Everyone fell silent and quietly listened to the old mage's opinion.
"I think I may know a little more about those orcs than you do! Except for Your Excellency Lothar, of course." Antonidas spoke slowly. "Because several years ago, I sent one of my students south to study them..."
A trace of a smile appeared on Lothar's face, and he nodded across the round table to Karin, who stood behind Antonidas.
"In fact, Your Excellency Lothar is absolutely right!" Antonidas continued. "According to the reports my student gave me, those monsters who call themselves the 'Horde' are extremely dangerous... if we ignore Your Excellency Lothar's advice, we too will be in danger!"
"Then why don't you wizards deal with them yourselves!" Genn Greymane said loudly. "If those monsters are so dangerous that they can even threaten you..."
It was no secret that Greymane hated wizards... according to research by a bard, this loathing had its roots in a romance...
Yet even so, the king of Gilneas had to admit that Dalaran's power far exceeded that of the other human nations.
"Because we cannot!" Antonidas said calmly. "Those orcs have spellcasters of their own..."
"A kind of spellcaster known as a 'warlock.' Their power comes from demons. You should have heard of those terrifying beings... and demons were also involved in how these orcs reached our world!"
"Of course, the vast majority of warlocks are weaker than Dalaran's citizens, but the innate talent they require is far less than that required of mages..."
Humans had a great aptitude for the arcane; however, only a tiny number of humans possessed that aptitude... otherwise, Dalaran's population could not have been so small.
"Our mages also made tremendous efforts, including a powerful mage whose strength was in no way inferior even to that of