Chapter 24 end

"It will be an impressive monument," Turalyon commented.He and Khadgar rode on the edge of the cliff and stared at the plain in front of him. It was here that Lothar fought the last battle of his life a month ago.The landscape here is bleak and monotonous.Except for the newly erupted lava, which glows red in the shadows, the rest is made of black stone and hardened lava.The sky was thick with ash and smoke, and the weather was continuously gloomy.The looming mountains are like a reluctant guard.Blackrock Tower stands in the distance. "It will," Khadgar agreed. "His sacrifice will always be remembered as a mark of loyalty and bravery, even after all other traces of this war fade away."

Turalyon nodded, his eyes still fixed on the statue being erected in front of Blackrock Spire.Regent Anduin Lothar, the general of the Stormwind Kingdom and the commander of the alliance, raised his sword high in one hand and the shield in the other, looking at the sky as if he was about to launch a challenge.He wore a suit of full plate but no helmet, and his strong features stared out across the valley, his eyes stern but kind. " "The war is finally over," Khadgar said. This is a fact.The battle for the Dark Portal is the final battle.Those few orcs who survived surrendered to the Alliance and became prisoners.No one knows what to do with them, and now they are being ordered here to carry materials for the construction of Lothar's statue.Turalyon thought this was brilliant irony.When the work here is finished, they will probably be sent to some other place to continue to work as coolies.He suspected that all of them would be killed and none of the orcs would be freed, for some of them still dreamed of being able to rebuild the Horde.Including the black hand brothers, they escaped, but they still lack enough manpower to pose a sufficient threat.

However, this is not what he needs to care about.When the time comes, Terenas and the other kings will decide.When the kingdom of Lordaeron cleared the territory of threats, Terenas sent troops into Alterac, declared martial law, abolished the status of the traitor Perenolde and imprisoned him.The fate of Alterac is still unknown, but the alliance will continue, and the remaining rulers have unanimously elected Turalyon as their commander.He also accepted the appointment, and he felt that Lothar would also like him to inherit the role.His friend, his mentor, had only hoped to protect the land and her people, a mission Turalyon had sworn to fulfill.

"Are you thinking about something heavy again?" Khadgar asked, touching his shoulder lightly. "Just thinking about what might happen in the future," Turalyon replied. "Nobody knows what the future holds," said his friend, a strange look on his face. "Though I think we'll still see the Horde or their world." "I hope you are wrong," Turalyon told him. "But if you are right, we will stand here and wait for their return. We will drive them back again, as we have done this time. This world is ours, and in the name of the Light we will defend Safe here forever."

The mage laughed. "Excellent speech, good Turalyon," he mocked. "Maybe that's why they made you into a statue, when that day comes." "Statue?" Turalyon laughed too. "How can we ever do something worthy of being made into a statue?"