After getting answers from Sharlayan that were enough to satisfy his curiosity, Kel'Thuzad left the Quel'Thalas embassy with a heavy heart and returned to the Royal Inn of Lordaeron where Baron Rivendell was staying.
It wasn't until Kel'Thuzad left that Valeera emerged from the shadows.
"Salayan, don't blame me for talking too much."
As a senior intelligence officer, Valeela is more suspicious than the average person. She frowned slightly and asked: "Can this lich, who only cares about academic research and whose position may swing drastically at any time, really be trusted?"
Sarlayan smiled and spread his hands: "Don't take Kel'Thuzad too cold-blooded, he still has a bottom line."
"At least at this stage, our interests are basically consistent with his, and he will not betray us rashly."
"As for the future after the fall of the Scourge...who can tell clearly, maybe he will rush to the Shadow Realm to continue his studies as soon as possible."
Valeera sighed softly: "Okay, I trust your judgment."
"Let's not talk about this for now. I have other things to report."
Valeera straightened her face and said: "Not long ago, Tyrossos, Abidis and Garithos, who you asked me to pay attention to, arrived in the royal city after a long journey, and they should have stayed at the Royal Hotel by now.
Already."
Sarlayan nodded calmly: "The actors are almost here. Let's see how the scene will be performed after Calia's enthronement ceremony."
"Whether the alliance will live or die depends on the choices of the leaders behind the representatives of each country."
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Due to the hasty preparation time, Calia Menethil's coronation ceremony was not very grand, at least far from the scale of the celebration when Terenas came to the throne.
Times have changed. When Terenas took over the throne from his father, Lordaeron was in a period of rapid development and everything was prosperous.
Today, Lordaeron is in decline. Many affairs at home and abroad prevent Calia and her ministers from investing too much energy in organizing flashy ceremonies. They can just go through the motions to let all countries know that the new king of Lordaeron has ascended the throne.
To Sarlayan's expectation, Arthas, who had been in a state of confusion recently, actually attended his sister's coronation ceremony.
Although his face is still a little ugly, at least he honestly witnessed the beginning and end of the ceremony, and as a member of the royal family, he personally put on the crown that represents the supreme royal power of Lordaeron for Calia.
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"Oh~" Sarlayan touched his chin with interest: "The relationship between Arthas and Calia is indeed very good. It's hard for him to personally crown Calia as a loser."
[By the way, according to convention, shouldn’t the Archbishop of the Holy Light Church crown Caliya? 】
[You are thinking too much, don’t confuse the situation in our world with Azeroth.]
[Although Lordaeron strongly supports the development of the Holy Light Church out of its own interests, they are not founded on religion after all. How can they let religious leaders crown the new king? Lordaeron does not practice the divine right of kings. ]
While the barrage was still discussing the divine right of kings and the divine right of kings, Calia's relatively simple enthronement ceremony had ended successfully.
Under the reception of Queen Calia, who was officially enthroned as king, the representatives from various countries who came to watch the ceremony came to the palace banquet hall together and participated in the banquet that was bound to be held after the celebration as usual.
At the same time, the people in the royal city also spontaneously celebrated the new king's accession to the throne in their own way.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Queen Calia's official ascension to the throne means that the chaos of the two kings in the past two years has finally come to an end, and the ancient Kingdom of Lordaeron will usher in a new era ruled by the queen.
Caliya's political views are different from those of many of her predecessors who had been pursuing domineering policies. She intends to implement royal policies in a more moderate way. People expect that this difference will bring better changes to their lives.
No one can say yet whether Jialiya's political opinions and policy reforms are good or bad, and everything needs to be verified through practice.
Representatives from various countries exchanged cups and cups, and after the banquet of hypocrisy and condescension was over, the drama that Sarlayan had been waiting for finally came.
Representatives from various countries who were also prepared were led to the meeting hall by the palace attendants, and took their seats one after another according to the seats arranged in advance by the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
This long-dusted meeting hall had witnessed the establishment of the Alliance, and the kings of the alliance's participating countries had gathered around the round table in the center, arguing and even fighting for their own interests.
As Stromgard, Gilneas, Quel'Thalas and Kul Tiras and other countries have withdrawn from the alliance, this meeting hall has long been idle by Terenas, but it is still nominally part of the alliance that exists in name only.
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Caliya specifically chose this place as the venue for the national congress, and the meaning behind it is self-evident.
Ronin, the new Kirin Tor speaker who came to attend the meeting on behalf of Dalaran, raised his eyebrows in surprise, winked and whispered to Sarlayan, who was sitting next to him: "Queen Calia really wants to rebuild the alliance.
?I thought you were joking."
Dalaran is the second longest-standing country in the Alliance among the six human nations except Lordaeron.
If Terenas hadn't gone against the grain and put extreme pressure on Dalaran, Antonidas wouldn't have been so angry that he would have launched Dalaran into the air, completely breaking away from the Alliance.
To this day, apart from Khaz Modan, Gnomeregan and Eagle's Nest, which are still nominally within the framework of the alliance, only the Kingdom of Stormwind from the south of the continent still holds on to the alliance's last position.
For Varian, who has experienced exile since childhood, the alliance led by Anduin Lothar has extraordinary significance to him.
Unless absolutely necessary, the Kingdom of Stormwind will never let the Alliance disappear. If necessary, Varian even plans to take over the Alliance banner from Lordaeron and revitalize the Alliance's momentum in Stormwind City.
That's what Varian thought and did.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Over the years, he has successively won over the Kingdom of Khaz Modan and the Kingdom of Gnomeregan. Recently, he has also been in contact with the Wildhammer dwarves of the Eagle's Nest Mountain to strengthen Stormwind.
The kingdom's ambitions for influence have been clearly demonstrated.
Now that Calia, who advocates uniting various countries to rebuild the alliance, has come to power, it is certainly impossible for her to give up her position as leader of the Lordaeron Alliance to the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Among the representatives from various countries present, only Luo Ning attended the meeting as a national leader.
The Kingdom of Stromgard, which is still managed by the Regent Council, was very perfunctory. They casually sent an unknown fringe member to participate, which showed their lack of regard for Lordaeron.
Of course, this is what Lordaeron asked for.
As the saying goes, the cause of the day before is the effect of the day after.
Terenas' suppression of various countries back then led to Lordaeron's current diplomatic dilemma. This blame can only be shouldered by successor Calia, who strives to ease the stiff relations with various countries.
Compared to Stromgard, Alterac was relatively generous. King Etherton Perenold sent Duke Jorach Ravenholdt, the hero of the dragon and now the chief minister of Alterac.
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On the Gilneas side, perhaps King Zeon wanted to take this opportunity to train his son's abilities and give him more experience, so Gilneas Crown Prince Liam Greymane personally led a delegation to attend the meeting.
Although this was not Genn's original intention, Gilneas showed Calia enough respect.
Needless to say, the three countries of Kul Tiras, Stormwind Kingdom and Quel'Thalas also sent important figures with high status in the country.
Falstad, the Wildhammer dwarf lord of Eagle's Nest Mountain, sent a shaman who was in charge of civil service. Sarlayan, who always had good intelligence, had never heard of his name. This shows the attitude of the Wildhammer dwarves.
The responses from Gnomeregan and Khaz Modan were also relatively lukewarm. None of the three Bronzebeard brothers came, and the dwarf representative was also a little-known diplomat.
Although Caliya was a little disappointed with the indifference of various countries to this congress, she also knew that improving diplomatic relations could not be rushed.
After calming down, Jialiya, as the host of the conference, first delivered an opening speech.
"Dear representatives from various countries, first of all, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to Lordaeron to attend my coronation ceremony."
"I've already said a lot of polite words in the previous banquet, so I won't repeat them here. Let's get straight to the point."
"That's right, just as everyone guessed."
Wearing a crown, Calia is so powerful that many representatives who thought she was just a showman were secretly frightened.
"It has been a full 10 years since the Dark Portal Alliance was established in 5 years."
"In the past 10 years, the member states of the Alliance have gradually fallen apart, and this international joint organization that shined so brilliantly in the Second Orc War has gradually ceased to exist in name only."
"I know that this situation is largely caused by Lordaeron as the host country of the alliance. I will not avoid it or make excuses."
"However, today's times are different, and the people in charge of Lordaeron are also different. I will no longer follow the authoritarian policies that my father once used against allied countries."
Caliya glanced around the round table at the representatives of various countries with different ecological backgrounds.
"I, Calia Menethil, hereby formally make a proposal in the name of the Queen of Lordaeron."
"I hope that all countries can put aside their past grudges and support Lordaeron in rebuilding the declining alliance as they did when they faced the orc invasion, and jointly deal with the upcoming major crisis in Azeroth..."