Communication between people requires reciprocity, and the same applies between countries.
Thalayan helped Varian with advice and promised to help persuade the Sun King to strengthen ties with the Kingdom of Stormwind. Naturally, Varian wanted to reciprocate.
Knowing that Sharlayan wanted to find the whereabouts of a pandaren in Stormwind City, Varian agreed to his request without saying a word.
"Madias, come out."
At Varian's call, a young man wearing black leather armor walked out of the shadows and knelt on one knee in front of Varian.
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Varian introduced to Sarlayan, who still looked calm: "This is Mathias Shore, the grandson of the leader of MI7, Pasonia, and her chosen future successor."
"Madias, you should have heard what I discussed with Earl Deep Shadow, right?"
There is no doubt that the people Varian can take with him are those he can trust completely.
Mathias's appearance and figure are unremarkable, and it is difficult to attract attention among the crowd. He has an excellent intelligence background.
From this aspect, Valeela, who is too good-looking, is actually at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, the main task given to Valeela by the Sunstrider royal family is to fully assist Sharlayan, without her having to go to the front line to collect intelligence in person.
Mathias lowered his head slightly and responded: "Yes, I will arrange for the 'fingers' to investigate the whereabouts of the panda man."
Sarlayan didn't quite understand Mathias's slang, and he didn't intend to delve into it, as long as he could get a satisfactory result.
According to the deal between Sarlayan and Varian, Onyxia will temporarily return to her old career in the next period of time, playing the role of Countess Prestor, stabilizing those nobles who are ready to move, and mobilizing for Varian. The army stalled for time.
Since Latania couldn't control her lower body, Onyxia was no longer interested in this vest whose reputation had been tarnished.
After reluctantly cooperating with the Wrynn royal family to perform the last scene, she planned to make "Countess Prestor" completely withdraw from the stage of history.
The Countess of Presto was originally run by Onyxia. Although she was taken away by Latania midway, it didn't cost Onyxia much to take over the connections she had cultivated. effort.
The nobles were very confused about Countess Presto's sexual transition again, but they didn't take it seriously. They just thought that she had had enough fun and wanted to calm down temporarily.
The banquet hosted by Bolvar ended smoothly. The disappearance of Latania and Lutabian did not arouse anyone's alarm. The nobles did not even know that Varian had come to the Duke's Palace.
During Onyxia's use of the nobles' connections and Mathias's use of MI7 thieves to conduct a two-pronged search, Sarlayan quickly obtained information related to the Pandaren.
"Strangle Vale?"
"Hiss~" Sarlayan twitched the corner of his mouth and complained: "That guy can really run, and he really plans to travel across the entire continent."
Through verification by MI7 and noble channels, Sarlayan finally knew the name of the panda.
Chengbo Stormstout.
[Stormstout? Element awareness. 】
[Can anyone tell me the origin of Cheng Bo? Is it related to Lao Chen? 】
[Ah...Cheng Bo, isn't this person Lili's father and Lao Chen's brother? 】
After the barrage of explanations, Sarlayan roughly straightened out his thinking.
The Stormstout are a great family of pandaren.
As their name suggests, House Stormstout is world-famous for their brewing skills and owns a massive brewery in the Valley of the Four Winds in Pandaria.
...But this has no direct connection with the lineage of Cheng Bo and Lao Chen.
Many years ago, the ancestors of Cheng Bo and Chen left Pandaria with the great panda adventurer Liu Lang and took the giant turtle Shen Zhenzi to adventure around the world. Since then, they have lost contact with their family who stayed in Pandaria to continue brewing wine.
After Liu Lang passed away, the passion for adventure among the Pandaren of Wandering Island gradually faded, and they settled down on Shenzhenzi's back.
But among the descendants of these adventurers, descendants who are willing to take risks will still emerge from time to time, and Cheng Bo is one of them.
[Although Cheng Bo has become much more stable after getting married, according to Lao Chen, his elder brother was also a great adventurer who traveled around the world when he was young. 】
[The truth is, once a man has a family, he can no longer be a prostitute. Damn his sense of responsibility. 】
Judging from the time, the old Chen mentioned in the barrage is still very young at the moment, and is still learning monk skills at Wuchen Temple on Wandering Island. The person who is traveling is his brother Cheng Bo Stormstout.
Whether it is Chen or Cheng Bo, it makes no difference to Sharlayan, as long as he knows that he is a pandaren from the Wandering Island, it is enough.
"But... Stranglethorn Valley."
Sarlayan rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "That's not a good place. Do you have to deal with trolls again?"
Stranglethorn Vale is the inherent territory of the jungle trolls. It is ruled by the Gurubashi, the overlord clan of the jungle trolls, and its capital is Zul'Gurub.
As a high elf, Sarlayan had some "associations" with forest trolls when he was very young. Not long ago, he fought with frost trolls, and now he is about to encounter a jungle troll again.
"Who's next? Zandalari trolls?"
Valeela rolled her eyes: "Don't think so far, the road has to be walked step by step."
"When do you plan to set off? If it's too late, the panda might have moved to another place."
"No, I don't think it's that easy."
Sarlayan's expression was a little strange: "Strangle Valley is not a peaceful and peaceful area like Elwynn Forest. You have to know that jungle trolls still eat people to this day. In their eyes, the pandas are nothing more than food reserves. .”
"Cheng Bo still has a long way to go if he wants to cross the Thorn Valley and reach the southern cape. There are many 'surprises' waiting for him on the way."
Stranglethorn Valley is a mixed area. Jungle trolls are mainly active in the northern river valley area and around the capital Zul'Gurub.
The southern cape area is rampant with pirates, and two different pirate groups fight with each other here, the Bloodsail Pirates and the Blackwater Pirates.
The Blackwater Pirates are a subordinate organization established by the Goblin Blackwater Consortium. With the wealthy goblin trade princes providing funds behind them, the Blackwater Pirates developed smoothly until they encountered the more powerful Bloodsail Pirates in Stranglethorn Vale.
Thalayan had long heard of the Bloodsail Pirates, not from the barrage, but from King Daelin Proudmoore of Kul Tiras.
According to Daelin, the leader of the Bloodsail Pirates, Farewell, was originally a noble from Kul Tiras. He led his army overseas during the orc invasion, but accidentally got trapped in the sea and was unable to return home.
According to the regulations of the Kul Tiras Admiralty, any admiral who fails to return from a maritime military mission on time will be considered a defector.
Farrewell knew very well how strict Daelin was in managing his subordinates. He did not dare to return to Kul Tiras without hesitation after making a big mistake, so he simply took the Kul Tiras partial division fleet and turned it into a bandit. A large pirate organization called Blood Sail.
Most of the pirates in Azeroth were insignificant. Farrewell led this regular navy from Kul Tiras to join in, completely subverting people's perception of the humble profession of pirates.
In just a few years, legends related to the Bloodsail Pirates could be heard in almost every port from the Eastern Kingdoms to Kalimdor.
They committed all kinds of evil, burning, killing and looting. They accumulated a lot of wealth in the few years after the Second Orc War, and even formed a deadly feud with the speculating goblins.
It is said that the Blackwater Pirates were originally established to deal with the Bloodsail Pirates, but this news has not been confirmed.
With the investment of the Goblin Trade Prince of the Blackwater Consortium regardless of cost, the Blackwater Pirates gradually gained the strength to compete head-on with the Bloodsail Pirates.
The headquarters of these two pirates are located in the cape area in the southern part of Stranglethorn Vale. No matter on land or sea, the two sides will fight whenever they meet. Even the naval fleet of Kul Tiras is unwilling to rashly intervene in this sea area.
"No matter what, we still have to go to Stranglethorn Valley."
After pondering for a while, Sarlayan raised his head and said to Little Xingxing and Valeera: "Let's try to find Cheng Bo's whereabouts as soon as possible. With the bold nature of Pandaren adventurers, I'm worried that he will sneak onto a pirate's ship and sneak to Cali. Mudo.”
[…Don’t tell me, it’s really possible. 】
