While seeing the "heavily armed" Kel'Thuzad, Sarlayan captured a trace of very obscure alien energy.
"This is?"
Sarlayan's originally relaxed expression suddenly turned serious.
"Sure enough, there's someone watching over there?"
Kel'Thuzad was once an archmage. After transforming himself into an immortal lich, he should now be called an archlich.
Kel'Thuzad, who was proficient in both arcane and necromancy, contained two kinds of energy in his body. The necromancy, which represented order and arcana, and the necromancy, which represented death, did not interfere with each other and were not as incompatible as the Holy Light and Shadow.
When Sharlayan and Kel'Thuzad felt each other's familiar energy fluctuations, a wisp of evil energy suddenly broke into Sharlayan's perception.
Sharlayan didn't know if Ner'zhul had evil powers, but the poor guy without a body must still be locked in the Ice Throne at this moment, and it was impossible for him to come in person.
Then the answer is obvious. The person who was following Kel'Thuzad to investigate was the Dread Lord who was sent by Kil'jaeden to assist Ner'zhul in Azeroth.
The Dread Lords who followed Ner'zhul into Azeroth were all elites within their clan, and there were four in total: Varimathras, Diserok, Mal'Ganis, and Balnazzar.
Sarlayan previously thought that Tichondrius, the leader of the Dread Lord, had also slipped in, but after being corrected by the barrage, he realized that this perception was wrong.
Tichondrius is the leader of the Nasrezim clan. He has a high status in the Burning Legion and is very powerful.
The most important thing is that because of his excessive strength, Tichondrius cannot break through the barrier of the planet.
In Sharlayan's opinion, most of the Dreadlords looked the same, and unless they told themselves their family name, he would not be able to recognize who they were.
Following the very weak evil energy, Sarlayan discovered a sneaky Northern Stag about 500 meters behind Kel'Thuzad.
The magic network in Crystalsong Forest was modified by Sarlayan a few years ago by asking the blue dragon to support the newly planted miracle tree Akandor.
Due to the existence of this giant tree that balances arcane magic and life force, Crystalsong Forest is always bathed in the tempered and gentle arcane power.
As we all know, arcana, which represents order, and evil energy, which represents chaos, are inextricably linked and will conflict once they encounter each other.
In this environment filled with arcane energy, no matter how hard he tried to suppress it, to Sharlayan, who had excellent perception, the evil energy leaking from the Dread Lord would be as conspicuous as a firefly in the dark night.
Sharlayan was unsure whether Kel'Thuzad realized he was being watched by Ner'zhul's men.
Sarlayan had previously speculated that Ner'zhul would be monitoring remotely in real time, but this guy actually sent someone to follow him.
Sharlayan originally planned to pass Kel'Thuzad in the wild and exchange information through close looks and lip reading.
Now it seems that the original plan is not convenient to continue to implement.
Considering that Ner'zhul may still have maintained a spiritual connection with Kel'Thuzad, Sharlayan did not dare to rush into the soul channel to avoid alerting the enemy.
When he turned to look at the surrounding environment, Sarlayan had an idea and took out a sophisticated battle ax captured from an enemy from the space package, and put on a set of tacky-looking civilian clothes.
"Tuk! Tuk!"
When Diselok followed Kel'Thuzad outside the grove, he unexpectedly heard the knocking sound of something hard.
Kel'Thuzad put on a curious expression on his face and moved cautiously in the direction of the sound. The stag transformed by Diselok followed closely behind him.
After entering the grove, Kel'Thuzad and Diselok saw a woodcutter who was wielding a "logging ax" and trying to chop down trees almost at the same time.
"1, 2...3!"
The woodcutter who was shouting slogans and logging seemed to have completely ignored the arrival of the two uninvited guests. A glimmer of understanding flashed imperceptibly in Kel'Thuzad's eyes.
'Haha~ You are so quick to adapt to changes. '
"Lumberjack over there, I want to ask you the way."
Kel'Thuzad took the initiative and asked the woodcutter wearing a snow hood: "I want to go to Icecrown Glacier for an inspection. Which direction should I take next?"
There has never been any communication between New Sundara City and Icecrown Glacier, so naturally there will be no special road to build a road leading to the glacier.
After leaving the last town in the northwest of Crystalsong Forest, Kel'Thuzad had been wandering through the tall trees in the cold zone. It was normal for him to be unsure of his direction.
At least Diselok didn't doubt Kel'Thuzad's behavior of asking for directions.
"Um?"
The woodcutter gasped, stopped and turned to look at the place where the sound came from, revealing a young face with a wild beard.
High elves with long lifespans can maintain their peak for a long time, and Diselok did not doubt the woodcutter's youthful appearance.
In Diselok's eyes, Kel'Thuzad just asked the panting woodcutter about the direction of travel in a normal manner. The two exchanged less than ten sentences in total, which lasted only half a minute.
After bidding farewell to the woodcutter, Kel'Thuzad continued on his way with a calm expression on his face, and Dethelock hung behind him.
"Ha~"
After confirming that Kel'Thuzad and Diserok were gone, Sharlayan wiped off the fake beard on his face and took off the hood on his head, revealing a very conspicuous long silver hair.
Quel'Thalas rarely has Sarlayan's hair color, which is generally red, brown, and gold. However, there are many people with silver hair in the night elves.
Such a conspicuous feature would definitely arouse Diselok's suspicion once he saw it.
As he communicated with Kel'Thuzad, Thaler'an remained humble and lowered his head.
It is understandable that civilians should adopt such a low profile when facing the master mage.
Through Sharlayan's seemingly panting, but actually taking the opportunity to move his lips, Kel'Thuzad obtained some latest information about Ner'zhul and the Burning Legion.
After walking out of the last woods and officially entering the Icecrown Glacier without any vegetation, Kel'Thuzad looked in the direction of the Ice Throne with a deep gaze.
'The Dreadlord?' Hehe~ The troublesome guy. '
The Dreadlords were masters of conspiracy and conspiracy. As a spy, Kel'Thuzad had no desire to deal with them unless necessary.
Fortunately, Ner'zhul thought the same way, and finally recruited a local talent. He must not be persuaded by the Dread Lord to join the Burning Legion.
It is foreseeable that in order to keep Kel'Thuzad, a former Kirin Tor councilor who knows many secrets of Azeroth, Ner'zhul will definitely do his best to win over him and will not easily arouse suspicion.
But to put it another way, before the Scourge officially became prosperous and things became busy, Kel'Thuzad, who was closely watched by Ner'zhul, could not often communicate information with New Shan'dalara.
Sarlayan has long learned that there are gains and losses, and he does not insist on it.
At least in the past three years, the newly established Scourge is unlikely to leave Northrend, nor can it pose any substantial threat to Azeroth. There is plenty of time for Kel'Thuzad to slowly dormant and obtain Ner'zhul's power step by step. trust.
After watching Kel'Thuzad walk into the uninhabited Icecrown Glacier, Sarlayan turned around and returned to the direction of Dragonblight.
According to the plan, he planned to go to the Wyrmrest Temple to say hello to Taran and others, and by the way, he would hand over the resurrection ceremony transcripts compiled by Merry to Krasus.
…
When Sharlayan transformed into a sharp-tailed swift and rushed all the way to Wyrmrest Temple, Valeela and Stellagosa in Stranglethorn Vale had just completed their mission and were preparing to set off for Northrend.
Valeela's trip was mainly responsible for discussing the oil development and sales issues of the crater with the Hot Sand Consortium.
Since there are a large number of ferocious beasts living in the crater, the goblins of the Hot Sand Consortium have never entered this area in large numbers before, and have not been able to discover the precious open-air oil field.
After Nanhai Port, which has long transported crude oil, came into the sight of the Hotsand Consortium, the trading prince of the Hotsand Consortium, Strim Wilder, beat his chest with heartache and regretted why he had not made up his mind to invest manpower and material resources into the crater earlier.
In any case, when the Steamwheedle Consortium established the desert city of Gadgetzan in northern Tanaris, the crater oil fields had already been seized by the high elves.
After failing to take the fattest bite of meat, Strimwild did not give up. He had always wanted to find an opportunity to discuss cooperation with Saryan to develop the crater oil field.
As far as Streamwild knows, Quel'Thalas doesn't have much demand for fossil energy like oil. After all, they have the Sunwell that can provide unlimited clean energy.
Yes, from the perspective of goblins who are used to using extremely polluting oil, the energy produced by the sun well is undoubtedly clean.
But Sarlayan doesn't think so, and Demonic Addiction is a clear counterexample.
With the assistance of a large number of accompanying business negotiators, Valeera successfully reached an agreement with Streamwild.
The Marquis of Deep Shadow agreed to sell the excess crude oil that Quel'Thalas could not use to the Hotsand Consortium in exchange for technical support from the goblins to increase the exploitation of the Sarlayan oil fields.
After the price-for-money negotiations with the goblins ended, Valeera did not leave Stranglethorn Vale with the negotiators. Instead, she went north alone to meet up with Stellagosa at the headquarters of the Darkspear clan.
Having just arrived near the destination, Valeera happened to witness the final battle between the Dark Spear and the Bloodscalp and Skull-Crackling coalition forces.
