It was as if they had sunk into an endless cycle.
Aurelia could not stop the Sun King and the Silvermoon Council from courting death. The Alliance could not help even if they wanted to, because the Elven higher-ups were blocking them.
Similarly, no matter how good Duque was at fighting, he could not single-handedly take care of more than fifty thousand elite Orcs. Moreover, Aurelia discovered something else. It seemed like the strongest Warlock of the tribe, Gul 'dan, had brought his trusted aides to catch up to Orgrim's troops on a red dragon.
Gul 'dan was a powerful mage who could suppress the strongest human Wizard Antonidas. Sending a Morning Star Wizard like Duque would just be sending himself to his death.
Even if Duque wanted to go, he would be completely opposed by the generals of the Stormwind Faction.
At this moment, Aurelia sank into despair.
"Sister! Let's go! Since the humans are not willing to help, we have to go back ourselves. "Sylvanas said with determination as she pulled on her sister's hand.
Alleria, on the other hand, gave Duke one last pleading look.
Duque took a deep breath. "Actually … there's one last way."
Once Duque said this, the entire place went silent. Every pair of eyes stared at Duque, and every heart stopped beating. Everyone held their breath.
"Speak." Aurelia was instinctively excited.
"Aurelia Windrunner, are you willing to be a patriotic traitor?"
"Patriotic … traitor?" Be it Aurelia or the others, they were all confused by Duque's words.
Duque said in a low voice, "Even if it's a lord, inviting foreign troops into his own country is a crime of treason. But you, Aurelia, you can be a traitor because of your patriotism, because you want to save the High Elves. Of course, there's a price to pay. "
"What price?" Aurelia's eyes brightened.
"I can take on the identity of a wandering duke and bring all my private soldiers to be hired by you, Aurelia Windrunner. The problem was that everyone knew I wasn't short of money. Therefore, the price is: after this battle, you must take at least a thousand of the Windrunner family's elites, give up Cuel Salas's position and become my vassal, Duke Marcus's vassal. "
As soon as Duque's voice fell, everyone was stunned. In the next moment, everyone began to ponder. It seemed like it was indeed feasible.
First of all, Duque was not a king. His status wasn't so high that he couldn't be fooled no matter what. It wasn't wrong to say that Duque was a wandering duke. Stormwind had been destroyed! A country without territory would not be recognized. Didn't you see that after Duke Fareville left Kul 'Tiras, he was just a pirate leader? Who would really recognize him as a duke?
Secondly, even with his so-called private army, the strength of Duque's subordinates was quite shocking. Apart from the basic ten thousand private soldiers, Duque also had a group of mages. Moreover, it would be difficult to fool them.
Finally, there was the price.
From a legal point of view, even if Cuel Salas joined the alliance, someone had to take the blame for this kind of thing. Everyone knew about the ambiguous relationship between Duque and Aurelia. The problem was that if Duque really wanted to marry Aurelia, it would be super troublesome.
The union of a duke from another country and General Cuel Salas must be approved by the Sun King and the Silver Moon Council. When that time came, it was really unknown what kind of trouble Duque and the Windrunner family would be in.
Duque took this opportunity to pull Aurelia out of it, killing two birds with one stone. Moreover, there were a thousand of the strongest elven rangers on the continent.
It was precisely because of these conditions that Duque's "deal" would not seem to be a loss in the eyes of all the nobles. Otherwise, the nobles would only think that Duque was an idiot. If the Sun King really wanted to pursue the matter, no one except Stormwind would protect Duque.
At this time, Aurelia fell into infinite entanglement.
A patriotic traitor in exchange for the survival of tens of thousands of his compatriots.
Aurelia's conscience and affection for Duque instantly prevailed in both rational and emotional aspects at the same time. "Duque, I can personally promise you. But I can't give a definite answer on behalf of the rangers of the Windrunner family. "
"No! A thousand rangers, not one less. This is a matter of attitude! "Unexpectedly, it was Illucia who bargained for Duque.
Duque was stunned.
What surprised Duque even more was yet to come.
"I know my brothers and sisters. There can't be a thousand rangers of the Windrunner family who are willing to give up their homeland. Three hundred is already the limit, "Cirvanas interrupted.
Illucia was anxious. "We can't accept such conditions!"
"Of course it's not fair. However, as long as you can cover the evacuation of more than 20,000 civilians in Longsong Forest to Silverymoon City, Duque, I'm willing to give up my position in Cuel Salas and become your vassal together with my sister. "
Duque's brain went blank for a second.
Surprise!
This was definitely an unexpected surprise!
Duque had never thought that he could gain so much from attacking Cuel Salas with the help of the tribe. That was Aurelia and Sylvanas! The eldest and second children of the Windrunner family! The two strongest rangers in the world! In terms of strength, even the third sister, Sasha, was still a distance away from them.
Not to mention, in the original history, one was a great hero in Stormwind City's King's Valley, and the other was a queen who could summon wind and rain in the tribe, and even become the chief of the tribe in the distant future.
Damn it, this was really a big win!
If there weren't so many people watching, Duque really wanted to immediately shout, "I've tricked Aurelia and Queen Sylvanas into my hands!"
At this moment, Duque finally felt a sense of pride for completely changing history.
No matter what, as long as he passed Cuel Salas this time. Then there wouldn't be another Sylvanas who died in Silverymoon City. And there wouldn't be another Forgotten Queen in the future.
The Forgotten Ones?
Bah! I'm a living person! I don't care how those bones die!
Illucia originally wanted to fight for more benefits for Duque, but seeing Duque's excited eyes, she quietly retreated to the side of Duque's body.
Similarly, Seamus and Windsor didn't want their boss to go so far away to be a mercenary. After seeing the look in Duque's eyes, they all sighed deeply.
Alright, I hope that helping the elves this time won't be too bad.
With a plan, everything would be easy to handle. When Duque woke up King Laing overnight with a magic message and explained the seriousness of the matter, Laing gave Duque and Aurelia a surprise.
"If some of the Gryphon Legion soldiers are willing to become your private soldiers, I can't stop them. Sometimes, nobles like to secretly increase the number of their private soldiers, but the king can't find out, so it's not against the rules. However, in the future, there will be many elites from the Gryphon Legion on the battlefield! "
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