Terenas, who was sitting in the palace of Lordaeron, supported his illness and personally sent away the main army commanded by Alexandros Mograine.
With the support of Princess Calia, the panting Terenas returned to the room and lay down again.
"Hey~"
Looking at the gloomy sky outside the window, Terenas sighed worriedly.
Princess Calia pulled up the quilt for him and comforted him softly: "Father, please take care of yourself, Lordaeron can't do without your leadership."
Terenas smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I know,
Arthas is far from mature enough... It's my fault that I was too focused on that illusory dream and didn't give him enough guidance."
"This turmoil in Alterac is a punishment for my eagerness for quick success."
Terenas sighed quietly again: "Lordaeron has offended too many people over the years. My old friends have long been eager to teach Lordaeron a profound lesson. Alterac and Hillsbray
Virtue, 80% of the time cannot be maintained."
Princess Calia asked in astonishment: "How could it be possible? Didn't General Mograine lead the army on the expedition? With only the small garrison in Alterac,
It’s impossible to block his attack, right?”
"Haha~"
Terenas showed a rare look of kindness and patted Calia on the head.
"You are too young to see clearly the international situation around Lordaeron."
"Look, it's definitely not just the remnants of Alterac who are participating in this rebellion. People who have seen the opportunity long ago will jump out to support Alterac one by one."
"Mograine also knows what he is doing. He is an excellent general with a good overall view. If something cannot be done, Mograine will not fight with the enemy to the end."
"The Seven Kingdoms of Humanity... Haha~ It's really ironic. It seems that this ancient term will continue to exist."
"Is the desire to unify the seven human kingdoms just a dream after all?"
…
Terenas' prediction was very accurate.
When Mograine led the army to rush to the shores of Lake Lordamre, an unprecedented heavy fog rose from the lake without warning, and the area around the lake was completely obscured by the thick fog that could not be seen.
Mograine frowned and ordered to stop the march, and Duan, the leader of the mage group accompanying the army, rushed to see him.
"Alexander, this heavy fog is not formed naturally, but someone casts a spell in the middle of the lake to catalyze it, continuously converting the lake water into a gaseous state and spreading."
Mograine was not surprised by this,
He had received hints from Terenas before setting off, knowing that this expedition would not be so easy.
"so?"
Mograine asked his old friend Duan helplessly: "Can you dispel the thick fog? Or, can you use teleportation to send a few of our elites to the middle of the lake to repel the mage who created the fog?"
"Uh~"
Senior Arcanist Du An looked embarrassed: "...No, the enemy seems to have been prepared.
The space around Lake Lordamre is locked in advance, and teleportation spells cannot be cast."
"Hey~" Mograine slapped his forehead with a headache: "Let the soldiers adapt to the dense fog environment first, and then set off again in 10 minutes. Everyone will march slowly while touching the mountain wall."
"Hope... we can still catch up."
At the same time, on Fenris Island in the middle of Lake Lordamre, more than a hundred mages led by Ronin were taking turns casting spells by the lake to ensure that the thick fog could cover the entire Lake Lordamre area.
Fenris Island is located exactly between the territorial jurisdictions of Dalaran, Gilneas and Lordaeron. The three countries have a tacit agreement to regard this island in the lake as a neutral area, and no one can garrison the island.
Luo Ning and others are ready to escape at any time. Once the Lordaeron army plans to boat across the lake, they will not leave any excuse to Lordaeron and will immediately lift the space blockade and teleport back to the floating city of Dalaran.
Mograine probably guessed Dalaran's trick, so instead of sending anyone to Fenris Island to waste time, he ordered the army to continue to advance slowly along the mountain wall.
Dalaran will not directly participate in the military dispute with Lordaeron. At most, it will hide on the side and make some small moves.
In the same way, Stromgard, who is temporarily unable to take action, will only give verbal support and cannot send troops to support.
Through the pairs of crystal balls set up in advance, Luo Ning and others could clearly observe the movements of the Lordaeron army in the thick fog.
"Member Luo Ning,
They didn't stop,
what should we do?"
Luo Ning said calmly: "Don't panic.
We just need to complete our tasks, and we can delay them as long as we can."
"The rest is up to Alterac itself."
'Salayan, you kid, don't make yourself self-defeating.'
…
The town of Steinblade, Faculest Castle.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Syndicate in the castle, Valeera, who had sneaked inside, tried to avoid fighting and would only assassinate the Syndicate guarding key positions when she had to.
After sneaking into the castle silently, Valeela had already searched the ground floor.
Based on experience and practice, Valeera guessed that the Barov family might be placed under house arrest in an underground prison.
Contrary to Valeera's expectation, she did not find Haas and Alex in the dungeon.
'No? Is it on the second floor?'
Before entering the dungeon, Valeela took a rough look at the layout of the second floor.
Compared with the very simple first floor and the gloomy dungeon, the second floor is very luxurious and should be the floor where the nobles of the original Alterac Kingdom lived.
'Time is running out, we must find them as soon as possible.'
Even if they restrained their actions as much as possible and hid the corpses one by one, in today's situation where everyone was surrounded by soldiers, there was still a possibility that the killed Syndicate guards would be discovered.
Speeding up, she rushed through the first floor where she had memorized the patrol rules. As soon as she crossed the stairs and reached the luxuriously furnished second floor, Valeera's long elf ears suddenly twitched.
'Is this... the sound of beating?'
A faint muffled sound came from one of the rooms on the second floor, and then a familiar deep voice was heard buzzing.
"Kacha~"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Under the watchful eyes of Valeera who kept sneaking, a door in the middle of the second floor slowly opened half-open, and a bald man sneaked out from behind the door.
He stretched out his hand and carefully observed the situation in the corridor.
‘Heh~’
Valeera recognized the old man who stuck his head out, it was General Haas who was supposed to be under house arrest in Faculest Castle.
After confirming that there was no one patrolling the corridor, Haas took the lead and walked out of the room, waving behind him.
A dozen or so richly dressed nobles of different ages and genders nervously followed Haas, with Alex Barov trailing behind.
"It seems that you have successfully convinced some nobles."
The sudden whisper in his ears made the hairs on Haas's body stand up due to nervousness. Fortunately, he had rich life experience and combat experience, so he suppressed his panic and did not shout out.
After recovering from the panic, Haas noticed that the other party's voice sounded familiar.
"Ms. Sangunar?"
"it's me."
Valeela released her stealth and appeared in front of Haas. The nobles behind Haas turned pale with fright. They thought their betrayal had been discovered by the thieves of the Syndicate.
Fortunately, they noticed Valeera's long ears that were different from humans, and finally did not scream.
"Shh~"
Valeela raised her finger in front of her plump red lips, signaling the nobles to be silent.
Haas also hurriedly explained to them: "Don't be afraid, we are our own people."
The two parties who met did not waste time reminiscing in such a dangerous place. Valeera raised her hand to signal Haas and others, who had unprofessional stealth skills, to stay while she went downstairs to kill the Syndicate patrolling the hall.
About 5 minutes later, Valeela, who was not stained by any blood, returned to the second floor to join Haas and others.
"That's almost it. I have eliminated the patrolling guards in the hall. I should be able to allow them to escape to the gate smoothly."
"There are my people waiting outside the door to respond. Please hurry up. Both armies of Lordaeron have already been dispatched."
Haas and Alex looked at each other, and their eyes were fixed at the same time.
"in addition……"
Valeera glanced at Alex, who still didn't know what was going on at home.
"Mr. Barov, please be mentally prepared. Keldalon has some family matters that you need to handle in person."
"Family matters?"
Alex had a bad premonition and asked with twitching lips: "Did my two restless sons cause trouble again?"
Valeera shrugged: "I can't explain it in a few words. You will know it when you return to Keldaron."
"Please take care of the family affairs as soon as possible. Etherton needs the full support of the Barov family to secure the throne, and no one knows when Duke Faculest will return from the front line to deal with the situation at Icewind Post... huh?
"
"Ha! I'm back!"
Before this soft voice sounded, Valeera sensed the danger first, randomly found the shadow of a noble and launched Shadow Step, and narrowly avoided someone's sneak attack from behind.
The Alterac nobles who had calmed down suddenly became commotion. Alex hurriedly comforted them. Haas pulled out a one-handed long sword borrowed from the guard, stared at them solemnly, and set off to attack.
A strong man from Valeera.
"Duke Faculest, I haven't seen you for a long time. The rude and arrogant fat man from before is indeed just your substitute."