Volume 6: The World of Rebellion Chapter 312 How Dare You
At this moment, in the King's Hall of the Lordaeron Palace, Godwin was discussing political and military affairs with the lords and ministers of Lordaeron who had been summoned.
War is imminent. In order to clear himself of suspicion and establish authority for himself as the new king, he must win the war against the orcs.
Godwin was not worried about this. Historically, the Alliance had successfully defeated the Horde. Now the Alliance had the advantage of adventurer levels, plus his own outstanding leadership and the addition of hundreds of player heroes. How could you lose?
Godwin, who had just become the regent at this time, issued his decrees with high spirits.
"Now facing the threat of orcs, I have discussed with Archbishop Alonsus Faol and have decided to establish a knight group composed of believers of the Holy Light to fight against those evil orcs.
In the past, priests who studied Holy Light could only use Holy Light to heal and eliminate diseases. This is indeed one of the abilities of Holy Light. However, in the face of evil invasion, we cannot just passively defend, but should take the initiative to attack. Punishing evil is promoting good, and eliminating evil is demonstrating light. The fel magic used by orcs is the mortal enemy of Holy Light.
In the process of learning about Holy Light, I have mastered the ability to combine Holy Light with combat skills. I think there should be many people who have the same experience as me, so I will use this combined ability to train the knights of this order.
I named it - Paladin.
Before training a paladin, you must first recruit enough people. All knights who are willing to be close to the holy light and all priests who are willing to put on armor can join.
The Archbishop and I have already identified some suitable candidates to lead this order.
Uther of the Brotherhood of Light - my friend, he is a priest and a powerful warrior.
Saidan Dathrohan of the Brotherhood of the Light. Although his understanding of the ways of the Light is still far from perfect, his bravery can make up for his shortcomings in battle.
Turalyon of the Brotherhood of the Light, also a priest, but equally skilled in martial arts, once defended Northshire Monastery from orc raiders.
Gavinrad from Stormwind Kingdom, a powerful knight and admirer of the Holy Light, was specially recommended to me by General Anduin Lothar.
In addition, there is Tirion Fordring, the lord of Hearthglen, who is also a knight who believes in the Holy Light. I have heard about his deeds before, and I think he can also join this organization, so I have issued a call to him.
In addition, if anyone here has suitable candidates, you can also recommend them. This knightly order will be a powerful weapon against orcs and will need a large number of knights to join.
Lord Fao, the task of gathering these people is now left to you."
Archbishop of Light Alonsus Faol bowed to show that he accepted the mission.
Godwin added: "In order to fight against the growing threat of the orcs and to avenge my father, I will mobilize 120,000 main forces of the royal army of Lordaeron and 80,000 troops of lords from various places, a total of 200,000, to go to Arathi to fight the orcs.
My brothers are still very sensible. Although there were some conflicts between us in the past, they have reached an agreement with me on the issue of fighting against the orcs this time and are willing to lead the army into the war.
But considering the possible threat from the sea, I will still send an army to stay in Lordaeron City - General Garithos, I will leave this task to you, please don't let me down."
A burly bearded lord immediately stood up to accept the order.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the Regent. I will never let Lordaeron suffer any harm."
"It will take some time for the lords from all over the country and their armies to arrive and gather. Someone must be responsible for this. Lord Mograine, I will give you the task of summoning the lords from all over the country. You must gather the troops within half a month and go to the Arathi front to join the main force of the royal army led by me."
Alexandros Mograine stood up and greeted, "I will definitely not let you down, Your Majesty the Regent."
"Considering that this war will be protracted, we also need to consider the rear forces. Baron Rivendare, I appoint you as the reserve legion recruiting officer. You will recruit militia from all over the country and train them as the rear forces of the Lordaeron army. You can be called up at any time."
Baron Rivendare was flattered. He was not a particularly outstanding one among the many lords of Lordaeron. He was just a baron. He was very happy to receive such an important appointment.
"Your Majesty, I will do my best to serve you."
Although he had just ascended the throne and was only the regent, Godwin had already fully embraced the role of the ruler of Lordaeron and issued decrees without any sense of awkwardness. The lords and ministers of Lordaeron had no intention of disobeying and accepted the tasks one by one.
Lordaeron is full of talented people, which gives him a lot of room to display his talents. Watching these lords respectfully accepting orders, Godwin finally felt the benefits of power.
This is just the regent. When I become the king, I will have the real power.
Just when he was feeling very proud of himself, there was a sudden bang and the door of the King's Hall was violently slammed open.
Everyone in the hall immediately looked towards the door. This kind of meeting was not allowed to be interrupted, so who was so rude?
When everyone turned around, they saw Arthas knocking down a guard with one punch and rushing in.
The two guards who followed in hurriedly reported to Godwin.
"Your Majesty, Prince Arthas has gone mad. We can't stop him."
Godwin frowned and said, "No need, you can leave now. Arthas, you finally came out of the room. We are discussing military affairs. You came just in time. I have a task for you."
Arthas looked at Godwin sitting on the throne, feeling the gazes of the lords around him, and his originally impatient mood suddenly calmed down.
Although he had not grown as much as Varian, he had also grown a lot having experienced the war personally, so he was not in a hurry to question.
"Oh, really? Haha, then I want to know, what mission does His Majesty have for me? Do you want me to go with the army and fight against the orcs together? Or do you want me to lead an army alone and launch a surprise attack on the enemy's rear?"
Godwin shook his head. "You are just a child. How can I send you such a dangerous mission?"
"I defeated the Frostwolf orcs myself."
"I know what you have done, Arthas, and you don't need to remind me, but the Frostwolves are only a small branch of the orcs, and from what I understand, you are facing only a horde of frost trolls on the battlefield.
What we are about to face is a million-strong army of the entire tribe. This is no longer a small fight. I promised my father that I would take good care of you, so for the sake of safety, I decided not to take you with me."
It would have been fine if his father wasn't mentioned, but as soon as King Terenas was mentioned, Arthas's anger rose suddenly.
"But how can I avenge my father if I don't join the army?"
Godwin shook his head. "I will take on the responsibility of avenging my father. Don't forget that I am the crown prince and the eldest son, not you, Arthas. I can only avenge my father, and I must do it."
"I have already thought of your assignment. Considering that you are very experienced in dealing with trolls, I will appoint you as the Lord of Stratholme and send you there to resist the local trolls. I heard that the trolls in Zul'Aman have started to make trouble again. Aren't you good at dealing with trolls? This kind of mission is just right for you."
As Godwin spoke, a mischievous smile flashed across his lips. Historically, Stratholme was the beginning of Arthas's corruption. Arranging such a place for Arthas could be considered as satisfying the evil power in his heart.
This hint of mischief was keenly caught by Arthas. Although he didn't know what was wrong with Stratholme, he instinctively felt that there was something wrong.
So that's how it is. My brother really must be feeling guilty for wanting to send me away.
Everything turned out just as the eldest and second brothers had guessed. Yes, it must have been him who killed his father, and now he wanted to drive this threat away.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Arthas suddenly burst into laughter, but his face was full of anger. "This is your plan, right? Send me away so that you can hide the truth. Father was killed by you, right? This is all your plan."
"Enough, Arthas, do you know what you are talking about?" Archbishop Faol shouted.
Arthas' heart tightened at first, but he immediately threw this concern behind him. At this moment, he was completely overwhelmed by anger and had no concerns at all.
"I am just trying to find out the truth, and you don't care at all. Who cares who killed the king? As long as your own power and status can be preserved, it's enough." He looked at the lords sarcastically, but the lords had mysterious expressions on their faces.
In fact, Arthas really wronged them. Most of the lords had no idea what happened that day. They just heard that the king was assassinated by orcs and the crown prince inherited the power of regent.
Moreover, most of the lords did not want to get involved in the royal family's political struggle, so they kept silent.
Arthas became more and more excited as he spoke.
"The leaders of those countries are all the same. They just want you to fight against the orcs and don't care what the truth is. Father has seen through you a long time ago, so he doesn't want to pass the throne to you!"
Godwin's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. "Arthas, my dear silly brother, I hope you can carefully consider what you are going to say next. Some words cannot be undone once they are spoken."
"Hmph, 'my dear brother', you don't need to warn me. I know what I am doing. My father told me that you killed him! He was going to pass the throne to me, and you must have known this, so you planned all this, right? Yes, this makes sense, and this must be the case."
Arthas talked to himself, and felt more and more that his guess was correct. The strange expression on King Terenas' face when he mentioned Godwin, everything became so clear.
These words shocked everyone around. This kind of questioning of the legitimacy of the royal power could almost be regarded as treason, especially since Arthas dared to claim that he was the orthodox one.
"Alsace!"
"Your Highness!"
The lords and ministers around wanted to stop him, but Godwin suddenly raised his hand and everyone stopped speaking.
Godwin stood up from the throne and walked straight towards Arthas, "Arthas Menethil, I have had enough of your unreasonable behavior. Your madness shames my father in heaven, and your doubts about me shatter my brotherly love for you.
In order to prevent you from doing more absurd and crazy things, and to punish you for your rudeness, I, as the Regent of Lordaeron, will remove your title of prince and cancel your surname of Menethil. From today on, you will be exiled from the land of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and will never be allowed to return. "
Arthas' eyes widened. "Exile me? Cancel my last name - how dare you, how dare you - I will kill you!"
He drew his sword suddenly, and the Song of Ice and Fire burst into a scorching light under the influence of the anger in his heart.
Heroic fighting skill——Raging Flame Breaking the Sky Slash!
Godwin attacked almost at the same time.
Heroic combat skill—Holy Light to Break Evil!
The dazzling holy light turned into a huge sword blade, directly shattering the flaming blade released by Arthas. Bang! The surging power of the holy light directly knocked him out.
Godwin took a step forward and put his sword directly on the neck of Arthas who was trying to get up and fight again. He looked down at this "brother" with contempt, "Arthas, you are more stupid than I thought. Who do you think you are facing? I am the Glory of Holy Light, the one favored by the God of Light. I am the Holy Light! No one can kill me, not even you.
I am also the regent of Lordaeron and the future king, and I tried to attack and assassinate the king - Arthas, you know what this means! "
A flash of fear flashed across Arthas' eyes, but was soon replaced by anger. "Kill me, just like you killed your father."
A murderous intent emerged in Godwin's heart, and for a moment, Godwin almost really took action.
However, with a bang, the door was knocked open again.
Murphy walked in slowly from the door. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty Godwin. Arthas was too sad about the death of His Majesty Terenas and lost his mind. I don't think you would bother with a child, right?"
Murphy said this, walking to Arthas' side and protecting him implicitly.
Godwin was secretly angry, damn it, it's you again!
He thought to himself, I haven't settled that score with you yet , and you dare to come and pick a fight with me.
"You have no place to speak here, Prince Aidan. This is a family matter of Lordaeron."
"But Arthas is my sworn brother. We once swore a blood oath. Moreover, the God of War Lu Bu is also my brother, and the God of War Lu Bu is your brother. A brother's brother is also a brother. I think I am at least half a family member, don't you think?"
After hearing this, the lords and ministers thought it made a lot of sense and nodded in agreement.
Godwin was speechless after being scolded by Murphy. He finally realized that he was no match for the other party in terms of talking nonsense. Could it be that this guy had acquired a specialty in talking nonsense?
But he couldn't swallow this insult anyway.
Suddenly, without warning, a sword was swung out. His idea was very simple. Since he was in the right now, he might as well kill him first. Otherwise, if he continued to talk nonsense for a few more rounds, he would be wrong even if he was right.
Murphy's reaction was quite quick.
Rex's Dragon Claw!
The left arm instantly turned into a huge dragon claw. With a snap, the blade of Godwin's sword was directly caught firmly by the huge dragon claw. The huge force prevented Godwin from making any progress.
Godwin snorted coldly, "So the rumors are true, you really have mastered the power of the dragon!"
"Haha, it's just a little trick . Has Prince Godwin calmed down now?"
"Hmph, fine. I may not kill him, but his disrespectful behavior must be punished, and my previous orders will not be retracted. Arthas, go away, and don't let me see you again. From now on, Lordaeron is no longer your home."
Arthas wanted to say something else, but Murphy didn't respond. He just grabbed him up and dragged him out of the palace.
"He was the one who did it. I can feel it. Even though he didn't say it, he's already feeling guilty! I want revenge!" Arthas shouted, struggling and trying to fight to the death.
Murphy suddenly let go of his hand, and Arthas lost his balance and fell to the ground.
This actually calmed him down temporarily, and Murphy squatted down beside him.
"Arthas, have you ever thought about what would happen if you really killed Prince Godwin?"
Alsace was stunned for a moment, looking at Murphy in confusion.
"Let me tell you, once Godwin dies, your brothers and sisters will all rise up on their own to fight for power. They don't have the right to inherit Prince Godwin, and none of them can gain the support of all the nobles. In the end, the fight will split Lordaeron, and there may even be a civil war. How will you deal with the invasion of orcs then? Can other countries just deal with it? What if the Alliance is defeated and the eastern continent falls because of Lordaeron's absence? What will you do then?"
"Why do everyone doubt Godwin but have to accept this result? You can say that they are doing it for power and profit, but you can also say that it is for the overall situation, for the continuation and survival of their respective kingdoms and races. Some things cannot be delved into too deeply.
Just like King Llane's death in battle, don't you know what that really means?"
Arthas was confused for a moment and said angrily, "Are you not going to avenge my father?
Murphy shook his head. "I can't tell you what to do, Arthas. The key is what do you want? Personal revenge? Or victory for the Alliance? People must pay the price for their choices. If you really want revenge, then do it. You have your reasons. Even if the Alliance is destroyed, it is a fate that the Alliance has to face.
But you must understand the price you have to pay for revenge. Let’s not talk about whether you can succeed with your current strength. What will happen if you fail? Even if you succeed, can you face everything that will happen? "
Arthas was confused for a moment. He thought quietly, not knowing how much time had passed.
"Brother, if it were you, what would you do?"
"I will leave here first. Even if I want revenge, I have to stay alive first.
Lordaeron is no longer safe for you. Godwin was not joking when he exiled you. I can feel that he would rather you not leave so that he can find an excuse to arrest you or even kill you.
Then I will find a way to increase my own strength. Seeking revenge with your current strength is simply suicide, but you have great potential, Arthas. I can feel it. As long as you study hard and hone yourself, you will grow into a powerful warrior.
Wait for the most appropriate time, such as after the orcs are defeated, when they are most proud and complacent, and perhaps they will reveal their flaws, so you can take action. "
After listening to Murphy's words, Arthas finally made up his mind.
"Brother, what you said makes sense. I'll listen to you and leave right away."
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know. Anyway, let's leave Lordaeron first and then explore. This world is huge. I have some connections with the Explorers' Guild in Ironforge, so maybe I'll go on an adventure."
"You're not going with your second brother, are you?"
Arthas shook his head. "No, I must go on the rest of the way alone."
Murphy nodded, "Brother doesn't have anything to give you - take this." Murphy said, and with a whistle, the storm dragon on his shoulder fluttered its wings and fell into his hand.
"Take it with you. Even though it's still small now, it will grow up one day, and maybe it can be helpful to you in the future."
Arthas happily took the little dragonet. He looked at the little dragonet spewing electric sparks and felt as if he saw himself. One day he would grow up and become a truly strong man. On that day, Godwin - you will pay the price for what you have done.
