Although Azeroth is still relatively peaceful, the crises hidden beneath the surface have already piled up.
The Shadow Realm, the Burning Legion and the Ancient Gods are all eyeing this world, and these three old people seem to have some secret connections with each other. Sharlayan is also not sure who is really cooperating with whom among the three parties, and who is with whom. The infernal affairs that play intrigues and deceit.
Or... none of the three parties completely trusts any of them, and while they are wary of each other, they maintain a certain degree of cooperation?
"Hiss~"
Thinking of this, Sarlayan got a headache.
Azeroth is like a warehouse filled with barrels of various explosives. It can still remain calm on the surface. Once someone throws a little spark into the warehouse...
Explosives buried in dark places will be completely ignited.
After pinching the bridge of his nose and massaging it for a while, Sarlayan forced himself to stop thinking and concentrate on handling the immediate crisis.
"I wonder if Valeela and Stellagosa are going well..."
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After splitting up with Sharlayan and Onyxia, Stellagosa returned to her dragon form and drove Valeera, Vesina and others forward rapidly.
Vesina and Polva had never experienced flying on a dragon. When Stellagosa just took off, they both screamed in panic.
Leaving the ground made the Nerub people, who had been dealing with the land all their lives, very uncomfortable.
Time is urgent, and Valeela can't care about that much.
Under the guidance of Vesina, who gradually calmed down, Stellagosa flew at full speed within the vast underground kingdom, and arrived at the agreed-upon rendezvous point with Quel'Thalas reinforcements in just ten minutes.
When Stellagosa landed at her destination, the patrolling Nerubian security forces were already confronting the high elf reinforcements.
Due to Kael'thas's order, the command of the front line was handed over to Sarlayan Deep Shadow Marquis, and Bald Linyu did not intend to follow the front line to seek disgrace.
And he also has a reasonable reason. There is still someone to stay in New Shandalara, so as not to find the empty defenses of Crystal Song Forest and the Trolls and Iron Legion from Dhaka take advantage of it.
The defenders of Crystalsong Forest are composed of three different troops, namely the Ranger Troops, the Morning Frontier Legion and the Magister Troops.
The Rangers are led by Vereesa Windrunner, an old friend of Valeera and Littlestar.
The commander of the Morningfront Legion is one of Liadrin's lieutenants, Lord Saladre, nicknamed the Pure.
The magister army is led by an archmage named Selevor.
Valeela and Stellagosa were not familiar with Selevor, and their previous interactions with Saladre were only for official business.
As soon as they landed, Valeera and her husband first found their most familiar old friend, Vereesa, and asked her, as the agent of the Marquis of Deep Shadow, to restrain her subordinates and avoid conflicts with the Nerubians.
Polva also revealed his noble status and informed the security forces in the name of King Anub'arak that these outsiders were reinforcements with the king's permission.
Both parties persuaded each other and finally eased the tense atmosphere at the scene.
When she learned that Sarlayan had temporarily decided to go deep behind enemy lines to detect intelligence, Vereesa was dumbfounded and was not surprised at all.
Sarlayan is a person who is very action-oriented and will put whatever he thinks into practice as soon as possible.
"It seems that His Excellency the Marquis has not changed his behavior because of the promotion of his title."
Faced with Vereesa's teasing, Valeera rolled her eyes angrily: "Do you think he is someone who can change his nature so easily?"
Vereesa smiled and spread her hands: "It was just a joke."
"Let's get down to business."
Vereesa's expression became serious: "Lord Baldur Linyu didn't tell us the details. He just asked us to lead the tunnel as soon as possible under the guidance of Faldorei to meet the Marquis of Deep Shadow and wait for him. mission."
"So, what's going on?"
Valeera sighed softly: "It's a long story. I'll explain it to you in detail later."
Looking up at the Archmage Selevor and the Pure Saladre, who had remained silent, Valeera greeted them politely with a formulaic smile on her face.
"You two, please get your men ready for battle. If the situation is urgent, we will rush to the front line immediately to participate in the battle."
Saladre nodded and agreed without saying a word, then turned around and issued new orders to the Morning Frontier Legion resolutely.
Selevor looked at Vesina, who could speak Elvish, with great interest. She was obviously very interested in the life forms of the Nerubians, and the Arcanist's old habit of inquiring about things started to show up.
Selevor is one of the elders of the Royal Arcane Society of Quel'Thalas, and is nominally a subordinate of the Archmage Rommath. However, the two of them are on an equal footing in most cases, and will only obey Rommath when participating in tasks. dispatch.
With Azshara freed, Rommath was finally freed from the nominal title of Kirin Tor Senator.
Selevor, who had previously replaced Romans at the headquarters of the Royal Arcane Society, was sent to New Shandalar to form a branch of the Royal Arcane Society and command all the magisters in New Shandalar City.
Seleval is similar in age to Romans, and they are no longer young.
To be able to live to this age, his emotional intelligence is obviously not low.
After noticing Valeera's gaze, Selevor smiled and nodded in return.
"Ms. Sangunar, don't have any scruples. Please give the order. The Magister's troops are at your command."
Valeela secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the old mage knew how to be a good person, otherwise she would not be able to yell at this veteran archmage at will.
"Let's go first. I'll briefly explain the situation on the way."
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"Disaster of the Undead?"
On the way to the war front, the leaders of the three armies learned the whole story from Valeera and Stellagosa.
Vereesa frowned and said, "Since I switched defenses to New Shandalar, the ranger troops have been secretly monitoring Icecrown Glacier's every move."
"No wonder we haven't been able to discover the movements of the natural disasters. It turns out that the Lich King asked them to dig holes underground."
Selevor touched the beard on his chin thoughtfully: "Not long ago, the Royal Arcane Society received news that Kel'Thuzad, the former Kirin Tor councilor, came to Northrend all the way to accept the Lich. The king’s invitation to join the Scourge Legion, I wonder if this is true?”
Stellagosa said without hesitation: "It's true, but it has nothing to do with our current mission."
"Kel'Thuzad has just joined the Scourge. It's not his turn to plan this operation. The Lich King should have planned it a long time ago."
Selevor knew what was interesting and did not ask any more questions. He handed the topic back to Valli with a smile. Lord Radley had a typical military temperament. He went straight to the point and asked directly: "So, the enemy is the undead? He holds the power of the Holy Light. The Paladins should be able to play a big role in the war, how many enemies are there?"
Valeera said solemnly: "At least 50,000, and there are many undead nerubians who are good at fighting underground. Please be vigilant."
"50,000..."
Saladre frowned slightly: "Our total reinforcements are only 10,000 people. According to your words, during the battle, we have to pay attention to the undead resurrecting corpses on the battlefield. It will be difficult to fight."
Vesina interjected in stumbling Elvish language: "There are more than 30,000 Azjol Nerub troops on the front line led by His Majesty Anub'arak himself. In terms of total number of troops, we are not much worse than the Scourge of the Undead."
The Scourge Legion likes to use low-level zombies and skeletons to clear the way first, using these cannon fodder to consume the enemy's physical strength and ammunition, and then deploys the real undead elite to clean up the mess.
This war has lasted for more than half a month. The cannon fodder troops prepared by the Scourge Legion have long been exhausted. The remaining 50,000 troops are the wealth accumulated by Ner'zhul after lying dormant for a long time. They are composed of undead vrykul and recently transformed The undead Nerubians are the main ones.
Long before joining Vereesa and others, Valeela had arranged for some Faldorei to rush to the battlefield to investigate the latest intelligence.
The Faldorei, who can burrow through the ground, are at home in this underground world. The reinforcements from the high elves rushed all the way. Before reaching the battlefield, the Faldorei scouts brought back the latest situation on the front line.
After hearing the information conveyed by Faldorei, Valeela had a look of understanding on her face: "Is there a stalemate... It's expected."
The Faldorei scout who came back after a long journey respectfully continued to report: "Although it is a stalemate, due to the disadvantage in terms of military strength, Azjol Nerub's army has been suppressed by the undead natural disaster."
"It was only because King Anub'arak himself fought on the front line that the balance of power was barely maintained, but..."
"There is also a difficult undead spider demon blocking Anub'arak on the other side of the natural disaster. It should be Anub'rakan who was resurrected by the undead after being killed."
"Is a stalemate a disadvantage..."
Valeela looked at the terrain sketch drawn by the scout and fell into thought.
"Looking at the formation of the Undead Scourge... it seems that we have a chance to break the situation by surprise?"
"Is this a loophole deliberately left by the Scourge and a trap set by it?"
