Grom was a little surprised: "You want to use those bones?"
Thrall didn't care: "Since the Battle of the Dark Gate, the Horde has always had a tradition of using death knights, right? Orgrim was like this, and so was the former Warchief Ner'zhul."
Grom shook his head. "I mean, aren't you afraid of angering the Alliance?"
Thrall smiled: "That's why it's a secret meeting. As long as the Alliance does not declare war on the Horde, the Forsaken will not join the Horde."
Grom sighed: "You have indeed matured."
In this life, Thrall still had the most difficult childhood. Whether it was his career as a gladiator, Orgrim's teachings, or the experience of leading his people across the Endless Sea, all of these had trained Thrall well.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Varian had not disappeared this time, he would have been completely defeated by Thrall in this life.
After five years as the leader of the Horde, Thrall has become more mature and far-sighted. The most valuable thing is that Thrall, who is making the Horde rise again, is only 20 years old this year. The people of the Horde have no doubt that Thrall can lead the Horde for at least another 30 years.
Thrall looked eastward and said, "The Horde has fallen far behind the Alliance. I hope this disaster on the Burning Plains can slow down the Alliance."
It is no exaggeration to say that, apart from a certain cheating time traveler, the Horde is more aware of the Alliance's misfortune this time.
Because the ones who were entrenched in Blackrock Mountain and leading the trouble were none other than the two sons of the first Warchief Blackhand, Red Blackhand and Maim Blackhand.
Thrall had originally sighed that the Alliance had completely taken over the Eastern Kingdoms and was far ahead of the Horde in terms of strength. But now after receiving this news, Thrall just wanted to laugh.
The location of the Burning Plains is too important. It is located in the core area of the southern continent, but the geographical conditions are extremely harsh. There is lava and volcanic ash everywhere. It is not a place where humans can live well.
Apart from the Blackrock orcs and Dark Iron dwarves, who are naturally resistant to fire, no other race can thrive there.
If it were Thrall, he would have a lot of headaches staying in a place like Blackrock Mountain.
At this time, Thrall was still in the mood to watch the show. If he knew who the real owner of Blackrock Spire was and what ghosts were under Blackrock Mountain, perhaps his mentality would be a little different.
On December 28, 20th year of the Dark Portal, even in the Stormwind, where the climate is warmer, it is still covered with ice and snow.
Winter is the time when everything withers.
Winter is also the time when people who have worked hard all year enjoy the fire in their warm homes and enjoy the year's harvest.
Thanks to the valuable domestic policy ideas left by Duke, the current Stormwind is much better than the Stormwind in history that was in turmoil and struggling in hardship.
From west to east, there is a railway that runs through the entire kingdom. The wheat in the Westfall is harvested today, and the day after tomorrow it can be transported along the railway across the entire Elwynn Forest, detour through the Redridge Mountains, and through the Swamp of Sorrows to the Watchtower in the Cursed Land.
From north to south, there is a subway from Ironforge to Stormwind City. Starting from Stormwind City, to Goldshire, and all the way south through Duskwood, a new railway is being built. Now the southernmost end of the railway has reached Nick Ridge. In two years, this north-south railway will be able to reach Stranglethorn Vale.
Even though this railway is only halfway open to traffic now, a steady stream of weapons and supplies are still being delivered along this railway to the Stormwind Kingdom's expeditionary force that is opening up the Stranglethorn Vale.
Now, the areas that historically belonged to the Horde's Grom'gol Camp, including Balar, Zukunda Ruins and other areas, have officially become the territory of Stormwind Kingdom.
The entire kingdom is talking about the troll ornaments, gold artifacts, and other items looted from the ruins of the Troll Empire.
Together with the Redridge Mountains, Swamp of Sorrows, and Deadwind Pass areas controlled by Duke, the territory of Stormwind Kingdom is more than three times larger than in history.
The prosperous situation makes every citizen smile.
At the same time, corruption also breeds. With the economy improving, the lords of Stormwind can make a fortune almost lying at home.
Gradually, especially the new generation of nobles, they forgot the shame of losing their territory and the grief of losing their loved ones in the first year of the Dark Gate, and began to indulge in pleasure...
On the 28th, the important officials of Stormwind Kingdom gathered in the new Stormwind Fortress. Because this day they would start discussing the important matters of the next year. Stormwind Kingdom's major events every year would be discussed in the winter and then implemented in the spring of the following year.
In front of the even more majestic gate of Stormwind Fortress, there were many luxurious carriages parked.
Many nobles, even if they were just there to listen, dressed up and attended. Since two years ago, they had formed a habit of waiting for her to appear at the gate of the fortress.
She did not disappoint them and came.
Two tall, pure black horses without a single stray hair pulled a black carriage with gold edging and slowly drove into the large square in front of the fortress.
A beautiful ms. with outstanding grace, supported by a marquis, stepped down from the carriage. She had long black hair that fell to her shoulders, smooth and soft. Her face, which seemed to be carved by a craftsman in the image of a goddess, had the most charming smile.
The purple top with silver edges on her body had a perfect diamond-shaped cutout in the middle of her chest, showing her bottomless cleavage. She was wearing a bright red floor-length skirt.
Her mere appearance caused a murmur of admiration.
Dozens of nobles were made to wait. People who were not aware of the situation might think that a queen had appeared in the Stormwind, and they were waiting for the queen to come with a worshipful attitude.
Sadly, she is not the queen.
She was just a countess, Countess Katrana Anrestor, the illegitimate daughter of an old Stormwind noble. In fact, that noble had been wiped out at sea during the Stormwind City retreat in the first year of the Dark Gate.
But she had documents that could prove her identity, and with her most elegant conversation and wisdom, she conquered the entire Stormwind aristocratic circle in just three years.
If there hadn't been Duke's precedent, her rise to fame would probably have been considered a legend.
Not only does she have great communication skills, she also has excellent ability in internal affairs. After Ilucia ran away to become the Queen of Alterac, Bolvar reluctantly accepted the reality that this woman had seized the power of internal affairs.
Bolvar is an excellent regent. He is impeccable in terms of military strength, virtue, and loyalty. Unfortunately, it seems that there is only one guy in the world who can handle cross-border affairs like Duke. His talent is all in military affairs.
Originally, next year's internal affairs meeting would still be Katrina's one-man show like the past two years, because no one could refute her in the field of internal affairs.
Today, the atmosphere seems a little different.
The nobles discovered that next to the silly Varian, there was not only Bolvar's regent chair, but also a very mage-style chair today.
Suddenly, the ceremonial officer called out, "His Excellency Edmund Duke, Grand Duke of Stormwind, has arrived!"