"Brother Duque, I won't be able to see you again for a long time. Can you leave a mark on me so that I can reminisce about you at night without you … "Kalia begged Duque softly.
"No problem!" Duque replied energetically.
System Elf: "Host, I just detected a slight decrease in your humanity (moral integrity). Did something happen?"
Duque carried Kalia's white thigh and used 999 consecutive Godly Sword Stab while replying resolutely, "Nothing!"
The Alliance and the Horde defeated the evil Black Dragon Princess Onyxia and saw through the conspiracy to overthrow the Alliance. They then punished the fallen nobles who were in cahoots with the evil.
This result was worthy of celebration!
William did not disappoint Duque. Not only did he execute most of the nobles who were in cahoots with Onyxia, but he also returned Duque's territory. Together with Bolvar and Duque, he reformulated the rights and duties of the nobles. He took back the right to station troops and tax, as well as prohibited the local nobles from privately passing local laws. All local laws had to be applied to Stormwind City first, and only after they were approved could they be implemented.
While William was strengthening the royal authority, he also began to draft the constitution of Stormwind. Not only did it have regulations for the people and nobles, it also started to restrict the unlimited extension of the royal authority.
Drafting a constitution was not something that could be done in a day.
It was just that in the new constitution, the concept of 'permanent' autonomy for Duque's territory was formally proposed. Duque deliberated for a long time before deciding to agree.
Historically, the territory that Stormwind controlled was not large. Nominally, the kingdom had four large territories: the Elven Forest, the Redridge Mountains, the Twilight Forest, and the Western Wilderness. In reality, other than the Elven Forest, which was better controlled, the other territories were not stable.
The Western Wilderness was the territory of the Defias Brotherhood. Outside the various farms were the territories of bandits, beasts, and murlocs. Now, after Duque's management, it had become a thousand miles of fertile land. It was the core of the kingdom.
After many years of management by the Marcus Family, the Redridge Mountains had become a private territory. At the same time, the surrounding Gnolls and other messy forces had been wiped out.
The Twilight Forest was no longer scary after the construction of the east-west railway. All the Ogres had been wiped out, especially the Vogur Ogre Mountain. It was now one of Stormwind's most important mines.
Coupled with the recent expansion of Stranglethorn Vale, it was no exaggeration to say that the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom was much larger than it had been in history. So, even though East Elwynn Forest, East Twilight Forest, and Redridge Mountain had become Duke's territory, the kingdom's territory was still huge.
However, the most shocking thing was that William insisted on giving the Marcus Family the title of 'King Candidate Family'!
William said, "When Stormwind City fell 20 years ago, the late King Laing was already in despair. He had long made a vow in his heart that if anyone could help the Wuryne Family recover Stormwind City, he would not be ashamed to see Wuryne's ancestors after his death, and he would be willing to share the power of Stormwind Kingdom with that person. In fact, Father had always been prepared for you to establish your own kingdom. "
"But Uncle Duke Marcus did not give up and chose to be loyal to Stormwind. You did not change your mind in the face of despair and desperation. To be honest, the Wrynn Family has nothing to repay you. Please join our royal family. If the bloodline of the Wrynn Family is cut off, please lead the people of Stormwind. "
Duque considered William's request for a long time and finally chose to accept it.
There were many things that could not be solved by forbearance. With the power, but without the corresponding status, things would often go wrong.
There was only one condition for Duque to agree to join the Stormwind royal family. Before the bloodline of the Wrynn Family was cut off, the Marcus Family would only be a Grand Duke. This represented respect for Laing, who had raised Duque.
The Alliance and the Horde temporarily returned to peace and quiet.
Unfortunately, even such a situation became very short lived.
On the 18th of February, a new piece of news shocked the entire Horde.
According to the report of the Alliance's commander, Duque, a large number of remnants of the Blackrock Clan were found in the Blackrock Tower between the Burning Steppes and the Scorching Canyon. The Troll Chief Wojin, who was still a guest in Stormwind City, sent out a messenger under Duque's suggestion. He made a request that all members of the Horde thought was normal — he hoped that the scattered Blackrock Clan would return to the Horde.
Regarding this matter, Wo Jin even negotiated the conditions with the Alliance represented by Duke.
The Horde used minerals in exchange for the Alliance's green light to let the remnants of the Blackrock Clan pass through the Alliance's territory and send them to the Kalimdor Continent. Because in Wojin's view, the Blackrock Clan, who lacked resources and food, could not survive in the resource-poor Blackrock Tower.
The situation was as Duque expected, but it was far beyond Wojin's imagination.
The messenger came back in the form of a corpse.
The head of the messenger sent by the Horde was cut off, the brain was dug out, and the brain was made into a wine vessel and sent back.
Only a piece of animal skin written in Orc language was nailed to the messenger's head with a fine black iron dagger.
"I, Rend Blackhand, am the true chief of the Horde! Starting with the despicable and cunning Orgrim, you self-proclaimed Great Chieftains have stolen the power that belonged to my father's Black Hand. Now, the time for retribution has come! In the name of the world's strongest Black Dragon King, Rend Blackhand, the only mortal ruler under Nefarian, I declare that the Horde has three months to launch an attack on the Alliance! And I admit that I am the only chief of the Horde … "
Seeing this, whether it was Wojin, Cain, or Grom, none of the tribal chiefs could stand it any longer.
They stared at the messenger. Until the last moment of his life, there was no fear on the messenger's face, only endless anger!
Grom broke the dagger that was forged from black iron with one hand, letting the dark red blood flow down his palm.
"Rend Blackhand, I, Grom Hellscream, swear that I will make you pay with your life! I will make your body into a specimen and nail it to the gate of Orgrim forever, so that every Horde citizen will spit on your filthy soul — "
The leaders of the Horde rushed back to Orgrim as if their butts were on fire.
Looking at the angry faces of the chiefs, the leaders of the Alliance could only sigh in admiration.
Duque silently took away the model of the Blackrock Tower from the military map, "Although it's a bit unkind, I think we can temporarily ignore the Blackrock Tower and Nefarian's [Blackwing's Nest]. Now, let's talk about [Molten Core]! "
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