Just when Valeela secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to follow Merry into the room to explain in detail, a small note suddenly appeared in front of her across space.
"Um?"
Sensing the strange spatial fluctuations, Merry turned around in confusion.
"The teleportation technique...transmitted a note?"
Even though he was already a lich, Merry still upheld the spirit of exploring the unknown (seeking death) that a mage should have, and looked at the small note that fell into Valeela's hand with interest.
"Can teleportation be used in this way? Children of this era are really interesting."
Valeela immediately frowned after reading the contents of the note.
"Syndicate...did they find out so soon?"
In order to prevent Cassanatir from finding an opportunity to disturb his mind and break through the seal, Meri has been isolated from the outside world for many years. Only when experimental materials are needed, he will be transported to the secret warehouse agreed with the Barov family to pick up the goods.
Due to the lack of intelligence, Merry knew nothing about the changes in Azeroth over the years.
"What is the Syndicate? Your enemy?"
Valeera rubbed her brows and sighed softly: "They are indeed my enemies. As for their origins... it's a long story."
Merry, who liked to get to the bottom of things, didn't seem to hear the perfunctory meaning in Valeera's words, and continued to ask: "To make a long story short, the visit of the descendant of the old friend is acceptable for the time being, but I don't want that syndicate to disturb my experiment. .”
Valeera smiled bitterly and spread her hands: "In a nutshell, the Syndicate is a group of thieves founded by the exiled nobles after the fall of the Kingdom of Alterac."
"These complex thieves have no taboos and are full of misdeeds. They have long been notorious in the Eastern Kingdom."
Merry asked in shock: "Alterac...is destroyed?"
"What happened outside during the years I was in seclusion?"
…
As Valeera said, the members of the Syndicate are very complex. There are desperadoes from outside the territory who are just looking for money, and there are also many people with lofty ideals selected from the people of the Kingdom of Alterac.
As the saying goes, if a soldier is a raging enemy, a general will be raging in the nest.
With an ambitious leader like Faculest as an example, the tone of the Syndicate has always been biased towards chaos and evil.
But this does not mean that there are no decent people within the Syndicate.
In order to regain their motherland, Alterac, the Syndicate also recruited many people with high aspirations. However, due to the influence of the general environment, they were unable to convey their will to all Syndicate members.
The thieves sent by Faculest to track down Sarlayan were all the elite of the Syndicate.
The leading thief in his prime is named Yuri Tetta, a descendant of the nobles of the original Kingdom of Alterac.
Although forced by the situation, he temporarily took orders from Duke Faculest, but his ideas were quite different from Faculest's, and he had never liked the unscrupulous style of the Syndicate.
As the former head of the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Alterac, Yuri's understanding of the structure of the Royal City of Alterac is far better than that of ordinary civilians.
This small team of syndicates kept sneaking around the ruins of the royal city for several times, but they were still unable to find any trace of Earl Deep Shadow. They only found some tiny footprints on the snow that were obviously not left by ogres.
These footprints are enough to prove that someone has indeed sneaked into the ruins of the royal city.
After searching around the royal city again to no avail, Yuri found a corner where the ogres could not notice and stopped temporarily, gathering together with his subordinates to discuss the possible destination of the target.
"It's strange. You can obviously see footprints, but why can't you find the person?"
"Could it be that the Earl of Deep Shadow can also sneak around and hide in the dark with us?"
"It's not impossible, otherwise there's no way to explain how he escaped from the hotel surveillance."
A female masked thief with a scar on her left eye and rather heroic features turned her attention to Yuri, who looked thoughtful.
"Captain, do you have any idea?"
"Well..." Yuri was silent for a moment before speaking: "Yulia, after the royal city was breached, there should be no damage to the sewers, right?"
Yuri and Yulia are brothers and sisters, both of whom worked in the Alterac Intelligence Department.
It was the two of them who fought desperately to rescue Oridon Perenold, leaving an ugly scar on Yulia's face.
Yuri's reminder made Yulia realize something, and there was also a look of thinking on her face.
"Indeed, the alliance army broke through the city too quickly, and the special escape passage in the palace sewer did not have time to use. What do you mean?"
"Um."
Yuri looked at the snowfield at his feet: "First of all, we can confirm that someone has been active nearby, but we can't find any trace of him. The only possibility is... that he entered the sewer."
"I understand." Yulia's eyes flashed: "The break is over, come with me! I still remember a few sewer entrances."
…
Sarlayan, who was worried about the Syndicate, was on his way back.
Previously, as a middleman, he helped build a bridge of communication between Ravenholdt and Yinseton, who came in a hurry, and also proposed the Barov family's conditions to Yinseton.
Now Yin Seton has the title of inheritance, but there are no Alterac nobles willing to be loyal to him.
Gilneas is willing to help Yinseton, but now Hillsbrad and Alterac are still the territories of Lordaeron, and an accident will lead to an all-out war between Gilneas and Lordaeron.
This is obviously something Gene doesn't want to see.
Before Alterac officially rose up and asked Gilneas for help, Lord Godfrey did not dare to lead troops into the mirror without authorization.
In other words, Yin Seton must first rely on his identity and ability to win over a group of powerful nobles and obtain the most basic security guarantee within the territory of the original Kingdom of Alterac, before he can free up his hands to deal with other matters.
The Syndicate that supports Auriden is definitely hopeless. From the beginning, Jean has been eyeing Duke Falkrest's mortal enemy, Duke Ravenholdt.
But this kind of thing about taking sides and rebelling cannot be decided at once. If you are not careful, your family will be affected.
Just like Alex and Haas secretly talked about, Jorazi now has to think about the thieves under his command.
Under Sarlayan's persuasion, Jolazi made up his mind to support Yin Seton and continue to fight against the Syndicate headed by Faculest.
For Yin Seton and Ravenholdt, the unexpected support from the Barov family and General Haas is undoubtedly great news.
And according to Sarlayan, the syndicate, which is supposed to be completely hostile, has different opinions within it, and there may be room for maneuverability.
No matter what, the two forces headed by the two orthodox heirs Yin Seton and Auriden (in name) will definitely have a real fight in the end.
Sarlayan planned to weaken the power around Duke Faculest as much as possible, so that those who were hesitant to move closer to Yinseton's side.
This internal struggle cannot last long, and the time left for Alterac is limited.
Once Lordaeron recovers from the intelligence blockade, it will be impossible for Alterac's current military strength to stop the invasion of Lordaeron's army head-on.
In other words, Yin Seton must complete all the work before Lordaeron sends troops to make the restoration of Alterac a fait accompli.
As long as he has the rightful title, Yinseden can request the support of Gilneas, Stromgarde, Kul Tiras and Dalaran as the new king of Alterac.
How many people the four major human kingdoms can produce is secondary. The key lies in the important announcement of the restoration of Alterac.
As an outsider country, Quel'Thalas does not ask for much from Alterac. It only hopes to maintain normal trade and diplomatic exchanges with the Kingdom of Alterac.
What Quel'Thalas needs is the restoration of the Kingdom of Alterac.
Regardless of how much of a threat the newly restored Alterac can pose to Lordaeron, just a thorn in the back of the butt can make Lordaeron uncomfortable for a long time, fighting for the reform and naval development of Quel'Thalas more time.
After preliminary negotiations with Prince Yinseton, Sarlayan took off again without stopping and returned to Steinblade at full speed.
When he returned to the hotel where the Quel'Thalas delegation was staying, what he saw was the messy scene left behind after the battle.
"Tsk~ I was discovered after all."
Folding his wings and standing on the roof of the dilapidated hotel, Sarlayan maintained his bird form and activated his eagle eye to scan around.
There was not much blood left at the scene, so the Backlight Blade elites who had been on high alert were not easily caught.
Perhaps because of this turmoil, the atmosphere in the town of Steinblad has become more sinister. There are almost no pedestrians on the street, and there are disguised Syndicate thieves everywhere.
"I don't know what the situation is like on Barov's side... Anyway, let's go to the place agreed upon in Plan B to meet up with the others."
Just as Sarlayan was about to flutter his wings and take off, his sharp bird boy suddenly saw a familiar person in the town.
"that person……"
Sarlayan stared thoughtfully at the young man who was 70% similar to Alex. At this time, he was nodding and bending next to a black-turbaned Syndicate executive, with a flattering expression on his face. What are you wearing?
"...The son of the Barov family?"
