It was just a coincidence that the Syndicate tracked down to the Royal City of Alterac, but there was also a certain degree of inevitability in it.
Duke Faculest, who was hiding behind the scenes and controlling the situation, didn't know that Valeera and Sarlayan could fly.
After testing the hotel where the Quel'Thalas delegation stayed, and through various prevarications by the elite thieves of the Backlight Blade, Faculest was able to basically confirm that Sarlayan was no longer in the hotel.
According to common sense, the missing Earl of Deep Shadow can only go out by land.
The line from Steinbred to Durnholde is covered with syndicate spies. As long as Sarlayan passes by on the ground, he will be discovered.
Since there is no news from the south, the most likely possibility is that Sarlayan went all the way west to the ruins of the Alterac Royal City.
Due to the obstruction of the Frostmaul Ogres, the Syndicate did not deploy any manpower in the west. The ruins of Alterac King City were their surveillance vacuum zone.
Although he didn't know why Sarlayan secretly headed to the long-abandoned Royal City of Alterac, Duke Faculest sent an elite team to follow him along the way, trying to figure out Sarlayan's purpose.
Just like what Sharlayan said to Jorazzi, the current situation in Alterac affects the whole body, and a little carelessness will lead to the complete failure of the plan.
This situation is not only for Yin Seton's side, but also for Faculest.
Sarlayan had made an outline of the plan in advance, and Duke Faculest also had his own plan.
The reason why I only give an outline is because the situation is constantly changing, and you cannot just copy it mechanically. You must adapt to the situation at the time and constantly fine-tune the plan.
Considering this aspect, Faculest's plan is somewhat rigid.
He did not have the manpower prepared in advance to deal with emergencies. When the plan changed, he temporarily transferred a team from other places and demolished the east wall to repair the west wall.
Unfortunately, the team that Faculest borrowed was originally used to monitor Ravenholdt Manor.
Of course, the Syndicate surrounding Ravenholdt Manor is far more than just such a small team.
From Faculest's point of view, there is no harm in deploying a small team for a short period of time, since Ravenholdt is temporarily unable to move anyway.
But what he didn't know was that the syndicate's personnel transfer was witnessed by a bird flying high in the sky.
Duke Ravenholdt also quickly learned of this information, and was currently organizing manpower to specifically target this surveillance gap.
The camera first turned back to the ruins of Alterac's royal city.
Ogres, like orcs, still maintain the primitive tribal system. The development of civilization during the Goria Empire seems to have nothing to do with these lower-class ogres.
Valeera, who sneaked in silently, observed along the way that there were very few two-headed ogres in the Frostmaul Ogre Clan, only three in total, and they all lived in the palace with the most complete appearance and would not show up easily.
Valeela's goal is to find the whereabouts of Merry Winterwind, and there is no need to conflict with these ogres.
After staying in stealth mode and circling the royal city, Valeela discovered something strange near the sewer entrance in the southeast corner of the ruins of the royal city.
In order to allow Valeela to accurately sense the fluctuations of arcane magic, Tina specially blessed her with a small spell. Its only function was to improve Valeera's arcane perception ability within a certain period of time.
While walking through the ruins, Valeela could feel the powerful magic network energy hidden beneath the seemingly dilapidated ruins.
According to Blue Dragon, this should be the location of the magic network node in Alterac Snow Mountain.
'No wonder Alterac chose such a cold place as its capital. '
As the first city-state conquered by Emperor Thoradin, Alterac was once a vast city. The infrastructure in the royal city was very complete, including sewers.
The sewers of Dalaran are full of fish and dragons, and according to the thieves of Backlight Blade, there is also something else going on in the sewers of Lordaeron.
As one of the seven human kingdoms, the Kingdom of Alterac also built a complete sewage treatment system for its capital.
After all, the Frostmaul Ogre is an outsider and knows nothing about the urban construction habits of human civilization. He has never discovered that there are sewer spaces extending in all directions under his feet.
Avoiding the ogre's sight, Valeela gently opened the entrance and slipped into the sewer.
Contrary to Valeela's expectation, the smell in the sewers was very bad. It should be because this city has long been uninhabited and there is no domestic sewage flowing into the sewers.
Walking in the dark sewers, Valeela could only give up sneaking and light the torch.
Fortunately, there are no extremely aggressive ogres in the sewer, so there is no need to worry about being attacked by enemies that suddenly appear from the corner.
While the spell blessed by Tinagosa had not yet ended, Valeera went deep into the sewer.
Fortunately, the sewers in Alterac are not as outrageous as those in Dalaran, and the overall structure is relatively simple.
After killing several mutated giant rats, Valeela finally found a suspicious wall deep in the sewer.
All the surrounding magic nets are gathered behind the wall in front of you, and even a fool can guess that there is something fishy.
Valeera did not impulsively break through the wall, but politely tapped her fingers on the wall a few times.
"Master Merry Winterwind? I am the special envoy of Quel'Thalas, Valeela Sangunar. I need your help on something important."
"Well?"
A slightly confused, hoarse male voice came from behind the wall: "Sanggunar? What is your relationship with Revsela?"
"Kacha~"
After a sound of a mechanism triggering, the wall tiles in front of Valeela automatically began to reorganize, and in a few seconds it transformed into an arched entrance, just enough for one person to pass through.
A figure wearing a gray robe stood hunched in the shadows, and his body outline could only be roughly seen through the dim light of energy in the secret room.
"Ahem!"
The figure holding the staff coughed twice and slowly walked out of the shadow of the secret room.
Valeera frowned subconsciously. She felt an unpleasant energy from the breath the other party coughed out.
"Evil energy?"
"oh?"
Meri Dongfeng finally raised his head and looked at Valeera's appearance with his cloudy eyes that had long since lost their vitality.
"Like, he is worthy of being a descendant of Lefusela. Even though he has given up on the arcane way, he still has good energy perception."
"Cough~"
Merry coughed again and forced a smile on his stiff face.
"I am Merry Evil Wind. I have been living in seclusion for many years. I didn't expect that the descendant of my old friend would come to my door."
"Valeera, right? My time is precious, and I can't waste a single minute... Well, for the sake of Revsela, I'll give you 5 minutes to explain your purpose."
Meili calls himself Evil Wind, and his breath contains trace amounts of evil energy.
Combining the information that Sarlayan mentioned before, Valeela quickly knew what the problem faced by Meri was.
"Casanatir?"
Meili's stiff face twitched, her previous casual attitude restrained, and she looked solemnly at Valeera who spoke astonishingly.
"What do you know? Revsela told you?"
Valeera shook her head: "My great-grandfather passed away a hundred years ago. I am only in my 20s this year and have never met him."
Merry was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion: "Then where did you know about Cassanatil? And why did you come to me?"
Valeera has traveled with Sarlayan for many years. Under the influence of each other, Valeera has gradually taught Sarlayan her skills of talking, and she has also been infected by Sarlayan's habit of being vigorous and resolute.
"To make a long story short."
Valeera said straight to the point: "During the years when you were living in seclusion and not paying attention to worldly affairs, the son of Aegwynn, who was possessed by the ghost of Sargeras, killed everyone in the Council of Tirisfal."
"Without the Council of Tirisfal, there is no obstacle to the demons of the Twisting Nether invading Azeroth."
"We need you to rebuild the Council of Tirisfal and rebuild the first barrier against Legion invasion."
"……What?!"
Merry's eyes widened subconsciously, and he took a step forward with some emotion and asked: "The Parliament of Tirisfal was destroyed?! And was it destroyed at the hands of Aegwynn's children?"
"Possessed by Sargeras?! What the hell is going on... Ahem!"
Under the agitation of emotions, Mei Li was unable to control the demon sealed in his body, and the concentration of evil energy spit out increased sharply when he coughed violently.
Valeela instinctively tensed her muscles, lowered her center of gravity, and immediately pulled out Quel'Sera's transformed double daggers from her waist.
"Ahem... don't get excited, I can still suppress him."
After controlling his emotions, Meri pushed back Cassanatil, who had taken advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble. He tried hard to suppress his inner agitation and motioned sideways for Valeera to enter his laboratory.
"Come in and talk in detail. I want to first figure out the whole story of the fall of the Parliament of Tirisfal."
