The 29th Alterac Nobles Congress lasted for one month and finally came to a successful conclusion. During this period, representatives of nobles from various places held cordial and friendly discussions and negotiations, and reached a common intention on specific measures to carry out military strikes and economic sanctions against the Hinterlands troll tribe. In a harmonious atmosphere of unity and friendship, Chairman Aiden Perenold and Secretary Alex Barov made concluding remarks together. The closing military parade ended with laughter.
(Viewers who are below the intermediate level of Diplomacy can ignore this paragraph. The author went to collect the express delivery.
After a month of waiting, Aiden finally had a showdown with Alex. In the wilderness of Sophia Highlands, the two childhood friends ate a whole roasted rock sheep and drank half a barrel of Alterac Snow Beer. The next day, the two old men went home to sleep, making the nobles in the kingdom so anxious that they had blisters on their mouths.
Two days later, the noble knights who had stayed in Steinblade for more than a month finally received the king's order and entered Alterac City to reunite with their wives and children.
In the palace hall, the Lord of the Kingdom of Alterac, the son of the mountains and the snow, Aiden Perenold issued an edict: Alex Barov will be promoted to the dukedom, and if he has no children, Carlos As the third heir to the royal family, Barov will inherit the position of king of the Kingdom of Alterac after the death of Aiden Perenold. Everyone present witnessed this.
The minor nobles were in an uproar, but the king, queen, Duke Alex, Sir Willomar and General Odrun all looked calm and calm.
There was no expected fight between fish and snake, and the shrimp benefited. Aiden and Alex each took a step back, relegating the controversy to the future. If Ayden divorces the queen or has a son with the queen, the Barov family will lose everything; if Ayden cannot divorce the queen until his death or has no son, the Kingdom of Alterac will belong to the Barov family.
Aiden's territory plus the Barov family's fiefdom, 80% of the land and residents in Alterac will belong to Barov. A one-word kingdom of Alterac. Thinking of this, the bodies of the nobles who supported Alex began to tremble, with a hint of fear in their excitement. Aiden's supporters also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, the initiative was in their hands.
As the victim of this political peacemaking, the queen looked at Carlos gently, which made Carlos' scalp tingle. After all, whether her crown is secure or not does not depend on Aiden, but on Barov's dedication to the crown.
Sir Willomar received the financial support of the Barov family, and General Odrun received King Aiden's promise to expand the army and the Barov family's 40% military expenditure guarantee.
Nobles big and small have gained more or less.
Except for the queen, there were no losers in this political feast.
After the irrelevant inheritance issue was resolved, retaliation against the Hinterlands trolls was officially put on the agenda.
Carlos swore an oath to join the Alteran Royal Knights on the spot. Aiden appointed Carlos as the knight commander to lead 300 Alteran Royal Knights to participate in the troll crusade. 2,000 Kingdom Guards participated in the troll crusade with General Alderon as the commander-in-chief. In the magician crusade, the nobles across the country gathered together 3,000 soldiers according to their abilities to participate in the troll crusade. Prince Barov, who expressed deep sympathy for the murder of the prince, offered to bear half of the costs of the operation.
In nearly two months, the news of Jerio Perenolde's murder in the Hinterlands had spread throughout all human kingdoms. Even King Llane of Stormwind City sent envoys to pay their respects. Finally, the envoy of Terenas Menethil II is willing to provide supplies worth 2,000 gold coins as a token of greeting; the envoy of Daelin Proudmoore is willing to provide 10 cannons and 100 artillery to participate in the crusade; Riptide The Trollbane family of the castle is also suffering from troll harassment and is willing to provide 300 cavalry to join the crusade.
The cold winter was approaching, and everyone agreed to meet at Durnholde Castle next March, so they left a pile of rubbish on Steinblad and went back to their homes to find their mothers.
The county of Caerdaron has been busy all winter.
The Barov family bears a heavy responsibility for this crusade against the orcs, but compared with a crown, it is still worth it.
"Father, why me?" Carlos asked very generally, but Alex understood what his son was talking about.
"Because you are my child." Alex answered simply.
"Why me." Carlos' tone became calmer.
"Because I'm afraid I won't be able to compete with Aiden for longevity." Alex touched Carlos' head.
Unknowingly, his son has caught up with his own height, which makes the head of the Barov family couldn't help but lament that time passes by and the years grow old easily, neglecting that his son is actually only 14 years old.
"I heard about your feats in Nanhai Town. You did a good job. This gave me a lot of advantages in the deal with Aiden." Alex looked at Carlos gently, "Get closer to the queen more in the future. Close. Aiden seems to have taken the initiative, but in fact he has lost. Although time is not on my side, it is on your side. I am 38 years old today, and Aiden is 3 years older than me. Even if he has a son, What will he use to fight with you in 10 years? What will his son, who doesn’t know where he is, fight with you in 20 years?" Alex said his plan.
"What about this crusade?" Carlos asked Alex humbly.
"It's just a formality. Can't thousands of soldiers harvest hundreds of heads? The key is to let you enter the Royal Knights. You are now the Knight Commander. In a few years, you will be promoted to Grand Knight. When you take the crown, Alterac will finally The elite troops will be yours, and this is part of the deal." Alex said nonchalantly, words that were very rude to the dead Jerio Perenold.
"But if possible, maximize the results of the battle. For a king, reputation is life, even higher than life. Odrun is a competent soldier. Don't overdo others and learn more about how he fights. War is not a duel, it is personal. The bravery cannot lead the army to the final victory. Learn with humility, my son." Alex warned his son.
"Also, be careful of Aiden's extremist forces assassinating you. They won't do anything in the war. It's too obvious, but poison in the camp and daggers in your sleep are even more difficult to prevent. When the ice and snow freezes, I'll take you to Ravenholdt Manor and ask Duke Cholach for help, asking him to send his best thieves to protect you." Alex revealed the background of the Barov family.
"My child, when you were born, my father could not make the mountains of Alterac shout your name, but my father promised that you would be crowned king." Alex promised firmly.
My father still remembers the lies he made when he was a child!
In his previous life, Carlos was unknown after he retired and returned home. He could barely support himself in his thirties, and was reborn through time before he could fulfill his filial piety.
In this life, Alex Barov's deep fatherly love overwhelmed Carlos's defenses. This man gave up the easily accessible crown to his son, just for his son's childhood dream.
"Dad!" Carlos' emotions collapsed. He hugged Alex's shoulders and couldn't stop crying for a long time.
ps: After writing this chapter, the author cried inexplicably and couldn't stop crying. Father's love is like a mountain, always in the silent place.
