Chapter 68 Alexstrasza Prelude

"What did you say? Perenolde fainted?"

Richard was surprised to hear the news.

Vashj replied, "Yes, my lord. He fainted when he heard that his palace was reduced to ashes."

"Then who is handling the affairs of Alterac now?"

"The nobles of Alterac and generals such as Hass discuss and handle it together."

"Oh?" Richard grasped something from Vashj's words, "So they have no leader now?"

Vashj nodded, "Yes, those nobles are not obedient to each other."

Richard turned around a few times and said, "If Perenolde doesn't wake up, will Alterac fall into chaos?"

Vashj shook her head, "No, even if they can't choose a leader themselves, other countries will support a temporary leader who is beneficial to them. This chaos will only exist for a few months at most."

Richard laughed.

Vashj asked tentatively: "Master, do you also want to foster a leader?"

"Yes, I have a very good candidate."

Richard looked at Onyxia who was eating in the corner of the room. When Onyxia saw Richard's gaze, she squinted her eyes and put the food in her hand into her mouth with confusion.

Richard continued, "Her father."

Vashj widened her eyes, "Deathwing?"

"Yes, that's Big Chin. I believe he will be interested, but the specific operations need to be discussed with him in detail. You can contact him for me."

"Yes, master."

Richard suddenly remembered that he still had a dragon here, so he asked, "How is the red dragon now?"

Vashj spread her hands, "Still resisting."

"Oh? It's still resisting for so long? The potion didn't work?"

Vashj shook her head and said, "The potion did work. Maybe the will of this red dragon is too strong."

Richard said curiously, "I'll go and see."

Opening the locked door of Araxtrasza, a fishy smell came to his nose. Richard quickly stepped back a few steps and fanned the smell in front of his nose.

Richard walked in when the air inside was a little fresher. The red dragon queen Alexstrasza was imprisoned by chains and gems. Richard walked to her side. Alexstrasza's body was completely dyed pink, which was very attractive. The only flaw was that her eyes were still so determined.

Richard squatted beside her and said, "Why do you have to do this?"

Alexstrasza opened her mouth with difficulty: "Don't think you can make me surrender!"

"Pa!" Richard's hand slapped her buttocks, causing a wave.

"Ah——" Alexstrasza screamed.

Richard took out the tissue he always carried with him and wiped the sweat and mucus mixed with unknown liquid on his hands, complaining as he wiped: "Qi, you deny it with your mouth, but your body is very honest."

Alexstrasza gritted his teeth and roared: "Despicable! Vulgar! Shameless! Scum! I will never surrender to you, never!"

Richard stood up and snorted coldly: "Hmph! Then let's wait and see."

After that, he threw the used tissue in Alexstrasza's face and walked out.

Richard returned to the original room and said to Vashj, "Double the potion for Alexstrasza! She is still sane now, destroy it all for me!"

"Yes, master."

"Let Gazruvi and the others get ready and go to Silvermoon City in the afternoon."

When Richard met with Alexstrasza, all the alliance countries also received the news that Pereneolde had fainted.

King Terenas said, "Perenolde fainted? What's the situation in Alterac now?"

The adjutant beside him replied, "The nobles are still fighting for power, and no one cares about what's happening outside."

"Oh? Those nobles? I remember those guys were a bunch of idiots."

Terenas thought for a moment and said, "Tell Franz not to withdraw his troops yet, stay there and wait for my order."

Franz's troops are now active near the fortress in the north of Alterac. When King Stromgarde heard that Lordaeron's troops had not withdrawn from Alterac for the time being, he followed suit and placed one of his troops in the fortress in the south.

"Your Majesty, Admiral Proudmoore wants to see you."

Terenas said immediately, "Please come in!"

After a while, a burly man walked in. Terenas took the initiative to step forward, shook his hand, patted his shoulder and said, "Admiral, the Kul Tiras naval battle was fought beautifully!"

Proudmoore suddenly thought of something and his face turned gloomy.

Terenas sighed and said, "We are all very sorry about your child. It has already happened, Admiral, please cheer up."

Proudmoore calmed down and said, "Terinas, we found something unusual in this naval battle. My flagship was attacked underwater and sank without any warning. The lieutenants thought it was a reef, but after fighting in Kul Tiras for many years, I firmly believe that there are no reefs there. It was later proved that there were indeed no reefs there, so who attacked my ship? Orcs? No, those guys are landlubbers. Dragons? They dare not fly too low. After thinking about it, there is only one possibility-Naga!"

"Naga?"

"Yes, only the Naga!" Proudmoore waved his right hand heavily. "These evil creatures who know magic are very likely to attack our fleet. Perenolde's family can give way to the tribe. It is very likely that someone among us has the same idea as Perenolde. And coincidentally, one of us has close contacts with the Naga."

Terenas said slowly: "You mean Richard? Do you think he will collude with the orcs? His troops are fighting in Silvermoon City. So far, the weapons sold to us during the war are all high-quality. I don't think he will help the orcs."

Proudmoore retorted: "He is a businessman, and his territory is not on our continent. Whether the continent belongs to the orcs or us, it doesn't matter to him. Business goes on as usual. And he is a businessman! If the orcs offer high enough..."

Terenas also thought of a previous doubt: the orcs' explosive packs.

Terenas nodded and said, "I'll go back and ask him in person."

Proudmoore brought up the second topic: "Speaking of Richard, don't you think his caravan has too much influence on us?"

"Oh?"

"Ever since they established inns and auction houses in Kul Tiras, the income of our maritime caravan has been reduced by at least half."

Terenas immediately said: "You want to drive them away? You can't drive them away. People can't live without their goods, not to mention the power of their own mercenaries."

"Then at least we can boycott them. Now they have inns, auction houses, and golden roses. Who knows what will happen in the future!"

Terenas whispered: "If we want to boycott... one country is not enough."

Proudmoore looked into his eyes and whispered: "Then let's unite with other countries to do it."