When Sharlayan and Valeera hid in the cave and told Faol about the many things that had happened in the past few years after his death, as the news of the Knights of the Silver Hand's firm stance spread, the Royal City of Lordaeron originally surged. The undercurrent gradually subsided.
Although Arthas has more troops than Calia, there are no famous generals among these legions who can compete with Mograine and Uther.
When they have a numerical advantage, they can use the human wave tactic to suppress Alexandros Mograine's performance.
However, under the continuous harassment of the newly formed hunter force relying on their strong mobility, Alsace's army was never able to seize the final opportunity to defeat the enemy.
The Silver Hand is the undisputed ace force of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The total number of knights alone is not comparable to any other legion, let alone the actual combat power.
Not only the two parties involved, Arthas and Calia, but also senior civil and military officials in Lordaeron had actually reached a consensus long ago.
Once the Silver Hand clearly takes sides, no matter who they side with, the battle for the throne will officially come to an end.
Alsace is not a loser.
Some of the families who had bet on him were hysterically encouraging him to fight to the end. With the number of troops in Alsace's hands, there might be a chance for a comeback after a complete break.
However, being abandoned by the mentor who was supposed to be closest to him in front of him, Alsace no longer had the energy to regroup.
Although Alsace is young, energetic and inexperienced, he is by no means a fool as he received a strict education from an early age.
Already after a large-scale rebellion by devil worshipers broke out in the royal city, Arthas's think tank had raised the risk to him that the situation might reverse.
The original prediction came true. Although Alsace, who had been mentally prepared for it, found it difficult to accept it for a while, he was not in a desperate state and could still maintain the demeanor of a royal family.
He forced a smile to admit his failure to his radiant sister Calia, and forced himself to walk out of the throne room with his head held high.
Calia did not use any conspiracy or trickery in this competition. Except for the initial raid, which was somewhat ungrateful, it has been an upright and head-on confrontation since then.
As for the outbreak of the Devil's Rebellion at the right time... it can only be said that it was time and fate. Arthas, who had been watching Calia's every move, knew very well that his sister, who also cared about the country, had no reason or room to actively detonate the Devil's Rebellion. .
From today on, the throne of Lordaeron has nothing to do with Arthas. The depressed prince needs time to adjust his mentality.
As Arthas took the initiative to admit defeat while maintaining his grace, Calia's identity as heir to the throne was finally clearly recognized.
The princes and nobles in the King's City of Lordaeron were inevitably happy and sad, but seeing that the chaos caused by the battle for the throne was coming to an end, most of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanks to the restraint of the two siblings, although the battle for the throne had a considerable impact on the country, it did not cause Lordaeron, who had abundant capital, to suffer.
In contrast, the demons lurking throughout the kingdom are more concerning to officials who are concerned about the country and the people.
The Thunderous Methods of the Knights of the Silver Hand expelled most of the demons in the royal city, but as the saying goes, you can see the leopard in the pipe. There are so many demon worshipers in the most heavily guarded royal city, and even more in other regions of the vast Kingdom of Lordaeron. It's worrying.
Both Tirion and Saidan had decided to temporarily put aside the affairs of the knights after attending the coronation ceremony of Queen Calia, and rushed back to their respective territories to start self-examination, leaving only the leader Uther to lead the knights. The main force of the regiment defended the royal city.
At the same time, Calia, who was about to ascend the throne, also legitimately took over the remaining half of the power from Alsace, who took the initiative to let go, as the regent crown prince.
Her first order was to order the lords across the country to immediately investigate the traces of demons in their respective territories.
But...the noble lords in the feudal era had great power in their own territories. Calia, who had just ascended to the throne, could only impress those officials in the royal city who had seen her abilities. She was not yet able to make all the lords feel confident about the central government like Terenas did. Awe.
Fortunately, Uther, Tirion and Saidan guarantee that all outside members of the Knights of the Silver Hand will strictly carry out their orders.
Including Lord Abidis of Tyr's Hand and Lord Tyrosos of Light's Hope Chapel, the noble lords affiliated with the Knights of the Silver Hand will immediately begin self-examination within their territories.
With the end of the battle for the throne, the turbulent Kingdom of Lordaeron is about to turn from chaos to rule.
But the burden on Calia's shoulders is still very heavy. She needs to review the many important matters that have been accumulated during this period one by one and arrange for the right people to handle them.
At least for the next year, Lordaeron's main focus will be on taking care of internal affairs, and there will not be much time to take care of other chores abroad.
This is also a good thing for Quel'Thalas, which is adjacent to Lordaeron.
Calia, who is gentler towards Quel'Thalas and more stable in dealing with things, takes over. At least she doesn't have to worry about the powerful neighbor next door suddenly attacking on a whim.
It's not that Quel'Thalas is afraid of Lordaeron, it's just that facing the imminent invasion of the Burning Legion again, it's obviously inappropriate for a sudden internal conflict between the two powers to break out at this time.
With Sharlayan's advice, Kel'Thuzad convinced Ner'zhul.
The Scourge did not rush for success, but took advantage of this internal struggle in Lordaeron to continue to expand the influence of the Curse Sect in the major noble territories outside the royal city.
Calia has been busy recently dealing with many affairs in Tirisfal Glades, which is under the direct control of the Menethil family. She is temporarily unable to take time to investigate the Curse Cult, which has always been relatively low-key. The more cheerful Burning Legion attracted her attention. Most of the attention.
With the end of the situation in Lordaeron, Galad Brokenstar, who temporarily came to the front line to personally supervise the work of the Intelligence Bureau, also retired with success.
After this intelligence battle behind the battle for the throne of Lordaeron, the intelligence officers of the newly established Intelligence Agency gained valuable experience.
Although there is still a big gap between the Backlight Blade, which has a long history and a large number of elites, it is always making progress for the better.
Galad Brokenstar, who teleported back to Silvermoon City, told the entire story of Lordaeron's civil war to the Sun King, who had been waiting for information from the front.
At this time, Sharlayan and Valeela had just helped Alonsos Faol, who had been separated from Azeroth for several years, sort out the current situation.
"The Burning Legion..."
Fao's expression was very serious: "I have read legends about them from the ancient books collected in Dalaran. I didn't expect that the enemies who invaded Azeroth ten thousand years ago would actually appear again."
For contemporary Azerothians like Faol, who have never seen demons with their own eyes, the Burning Legion is a terrifying existence that only exists in legends.
The ancient war has been going on for 10,000 years, and the rise of human civilization has only been more than 3,000 years ago.
It wasn't until the establishment of the Arathor Empire more than 2,800 years ago, and the alliance with the high elves to win the war between the trolls, that humans, who had always existed in the form of primitive tribes, truly had the concept of "civilization".
For young humans, what happened ten thousand years ago was too long ago, so long ago that none of their ancestors had ever experienced that tragic war.
The existing documents in Dalaran were all copied from the Great Library of Quel'Thalas with the permission of the high elves after the Troll War.
These are ancient historical books that do not involve the secrets of Quel'Thalas. Quel'Thalas, which was in the honeymoon period with the Arathor Empire at the time, did not prevent anthropologists from copying.
After learning about the potential crisis facing Lordaeron and even Azeroth in recent years, Faol fell into deep thought for a long time.
Sharlayan received a note from Kael'thas not long ago. He was appointed as the representative of Quel'Thalas and will attend Queen Calia's coronation ceremony in the Royal City of Lordaeron in half a month.
"Archbishop Fa'ao..."
Fao, who was awakened by Sarlayan, waved his hand: "I am no longer the archbishop, so you don't need to use the current reserved title, just call me by my name."
Sarlayan nodded calmly: "So, Alonsus, what are your plans next?"
Fa'ao smiled bitterly and nodded his forehead with his finger: "This is also what I am worried about. There are so many things I want to do, and I don't know where to start."
"Salayan, do you have any suggestions?"
"In my opinion..."
Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "In the recent period, Calia will definitely not be able to spare her time to face the threats of the Burning Legion and the Scourge Legion at the same time."
"Compared to the Scourge Legion, which has been hiding in the dark, the danger of the Burning Legion is more imminent."
"Since the central government is temporarily overwhelmed, why not set up a new secret organization for you to secretly investigate the movements of the Scourge in various parts of Lordaeron?"
