Stormwind Wizard God-Chapter 235: Respite

The threat from the Horde has not gone away.

The Alliance and the Horde were like two giant beasts fighting to the death. They were forced to temporarily cease fighting in the face of the weather, each healed their own wounds.

The Stormwind Kingdom refugees stranded in the Hillsbrad Foothills received a batch of critical summer grains, but this was not enough, so Duke made another trip to the Barov family.

Duke did not meet Duke Barov. The Duke went to Alterac. Unexpectedly, Duchess Janis, who met Duke on his behalf, agreed to Duke's request to buy food.

"No problem. The people of Stormwind Kingdom have made outstanding contributions to the resistance against the Horde. It is only natural for the Barov family to contribute to this cause. How about 10,000 tons of this year's wheat? At the previous price."

This time I was surprised when I arrived at Duke.

At that time, 5,000 tons was a 30% premium. Now, according to the previous price, it sounds like the Barov family is still very shady. But this is not the same time. A battle in Southshore made the entire northern continent realize that the threat of orcs is imminent.

Those horrible green beasts are going to slaughter all the humans in the world.

As a result, the prices of everything related to people's livelihood are soaring. Even though the Alliance has proved its ability to defeat the invasion of the Horde with a hearty victory. The various kingdoms have also introduced a large number of policies to suppress the soaring prices, but the most critical food price has still risen by more than 2.5 times.

If it is sold at the previous price, it is not a scam, but a huge bargain!

Duke was suddenly moved: "This is really... I thank you on behalf of the people of Stormwind."

"You're welcome. Helping the people of Stormwind is helping the Alliance and helping us in Alterac." The Duchess smiled graciously. "Yes, I heard that your private soldiers are not well equipped. Is there anything the Barov family can help with?"

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Duke's luxury goods business had long been stagnant. If Duke's so-called private army had not gathered all the weapons and equipment before the full-scale war, it would probably have to equip the militia with a cut bamboo pole, known as a bamboo spear...

Of course, everyone was short of weapons, especially after losing their own land. Even though Duke built a blacksmith shop in the refugee camp north of Southshore, workers and raw materials were still extremely scarce.

The Barov family obviously has no shortage of these things.

"To be frank, both Stormwind Kingdom and my private soldiers are in need. May I ask what I need to pay for this, Mrs. Janice?" Duke asked politely.

"As a testimony to the friendship between the Barov family and the Edmund family, these small gifts are not worth mentioning. If I must say what I personally hope to get, could you please teach my daughter Ilucia the secret of Multicasting?"

Duke was stunned, then laughed.

The best way to deepen the relationship between nobles is through marriage.

Mrs. Janice is very smart.

If it was the Duke before, the Duke and the Duke's daughter would definitely be a perfect match. Now Duke is a hot new star in the Lordaeron Alliance, the deputy commander of the Alliance, and with his glorious achievements of saving five kings and winning the Battle of Southshore, Duke is almost synonymous with miracles.

Duke chose almost all the princesses, including Princess Calia of Lordaeron.

If they propose a marriage alliance again, the Barov family will only bring disgrace upon themselves.

On the other hand, the Barov family also urgently needed to find a backup. Alterac was too weak. Even if it entered a state of war, the entire Alterac now only had a little over 30,000 soldiers, including 20,000 peasant soldiers. These farmers who had just washed their feet and went to the fields were completely scum in terms of morale and training.

Apart from the ambitious Lordaeron, the homeless Stormwind Kingdom is a more ideal partner. Perhaps the Stormwind refugees will stay near Southshore for a long time, but as long as the seven human kingdoms still exist and the Alliance still exists, the Stormwind Kingdom will never dare to risk being criticized by the world and covet the land of Alterac.

In an almost roundabout way to save the country, Barov proposed that Ilucia become Duke's disciple.

In Azeroth, although there is no saying that a teacher is a father for life, the teacher-student relationship is also a very important relationship. If it is not for the sake of national justice, the rise and fall of the country, betraying the teacher and killing the teacher will be despised by the entire human nation. Even if there is a name of justice, it is not a glorious thing.

This is also why in the original history, even though Khadgar killed Medivh for the sake of the world, he was still criticized by many people.

Duke thought for a moment and said, "I am now the deputy commander of the alliance. I may not have much time to teach Miss Ilucia..."

When she said this, Duchess Janice was so nervous that her heart almost jumped into her throat. The relationship was like this. If they didn't make progress, they would regress. It was very difficult to maintain the balance. Besides, Stormwind Kingdom had already established a firm foothold. It was the Barov family, which was weak in military strength, that asked Duke and Stormwind Kingdom for help in the face of the threat of the orcs that might come.

Things are different now. Duke and Stormwind Kingdom can completely ignore Alterac and the Barov family.

For Duke, it was neither good nor bad to not befriend Barov. If he considered the destruction of the Barov family in the "later generations", Duke really had no need to save this black-faced family.

At this moment, the faces of the undead versions of Janice and Ilucia from the Scholomance Academy that appeared in Duke's mind overlapped with the Janice in front of him.

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a little sympathetic towards the Barov family. I have been fighting for so long just to avoid becoming a ghoul.

Duke seemed to see Ilucia Barov in the future, standing among a group of necromancers. Although her family was not far away, she could only wait alone for the Lich King to summon her to the holy land of the Undead Scourge.

Mrs. Janice frantically dissected corpses one after another. At that time, she was no longer the elegant and beautiful mistress of the Barov family. In her crazy eyes, those soulless zombies were her only friends...

Since The First War I, too many kingdoms and families have been destroyed by three consecutive wars. Duke is not a savior and cannot save everyone.

However, since this tragedy happened right under my nose, I might as well try to save him.

Thinking of this, Duke changed the subject: "However, if the Barov family does not mind, I am willing to take Miss Ilucia as an apprentice."

It was not until this moment that Mrs. Janice finally breathed a sigh of relief.