The Archbishop of Stormwind … This was a huge bet.
Laing had always been known as a wise king. As the Dwarf Kingdom not far north of Stormwind, Magni obviously trusted Laing more. As for Terenas, who was full of official words but had no substance, hehe …
Magni raised his hammer. "I represent the Iron Furnace Castle's Bronze-Bearded Dwarves in joining the alliance."
Terenas was not happy with Magni stealing the spotlight, but he would not make things difficult for the Dwarves. After all, it was not his Lordaeron that had pledged their support.
"Then, let's vote!"
"The Stormwind Kingdom agrees." Ryan almost rushed to express his opinion. Everyone knew that Stormwind, which had lost its capital, was the most miserable. There was no point in pretending to be in a hurry. It was better to be the leader and promoter.
King Dalin and King Solas spoke at the same time.
"Cul Tiras agrees."
"Stormgard agrees."
At this moment, four countries had already agreed. As long as the leader of the Lordaeron Kingdom agreed, the alliance would be formed.
At this time, the calm King Terenas raised his hand. "Lordaeron agrees."
As the strongest human kingdom among the seven major human kingdoms, the Rotterdam Kingdom's approval was expected. Be it out of respect for their status as the leader of the various kingdoms, or as a response to the chaos caused by the orc slaves a few days ago, the Rotterdam Kingdom had to join.
And with Lordaeron's participation, the remaining Dalajan, Gilnis and Alterac who were slightly hesitant also joined.
At this point, the seven human kingdoms and the Dwarves had all joined. All the kings and princes looked at the lowest-ranking representative in the throne room — Cuel Salas, Member of the Silver Moon Council, Dakkan.
Faced with dozens of burning gazes, the handsome High Elven mage raised his long eyebrows, took a sip of the best black tea produced by the Rotterdam Kingdom, and then said in a nonchalant tone, "I'm not interested in the matter.
"After discussion between the Silver Moon Council and His Majesty Anastrian Sunstrider, Cuel Salas will not join this alliance. But as a symbol of our friendship with the humans, we will give you the necessary assistance. "
Not joining the alliance?
Give the necessary aid?
Such arrogant and cold words were clearly saying, "Giving aid to you humans is completely a form of dog food that we're giving you …"
This time, a few kings stood up angrily and glared at Senator Dakkan.
To everyone's surprise, it was Magni who opened fire. "Hey! Long ears! Aren't you afraid that those green-skinned creatures will take a big detour to find trouble with you first? "
At this moment, Duque secretly bared his teeth. Damn, you guessed it!?
That's right! In 'history', it was the Orcs who had gone around half of the northern continent and went straight to Cuel Salas to find trouble with the High Elves.
However, Darkkan did not seem to mind at all. As if he had been struck by Duque's Seven Deadly Sins, he retorted, "The magic of the High Elves isn't something dwarves like you can imagine. Cuel Salas had the perfect magic defense system. You don't have to worry about our safety. "
With that, Darkkan actually stood up, turned around, and left!
Gone!?
He really left!?
This was no longer a slap to the face of the Lordaeron family, this was a slap to the face of the entire Alliance of Eight!
For a moment, a few kings even had the urge to declare war on Cuel Salas.
After all, the human kings were not tribal chiefs. They did not become bosses just because they were good at fighting. Their rationality still told them to calm down. However, the group of kings told themselves that if something really happened to those long ears, they should just let them die.
Duque, who was beside Laing, was a little puzzled. As a transmigrator and a veteran player, he remembered most of the history. Why didn't the High Elves attract so much hatred in his memory?
Well, no matter what, the alliance was still established as Duque had imagined.
After that, there was nothing for Duque to do.
As the mastermind, Duque had temporarily completed his task. The rest of the matters such as distribution of military supplies, coordination of military operations, and intelligence gathering had nothing to do with Duque.
Naturally, the one who argued with the king was the king. Although Laing really wanted Duque to be by his side to give him ideas, Duque's words choked Laing to death.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I still have 1,300 reports and documents to go through. If I continue to stay here, this number will double tomorrow. I don't rule out the possibility that there will be casualties among your citizens and soldiers during the winter due to various reasons not being handled in time. After all, Southshore is near the Alterac Mountains, and the winter here is much colder than in Stormwind City. "
Laing had no choice but to let Duque go back to the State Guesthouse.
Back at the State Guesthouse, Makarov opened the door for Duque. As soon as Duque opened the door, he saw his little maid, Vanessa.
Duke had originally wanted to be a bit more corrupt and had Vanessa wear a very modern black and white lace maid outfit. Then, the extremely independent Vanessa ignored the orders of the Duke of Karazhan and the Sky Mage Duke. She removed all the fancy lace on her own. The low-cut front lapel was removed, and it became tight. Her black dress was also so long that it almost reached her ankles.
Don't even think about cat ears or anything like that.
Alright! This was the maid outfit of this era.
Duque wanted to say something more, but Vanessa snorted and turned away, not even looking at Duke Duque.
Duque would not go so far as to kill a 13-year-old girl. He just wanted to look good, it was not against the law … Sob sob! Forget it, the more I say, the more I cry.
The bitter Duque buried his head in the sea of reports and documents.
At least Duque was happy, but Laing and Andoine were really exhausted. The meetings between countries were filled with endless wrangling.
For the benefit of their own countries, the kings were willing to go all out.
Five days. It took them five whole days to come up with a more complete plan.
The alliance this time was also officially named the "Rotterdam Alliance", just like in history. In fact, it was not until the Rotterdam Kingdom was destroyed in the "future" when more races joined the alliance that people removed the word "Rotterdam" from the front of the alliance, and called it the "alliance".
It was one more day than the four days in Duque's memory, mainly because Laing did not die.
Also, the kings were not willing to let Terenas be the leader of the alliance, because they felt that Terenas Menethil wanted to take the opportunity of the Horde invasion to complete the unification of the human countries, and turn himself into the second Thoradin The Great.
The kings of the six countries were sensitive to all this, and they all resisted Terenas' complete control of the alliance.
In a sense, compromise itself was a part of politics.
Sensing the strong opposition of the kings, Terenas did not insist too much. Finally, on the fifth day, he made a suggestion that he thought was very cruel — to let Lothar, the son of Thoradin The Great, be the supreme commander of the alliance, while he would only be the leader in name. The countries would have to provide troops to Lothar according to their national strength.
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