In the state guesthouse at Aerie Peak, right beside Duke's bed, Alleria recounted her experiences in Silvermoon City in a voice almost crying.
"No one was willing to believe me. They blindly believed in the defense of Eversong Woods and believed that the orcs would rather fight to the death in Stratholme and humans first. They didn't believe that Orgrim would lead his army to attack Silvermoon City directly. They even thought that I was bribed by humans and was deliberately spreading panic to force Quel'Thalas to join the Alliance. The Silvermoon Council banned all evacuation operations. The only thing I could do was to let my rangers step up patrols in the border areas..."
Once upon a time, Alleria had a unique aura, like a warhorse eager to go to the battlefield. But now Alleria is like a defeated rooster, not only has her beautiful feathers fallen, but her heart has also been hit hard.
This is also the case. The saddest thing is not to perish because of the unknown, but to know that tragedy is bound to happen, but to be powerless to stop it.
As for Duke's calculations, not only Alleria, but even Seamus and Windsor believed them without a doubt.
Believing is one thing, agreeing to take action is another.
General Seamus thought for a long time before speaking: "Lady Alleria, I suggest you don't embarrass Lord Edmund."
"How can you say that?" Sylvanas almost wanted to punch Seamus in anger.
Seamus raised his hands. "I have no intention of sitting back and watching a tragedy happen. First of all, we must make sure of one thing. If this tragedy is going to happen, all the responsibility does not lie with Lord Edmund or the Alliance. Do you understand?"
The Windrunner sisters' facial muscles twitched slightly, and their mouths moved for a long time. Finally, the two sisters nodded weakly.
"Secondly, as a general of the Alliance and Stormwind, I oppose Lord Edmund Duke leading his army into Quel'Thalas in any form before Quel'Thalas asks the Alliance for help. This is a matter of principle. Today we can use the orcs as an excuse to send troops directly into the High Elf Kingdom, and tomorrow another country can enter the border of a third country in the name of clearing out bandits. This is a very bad precedent."
The Windrunner sisters' faces turned pale in an instant.
At this time, General Seamus added: "Of course, the final decision lies with Lord Edmund. But before he makes the final decision, I will remind him again that power and responsibility are equal."
After that, Seamus saluted and left Duke's room.
Not only him, but all the men withdrew.
The only people left at the scene were the drunk Duke, Vanessa, Ilucia and the Windrunner sisters.
"Well, we must wake Duke up first..." Sylvanas originally wanted to say 'boy', but she swallowed the second half of the sentence. However, her actions were still disrespectful, because Queen Sylvanas actually picked up a bucket of ice water to chill the wine...
To her surprise, Vanessa lifted her skirt to reveal a flying knife, while Ilucia's magic circuit turned sharply and condensed an ice cone suspended in mid-air.
"As the master's maid, even though I don't like him, I can't let you do anything to the master."
"As a half-disciple of Master Edmund, I also cannot allow you to be disrespectful to Master."
Under normal circumstances, Sylvanas might have dealt with them.
Now is a sensitive period!
A group of fully armed knights were listening outside the thin door, ready to rush in at the slightest sign of trouble and drive the sisters out without saying a word.
The worst thing is the relationship between Quel'Thalas and the Alliance. Because of their refusal to join the Alliance, the alliance between the elves and humans has long been regressed to the point where it is almost in name only. Even though these arrogant soldiers and warriors used to respect the Windrunner sisters, they would be the first to quit if Duke had any problems.
Alleria held her sister and bowed gracefully. "I'm sorry, we have no intention of hurting Duke. It's just that the situation is urgent. I want to ask...what means do you allow us to use to wake him up?"
"Can't hurt him." Vanessa responded immediately.
"No pain allowed." Ilucia took better care of Duke from the bottom of her heart.
The Windrunner sisters were dumbfounded.
"I'll go first!" Sylvanas walked over confidently and pinched Duke's nose.
Duke stopped breathing.
One second, two seconds... five seconds...
Suddenly, with a whoa sound, Duke vomited.
A lot of sour and rancid vomit flew out of her mouth. Sylvanas jumped away in fright.
Fortunately, there is a magician here.
Ilucia used a small ice cone spell that took only a second to complete, blowing Duke's vomit out of the bed and condensing it on the ground with the ice element.
Vanessa glared at Sylvanas fiercely and said, "Don't touch him again." After that, Vanessa went to clean up the vomit that had frozen into ice cubes.
Ilucia gently wiped the corners of Duke's mouth with a warm towel, but her eyes warned Alleria.
Alleria was very helpless. Why did this happen?
He could only walk over, sit down beside the bed, and shake Duke's arm: "Duke, wake up! Quel'Thalas is really in danger as you calculated. I need your support, Duke... Duke..."
"Huff, huff, huff..." A dead pig was sleeping soundly.
Alleria was almost going crazy. She shook Duke hard, but he refused to wake up.
Vanessa put her hands on her hips and said, "Based on my experience with my father's friends, the master will not wake up until at least tomorrow noon."
The main force led by Orgrim had already left for the northern part of the Hinterlands a day earlier. The orcs were fast. Even if they set out to chase them in the middle of the night, they might not be able to catch up. Still waiting until tomorrow noon? If the human army really waited until Eversong Forest, they might only be left to collect the elves' bodies.
Without realizing it, Alleria was rocking more and more rapidly, and her body was getting closer to Duke.
Duke slept so deeply that even the system AI couldn't wake him up. In his sweet dream, he unknowingly had a dream about his 10TB action movie.
The girl in the dream is so pretty.
When Duke was about to say something dirty, the girl took the initiative to hug him...
When Duke suddenly attacked, Alleria had at least ninety-nine and eighty-one ways to dodge Duke's clutches. But Duke's unconscious whisper made Alleria feel like she was struck by lightning.
The gentle call of sleep talking always has special meaning at this time.
Whether it was true or not, Duke did call her in his dream.
The next moment, in front of the other three women, Duke hugged the female elf who was nearby and immersed himself in the siege of the Meat Mountain Demon King.
The most ridiculous thing is that Duke woke up because of difficulty breathing.
When most of Duke's vision was blocked by the meat mountain, Duke opened his dog eyes and met Alleria's emerald green eyes...