"Genn wouldn't be that foolish." Tirion Fordring disagreed. Genn had now lost even his capital. No matter how many men he had, he would not demand an accounting from the combined forces of Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas, who had just defeated the worgen.
"Who knows?" Patrick was equally unconcerned. "What he personally thinks isn't something we can predict."
"I still hope Gilneas will join us," Tirion Fordring said frankly.
"Actually, so do I. But judging by Gilneas's current situation, they're too unstable. What if they suddenly withdraw from the Covenant one day without telling either of us?" Patrick shook his head slightly. "The Covenant's primary purpose must be known only to its member states. That is my promise. And once that information leaks, the punishment won't be anything trivial or easily borne. Their kingdom will be destroyed. Every Gilnean will vanish in an instant, and not even a leaf will remain in all of Gilneas. Do you really want to see their kingdom destroyed? Or for Gilneas to fall out with us, leading to infighting within the Arcane Pact?"
Tirion Fordring also understood that joining the Arcane Pact meant there was no turning back. Of course, it was not quite that absolute. If Elune was successfully resurrected, telling others about this purpose of the Arcane Pact would no longer be much of a problem.
Still, considering how long Titans took to mature, Tirion Fordring reckoned he would probably never see Elune's emergence in his lifetime.
Infighting was something Tirion Fordring did not want to see. However far Terenas had gone, he had never dared let problems arise within the Alliance of Lordaeron. Civil war was absolutely unacceptable.
King Genn arrived after just one day. Although most of Gilneas City's population had relocated to Duskhaven, its importance to a country as its