Azeroth Trail of Light

On the fifth day of the prince's disappearance, the city of Gilneas was already in turmoil.

In the past three days, all kinds of unreliable rumors have spread rapidly throughout the city. For some reason, the news of Prince Liam's disappearance has almost spread throughout the entire Gilneas City overnight. King Jean sent the prince abroad for refuge.

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 rumors. King Jean, who was in poor health recently, even appeared in the city square and told the panicked people that he would never evacuate the city. Only then did the panic atmosphere that almost led to a riot be suppressed.

You must know that in the past five years, the sudden changes in the entire Gilneas have completely frightened these poor people. Any slightest disturbance will stir their fragile heartstrings. Although there is still order on the surface, after three days of brewing in the dark, An inevitable storm has begun to surge through Gilneas City.

The mice hiding in the dark stretched out their paws one after another, as if they were planning to grab a piece of bread that belonged to them in the ruins after the storm passed.

But even though the city is full of noise, the Gilneas court located in the easternmost part of the city is still as stable as a mountain, like the last pillar that suppresses the earth between heaven and earth that is about to be silent. As long as it is not chaotic, the whole city will remain stable stable.

"Lord Godfrey is here!"

"Lord Walden arrives!"

Accompanied by the loud reminder from the court attendant, King Jean, who was being treated by the royal physician Krennan, stood up straight from the chair holding the scepter with difficulty. His wrinkled face showed a trace of heaviness, and he stretched out his hand to politely reject Krennan. With Lei Nan's support, relying on his own strength, he moved to the side of the throne step by step.

When he sat down, he couldn't help taking a few deep breaths, and then suppressed the pain flowing in his body, like an old lion entrenched in his own territory, grinding his teeth for the last time, to face upcoming provocation.

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

The brave warrior who used to be able to compete with the bravest orcs on the battlefield is old, his shoulders are no longer high, but slowly hunchbacked, coupled with the recent years of Gilneas The bad situation turned his gray hair into gray completely, making him look like a dying old man.

Of course, the reason why he is so weak is not just time, but also the despicable assassination 2 years ago, after his most trusted comrade and brother Lord Darius Crowley set off a mutiny against him King Jin was always in a bad mood. In the deep winter of that year, he was assassinated by a group of thugs while he was hunting at Greymane Manor, the royal manor of the Greymane family, located in the southwest of Gilneas.

It is said that after that battle, the old king almost lost half of his body's blood, and the prince who rushed to support him almost died under the assassin's dagger. This shows that the battle was tragic, and since then, the old king's body It's getting worse every day, and now he even needs to receive treatment from Dr. Krennan every day to ensure his survival.

But even so, the old king's attitude towards the bloodfang werewolf and the wolf wolf Lailal who invaded the country is still firm, like an old and strong knife, unless he is completely broken, otherwise he will never give up. throw in the towel.

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

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

"Yes, Your Majesty! Most of the North City Gate, which was burned because of the North Gate Rebellion two years ago, has been repaired, and it will be completely completed in three days at most, but our secret talks found something bad, so I Come and report!"

Lord Godfrey took two steps forward, put his left hand on his chest very respectfully, and bowed to King Jinn to salute. Although the title is Lord, in fact, Vincent Godfrey is the only one left in Gilneas. One of the few great lords in the country, in the war against the invasion of the bloodfang werewolves, almost all the big figures of the Godfrey family died on the battlefield, and Lord Godfrey, who took over as the patriarch, was not inferior to those pioneers.

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

But today, probably because he wanted to meet the king, he took off his military uniform and wore the traditional Gilnean aristocratic attire. His black hair and beard are neatly groomed, and his gray eyes shine with true firmness and courage. He looks like a real Gilnean nobleman, with a touch of Gilnean elegance Human pride.

"Oh? What's the news?"

Gene couldn't help becoming curious, even though he had known through certain channels that Godfrey was plotting to overthrow his rule, but as a ruler, he didn't dislike the nobles in front of him. Gene knew that he had made His wrong decision will completely nail him on the pillar of shame in Gilneas and even the entire human history, and he never expects to be redeemed.

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

"It's about the Bloodfang werewolf, Your Majesty. Their actions in the past two days have been quite strange. Walden and I personally went to the northern forest to investigate and came to a conclusion."

Godfrey stepped forward, probably because the news was too important, he lowered his voice,

"The Bloodfang werewolves are likely to start a decisive battle with those mysterious Moonrage werewolves in the near future. My spies in Pyrewood Village saw with my own eyes that Ryal led the elite werewolves from Shadowfang Castle over the Greymane Wall. They also see"

"What?"

Godfrey's voice lowered, he was about to say something more important, Jin couldn't help leaning forward, and at this moment, a cold dagger was attached to the old king's neck .

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

"Your Majesty, for the sake of Gilneas, please abdicate!"

".absurd!"

The first person who slapped the table and stood up was Crennan, the royal physician who had always served the king. The most prestigious physician in Gilneas yelled loudly,

"What do you want? Godfrey, you are rebelling!"

"Shut him up! Walden!"

Lord Godfrey threw a cold sentence without turning his head. Lord Walden, who had been standing where he was, strode forward and knocked Crennan down with two fists, knocking his sobs back into his throat. The most terrifying Surprisingly, all of this happened under the watchful eyes of the royal guards guarding the throne room. The royal guards who were supposed to be the most loyal to the king seemed to turn a blind eye to all this rebellion at this moment.

Jean's guards have been bribed! This is simply impossible in a country like Gilneas where the monarchy has been passed down for hundreds of years, but it happened.

"Hehe, Godfrey, I was told that you would rebel, but I didn't want to believe it. Unfortunately, you still did it."

Facing Jin's deep voice, Godfrey's indifferent face was expressionless, but the palm of his hand holding the dagger turned pale, which shows that the great lord's heart is still the same.

After a few seconds, he spoke, his voice hoarse,

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I failed your trust, but everything I did was for Gilneas."

"who is it?"

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

"Who promised you to help us solve these troubles? You are not an ignorant fool, and you also know how much power is needed to pacify Gilneas now. So, let me guess, can you win your trust? Let you make such a big sacrifice against the honor of the Godfrey family, and you have the ability to quell all of this. Well, Wrynn's SI:7? Or Menethil's royal spy? Or Kul Tiras' navy Operations?"

The old king closed his eyes, and said all possible major forces, but Godfrey just kept silent. Finally, when Jean opened his eyes again, he sighed,

"All! The fleets of Kul Tiras and the Kingdom of Stormwind are moored at Menethil Harbor, ready to depart at any time. As for the army of Lordaeron, they assembled in Hillsbrad Hills two months ago."

Gene's gaze became sharp at this moment, "All?"

After being confirmed by Godfrey, the old king seemed to have lost all his strength, and he slumped on the throne. He closed his eyes tightly,

"It seems that everyone wants me to die. It seems that I did make a really damn decision 6 years ago. Who would have thought that the National League, which was already in disarray, would unite again one day. The irony is that they banded together to kill me? Huh. Should I be honored? Godfrey."

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

The great lord withdrew his dagger and took a step back, "When we closed our doors, the whole world changed. The natural disaster of the undead that you once thought was unstoppable has been completely defeated. All the forces in the whole world participated in that battle, except us. I don't intend to comment on whether the construction of the Greymane Wall was a mistake, but at least today, please think for the whole country!"

Godfrey didn't force the palace anymore, but Jin didn't resist anymore, even though 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 feeling of being a human being. Everything is an exchange of interests, so what did you pay?"

"Gilneas returns to the Alliance."

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

"madness!"

When Gene heard this, he opened his eyes suddenly, like an angry lion, and roared at Godfrey, "You just gave up the land of the kingdom to other people so easily! Just to put down the plague of werewolves? Do you know that if everything goes according to your plan, even if there are no werewolves, our country will be completely reduced to a vassal of these three countries! You are so stupid, Godfrey!"

"But at least Gilneas is safe!"

Godfrey poked his neck, dropped all manners, and shouted at Gene like a rude soldier, "At least we can protect the rest of our people! Instead of watching them being killed by werewolves, let them Don’t turn into that kind of monster! Your Majesty, think about your people! I will ensure that Prince Liam succeeds to the throne safely, and I will ensure that Greymane’s bloodline will continue!”

"For Gilneas, please die!"

As he said that, Godfrey rushed towards Jean, and the old king had no way to dodge the blow, he could only let the closed dagger penetrate into his abdomen, and the blood flowed horizontally.

But before Godfrey had time to be happy or sad, a steady and powerful hand grabbed his wrist fiercely. The great lord raised his head in disbelief, and saw that it was the angry Jean, not the weak one anymore. An old king, but a warrior who seemed to have been reborn and given new strength.

His face turned into an angry wolf's head in the twisting of his muscles, his palm turned into a claw full of sharp blades, white mane grew rapidly on the surface of his body, when the sharp wolf kiss When Godfrey opened his eyes, the savage force almost made the high lord faint from fright at this moment.

He is not afraid of werewolves, but Genn, the supreme king of Gilneas, unexpectedly also.

"I don't blame you, Godfrey!"

A strange and hoarse voice came from Gene's wolf kiss. His sharp claws held Godfrey's wrist inch by inch, and pulled out the dagger that had been pierced into his abdomen. His hands did not become The green eyes proved that he was still rational. With a light flick, Godfrey and the stunned Lord Walden were thrown to the ground.

Gene, who was completely werewolf, moved his shoulders and said loudly,

"I don't blame you, Godfrey, but I will not allow my country to be divided up like this by other countries! Gilneas' affairs will be settled by the Gilneas people. I will no longer be king, but I will still Give everything for my country."

"Aww!"

The howling of wolves rising from almost the entire city of Gilneas made Lord Godfrey 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 to take off his tattered robe, and more elite werewolves rushed in from all corners of the palace, disarming the guards who had rebelled, while Jin passed Godfrey and Val who were also restrained. Deng, he walked to the gate, his gray wolf eyes looked into the distance,

"Look, the war has begun!"