Stormwind Wizard God
Chapter 754: Kael’thas’ Redemption

Chapter 754: Kael’thas’ Redemption

Thousands of miles away, Kael’thas seemed to sense something and suddenly felt a chill.

Calpurnia asked with concern, "What’s wrong?"

"No! I just thought that my father might be unhappy to see this scene." Kael’thas smiled bitterly. Although he wanted to leave here as soon as possible and escape from this political vortex, sometimes he couldn’t do it just because he wanted to.

Duke also wanted to help him get out, but Lor’themar and other high-ranking officials insisted that the formal exit of the former royal representative would make Sylvanas’s accession to the throne more legitimate. This would certainly embarrass Kael’thas, but the former prince accepted it calmly.

This made Kael’thas’s supporters angry.

Looking at the stage, the queens of the two countries sat on the thrones, and Duke sat between the two queens like a star surrounded by moon. The powerful elves such as Solarian felt indescribable resentment.

Alexandros Mograine and Lor’themar Theron took the stage and read out the policies that the new king would implement on behalf of their queens, winning cheers from the people again and again. The more this happened, the more uncomfortable Kael’thas’s supporters felt.

The resentment in her heart was stagnant in her chest, unable to be vented. Even though Solarian, who had seen the world and felt that she could bear it mentally and forced herself to come to the venue, felt like she was going crazy. She was extremely fortunate that she did not let those two irritable guys, Saradre and Sagunar, come.

Suddenly, an unexpected person approached Kael’thas. He was wearing a hood but did not cover his face. He seemed so out of place in the enthusiastically cheering crowd.

"Duke!?"

Unexpectedly, as Duke was leaving the podium, someone came over.

Kael’thas was first stunned, then surprised.

In such an occasion, it undoubtedly represents a valuable support.

"No need to get up, let’s just sit and talk." Duke smiled.

No matter how dissatisfied they were, Solarian and Caponia immediately stood up and made room for Duke. Duke sat to the right of Kael’thas, with two dignified astrologers of the Archmage level beside him.

Sitting down, Duke spoke again: "It’s not pleasant to lose your glory, right?"

Duke was so straightforward that Capronia next to him almost had a fit, but it was Solarian, who was more calm, who held her down.

Kael’thas did not suppress his emotions, allowing the pain to appear on his handsome face: "Well, I once thought that I could bear it all, but I found that my heart is not strong enough to bear such a heavy blow. I am still okay, but I am afraid that my followers will be a little unstable."

"I won’t say any more words of encouragement without any nutritional value. I just want to say that all intelligent creatures in this world will eventually fight Archimonde, the commander of the Burning Legion."

Duke’s words made Kael’thas suddenly excited. He gripped the armrest of the chair tightly and turned half his body around: "Duke, what do you mean..."

Duke lowered his voice and said in a very serious tone: "If that day comes, will you join? At that time, I will go, Sylvanas will go, and Mograine will go, but let me be clear, that is Archimonde who has at least retained half of his strength! I cannot guarantee that any of us, including myself, will come back alive."

Not only Kael’thas, but even the two beautiful astrologers behind him were shaking with excitement.

All the previous depression and resentment that was as heavy as a mountain disappeared at this moment.

Except for Duke, no one has ever been willing to truly understand the feelings of these "traitors". They still love their motherland from the bottom of their hearts, eager to save their compatriots from suffering, eager to wash away the shame on themselves, and prove themselves to the world with glory!

but...

No chance!

I thought that I would go to the Dark Portal and endure a few years of exile. At most, I would be looked down upon by others, and my situation would be better after I came back.

Now, Duke has given them a better shortcut!

How could they not be ecstatic?

die?

For these "traitors", it is no longer the biggest focus.

Finally, the more thoughtful Solarian bowed deeply to Duke and added, "I have a question. Before I ask it, please forgive my pettiness, Sir Edmund."

"You ask, I don’t mind." Duke waved his hand.

Solarian rubbed her skirt uncontrollably with her hands. "If His Highness Kael’thas joins us in the expedition against Archimonde, will we have an official status?"

"Solarian!?" Kael’thas was a little surprised and angry. He didn’t expect his followers to ask such a question. In his imagination, he could be a thug. If he was lucky enough to come back alive, Duke would be merciful and wash away his shame. He would be grateful. Solarian asked this question, isn’t it a disguised threat! ?

Duke smiled and said, "Kael’thas, I have always been like this. If others treat me with sincerity, I will definitely be sincere in return. To defeat a peerless powerhouse like Archimonde is a matter of life and death. Every member who dares to join the expedition team should be respected by the world. Therefore, as long as you join, you must do so in a formal official capacity. And at the departure ceremony, Kael’thas, you will be among the generals of the Alliance. This is my promise!"

"Hiss——" The three elves all gasped.

They had no idea how to describe their feelings.

The fall of Quel’Thalas and the destruction of Silvermoon City were not Duke’s fault.

It is hard to blame Duke for not coming out earlier when Kael’thas knelt down out of kinship. Duke later explained that he had no capital to fight against the Sun King because he could not gain control of the Sunwell branches. After all, if you want to blame someone, you should blame the Sun King for ruthlessly refusing to join the Alliance at the beginning, driving away the Alliance ambasThandol Bolvar, and then bowing to evil and falling in order to continue his existence.

However, Duke is now so generous as to open the door and give them a chance to redeem themselves!

You know, for the sake of a smooth political transition, Duke, as someone close to Sylvanas, should have nailed Kael’thas to the pillar of shame instead of trying to whitewash him.

Unable to suppress the excitement in her heart, Solarian actually knelt on one knee on the spot and spoke something in Elven.

The general meaning of this sentence is that she judged Duke by her own standards, which was a serious insult to Duke’s character. In order to protect Duke’s reputation, as long as Kael’thas could restore his reputation this time, she was willing to work hard for Duke.

At this moment, Duke’s face was filled with confusion!

If in the later era when ancient gods are everywhere and demigods are worse than dogs, a -level astrologer might just be a rare elite-level thing.

However, in this era when the Third War of the Dark Gate has not yet ended, it is a bit exaggerated to ask a great astrologer of the level to work like a slave.

Duke instinctively wanted to refuse, but unexpectedly the system prompt told him: This is a faction reputation selection event.

Faction reputation selection means which side you choose when two opposing forces are fighting. If you choose one side, don’t expect the other side to treat you well. The higher your reputation with one side, the more likely the other side will tear you into pieces.

Miraculously, when Duke went to inquire about what kind of force was on the other side, the system AI told Duke that it was... unknown! ?

What a mess!

This was the first time Duke had heard of such opposing camps.

However, since he had decided to help Kael’thas early on, there was no reason to let him go halfway. Solarian was a well-known boss in Storm Fortress in the future, and at least he had more room for growth than Ilucia.

In addition, when Duke saw Solarian’s nervous and uneasy eyes, and thought about the customs of the elves, Duke roughly understood what was going on.

The most important thing for the mystics is equal exchange. In Dalaran, exchange is often in the form of a contract to sell one’s body, such as how long one will work for Dalaran. Most magic apprentices of humble origins pay their tuition by selling their labor or joining the Dalaran Mage Corps.

In the high elf society where bloodline and family inheritance are more important and hierarchical, the price of teaching magic, or even just taking someone as an apprentice, is often lifelong loyalty to a certain family.

To become an elf of a certain lineage means to be branded by it for life, which is why the followers who are loyal to the prince never thought of changing their allegiance from beginning to end.

Duke originally decided to help Kael’thas out of a desire to make up for the fact that Sylvanas became the queen, replacing Kael’thas who had been the king for a while. Who would have thought that the elves’ way of thinking was more rigid.

Now Solarian was going to use her own Archmage-level status to help Kael’thas, who was also Archmage, to gain a better future. According to the difference in strength, these followers thought they had taken advantage.

Duke was a little speechless: "Kael’thas, this is not good for you. If you tell others, they will think that I used my power to steal your followers."

Who knew that Kael’thas would drop a bigger bomb? He also left his seat and bowed deeply to Duke with Caponia: "No, in fact, what Solarian meant is also what I mean. As sinners who betrayed their compatriots, if we can restore our reputation a little and alleviate the guilt in our hearts, this is the greatest redemption for us. If we survive after fighting Archimonde, I hope you can let me and these elites who have lost their homeland and homeland follow you."

Duke almost vomited blood.

Shit! Is this a chicken? Although I know that you were deserted by your friends and family, miserable and desperate, and even nailed to the pillar of shame with a group of younger brothers, but it’s not good for you, a former prince, to be my younger brother like this!

Of course it will be cool if I take you out... uh, bah bah bah!

Duke is very embarrassed.

But at this time, not only did Kael’thas and his servant bow to him, but several high-level elves in the VIP seats also bowed to Duke. These old elves were not very strong, but they represented several ancient families.

They also helped to plead with Duke: "Although Kael’thas made a big mistake, we can still understand that he did it out of family affection. It would be a pity if such a kind and responsible talent like him died in shame. Since Sir Edmund has this idea, after Kael’thas proves himself, he might as well accept them as followers."

Under everyone’s persuasion, Duke could only reluctantly say that everything would be decided after Archimonde was sniped.

Duke was waiting for news from the other side of the Endless Sea. He was not only waiting for news from Rhonin, but also for Jaina and even the orcs.

Everything takes time to develop and cannot be rushed.

In the following days, knowing that the Lich King and Arthas were no longer the leaders of the Scourge, Duke assured the Alliance to organize several large-scale attacks. Unfortunately, they were not successful.

Because the entire Silverpine Forest was filled with endless werewolves, the southern front almost came to a standstill as they did not dare to rashly attack the Alterac Mountains and could not deal with the zombies at the bottom of Lake Lordamere.

However, with Lothar’s Griffin Legion, the Eagle Knights rebuilt by the old general Haas, and Brian Bronzebeard’s mechanized dwarf army, a total of 150,000 troops were in charge, so it was safe to defend. Duke assembled his army in the Eastern Plaguelands and took advantage of the last opportunity before winter to launch a fierce attack on the Western Plaguelands.

This was a grand offensive that brought together all the elite troops Duke could muster:

Mograine and Abendis’s Scarlet Crusade expanded to a total of 150,000 troops.

Saidan Dathrohan’s 60,000 Stratholme troops.

Turalyon’s 50,000 Dark Gate expeditionary force.

Windsor’s 40,000-strong Edmund family private army.

Magni’s mechanized tank army consists of more than 3,000 dwarven steam tanks, as well as 5,000 large and small artillery pieces, with a total force of 80,000 dwarves and gnomes.

Four thousand Griffin Knights of Kurdran Wildhammer.

Sylvanas’s 20,000 mixed army of rangers and mages.

Duke personally led a mage army of more than 10,000 mages and 30,000 Dodaran infantry.

Together with the militia groups organized by the people of Lordaeron from all over the country, with a total force of 800,000, they pressed forward against the Scourge.

Throughout the month of October, the Dreadlord unleashed nearly ten million undead creatures into the mountainous region of Western Plaguelands.

From the newly invented Stitched Abominations that are generally over three meters tall and made of many rotten corpses stitched together, to the zombie dogs that have been resurrected from some unknown ravine, from the sky to the underground, they are fighting with the Alliance for almost every inch of the Western Plaguelands.

However, with Duke’s endless targeted tactics and the Alliance’s overall step-by-step advancement, the Western Plaguelands was finally liberated by the Alliance on October 30.

From Hearthglen in the north to Chillwind Camp in the south, from the Bulwark in the west to the Thandolil River in the east, all the Scourge undead were wiped out.

If the dreadlords had not forced Anasterian, Arthas, and Kel’Thuzad to defend the newly built fortress, the Bulwark, the Alliance might have been able to break into Tirisfal Glades in one go and retake the city of Lordaeron.