Arthas and Twilight disembarked, Arthas frowned “Captain Valonforth, have all of our men arrived safely.”

Captain Valonforth nodded “My Prince most of our forces have arrived but a few ships have yet to arrive.”

Arthas frowned “Then stay here and hold this point until they arrive. Me and Twilight are going to take a scouting force and set up a base ahead.”

Twilight nodded “Captain Valonforth, stay safe.”

Captain Valonforth saluted “Will do!”

Twilight and Arthas headed further down the path with their forces tearing through a several beasts on the way. They saw a gold mine, a few peasant ran forward to set up a gold mine, they heard the sound of rifle fire and headed toward into the clearing weapons raised. They head a familiar voice “Laddie, lassie are you here to rescue us?”

Arthas blinked to see Muradin and a couple of riflemen “Rescue you, Muradin we had no idea you were here! What happened?!”

Muradin frowned “I was leading an expedition to retrieve an artifact but the closer we got to it the more undead we faced.”

Twilight frowned “We are here because an evil creature known as Mal’Ganis attacked Lordaeron. He commanded these undead and we intend to bring him down before he can harm our people anymore.”

Muradin frowned “A few of my camps are pinned down by the undead, if you rescue them they will gladly join your cause.”

Arthas nodded “Let’s get peasants setting up, Twilight will lead our forces to rescue your bases once we’re ready.”

Twilight blinked “I’m leading the attack forces?”

Arthas smiled “I trust you, you will lead the attacking forces and rescue our allies.”

Twilight took a deep breath and nodded with a smile “Very well Arthas I’ll do my best.”

Arthas smiled “I trust you the most out of anyone I know.”

Twilight smiled as him “Thanks” she then turned to the forces that arrived, they were comprised of several knights and “You are under my command, we will move out once the base defence is ready.”

Arthas nodded as he commanded peasants “I want a town Hall, a Barracks and several farm set up as well as a several scout towers around our base’s borders!”

The peasants bowed “Right away Milord.” They than ran off to begin the tasks.

Muradin laughed “You two have become very apt commanders” he turned to Arthas “your father should be proud.”

Arthas grimaced “After what I’ve done, I doubt he’ll ever want to see me again. There is blood on my hands Muradin, more than you could ever know.”

Muradin shook his head “Nonsense, Arthas your father wouldn’t do that for any reason.”

Arthas growled “Muradin, I purged Strathholme killing everyone in the city! My father will not forgive me regardless of my reason for doing so!”

Muradin sighed “Arthas why did you purge the city?’

Arthas took a deep breath “Because Mal’Ganis’ servant Kel'Thuzad had infected the grain in Andorhal with a curse that would cause any who consumed it to become the cursed undead. By the time I arrived in Strathholme the grain was already distributed and I had to purge the city, afterwards I took my forces here to pursue Mal’Ganis.”

Muradin nodded “You did what needed to be done Arthas, you made the hard choice that others couldn’t and that is the making of great king.”

Arthas smiled slightly “Thanks Muradin.” Arthas then set up the upgrade to a keep while getting a blacksmith built. Soon afterwards the towers were upgraded to arrow towers, while at main entrance of the base two cannon towers and two arrow towers were under construction.

Twilight then headed off confident the base was sufficiently defended, leading her forces to crush the undead bases and rescue the dwarves. Muradin frowned “Why are you sending Twilight out there rather than leading the forces yourself?”

Arthas frowned “Twilight is becoming too dependent on me, she has very little experience actually leading troops into combat without me and I’m hoping for her to build upon that in case we are doing independent missions or if I’m not around.”

Muradin frowned “Arthas you have put a lot of thought into this haven't you.”

Arthas nodded “I have learned from Twilight, being too reckless gets you nowhere. I’m trying to become a better leader and a better man one worthy of my crown. I have a long way to go before I should be king, I just have a feeling fate will push me into the role sooner then I wish.”

Twilight returned with the rest of the dwarves “Well, we have defeated the enemy in the area, now it’s time to bring Mal’Ganis down once and for all.”

Arthas nodded “Agreed Twilight let’s go, also good job on taking down those bases.”

Twilight blushed “Thanks Arthas.” Muradin let out a hearty laugh as he followed the two who were discussing their final confrontation.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.