Azeroth Trail of Light

On the fifth day of the prince's disappearance, Gilneas was already turbulent.

In the past three days, various unreliable rumors spread rapidly throughout the city. I don’t know how the news of Prince Liam’s disappearance spread almost throughout Gilneas overnight, and civilians have said that this is. King Jean sent the prince to seek refuge abroad.

They think that the king no longer intends to stick to the city, and sending the prince away is only the first step!

The royal family immediately refuted the rumor. King Jean, who was in very bad health recently, even appeared in the city square and told the panicked people that he would never leave the city. Then the guards guarding the court were distributed to all parts of the city. In this area, the panic that almost caused a riot was suppressed.

You know, in the last 5 years, the sudden change of the entire Gilneas has completely frightened these poor people. Any slight disturbance will stir their fragile heartstrings. Although there is still order on the surface, after 3 days of brewing in the dark, An inevitable storm is already beginning to surge in Gilneas.

The mice hiding in the darkness have stretched out their paws, seemingly intending to grab a piece of their own bread in the ruins after the storm passed.

But even if the city has been noisy, the Gilneas court, located in the east of the city, is still as stable as a mountain, like the last pillar that suppresses the earth between the world that is about to be silent. As long as it is not chaotic, the whole city will remain the same. Stable.

"Lord Godfrey is here!"

"Lord Walden is here!"

Accompanied by the loud reminder from the court attendant, King Jean, who was being treated by the royal physician Kleinan, straightened up from the chair holding the scepter with difficulty, his wrinkled face showed a trace of heaviness, and he reached out his hand to decline. With Renan's support, relying on his own strength, he moved step by step to the throne.

As he sat down, he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, which suppressed the pain flowing in his body, like an old lion entrenched in his own territory, grinding his teeth for the last time and facing The upcoming provocation.

The king is now more than 50 years old. He has experienced too many magnificent events in his life. From the invasion of the orcs to the demise of Lordaeron, Gene is the witness of almost all the major events in the past ten years, but time is always so cruel. , He is getting old.

The brave warrior who could once compete with the most brave orcs on the battlefield is old. His shoulders are no longer tall, but slowly have a hunchback, plus Gilneas's in recent years. In a terrible situation, his gray hair was completely gray, and he looked like a dying old man.

Of course, the reason for his weakness is not just time, but also the despicable assassination two years ago, after his most trusted comrade and brother Darius Crowley set off a mutiny against him. King Jean was in a bad mood. In the late winter of that year, he was assassinated by a group of thugs while hunting in the Greymane Manor, the Royal Manor of the Greymane family, southwest of Gilneas.

It is said that after that battle, the old king almost lost half of his blood, and the prince who rushed to support also almost died under the assassin’s dagger. This shows the fierceness of the battle, and since then, the old king’s body Just day after day, now he even needs to be treated by Dr. Crenan every day to ensure his survival.

But even so, the old king's attitude towards the bloodfang werewolf and the wolf Lyral who invaded the country is still firm, like an old and strong blade, unless he is completely broken, he will never Admit defeat.

"Ahem, Qin Godfrey, Qin Walden, have you completed the restoration of the city wall?"

The old king looked at the two nobles who walked into the throne room under the guidance of his attendants and stepped on the red carpet, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Because the North Gate Rebellion burned down more than half of the North City Gate 2 years ago, most of it has been repaired, and it will be completely completed in 3 days at most, but our secret talks have discovered some bad things, so I Come report!"

Lord Godfrey took two steps forward, put his left hand on his chest very respectfully, and bowed to the King of Jean to salute. Although the title is a lord, in fact, Vincent Godfrey is the only remaining Gilneas. One of the several great lords in the battle against the invasion of the bloodfang werewolves, almost all the great figures of the Godfrey family died on the battlefield, and Lord Godfrey, who took over as the patriarch, did not lose to those forerunners.

He led his family's private soldiers to guard the vicinity of Gilneas all the year round. The tenacious and violent bloodfang werewolves confronted and killed each other on the front line of the war. It is said that this lord who has read 40 is the most hated few of the wolf Laylar. One of Gilneas, Godfrey readily took it as a compliment.

But today, it is probably the reason to meet the king. He took off his military uniform and suffered from Gilneas’ traditional aristocratic clothes. He put the black top hat in his hand and a handful of decorations hung from his waist. His stabbing sword, his black hair and beard are neatly groomed, and those gray eyes sparkle with true determination and courage. They look like a real Gilneas nobleman, with a hint of Gilneas in the elegance. Human arrogance.

"Oh? What's the news?"

Gene couldn’t help but became curious. Although he had known through certain channels that Godfrey was plotting to overthrow his rule, as a ruler, he did not hate the nobles in front of him. Gene knew that he had done it himself. The wrong decision made him completely nailed to the shame of Gilneas and even the entire history of mankind. He never expects to be redeemed.

But at least, this country should be handed over to Liam, he is innocent, and Godfrey in front of him is the best minister of trust after Liam succeeded to the throne, but unfortunately...

"It's about the bloodfang werewolves, Your Majesty, their actions in the past two days are quite strange... After Walden and I went to the Northern Forest to investigate in person, we got a conclusion."

Godfrey took a few steps forward, probably because the news was too important, so he lowered his voice.

"The Bloodfang werewolves are likely to start a decisive battle with those mysterious Moonfury werewolves in the near future. My spies in Burnwood Village saw Lilar with the elite werewolves of Shadowfang Castle climbing over the Greymane Wall. They also saw..."

"what?"

Godfrey's voice drooped. He was about to say something more important, and Gene couldn't help leaning forward, and at this moment, a cold dagger was stuck to the old king's neck. .

Gene raised his head, seemingly unbelievable, but what he saw was Godfrey’s indifferent face.

"Your Majesty, for Gilneas, please abdicate!"

"...absurd!"

The first person to stand up against the table was the Royal Physician Krennan who had been serving the King. The most prestigious physician in Gilneas yelled,

"What do you want to do? Godfrey, you are in a rebellion!"

"Let him shut up! Walden!"

Lord Godfrey threw a cold word without turning his head. Lord Walden, who had been standing still, strode forward, knocked Krennan with two punches, and knocked his sob back into his throat, the most terrifying. The thing is, all this happened under the watchful eyes of the royal guards who guarded the throne room. The royal guards who were supposed to be most loyal to the king at this moment seemed to have turned a blind eye to all this rebelliousness.

Jean's guards were bought out! This is completely impossible in a country where the monarchy of Gilneas has been passed down for hundreds of years, but it just happened.

"Hehe, Godfrey, someone told me you would rebel, but I don't want to believe it, but unfortunately, you still did it..."

Facing Gene's low voice, Godfrey's indifferent face showed no expression, but the palm of his hand holding the dagger became pale. It can be seen that the high lord's heart is still equally unstable.

After a few seconds, he spoke, and his voice became hoarse.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, I have failed your trust, but all I did was for Gilneas..."

"who is it?"

Gene does not want to listen to these boring words. As a king who has ruled the country for more than ten years, he directly asked the core of the question.

"Who promised you will help us solve these troubles? You are not a foolish man. You also know how much power is needed to put down Gilneas now... So let me guess, I can win you. Trust allows you to make such a big sacrifice against the glory of the Godfrey family, and have the ability to put it all down... Well, Wrynn’s MI7? Or Menethil’s royal spy? Or Kul The Naval Operations Department in Tiras?"

The old king closed his eyes and talked about all the possible forces, but Godfrey was silent. Finally, when Gene opened his eyes again, he sighed.

"All! The fleets of Kul Tiras and the Kingdom of Stormwind are moored at Menethil Port, ready to set off at any time. As for Lordaeron's Legion... they assembled in Hillsbrad Hills two months ago. Up."

Gene's eyes sharpened at this moment, "All?"

After receiving Godfrey’s confirmation, the old king slumped on the throne as if he had lost all his power. He closed his eyes tightly.

"It seems that everyone wants me to die. It seems that I did make a really **** decision six years ago. Who would have thought that there would be a day when the alliance of nations, which had been scattered in the sand, would be united again. The irony is that they united to kill me? Ha ha... Should I feel honored? Godfrey."

"No, Your Majesty, they have been united long ago."

The high lord took back the dagger and took a step back. "When we were shutting down the country, the whole world changed. The unstoppable natural disasters you thought were unstoppable have been completely defeated. All forces in the whole world participated in that battle, except for us. .. I have no intention to comment on whether the creation of the Greymane Wall was a mistake, but at least for today, please think about the entire country!"

Godfrey did not push the palace any more, but Gene did not resist any more, even if his long sword was placed on the edge of the throne, he just asked in a low voice like a dying old man,

"What's the price? Godfrey, I don't believe it. It's just because of hatred, or the feelings of being a human being. Everything is an exchange of benefits, so what have you paid?"

"Gilneas is back in the league..."

Godfrey gritted his teeth, "North of the Greymane Wall belongs to Lordaeron, the Island of Atonement belongs to Kul Tiras, and the Kingdom of Stormwind is exempt from tax for 10 years..."

"silly!"

Hearing this, Gene suddenly opened his eyes, like an angry lion, roaring at Godfrey, "You gave the land of the kingdom to other people so easily! Is it to put down the werewolf disaster? Did you know that if everything goes as you planned, even if the werewolves are gone, our country will completely become a vassal of these three countries! You are too stupid, Godfrey!"

"But at least Gilneas can keep it!"

Godfrey gritted his neck, faded all manners, and shouted at Gene like a rude soldier, "At least we can protect the rest of our people! Instead of watching them be killed by werewolves, let them Don’t turn into that kind of monster! Your Majesty, think about it for your people! I will guarantee Prince Liam’s succession to the throne, and I will guarantee that Greymane’s blood will be passed on!"

"For Gilneas, please go to death!"

With that said, Godfrey rushed towards Gene, and the old king couldn't escape the blow at all. He could only let the closed dagger pierce his abdomen and blood flowed.

But before Godfrey had time to be happy or sad, a steady and strong hand squeezed his wrist fiercely, and the lord raised his head in disbelief, seeing that it was an angry Jean, not the weak one anymore. The old king, but a warrior who has gained a new life and new power.

His face turned into an angry wolf head in the twisting of his muscles, and his palm became a paw full of sharp blades. The white mane sprang up quickly on the surface of his body, when the sharp wolf kissed. When Godfrey opened his eyes, the crazy savage power almost made the High Lord faint at this moment.

He is not afraid of werewolves, but Gene...the supreme king of Gilneas, unexpectedly... even...

"I don't blame you, Godfrey!"

A strange and hoarse voice came from Gene’s wolf kiss. His claws held Godfrey’s wrist inch by inch, and pulled out the dagger that had penetrated his abdomen. His pair did not become The green eyes proved that he was still sane, and with a flick of him, Godfrey and the terrified Lord Walden were thrown to the ground.

The completely werewolf Genn moved his shoulders and said loudly.

"I don't blame you, Godfrey, but I won't let my country be divided up by other countries like this! Gilneas matters will be settled by the people of Gilneas. I will no longer be king, but... I will still give everything for my country."

"Oh oh oh!"

The howl of wolves that rose almost from the entire Gilneas city made Lord Godfrey couldn’t help but look back. In the far northern sky, a bolt of lightning tore through the gloomy clouds. Under that sky, there were even crazier wolves. Howl.

The King of Gilneas reached out and took off his tattered robe. More elite werewolves rushed in from all corners of the palace, disarming the guards who had defected, and Genn crossed Godfrey and Val who were also tied up. Den, he walked to the gate, those gray wolf pupils looked into the distance,

"Look, the war has begun!"