In the imperial study room, King Terenas angrily overturned the four-corner low table in front of him. At the same time, he also overturned the table in his heart. He had never been so angry in many years, but he really couldn't control himself.
The back of the hand was covered with veins like the beards of an old tree, and the bulging lines showed the anger of the old king.
Behind him, a group of ministers knelt down and bowed their heads. They were all frightened. Even breathing heavily seemed like a capital offense.
"Lordaeron, the most powerful country in mankind, has lost all its face because of you trash!" The old king's deep voice seemed to turn into a whip, lashing the ministers in the face so hard that they all felt their faces burning.
: "Get out of here first!"
As if they were pardoned, the ministers withdrew without a trace.
In the study, only the old king and four personal guards behind him were left.
The guards' eyes were as bright as lightning, and they always made slight movements with their right arms, often drawing their swords out of their sheaths if they disagreed.
Terenas spoke into the void: "Let's not discuss the losses for now. Have you found out the cause of the matter?"
"Generally, we have found it." When a shadow-like guy in the corner of the study answered, a thick black parchment slowly flew out from the corner in a suspended state and landed on Terenas' desk.
superior.
Every country has its own intelligence agency, and other ministers keep a respectful distance from such people.
Terenas brushed away the other messy speeches and reports on the desk and took them out to read. His pupils shrank, and a breath of turbid air surged into his throat. He could hardly breathe, and he was about to die.
After reading it three times, he looked at Mr. Shadow in disbelief and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "You are saying that the palace of the Menethil family, which has not seen blood for thousands of years, has been defiled by ugly monsters.
The death of ten middle- and lower-level nobles or their families, plus five hundred soldiers and servants, was actually due to an accident!?"
"Based on the information collected so far, my preliminary judgment is indeed this."
Terenas was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
What nonsense is this!?
The context of the matter is quite clear:
The Duke of Stratholme did not receive many actual rewards after his triumph.
I don't know if it was because Terenas was too stingy, or because the king himself sold someone's captive to the arena, which inspired someone's business talent. So McDonald's approached Duke Fordagon and asked him to submit it.
A group of living orcs used examples to convince other Lordaeron nobles.
In fact, the Duke of Stratholme most likely tricked Fordragon. Because the 150 orcs captured by the people of the Kingdom of Stormwind after all the hard work were all taken away by McDonald as soon as they disembarked in Lordaeron.
This guy made a written report to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, saying that the people of the Kingdom of Stormwind presented 30 orcs in the hope that His Majesty the King could witness the terror of the orcs with his own eyes.
On the other side, another 120 orc captives were resold that night to the gladiatorial arenas affiliated with the major dukes.
Looking at the long list of bosses behind the hosts, Terenas held his breath.
"Duke Tirisfal, Duke Silverpine, Duke Andorhal, Duke Lockmere..."
Damn it!
This is a typical example of everyone getting rich together!
Tonight, more than a dozen convoys transporting orc slaves, large and small, entered the city almost front and back. The other teams were fine, except for Ritter and Gangplank's team.
At that time, it was confirmed that there were 3,211 private soldiers in dozens of noble mansions on King Street. In other words, any two families could kill these orcs with all their strength.
The guards at the palace gate are also useless. According to the captain of his own guard, as long as a team of 30 guardsmen can at least kill them all together.
However, this is the bloody point. No nobleman is willing to take action, and even the nearly 100 guards at the palace gate cannot withstand it.
When the orcs came in, Terenas was so frightened that he ran away surrounded by his guards. If McDonald hadn't led the rescue team, Arthas and Calia might have even burped.
However, from all angles, McDonald is a bit suspicious.
Terenas finally spoke: "Duke Stratholme, what do you think?"
The king was finally suspicious. After all, McDonald was the one who facilitated the introduction of the orcs. Although he was instrumental in saving the country, there was also suspicion on him.
Black Shadow knew exactly what his master was asking.
"No rebel in their right mind would only use 10 knights, 87 soldiers with uneven armor, plus 4 priests in pajamas, holding a pile of thirty unbladed weapons.
We can use rags to attack the palace with 3,600 royal guards and praetorian guards. Or we can count on 30 fanatical orcs with bad minds to fight their way in from the palace gate and murder the king, princes and princesses of Lordaeron."
What Sombra said made sense, and Terenas actually couldn't refute a single word.
What made Terenas even more angry than having any doubts about Mai was that no one except McDonald was willing to come to his rescue!
Aren't you great nobles my vassals?
Is your loyalty just lip service?
Bastard! Both of them are unreliable!
But what can happen no matter how angry Terenas is!
The human kingdoms in the world of Azeroth all follow a standard feudal system.
In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and the territory that the king could directly govern was destined to be quite limited, so sealing off the territory became an inevitable choice. The territory that was sealed off no longer belonged to the king. Only the lords of the fiefdom were loyal and responsible to the king.
A simple summary can describe this relationship: "My vassal's vassal is not my vassal!"
The lords below were all local emperors. These younger brothers did not have to pay taxes or tribute to the king, but were responsible for fighting national wars. When the king raised his arms, the younger brothers came with others to help kill people.
(The Celestial Dynasty after the Zhou Dynasty, including the Qin Dynasty, were all centralized systems, which were very different.)
Normally, the king would not be able to impose any substantial punishment on the disobedient grand duke. Unless there is absolute evidence that a certain noble noble has committed treason, the most he can do is let the current duke abdicate and let his son succeed him.
title.
"Okay, I get it."
Half an hour later, in the palace hall, Terenas and Alsace, who was in shock, met a large number of nobles who had come to see him overnight.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"It is the kingdom's greatest happiness that your Majesty and His Highness are safe and sound!"
When the king is in trouble, no one can be seen; when he is safe, a group of people rush up to shoot rainbow farts.
Terenas felt sick looking at the faces of those great nobles.
of course there are exceptions.
The Duke of Andorhal knelt down at the foot of the throne steps with tears and snot in his eyes, crying: "Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me! The orc slaves of the Duke of Stratholme almost killed me - my wife was seriously injured.
I was frightened, and now I am still nervous... Your Majesty——"
This big fat pig cried so realistically and splashed dirty water with such skill that the corners of McDonald's eyes twitched when he saw it.
Madhu! If you are shameless, you are invincible!
If you can’t learn, you can’t learn!
But then again, 'my slave'?
…
Terenas, who was wearing a silver crown of thorns on his throne, gestured expressionlessly, and immediately a palace minister came forward and announced: "The matter has been found out. The owner of the White Cross Arena, Riet Gangplank, purchased 30
After becoming an orc slave, the lack of strict supervision led to a catastrophe and caused the greatest loss to the Kingdom of Lordaeron since its founding, including XXX Viscount and XXX Baron..."
After reading a long list of names, the palace minister finally spoke his verdict:
"All property of Ritter Gangplank is hereby confiscated. All his properties, except for the White Cross Arena, will be distributed to all those injured in this incident."
"Duke Macdonken Stratholme led his troops to save the enemy, and he was specially given the White Cross Arena..."
Hearing this and looking at the system prompts, McDonald's vision suddenly went dark and his ears were buzzing. Even after the king admitted that the threat of the orcs did exist and asked everyone to start preparing for war, he didn't listen.
After the meeting, when they returned to the Duke's Mansion, Bolvar came up to him with a strange look on his face: "Your Excellency, Duke of Stratholme, is all this part of your plan?"
