"I……"
Ilucia's voice trembled. She wanted to say no, but the situation in front of her made it impossible for her to refuse the Lich King's proposal.
Yes, the two souls trapped in the darkroom are her parents, Alex Barov and Janice Barov! Their souls were now enchanted and sleeping, unable to see their daughter.
For her parents, Ilucia had no excuse or reason not to do everything she could to save them: when the Barov family became the target of the human aristocracy, they spent a lot of effort and effort to save Ilushi. Ya sent her to Dalaran for further training to protect her from the storm.
After studying in Dalaran for a period of time and discovering that her talent in magic was far inferior to her talents in management and business, Ilucia decided to return to her hometown at Lake Dallon in West Wilder to revive her family.
She originally wanted to share some of the pressure with her parents, but Ilucia gradually discovered that her parents were no longer as paranoid as they were before in order to restore the family's wealth and reputation.
Moreover, her two idle brothers are really unbearable to her. The Barov family has been facing the most dangerous moment in thousands of years, and they are always thinking about carving up family property and power.
What horrified Ilucia even more was that her parents were eventually driven to a dead end by the Barov family's situation. They signed a death contract with the Archmage Kel'Thuzad, who was expelled from Dalaran, and almost... Everything in the family is on the line.
From that moment on, Ilucia understood that her former kind and wise parents had long since disappeared with Barov's decline, and were replaced by two strangers who turned their hopes for reviving the family into a desire for revenge against the entire human civilization. people.
Ilucia once tried to dissuade her parents from embarking on this dead end. The situation of the Barov family was not irreversible. With just a little time, they could become the richest noble among all humans.
But at that time Alex and Janis had been blinded by the desire for revenge. They did not listen to their daughter's advice, but chose a path that led directly to the dark abyss.
It wasn't until the moment they died and had their souls extracted by Gadin that the bone-chilling chill allowed them to calm down. They were the ones who truly failed Barov and their children.
The fate of the Barov family is destined. As nobles of the Kingdom of Alterac, they will definitely be hated.
Their king was raped during the orc war, and surrendering to the enemy did not win the kindness of the orcs. The screams and fires in Alterac spread for unknown days and nights before they stopped.
When the orcs left the ruins with treasure and food, all that was left in Alterac was deathly silence, and a human kingdom was wiped out in this disaster.
Because of this incident, all the nobles of Alterac were despised by the entire human society, and the surname Perenold was regarded as a shame by everyone.
The Barov family has been rooted in the human kingdoms for a long time, and has accumulated countless wealth and prestige. However, due to the foolish actions of the King of Alterac, they lost their backer and were exposed to the eyes of all nobles and royal families.
Therefore, when the orcs wanted to reach the land of Lordaeron from Lake Keldaron, they fought so hard.
While Alex cursed King Perenolde for his short-sightedness and stupidity, he hoped that his actions could regain Lordaeron's trust and support. However, he still underestimated the supremacy of Lordaeron's royal power.
King Tenaris will not allow any powerful and well-established noble to cling to the system of Lordaeron. Lordaeron has many lords and nobles, but a dominant noble family like Barov simply cannot exist.
Other human kingdoms also agreed with Tenaris's approach. They happily divided up Barov's land and wealth, leaving only their original ancestral land - Keldaron.
There is no way, the Barov family's hand is too far. Just outside the city wall of the Royal Capital of Lordaeron, the important town of Brill, which can be reached in only an hour, is actually the land of the Barov family?
Not to mention the important port of Nanhai Town and the granary of Tarren Mill. The land deed owned by the Barov family was like a thorn in Tenaris's heart.
Therefore, the outcome was determined from the beginning. The decline of the Barov family was even expected by Ilucia, but this was also an opportunity for Barov. They could use this to get rid of the attention of the human kingdom and develop again. .
Although it is no longer as easy to find opportunities for family prosperity in the continent of Lordaeron as it was a thousand years ago, it is not completely impossible. Unfortunately, her parents' behavior made Barov completely reach a dead end.
But Ilucia can't blame her father and mother, because she knows that the pressure her parents have endured in the past ten years is unimaginable, and they have tried their best to squeeze into the top level again. , but repeatedly hit the wall.
Thinking of her father's stern and concerned eyes, and her mother's kind smile, Ilucia closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath, "As long as you don't hurt the souls of my parents, I can do anything you want. "
The corners of Gadin's mouth under the mask were slightly raised. With a flick of his finger, a sheepskin scroll flew down from the collection shelf on the side and landed in Ilucia's hand.
Ilucia opened the wax seal on the sheepskin scroll, and after preparing for the worst, she slowly unfolded the scroll, but when she saw the words on the scroll, she froze on the spot.
After a long while, Ilucia confirmed that there was no hidden information or text in the entire scroll, from the magic lace to the normal text, and she looked at it in confusion.
"You read that right, what is written on the scroll is the content of the contract." Dean Dark collected his collection slowly. Arthas no longer paid attention to things here, which made him feel much more relaxed.
The content of this scroll was finalized by Alsace himself. For Alsace, as long as he handed this scroll to Ilucia, she would naturally sign it.
Because it was an offer that Ilucia simply couldn't refuse.
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After Arthas finished dealing with the Barov family's affairs, he returned his attention to the letter in his hand. This was the magical message he had just received.
Magical postmarks were Jaina's favorite style. Before he even opened the letter, he knew it must be urgent news from Kalimdor - it was quite difficult to send magical messages across an entire ocean. If it wasn't necessary, Jaina would definitely not do such a troublesome thing.
Opening the letter, Alsace's expression became solemn as soon as he read the first two lines. After he read the entire letter word for word, he put down the letter in his hand and thought about what was stated in the letter. event.
It was expected that the centaurs were repelled. There was no surprise at all. After all, it was just a forward force, and it was the first attack by the alliance and the tauren. If they could not win, then Arthas felt that there was no need to integrate forces. Facing the Burning Legion.
He was more concerned about the intervention of the night elves. He thought that fighting the centaurs in the Barrens would not attract the attention of the night elves, but he did not expect that the other party seemed to be aware of the alliance's large-scale landing and garrison and took action. vigilance.
But this is not a bad thing, at least it gives Varian and the others a preliminary understanding of the current situation of the night elves, which is clearer and more intuitive than Arthas' oral description.
Besides, if all those orcs don't drown in the endless sea, it won't be long before the night elves will have no time to take care of the Alliance's affairs.
