When the trolls in the west flourished and showed the qualities of a civilization that even the Kaldorei were willing to get close to.
East, eastern continent.
Southern mainland.
Lion Wrynn, the young Crown Prince of Stormwind City, has recently been carefully cultivated by His Majesty the King and has become famous in the political arena. There is no doubt that the next king will be His Highness the Crown Prince.
What His Majesty the King is doing now is actually slowly transferring power.
Even His Highness the Crown Prince's friend, Anduin Lothar, who was equally young but of noble blood, also rose rapidly in the military and became a highly respected knight and military commander.
And under the shining twin stars of Stormwind City, there is the new darling of the Church of Holy Light, Medivh Magna, who currently looks dimmer.
The three of them formed a young iron triangle, attracting everyone's attention in the Kingdom of Stormwind. Wherever they went, there were people trying to get close to them.
And just when the entire kingdom was trying to get close to them, three young human elites came to the southern territory of the kingdom.
On the surface, it was just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, accompanied by his friends and ministers, received the king's order to inspect the border.
In fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his friends are here to solve the urgent problem in the southern part of the kingdom.
Over the years, the farmers and residents of Stormwind City have continued to move south, declaring a large area near Stranglethorn Vale as their own territory.
Naturally, this often leads to territorial disputes with the Gurubashi trolls who settled in Stranglethorn Vale.
The scale of the conflict has gradually grown from small to large, and now small armies of trolls are attacking more frequently.
His Majesty the Crown Prince's father, the old king of Stormwind City, His Majesty Baratheon, sent troops to defend the territory and block the trolls' raids.
But the old king explicitly prohibited the kingdom's army from carrying out retaliatory strikes against the Gurubashi trolls.
Every day, conflicts involving hundreds of people break out between the Kingdom of Stormwind and the trolls. The intensity of the conflicts is often bloody, and the level of tragedy is very severe.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness Anduin Lothar are deeply angry about this. They feel that the trolls are infringing upon the civilized world, and they must take a severe blow to eliminate the threat of the trolls.
Their move was supported by many human nobles and armies. The young men and nobles of Stormwind City all supported the elimination of the trolls in the south and the inclusion of the virgin forest into the kingdom's ruling domain.
A certain noble even shouted: "Trolls? What are they? Drive them into the sea to feed the fish. Everything south of Redridge Mountain is the territory of the Kingdom of Stormwind!"
In this regard, Anduin Lothar and His Highness Ryan deeply agree.
Although their friends kept silent about this, they could not stop the two young nobles from being warlike.
However, while the entire kingdom hopes to launch troops against the trolls in the south, His Majesty, who is highly respected by the citizens, is unwilling to declare a full-scale war against the trolls.
He supported reciprocal retaliation and sent a small army to fight against the trolls; but His Majesty was unwilling to start a full-scale war between the Kingdom of Stormwind and the trolls.
King Baratheon enjoys a high reputation in the country. When he was young, the Kingdom of Stormwind was almost destroyed by the gnolls.
At that time, I asked other human kingdoms for help, but they were ridiculed by other kingdoms, saying that they couldn't even defeat the jackals, so what kind of kingdom could they call themselves?
It was the young His Highness Baratheon, who was not yet the king, who led the troops of the Kingdom of Stormwind to fight hard outside the city, and succeeded in firmly embedding the footsteps of mankind in the southern part of the Eastern Continent without being wiped out by the gnolls.
Due to his great contribution to the gnoll war, he soon became king and led the kingdom to officially establish a foothold in the wild south.
It also made His Majesty Baratheon the most prestigious king in the history of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
He does not support all-out war. No matter how loud the nobles clamor, the army will not move and the people will accept it calmly.
However, it is obvious that his son's position is more resolute: His Highness Ryan wants to teach those ungrateful trolls a lesson, and even plans to invade Gurubashi's territory.
The conflict between the king and the prince on this issue is increasingly intensifying, in order to let his son realize his good intentions.
His Majesty Baratheon sent the prince to patrol the country, hoping that he would know the wrongness of using weapons rashly.
Stormwind City's most shining twin stars, and their iron juice, came to the south together.
"The fertile wilds of the west! The granary of the kingdom! Everything here is so beautiful! Ryan, do you want them to be defiled by trolls?! I swear on my blood that I will never allow trolls to defile this place!" Anduin Law
Sa was riding on his horse, looking at the endless wheat fields on both sides of the road and said firmly.
"I will never allow it either."
Crown Prince Ryan rode his horse and said calmly: "That's why we came here."
"Perhaps there is a possibility of peace? Trolls are also intelligent people, and they can communicate with us. His Majesty Anduin, Ryan, and Baratheon are highly respected, and his decision is also for the safety of the kingdom." Young Medivh was wearing a white robe.
, his whole body exudes a light that makes the humans around him feel peaceful, he said softly.
"Mad." Anduin Lothar said disapprovingly. "The Holy Light tells us to be gentle. But I think this gentleness is only for us humans. Trolls do not deserve our gentle treatment! What have they done? They
They are killing our people, robbing our food, and occupying our land!"
Anduin Lothar, who was less than eighteen years old, could be said to be at the most radical moment in his life at this time. "I think we should go into the forest! Drive them all down and let them know what the occupied land is."
Feel!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was excited by his friend's passionate and indignant words. He shouted loudly: "That's right! That's exactly why I'm here!"
Looking at his two friends, Medivh shrugged and said softly: "Okay. I can't convince you. But I think the trolls won't go too far. They are also intelligent creatures... Wait a minute, what's going on ahead?
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The elite human cavalry, headed by the Iron Triangle of the Storm Kingdom, looked into the distance together. It seemed to be a human town. It was smoking, the flames were burning in the town, and the screams of humans could be heard in the distance.
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"It's a troll!" Anduin Lothar almost broke his teeth. "They actually dare to step into our land this time!"
"That's Joad Town! Let's go there quickly!" Crown Prince Ryan shouted anxiously.
Medivh said nothing, controlled his flattery, and rushed over with his friend.
However it was too late.
When they arrived, all they saw was ruins after the war.
A troll raiding party quietly bypassed the patrols in Stormwind City and went on a killing spree in the fertile fields west of the kingdom's food-producing area, burning the city.
Most of the human residents fled, but dozens of humans were still brutally tortured to death by the forest trolls.
"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"
Looking at all this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Storm’s teeth almost bled from biting down.
