his fingers, and said to his companion:

"I can't let the orcs underestimate us, since the orcs dare to gamble on the fortune of the country, then I should also let it go, so I signed it first..."

"Feel free to do so..."