Sarlayan had not originally planned to visit New Shandalar during his trip to Northrend. His earliest plan was to teleport directly to the Fortress of Draxalon, allowing Lylas to complete the handover of duties to Vereesa as soon as possible.
But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.
Before teleporting away from the Tower of Sunfury, Kael'thas suddenly asked Verlais to send him the latest news.
Sharlayan has always paid great attention to the movements of the Scourge. When he learned that strange species suspected of being "zombies" appeared in Zul'Drak, he immediately thought of the undead creatures of the Scourge.
The more detailed information provided by Haytham confirmed Sharlayan's suspicion, which showed that it was a small move made by Ner'zhul, who could not bear the loneliness, outside of the plan formulated by Kel'Thuzad.
There is a saying that trolls are indeed a very good source of soldiers for the undead.
The troll's physical fitness is very good. Even if it loses its characteristic regeneration ability after being transformed into an undead, its physical ability alone can still be stronger than the undead soldiers transformed from humans.
Moreover, the trolls from Dhakkar are right at the doorstep of the natural disaster lair, and they are still having border friction with the grey-throated furbolgs that have lasted for countless years. It is not easy to attract attention if there are fewer people.
Ner'zhul may have thought that as long as he was more cautious, the people of Azeroth who didn't know the Scourge wouldn't notice his actions.
Although Ner'zhul was intentionally used as a restless Burning Legion pawn to attract the attention of the Deceiver, Sharlayan would not tolerate Ner'zhul's petty actions around New Shan'darara.
The undead are a species that focuses on gathering a small number into a large number.
Once they start to snowball, it may be too late to rush to contain them. It would be best to nip Ner'zhul's intentions in the cradle.
Just like the previous underground war in which Sarlayan decided to fully aid the Nerubians.
Although he failed to completely annihilate the Nerub Kingdom, Ner'zhul still enjoyed a lot of benefits in the early war. He did have an extra nerubian army under his command, led by Anub'rakan, the lord of the undead crypt.
In the final battle of that underground war, Sarlayan united with the magisters to briefly cut off Ner'zhul's remote mental control, causing the nerubian army, including Anub'rakhan himself, to be in chaos. The Kingdom of Nerub won this crucial battle.
Perhaps Ner'zhul learned a lesson from this lesson. According to the intelligence provided by Haytham, he did not try to remotely control the troll zombies again. Instead, he arranged for some Cursed Sect officers with the ability to command troops to go directly to the scene. Command on the spot.
This has been confirmed by the Northern Branch of the Backlight Blade. They did see some members of the Cursed Sect wearing black hooded robes behind the troll zombies.
Sarlayan turned his head thoughtfully and looked at Lalas, who had not yet understood the situation.
"You're lucky. As soon as you came here to take over, you got an opportunity to make military exploits. This will help you quickly stabilize your position in the Northland Ranger Force."
Lalas: "Huh?"
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Sarlayan has always believed that logistics and intelligence are of the highest importance in war.
In barrage terms, a war has actually started before it officially begins. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a decisive victory thousands of miles away.
Lylas, who had little experience in leading an army in combat, had not yet realized this. Only after Sarlayan called out the words in front of Haytham did he show an expression of sudden realization.
"So this is what you said about the Scourge Legion, and these guys really won't stop."
As long as Lyras stayed in Northrend, he would inevitably have to deal with the local lords for a long time due to logistical issues.
Sarlayan also wanted to take this opportunity to stand up for Lylas and let Haytham know that he was protecting the young Windrunner commander.
Haytham was no longer stunned for a long time. He quickly understood Sarlayan's intentions and took the initiative to provide quality and quantity of logistics and intelligence support to the Northland Ranger troops who were deployed abroad.
It is convenient to deal with smart people. The three of Sarlayan only sat in the lord's mansion for half an hour before hurriedly saying goodbye and leaving.
Sarlayan has already told Lylas about the characteristics of the Scourge Legion.
He couldn't teach Lars how to fight step by step, and this aspect was not his strength. Next, it would be up to Lars to see his own performance.
After leaving New Shandalar, Sharlayan transformed into a griffin and flew Lyras and Onyxia to Drak'saron Fortress at full speed.
Ten minutes later, Sarlayan landed smoothly under the guidance of the flight controller at the top of the fortress.
The young flight controller was wondering why the griffon had no reins. The sudden transformation of Sarlayan into a living person almost scared him to a cardiac arrest.
Vereesa was ready for the handover at this time and was waiting for the arrival of Sarlayan and Laras in her office. The unusual movement on the roof caught the attention of Vereesa, who had nothing to do.
When Vereesa and several officers curiously came to the top of the building to check the situation, the flight controller was holding a broom with trembling hands, pointing at the helpless Sarlayan, and loudly asked him what kind of monster he was.
Vereesa rolled her eyes angrily: "Sergeant! Don't pass on your ignorance and ignorance to others! Put away your weapons!"
"Ah! General Windrunner, this person..."
Vereesa frowned slightly and shouted, "Don't talk back! Haven't you heard of Dru Yin's animal transformation technique?"
"De...Lu Yin?"
The young flight controller was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly patted his head.
"So, this is Dru Yin who can change into animal forms?"
Although Sharlayan introduced the Druyin heritage to Quel'Thalas a few years ago,...
How to put it, it is unexpected and reasonable.
There are indeed some high elves who cannot go very far on the path of arcane magic and turn to the path of Druyin.
But most of these people chose the balance system, which used spellcasting as the main means of combat, and occasionally some people chose the healing system.
The Guardian system and the Claw system, which focus on fighting in animal form, couldn't find a few reliable apprentices. The reason was that it was too rude to turn into an animal and bite the enemy. This nonsensical reason made Sarlayan very helpless.
To this day, Dru'in's ability to shapeshift still only exists among a small circle of people in Quel'Thalas, and the general public knows little about it.
Today's unexpected encounter made Sarlayan determined to popularize Dru Yin's transformation ability after returning this time.
Not to mention forcibly recruiting apprentices of the claw and guardian types, at least most of the Quel'dorei Druids must learn the three common transformations of flight form, aquatic form and travel form.
It's not elegant to go to OO. Survival on the battlefield is the most important thing. Who cares whether you are elegant or not.
After calling away the flight controller who made a joke due to his lack of knowledge, Vereesa strode up with several senior officers around her, and first gave Lyras, whom she hadn't seen for several years, a warm hug.
Vereesa rubbed her little brother's hair lovingly: "That's good, little guy. It has only taken a few years for you to grow up to the point where you can take over my position. My sister is very proud of you."
Lylas, who felt that he had grown up, was very unhappy with his sister's hug and struggled to break free from Vereesa's arms.
"Third sister, I'm not a child anymore, please save me some face in front of outsiders!"
Vereesa smiled nonchalantly: "You're still very early."
"By the way, let me introduce you."
Vereesa introduced the officers around her who exuded a capable aura to Lalas: "These will be your deputies in the next few years and also my friends. They are all senior ranger officers."
"If you don't understand something, don't be pretentious. Just ask them bravely."
Lalas greeted each other politely with several officers, and then curled his lips and complained to Vereesa: "Of course I know. In the past few years when you were away, I learned a lot from that lazy guy Halduron. , just wait and look at me with admiration."
"Ha~ little devil."
Vereesa ignored Lyras, who had already begun to have a relationship with her future colleague, and turned to look at Sarlayan and Onyxia.
"Hey~ Sarlayan and Oni, we haven't seen each other for a few years. How are they doing?"
Sarlayan smiled and shrugged: "It's not bad, but I still can't take any time off."
Onyxia also smiled and waved to Vereesa: "This guy is enjoying a lot, swinging back and forth between two beautiful girls, but... judging from Yin Nasi's recent actions, he should be here soon. Let’s find out.”
"oh?"
After all, Vereesa was still a young girl, and her thirst for gossip was innate.
After hearing Onyxia's joking revelation, she immediately approached the Black Dragon Princess and urged: "Tell me in detail! What's going on?"
"cough!"
Sarlayan interrupted the interaction between the two of them with some embarrassment: "Let's discuss private matters later... Vereesa, should you complete the final process first?"
