In the White Tower City Port and the Cathedral of Light, Jaina and Arthas are walking out of the Pope's room. Behind them, the old man can no longer speak, even though there are Holy Light Priest, Luna Priest, and Druid.
And the power of a shaman and even a Naaru is projected here. Although all the healing power of Azeroth is gathered here, they still cannot bring back the life of the Pope.
His body was already very old, and more importantly, after insisting on completing the coronation ceremony, this respectable old man himself might not even want to live anymore.
He has seen too many big events and he is very tired.
Maybe tomorrow morning, the Pope will be called by the Holy Light and leave this world completely.
Countless people cried for it. Outside the Cathedral of Light, in the square that had not yet been decorated, a dense crowd of believers held candles in their hands, praying for the Pope, or seeing him off.
"His Majesty Fa'ao's life has been truly magnificent."
Alsace closed the door of the room with some sadness, and said to his wife:
"His personal morality is the same as his life, without any stain, and even in the face of death, he still personally unified the empire, but he could not see the grand scene of the future. His departure was destined to
It has become the most regrettable tragedy of this era."
"Yes, this is a respectable old man."
Jaina seemed to be in a bad mood, not just because of the Pope's death. She held her husband's hand and walked in the aisle of the church. She was silent and did not speak, and Arthas could also feel the pain in his wife's heart.
Annoyed, he also remained silent, holding his wife's slender waist, and the two of them walked back to their temporary room.
Tomorrow, they will return to Lordaeron, and returning with them will be Prime Minister Aberlock, who has just been appointed as the Imperial Noble Legacy Affairs Officer, as well as a group of administrative officials who participated in the storm change that year.
Obviously, these officials with their hands stained with the blood of nobles went to Lordaeron not to take a vacation or to spread the greatness of His Majesty the Emperor, but to deal with some of the last remaining thorny matters for Emperor Varian.
Managing a big country is like cooking a small dish. Varian is very clear about the current situation of the empire. He cannot directly transfer the reform plan in the Kingdom of Stormwind to the entire empire. The reason why he was able to deal with the domestic problems so quickly back then
In addition to careful planning, the nobles of the Kingdom of Stormwind are also the destined king of the Kingdom of Stormwind. The citizens of the Kingdom will instinctively follow him. However, his current position as emperor is not stable, so he has set off a large-scale liquidation.
It will make the internal form of the empire more complicated.
Varian needs to come up with a completely different plan, and now, the think tanks of the entire Storm Council and those knowledgeable nobles who are willing to serve the new empire are urgently negotiating in the Winter Palace of Stormwind City to find out how to solve the problem in the shortest possible time.
Come up with a plan within the time limit, and the field marshal of the Kingdom of Stormwind has already assembled the army to respond to the possible civil war at any time.
But this has nothing to do with the Alsatian couple. At least tonight, they can sleep well with their children, leaving tomorrow's troubles to be dealt with tomorrow.
But when Arthas opened the door, he unexpectedly saw a figure that shouldn't be there. Jaina beside him even exclaimed:
"Tanred! What are you doing here? And the elf beside you, who is that? Why is she wearing my clothes?"
"Sister, lower your voice! My nephew just fell asleep."
Tanred Proudmoore, who was holding his little nephew, turned around. The gloomy aura on his face had disappeared. In Jaina's eyes, the humorous and relaxed brother who didn't like to be restrained seemed to be back.
, and this change seems to be inseparable from the somewhat nervous elf next to him.
As her sister asked silently with her eyes, Tanred smiled and handed the sleeping nephew to his father Alsace, then reached out to hold the elf's slender waist and introduced to his sister:
"This is Tiana, my wife. I just came back, so I brought her to meet you. Oh, by the way, we will have a wedding in 7 days. You and your brother-in-law must come to attend, along with my nephew.
stand up!"
"Tiana?"
Of course Jaina has heard of this name. It is said that it was because this elf died in Azshara's attack on the night elves that her brother's temperament changed drastically. But didn't it mean that this elf was already dead? Then why did she
Will appear here? Still wearing Jaina's clothes?
"That's it, sister."
Tanred felt his wife's nervousness, he kissed Tiana on the cheek, and then explained to his sister:
"Tiana was indeed thrown into the deep sea, but when she was about to die, she was rescued by our father, but her physical condition was very bad due to the long-term lack of oxygen and heavy water pressure.
She fell into a coma and has been sleeping in a federal hospital for the past few years. We all thought she was dead, but she is actually still alive. This is the best gift the Holy Light has given me."
As he spoke, Tanred glanced at the robe on his wife, and he said to Jaina with some embarrassment:
"Because Tiana is a Moon Priest and cannot enter the Cathedral of the Holy Light without being summoned, I found a set of your clothes in your closet and put them on for her. You don't mind, right?"
"Uh, of course I don't mind."
Jaina is still a little confused. She is a mage. She knows the limits of mortals. Even if Tiana is a night elf, she will not be able to survive the kind of storm set off by Azshara and Naga at that time. This
There may be something happening to the elf that Tanred doesn't know about, but this doubt is not suitable to be raised on this occasion.
She walked forward very naturally, took the initiative to hold the hand of the nervous elf Tiana, and secretly used magic to sense the body and soul of the elf in front of her. No abnormality was found. Gianna said to Tiana:
"Come, follow me. This suit of clothes doesn't suit you. It will make you look old-fashioned. I also brought a few clothes, let's try them on."
Faced with Jaina's kindness, Miss Xingge's nervousness faded a little. She glanced at Tanred and whispered:
"Thank you, ma'am."
"No, don't call me ma'am."
Jaina smiled and said:
"Call me sister."
After saying that, she took the elf girl to the cloakroom in the room. At this moment, Tanred seemed to remember something, and he said to his sister:
"Sister, Drake is here too. He is here now, talking to Emperor Varian."
"he?"
Gianna's face immediately darkened. Apparently, she had not forgotten the fact that she was expelled by her brother. She said in a bad tone:
"What is he here for? Is he here to provoke? Or is he here to submit a declaration of war?"
"No, listen to me, Anna."
Tanred sighed and explained in a low voice:
"This matter is very complicated, but believe me, everything that happened in the past few days was not what Drake really wanted to do. He was affected by the power of N'zoth, but just a few hours ago, my father went there in person
Kul Tiras, dispersed the evil magic in Drake and restored his consciousness. I will slowly explain the details to you later."
At this point, Tanred's expression became sad. He took out something from his arms. It was a necklace made of mithril, dotted with blue gems. Tanred used a very solemn gesture.
, tied the necklace around the neck of the little prince in Alsace's arms, turned his back to Jaina, and said in a low voice:
"This is a gift from father to his grandson Anna. Father said that he was going to fulfill a great mission and that he would never see us again. He asked Drake to tell us that he loved us."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became sad. Jaina, who was originally angry and dissatisfied with her brother, was also a little overwhelmed by the news that her father Dai Lin had left forever. Tiana Xingge felt Jaina's sadness.
, this time the Luna Priest gently patted Jaina on the back, comforting his sister.
When Alsace saw this sad scene, he was also a little touched. He didn't want to see his wife sad, so he forcibly changed the topic. He reached out and touched the gem pendant around his son's neck. He saw that
In the blue gem, the light and shadow surged like sea water, and the reflection of the keel battleship suspended above the sea water, he said softly:
"Is this your gift from Lord Dai Lin? It's so beautiful."
Tanred raised his head and saw that Alsace's fingers were about to touch the lower edge of the gem. There was a miniature magic circle there. He screamed:
"No! Don't touch that!"
But it was too late, Alsace's fingers touched the miniature magic circle, and the holy light between him became dimmer at this moment, as if a little magic was injected into the magic circle, and the next moment
, along with the roar of the sea water, a huge black shadow was about to leap into the room, and Jaina, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, immediately launched a large-scale teleportation, teleporting everyone in the room to the outside of the White Tower City Port.
maritime.
"Boom"
With a loud noise, the huge, ferocious, mighty and terrifying Nagfar battleship, which came from the Abyss of Hades and was used by Hela to transport souls between the two worlds, was restored by Dai Lin.
Like a meteor falling from the sky, it hit the dark sea water below hard.
This scene made Alsace's eyes widen. He looked at the gem pendant in his hand. The projection of the battleship in the pendant had disappeared. He turned his head and stammered to Tanred:
"Is this a real ship? How did Sir Dai Lin put it in my son's necklace? How could he give such a dangerous thing to a baby?"
"Don't be stupid!"
Tanred glared at his brother-in-law and said:
"This is the best blessing for a child from a Kul Tiran man. Every Kul Tiran man should have his own ship! This is the best gift my father prepared for his grandson!"
"The best battleship in the world! And you, you stupid fool, you almost destroyed the entire cathedral just now!"
While Mr. and Mrs. Alsace and Mr. and Mrs. Tanred were "admiring" the battleship with their children in their arms, in the living room of the Cathedral of Light, Varian Wrynn was chatting with the belatedly arrived Dray.
Crooked Proudmoore spoke.
Emperor Varian looked at the silent King Drake with a scrutinizing gaze, and then looked at the crown that Drake placed on his table, as if it was a belated celebration.
"I thought you wouldn't come. I thought I needed to beat you again before you would hand over the crown."
Varian's fingers were stroking the crown of Kul Tiras inheritance, and he could feel a hint of the breath of the sea. He whispered:
"I really planned to finish what I was doing, and then go to Kul Tiras to find you and vent my anger on Anna, who is also my sister, and you! You made her cry! It's simply unforgivable!"
"It was an accident, Varian."
A haggard-looking Drake said:
"I don't want to talk to you about these things now. Regarding Anna, I will go over and apologize later. I just want to know now, how do you plan to deal with the remaining nobles in the empire? Are you going to kill them all in one go?"
"No! I'm not that stupid."
Varian leaned back on his chair. The newly appointed Emperor had already felt the pressure of supporting the entire empire. He was playing with a cigar in his hand and said:
"Before you came, I talked about this matter with Arthas, Garin, Liam, and the nobles who know the general situation. I can't do what I did in the Kingdom of Stormwind again in the entire empire. Then
It will only aggravate the chaos and push the wavering little nobles into desperation. They will fight back, and that means the empire will experience turmoil, which is not what I want to see."
"So, I will deal with it in another way. I don't have a complete plan yet, but"
Varian coughed slightly:
"I may keep the title of nobility, which is just the title and necessary private property. The so-called duke, earl, baron, etc., they will all become honorary titles without any real power and do not occupy land. In essence, owning these
There is no difference in status between those who hold the title and other citizens. Maybe I will give their descendants the right to participate in politics, but the prerequisite is that they must pass the imperial official assessment!"
"What you do is no different than killing them."
Drake whispered:
"But that's your business. I have no control over it. I want to ask, how are you going to deal with us? I mean, how are you going to deal with the four kings and the relationship with the Federation?"
"Ah, I will sign a real peace agreement with the Federation. This has been agreed by Mr. Van Cleef. The empire and the Federation will end the superficial confrontation. The two sides will still compete, but there will no longer be a real conflict.
War, only competition can bring long-term vitality, and that is also the future of human civilization, which will continue to develop forward with a stable twin system!"
"The federal government is willing to issue visas to the people of the empire, and we also need to prepare passports for the people, and then there will be navigation, trade, and political cooperation and visits between the two sides to learn from each other. This is a very long adaptation process, but from now on,
If the people of the empire want to return to their ancestral homeland in the eastern continent, there will be no obstacles."
"And as for you, I will take away your title of king."
Varian said bluntly:
"You will become a grand duke, which is still an honorary title, but I will appoint you as the guardian of the empire, just like the governor on the federal side. You will become a member of the Congress and the administrative system of this country, but between countries
The separation will be removed. I haven't figured out how to do it specifically, but I am sure that in the future, there will be no distinction between Lordaeron, Highlanders, Children of the Sea and Gilneans in the empire. The geographical separation will no longer exist.
It became the reason for the division of the empire, and the ancient inheritance will be unified again."
