Although Thrall seems to have the simplicity of the orcs on the surface, it does not mean that he is a fool.

Keep in mind that Thrall was raised by General Blackmore since he was a child, and the general himself was a real conspirator, although he died early due to some accidents, but his "education" for Thrall was completely based on his own template, and he also expected Thrall to become the king of orcs, serve him, and lay down the whole world for him.

At the age of six, he read the General History of the Empire of Arathus, the Chronicles of Lordaeron, and other books on the structure of human polity, and had a full-time history teacher teach him about the history of human civilization.

He definitely knows humans better than 99% of orcs, and is wiser.

So after Elder Drektar and Orgrim explained the situation to him, Thrall only thought about it for a night before agreeing to their request.

On the one hand, Sal is peaceful by nature, he does hate war, and if he could end it himself, he would do it, and on the other hand, during the years when Thrall and Taresa were dependent on each other, he was not actually as happy as he seemed on the surface, and he had his own bitterness inside.

Orc appearance, human soul, this makes Thrall a "freak" who is incompatible between the two races, especially after entering the Frostwolf Clan and getting along with those real orcs, Thrall finds that his compatriots are not actually as he thinks, only know destruction and destruction, which makes him find some sense of belonging in the Frostwolf Clan.

The old shaman's offer seemed dangerous, but in reality, Thrall felt that this was an opportunity to free him from his past troubles once and for all, that he might be able to become a true orc from now on, and most importantly, that when he made his sacrifice, the people of the Frostwolf Clan who were now unfriendly to him would approve of him.

And finally, most importantly...

Thrall had read every important point in human history, and he knew very well that the human nobility had a special kind of stubbornness in some aspects, especially in the wars between the two sides, in order to show their "civilization" and "nobility", there was almost never a precedent for killing emissaries, and they had not executed Orgrim before, from this point of view, he and Orgrim went to Lordaeron as emissaries together, in fact, it was not as dangerous as other orcs imagined.

But now is not the time to think about it.

Thrall rode behind a war wolf, his own frostwolf snow song, the little wolf cub he picked up in the valley of Alterac was following him, they followed the warriors of the frostwolf clan galloping through the night of the Arathi Heights, this will be Thrall's first battle, as an orc, to liberate those imprisoned compatriots.

This is also the first step in the Orcs' "Summation" plan... Use the threat of all-out war to get the peace that both sides desperately need.

And also on this night, when Danas. When General Torbain stood at the top of the largest prisoner of war camp in the Arathi Heights, overlooking the plain of the night, the orcs rushing from all directions made him return to the period of the Second Great War in a trance, and the recruits standing beside the general were trembling with nervousness.

"They're united!"

Danas clenched his fists:

"The orcs have united again, and they are going to start a great war! These damn crumbs... Get the news back to Riptide Castle! After telling Lordaeron that if they don't support it again..."

"The Arathi Heights is finished."

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"I knew that being woken up by you at night must mean nothing good."

With a hint of getting out of bed, Terenus. King Minethir sat down in his place, supported by his guards, and before him was General Gathris, the military commander of the region of Tirisfa, and one of the old king's most trusted subordinates.

The old king took the wine handed by the guard, took a sip, and then waved his hand at Gasseris:

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"The orcs are attacking the Arathi Heights."

The general said in a deep voice:

"They have reunited, it is no longer just Warsong, the two clans of the Thunder King, according to the information sent back by General Danas, which also includes the Broken Hand Clan active in the Wasteland, as well as the remnants of a part of the Dragonthroat Clan, and most importantly, a clan that has never appeared has appeared among them, they have the sign of a giant wolf, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, it should be those frostwolf orcs hiding in the Alterac Valley."

Hearing the orcs reunited, the old king's sleepiness dissipated in an instant, and he looked at Gathris, and asked in a deep voice:

"How many?"

"Plus those released captives, at least 40,000!"

General Gasiris said worriedly:

"There is also news from the Stormwind Kingdom through Dalaran that the Blackstone Clan of the Burning Plains and the Bloodring Orcs of the Thorn Valley have also begun to move towards the shelter within the Stormwind Kingdom, there is no doubt that this is a long-planned joint operation."

"It took 3 days for the orcs to assemble their army, and the current situation is undoubtedly beyond the limit that the Arathi Heights can bear, it is difficult for the cavalry of the Stormgard Kingdom to resist the siege of this number of orcs, we must support them!"

"We'll talk about the support later."

The old king narrowed his eyes: "I want to know more, who is commanding those orcs?" Or the reckless Gromarsh? ”

"Nope! It's worse than that. ”

The general clenched his fists and uttered a name that the old king hated the most: "It's Orgrim, whom General Danas saw on the battlefield, and who stood with the orcs of the Frostwolf Clan." ”

"I knew it!"

At this moment, the old king smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and the royal servants around him were shocked by the sound of the crisp glass breaking.

"Trouble after trouble, as soon as Jean abandoned us, the orcs began to make trouble, and Lothar, who came back from the dead, took my son with him, what can an 8-year-old prince do for him? And the kind of bestiality that is spreading across the border, hell, hell! ”

"Bang"

The old king's fist slammed on the armrest of the throne, and after he vented his anger, he leaned back on the cold throne tiredly, his breathing was rapid, showing that the old king's heart was not calm at this time.

Gaseris stood silently aside, as a close minister of the king, he knew very well that King Terenus had indeed been troubled by a series of problems that had suddenly occurred recently, especially the five kingdoms united Anduin. The matter of Lothar forcing the palace put the old king in a very embarrassing situation.

As the most powerful kingdom in the Human Alliance, Lordaeron has suffered heavy losses in the Orc War, but after the end of the war, it has always appeared as the leader of the Alliance, and the old king used power to suppress other countries in an attempt to ensure that Lordaeron became stronger and stronger in the reconstruction of the ruins, which was the most normal choice for the king.

But the problem is that the other kings don't seem to be willing to play this aristocratic game with King Terenus, not to mention the Stormwind Kingdom, which is far away, and the elves of Quel'Salas were the first to withdraw from the alliance to express their dissatisfaction with this matter, and then Gilne, Jean. Greymane is also a master of power, and he is reluctant to let his country become a foil to Lordaeron.

And the worst thing is that when the dark tide is surging, Anduin, who has been missing for several years. Marshal Lothar suddenly appeared and brought back a crazy plan, he wanted to rebuild the Araso Empire, which sounds fantastical, but there are already 5 countries on his side, and the attitude of the neutral city-state of Dalaran is still very ambiguous... So the current situation is that Lordaeron is fighting against other united nations on his own.

Lothar's attitude was tough, ignoring the old king's tactful refusal at all, and went straight to Arthas. Prince Minethir effortlessly joined the luxurious "princes" behind him and began a sword-hunting adventure deep in the Tirisfa Mountains, and once Lothar, with the help of the princes, retrieved the sword lost by the ancestor Soladin the Great, representing the status of human emperor, it means that the rebuilding of the empire will no longer be stopped.

This face-tearing attitude had already made the old king feel a kind of powerlessness and threat, which was not at all in line with the rules of the game between nobles, but on the contrary, he was the only one left sitting at the card table, and he could no longer use power to sway others.

It was at this time that the orcs started the war again.

Frankly speaking, Gatheris began to wonder if Lothar was secretly in tandem with the orcs, because the time for the orcs to start the war was too deadly and too coincidental, and once again facing the threat of the orcs, human civilization would be reunited, but the problem was that this time, they would no longer unite around King Terenus in Lordaeron, but under the banner of the rebuilt Alatho Empire.

Now anyone with insight can see that the era of the great division of human civilization is finally coming to an end after 3,000 years.

But this is not good news for Lordaeron.

"They must have a conspiracy!"

King Terenus gritted his teeth and said, "This is not normal! They are coercing us, the kingdom of Lordaeron will be the only casualty of this conspiracy, and I will call the King's Council immediately!" I want to ask clearly! ”

"But Your Majesty!"

General Gathiris hurriedly said:

"That's not the most important thing at the moment, orcs, once the orcs have breached all the prisoner of war camps between the Arathi Heights and the hills, their numbers have swelled to 70,000 men... The kingdom of Alterac is in chaos, and we have not been able to re-establish order, and once the orcs enter the hills, we will be in no danger! ”

"The city of Lordaeron will be besieged again, and to make matters worse, we will have a hard time finding reinforcements... I know it's hard to accept, but your majesty, it's time to make a decision! ”

"That's the most important thing! Gasseris, don't you understand? ”

The old king's voice also became fierce:

"The allies who once stood by our side against the orcs have sided with Lothar, and the traitors have sat back and watched us fall into a difficult situation, they are forcing me to bow my head and join the unspeakable empire, they are trying to weaken my power, weaken..."

"But didn't you force them!"

General Gasseris, who had already seen the threat posed by the orcs, could not bear it any longer, and the old king's concern was not at all the point, which made him extremely disappointed, and at this moment, for the first time, he broke through the restrictions of his courtiers and the king, and a fire of anger burned in his heart, and he took a step back and shouted to the king in a very inappropriate way:

"You kicked Gilneth out of the league with your own hands! Isn't it because they don't obey your orders? ”

"You hate the High Elves and make things difficult for them, isn't it because they're closer to Lothar than to you?"

"Isn't it because you are restricting the rebuilding of Dalaran and are even reluctant to send workers because the mages of Dalaran despise the royal power?"

"Even Stormgard, Warsong and the Thunder King clan have besieged the Arathi Heights for more than a month, and letters asking for help have been sent to Lordaeron City one after another, but you only sent 2,000 people!"

"What a foolish act of those treacherous traitors to encourage you to swallow all of Alterac! Even Kurtiras, who doesn't need land division at all, can't stand it! You're still having fun! ”

"This is war! War! My Majesty, this is not a problem that you can solve by power and negotiation! From the end of the Second Orc War to the present, every decision you have made has been wrong! The split of the alliance is due to the fact that other countries have all kinds of demands, which is fine, but isn't there a little reason because of your tyranny? ”

"Lordaeron is not the Arathor Empire, you don't have the blood of Emperor Soladin in your body, why do you ask other kingdoms to support Lordaeron like vassals! Who the hell poured you ecstasy! ”

The general's breathing became heavy, and he looked at his king in disappointment, and he shook his head:

"Lothar's persuasion is right, the divided alliance cannot resist all this, only if the empire is rebuilt, only if humanity is all standing under the same banner, can we be truly strong, instead of playing the game of internal friction all the time, he is right, and you, you were a wise king, but now, you are wrong! The reason why you oppose the rebuilding of the Empire of Arathso is not because you do not see the merits, you are just jealous that the one who rebuilt the empire is not you, but Lothar. ”

"Bang"

The general threw his shoulder armor on the floor of the hall, and he bowed to the old king for the last time:

"I don't want you to make any decisions, I will go to the Arathi Heights to support Stormgard, the nobles should not play at the cost of civilian casualties, and I don't want to see Lordaeron besieged by orcs again."

"Good luck, my majesty."

After saying that, General Gaseris turned around and strode out of the court, those royal guards did not dare to stop him at all, and they had no reason to stop him, behind him, the reprimanded King Terenus sat on his throne sluggishly, his mind was already a little confused, he didn't know how to deal with the matter in front of him.

Outside the court, the moment Gathiris walked out of the gate, he saw the heavily armed knights, Uther, Fordin, and Dasohan, who beckoned to him, and the presence of these knights in full armor had already proved their attitude.

The king has the thinking of a king, but now... It's time for the fighter to play.