Evil will not deceive you

At the same time, Terenas, who was far away in Lordaeron, became restless. He had just dreamed of many terrifying scenes. Countless undead armies were constantly attacking his kingdom. He and his children turned against each other and fought with each other. picture.

Because he woke up from his sleep and couldn't help but sit up, breathing in the fresh air frantically.

"Alsace..."

He frowned. The order he passed to his fleet should have arrived in Northrend. No matter how fast Arthas moved, he would not be able to continue his activities in Northrend without specific coordinates.

He has too few people, so as long as he removes those fleets, he will be left with only his own bodyguards.

"...I hope nothing goes wrong."

Terenas took a deep breath. The cold in the middle of the night did not make him feel uncomfortable. This was one of the benefits he got after obtaining the Holy Light. However, his wife's body could not bear the cold, so he turned around. After covering his wife with a quilt and using the power of holy light to let her sleep peacefully, he looked at his official documents.

Turning on the light and looking at the information on the official document, Terenas couldn't help but sigh.

It's all bad news. The undead in Stratholme have been taken away by many nobles. Although he ordered isolation measures, he also knew that it was useless.

Because all the nobles saw the benefits.

Saw the profits of industrialization.

They looked down on Li Ke and those mechanical parts, but...

Industrialization can make money!

Whether it is saving workers or producing more goods, he can make money. As a king, he has no way to compete with these nobles who own their own assets.

He couldn't help but think of Li Ke. There were no nobles in Li Ke's territory. Everyone worked for him. He could do whatever he wanted without considering too many opinions or putting himself in trouble. share the benefits with others.

This is why the nobles don't like him.

Li Ke doesn't follow their rules.

In fact, as long as Li Ke marries Jennifer, no matter whether Jennifer dies or otherwise, the nobles can accept it, because this is the way to play within the rules, and Jennifer is originally a puppet.

But Li Ke skipped Jennifer and directly managed the entire western wilderness as a civilian, which made the nobles very dissatisfied.

This is stirring up trouble.

It's a pity that the nobles in Stormwind City are too useless to defeat Li Ke, and they can't defeat Li Ke even in their intrigues.

Moreover, Li Ke has his own rules. He does not abide by the rules of the lords' territory, nor the laws of the kingdom, but his special identity and some of his previous ideas allow him to take advantage of the rules.

"Sometimes, I really envy that guy... for having a blank scroll to draw on."

Terenas sighed. Li Ke's rise was inevitable. He lost Stratholme, and Arthas also released the undead workers, a scourge. In fact, he was unable to fight against Li Ke.

The massacre of Stratholme was nothing in his eyes, but leaving behind tens of thousands of undead, and hundreds of thousands of docile undead, was very deadly.

These undead are the best workers. They can use their backward methods to offset the advantages brought by Li Ke's machines. In addition, engineering is not too difficult, and Lordaeron can rely on undead workers. In this way, it goes back and forth with Li Ke's industry.

But what's the cost?

The price is the destruction of Lordaeron.

Stratholme was indeed an accident, he said it, Arthas said it. But do nobles think so? Or do they want to think so?

When workers are needed, will they choose human workers who need rest, food, high wages, and will get sick, or will they 'accidentally' get some workers who don't need rest, won't get sick, won't ask for leave, and don't have all kinds of physiological needs? Undead workers?

Or even say, study necromancy and let the undead workers voluntarily give up their wages and holidays?

Terenas would not doubt what they would choose.

If this continues, Lordaeron will inevitably perish.

When the ruler of a kingdom wants his subordinates to be all undead with no future, the kingdom will perish.

Because everyone will be proud of becoming the immortal, and everyone will use becoming the immortal to ensure productivity, making it impossible for people to live, and they will not be free after death.

Even if it is barely maintained, it will be nothing more than an eternally silent world with no hope at all.

"Alsace..."

Terenas sighed and looked out the window. This morning, he asked Calia to take a boat towards the West Wilds. The reason why he did not go through the portal in Stormwind City was not because of money. Because of Li Ke, his treasury is quite full.

But because there are still many people loyal to Varian in Stormwind City, he must reveal a posture, a posture that favors Li Ke.

The most important thing is that if it is by ship and the captain acts according to his orders, his fleet should be back before they arrive in the Westfall.

"Alsace, I hope you won't disappoint me..."

Terenas leaned on the table, looked at the lake in the distance, and couldn't help but speak.

Because he really doesn't want to go to war with his favorite son just to continue his bloodline!

On the other side, Jaina looked at the recruitment office and her mood became quite bad.

Although Li Ke allowed her to recruit troops in her territory, when these people heard that they had to stay away from the western wilderness, they all shook their heads. No matter how high the reward she offered, it was useless. These people would rather work in Li Ke's He works in the workshop and is not willing to go to sea with her.

So far, only ten people have been recruited, and seven more have left, and the remaining three have begun to pretend to be sick.

She knew why, because in order to prevent the shortage of supplies caused by the arrival of Alsace's army, Li Ke implemented supply control and provided a lot of supplies to herself.

This was not something out of the ordinary in other places, but here it made everyone in Alsace shout and fight.

But Jaina saw clearly that this was not because of Li Ke's material control, because anyone would do this, but because Alsace might make their lives worse.

And, life here in Li Ke is so good.

As a result, she could only helplessly wait here for people who might join the army. In order to increase the chance, she even came to the port with the largest population flow to personally recruit soldiers.

But still very few responded.

"If that doesn't work, just bring three thousand people there...I'll go to Dalaran to recruit some more people..."

Just when Jaina had this idea, suddenly, a hand pressed on her shoulder.

She turned her head in shock and found that it was Li Ke, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Ke, why are you here?"

She looked at Li Ke doubtfully, because Li Ke's face looked a little strange at this time.

"Because I have news for you."

Li Ke felt a little sad when he looked at Jaina who still didn't know anything and was still thinking about how to stop Arthas from reaching Northrend.

"Arthas, I'm afraid he has arrived in Northrend."

They are preparing for war.

The previous chapter has been modified a bit due to key policies...

This is the extra compensation promised before...