Chapter 261: Quel'Thalas Alliance's Division of Interests
In the hall of Stratholme, less than half of the prepared seats were occupied.

"Stronghold suffered heavy losses after the last war and has been recovering. It has not had any contact with other countries for a long time."

"What's going on in Stormwind City?" Garithos asked with a somewhat grim expression.

Stormwind City was located in the southern part of the continent. Although it was also attacked by the Undead Army, it was much better than Lordaeron. When the orcs invaded, Stormwind City was the first to be hit and almost perished. In the end, it was Lordaeron who led several other countries to the destruction.

Only then did they defeat the orcs in the Second War, drive them back to their homeland, and help rebuild Stormwind City. As a result, now countries like Lordaeron are attacked by the Scourge, but Stormwind City directly refuses to help.

This made the representatives of several other countries in the hall look unhappy.

"Stormwind behaved arrogantly. The arrogant Countess Katrana Prestor and Duke Bolvar Fordragon refused to recognize the alliance proposed by the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and the Kingdom of Lordaeron."

"And they demanded that if they wanted to form an alliance, Stormwind Kingdom must be the leader, and the alliance meeting must be held in Stormwind City, so Stormwind Kingdom refused to attend this meeting!"

"As for Ironforge, because of the influence of Stormwind, the content of their reply is similar to that of Stormwind, and they also demand that Ironforge's status must be higher than that of Aerie Mountain."

No one mentioned the Blackrock Dwarves. It was these guys who committed suicide by summoning the giant screw, and then the entire race was enslaved by the giant screw.

"These damn Storm idiots!" Garithos cursed directly.

"What! Ironforge still wants to dominate Aerie Mountain? Who gave them the courage! If it weren't for our Wildhammer tribe last time, they would have been killed by Blackrock!" Falstad Wildhammer shouted angrily.

Faced with the unreasonable demands of Stormwind and Ironforge, both Lordaeron and Aerie Mountain were filled with indignation. If the people of Stormwind and Ironforge were here, I'm afraid they would have broken out into a fight on the spot.

Stormwind and Ironforge no longer take the northern kingdoms seriously. On the one hand, this is because countries like Lordaeron have suffered heavy losses, and on the other hand, Richard also knows this.

At this time, Stormwind and Ironforge were being terrorized by Countess Katrana. The charm of the Black Dragon Princess caused the nobles of the two countries to fight among themselves.

After confirming that no one else had arrived, Sylvanas officially announced the start of the meeting.

"If they don't want to come, then don't come. Let's start the meeting now!" said the Dwarf Lord Falstads.

The others around were already getting a little impatient waiting.

"It's getting late. There's no point in waiting any longer. Let's get started!" Richard's voice sounded. This time Richard kept Kael'thas watching. After all, with his political IQ, he would definitely fail by then.

"let's start!"

"Let's get started!" Others around also agreed.

"Okay, the meeting officially begins. I propose that the three countries here form a new Lordaeron offensive and defensive alliance. All systems can follow the original Lordaeron system."

"I firmly believe that as long as we unite as one, demons and undead are not invincible. We will be able to stop their attacks and eventually defeat them completely. Victory will surely belong to our new Alliance of Lordaeron!"

Before anyone else started speaking, Grand Marshal Garithos, who had been prepared, stood up and proposed forming a new alliance of Lordaeron.

"A new Alliance of Lordaeron? According to the previous system, it sounds good." The Wildhammer dwarf next to him discussed it with several other dwarf leaders and felt that it was acceptable.

Richard sat next to him with a blank expression, while Sylvanas frowned and said nothing. She knew very well what Garithos, who stood up first, was up to. He must be trying to gain leadership of the newly formed alliance.

But with Lordaeron’s current strength, even food needs support from the high elves. What qualifications does it have to demand leadership?
He immediately said, "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked at Sylvanas, waiting for her to continue speaking.

"I think the new alliance can no longer be called the Alliance of Lordaeron. After all, the Kingdom of Lordaeron has now become the Alliance of Lordaeron. How can the alliance formed by our three countries continue to be called this name?"

After hearing what Sylvanas said, many people also felt that the Alliance of Lordaeron could no longer be called the Alliance of Lordaeron. After the Kingdom of Lordaeron was destroyed by the Scourge, the people, nobles, and military from all over the country tried to save themselves, and then formed warlords of all sizes one after another.

Although Princess Kalia of Lordaeron came forward, these warlords did not succumb. After all, the Menethil royal family had an unshirkable responsibility for the fall of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

Naturally, these military leaders were unwilling to believe Calia, and many of them did not want to give up the power in their hands, so the Kingdom of Lordaeron became the Alliance of Lordaeron.

In name, all the people in the Alliance of Lordaeron regard Princess Calia of Lordaeron as their queen, and after wiping out the undead, they will pay taxes to the queen, but the management of the territory and the army still belong to them.

Although Calia wanted to restore the former Kingdom of Lordaeron, her own strength was insufficient. At the same time, because of what Arthas had done, the royal family was widely criticized by the people, and it was impossible to achieve the previous unification.

In the face of the threat of the Undead Scourge and the Burning Legion, Kalinya finally agreed to form the Alliance of Lordaeron to replace the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Of course, the laws of this alliance are still the same as before Lordaeron, and Kalinya also requires that the appointment of major administrative officials in various places must be reported to the king.

This can be regarded as adding some restrictions to the warlords of all sizes.

"I think the new alliance should be called the Quel'Thalas Alliance. Your alliance also needs us high elves to lead it!"

Sylvanas has no intention of handing over the leadership of the Alliance, otherwise why would they go through so much trouble to establish an Alliance?
What's more, the most powerful one right now is the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, while the other Alliance of Lordaeron and the Dwarves of Aerie Mountain are no match for them. The strongest one will naturally take the lead.

"Why should you, the high elves, take the lead? You should understand clearly that you were the first to withdraw from the last Lordaeron Alliance. Also, do you need me to help you recall how you performed in the last orc invasion war?"

As soon as Sylvanas finished her voice, Grand Marshal Garithos objected loudly. As a person who was very hostile to the high elves, Garithos was unwilling to let the Alliance be dominated by the high elves.

"Why? Good question!" Richard sneered, "Because of strength! Because Quel'Thalas is the strongest, and because we were able to recapture Stratholme, it was because of the series of heads hanging on the city walls." "Did I make it clear enough?" Richard said, glanced at Garithos, and continued, "Now, you can't eliminate those undead by your own strength. Only our Kingdom of Quel'Thalas has the strength to do so."

"Dwarf Lord, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Lordaeron, what do you think of us from Quel'Thalas leading the new alliance?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I want to know, if Quel'Thalas dominates the Alliance, what kind of help can you provide us?" Kalia had no opinion on who should lead the Alliance. After all, it was good enough for Lordaeron to maintain its current state.

Although she was grateful to the high elves for helping her restore her country, providing food and weapons, and helping her train her army, this did not allow her to ignore the interests of the country. After all, she was the queen of Lordaeron and needed to be responsible for Lordaeron.

"Yes, you can be the boss if you want to, but if you want to be the boss, what kind of help can you provide us?" The dwarf lord next to him didn't care who was the boss. He cared about how much benefit it could bring to their Wildhammer dwarves.

For the dwarves, they will listen to whoever gives them the most benefits and choose him as the leader. After all, if there is no benefit, why would they recognize you as the leader?

"Of course there are benefits." Richard continued, "We can dispatch the army of Quel'Thalas to help you clean up the undead scourge and demons in the original lands of Lordaeron and the Hinterlands!"

Richard, who was very clear about their current situation, hit the nail on the head as soon as he opened his mouth. Now, large tracts of land in Lordaeron and Aerie Mountain, where the dwarves were, were occupied by the undead and demons.

When Falstad heard Richard say that the high elves were willing to help them deal with the undead and demons, he agreed without thinking.

"I agree. As long as the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas helps us clean up the undead and demons, we will agree to the Quel'Thalas Alliance and agree to Quel'Thalas leading the Alliance!"

Among the northern countries, only Quel'Thalas has completely eliminated all the undead in the country. Therefore, only the high elves have the power to help them.

"Sir, in addition to the army, can Quel'Thalas provide us with some food?" said Dathrohan, the Crusader General next to him.

"Yes, we can provide enough food for 200,000 people every month." Richard said. Since he ordered people to cultivate the magic farmland, they just had a good harvest last month.

The food produced each month can easily supply 500,000 people, of course, this is only possible with the endless energy supply of the Well of Eternity. The output of these foods can be adjusted, and clay golems are used to grow these foods.

Since Richard promoted clay golems and rock golems in Quel'Thalas, all basic labor in Quel'Thalas has been replaced by clay golems. Rock golems have become the basic combat units of Quel'Thalas, the front-line meat shields.

The High Elves have a small population and cannot withstand consumption, so in order to improve combat capabilities and reduce casualties among the High Elves, Rock Golems become the best substitute.

The cost of building a rock golem is very high for other countries, but it is quite cheap for the high elves. After all, the abundant magic power in Quel'Thalas makes all kinds of magic materials very abundant and cheap.

Magic gems that are very precious to other kingdoms are just ordinary handicrafts here. As for large soul crystals, they can also be obtained from the dead.

In the multiverse, apart from the souls in the lower planes, the undead are the ones that produce the most soul crystals.

Ordinary undead can produce soul crystal fragments, mid-to-high-level undead will produce large soul crystals, high-level undead will produce high-level soul crystals, and legendary and above undead will produce legendary soul crystals.

Therefore, Quel'Thalas's army now uses a large number of rock golems. At the same time, Richard agreed to help clear out the undead and demons in order to collect high-level soul crystals.

In Richard's opinion, the undead scattered all over the eastern continent are all soul crystals.

"That's great! With food, the refugees we have gathered will be saved!" Dathrohan said happily. He fully agreed that the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas should lead the alliance.

"Marshal!" Queen Kalia next to him dissuaded Garithos who wanted to speak, and signaled him not to fight for leadership anymore.

The Kingdom of Lordaeron also needed the assistance of the high elves, whether it was military support or food support. Lordaeron had no food output at all, and the number of refugees and soldiers from all over the country had exceeded 300,000. Without the support of the high elves, they could not hold on.

Without strength, even if you seize the leadership of the Alliance, others can simply withdraw and start a new one, leaving Lordaeron aside.

If this situation really happens, the newly formed United Kingdom of Lordaeron will immediately fall apart.

"We also agree that Quel'Thalas should lead the Alliance!" said Princess Calia.

"I want to ask who owns Stratholme now."

"You can rest assured about this. Quel'Thalas has no territorial claims on any country." Richard said.

How many high elves are there in Quel'Thalas? The territory of Quel'Thalas is only about one million square kilometers. Even if there are one million high elves, they can still be supported here.

If the high elves develop according to his plan and continuously upgrade magic technology, let alone one million people, even ten million would be no problem. This population density can be easily supported.

"We are only temporarily in charge of Stratholme and will soon hand it over to Lordaeron."

Hearing Richard's words, Caria was relieved. Richard was going to hand over Stratholme to the human refugees they had gathered, and these refugees would join the Lordaeron Alliance in the form of an autonomous city.

A Stratholme that is close and friendly with the high elves is the Stratholme that the high elves need.

When this new Stratholme is built, it will be the high elves' power to contain Lordaeron. Richard needs to think long-term.

Although humans have a short lifespan, they reproduce very quickly. Once peace is achieved, it only takes twenty years for the human population to grow substantially. In fifty years, it will not be a problem to restore the past population peak or even surpass it.

Although the high elves have biological modifications carried out by Richard, their population is definitely not as large as that of humans.

(End of this chapter)