With the exception of the Zandalari Overlord clan, which founded Dazar'alor, most trolls are primitive and savage creatures.
This is also one of the main reasons why the Troll Empire was deprived of its dominance by the more civilized and developed Dark Night Empire.
As far as Sharlayan knows, many troll clans still maintain the backward and bad habits of cannibalism, clinging to the outdated traditions of the past, thinking that they are maintaining the fine traditions of the clan.
As the leader of the forest troll clan, the Amani clan has long since abolished the custom of cannibalism, but the big forest troll clans such as Evil Branch and Dead Tree have not followed their old ways.
Over the years, many Wildhammer dwarves and Stormgardians have been eaten by them.
Sarlayan had never dealt with the Drakkari trolls before and didn't know much about these frost trolls.
Compared to jungle trolls and forest trolls, the number of frost trolls is not that large.
Except for Drakkari, who is the leader of the clan, there are only a few known frost troll clans, such as Winterfang, Frostmane, and Ice Ax, all of which are small and unpopular clans.
Like the Amani, the Drakkari worship several loa.
The Backlight Blade thieves who infiltrated Zul'Drak did not dare to go too deep. They only obtained some information about one of the poisonous snakes, Loa, named Siletus.
According to the information provided to Sharlayan by the barrage, in addition to Siletus, Zul'Drak also houses Akali the rhinoceros, Hakoa the snow leopard, Mammoth Mammoth, Quethrun the wind serpent, and Renno the giant bear. There are a total of 7 Loa gods, including the wind serpent Saronya.
Judging from the number of loa alone, Dakari's strength is still higher than Amani.
But there is a reason for this.
The number of Loa that the Amani clan once worshiped was no less than that of Drakkari, but many of them fell in the final battle of the Troll War, and were burned to ashes by the super-large flame storm released by the high elves and human mages. .
To gain a foothold in Crystalsong Forest, Quel'Thalas will almost certainly face the impact of a complete Frost Troll empire.
The Drakkari clan was not the Amani, which had been greatly weakened and suppressed for many years. Even the Lich King Arthas, who later held an army of undead, spent a lot of effort to barely break through the Drakkari from the inside.
Nowadays, the first Lich King Ner'zhuldu has not yet risen, Arthas is still receiving strict teachings from Terenas, Uther and others in Lordaeron, and the Drakkari clan is still in its heyday.
If possible, Sharlayan did not want the Drakkari trolls to notice the high elves' movements so early.
But now their advance army has entered Crystalsong Forest. The feud between elves and trolls will break out whenever they meet. It is impossible to avoid the conflict.
In this case, Sarlayan changed his mind and considered how to quietly swallow this advance troop that invaded Crystalsong Forest.
According to Yatra, the number of this advance force was small.
Their main goal is to investigate Crystalsong Forest and provide intelligence for subsequent large force intervention.
In this team, scouts and headhunters account for the majority, and there are fewer offensive and auxiliary professions such as warriors and witch doctors.
To put it simply, this advance army has excellent mobility, but its frontal combat effectiveness is not strong.
"Um……"
Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Atla, in addition to this advance army, do the Drakkari Trolls have any other subsequent actions?"
"No."
Yatra shook his head and said: "Today, the main force of the Drakkari clan is still on the front line of the Grizzly Bear Hills. The Draxalon Fortress has accumulated a large number of troops, and they are fighting fiercely with the brave Grizzly-throated Furbolg."
Sarlayan's eyes flashed: "Have you contacted the grey-throated furbolg?"
"Yes, but it didn't go very well."
Atla spread her hands helplessly: "The Backlight Blade does not have professional diplomats. Those furbolgs seem to be deeply wary of the term "descendants of the upper elves" and are always unwilling to reach an alliance with us."
"Defense against the Highborne...?"
Sarlayan could guess why.
The big explosion caused by the upper elf of Shandalar would have been affected to some extent in Northrend, and it should be taken as a warning.
In addition, the furbolgs have always had a good relationship with the night elf commoners, so they naturally have no good impressions of the upper elf who are opposed to the night elf class.
"Diplomat..."
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and scratched his head: "The diplomats headed by Calpurnia are currently busy preparing for the upcoming elf gathering, and it is difficult to find capable people."
"I have no choice but to make a trip myself."
"you?"
Inas, who had been listening quietly, had a strange expression on her face: "Ersha, are you okay?"
Sarlayan rolled his eyes angrily: "A man can't say no! After all, I've followed Valila for so long, so there's nothing wrong with talking about it."
"Hey~" Inas raised her eyebrows with interest: "You little virgin still want to discuss with me whether men are okay?"
Sarlayan's confident expression suddenly dropped: "...I made a mistake, please let me go."
Before setting off to the Grizzly Hills to negotiate with the furbolgs, Sarlayan and his party had other things to do.
Before leaving Crystalsong Forest, Sharlayan ordered Atla and other thieves to closely monitor the Drakkari Troll outpost camp.
Find out the layout and personnel composition of the camp, the location of the leader's tent of this unit, and it is best to record the exact time of their shift change.
It will take at least a month for the reinforcements from Quel'Thalas to arrive. Until then, with the few manpower currently available in Crystalsong Forest, it is impossible to confront Drakkari's advance troops head-on.
The only thing available is the decapitation tactic.
It's easy to say it, but it's not that easy to find the exact location of the leader in a military camp with more than a hundred people.
Even if the specific coordinates can be found, there will definitely be many elite guards around the leader.
If you can't escape immediately after a successful attack, you will only disturb the enemy and cause unnecessary problems.
Sarlayan still has the same view. A war has begun before the battle officially begins, and logistical supplies and intelligence acquisition are top priorities.
Nowadays, there are only about a dozen high elves in Northrend. There is no need to worry about logistics for the time being, but intelligence work must be paid close attention to.
After bidding farewell to Atla and other Backlight Blade thieves, Sarlayan and his party walked through a small half of the Crystalsong Forest, sightseeing along the way from the northwest corner of the forest to near the southern exit.
Although he said it was sightseeing, Sarlayan was actually observing the distribution of the crystallized area and the specific situation of the resentful spirits entrenched there.
There are two relatively obvious crystallized areas in the entire Crystal Song Forest. The east of the central area is where the ruins of Shandala City are located, and it is also the most severely crystallized area in the entire forest.
In addition, there is also a small piece of crystallized woodland in the southwest part of the middle of the forest.
Sarlayan didn't quite understand why a place so far away from the Shandalar ruins would be affected by crystallization.
At the moment, Sarlayan doesn't have time to investigate in detail. He plans to solve the matters related to the dragon clan first and then go back and analyze it slowly.
After leaving Crystal Song Forest through the southern exit, Inas took the initiative to transform back into her dragon prototype, took the three juniors into the air, and flew straight towards the Dragon Sleeping Temple.
The patrolling dragon guarding the Wyrmrest Temple saw this atypical dragon with gradually changing scale colors from a distance.
Some of the stunned young people immediately came up to try to stop them, but the faces of the older dragons changed neatly, and they all recalled the dark history of their childhood being dominated by a certain demon king.
"Oh my god! Elena Strasza is back!"
"Yoo yo! Go and inform the dragon kings first!"
"You dared to sneak away! It's obviously my job to deliver the message! Go and do your duty faithfully!"
"Huh? You can't hear me. I'm going to take the first step!"
The Dragon Patrol of Wyrmrest Temple truly demonstrated what plastic friendship is.
As the eldest sister of the new generation of dragons, the bronze dragon Chromie, who was bragging and spanking on the ground floor of Wyrmrest Temple, noticed the movement outside and curiously walked to the door on the short legs of a dwarf.
"Ah this..."
When he saw the giant dragon with mixed red and green scales, Chromie's face couldn't help but twitch.
During the period when Inas was most active, Chromie had already been born, and she gradually emerged at the end of Inas's "conquering the world".
...Then, not surprisingly, he was scolded by his eldest sister for provoking.
To this day, Chromie still remembers the dark history of being fed medicine by Inas by pressing the faucet. Chromie, who has always been fearless, shrank his neck subconsciously, opened a space-time door without hesitation, and jumped in.
"Go away! You silly boys, please wish yourselves good luck!"
Chapter 425 Return of the Demon King
