Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

The next day, when Varian, Karen, and Gavinrad arrived at the Lordaeron Palace, many people had already gathered in the palace garden.

Looking at the symbols on their clothes, there are people from the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, the Kingdom of Stromgarde, and the Kingdom of Alterac.

When they saw Varian and his group coming, everyone turned their eyes over.

They were all a little surprised. You know, the last time, Storm Kingdom did not send anyone to participate in the military exchange meeting.

A young man from the Kingdom of Stromgarde stepped forward and said, "Good day, are you the prince of Stormwind?"

"Good day, I am Varian Wrynn, Prince of Stormwind, this is Karen Lothar, and this is Gavinrad."

"Nice to meet you all. I am Danath Trollbane, and this is my uncle, King Thoras Trollbane of Stromgarde."

"Good day, King Solas."

Varian stepped forward and saluted.

"Good day, Prince Varian. Could this Karen Lothar be the descendant of Emperor Thoradin?" King Solas was a little surprised when he heard the last name Lothar.

"Yes, King Solas, my father is Anduin Lothar," said Karen.

"Well, that's right. As expected, like father like son. Say hello to your father for me." Solas said.

"Sure, thank you King Solas." Karen said.

Emperor Thoradin was the first king of Arathor, the original unified human empire, and was honored as the "King of Arathor".

Later, the Arathor Empire split and gradually split into seven human kingdoms. The descendants of Emperor Thoradin traveled south by sea and eventually established the Kingdom of Stormwind on that lush land.

After the changes of the times, the royal family of Stormwind Kingdom finally became the House of Wrynn.

Sir Anduin Lothar and his son Caren Lothar are both descendants of Emperor Thoradin.

Then Varian got to know the other people one by one, including Drake Proudmoore, who was the son of Kul Tiras leader Daelin Proudmoore and looked about the same age as Varian.

There is also King Aiden Perenolde of the Kingdom of Alterac, who is about the same age as Varian's father, King Llane.

Most of the participants are kings or princes. Drake Proudmoore is a little special, because the Kingdom of Kul Tiras is jointly ruled by four major families, so there is no king. The current leader is Admiral Daelin Proudmoore.

The military exchange meeting is mainly for the seven human kingdoms to regularly exchange and share the latest military technology. It is also an event for regular meetings of high-level officials from various countries, so kings and princes always attend.

Varian chatted with a few people for a while, then the banquet began and everyone walked towards the banquet hall.

Varian saw many people in the banquet hall. Based on the noble insignia on their clothes, he guessed that the person sitting in the main seat should be Terenas Menethil, King of Lordaeron. Sitting next to him was a boy of three or four years old, who should be Arthas Menethil.

The person from the Kingdom of Gilneas should be King Genn Greymane. From my impression, this king is isolationist and even more isolated than Stormwind.

During the Orc War, he initially refused to join the Alliance. After joining, he symbolically sent a small team of soldiers, and later withdrew from the Alliance.

In the magical kingdom of Dalaran, the person who came was a young wizard who was a few years older than himself. After questioning, he learned that the young wizard was Khadgar.

After recognizing almost everyone, Varian turned his attention to the delicious food on the table.

There are many delicacies in Lordaeron that are not available in Stormwind, such as lion meat.

There is now slow-roasted turkey, pumpkin pie, fish feast, roasted lion meat, turtle soup, and grilled bear steak on the table.

The wine is the local specialty Lordaeron rice wine.

After seeing that most of the guests had arrived, King Terenas began to speak.

"Good morning, dear kings, princes, and guests!

In this sunny and cool season, we gather in Lordaeron to participate in this grand military exchange meeting. First of all, on behalf of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, please allow me to express my warmest welcome and most sincere thanks to all of you who have come to the meeting! Your presence has made this military exchange meeting more glorious. At the same time, it has also played a greater role in the mutual exchange, mutual promotion and mutual growth of military technology among countries.

Military exchanges are an important activity between human kingdoms. The world is not stable, and many places are threatened by non-human races such as gnolls, trolls, and fishmen. Strengthening military technology exchanges plays a very important role in jointly facing the threats of non-human races and maintaining world peace.

At this military exchange meeting, we hope that all guests can share their valuable experience and innovative achievements in military theory, military equipment, military technology, and military training, and jointly study and discuss existing and future development trends.

Next, I hope that everyone can speak actively, demonstrate actively, speak enthusiastically, discuss freely, and contribute their own strength to the development of human military technology.

Finally, I wish this military exchange meeting a complete success! I wish all the guests can have a perfect military exchange meeting! Thank you all! "

After King Terenas finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause, and the first phase of the military exchange meeting began.

The first stage is the stage for various countries to showcase their new military technologies.

In the very center of the venue, there is a huge open space for exhibitions, and guests can eat while watching the exhibitions during the banquet.

The first to appear was the display of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. A group of infantry came in from outside, holding a special shield in their hands.

The captain of the infantry introduced to the audience: "Dear guests, we are infantrymen from Lordaeron. What we are demonstrating now is the infantry's shield-raising technique. Let's begin!"

The infantrymen pressed the mechanism on the shield, and the shield instantly became larger and grew spikes.

The captain of the infantry said: "This special shield is heavier than ordinary shields. After it is activated, the shield will become larger and can effectively defend, especially long-range attacks. After testing, we found that using top-shield infantry as the front row to attack can reduce casualties by about 30% compared to ordinary infantry."

"Its disadvantage is that the shield is relatively heavy. When the infantry advances with this shield, their speed is reduced by about 20%. That's all for my introduction. Thank you."

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of whispering in the venue, all discussing the shield-top technique.

The infantrymen did not leave the field, but stayed where they were, allowing the guests to study and view their shields.

Varian, Karen, and Gavinrad also went up to see.

Varian had never used infantry seriously. His front row before was mainly composed of halberd soldiers recruited from the system sentry tower, and they had no shields.

So he looked at the shield with a mechanism with great curiosity.

"Your Highness, I think the shield-holding technique is very good and suitable for us. We can also learn from it." Gavinrad said while holding up a shield.

"Yes, our troops are very strong in long-range attacks. We have archers, priests, and griffin knights. If they are combined with a front row with stronger defense, our troops' casualty rate will be lower." Karen said.

Varian also agreed with this, but he didn't know whether the shield technology was easy to produce. If it was difficult, he could just purchase a batch of shields and go back for training.