Duke has never been a handsome guy. Compared with the Lothar in the movie, his appearance is more than two levels lower. But this does not mean that Duke has to accept himself as an old man!
It was already unpleasant to look at the white-haired Khadgar Duke in the original history, and now it has become himself... Who can stand a college-aged time traveler suddenly becoming a little old man?
Fortunately, he still had the Red Dragon Queen as a backup. For Alexstrasza, who had given the World Tree life force and the Night Elves eternal life, it would be a piece of cake for her to make up for his loss.
However, Duke didn't expect Vereesa to suddenly say, "Don't worry, no matter what you become, I will still like you."
"Puff!" All the single guys around burst into laughter. They stared at Duke, as if they wanted to cut a piece of flesh out of Duke's face.
In public, Duke's performance is beyond reproach.
In private... Damn, having an Alleria is not enough, you actually continue to target your sister-in-law when most of your male compatriots are still single. Do you have any humanity?
Well, you are in a high position and have great power, so just do it if you want. Is it necessary for you to show off your affection in front of us?
Don't you know that showing off your affection will lead to breakup quickly?
Suddenly, a bunch of guys wanted to borrow flamethrowers from the 'FFF Group' and burn Duke too.
Duke was dumbfounded: You don't have to do this to attract hatred? Will anyone protect me in the future?
The innocent Vereesa blinked her eyes, seemingly not understanding why the atmosphere suddenly became so weird.
Gavinrad blinked and said, "Boss, give me a fief in Elwynn Forest, and I will forgive the psychological trauma you have caused me today."
Duke quickly agreed: "Okay."
As for the other two singles, Saidan and Abendis, Duke promised to treat them to a three-day party at the Dream Angel salon next time he went to Lordaeron.
What is 'Dream Angel'?
Although Saidan gave Duke an "you know" expression, it seemed that a simple, holy and upright person like Duke would certainly not understand!
Well, I'm still a 17-year-old kid!
No matter whether others believe it or not, Duke believes it himself.
To Duke's surprise, he waited until dark, but the Red Dragon Queen did not show up. Who knows if they chased Neltharion from the Eastern Kingdoms to Northrend in the north, flew to Kalimdor, and then detoured to Pandaria to complete the feat of flying around the world.
Not to mention, those five funny guardian dragons with almost unlimited physical strength, driven by deep hatred, might really be able to do it.
As a last resort, Duke had to open a portal and go back to Dalaran first.
He didn't know that Dalaran, no, almost all the major cities in the entire Alliance territory that received the latest news were in an uproar.
"Alliance Vice Commander Edmund Duke has freed the Red Dragon Queen from the evil orcs."
"Two hundred thousand orcs were buried by the red dragon's breath beneath the Grim Batol Fortress in the Wetlands!"
"The Horde has suffered a crushing defeat and has begun to retreat from Arathi Highlands!"
"The Red Dragonflight has once again become an ally of humanity!"
There were cheering crowds everywhere, people were shouting, cheering and roaring to the sky in ecstasy.
Whose tears are flying?
Whose smile is blooming?
As long as you are wearing the alliance jersey, no matter you are a sixty-year-old man or a teenager, you will definitely be warmly welcomed by the people.
The old man holding his treasured wine, the beautiful girl with passion, the little child with a smile on his face, everyone praised the alliance in his own way.
However, this has nothing to do with Lordaeron.
1,000 people set out, and 250 people were subsequently deployed. After the battle, including those who had lost limbs and could never go to the battlefield again, only 192 people came back alive, and the actual loss was more than 90%.
It is no exaggeration to say that almost all of Lordaeron's elite troops were burned to ashes!
If such a huge sacrifice had been rewarded with equal merit, King Terenas of Lordaeron might have felt better.
The point is - most of those who came back alive are Paladins of the Silver Hand! They take justice and honesty as virtues! Paladins of the highest creed!
These guys definitely don't lie!
They told everyone they met: "We launched the raid at the worst possible time! We ran into the main force of the Horde. If it weren't for Sir Edmund's reversal at the critical moment, we would have been completely wiped out."
It seems that as long as Duke is still alive, there will be no chance for Lordaeron to make a breakthrough.
Lordaeron paid a high price for this that others could hardly imagine. More than a thousand elite knights, mages, priests, hunters, and thieves died, but what did they get in return?
A wrong time to raid?!
Terenas almost coughed blood.
We Lordaeron paid such a heavy price, but all we got in return was a "successful" feint? If these 1,000 men were put on the front battlefield, they would definitely be powerful characters in opening up new territories. But they died in obscurity in Grim Batol Fortress.
It is true that one general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers.
When he heard the full news, Terenas choked on the spot and coughed violently. Tears came out of his eyes and his lungs were almost coughed out. He still hadn't recovered his breath.
He once hated the Horde that turned Silverpine Forest into a scorched earth.
Now he suddenly found himself hating Duke even more, as he always stole the limelight in Lordaeron.
Before this, he had never imagined that he, who was already the king of the most powerful kingdom on the continent, would one day be jealous of a young man who once had nothing.
At this moment, he even wanted to assassinate Duke.
But he didn't dare. Duke, who had returned from hell, was already the top hero of the Alliance. And look at the attitude of Stormwind. If he dared to touch Duke, Llane would definitely mobilize 200,000 troops to fight him to the death. Those kingdoms that were friendly with Duke would definitely not sit idly by.
Terenas gritted his teeth and swallowed his anger.
Over there, Stormwind held a grand welcome ceremony for Duke's return.
"Duke!" Almost as soon as Duke stepped out of the portal, Llane rushed up and gave Duke a tight bear hug.
"Cough cough cough! (Let me go)" Duke's face turned pale.
As soon as Lion let go, Anduin immediately took his place.
"Cough cough cough! (I'm going to die)" Duke's face turned pale.
"Du...Ah! Duke, what happened to you?" Duke Bolvar originally wanted to take the third baton, but was shocked to find that Duke was almost dying.
For a moment, there was chaos.