Although it was impossible for Arthas to lead a team to directly "knock down" Greymane's wall, the necessary connections still had to be made.
If Jean suddenly enlightens and is willing to let people from the Alliance go in to help, then it will naturally happen without any further effort.
However, Arthas understood that this possibility could be said to be extremely slim. Instead of counting on Jean to ask for help from the Alliance before things got worse, it would be better to count on the werewolves themselves not to go to Gilneas.
Before coming to Silverpine Forest, Arthas had someone try to contact Jean. However, until Arthas arrived in the werewolf-infested area, there was still no reply from Lordaeron.
Terenas also knew the seriousness of this matter, but he also wondered why Genn did not reply. Although Gilneas had severed ties with the Alliance, he was the king after all, and it was impossible for him to be completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.
The last time Terenas contacted Genn was during the viewing ceremony for Arthas to become a Paladin. At that time, Genn accepted the invitation and came to Lordaeron to attend the event.
When I contacted him that time, there was no response like this time. It took a long time and there was no response.
However, the reason for the delay in news this time is simpler than anyone imagined - Genn organized an autumn hunt, and now he is not in Gilneas City, but deep into the Black Forest.
Because it was a private hunting activity, apart from King Jean, only some of his entourage and his friends and important ministers followed, and there was no one who could deliver the news in a timely manner.
What's more, even if Jean wanted to break his head, he never expected that a group of savage werewolves who ran out of the Emerald Dream would rush into his land.
The king was still competing with his former "best friend", Darius Crowley, and he invited Darius to the autumn hunt just to take the opportunity to chat with him.
Although Gene is xenophobic, he is not a fatuous and incompetent king. He and Darius have had many political disagreements. In fact, he also understands that if the conflict between Darius and himself is allowed to happen, things will probably It will become out of control.
However, the two of them have almost completely different political opinions. Darius advocates joining the Alliance and deeply cooperating with the Alliance, but Gene wants to continue his father's routine and not go into the muddy waters of the Alliance.
After the Greymane Wall was built, this confrontation intensified, because Darius's territory was in the south of the Silverpine Forest, which happened to be the territory separated by the Greymane Wall and ignored.
Darius was furious at this moment? Not only because his territory was equivalent to a disguised "deprivation"? But also because Jean's behavior was to abandon the people of Gilneas for no reason.
Darius was very angry because of this. He thought that if Gene could do such a thing once, he might do it a second time, so the seeds of dissatisfaction were buried deeper and deeper in his heart.
The original deep friendship between the two was almost broken under such circumstances? A high wall called "distrust" blocked the normal communication between Darius and Jean.
In official occasions, Genn had a quarrel with Darius almost every time they met. This made the king very angry, and he couldn't help but feel helpless. In the end, Genn's son, Liam, the prince of Gilneas, Under Greymane's persuasion, Genn finally chose to hold a private autumn hunt to provide an opportunity to have a good talk with Darius.
However, Gene himself didn't feel right, because the previous few times he invited Darius in a private capacity, the lord rejected him with a strong attitude. It seemed that there was no room for maneuver between the two.
But Darius, who originally rejected Jean's personal invitations, didn't know why this time, but suddenly accepted Qiu Lie's proposal? At this time, Jean thought of his son's determined face at that time, presumably it was Liam. What was done? Let the stubborn Darius figure it out.
If his thoughts were known to Darius, he would be ridiculed and ridiculed: Stubborn? When it comes to stubbornness, no one in Gilneas is more stubborn than Genn and his father Archibald.
Gene was riding on the horse, looking at his relaxed-looking son beside him, and asked, "Liam, I remember you never like this kind of activity. Why did you want to come out with me this time?"
"Ah, father," Liam came back to his senses and said jokingly, "It's not like you don't know that Tess will definitely come to bother me as soon as you leave. It's better to let mother be with her, which is also considered as letting her Calm down a little bit.”
When Jean heard Liam's words, a smile appeared on his originally serious face, "Tess, this child, doesn't look like a princess at all. She even made trouble with me before, asking why Qiu Lie didn't take her with her."
"She's been like this since she was little," Liam said of his sister, with the same doting and caring tone as his father.
Jean nodded, "Let her go, but it's really not convenient to take her out this time. After all, this is not just a hunting..."
After speaking, Jean's expression returned to its previous calmness, but his somewhat wandering eyes revealed that the king actually had no confidence in his heart.
Liam noticed the changes in his father, thought for a moment, and finally said, "Father, please don't put too much pressure on Lord Crowley this time. Tit-for-tat dealing with him will not be good for him or you."
Jean could only show a rather bitter smile at this, "I have never thought about what to do to Darius. It is really a helpless move to carve out his territory - the light of Lordaeron is too great." It’s dazzling, the strength gap between the human kingdoms has never been so wide as it is today.”
Liam knew the meaning of Jean's words very well. The Greymane Wall was not aimed at Darius, but at Gilneas' powerful neighbor Lordaeron. It was not that he could not understand his father's thoughts. After all, moving forward For hundreds of years, the gap between Gilneas and Lordaeron has never been so wide.
The establishment of the alliance made Jean feel a huge sense of crisis. Coupled with Lordaeron's strict defense of the Alterac territory, Jean smelled some bad atmosphere.
Genn and Terenas are similar in age, and they know each other well. Genn knows very well that he, Terenas, can definitely make a move to attack Gilneas. The king of Lordaeron has a strong relationship with power and The desire for fame exceeds that of any king in all human kingdoms.
However, Genn didn't know much about Terenas' only son Arthas, and he had only heard of many of the prince's deeds.
The Wall of Greymane is still an obstacle after all. Even for Jean, many of the messages he receives are delayed, but this does not prevent him from treating Arthas as an "imaginary enemy". After all, he really can't trust Terry. The crown prince educated by Nas.
Alsace was only in his twenties now, and he had gained unparalleled prestige in the alliance. Coupled with his connections, Jean felt chills in his heart just thinking about it.
Uther, the teacher of the Holy Knights of Alsace, actually became the "Archbishop" after the death of Archbishop Fao. He is almost the most powerful person in the Church of Holy Light and the Knights of the Silver Hand.
Muradin Bronzebeard, Alsace's swordsmanship teacher and his good friend, is the younger brother of King Magni of Ironforge. The connection between the three Bronzebeard brothers is as indestructible as the peaks of Khaz Modan. , the friendship of an Ironforge prince can already explain the relationship between Arthas and Magni.
As for Arthas' fiancée Jaina Proudmoore, her name is even more terrifying. She is the eldest daughter of Alliance Navy Commander Daelin, the princess and princess of Kul Tiras. During the battle between Daelin's eldest son, After his death, while his second son, Jaina's brother, was still young, the burden of being the commander of the navy and the king of Kul Tiras most likely fell on Jaina.
Moreover, Jaina is also a student of Dalaran Speaker Antonidas, the youngest archmage of the Kirin Tor, and will definitely be one of the members of the six-member Dalaran Council in the future.
The prince of Quel'Thalas is a good friend of Arthas and Jaina. Although the elves have always been indifferent towards humans, Kael'thas's attitude towards Arthas is real, and this elf The prince is also one of the six-member council of Dalaran.
Recently, Jean also received news that Alterac has been restored, but the king is not a descendant of Perenold, but a member of the Barov family. Although in Alterac, where the nobility is declining, Barov They are already considered the only remaining big family, and it is understandable that they become the royal family. But the problem is, the person standing behind Barov is obviously Lordaeron!
Otherwise, how could Terenas give a family that had been liquidated by Lordaeron a chance to become the new royal family of Alterac?
Then, there is no problem in treating the new Queen of Alterac, Ilucia Barov, as the puppet king of Lordaeron.
There is also Stromgard, who is said to have returned to the Alliance, and worked with Arthas to conquer the Burning Plains and Searing Gorge, solving the serious problems of Stormwind Kingdom and Ironforge.
As for the Kingdom of Stormwind further south, let alone that. Varian Wrynn almost grew up wearing the same pants as Arthas, and Terenas regarded Varian as his own. After Lothar's death, apart from Varian's wife and son, those who could be considered his relatives were the Terenas family.
When Jean received this information one after another, he almost blacked out and passed out in the palace - Lordaeron seemed to have almost cleared the entire continent before he could react. .
It was only then that Genn discovered to his horror that Gilneas seemed to be the only "problem area" left.
Jean, who didn't fully understand the situation, but had a rough guess, could only say that he felt very uneasy. He didn't know why Stromgard rejoined the alliance, but the only thing he could think of was Let’s move on to “forced coercion”.
Otherwise, like himself, Solas, who had a falling out with Terenas, would not suddenly feel hot and want to rejoin the Alliance at this time. You must know that Solas had even received assistance from Lordaeron before. Dismissive.
Due to various factors, Gene was so resistant to Darius's opinion because he was worried that if he really joined the Alliance and waited until his generation was almost buried, wouldn't it be a disguised form of helping Arthas become the next threat? Latin?
Although he trusted his son Liam's ability and character, he still didn't think that with the resources of Liam and Gilneas, he could fight Arthas, who almost controlled the entire Eastern Kingdom.
At this time, he was no longer just worried as a king. Jean, who had always attached great importance to his family, was worried that his son would become "a standout" in the future because of his outstanding abilities, so he could not agree with Darius's idea. To re-bias the view of the alliance.
To put it selfishly, that is - you, Darius, are just a lord. It doesn't matter who the boss is. On the contrary, it would be a good thing to find a bigger thigh to hug you. But what about Greymane? Will he become the second one? Perenold?
Fear and uneasiness from all sides make it difficult for Jean to agree with Darius's view. If in Darius's eyes, alliance is an inevitable direction and trend, then in the eyes of Jean, alliance is an inevitable trend. There is no doubt that it is like a scourge.
Joining the slightly loose and primitive alliance twenty years ago was not a big problem, but Genn was worried that once he rejoined the current alliance, he might really become a pawn of Lordaeron.
Therefore, Genn would rather stand still and use a high wall to completely separate the main territory of Gilneas from the territory of Lordaeron, guarding his own one-third of an acre, hoping that the Alliance, or that Lordaeron will hinder Attack the Wall for possible losses and abandon Gilneas.
As an outstanding prince, Liam naturally understood his father's concerns, but in his heart he was actually leaning towards Darius's idea - Gilneas could not stay on the peninsula forever.
Moreover, Liam also heard some "rumors". It is said that the alliance was formed to resist some hidden danger. Although this statement sounds like nonsense, twenty years ago, those who did not know where to run away from The orcs who came out gave this statement a certain degree of credibility.
Liam also didn't want to see the conflict between one of the most powerful lords of Gilneas and his father. In that case, it would only be the people of Gilneas who would suffer in the end. Besides, he didn't like Gao Gao, the minister whom his father valued very much. Frey.
Lord Godfrey is a little too profit-seeking in Liam's eyes.
Although this Lord has considerable ability and talent, Liam instinctively feels repelled by him because he knows that people like Godfrey will give up what he considers "unworthy" for the sake of the greater good. everything.
Just like a scale, Godfrey will always choose the side that the scale tilts to, and the more the scale tilts, the more decisive Godfrey's choice will be.
But for some reason, Godfrey was surprisingly consistent with Jean on the matter of rejecting the alliance.
