According to the timeline provided by Schubert, the corrosion near the Blood Pillar only began to appear within the past year. Before that, dense tropical plants grew here like other areas of the basin.
Since the corrosion began to appear, the land surrounding the Blood Pillar has been rapidly contaminated.
Fandral did not want his pioneer team to take unnecessary risks until the source of these corrosions was understood.
Although Fandral can be impulsive and reckless in some situations, he is after all the acting speaker of the Cenarion Circle who Malfurion had high hopes for, and he will not easily play with the lives of his subordinates.
Under Fandral's arrangement, the elite sentries in the pioneer team began to carefully investigate the source of the corrosion. He himself wasted no time and planned to capture the Pillar of Light first.
After the pioneer team successfully returned home, it was almost time for the sentries to investigate some clues. Only then would Fandral gather all his troops to solve the source of the corrosion at once.
The eastern part of the Sholazar Basin is adjacent to Icecrown Glacier. Considering that Ner'zhul has recently made some small moves in Zul'Drak, Sharlayan will naturally associate it with this.
According to the recent secret information from Kel'Thuzad, the missionary work of the Cursed Sect in the Eastern Kingdom, under the pseudonym of the Eternal Sect, is proceeding quite smoothly.
There is no shortage of wealthy people in this world who are greedy for eternal life.
After all, humans are just short-lived species with a lifespan of hundreds of years. They have always envied the longevity of the high elves.
The eternal life preached by the Eternal Life Church is not actually the true eternal "life", but the transformation of oneself into an undead creature that will not easily perish due to the passage of time, and obtains the eternal life of the soul in disguise.
Young and powerful dignitaries will not be very interested in this for the time being. After all, after becoming undead, they will no longer be able to feel the beauty of the world, but it is hard to say for those elderly people who have already stepped into the coffin.
It just so happens that these older people in power control more social resources through years of accumulation.
This top-down development allowed the Eternal Cult to expand in the Kingdom of Lordaeron slightly faster than Sharlayan expected.
It was precisely because of the long-term and continuous positive feedback from the Eternal Sect that Ner'zhul, who was already lacking in the overall situation, felt a little drifting again. He felt that he was doing well again.
Although he is still not 100% sure, Sarlayan makes a bold assumption that the corrosion of the land near the Blood Pillar is related to the Scourge.
Since he asked Fandral for help, it was natural for Sarlayan to show corresponding sincerity.
Fandral was still busy pioneering in the northern part of the basin and could not get away for the time being. Sarlayan changed his plan to go directly to the Pillar of Light to find Fandral, and planned to conduct an in-depth investigation of the origin of the corrosion near the Pillar of Source Blood.
Schubert enthusiastically invited Sharlayan to go to the main camp built by the night elves near the Heart of the River. He would immediately send people to the frontier to inform Archdruin Staghelm.
Sarlayan declined his invitation and led Vereesa resolutely towards the Pillar of Blood.
Vereesa originally planned to take a trip to the tree-lined Soraza, but after all, she was a member of the Windrunner family and knew that things had priorities.
When Sarlayan suggested that Vereesa move freely first, she crossed her arms in front of her chest in displeasure and hummed softly.
"Don't think about leaving me like this. The instability in the Sholazar Basin is likely to affect New Shandarara. As the sister of the current commander of the Northland Ranger Force, I can't just sit idly by."
Thanks to the positive three-view education established by Vereesa for the children, the core members of the Windrunner family all have a strong sense of responsibility. Sarlayan was not surprised by Vereesa's choice and just shrugged noncommittally.
"It's up to you. With one more helper, I can save myself a lot of trouble."
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The closer he got to the Pillar of Origin Blood, the tighter Sarlayan's brows became.
As a dragon hybrid with both red dragon and green dragon blood, Sarlayan is very sensitive to the flow of life force.
As soon as he entered the Sholazar Basin, he immediately sensed four huge life sources. According to Schubert, they should be the other four crystal pillars that were still operating normally.
It is these giant crystal pillars that have maintained the climate of the Sholazar Basin that is completely different from the outside world for thousands of years, and also protected the Sholazar Basin from being invaded by foreign enemies with evil intentions.
The night elf pioneer team headed by Fandral has a large number of Druyin, and the life force they hold is not rejected by the defense mechanism of Soraza Basin itself.
But the Scourge Legion, which is full of strong death power, is different.
"Is it true..."
Landing in front of the stopped gate of the Pillar of Origin Blood, Sarlayan felt the rich power of death in the underground of this giant crystal pillar with a solemn expression.
"Ner'zhul, you old boy really can't stop."
Unlike those night elf sentries who had not yet found the core of the problem, with his strong perception of the power of life and the power of death, Sarlayan immediately realized that the source of the problem came from underground when he came near the Pillar of Blood.
Ner'zhul holds an army of undead nerubians headed by Anub'rakhan, and it is not difficult for them to dig holes underground.
Since their defeat in the battle of Azjol Nerub, the nerubians have not found any news about the undead nerubians for a long time.
According to King Anub'arak of Azjol-Nerub, the undead nerubians seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. He sent people to search the underground of most of eastern Northrend but found nothing.
Icecrown Glacier, as its name suggests, is not land beneath Ner'zhul's Frozen Throne, but extremely cold arctic sea water. The underground in this area simply cannot allow undead spider monsters to inhabit it.
With the central Crystalsong Forest and Dragonblight as the dividing line, except for the inaccessible Storm Cliffs, the nerubians traveled through the underground world in eastern Northrend, but found no trace of the undead nerubians.
Anub'arak once thought that Ner'zhul hid them in the fortress under construction near the Frozen Throne, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Raising his hand and caressing the outside of the huge pillar of the Blood Origin Pillar, Sarlayan closed his eyes and felt the flow of life force inside the giant crystal pillar.
"Fortunately, we arrived in time and we should be able to save him."
After opening his eyes again, Sarlayan quickly formulated a plan.
"Vereesa, can you find a way to contact Azjol-Nerub as soon as possible?"
Vereesa nodded without hesitation and replied: "Yes, during the cooperation in tracking down the undead spider demon army, I and Azjol Nerub's general Crickhir left each other's contact information. The two parties agreed that once they are discovered, Immediately notify the other party of any traces of the spider demon army."
Sarlayan: "Then please contact Azjol Nerub and tell him that the Nerubian Legion has probably completely given up its foothold in the east of Northrend and transferred all its main forces to the Borean Tundra in the west and underground in the Sholazar Basin. , urging them to come up with response plans as soon as possible."
"no problem."
After Vereesa left alone, Sharlayan expanded his senses beneath the Blood Pillar.
"Want to extinguish one of the crystal pillars to destroy the defense network of the Sholazar Basin against the invasion of the power of death?"
"It was a good idea, but it was a pity that I happened to hit it."
"Stop! Who are you?"
Just as Sarlayan was thinking about how to sneak underground, a stern shout suddenly came from behind him.
Five night elf sentries in light armor rode night sabers through the forest, with the moon blades and bows in their hands ready to point at the suspicious figure in Sarlayan.
"Take it easy, Sentinel."
Sarlayan turned around with a smile and opened his hands to signal to the highly alert sentries. He did not hold a weapon in his hands.
After Sarlayan took the initiative to show kindness, the sentries relaxed their guard.
The leading sentry captain drove the spotted white nightsaber under him to stand five steps in front of Sarlayan.
"High Elves, your activity range is in the eastern part of Northrend with Crystalsong Forest as the dividing line. Why did you come to the Sholazar Basin?"
Sarlayan raised his hand and pointed at the Pillar of Origin Blood behind him: "In order to help you solve the problem, let's think of it as a return gift for asking my old friend Fandral for help."
"Old friend? Fandral?"
The captain of the sentry team with a tattoo on his face frowned slightly: "Great Dru Yin of Staghelm...who are you?"
Sarlayan politely stroked his chest and introduced himself to the other party: "My name is Thalayan Deep Shadow. Some of you should have heard of this name from Shandris."
As expected, after Sarlayan announced his home, the sentinel girls who had been keeping silent and alert became slightly commotion.
The leading squad leader also had a look of surprise in his eyes.
"So you are the enlightened high elf that Chief Yuyue mentioned."
The captain of the sentry team turned over and jumped off the night saber. He gently beat his chest with his right hand and gave a military salute to Sarlayan.
"I am Delaryn Summermoon, the Sentinel Captain of the Sholazar Pioneers. It is a pleasure to meet you here."
'Um? '
While returning the greeting out of habit, Sarlayan felt as if he had heard this name somewhere before.
When he turned his attention to the barrage, he got the answer as expected.
[Delaryn Summer Moon...it turned out to be her, the poor elite sentinel who was active in the Banshee King's tree-burning incident. 】
