Chapter 75: The Gate of Darkness (Part 2)

Ten minutes later, in the palace.

King Ryan, who had already gone to bed, was dreaming a sweet dream, but was awakened by a hasty knock on the door.

"Your Majesty, it is an emergency."

Ryan could recognize it even if he was half asleep. It was the voice of his decades-old friend Anduin Lothar: "Damn! Anduin, what time is it? I hope your emergency is as serious as you say."

The queen, who was also awakened in her sleep, quickly dressed her husband without saying a word.

A few minutes later, when the guards opened the door to Ryan's bedroom, Ryan saw a nervous, heavily armed Anduin.

"Your Majesty, traces of alien invasion have been found in the southeastern part of the kingdom. But before confirming my news, I strongly recommend you to take a look at the hourglass that Medivh gave you that day."

Even though it was early spring, the air was still cold, and Ryan felt his lungs were about to freeze just after taking a breath of late night air.

"Thump, thump, thump!" hurried footsteps sounded in the Stormwind Fortress. Surrounded by two teams of royal guards, Ryan and Anduin came to a storage room that was strictly guarded by four guards.

"Open!" Ryan's voice trembled.

The guard opened it as he said, and quickly opened the empty storage room with only one thing, and lit the oil lamps around it.

Under the light of dozens of torches and oil lamps, Ryan and Anduin's eyes suddenly froze - all the sand in the black hourglass had fallen below.

"When did it happen?!" Ryan was asking, but his voice had unknowingly tinged with sternness: "Didn't I order it to be checked every day?"

The head guard in charge of guarding was sweating profusely: "Indeed, I checked. I personally confirmed that there was still as much sand as a finger this morning. Your Majesty, your order is to check once a day. When the sand in the hourglass has leaked out, immediately inform you."

King Ryan's face was ashen, and he only spit out a few words: "Call the cabinet immediately."

Half an hour later, Stormwind Fortress was already brightly lit.

On a huge map, Anduin pointed to the southeast of the Stormwind Kingdom: "The first thing that was found to be wrong was the outpost in the south of the Red Ridge Mountains. After the outpost raised three red flares representing a large number of monsters invading, it lost I got in touch. The griffin scout team I specially deployed in Lakeside Town of Redridge Mountain two months ago took off immediately and observed a large number of green-skinned giant humanoid monsters pouring out of the Swamp of Sorrows."

"Giant? How huge?" King Ryan frowned.

"According to the magic message, it is about a giant man about seven feet tall, generally stronger than ours. And he has various styles of armor and heavy weapons such as giant axes and heavy hammers."

Duke Bolvar pressed: "Are you sure you're not a troll?"

Anduin shook his head: "No, to confirm, our people swooped down to observe two of the Griffin Riders, and one of the Griffin Riders was killed by a long-range weapon."

King Lane's eyes twitched.

It is not easy to raise a giant raptor with the limbs of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Regardless of the size of the griffin, it can easily knock down a large group of human soldiers in battle. It is very valuable to raise. If a griffin lets go of its belly to eat, it can eat a cow every day.

Losing a griffin just for reconnaissance, Ryan said it was a lie that it didn't hurt.

At this time, a messenger came in: "Your Majesty, Commander, my lords, there is new news."

Seeing the latest news, the whole room fell silent.

A garrison regiment stationed at the small fortress at the Red Ridge Mountain Triangle Crossing was annihilated. The local garrison regiment of the Stormwind Kingdom is relatively small, probably around 500. Even so, the report says that no survivors were found in the regiment.

This is not a surprise attack without precaution, it is an annihilation of the entire army when the whole regiment is ready for battle after being warned by the front post.

The weight behind this is definitely heavy.

On the faces of Ryan and Anduin, there was even a slight spasm of pain - because this meant that their long-time friend Medivh had really betrayed, at least he had given up his duty as a guardian.

Ryan twisted his neck like a rusty machine, and looked at Anduin: "Have you notified the Tirisfal Council?"

"Notified, but no response," replied an elderly court mage.

Ryan suddenly had an ominous premonition.

However, the imminent large-scale invasion left Ryan with no time to care about him. Among the seven human kingdoms, the Stormwind Kingdom is considered a powerful country, but no matter what, it is impossible for the Stormwind Kingdom to support a standing army of more than 100,000 people. For the Stormwind Kingdom, which has a total force of less than 30,000 people, the complete annihilation of a local garrison group is not a trivial matter.

Most importantly, this appears to be just the beginning.

King Ryan put his hands on the table and said in a deep voice: "Information, I need more information. What the hell is our enemy? What is the evaluation of combat power? Armed level? Number? What is their goal? We can't Easily fight a decisive battle with a group of ignorant enemies."

Lothar held up a finger: "I proposed that Duke Marcus come to the meeting. He seems to have made more preparations for this."

Lothar's suggestion was firmly opposed by the remaining upper-class nobles.

"Sir Lothar! This is a war! This is not a war game that 15-year-olds can participate in!"

Several high-ranking nobles objected, and Ryan had nothing to do. He could only shake his head slightly at Lothar, and the king changed the subject: "Anduin, I need your people to organize a hunt and try to catch the other party's prisoners. No, corpses are fine too."

"I will follow your instructions, Your Majesty. However, I suggest that you declare the kingdom to be in a state of war before that."

"A state of war? No! We didn't even know what the enemy is, and declared the entire kingdom to be in a state of war for an armed conflict that occurred on the farthest border of the kingdom? What a joke!" It was the Marquis of Camron who spoke.

Entering a state of war easily will definitely do great harm to the interests of various nobles. Because the state of war means that the king can easily order the nobles to pay the war tax, transfer the nobles' private soldiers, and even temporarily directly govern the nobles' territories.

It's sadder than killing them.

The attitude of Marquis Camron and others almost choked Anduin Lothar to death. Regrettably, until more evidence is produced to prove the seriousness of the situation, both Anduin and King Lane can only temporarily regard this invasion as a border conflict between alien races.

However, the situation deteriorated faster than anyone expected.

Except for one, Duke!

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