While Ilucia and Gadin were talking, King Tenaris's study in Lordaeron's palace was also brightly lit.
Arthas and his father Tenaris were talking.
"My son, you seem to have changed a bit since you came back from Kalimdor." Tenaris sat on a high-backed chair, a look of confusion on his old face.
As Alsace's father, he could not say that he fully understood his son, but he also knew his son's thoughts and behaviors better than most people in the world.
At least, in the years since Arthas came of age to now, the old king has never seen Arthas be so concerned about the Alliance. He seems to be more concerned about the situation in Lordaeron itself.
Tenaris also asked Arthas to handle certain requests and incidents from the Alliance, such as Quel'Thalas' request for help, but Arthas always completed the task simply, but was unwilling to go further. Go deep.
This made Tenaris realize that his son didn't seem to want to care about the alliance's affairs. At first, as the leader of the alliance, Tenaris wanted to force Arthas to take over the affairs of the alliance, but Arthas didn't want to take over the affairs of the alliance. This attitude of neither refusing nor taking the initiative really confused Tatenaris.
It's not that Arthas is incapable, but he doesn't seem to want to spend more time on alliance issues.
"You were never willing to take the initiative to intervene in the alliance's affairs before. Why do you have such a plan this time?"
Regardless of anything else, Tenaris was in a very comfortable mood. In the old king's mind, Lordaeron had been prospering in recent years. If Arthas could succeed as the leader of the alliance, he might be able to complete what Tenaris felt. The ultimate goal:
Merge loose alliances into a powerful "nation"!
Retracing the journey of Thoradin the Great in this way is the honor that any descendant of the ancient empire dreams of. Just imagine that thousands of years later, the grand scene of the ancient empire of mankind will be recreated, and his name will be passed down in the history books forever. What an exciting thing.
Alsace saw the expectations and hopes of the old king. Naturally, he could understand his father's ideals and expectations. However, this was not in Alsace's short-term thoughts, and it may never become Alsace's. Target.
In other words, this is a means, but not the ultimate goal.
Integrating human power sounds like a good future, but for the current human civilization, this is more like a pie painted on the wall without any actual support.
"Father, Alterac is a very important place. It connects the Hillsbrad Hills and West Wilder, and it borders the core area of Lordaeron." Arthas pointed out Alter The importance of Rank, "Although it is a small country, it may not be unable to become a core member of the alliance."
"I know this, but the relationship between the Barov family and us is not harmonious. They may seem sick and sick now, but once we give them a chance, the development speed of this ancient family may exceed our imagination."
Tenaris seems to be very wary of the Barov family. After all, as one of the participants who personally dismembered this huge family, he is well aware of Barov's strength.
"It seems like this on the surface, but at least Barov will not betray humans, and making them the new kings of Alterac can also divert the attention of others. You should be aware of those people who are wandering around Arathi and Ultra The true identity of Rank’s ‘gangster’, they are the ones who least want to see Barov ascend the throne, because this is equivalent to making their previous efforts a wedding dress for others.”
Tenaris looked at his son's confident expression and fell into deep thought.
He naturally considered what Alsace said. As a king, he could not do some things, but he could not ignore them.
He was fully aware of the existence of the Syndicate, but it was almost impossible to completely eradicate the organization's influence among the people of Alterac. After all, they actually represented the "old Alterac" itself that had perished. To put it simply, they think they represent the "orthodox Alterac".
In fact, Barov should have belonged to this camp, but their actions in the second war caused public outrage.
Everyone agreed to watch Perenolde finish and "fairly compete" for the throne. Why did you run to hug him first?
Therefore, the hatred towards the Alliance and Lordaeron is all external, and the root cause is that the Alliance and Lordaeron did not support these nobles to become the new kings of Alterac. Most of these nobles do not care about Pirino. De family affairs.
But once Barov steps forward, he will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism, and those nobles will definitely focus their attention on the Barov family.
Rather than letting these Alterac nobles harm Lordaeron and other members of the Alliance, it would be better to have them return to the ruins of Alterac to fight among themselves. Moreover, they had to fight among themselves, because this time, The person who succeeds in the end will definitely become the new King of Alterac.
"That's right..." Tenaris rubbed his eyebrows, "Arthas, besides Alterac, do you have any other plans?"
Arthas nodded, "The Burning Plains and Searing Gorge are very important. They are my first goals after the incident in Alterac."
Burning Steppes?
Tenaris seemed slightly surprised. If he could still understand Arthas's plan in Alterac, then Arthas's determination to win the Burning Plains really left him confused.
In response, the old king just shook his head helplessly. He could not understand his son more and more. Many things he did were even completely beyond his expectations.
"Okay, Arthas, the decisions you made have never let me or the kingdom down, but I still have a question to ask you," Tenaris' somewhat cloudy eyes became sharp, "You need to How long will it take to conquer Blackstone Mountain?"
"At most one year, before next summer solstice, the evil forces in Blackstone Mountain will disappear from our continent forever, and the human kingdom will once again be connected from north to south after the Red Ridge Disaster."
"You really want to integrate the power of the entire Eastern Kingdom, Arthas," Tenaris smiled. At least Arthas thought the same as him. It doesn't matter how the process goes, because the old man The king believed that his own method was not necessarily better than Alsace's.
His end is approaching, but his attachment to power is not as strong as it was a few years ago. Kingship is not eternal. This is the aphorism passed down by the royal family of Lordaeron. Tenaris suddenly felt that instead of letting this country decay with him, It is better to entrust it to the new generation as soon as possible.
"Okay! The moment the evil flag falls in Blackstone Mountain, Arthas, come back to Lordaeron. At that time, you will be the new king."
Tenaris said these words calmly, as if he was not relinquishing the king's burden, but arranging a trivial matter.
He has completed his responsibilities as a king of the generation, and the future matters will be left to the future king.
