Chapter 261 Quel'Thalas Alliance: Division of Interests

In Stratholme Hall, less than half of the prepared seats were filled.

"Strongstorm suffered heavy losses after the last war and has been recovering. It has not been in contact with other countries for a long time."

"What's going on in Stormwind City?" Garithos asked with an ugly expression.

Because Stormwind City is located in the southern part of the continent, although it was also attacked by the undead army, it was much better than Lordaeron. When the orcs invaded, Stormwind City was the first to bear the brunt and was almost destroyed. In the end, Lordaeron led several other countries together.

Only then did they defeat the orcs in the Second War, drive them back to their hometown, and help Stormwind City rebuild. As a result, Lordaeron and other countries were attacked by the Undead Scourge, but Stormwind City directly refused to help.

This made the representatives of several other countries in the hall look unhappy.

"The Kingdom of Stormwind behaved very arrogantly, the arrogant Countess Katrana Prestor and Duke Bolvar Fordragon. They refused to recognize the alliance proposed by the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and the Kingdom of Lordaeron."

"And it is required that if you want an alliance, the Kingdom of Stormwind must be the leader, and the alliance meeting must be held in Stormwind City, so the Kingdom of Stormwind refuses to participate in this meeting!"

"As for Ironforge, because of the influence of Stormwind City, the content of their reply is similar to that of Stormwind City, and they also require that Ironforge's status must be higher than that of Eagle's Nest Mountain."

No one mentioned the Blackstone Dwarves. Who asked these guys to seek death and summon the Big Screw, and then the entire race was enslaved by the Big Screw.

"These damn storm pigs!" Garithos cursed directly.

"What! Ironforge still wants to dominate the Eagle's Nest Mountain? Who gave them the courage! If it wasn't our Wildhammer tribe last time, they would have been killed by Blackstone now!" Falstad Wildhammer shouted angrily .

Faced with the unreasonable demands of Stormwind City and Ironforge, both Lordaeron and Eagle's Nest Mountain were filled with indignation. If the people from Stormwind City and Ironforge were here, they would probably start a fight on the spot.

Stormwind City and Ironforge have completely ignored the northern kingdoms. On the one hand, they think that Lordaeron and other countries have suffered heavy losses, and on the other hand, Richard also knows it.

At this time, Stormwind City and Ironforge were under the influence of Countess Katrana. The charm of the Black Dragon Princess caused the nobles of these two countries to fight among themselves.

After confirming that no one else came, Sylvanas officially announced the start of the meeting.

"If they don't come, don't come. Let's start the meeting now!" Lord Falstades dwarf said.

Others nearby were also waiting impatiently.

"It's getting late, there's no point in waiting, let's get started!" Richard's voice sounded. This time, Richard kept Kael'thas on the sidelines. After all, with his political IQ, he would definitely overturn by then.

"Let's get started!"

"Let's start!" Others around him agreed.

"Okay, the meeting has officially begun. I propose that the three countries we are here now form a new Lordaeron Offensive and Defensive Alliance. All systems can be based on the original Lordaeron system."

"I firmly believe that as long as we unite, the demons and undead are not invincible. We will definitely be able to block their attack and finally defeat them completely. Victory will definitely belong to our new Lordaeron Alliance!"

Before anyone else could speak, Grand Marshal Garithos, who had been prepared for a long time, stood up directly and proposed forming a new Lordaeron alliance.

"The new Alliance of Lordaeron? According to the previous system, it sounds pretty good." The Wildhammer dwarf nearby discussed it with several other dwarf commanders and found it acceptable.

Richard sat next to him with an expressionless face, while Sylvanas frowned and said nothing. She knew very well what Garithos, who was the first to stand up, was paying attention to. It must be that they want to gain leadership of the newly formed alliance.

It's just that with Lordaeron's current strength, even food needs the support of high elves, so what qualifications does it have to ask for leadership?

He immediately said, "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked at Sylvanas, waiting for her to continue speaking.

"I think the new alliance can no longer be called the Alliance of Lordaeron. After all, the Kingdom of Lordaeron has become the Alliance of Lordaeron. How can the alliance formed by our three countries continue to be called this name?"

After listening to Sylvanas' words, many people also felt that it could no longer be called the Alliance of Lordaeron. After the Kingdom of Lordaeron was destroyed by the Scourge, the people, nobles, and military forces from all over the country tried to save themselves, and then warlords, large and small, were formed one after another.

Although the Queen of Lordaeron, Kalia, came forward, these warlords did not surrender. After all, the Menethil royal family had an unshirkable responsibility for the fall of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

Naturally, these military leaders refused to believe Kalia. At the same time, many military leaders did not want to give up their rights, so the Kingdom of Lordaeron became the Alliance of Lordaeron.

Nominally, everyone in the Alliance of Lordaeron regards the Queen of Lordaeron, Kalia, as their queen, and after slaying the undead, they will pay taxes to the queen, but the management of the territory and the army are still under their own control.

Although Kalia wanted to restore the former Kingdom of Lordaeron, she was not strong enough. At the same time, because of what Arthas did, the royal family was widely criticized among the people, and it was impossible to achieve the previous unity.

Facing the threats of the Undead Scourge and the Burning Legion, Kalinya finally agreed to form the Alliance of Lordaeron to replace the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Of course, the laws prevailing in this alliance are still those before Lordaeron, and Kalinya also requires that the appointment of major management officials in various places must be reported to the king.

It can be regarded as adding some restrictions to the following large and small warlords.

"I think the new alliance should be called the Quel'Thalas Alliance. Your alliance also needs us high elves to lead it!"

Sylvanas has no intention of handing over the leadership of the alliance, otherwise why would they go to such trouble to build an alliance?

What's more, the most powerful one now is the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, and the other Alliance of Lordaeron and the dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain can't do it. The strongest one will naturally take the lead.

"Why do you high elves take the lead? You have to understand that you were the first to withdraw from the last Lordaeron Alliance, and what was your performance in the last orc invasion war? Do you need me to help you recall it? "

As soon as Sylvanas' voice fell, Grand Marshal Garithos objected loudly. As Garithos was very hostile to the high elves, he was not willing to let the alliance be dominated by the high elves.

"Why? That's a good question!" Richard sneered next to him: "By strength! Just because the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas is the strongest, just because we can regain Stratholme, and because of the hanging on the wall. A series of heads.”

"Am I clear enough?" After Richard finished speaking, he glanced at Garithos, and then continued: "Now, relying on your own strength, it is impossible to eliminate those undead. Only we, Quel'Thala, Only the Si Kingdom has this strength.”

"Dwarf Lord, Your Highness the Princess of Lordaeron, what do you think of Quel'Thalas leading the new alliance?"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Founding Father, I want to know, if Quel'Thalas dominates the alliance, what help can you provide us?" Kallia has no opinion on who dominates the alliance. After all, Lordaeron is currently As long as the appearance can be maintained, it's already good.

Although she was grateful to the high elves for helping her restore her country, providing food and weapons, and helping her train her army, this did not allow her to ignore the interests of the country. After all, she was the queen of Lordaeron and needed to be responsible for Lordaeron.

"Yes, you can be the boss if you want, but if you want to be the boss, what kind of help can you provide us?" The dwarf lord next to him didn't care much about who was the boss. He only cared about bringing them the Wildhammer dwarves. How many benefits.

For dwarves, they will listen to whoever gives them more benefits and choose whoever will be the boss. After all, there is no benefit, why would he recognize you as the boss?

"Of course there are benefits." Richard continued: "We can dispatch the army of Quel'Thalas to help you clean up the undead natural disasters and demons in the original land of Lordaeron and the Hinterlands!"

Richard, who was very aware of their current situation, hit their target as soon as he opened his mouth. Now the dwarves of Lordaeron and Eagle's Nest Mountain were occupied by large areas of land by the undead and demons.

After hearing Richard say that the high elves were willing to help them deal with the undead and demons, Falstad agreed without even thinking about it.

"I agree. As long as the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas helps us clean up the undead and demons, we will agree to the Quel'Thalas Alliance and Quel'Thalas to lead the alliance!"

Among the northern countries, only Quel'Thalas has eliminated all the undead in the country. Therefore only the high elves have the power to help them.

"Your Excellency, in addition to the army, can Quel'Thalas provide us with some food?" said the Crusader Legion Dathohan next to him.

"Yes, we can provide food for 200,000 people for a month every month." Richard said. Since he ordered people to reclaim the demonized farmland, he just got a bumper harvest last month.

The food produced every month can easily supply half a million people. Of course, this is only possible with the endless energy supply from the Well of Eternity. The yield of these grains can be adjusted, and clay golems are used to grow them.

Ever since Richard promoted clay golems and rock golems in Quel'Thalas, Quel'Thalasvi's various basic labors have been replaced by clay golems. The Rock Golem has become the basic combat unit of Quel'Thalas, a front-row human shield.

The high elves have a small population and cannot withstand the attrition. Therefore, in order to improve the combat capabilities and reduce the casualties of the high elves, the rock golem has become the best substitute.

The construction cost of rock golems is very high for other countries, but for high elves, the cost is quite low. After all, the abundant magic power in Quel'Thalas makes all kinds of magic materials abundant and cheap.

Magic gems that are precious to other kingdoms are just ordinary crafts here. As for large soul crystals, they can also be obtained from the undead.

In the multiverse, apart from the souls in the lower planes, the undead are the ones that produce the most soul crystals.

Ordinary undead can produce soul crystal fragments, intermediate and high-level undead can produce large soul crystals, advanced undead can produce high-level soul crystals, and legendary and above undead can produce legendary soul crystals.

Therefore Quel'Thalas' current army uses a large number of rock golems. At the same time, Richard agreed to help eliminate the undead and demons in order to collect high-level soul crystals.

In Richard's opinion, the undead all over the eastern continent are all soul crystals.

"Great, with food, the refugees we have gathered will be saved!" Dathrohan said happily. He fully agreed that the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas should lead the Alliance.

"Marshal!" Queen Kalia next to him dissuaded Garithos who wanted to speak, signaling him not to fight for leadership.

Their Kingdom of Lordaeron also needs the assistance of the high elves, whether it is military support or food support. Now Lordaeron has no food output at all. The refugees and soldiers from all over the country have added up to more than 300,000 people. Without the support of the high elves, they can't hold on.

Without strength, even if they grab the leadership of the Alliance, others can directly withdraw, start a new one, and leave Lordaeron aside.

Once this situation really happens, the newly formed United Kingdom of Lordaeron will immediately fall apart.

"We also agree that Quel'Thalas should lead the Alliance!" Princess Kalia said.

"I want to ask, the current ownership of Stratholme City."

"You can rest assured about this. Quel'Thalas has no territorial claims on various countries." Richard said.

How many high elves are there in Quel'Thalas? The territory of Quel'Thalas is about one million square kilometers. Even if there are one million high elves, they can still be supported here.

If the high elves develop according to his plan and continuously upgrade magic technology, let alone one million people, ten million is no problem. This population density can be easily supported.

"We are only temporarily in charge of Stratholme and will soon hand it over to Lordaeron."

Hearing Richard's words, Kalia was relieved. Richard is going to hand over Stratholme to the human refugees they have gathered. These refugees will join the Lordaeron Alliance as an autonomous city.

A Stratholme that is close and friendly with the high elves is the Stratholme that the high elves need.

When this new Stratholme is established, it will be the power of the high elves to contain Lordaeron. Richard needs to consider the long term.

Although humans have a short lifespan, they reproduce very quickly. Once peace is achieved, it only takes 20 years for the human population to grow significantly. In 50 years, it is not a problem to restore the past population peak or even surpass it.

Although the high elves have biological modifications carried out by Richard, their population is definitely not as large as that of humans.