Chapter 18 Reactions From All Parties in the Northern Continent

Nanhai Town is very close to the Wall of Thoradin. With the protection of the Nanhai Town troops, the Scourge of Hillsbrad Foothills failed to attack the refugees.

The Nanhai Town troops sent the refugees all the way across the river of Hillsbrad Foothills.

After crossing the river, the 5,000 Stromgarde militia troops of Durnholde Castle took over the Nanhai Town troops at the other end of the bridge and escorted the refugees to the Wall of Thoradin.

The refugees have been in a panic. They don't know whether Galen Trollbane's order is true, but when they see the Stromgarde militia wearing red standard armor escorting them, they feel relieved.

Due to the huge number of refugees, it takes quite a while to check.

However, during this period of time, the Stromgarde militia provided food and temporary housing for all refugees, just as Galen Trollbane's order said.

After the first batch of refugees were successfully checked, the Stromgarde militia asked them if they were willing to join the Kingdom of Stromgarde and obtain land. They immediately agreed.

Then the Stromgarde militia distributed the divided land to the refugees and told them where their land was in Arathi Highlands.

After confirming again and again, the excited refugees took the farm tools given to them and walked along the route guided by the Stromgarde militia to the area where their land was allocated.

The temptation of land was too great. You should know that in Azeroth, the land of the human kingdom basically belonged to the three classes of the royal family, the nobility and the church, and ordinary people could only serve as hired farmers.

In the end, 99% of the 100,000 refugees chose to join the Kingdom of Stormgarde to obtain land. The temptation of land made them give up the concept of their previous country.

Only a small number of people remained, because of their loyalty to the previous country or their noble status, they did not directly join the Kingdom of Stormgarde.

The refugees in Nanhai Town obtained land and asylum as promised. The news spread throughout the Eastern Kingdom in an instant. Although it did not cause an uproar like the victory of the previous Arathi defense war, all human forces in the Eastern Kingdom were shocked.

"Confiscate the land of the nobles and distribute it to the untouchables. Haha. It seems that Galen Trollbane has forgotten what a king should do." Lordaeron Marshal Garithos said sarcastically. Although he was not born a noble, he firmly defended the rights and interests of the nobles after becoming a noble. The behavior of Galen Trollbane directly harmed the interests of the nobles.

After the sarcasm, Grand Marshal Garithos smiled and waved his hand and said, "Since Galen Trollbane is a very good person, let the refugees go to Arathi Highlands. I want to see how many refugees he can accept and how much blood is left in the remains of the Kingdom of Stormgard."

Among the seven human kingdoms, the richest three are the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the Kingdom of Dalaran and the Kingdom of Kul Tiras. The poorest are the Kingdom of Stormgard and the Kingdom of Alterac.

After World War II, the Kingdom of Alterac disappeared, and the Kingdom of Stormgard continued to decay, becoming the weakest and poorest existence among the human kingdoms. Lordaeron Grand Marshal Garithos knew this well.

At the same time, Grand Marshal Garithos led the largest restoration force in Lordaeron, which made most of the refugees in the Kingdom of Lordaeron choose to seek refuge with Grand Marshal Garithos.

But Grand Marshal Garithos only needed warriors who could fight against the undead of the Scourge, not a group of refugees who needed warriors to protect them and could not resume farming and could only consume food.

So Grand Marshal Garithos decided to drive the refugees who came to him to the Kingdom of Stormgarde, which would not only reduce his burden, but also drag down the Kingdom of Stormgarde.

"Teacher, it seems that Prince Galen Trollbane's royal decree is true. Why don't we go to Stormgarde as well? We already have many compatriots who went south to Stormwind after the fall of Dalaran." A hidden place in the Alterac Mountains of Hillsbrad Foothills, where a Dalaran Kirin Tor human mage who survived the fall of the human magic kingdom of Dalaran is stationed.

Since Dalaran was destroyed by the powerful Burning Legion demon Archimonde the Defiler, the remaining Dalaran Kirin Tor mages have scattered and hid. Some of the Dalaran Kirin Tor mages went directly south from Southshore Town to the Storm Kingdom in the southern continent of the Eastern Kingdoms.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Scourge, the powerful Archmage Ansrem Ruinweaver created a large magic passport to hide their hiding place, which looked no different from the snow-covered Alterac Mountains from the outside.

With the efforts of Archmage Ansrem Ruinweaver, three thousand Dalaran Kirin Tor mages and five thousand Dalaran residents hid here.

Archmage Ansrem Ruinweaver originally did not want to join any other human kingdom. He planned to continue waiting and wanted to rebuild Dalaran.

But a piece of news made him uneasy, and sadness and love leaked in his eyes.

Finally, the Dalaran Kirin Tor Archmage looked in the direction of the human magic kingdom of Dalaran. He understood that with his power and these human mages, it would be impossible to even clear the undead of the Scourge in Dalaran, let alone rebuild Dalaran.

At the top of the Alterac Mountains, the former main city of the Alterac Kingdom has become the ruins of Alterac, with broken walls and ruins everywhere.

However, in the city covered by ice and snow, there is still a force, that is, the organization composed of exiled nobles of the Kingdom of Alterac, the Syndicate.

Now several leaders of the Syndicate, Lord Aiden Perenold, Duke Falconest, Baron Vardus and others are discussing in the ruins of Alterac.

"Your Highness, this is a great opportunity. We can disguise ourselves as refugees, sneak through the Wall of Thoradin, and enter the Arathi Highlands. As far as I know, Galen Trollbane has placed most of his troops on the Wall of Thoradin, and the garrison of Stromgarde is much smaller. A noble of Stromgarde has contacted me and promised to help us open the gates of Stromgarde and disintegrate Galen Trollbane's rule over Stromgarde and the Kingdom of Stormgarde." Duke Falconest excitedly told Lord Aiden Perenold, the former King of Alterac and now the leader of the Syndicate, about his plan.

The royal decree of Galen Trollbane naturally threatened the interests of the nobles, especially those nobles who had returned. They were unwilling to lose their land and property, so they contacted the Syndicate, which had a deep hatred for the Kingdom of Stromgarde, and decided to unite with the Syndicate to destroy Galen Trollbane's rule over Stromgarde and turn Stromgarde into the territory of the Syndicate, in order to retaliate against Galen Trollbane's actions.

Lord Aiden Perenolde had a huge hatred for the Kingdom of Stromgarde. The Kingdom of Alterac and the Kingdom of Stromgarde had experienced countless wars in the past, and in the end the Kingdom of Alterac was also destroyed by the Kingdom of Stromgarde.

Lord Aiden Perenolde was instantly excited when he heard that he could retaliate against the Kingdom of Stromgarde and occupy Stromgarde.