Chapter 760 I’m Troubled

Duke received news that Kul Tiras was joining the Stormwind Kingdom fleet to come to the coast of the North Current, and the leader was his legendary fiancée Jaina Proudmoore.

Dai Lin is a bit far away this time, but he will lead the first and second fleets to arrive soon, about a week later.

Duke bared his teeth after hearing the news.

Jaina was a trivial matter, but he still had to focus on the battle in front of him.

The damn undead canopy blocked most of the magical communications, which made it 80% more difficult for Duke to grasp the battle situation.

This is not the most important thing. What is important is that Antonidas is so crazy that he allows Dalaran to look at his one-third acre of land. He actually refuses to pay Dalaran the reason of suffering a loss. The Scarlet Crusade provides enough food.

"A week's worth of food is enough. Isn't that the territory of Lordaeron? Lordaeron's army can be supplied by itself." Antonidas's words sounded sour.

When Mograine heard this, he went crazy and cursed through gritted teeth: "This old man is not kind!"

Privately, Mograine explained to Duke that this stemmed from the various frictions between Lordaeron and Dalaran during the ten years since Duke disappeared. Although Dalaran remains within the Alliance, relations between the two countries are already very bad.

Moreover, as the leaders of the two countries become older and older, various incidents of old stubbornness are emerging one after another.

Abidis asked Duke: "Then we will go through like this? In fact, after so many years, Silver Pine Forest has regained its vitality. Although the trees are not very tall, they have grown back. If the lords there are still fine with their food, Let alone one month, we can sustain it for a year.”

Duke shook his head and refused.

As a time-traveler, he knows better than anyone else what it means to move forward before soldiers and horses have food and grass. In the history of the Three Kingdoms in the history of the Celestial Dynasty, in Guandu, wasn't the food burned, and then Cao Cao directly turned defeat into victory?

It takes nearly a week to get to Beiliu Coast from here. Including the food provided by the people of Dalaran, it is enough for two weeks. If anything happens, the Scarlet Cross Legion will kneel down.

Although the Kul Tiran fleet was there to support him, Duke still felt a huge stone weighing on his heart. It was an ominous feeling that took his breath away.

After much hesitation, Duke made a decision.

It was clear that the army was right next to Dalaran, so Duke had no choice but to go to the South China Sea city-state to bring supplies.

Obviously, this is a bad situation.

Five days after defeating the Scourge in Arthas, Duke's negotiations with Dalaran still made no progress. Antonidas didn't want to see Duke, so he asked Kael'thas to go, and he only met the old stubborn once.

Antonidas also asked Kaizi to urge Duke to take the Lordaeron people out.

After all, the owner of Nanhai City-State is actually Ilucia, so of course he will not hold Duke back. Not only had food and armaments been replenished, but Duke had also received nearly 10,000 soldiers, and the first batch of reinforcements from Stormwind City would arrive in the South China Sea city-state in three days.

Everything seems to be on track, except that the Dalaran people are still not very cooperative.

"Can't wait any longer! The latest news is that many refugees are flocking to the coast of Beiliu. There are more and more undead in Tirisfal Glades, and the troops there are not enough to resist the Scourge." Mograine advised. With Duke.

In Tirisfal Glades, there are only one duke and two earls' private regiments, which total more than 30,000 people. Moreover, the training level is quite poor. He usually beats wild beasts, occasionally sieges a small number of orcs, and maintains law and order. But he doesn't know how long he can survive against the tide of zombies.

Duke once led his army to defeat the main force of the Scourge, yes, but the entire northern continent was filled with lurking Cult of the Damned followers spreading plague and constantly creating undead. God knows when Alsace will pull out the next million troops.

At this time, Duke made a move that puzzled everyone - he announced that as a mage and Kirin Tor councilor, he would challenge Kirin Tor Speaker Antonidas for the position of speaker.

For a time, the whole world was in an uproar.

Dalaran is not a kingdom in the standard sense, as it is controlled by the Council of Six of the Kirin Tor.

Although the Speaker exercises the power of the king, the Speaker only holds two votes in the Assembly. That is, if a policy is opposed by four MPs, the Speaker's decision can also be overruled.

What is very interesting is that because the arcane has been advocating for the supremacy for more than two thousand years, all mages can join Dalaran regardless of status, so the qualifications for Dalaran's membership in the Kirin Tor Council are almost open.

As long as a person does not hold an official position in the original kingdom, he can join Dalaran. This is why Kael'thas is clearly the prince of Quel'Thalas, but he can become a Kirin Tor councilor without an official position.

Another requirement for becoming a Kirin Tor Councilor is that one must be at least an Archmage of the Shining Moon.

Duke took advantage of this loophole.

Because he had just returned to Azeroth, he did not have any substantial official position in the Kingdom of Stormwind. Although he is now the commander-in-chief of the Alliance, the Alliance is different from the Kingdom. In the laws of Dalaran, there is no mention that the official positions of the Alliance are counted among them. After all, Antonidas himself held the position of Alliance General back then.

Okay, the second loophole is that the Kirin Tor Senators prefer to be short-lived rather than wasteful.

In the past three years, due to the death of an old member of the Kirin Tor Council and the lack of support, the Kirin Tor Council of Six actually has only five members - Antonidas, Krasus, and Kael'thas. And two soy sauce congressmen whom Duke didn't know.

If Duke applied at this time, there would be no need for an election and he would automatically become a Kirin Tor Councilor on the spot.

"I announce that my first motion as a member of the Kirin Tor is - I want to initiate a duel on the 'Arcane Throne'! Challenge Antonidas's position as speaker."

The Kirin Tor Speaker is elected once every ten years and can be re-elected countless times.

If the speaker is replaced midway, there are only three possibilities: first, the speaker dies; second, all members vote no confidence in the speaker; third, members challenge the speaker to a duel.

The result is that Antonidas must challenge!

After Kael'thas learned the news, he went crazy: "Duke, what are you doing? Although Dalaran is not cooperating, you can't just grab Dalaran's power like this? Besides, you are Huiyue, you can't , even if you are about to advance, can you defeat a Xiri Archmage?"

This time, Antonidas couldn't sit still.

The day after Duke publicly announced his proposal for a duel, Antonidas appeared on the Violet Square in the center of Dalaran!

"Duke! Why are you challenging me!?" Antonidas's hair and beard danced wildly, and the sun-level arcane fluctuations were earth-shattering.

Duke's leisurely voice spread throughout the audience through the magic amplification: "You are unwilling to fight the Scourge and are unwilling to die. It troubles me very much!"

Can you guess why Duke wants to fight Antonidas?

Hint, someone has been out alone.