Rex looked at Darius, who still had not quite adjusted to his current role. Those gathered here now represented not only Gilneas, but also the Alliance. The Gnomes' appeal for aid was directed at the Alliance, not Gilneas. A hundred thousand troops was a great many, but divided among several nations, each nation's share would not be so large. Rex had proposed sending a hundred thousand because he intended to resolve the Gnomes' predicament outright.
If they acted at all, they would settle the matter in one decisive stroke.
A joint deployment was essential. It would increase the Alliance's influence. Otherwise, what was the point of forming it? If the Alliance did nothing for long enough after its founding, people would eventually see it as nothing more than an ornament. It had to act, and it needed an enemy to reinforce its presence. During the Second War, the Alliance had been formed out of wartime necessity; they had no choice but to unite. Yet once they won the Second War, the High Elves were the first to find an excuse to break the pact and leave, followed by Gilneas and Stromgarde.
Rex had thought that resisting the Burning Legion would be the Alliance's first war after its founding. He had not expected it to become a mission to rescue the Gnomes instead. But regardless of where they fought, the Alliance's first battle had to end in victory, and its scale could not be small. A hundred thousand troops was the minimum, not the maximum.
King Genn remained expressionless, saying nothing for a long while as he considered the matter. Even with the burden shared in a joint deployment, Gilneas would still have to send thirty thousand troops. That was no small number. Gilneas now possessed extensive territories and resources, with