Azeroth’s Death Track

From the day when Varian Wrynn initiated reforms in the Stormwind Kingdom and massacred many nobles in the Stormwind Kingdom, the Kingdom of Lordaeron and King Arthas have been deeply troubled by the issue of nobles.

Geographically speaking, the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Kingdom of Stormwind are in the state of neighboring countries after migrating to Kalimdor, so no matter what happens in the Kingdom of Stormwind, whether it is good or bad, it will directly affect the Kingdom of Lordaeron .

From a political point of view, after the Stormwind Kingdom fell under the attack of Dark Blade, the nobles in the country took the people to the northern border to seek refuge. The network of forces is entangled together, so after the Blood King incident, Lordaeron's aristocratic circle suffered a much more profound impact than the nobles of other kingdoms.

The fear emanating from the deepest part of the heart, the threat of death and family extinction, and the terrifying future of the extinction of inheritance and bloodlines are all like whips, whipping fiercely in the hearts of Lordaeron's nobles, making them become Suspicious and fearful, crazy and stubborn, as if the end is coming.

Their civilians discredited Varian and everything related to him. They regarded Varian and his set of reforms as a scourge. There was even a period of time when there was only the slightest rumor related to industrial civilization in Lordaeron. Wind whispers will arouse the hostility of these nobles. Alsace is also planning to build several factories in Lordaeron, but the noble council forcibly stops them.

That kind of morbid fear spread throughout the country like a plague, and several major incidents occurred halfway through, causing Alsace to have no energy and time to deal with the gradually diseased situation within the country, and Lordaeron The Kingdom, how should I put it, is probably because the plague of the undead spread to this country at the beginning, and its position in the northern border determines that it has always been the rear of the front-line war, so compared to other countries, it was severely cut by the undead. The power of the old nobles in the Kingdom of Lordaeron is quite huge.

To put it bluntly, a large part of the national power of the Kingdom of Lordaeron is not in the hands of the king. If in other countries, the nobles claim that the most important part of the country is just boasting, then in Lordaeron, This sentence is the real truth!

For Lordaeron, the power of the nobles has penetrated into every corner of the country. If all the nobles disappear collectively on a certain day, then the country will fall into a state of stagnation or even chaos in an instant. The reason why they are so important is that they control almost 70% of the entire country's material output and maintain the entire country's commercial system and commodity circulation.

They are the behind-the-scenes masters who control the country, and in such a system, if the king wants to compete with the nobles, he can only rely on tricks to instigate the great nobles to be hostile to each other, while he himself becomes the referee who maintains the balance. This was also the method used by King Terenas back then. That old man was a real master of power and tactics. Under his single-handed control, the nobles of the entire country followed his lead.

But Alsace does not have this ability. Fortunately, the Paladin King has been firmly holding military power since he migrated to Kalimdor. Several legions in the country are directly subordinate to the King, so the nobles dare not Too much pressure on Alsace, and for Alsace, for a period of time, what made him feel the most pressure was that the nobles suddenly united because of something to fight against the king. In the current system, once that happens, it will be a real nightmare for the king.

And now, that nightmare has come true... it's right in front of Arthas.

Varian Wrynn, a traitor who hated the nobles extremely, is about to become the emperor of the empire. Once he sits on the throne, once he has the name of exercising the power of the emperor, even if the nobles of Lordaeron hold together, they will not There may be some good fruit to eat, their future, even like those in Stormwind City, will be completely wiped out overnight under the sudden attack.

The emergence of this kind of future made the nobles of Lordaeron completely tear off the last camouflage of tenderness, and they began to become aggressive. They used various methods to force Alsace, and asked Alsace to compete for the emperor. After being explicitly rejected, these crazy nobles asked Alsace to announce that Lordaeron would withdraw from the alliance of the Holy Arathor Empire and become an independent country.

This was obviously a request that Alsace could not agree to.

Once he couldn't bear the pressure and really issued this order, let alone the people would hate the royal family of Menethil, even he himself would not know how to face his sincere belief.

He is a follower of the Holy Light, and the righteous faith of the Holy Light is the state religion of the Holy Arathor Empire.

What's more, Alsace knew more than those nobles. He knew that if he announced Lordaeron's separation from the Arathor Empire on the first day, his country would be removed from the Arathor Empire before the dawn of the next day. The dark blade undead rushing out of the sea was completely wiped out overnight...

Tyrion Blade of Dawn, that is not a ruler who will listen to his explanation and understand his difficulties.

But the problem is that he can't tell those nobles the truth... Those big-headed and foolish guys won't believe it either.

This is a dead end. It is impossible to survive this difficult time with everything saved. You have to make sacrifices to get through this difficult time. This is the consensus of everyone. Now, before the nobles and the king, the most important The important question is...

Who should be sacrificed?

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Bang, bang

The sound of knocking on the door awakened Arthas, who was in deep thought, the paladin king of Lordaeron raised his head, and he said wearily:

come in.

The king's loyal head of guards, Farric, delivered today's lunch to his Majesty. It was very rich, and it was in line with the treatment a king should have. However, this delicacy could not make Alsace feel better, because He is facing trouble.

Really big trouble.

Recently, there are gossip rumors that the desperate noble council has been unable to force the stubborn Alsace to sign the King Yu's order to withdraw from the imperial covenant, so these bastards have their idea on Alsace and Jaina's son who is not yet 2 years old , They intend to use Lordaeron's succession law to force Alsace to abdicate, pass the throne to his son, and then use the method of noble regency to achieve their goals.

But this is gossip after all, no one knows the truth, so even if Queen Jaina is very angry, she and Arthas can't use this unfounded reason to confront those cunning nobles.

But Alsace has always been worried. He knows that people can abandon all bottom lines in order to beg for a living in despair. According to the inheritance law of Lordaeron, the behavior of the nobles is not impossible... The premise is, They unanimously judged that the young Alsace was unable to fulfill the duties of the king.

And that means that the nobles and Alsace and the royalist nobles who supported Alsace have completely torn their faces.

What's the matter? Farric, your face looks a little bad.

Alsace ate his lunch like chewing wax. He raised his head and saw the pale face of his bodyguard. He asked, and Farric, the loyal knight who had served as the prince's bodyguard since he was a child, was here. He clenched his fists for a moment, he didn't know whether he should tell His Majesty the bad news.

But under the pressure of Alsace's eyes, Farric finally had to confess.

Your Majesty, there is bad news. The guards Marwyn placed in the noble council hall just ran back desperately to report...The noble council has reached a final verdict. They discovered that your honeymoon trip with Queen Jaina went to the Commonwealth. By this they claim that you and the queen may have betrayed our country.

boom

Alsace slammed his fist hard on the table, are those nobles crazy? How could they accuse a king of betraying his country?

The paladin king looked up, he looked at Farric:

The Earl of Howth, Lord Miles and Earl Grove will not allow such absurd judgment to pass, why didn't they stop it? Are they also coerced?

The few people mentioned by Alsace are all members of the royal party on his side, and they are all powerful nobles in the country. Facing the king's inquiry, Farric's face became more painful, and he whispered:

No, Your Majesty, they are there. All the members of the royal party are there. They did not support, but they did not oppose. They abstained. Your Majesty, they are afraid of His Majesty Varian's future as emperor. Therefore, they abstained. You.

Snapped

At this time, Alsace felt as if he had been punched in the abdomen by a heavy punch. His expression became dull, and the wine glass in his hand hit the ground and smashed to pieces, awakening the little prince who was taking a nap in the cradle in the room. The crying sound brought Alsace back from his sluggishness. He looked at Farric, and the blue eyes under the long golden hair shone with anger. He suppressed his anger, and he asked:

If there is any bad news, let's tell it together.

The nobles will ask you to abdicate tomorrow...

Farric glanced at the troubled little prince. He hurried over and held the little prince in his arms. The loyal head guard looked at the little prince's face that was very similar to Alsace, and said:

They are discussing the possibility of putting the little prince on the throne as quickly as possible, Your Majesty... They want to destroy the reputation of you and the little prince, and they want to destroy the honor of the entire Menethil family. To save them from that dreadful end...

He, they, dare!

Hearing that this conspiracy had spread to his son, the anger in Alsace's heart could no longer be tolerated. He stood up, grabbed his sword, and said word by word:

Farric! Take my loyal knights to protect my son, and then find Marwyn, I want him to do something for me...

Now, I'm going to find those old and immortal things... have a good chat!

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Arthas galloped on his steed, and he had to settle the matter before Jaina returned from Kul Tiras.

Once Jaina knows that a group of old ghosts are planning to use her son to carry out a conspiracy, then she will definitely use Ebonchill to kill the entire Lordaeron nobles overnight, and never doubt a A mother's determination to protect her children, especially when the mother has the strength to shoot down starships with her bare hands.

To be honest, that is what Alsace wants to do. He has never hated a group of people like this. As a believer of the Holy Light, he has been forgiven and forgiven by the church since he was a child, but now, he I don't want to forgive those people!

However, reason still remained in Alsace's mind. He couldn't just kill everyone casually, not only because it was not in line with the king's code of conduct, but also because once the nobles were all dead, the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron would be destroyed. Order is over, his country is completely over, even if Varian wants to lend a hand to help, in that unprecedented chaos, no one can save Lordaeron except military intervention.

And once military intervention really occurs, it means that more people will die in vain.

That was a disaster that shouldn't have happened.

His Majesty the King galloped wildly at noon, and this scene also attracted many civilians on the street. Some bold people greeted Alsace, while the King waved his hand and shouted to them:

Citizens of Lordaeron, I am Arthas Menethil, and I am your king... Now, I need your help! I should have made up my mind to do something long ago, but Things that have dragged on until now...

Would you like to come with me?

Under the call of Alsace, some passionate young people followed the king and headed for the noble council hall of Lordaeron City. Under the command of Wayne, go to various blocks to mobilize those veterans and those civilians who are willing to help the king.

A turbulent undercurrent has already rolled within the range of Lordaeron City.

boom

Accompanied by a loud noise, the closed door of the noble council hall was kicked open, and Alsace, carrying the complete holy sword, appeared in front of the nobles who were holding a meeting, holding the neck of a stunned guard.

In the midday sun, Arthas stood there, letting the sun shine on his body, and behind him, the commoners followed their king and knocked down the guards who tried to stop them.

To be honest, no one dared to stop them... On this land that belongs to the king, who would dare to stop the king?

Seeing Alsace appear, some timid nobles stood up and ran away in the parliament hall. Any noble with a brain knows that what they are plotting has been brought to light!

And their judgment is coming...

Dear gentlemen and ladies.

Alsace threw the unconscious guard aside, leaning on the holy sword in both hands, and stood at the door, looking at the overcrowded council hall in front of him, where almost all the high-ranking nobles in the entire city of Lordaeron were present.

He took a deep breath and said:

I've heard about the plots you've been discussing in the dark...I'm disappointed, but I'm also thankful that I finally discovered a truth that I had overlooked before the flames of the conspiracy burned my son...

This system, this framework, everything I've sworn to protect, the class I was born into, everything, it's binding me! Instead of protecting me...

You don't want me to be king, because I can't be reduced to a rubber stamp under your control, and I can't sign my name under your disgusting idea!

boom

The holy sword in Alsace's hand hit the ground fiercely. Amidst the splashes of bricks and stones, his voice became louder and louder:

And what I have experienced in the past, what I have seen, what I have learned, they all tell me that the Creator of Azeroth has never created man above man, nor has he created man below man. The creation of man, the existence of nobles has become a cancer of this civilization... You fear Varian because he will destroy all your privileges, all your glory, all that disgusting... Now, I'm going to tell you!

Alsace raised the sword in his hand, his tone became gloomy at this moment:

If I can't protect my son, if I can't stick to my beliefs, if I can't bring a better future and hope to my people, then this king doesn't matter!

Everyone, I, Arthas Menethil, today, I hereby announce that I will no longer be king!

You don't need to be afraid of Varian anymore, you don't need to be afraid of my brother anymore.

you...

Start being afraid of me!