The older a country is, the more likely it is to breed corruption.
The worse the country's situation is, the easier it is for bullshit doomsday theories to spread.
It stands to reason that the situation of the Kingdom of Stormwind in recent years is definitely not bad. After the kingdom was restored after the war of Dark Portal 2, Stormwind's national power has been on the rise.
This was originally a good thing.
The bad thing is that the traditional vassal system breeds a lot of corruption.
Varian mobilized an army of 100,000 for the expedition, and just a few elite legions were simply not enough. An expedition of 100,000 people meant that at least 300,000 people were in the logistics.
Although the crusade against the Lich King was motivated by the resistance of the living against the undead massacring the living, many things changed after the execution.
When a war does not focus on the process, but only on the results, the extortionate expropriation of the small lords below becomes inevitable.
Meritorious ministers were granted the fiefdom of Stranglethorn Vale in exchange for the fiefdom. After all, this only benefited a few people. More lower-class citizens were squeezed by the small lords again and again and went bankrupt because of Northrend's expedition.
However, Varian had no right to accuse his vassal of this behavior.
In such a soil, Twilight believers can easily exaggerate terror among lower-class citizens and stir up discord and hatred.
According to the secret investigation of MI7, the ultimate mastermind behind these people is a mysterious human being called Father Twilight.
The spies of MI7 tried their best to track down the traces of this "Twilight Father", but this "Twilight Father" seemed to come and go without a trace. Even if they sneaked into a gathering of Twilight cultists, they could not find any trace of him.
Only a shadow shrouded in darkness was seen.
Recently, the activities of Twilight believers in the Kingdom of Stormwind have become more and more rampant in the dark. During the investigation, some middle-level Kingdom officers were found to be secret Twilight cultists. There was even an important Kingdom military officer, Major Samuelson, who could directly transform
Becoming a high-level Faceless Man, the driving force behind all this is still the "Twilight Father".
The spy leader, Mathias Shaw, was confused until he received a secret letter from the Emperor of Stratholme.
"What? You said Father Twilight is actually His Excellency Bishop Benedictus!?"
Holy Light Bishop Benedictus of the Kingdom of Stormwind jumps.
This is a very serious matter.
Benedictus's influence on Storm is second only to Varian and several dukes, and he can be ranked in the top ten from any angle.
Historically, due to the death of the former Archbishop Alonsus Faol, the Five Silver Saints who passed down the throne either disappeared or disappeared, and were about to be demoted. The position of Archbishop fell to Benedictus.
In this life, Lao Wu was still alive, and due to a certain emperor's troubles, Benedictus was not given the archbishop's crown.
So this guy is just a bishop of a country, not the Archbishop of Holy Light.
Even though he didn't have such a prominent status, his reflexes made Mathias feel numb all over.
"Your Excellency Shenying, are you kidding me?"
Villeless* bowed slightly: "This letter has the seal of our emperor, even if we ignore the facts. Isn't this letter enough for you to inform His Majesty Wrynn and secretly investigate Bishop Benedictus?"
Mathias's mind was buzzing with shock.
It has been inferred from the seized Twilight documents that Father Twilight may hold a high position in the Alliance, but there has never been any direct evidence to prove who it is.
He never thought that this person had such a big background.
He couldn't make the decision in this matter, so he could only ask his men to keep a close eye on him while he took Villes to see King Wa.
After hearing the statement, Varian simply said: "Catch Benedictus first."
King Var's attitude stung Bolvar quite a bit. In recent years, Bolvar felt more and more that Varian was used to McDonald's command. However, according to what Mack said, Varian was almost the same as Alsace.
Do it without thinking.
Trust is a good thing, but trusting too much is bad.
With just one word from McDonald, Varian would arrest his most important ministers. This approach...
Storm and Stratholme are two countries after all, just don't be annexed.
But when you think about it, it doesn’t seem strange. Without McDonald’s full support, Storm would have been destroyed. The reason Storm is as strong as it is today is inseparable from the Stratholme Empire.
It's just this rhythm that makes Bolvar and other veteran storm nobles feel disgusted!
Varian nodded, and the rest was easy to say.
The heroes of Stormwind Kingdom have very bad professions now. They don’t have many things, and they have the most thieves.
When the three Storm Rogue heroes, Viles*Dark Shadow, and Broll*Bearskin formed a stealth team that was considered outrageous in the league, they really caught the painful leg of Benedictus before he could run away.
It is true that Benedictus hid his strength. When he transformed into a shadow priest, his strength was fully doubled.
No matter how strong the Dark Priest is, he is still fragile. Who can withstand the siege of four top thieves?
On this day, Benedictus's kidneys were shot so many times that he needed two kidneys replaced.
Sad is just two words.
A large number of documents and Twilight believers were caught, which can be said to be both stolen and stolen.
Afterwards, Varian complained directly to McDonald: "You don't have to beat around the bush about this kind of thing, just tell me."
"This is not good! After all, we belong to two countries..."
"What's wrong? You helped me save my life and my country. If you really want to take it, I will definitely give it to you."
McDonald: "..."
Bolvar: "..."
Varian has such a straightforward personality that McDonald really can't dislike him at all.
King Wa: "We are so familiar with each other. You and I have a life-long friendship that beats the ancient gods together. There is nothing we can't say. Yes, don't you have three daughters? Why don't you give me the title of princess and settle down with my family?
Because of a date?"
Even if he knew that Anduin Wrynn was the famous 'Dirty Shepherd' in history and was the third generation leader of the Alliance in history, when McDonald heard this proposal, he still had his own cabbage to give to the pig.
A sense of trance.
McDonald also knew that his daughter would eventually get married. The problem was that illegitimate girls would easily be in a bad position.
When King Wa made this statement, in terms of aristocratic ethics, it was actually the Mai family who had reached a higher level.
McDonald thought for a while: "This is not impossible. But I want to see if they are mostly human blood or elven blood. By then, your Anduin will be able to go to the battlefield, and mine will still be a baby.
, that would be troublesome."
The growth cycle of pure-blood elves can sometimes be very long, it’s really hard to say.
King Wa raised his forehead and said, "Yes, we can only wait for ten years."
With the internal troubles driven away, Storm can finally join forces with the Bronzebeard Dwarves to prepare for the Twilight Fortress.
Here, one month after the arrival of Deathwing, the image of the Land of Fire has finally become more solid. According to Khadgar's estimation, it will take at most one week to officially arrive on the top of Alterac, where King Perenolde City was originally located.
