Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Breaking the Barrier of the Heart
The king's speech is often an art form.
Some things can't be said directly.
Anyway, after this conversation, Duke understood, Alleria understood, and Bolvar understood.
Seeing Bolvar quietly asking the dwarves to urgently forge twenty thousand badges for Duke's private soldiers, Alleria, at some point, held Duke's hand.
She knew very well that Duke had exhausted all his connections.
Everyone knew that in the entire Stormwind Kingdom, apart from the royal knights directly under Lothar, the most capable were Bolvar' Gryphon Legion. The former were strong, but too few in number. The latter was the real main force of the Stormwind Kingdom.
After several expansions, the Gryphon Legion had grown into a super large legion of twenty thousand. The most core of them were still the Gryphon Legion that had retreated all the way from Redridge Mountains to Stormwind City.
These battle-hardened warriors were all the foundation of the restoration of the Stormwind Kingdom, the essence of the army.
Now, at Duke's request, Llane allowed him to pretend to be private soldiers.
And thirty thousand people, this is also the limit that a grand duke can mobilize.
It's not against the rules, but it's better than breaking the rules.
It may be explained as a strategic need, but no one can ignore the huge risks involved, and the heavy burden of friendship that is almost unbearable.
Asking a friend to stake the future of a kingdom with a population of a million to save tens of thousands of his compatriots, it's impossible to think about it.
Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness are difficult to fulfill. According to Duke, accompanying her to death is already fulfilling the friendship. Pulling up thirty thousand elites can only mean one thing, that she, Alleria, has long surpassed the definition of a friend in Duke's heart.
At some point, only Alleria and Duke were left in the room.
Suddenly realizing that her hand was still on the back of Duke's left hand, Alleria was embarrassed, not knowing whether to withdraw it or not. After hesitating for two seconds, Alleria still withdrew her hand.
Who knew that at this moment, Duke counter-grabbed her hand.
In terms of reaction, Alleria completely outperformed Duke by a long shot. A top ranger who doesn't want to be caught by a mage in close combat has at least a hundred ways to avoid it.
Alleria's hand was caught, which only proved one thing, she didn't want to hurt Duke's heart.
"I..." The former great demon king now looked like a panicked little rabbit.
Duke held her hand with his left hand and wrapped his right hand around Alleria's waist.
People are like this, once there's a first time, it's easy to have a second time. After being held by a drunken Duke once, Alleria, who was hesitating again, lost the opportunity to resist.
Alleria's waist was soft, and also had the flexibility of being well-exercised. In terms of feel, it was really comparable to Sylvanas. Perhaps it was because Alleria's figure was a little bit more plump, the feel of holding her was better. It was a kind of comfort that felt like your hand would melt away even though it was also very fit.
Realizing that Duke was likely to make things clear, Alleria quickly took a few deep breaths.
"I'm sorry, I'm not ready yet. If a high elf wants to be with a human, it means she has to be prepared to face endless loneliness a hundred years later. I... I... I'm not psychologically prepared yet."
Upon hearing this, Duke couldn't help but laugh, he had taken things for granted.
High elves claim to be immortal, but they are not.
Ten thousand years before the war between humans and orcs, there was only one large landmass surrounded by an endless ocean in the world of Azeroth - Kalimdor. Many different races and creatures lived on this land, struggling against the harsh natural environment. In the center of this dark continent was a lake filled with mysterious energy, known as the Well of Eternity, the source of magic and natural energy for the entire world. While drawing energy from the boundless darkness beyond this world, the Well of Eternity continuously released energy, providing nourishment for all kinds of creatures in the world.
This attracted the attention of the demon lord Sargeras, leading to the invasion of the Burning Legion ten thousand years ago. Due to the aftermath of this war, a series of magical reactions interfered with the energy of the well water, causing a massive explosion, triggering a catastrophe known as the Sundering in later generations. The entire continent of Kalimdor was split into several pieces, mainly the continent of Kalimdor in the west, the Eastern Kingdoms in the east, Northrend in the north, and Pandaria in the south. The original location of the well water collapsed into an endless whirlpool. This painful war was known as the War of the Ancients.
Because of Illidan's selfishness, he kept a small vial of the Well of Eternity's water, and artificially created another Well of Eternity.
As long as the Well of Eternity exists, the Burning Legion will not give up its intention to conquer this world. In order to protect the Well of Eternity, the three dragon Aspects of the Red, Green, and Bronze dragons jointly blessed the area around the Well of Eternity.
The huge oak tree planted by the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza, which could heal the scars of the earth, became the World Tree Nordrassil.
The Aspect of Time - Bronze Dragon Lord Nozdormu added magic to the World Tree: as long as this World Tree exists, the night elves will never age or get sick.
This is the source of the elves' immortality.
In fact, after being exiled by the night elves, the high elves lost the power of immortality. However, for humans, the lifespan of elves is still incredibly long.
Duke understood Alleria's concerns, but he couldn't tell Alleria that the legend of the elves' immortality would be ruthlessly shattered in the near future.
Of course, he had another way to comfort Alleria and break down her defenses.
Duke took out his bird head, ah! Don't get the wrong idea, those who do, go stand in the corner. This is just the head of the artifact staff Atiesh, which happens to be in the shape of a wooden bird head.
"This is... Atiesh's?" Feeling the strong magical fluctuations on it, Alleria could fully imagine how shocking the power of this staff was when it was complete.
"The previous Guardian Aegwynn, she was over eight hundred years old, right..." Duke seemed to be saying something irrelevant, but he was reminding Alleria that he, who had inherited Medivh's legacy, actually had other ways to obtain a life close to immortality.
Alleria's face turned red all of a sudden.
If she had been refusing to break down her defenses because of her lifespan, then now, on the premise that they both have nearly endless lifespans, all the obstacles she set up are invalid.
"No, I, that... actually..." Alleria was completely flustered. Facing Duke's gradually approaching face, she was completely at a loss.
Duke gave her a gentle kiss, kissing her smooth forehead, gazing into Alleria's emerald-like eyes, Duke smiled casually: "I know, you're worried about your kin, and you can't be distracted now. But after that..."
Alleria ran away, as if she was flying.
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