The upheaval in Lordaeron shook the intelligent races of the entire Eastern Continent, and Arthas's name once again resonated throughout the land.
The crisis of the Scourge and the Lich King was placed on the desks of the high-ranking officials of various countries for the first time.
Although the royal families close to Stromgarde had received some hints, they never imagined that the Scourge plague would be so devastating, with such a wide reach, and that it would take so long to cleanse and purify the undead in the future!
Of course, the various countries were also grateful that the schemer known as the Lich King chose Lordaeron as the target for releasing the plague and selected Arthas as the scapegoat; otherwise, they would have been in a terrible situation, as no country could withstand the combined machinations of Ner'zhul and Kel'Thuzad!
Now, Lordaeron can be considered finished. Even if the bloodline of Menethil has not been severed and Lordaeron has not been destroyed, the prince's betrayal has undone thousands of years of the Menethil family's efforts overnight, and the nobles have begun to question the royal family.
These are all things of the future. The succession to the throne, the suppression of the Scourge, the re-election of the leader of the Alliance, and many other situations will require time to develop. But the most important thing at the moment is providing support to the more than 600,000 surviving people in the Tirisfal region, especially the 200,000 refugees who evacuated from the capital city.
After completing the transaction with Arthas at the farm outside Lordaeron City, Galen went to the monastery in northern Lordaeron and the valley in the west.
Tirisfal was the core of the Menethil family's rule. The celebration held by Terenas for Arthas caused all the royalist nobles to leave their territories, either to visit the king in Lordaeron or to curry favor with Arthas in advance, and then they were wiped out in one fell swoop.
The two large refugee camps in the north and west lost their backbone, and Galen needed to go there to make arrangements, not only bringing some defensive forces but also leaving a portion of food to appease the people.
When he returned to the eastern shore of Lake Lordamere after finishing his work, he saw Varian, who looked listless.
"Hey, Varian, I asked you to help the people of Lordaeron evacuate, but you don't have to work so hard, do you? Look, you almost died from this wound."
Galen circled around Varian, carefully examining his injuries. After finding that the problem was not serious, his poisonous tongue attribute kicked in, and he started lecturing Varian.
"What's wrong? You are the prince of Stormwind, not the prince of the people of Lordaeron. Run away if you can't beat them."
"What about the life-saving trump card I gave you? Why didn't you use it?"
Varian looked embarrassed. Facing Galen's lecture, he knew that Galen was genuinely concerned about him, so he was speechless.
But Varian felt aggrieved. Why would he risk his life for Lordaeron? When he faced Arthas's fatal blow, he was already prepared to activate the invincible potion.
Based on Varian's understanding of the relationship between Arthas and Galen, they were not close, and Arthas would definitely not know that Galen had the habit of giving away life-saving items!
In addition, Varian had calculated that, without any accidents, he would definitely be able to use the invincible potion to unexpectedly inflict heavy damage on Arthas.
But who would have expected that a hero of the Alliance who had been missing for many years would suddenly appear?
Then Turalyon thought that Varian was in danger and came to the rescue!
Varian was aggrieved!
And he couldn't blame Turalyon, after all, he wanted to save him... …
"Galen, it was my carelessness. I will definitely pay attention next time!"
Varian could only silently bury the truth in his heart. Who could be more miserable than me!
At this moment, Varian's camp was opened, and a person familiar to Galen walked in.
"Turalyon? It's you!"
"Galen! You're here!"
The good buddies who hadn't seen each other for many years gave each other a big hug.
"Where have you been all these years? Why haven't I heard from you at all?"
"You're the same. You disappeared for more than ten years after entering the Dark Portal. If Lord Admiral and Danath hadn't repeatedly assured us that you were not in danger, we old buddies would have probably secretly opened the Dark Portal and snuck over."
Then Galen and Turalyon told each other about their experiences over the years. Galen learned that Turalyon had been following the Guards of Tyr in Tyr's Fall for ascetic cultivation, and Turalyon also learned that Galen had been fighting against the Burning Legion in Draenor.
Both sides tacitly avoided mentioning Alleria. Turalyon was now a mature adult in his thirties and had long realized that he was just a naive teenager back then and that it was purely unrequited love. Galen was afraid that his marriage contract with the two Windrunner sisters would stimulate Turalyon.
"Galen, you have to help these refugees. Without your support, they won't even be able to survive this winter!"
"As a member of the Alliance, we will not sit idly by and watch the people of Lordaeron starve and freeze to death. Varian is also here, and he can guarantee that just as King Terenas helped the refugees of Stormwind back then, Stormwind will help these 200,000 people today!"
Varian nodded vigorously to the side.
But the truth was only known to him and Galen. The purpose of Varian's trip was these 200,000 people. In fact, it was also okay to say that Varian was working hard for his people, as they would soon become the people of Stormwind.
"Will going south to Stormwind be too far?"
It's no wonder Turalyon was puzzled. Back then, Stormwind took the refugees north because all the human countries were in the north, and they were the only ones in the south. So, they definitely ran north.
Now that Lordaeron was in trouble, the countries in the north were all very close. Why bother going far away?
But Galen had already thought of an explanation.
"Stromgarde has already taken in 200,000 refugees more than ten years ago. Now, the land of the Arathi Highlands is becoming saturated, and it is beyond their ability to continue to take in people."
"Originally, it would also be possible to settle them in the Hillsbrad region, but my investigation during this period has found that the Scourge army is not only composed of the mindless ghouls from the beginning but also a large number of resurrected elite soldiers, groups of aerial gargoyles, abominations, crypt fiends, and human necromancers! !"
"There are even dragon corpses that were stolen somehow. The Lich King poured frost magic into the bone dragons to create frost dragons!"
The implication was that settling the refugees in the Hillsbrad region, which had no defenses, would undoubtedly be sending troops to the Lich King!
Turalyon was shocked.
"We haven't received any news about the Scourge!"
It would be strange if you did.
In order to create the illusion that Arthas had killed Mal'Ganis and completely destroyed the Scourge, the Lich King had already controlled the Scourge in the Eastern Plaguelands and Western Plaguelands to shrink back and disappear from human sight.
After Arthas successfully killed his father, the high-ranking Scourge troops that Arthas had hidden outside Lordaeron City destroyed Lordaeron's city defenses in the first place.
"Also, there's Gilneas, which is even closer. Turalyon, unless you can kick down their Greymane Wall, don't expect them to take in refugees."
The kingdom of Alterac was directly ignored. Turalyon would rather the people go south to Stormwind to take refuge than have them go to the snowy and icy land to spend the winter.
"I can't make a decision alone. I only hope that Uther can find Princess Calia... …"