A king's speech was often a form of art.
Some words could not be said directly.
In any case, Duque, Aurelia, and Seamus understood.
Seeing Seamus silently request the dwarves to forge twenty thousand Duque private soldier badges, Aurelia held Duque's hand at some point.
She knew very well that Duque had used his connections to the extreme.
Everyone knew that in all of Stormwind, apart from the royal knights under Lothar's direct command, Seamus' Gryphon Legion was the best fighter. The former could fight, but there were too few of them. The latter was the true main force of Stormwind.
After repeated expansions, the Gryphon Legion had expanded to a huge army of twenty thousand. The core was still the Gryphon Legion that had retreated from the Redridge Mountains to Stormwind City.
These warriors who had gone through many battles were the foundation of Stormwind Kingdom's revival, the cream of the army.
Now, with a single request from Duque, Laing allowed him to get them to pretend to be private soldiers.
Moreover, 30,000 soldiers was the limit of a Grand Duke's strength.
Not breaking the rules was better than breaking the rules.
Perhaps it could be explained as a strategic need, but no one could ignore the huge risks they had to bear, as well as the almost unbearable camaraderie.
It was impossible for a friend to gamble the future of a kingdom with millions of people to save tens of thousands of his own people.
Loyalty and camaraderie had always been difficult. According to Duque, accompanying her to death was already doing his part as a friend. Pulling thirty thousand elites could only mean one thing. She, Aurelia, had long surpassed the definition of a friend in Duque's heart.
At some point, only Aurelia and Duque were left in the room.
Suddenly realizing that her hand was still on the back of Duque's left hand, Aurelia felt awkward and didn't know if she should pull her hand back. After hesitating for two seconds, Aurelia still pulled her hand back.
Who knew that at this moment, Duque would grab her hand.
In terms of reaction time, Aurelia was nine blocks ahead of Duque. If a high-level Ranger didn't want to be caught by a Mage in close combat, there were at least three ways to do so.
Aurelia's hand was grabbed, which only proved one thing. She didn't want to hurt Duque's heart.
"I …" The former Great Demon King was now like a frightened little rabbit.
Duque grabbed her hand with his left hand and put his right hand around Aurelia's waist.
Sometimes, people were like this. After the first time, it was easy to have a second time. After being hugged by the drunk Duque, Aurelia, who hesitated again, lost the chance to resist.
Aurelia's waist was very soft and had the flexibility of a well-trained person. In terms of touch, it could really compete with Cirvanas. Maybe it was because Aurelia's figure was a little more plump, so it felt better to hug her. It was a kind of comfortable feeling that even though she was healthy and beautiful, he still felt like his hands would melt if he hugged her.
She realized that Duque was probably going to make things clear. Aurelia quickly took two deep breaths.
"Sorry, I'm not ready yet. If a High Elf wants to mate with a human, it means that she has to be prepared to face endless loneliness after a hundred years. I … I … I'm not ready yet. "
Hearing this, Duque couldn't help but laugh. He had taken it for granted.
The High Elves boasted of eternal life, but in reality, it wasn't.
Ten thousand years before the war between humans and Orcs broke out, there was only one huge land in the World of Azeroth surrounded by endless oceans — Kalimdor. Many different races and creatures lived on this land, fighting against the harsh natural environment. In the center of this dark land was a lake full of mysterious energy. This lake was called the Well of Eternity, and it was the source of magic and natural energy of the entire world. While absorbing energy from the endless darkness outside this world, the Well of Eternity continuously released energy to the entire world, providing nutrition for all kinds of creatures in the world.
This attracted the attention of the Demon King, Sargeras. This was the invasion of the Burning Legion ten thousand years ago. Later on, due to the aftermath of the war, a series of magic reactions interfered with the energy of the well, causing a huge explosion. This led to what later generations would call the Cataclysm. The entire Kalimdor continent was split into several parts, mainly the Kalimdor continent in the west, the Eastern Kingdom in the east, Northrend in the north, and Pandaria in the south. The location where the well water was originally located collapsed into a never-ending whirlpool. This tragic war was called the War of the Ancients.
Because of Illidan's selfishness, he left behind a small bottle of well water from the Well of Eternity and once again artificially created a Well of Eternity.
As long as the Well of Eternity existed, the Burning Legion would not give up the idea of conquering this world. In order to protect the Well of Eternity, the three Dragon Kings, the Red Dragon, the Green Dragon, and the Bronze Dragon joined forces to bless the Well of Eternity.
The Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza planted a huge oak tree that could heal the scars of the earth, which later became the World Tree, Nordrassil.
The King of Time, the Bronze Dragon King Nozdormu, added magic to the World Tree: as long as the World Tree existed, the Night Elves would never age or get sick.
This was the source of the Elves' immortality.
In fact, after being exiled by the Night Elves, the High Elves lost the power of immortality. However, for humans, the lifespan of the Elves was still extremely long.
Duque understood Aurelia's concerns, but he couldn't tell Aurelia that the legend of the Elves' immortality would be mercilessly broken in the near future.
Of course, he had another way to comfort Aurelia and break down her defenses.
Duque took out his bird's head. Ah! Don't get the wrong idea. If you get the wrong idea, face the wall. This was just the head of the artifact magic staff, Atiesh, which happened to be in the shape of a wooden bird's head.
"This is … Atiesh's?" Feeling the powerful magic waves on it, Aurelia could totally imagine how shocking the power of this magic staff would be when it was complete.
"The previous guardian, Aegwynn, seems to be more than 800 years old …" Duque seemed to be saying something irrelevant, but he was actually reminding Aurelia that he, who had obtained the inheritance of Medivh, actually had other ways to obtain immortality.
Aurelia's face instantly turned red.
If it was said that she was unwilling to break down her defenses before because of her lifespan, then now, under the premise that both of them had almost endless lifespans, all the obstacles that she had set up were not valid.
"No, I, that … actually …" Aurelia was completely confused. Facing Duque's gradually approaching face, she was completely at a loss.
Duque gave her a light kiss on her smooth forehead. Gazing at Aurelia's emerald eyes, Duque smiled suavely. "I know, you are thinking about your brethren and have no time to be distracted. But after that … "
Aurelia ran away, as if she was flying.
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