Chapter 473: Alliance

Alaric's words were met with agreement from some members of the Silvermoon Council, but there were still those who disagreed.

This time, the speaker was not a council member, but a noble observing the proceedings.

"First, we must acknowledge that your plan, my lord, certainly has some feasibility. With the cooperation of human and Wildhammer Dwarven allies, the extermination of the trolls is not an impossible task."

The high elf noble's tone was not overly harsh. He began by acknowledging Alaric's plan, but everyone knew that his real point would come after that "but."

"However, I believe you should be aware that deciding whether to wage war is not simply about the victory or defeat of the battle. 

It's also about what you stand to gain from the war. While an alliance of the three races would surely be able to annihilate the trolls, it would also require a massive consumption of resources. 

As the beneficiary, Quel'Thalas would need to offer its allies corresponding rewards, which would drain a significant portion of Quel'Thalas' wealth. 

However, if we stick to our original plan, even though we cannot eliminate the trolls in the short term, we won't have to pay such a high price. 

All we need is patience and wait for the trolls to gradually weaken to the point where they can no longer stand against Quel'Thalas. This is far better than a costly and destructive war."

The noble's words earned responses from many others. Indeed, war, at its core, is a battle over wealth. Once war is declared, the high elves would have to deplete their treasury, and these nobles would need to part with their own wealth. But who would want to see their wealth drained?

Moreover, after capturing Zul'jin, the original plan had been to use him to restrain the Amani trolls, gradually weakening and dividing their forces through a "boiling frog" method. 

This strategy had been formulated by the entire leadership of Quel'Thalas.

If they were now to launch a full-scale war against the trolls, their previous plan and efforts would not only be rendered futile, but at least seventy to eighty percent of their work would have been in vain. 

From this perspective, the high elves had good reason to reject the war plan.

It seemed now that Alaric, who had proposed the war plan, was being pushed into opposition against the leadership of Quel'Thalas?

Alaric sighed. To be honest, he really didn't want to get caught up in a battle of words here, but now he had no choice but to do so.

He was beginning to realize more deeply that strength was the foundation of everything. If he had the power of a Creation Titan, he could resolve everything on his own. Why bother wasting time and words here?

After calming himself, Alaric continued, "Indeed, your country's original plan is quite brilliant. It seeks to resolve the enemy without wasting unnecessary wealth. 

That is truly a good move. 

However, sometimes, no matter how great a plan is, it doesn't always lead to success, because it still requires a bit of luck—and your country's original plan lacks that element of luck."

The idea that the failure of a plan could be due to luck was something that everyone could accept. At least they could say, "It was fate, not due to any fault of war," and save face.

So, those who had nearly been convinced by the high elf noble's arguments now turned their attention to Alaric with interest.

"In fact, if this continent could maintain such peace and Quel'Thalas could continue to face off against the Amani trolls, I would dare say that your country's plan would most likely succeed. 

Unfortunately, time waits for no one. This world is now facing new enemies. 

There's no time to let your country wait for the Amani trolls to decline. As I understand it, the current warchief of the Orcish Horde is a rather shrewd strategist. 

As enemies of both humans and high elves, I believe he will not fail to see the trolls as a potential ally. 

This means that if the Alliance's war against the Horde goes poorly, the orcs may very well make contact with the trolls. 

And at that point, what was once a minor threat could become a huge problem. Of course, I'm not saying this will definitely happen, but there is a possibility—and a significant one, at that. 

So, shouldn't we eliminate the danger in its early stages? I hope you can make the appropriate judgment."

Alaric's argument was like a resounding gong, striking right at their hearts.

Indeed, times had changed. The orcs had already conquered the entire former Stormwind Kingdom and now captured Khaz Modan. 

Even the not-so-weak dwarves of the Ironforge and gnomes were now confined to their capital.

In other words, the orcs now nearly ruled the entire continent across the Great Sea. 

Their strength was apparent, and who could guarantee that the Alliance would definitely win a war against the Horde?

But if the Alliance fared poorly in battle, and allowed the orcs to march toward Quel'Thalas—no, they wouldn't even need to reach Quel'Thalas, as long as the orcs got to Hinterlands, they would be able to make contact with the trolls. 

By then, with the trolls as an ally, the orcs would surely grow much stronger. And the first ones the trolls would want to trouble? The high elves, of course.

With this in mind, their original plan seemed utterly ineffective now.

Who could have predicted that such a bizarre event—an invasion from another world—would happen?

Many of the high elves who had originally formulated the plan to weaken the trolls were now convinced by Alaric. 

Though they were reluctant to abandon their original strategy, they had to admit that with the unexpected changes in circumstances, their old plan was no longer viable.

However, there were still some who opposed and spoke out strongly.

"So what if the green-skinned monsters and trolls team up?" one high elf shouted loudly. 

"Even if these two barbaric and foolish races are numerous and powerful, they're nothing in front of our magical barriers. 

With the barrier in place, we need not fear them. We can simply stay inside Silvermoon City and wait for them to run out of supplies and leave."

Compared to the previous opposition, this argument seemed less credible and quite irresponsible.

Nonetheless, there were indeed some high elves who agreed with this viewpoint. Alaric observed that there were quite a few such individuals, most of them mages.

After observing, Alaric began to understand why they thought this way.

Mages, after all, tend to overestimate their magic and are often reclusive and self-centered. 

They would rather stay in their towers, experimenting with magic, avoiding unnecessary trouble, and using the magical barrier to do as they please.

To be honest, if Alaric didn't have knowledge of the vast multiverse from his previous life and could see further into the future, he might have agreed with these mages: spend every day in their towers, perfecting their magic, and then come out once they were powerful enough to conquer the world. What a dream, right?

But now, standing opposite these mages, Alaric had no choice but to slap their faces.

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