"The refugees of the Stormwind Kingdom will be temporarily placed in the hills of Hillsbrad and the Alterac Valley, especially the Alterac Valley, where the land is fertile, but under the influence of cold weather, few people are willing to go there to pioneer."

Outside the court of the Alterac Mountains, the howling wind and snow never stopped, but in the palace of the royal court, the roaring fireplace decorated the place with extreme warmth, and the human emperor Lothar sat by the fireplace like an ordinary old man, drinking tea and reading the papers in his hand, and his most trusted clerk stood behind him, reporting to him those important news.

The human empire has been nominally rebuilt, but it has suddenly returned from division to unity, which requires a period of buffer, at least to make those nobles accustomed to having an emperor exist on the throne higher than the king, for the maintenance of royal power, all the kings are willing to do everything, but again, the political situation in the north is complicated, and any change will take time, so at least for now, the life of the emperor Lothar is actually not busy.

But it is foreseeable that if the undead who have occupied the kingdom of Stormwind continue to move forward, then he will soon become very busy.

"The relocation of the people to the Alterac Valley requires Varian's approval."

Lothar stared at the fire in the fireplace in front of him, and he whispered:

"In your actions, take care to maintain Varian's authority as king, his people urgently need him to regain his strength after such a sudden catastrophe, he is the natural leader in the hearts of the people, and the basis for maintaining the rule of the House of Urryn, the King's Council will be held in three days, and this proposal can be put there."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor."

The clerk made a note in his notebook, then cleared his throat and said the next thing:

"The Copperbearded Dwarves of Ironforge have sent an envoy, the Prince of Muradine we know very well, and they have asked us for help, it is said that because the Black Iron Clan living under the Blackstone Tower has fallen to the side of the undead, King Magni feels threatened, and it is said that on the border between the Dwarven Lord Sersama and the Badlands, there are already undead scouts, that is, those necromantic crowmen."

"Dwarves?"

Emperor Lothar frowned, and after a moment he put down the teacup in his hand and whispered:

"The Copperbeard Dwarves should be the most powerful of the three dwarves, during the orc war, I didn't deal with them less, the Copperbeard Dwarves are stubborn and resolute, and in the face of threats, they won't call for help so quickly, so, is there something that we don't know about happened?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The clerk handed the Emperor a letter from King Magni, and Lothar picked up the letter opener and quickly read the letter in human language:

"Enemies from the ancients, cavemen?"

The Human Emperor had never heard of this race, but from King Magni's letters, he could sense the deplorable situation facing the Copperbeard Dwarves, and after much thought, the Emperor kept the letter in his hand, and he muttered:

"From the Burning Plains to the Scorching Gorges, from the Elwyn Forests to the Wetlands, once the undead advance to the Arathi Heights, it means that they are in the heart of the Empire, so maybe... It's also a good idea to set up a strategic location in Kazmodan to defend against the undead attack, where the cold climate and mountains can effectively block the undead from harassing the northern frontier, write it down, Vince, and use this strategy as a backup plan. ”

"Yes!"

The clerk, Vince Sr., flipped through the papers in his hand and picked out an important one, and he cleared his throat and read:

"Finally, Gilneys, Your Majesty, the wall we built at the entrance to the hills of Hillsbrad has been connected to the Gilnesian wall of Greyman, which means that King Jean's planned "quarantine zone" has been completed, and those Gilnes infected with bestiality will be exiled to this quarantine area, but King Jean now wants to ask for your help and invite more doctors to Gilney... It seems that their defense against bestiality was not too successful. ”

"Werewolves, creatures of darkness..."

Lothar rubbed his forehead, as an old man, after recovering the exterminator, the legendary weapon gave him new power, but his energy was still a little weak occasionally, in the beating of the fire, the human emperor thought about the current sorrow in the north, and the large-scale bestiality disease that broke out in Gilnis, is undoubtedly the most troublesome of this sorrow.

"Haven't the mages of Dalaran studied this condition yet yielding results?"

Lothar asked, and the clerk stepped aside, flipped through the Emperor's daily correspondence, and at last he took out a letter and walked to the Emperor:

"Master Antonidas had proposed to invite some druids from the mysterious continent of Kalimdor, saying that the bestiality might be related to some anecdotes in the druids' records, but the messengers sent by His Majesty Admiral Dareen have not been able to find any trace of the druids in the great forests of Ashenvale, and just a few days ago, another theory circulated in Dalaran that some information had been leaked by the disgusted warlocks."

The Emperor took the letter, glanced at it, sat up straight, and asked solemnly:

"Can they be sure there's a connection between bestiality and undead forces?"

"No one knows for sure, Your Majesty."

The old clerk sighed and said helplessly:

"The veracity of this gossip is questionable, and we haven't yet found the source of it, and you know that warlocks are hated throughout the Empire... As soon as the warlocks who wielded dark magic dared to show their heads, they would be burned at the stake by the paladins almost immediately. ”

"Find them!"

Lothar's finger pointed on the letterhead, and said to the clerk:

"Find these warlocks at all costs, and I want to know clearly whether the occurrence and spread of bestiality has anything to do with the undead! It's important, Vince, it's important, the fall of Stormwind has taught us hard enough, and we can't let the enemy's toxins spread into our bodies. ”

"Bang"

The door to the Emperor's lounge was suddenly pushed open, and Lothar turned around, and heard the Grand Knight Fourding say with an anxious face:

"Quick! Your Majesty Lothar... Varian, His Majesty Varian is missing! ”

"What did you say?"

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Varian. Ureon was brought back to the north by Lothar himself.

When the king was found, he was already in a coma, and along with him, the master assassin Shore, who had been stabbed in 37 places all over his body and was on the verge of death, no one knew what happened to Stormstorm Fortress that night, but the disappearance of the little prince Anduin and Queen Tiffany announced a worrying prediction.

When Lothar rode to Varian's temporary residence, Countess Caterina and the Chaldean Archbishop were already waiting for him.

The guards in charge of guarding King Varian suffered from food poisoning, but it was not fatal, and it looked like MI7's tactic, and in the next room, Shore, who was supposed to be recuperating from his injuries, also disappeared, and it is clear that the pair of fallen monarchs had teamed up to plan the "escape".

But what Lothar couldn't understand was why Varian did it. What was it that made him abandon his people and leave alone?

Could it be that he watched Varian, who had grown up since he was a child, really be crushed by this catastrophe and turned into a coward who could only run away?

"Your Majesty, here's a letter!"

The Chaldean Archbishop found a letter hidden in a book on Varian's desk, stained with glaring blood, and it was evident that the king was in a state of extreme pain when he wrote the letter.

Lothar took the letter and opened it, it wasn't long.

"Dear Uncle Lothar:"

"By the time you read this letter, I had already left, not as King of the Stormwind Kingdom, but as Varian. Ureon's identity is gone, you don't have to go out of your way to find me, because I'm not running away from everything I might face, I'm just choosing a... Self-exile. ”

"I am a failed king, I have lost the land of my ancestors, I have lost the throne of my inheritance, I have lost the people I should have sheltered, but the failure of being a man makes me more painful than the failure of the king."

"Our common enemy took my son, my wife before me ... And there is nothing I can do about it as a father and husband, he is undoubtedly an evil adversary, a tyrant who is good at destroying souls, but the moment he carved the scar of shame on my face, I understood his actions. ”

"Uncle Lothar, we must defeat not only the Darkblade Legion that obeys Tyrion, but also the Darkblade Legion himself, because he represents a more feared meaning than the entire Darkblade Legion, and what he wants is not conquest, not war, not justice, not revenge... He wants nothing more than to destroy, to destroy everything we hold dear, to destroy everything we choose to protect, to destroy all our beliefs. ”

"When I was younger, I questioned the existence of the devil described in the Light scriptures, but the moment I saw him, I realized that the devil had always existed, and now, he is all around us... I must defeat him! ”

"I made a pact with him that on the day I was strong enough, on the day I truly became Varian, I would challenge him to bring back my son and wife from him... Do not hinder me, Uncle Lothar, and I beseech you, not as a king, but as a man, that I do not hinder me from fulfilling my duties and responsibilities as husband and father. ”

"Bless me from afar, uncle, and I'm fighting my battle while you're fighting the undead... I'm not going to die, at least until I knock out Tyrion with my own hands... And when I return again, I will dedicate everything to our empire. ”

"I can't live weak anymore, and the painful scar reminds me that if we continue to be cowardly, destruction will follow, and when we fear, Tyrion has won... I am not willing to let such a villain win! ”

"It's, it's my war, it's Varian. The war in Wrynn, and now, there is no one to make a choice for me, and no one to fight for me... So, goodbye, uncle, I'm going to set foot on the battlefield from which there is no turning back. ”

"In addition, I have left the seal of the House of Ureon in the chest of this house, the code is my father's birthday, and during my absence, the Archbishop of Chaldea, the Duke of Aberlock, and the Countess of Catalina will take my place in charge of the people of the Stormwind Kingdom... No, now that they are the subjects of the Empire, please protect them properly in my place, and I know you will, as you have always been. ”

After reading the letter, Lothar was already in tears, he had no children in his life, so good brother Ryan. Varian's son, Varian, was like his own child, and he never knew what kind of pain the child had suffered in the time he had neglected. Dawnblade, the demon who destroyed Varian's faith in his own cruel and despicable ways, forced him down a path that a king should not take.

But there was also a touch of pride in Lothar's tears.

Varian was not crushed by the pain, he chose his own future, it was a bumpy road, but it was also like a whetstone to sharpen a sword, and Lothar believed that when Varian reappeared, he would definitely take his place and support the backbone of the entire empire.

Kings, ennobled only by the path they practice... Varian. Ureon will use practical actions to prove this Urion family's advice.

"Whew"

Lothar let out a sigh, he turned around and walked to the chest hidden behind the bookshelf, and after a few moments, he took out the seal of the Ureon family, which was the inheritance of the King of Destiny of the Stormwind Kingdom, he looked at the Chaldean Archbishop and Countess Caterina in front of him, and he reached out and handed them the seal.

"Don't live up to Varian's trust!"

The Human Emperor looked at a man and a woman in front of him, and he said in a deep voice:

"From today onwards, until the day Varian returns with glory and power, it will be you and Duke Eberlock who will jointly rule over the people of the entire Stormwind Kingdom..."