Firearms were very costly. Ever since the destruction of the old Silverymoon City, in order to rebuild the new Silverymoon City, the treasury was like a rat race.
The most abominable thing was that after the Sun King Anastrian committed treason, he had his henchmen steal the treasury. This was not done on the day of the treason, but after he followed the Lich King, the Elves who were loyal to him kept stealing, and most of them were mages in charge of magic formations …
This was also why Sylvanas did not want to please the Mage Faction.
After being in power for thousands of years, no one could get used to suddenly changing to a lowly person. And the four Windrunner sisters were from the Ranger family, so the two factions were destined to be unable to truly cooperate.
So basically, when they caught those mages, they could leave the things behind and go.
Normally, when a country was destroyed, the treasury was emptied, and the collapse of the country was inevitable. But the three Windrunner sisters were Duque's women!
Since the Dark Portal's second year, the Marcus Family had been collecting copyright fees, and almost all new inventions had a share of Duque.
For example, the railways throughout the Eastern Kingdom's mainland were all funded by the Marcus Family.
Building the railways was free, and the manpower, materials, and even maintenance fees were all paid by the Marcus Family.
Anyone who used the railways had to pay, right?
Every carriage, every pound of goods, had to pay a fare. It seemed cheap, but with the extremely exaggerated transportation volume, it was an astronomical figure.
This move was learned from the Celestial Empire before Duque's transmigration.
The Belt and Road Initiative was provided by him, building the railways, invigorating the economy, driving the logistics, and improving the local people's living standards. At the same time, his family's market was also monopolized by him.
Anyway, the flatbread was getting bigger and bigger. Even if he ate the biggest portion, at least he ate more than before.
As the wealthiest family in the world, the wealth that they had accumulated was enough for Sin 'dorei to revive.
Duque doted on his women, and that was how awesome he was. It was really not a joke to say that he was as rich as a country.
If he ran out of money one day, the Queen would make an emergency visit to Karazhan and unlock a new position.
Because of this, Cuel Salas's remaining Mages Faction could not do much. Either they had been completely subdued by Queen Sylvie, or they had been sent to the Isle of Quel 'Danas to serve as food.
Since all the people with different political views were gathered on the island and they had willingly become the Burning Legion's minions, there was no need to be polite.
"General Bright Wing, all 388 magic cannons are ready. Please give your orders." A blood elf saluted Haduron.
The most important feature of the alliance was that the military system of each country would be unified into the alliance system. Even the military ranks would be completely changed to NCOs, Lieutenants, Majors, and Generals. The ranks of general and below could be conferred by each country. However, the armies of each country had a unified numbering system, and all independent designations had to be reported to the Alliance for approval before they could be implemented.
Haduron sighed. "The Isle of Quel 'Danas has been occupied by the half-demon Shadowblade Elves. There are no more of our kind there. So the Queen ordered the cannons to be fired at the Isle of Quel'danas. "
"I understand."
A few minutes later, there was a strange whooshing sound along the entire coastline. Looking over from New Silvermoon City, it was as if a dazzling rainbow had suddenly appeared on the shore, piercing through the sky and forming beautiful arcs. Finally, it fell into the former holy land of the elves — the Isle of Quel 'Danas where the Well of the Sun was located.
"Rumble rumble rumble!" Violent explosions sounded from every corner of the island.
The elves in charge of watching and monitoring the results of the battle had tears streaming down their faces at some point.
Their tears flowed and flowed again and again.
After splitting from the Night Elves who rejected the use and research of magic, the High Elves had lived a life that respected magic for a full 8,000 years. They had long been used to the existence of magic, to the island that was regarded as a holy land by everyone, and to the Sunwell that always produced a huge amount of magic energy.
But now, they were going to destroy it.
On the surveillance screen, the exquisite pavilions were reduced to brightly colored debris that no longer had any artistic value.
The forest path with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers had turned into huge craters.
This was a farewell to the history of their race …
In the frontline command post close to the sea, Queen Sylvanas and Lilas were silent when they saw the weeping elves on the screen.
Duque said, "Now you understand why I insisted that Sin 'dorei fire the first shot, right?"
If the Alliance's fleet fired first, Sin 'dorei would always inexplicably vent his anger on them.
"The Hellfire is coming!" Lor'themar warned.
On the screen, countless stone giants that were burning with green flames and as tall as a full three-story building rushed out of the island with huge and fast steps.
These war machines that had no intelligence and only had the ability to carry out simple tactics had once beaten the Alliance to a pulp.
However, the era of conquering the world with one move had long passed.
"Let the magic puppets go up!" Queen Sylvanas waved her hand.
Countless magic puppets that glowed with a unique purple-blue arcane light walked out of the passageway with heavy steps, passed the battle formation of the blood elves, and lined up neatly on the shore.
The Hellfire strode into the water, which was not very deep.
Although there was seawater between the Isle of Quel 'Danas and the Kingdom of Sin' dorei, it was actually a relatively shallow harbor. The deepest part was only about 20 meters.
The burning Hellfire rushed into the water. Of course, the demonic flames on their bodies would not be extinguished by the seawater so easily. Instead, they crazily evaporated the seawater.
"Plop! Plop!" On the surface of the water, the position of each Hellfire could be clearly seen. Because of the high temperature, a large number of bubbles appeared in the water.
A few minutes later, the Hellfire had already engaged the magic puppets of the elves on the shore.
It was a very primitive battle without any sense of beauty to speak of.
If you hit me, I'll hit you back.
Generally speaking, the puppets were more quickly dismantled into parts, while the Hellfire were more resistant to beatings.
"Holy Light Formation, fire!" Haduron ordered expressionlessly.
Half a minute later, a deafening roar came from the elves' rear formation.
Large-calibre mortars were firing at them. Mortar shells filled with Stratholme's holy water began to pour down on the beach. Coupled with the water spray trucks that were temporarily modified from fire trucks, they sprayed golden water pillars dozens of meters away. For a moment, the entire shore was shining with golden light. It was a beautiful sight.
In the command center, Duque secretly yawned.
He really could not get excited about this kind of battle that was like chickens pecking at each other.
"Has our fleet arrived?" Duque asked Jaina in the magic mirror.
"Yes!"
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