If Li De openly stood up and accused Prestor now, no one in Lordaeron would support him.
Even if you know where the enemy's weaknesses are, you can't just lower your head and rush forward rashly. You still have to pay attention to strategies to avoid their sharp edges. Fortunately, Li De never fights alone.
In Lordaeron, there are still two hundred marines, including humans, trolls, and goblins, living in the Zandalari consulate.
The main force of the Han Navy had returned to Tanaris in batches, but a small number of troops were still left behind for Li De to dispatch at any time.
Now that Li De wants to pull Deathwing off the altar, he needs to rely on their power.
Reed's strategy was to "defeat magic with magic." Of course, Reed's magic was not real magic. He asked his human soldiers to spread rumors in Lordaeron.
This rumor is not directed at Presto, but spreads news about Alterac.
In fact, it can't be considered a rumor. Those soldiers only need to tell the true situation in Alterac.
In just half a day, news of Alterac's thieves' rampage, ogres attacking the city, and orcs' infestation spread like wildfire in the city of Lordaeron.
If it were half a month ago, news about Alterac would not have any market in Lordaeron. Ravenholdt sent Darrend to ask for help and was kicked out of Lordaeron, which is proof of this.
Alterac's betrayal made all the countries in the alliance hate them, including Gilneas, who was far away from Alterac and had no conflict of interest and even had a good relationship.
Before the war ended, all countries blocked all roads in Alterac, not caring about their life or death.
But now, it can only be said that it is thanks to Deathwing's cleverness.
His personal charm and magic aroused the people of Lordaeron's admiration for him, and he insisted on putting on a "dragon" to save the country.
The people of Lordaeron were forced to go out of their way to learn all kinds of scraps about the "idol", and even paid attention to Alterac, which gave Li De the opportunity to help the people of Lordaeron understand the truth.
When the bloody current situation of Alterac was put in front of them, doubts also arose in the hearts of some people in Lordaeron.
Didn't Lord Prestor always say that he would save his country when he met everyone? But now that Alterac is in such a miserable state, why is this lord still living and drinking in Lordaeron every day?
The glamorous aristocrat was busy at various drinking parties, allowing people to see his romantic and extravagant spending, but they did not hear a word from his mouth: his compatriots were suffering.
As soon as a new voice appeared in the market, Li De immediately seized the opportunity to expand his results.
This is also thanks to the fact that Li De has the most powerful propaganda team in the world of Azeroth, which can thoroughly implement his ideas.
After the story of the people of Alterac who had their families destroyed because of thieves was sung in the tavern with a melodious and sad two-stringed harp accompanied by a ditty, someone finally openly questioned Presto's character.
Of course, as an idol, if some people come out to question it, naturally some people will stand up to defend it:
'Lord Presto is not really enjoying himself, he just wants to gain the support of the nobles in this way so that his compatriots can be relieved from suffering as soon as possible. Do you know how painful the lord was when he attended the dinner?
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Such a forced explanation can definitely be explained. After all, no one knows what Presto is really thinking in his heart.
But as soon as people started to quarrel because of his character, Li De's goal was achieved, and Deathwing's false saintly body was exposed.
Public opinion is no longer one-sided and can also affect the leaders. When they see Presto, they will not completely drop their guard and be easily led by this guy. This will leave Li De with more room for maneuver.
a lot of.
At night, Li De and Pumillo passed by the door of a tavern and heard two groups of people inside, good and bad, fighting over Presto's moral issues.
Some of those Presto people are originally more rational and are not so deeply affected by magic. Some are simply darker. If a perfect person appears in their field of vision, these people don't believe it.
But out of a desire to follow the crowd, he sang praises to Leader Presto.
It is easiest to make such a person stand on the opposite side. All it takes is one or two bad things happening in his life, either because of his family or because of his work.
He was already full of negative emotions, and the shadow made him even more sensitive. As long as he was handed a "knife" in his hand, he could jump to the opposite side and slaughter the saint he originally sought after.
Li De sighed. He had not yet faced the real shadow. He only had a glimpse of the shadow's claws and saw how powerful it was. Even its user could not fully grasp it and faced the risk of being backlashed at any time.
When I faced Cenarius and Magni before, was it a little too arrogant to claim that I was not afraid of shadows?
Such emotions are fleeting. Li De shook his head fiercely. Blind self-doubt will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. Self-doubt without a position will make people fall into nothingness. The most important thing at the moment is to defeat the wings of death.
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"Guardian, is this how scary the shadow is?"
Pumillo followed Li De and asked. In Alterac, he saw those dragon people with his own eyes and knew that the so-called Presto was just a conspiracy. At this moment, his heart was firm enough, but it could be seen that
The soldier was secretly frightened to see a group of people fighting over unrelated people.
"That's right, that's why we have to strengthen our faith. The visible evil energy is certainly terrifying, but the invisible shadow cannot be underestimated either. Without further ado, we should go back and change Jason's dressing."
In the old house of Prestor, Jason was seriously injured in the battle with the dragon. Although he was rescued and received treatment from the Holy Light when he returned to Lordaeron, the scab on the wound still had to be replaced.
Medicine. Li De and the others witnessed this scene on their way back from buying medicine.
Deathwing, who was circling among the nobles at the dinner party, did not know about these things that happened in the market.
Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart. Compared to those nobles who ignored the common people, he was even worse. Deathwing completely ignored the common people, and he only cared about the strong.
In his eyes, as long as he takes care of the nobles, the situation is still under his control. His smooth tongue and magic can make him invincible.
After all, as early as the First Orc War, he relied on persuasion and lobbying to successfully make the northern countries ignore the orcs invading the south, which indirectly promoted the destruction of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
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It's the tenth day, and it's another Sunday.
Except for King Varian of the Kingdom of Stormwind, all the leaders including Terenas, Antonidas, Daelin, Trollbane, and Greymane were present, preparing to receive Prestor.
And Li De also successfully entered the venue as a representative of Lothar.
The ceremonial officer sang loudly, and Lord Daval Presto, dressed in full attire, walked into the palace hall suddenly. In front of everyone, he took off his hat gracefully, put one hand on his chest and bowed.
"Alterac noble Prestor, on behalf of my country, apologize to all the leaders."
All the etiquette was so standard and elegant that it would be difficult to make people feel bad wherever it was placed. Only Li De felt the hair on his body stand on end the moment he saluted Presto.
This guy is a world-destroying dragon king! Beneath his gentle appearance is his endless madness.
Maybe in this life, this will be the last time for me to stay so close to this guy in a peaceful atmosphere, right?
This was Terenas, who was sitting at the round table with the largest and most magnificent throne, speaking.
"I heard that your family is related to the Perenolde family. Therefore, you are qualified to sit at the meeting to discuss the disposal of Alterac. I will introduce you to everyone present."
Presto thanked him again, silently opened the seat, and sat on it upright. When introducing everyone, Presto smiled and nodded. Only when he introduced Li De, Presto
He seemed to be looking at Li De with great interest.
Such special treatment made Li De frightened, but he was no longer a young kid. He had seen a lot of Dragon King and Demigod Loa, and even killed the evil god with his own hands. Even if he was nervous in the face of Deathwing, he could still appear calm on the surface.
Be calm and composed, and even smile back calmly.
Counting the representative Li De and the fake Presto, the seven-nation alliance roundtable meeting was officially held.
There was no need for any unnecessary opening remarks. Everyone knew very well what the purpose of this meeting was, so Terenas directly invited everyone to express their opinions.
"Alterac has committed the crime of exterminating itself from the human race. According to logic, it should be subjugated."
As an Alterac noble, Prestor took the initiative to say such words, which surprised many kings, and then they listened to him again.
"But the people there are also part of the human race, and Alterac is also very important geographically. Therefore, I request that Alterac be incorporated into the territory of a certain country."
It seems that Deathwing has everything in mind, and he did not hesitate to throw out the bait and use Alterac to drive a wedge between countries.
To be honest, his goal was really achieved at this moment.
The mages of Dalaran are very aloof. After thousands of years of precipitation, they have little claim to land other than Dalaran. However, if Alterac in the mountains is merged into Dalaran, it can be used as a magic testing ground for mages.
Dalaran is quite happy.
Trollbane has long had the intention of annexing Alterac. Alterac is the birthplace of the Trollbane family, and Stromgarde is also located in the Arathi Highlands.
Both are high-altitude areas, and Alterac was merged into Stromgarde. While Trollbane personally regained his old territory, the country of Stromgarde gained a good strategic outlet.
Even Greymane is dreaming that if Alterac is annexed to Gilneas, wouldn't that mean he has reason to take the entire Hillsbrad Hills?
But Deathwing never expected that Terenas, who should have longed for Alterac the most, would object to it.