Last night, the hustle and bustle of New Stormwind City had not dissipated, witnessing the death of four great nobles on the guillotine, and all the citizens knew that their Varian. King Wrynn's reforms were not just words, and the blood of these great nobles would herald a new future, no matter what that future might be, it was foreseeable that the people's lives would never get worse.

Reports after reports were sent back to New Stormwind from the entire country's 12 counties, and thanks to the dwarf telegraph that the master craftsmen of Mercatok had copied two years ago, Varian finally didn't have to send those poor griffon knights back and forth between the two ends of the country, and the advantages brought by technology allowed the king's pioneer knights to receive instructions from the royal capital as soon as possible, and also allowed the king to see the whole situation and dispatch troops.

It's like playing a real-time strategy game with national coloring, and the application of the telegraph that still seems stupid to the big black group has allowed Varian to turn on a full-map perspective buff, and those noble remnants who are trying to escape from the Stormwind Kingdom will be immediately bitten by death as long as they show their heads, and under Varian's command, the entire lion warband finally occupied the seven southern counties after a busy day and a night.

Although this "occupation" is only superficial, and it will take a long time for the intricate and complex environment of the seven southern counties to be completely eliminated, at least now, the king's orders can be transmitted unhindered to most of the towns.

The pioneer knights, who had more than a year of experience in regional governance, took over the important positions of the seven southern counties as quickly as possible according to the original plan, and at 10 o'clock the next morning, outside the portal opened by the mages of Dalaran, the first official kingdom tax collectors would go to the various regions, collect the property left by the nobles, and begin to pay off the illegally occupied land.

It is impossible to complete such a large-scale operation by relying on the tax collectors under Varian's command alone, so in the Seven Southern Counties, Varian has another force that can be seconded... Druids from Tanaris and Silishus, as well as from the Ringalo crater.

In exchange for the liberal faith granted by Varian in the four southern border counties, these druids will do their best to help the king stabilize the local order when the situation is unstable, and lead the freedmen who have been given land to the level of self-sufficiency in goods and food as quickly as possible, which is not a difficult task for these druids who specialize in dealing with nature.

At this time, the king, who had not slept all night, was standing in the hall of the cathedral, bidding farewell to the archbishop Chaldea in his solemn robes.

Although Varian was able to eliminate 60% of the nobility in the country in one fell swoop by relying on surprise attacks and advance arrangements in one day and one night, this does not mean that the reform of the Stormwind Kingdom is over, in fact, the perilous situation that Varian will face is only the beginning.

The most difficult battle of this war is about to begin, and the vanguard sent by the king is the Chaldean in front of him. Archbishop Morgan.

"Although there is no news yet, I can say with certainty that the envoys of the other kingdoms are already on their way."

Archbishop Chaldean, dressed in a solemn black robe, with a golden emblem of holy light on his chest, and holding the canon in his hand, smiled and said to King Varian in front of him:

"And I am sure that what those envoys brought with them could never have been the praise of other kings, it would be the rebukes, opposition, and denigration that poured into New Stormwind, and perhaps even the assassins sent by the nobles who sensed the threat and united themselves, and I am proud of you for having personally ushered in the most chaotic era of reform in the Human Empire, but to be honest... I also have big concerns. ”

"Let them come."

Varian patted the archbishop on the shoulder gently, he looked at the Chaldea in front of him, in the past few years, Varian and this archbishop have not been extremely close, but no matter what decision Varian makes, as long as it is beneficial to the country, Chaldea will be on his side, which makes Varian feel the great path practiced by the archbishop in his heart, which also makes Varian have a very respectful attitude towards the Chaldean bishop.

This archbishop is also a "young man" who is not very gregarious in the faith circles of the human empire, and his grade is only 6 years older than Varian, probably because of the communicative emotions brought by this youth, which makes Varian feel that the archbishop in front of him is someone he can trust.

"No matter how bad the situation I face, it will never be worse than the situation you face."

Varian calmly said to the Chaldeans:

"You are ordered by the Pope to go to the port of Baita City at this time, and you will inevitably face interrogation from the entire empire, and even be maliciously humiliated by the nobles who are frightened by me, which may well cut off your bright future in the Church of Light... Truth be told, Chaldeans, this pressure should not be borne by you alone. ”

The king took a step back, leaned slightly to the archbishop in front of him, and said sincerely:

"The entire Stormwind Palace and the Ureon family owe you a favor, and we will not forget what you have done for the kingdom and the people."

The Chaldean Archbishop shook his head, he stretched out his hand, and lifted the king upright, and his eyes full of wisdom shone with a gentle light, and the archbishop said to the king in front of him very calmly:

"I am young, but Varian, I am also the one who has lived through the first and second orc wars, as well as the Northern War and the most tragic war of Whispering Harbor, I have seen the tragic scene of the death of the Emperor of Lothar, and I have always hoped that the legacy of that great emperor will be inherited by a good enough successor... Not only to inherit the power left by Emperor Lothar, but also to the responsibility and mission he left behind. ”

"They will say that you have sent the whole empire into an era of chaos, but not like that! Varian, in my eyes, is not like that. ”

The Archbishop of Chaldea held the emblem of the Holy Light on his chest, and with his trademark gesture of compassion, he said to Varian in a serious and serious manner:

"What I see is that you have inherited in your blood the mission left by the Emperor of Lothar... What I see is that when the other rulers are afraid to move forward, you bravely take the first step. ”

"What I see is that you have kindled a fire with your own hands that will burn the scourge of the old times... And I can also see that in the burning of that flame, you will start a golden era with your own hands, you, Varian. Urien, the adopted son of Emperor Lothar and the holder of the Exterminator, you should have been the most qualified person to win the throne of the Emperor, but you were willing to give up everything for the sake of the country and the people. ”

"I'm glad to witness the moment when you became a hero, Varian, and I'm honored to go to the port of Baita City as a friend to be questioned by the Pope, if the heroes have given everything they have for this country, then I, a useless person, can't I give up my so-called future?"

"It's been an honor to work with you, Varian. Wrynn, I'll do my best to help you stall for time, but... Hopefully, you're prepared for the worst. ”

The archbishop sighed, smiled a little helplessly, he bowed slightly towards Varian, and then, under the maintenance of several paladins, turned around and walked into the portal that shone with a blue halo, and at the other end of the portal, it would be a battlefield belonging to the Archbishop of the Stormwind Kingdom, Chaldea.

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The terrible "coup" that took place in the Kingdom of Stormwind yesterday was like a bomb thrown into the lake, blowing up the aristocratic circles of the other kingdoms of the entire empire.

The great nobles of the kingdom of Lordaeron generously accepted the Duke of Visak who had fled from the kingdom of Stormwind and the minor nobles who had lost their land and power, while the young king Arthas had no rest all day yesterday, and his palace was full of nobles who had come to inquire about the news, and some of the great nobles who held real power demanded that Arthas immediately send troops south to stop the frenzied Varian. Ureon continues to mutilate the bloodlines of the Empire's "nobles".

These haphazard demands made the young king so tired that he even closed the palace gates, unwilling to deal with the utterly frightened nobles.

In the farther kingdom of Gilneys, King Liam was also stunned by Varian's bold behavior, but then he also encountered the same dilemma as Alsace, and the nobles of the entire Gilneth sprang up as if their tails were ignited, and there were scenes of rumors everywhere, and King Liam repeatedly appeased the nobles in the country before they were reassured.

The wolf king announced in public that he would not carry out the same crazy overhaul as Varian, but according to private gossip, King Liam immediately sent his henchman Gray Yopp out, and he did not know where the intelligence minister in charge of Gilneth had gone.

Compared with the chaos of Lordaeron and Gilneis, the northernmost kingdom of Stormgard in the empire is a completely different scene, and Garin, who has long been overwhelmed by the big nobles in the country. Tolbain swore in his court that if the nobles of the country were no longer honest, he would go to Varian to "learn"...

Of course, this was just a joke casually said by Garin, but it directly caused a certain panic among the nobles of the Stormgard Kingdom.

It is said that several ministers met Garin that day, and the quarrel in the palace continued for almost a whole day, and King Garin seized this golden opportunity, and he persecuted the nobles of the country with great force, and in the early morning of the next day, for the first time he had the upper hand on several major issues concerning the development of the kingdom of Stormgard.

However, this is only the first wave of Varian's bloody reform within the empire, with the subsequent events revealed, there are many things that make other kings depressed, this is just the beginning of the brewing storm, the human empire was briefly twisted into a rope during the Lothar period, but with the death of the Lothar Emperor, after the empire moved westward, the estrangement between the various countries put the relationship between each other in a posture of "union and division".

Whether the great reform of the Stormwind Kingdom will completely break up this seemingly dissociating union, or whether it will completely twist the entire loose human empire together, at least for now, no one can guess the result.

And in this bustling atmosphere of heated discussions and discussions, the Archbishop of the Kingdom of Stormwind, Chaldean. Morgan, who has come to the port of White Tower, where he will receive the Holy Light Pope, Alonsos. Cross-examination under the crown of Fao.

The news of the arrival of the Chaldean Archbishop was not concealed, but the anxious or angry nobles had to wait for the Pope's cross-examination to end before questioning the archbishop, at least in the current human empire, even the most unruly nobles would not dare to defy the Pope's majesty in person.

At this time, in the cathedral of the port of the White Tower City, under the pointing gaze of his colleagues, the Chaldean with an indifferent face. Morgan strolled down the red carpet with the canon in hand, and finally stopped at the front of the sermon, where the old Pope of Light was sitting on the steps in front of him. His Majesty did not wear the cumbersome papal robes, he was like an ordinary old clergyman, wearing only a plain black robe.

He sat in his chair and looked at the Chaldeans below. Morgan, the old pope's wrinkled face flashed with a hint of regret, but in those eyes, which were still full of wisdom, there was a faint pride and anticipation...

"Chaldean..."

The Pope's low, feeble voice sounded in the splendid church, as if a switch had been turned on, and all the whispers in the entire church completely dissipated at this moment, and the old pope's eyes were on the Chaldean archbishop, and he whispered:

"I'm calling you here to ask about the Varian kid's rebellion in the Stormwind Kingdom..."Reform", since yesterday, the door of my meditation room has been filled with protest letters from nobles from various countries, as well as several distress letters from nobles from Stormwind Kingdom, I want to ask you, are those nobles' accusations and protests against Varian's slaughter of nobles true? ”

Chaldea raised his head, he looked at the old pope in front of him, the life of this wise old man in front of him was really like a candle in the wind, maybe he was summoned by the Holy Light in the past few years.

But in the face of the interrogation of His Majesty the Crown of Fao, the Chaldeans did not hesitate, nor did they conceal it, and he held the black canon in both hands, and he whispered:

"It is true, Your Majesty, I have seen the noblest blood flowing through the earth to the cheers of the freedmen, I have seen the minor nobles trembling under the majesty of His Majesty Varian signing the instrument of renunciation of power, and I have even personally presided over the petition against Casa. The beheading sentence of the Earl of Nelson..."

Chaldean's words caused the other priests and bishops in the church to let out a suppressed exclamation, and everyone thought that Chaldea had gone crazy and dared to be so rude in front of the Pope, but to their surprise, the Pope did not rebuke Chaldea on these issues, on the contrary, after Chaldea finished speaking, the Pope led the conversation to another point.

"Well, it looks like the Varian kid has finally made a decision."

The Pope nodded, no one could guess what he was thinking at this moment, and the next moment, the Pope's gaze suddenly became stern, he stared at Chaldea and asked in a deep voice:

"So, the rumors that you allowed the faith of the Blightburner Druids to enter the realm of the Stormwind Kingdom are also true?"

Chaldea hesitated, he hesitated for a few seconds, and then nodded slightly:

"Yes, His Majesty, I did personally approve the decree..."