Chapter 64: The coalition forces converge
It is still unknown what the demons will do, but the orcs of Lordaeron will definitely retreat.
King Terenas led the troops that were still able to move and went in pursuit with the reinforcements. The mages and priests in the city were working hard to eliminate the hidden dangers in the city and treat the wounded. Selena, who had been active for a long time, sat down on the ground. Archbishop Faol slowly walked over and gently patted her shoulder.
"Selena, you did a great job. You explained the true meaning of Holy Light. I am proud of you. Now you should have a good rest. When you have rested, we can have a good chat."
Selena said shyly, "I just did what I should do."
Fao smiled kindly. Selena left an indelible impression on her in this battle. When Li Xiang sent her to his side, Fao's attitude towards her was no different from that of an ordinary priest. The only thing that impressed him was her use of Holy Light. In a battle, the little girl was healing people from beginning to end. In addition to the amazing amount of Holy Light in her body, there were also miracles that fell from the sky. Fao believed that her faith surpassed everyone else, so that she could be favored by God.
What Faol didn't know was that the previous miracle was man-made. In the extremely high clouds, four white dragons had been hanging a special crystal under the cover of protective colors and clouds. The crystal stored the power of holy light extracted from all the clergy on the Lilbana Islands. After they flew to the location, they told Selena in a special way. There were special runes on the crystal tears of the staff in Selena's hand, which could resonate with the crystal, causing the crystal to release all the stored power of holy light to her body to create the effect of a miracle. After the crystal was empty, the four white dragons took advantage of everyone being amazed at the miracle and quietly flew away.
Faol thought Serena was tired after working hard day and night. In fact, Serena's clothes had many similar crystals hidden in them. Most of the Holy Light power she used was drawn from them. Except for the numbness in her arms, she was not tired at all. But she had to pretend after the battle.
After capturing the last orc, the coalition stopped the pursuit. Now the orc army has fled to the sea, and the Kul Tiras navy will stop them at sea.
The kings of Lordaeron, Stromgarde and Alterac finally met after the battle. As soon as they met, King Thoras of Stromgarde picked up an axe to chop Perenolde.
"You bastard! What a disaster you have brought to us by letting the orcs go! I will kill you! Don't stop me!"
The followers around Thoras hugged him tightly, while Perenolde cleverly hid behind his general Hars.
"Don't talk nonsense! I don't know the movements of the orcs at all. It was all done by Ivan Salošić, my subordinate. He took advantage of my trust and signed a contract with the orcs in my name, and forged my handwriting to mobilize the troops. When I knew all this, I immediately led the troops to support you."
"You are talking nonsense! You obviously saw that the orcs could not hold on and then took the opportunity to attack! We are not fools! Without your authorization, an Ivan reached a contract with the orcs? His forged handwriting could actually deceive the generals who have followed you for many years? This is clearly your plan!"
"Don't slander me! Produce evidence for everything! I am also the king of a country, and I will never allow you to slander me like this!"
"Bullshit! Everyone knows that you never care about the affairs of the Alliance, but only care about your own little piece of land. There is nothing you can't do..."
At this time Terenas came out to smooth things over: "Okay, King Thoras. I believe that it was not King Perenald's intention to let the orcs pass through the Alterac Mountains. He was just deceived. King Perenald, on behalf of Lordaeron, I thank you for your help."
Perenald accepted the thanks nonchalantly.
Thoras' beard was curled with anger and he said: "That Ivan betrayed all of us humans! He must be handed over!"
"I have already sent people to capture him. I cannot tolerate such deceiving behavior!"
Seeing that King Thoras was still arguing with him, Terenas said quickly: "We have been fighting all day and everyone is tired. I suggest that we set up camp to rest and discuss the next matter tomorrow morning. How about it?"
"I have no objection." Thoras said unhappily.
Perenolde shrugged and agreed.
The two kings took their troops to set up camp, and Terenas closed his eyes. Even if everyone thought that Perenolde was lying, there was no way to deal with him. As he said, there must be evidence for everything. If we punish Alterac without evidence, not to mention that the soldiers of Alterac are not vegetarians, even if we succeed in punishing them, it may cause dissatisfaction among the other two countries that are not directly affected by this incident, and may even lead to Alterac's withdrawal from the Alliance and the disintegration of the Alliance.
Terenas opened his eyes and said, "This time you will keep the evidence strictly secret, but I don't believe you can do this every time. We will always have a chance."
Later, Solas found Terenas.
"I found someone who knows orcs to interrogate the orc captives. One of them happened to have seen humans entering and leaving the tent of their chieftain in Alterac. The description of his figure is similar to that of Ivan whom I met before."
Terenas said, "Since he dared to put all the responsibilities on Ivan, it proves that those things were done by Ivan himself. Those captives could only have seen Ivan and not Perenolde."
"Humph, didn't he ask us for evidence? When Ivan is brought here, I can get the evidence immediately."
Terenas shook his head: "I don't think Ivan will ever come here."
"He dared to kill him?"
Terenas nodded. "He dared, but he certainly wouldn't use his own hands. Alterac is full of mountains and thieves are rampant. I heard that a group of big thieves took advantage of the war in Quel'Thalas to run rampant in Quel'Thalas. Ivan would definitely have an accident. I have thought of several reasons for him, such as falling to death during the escort process, being killed by thieves, or even escaping in advance when he knew that the matter was exposed. In short, he will not be alive for us to see."
"So we just let him go?"
"There will be a chance. No one is perfect. He will definitely pay for this. He must pay for the suffering of the innocent people of Lordaeron who died!"
Hass was also reporting to Perenolde: "Your Majesty, the second batch of new weapons sent by the Golden Rose has been delivered to us and is now being transported here by the logistics troops."
Perenolde put his hands on his waist and smiled and said yes. Today, I was very happy to see my old rival Solas's eyebrows twitching and his beard curling up in anger. So what if he knows it was me? Solas, you have no evidence and you will not get any evidence. But why hasn't there been any news about Ivan? There won't be any accidents.