It took Khadgar five minutes to accurately identify the one that could increase the ability to teleport among a large number of artifacts, which was indeed a bit difficult.
However, Sarlayan did have a reason to be in a hurry.
While Sharlayan and Khadgar were busy clearing Karazhan, reinforcements from Ner'zhul's Northrend base camp to the Eastern Kingdoms had arrived.
A large number of undead marched silently from the bottom of the sea, landed in the uninhabited mountainous area near the sea in the northwest of Stratholme, and flowed down the upper reaches of the Sodoril River.
Relying on the underground passages quietly dug by the undead nerubians, this natural disaster army broke out from behind the defense line of the Knights of the Silver Hand without warning, catching Uther by surprise.
Arthas, who had been notified by the Lich King in advance, took the opportunity to lead the rebels to launch an all-out attack. Encircled by two sides, Arthas finally broke through the river bank defense line led by Uther himself.
Lordaeron is not Quel'Thalas, and there is no one like Sharlayan who has received spoiler information in advance, so he lacks a full understanding of the composition of the Scourge's troops.
Objectively speaking, this defeat cannot be completely blamed on Uther. He was cautious enough and never expected that the enemy could dig a hole and appear behind the army.
But no matter what, the impact of this defeat on Lordaeron was huge.
With the fall of the Sodoril River defense line, the backbone of the Silver Hand such as Uther and Tirion could only lead the remaining troops to retreat to the second line of defense consisting of Andorhal and Hearthglen, and were forced to give way to the rebels. Out of half of East Tirisfal.
Counting the fact that most of the East Wilder area was captured by Arthas, the land of Lordaeron held by the rebels...or the Scourge can now be divided almost equally with the official Lordaeron army headed by Queen Calia. .
In the case where the main force of the alliance has not yet returned from the Cursed Land, this is obviously an extremely dangerous signal.
The Knights of the Silver Hand have always been the pride and symbol of Lordaeron, and many ministers, including many ministers, never thought that the always cautious Lightbringer would one day suffer such a big loss on the battlefield.
After the news of the loss of the front line was transmitted back to the Royal City of Lordaeron, it once caused panic among the princes and ministers. Fortunately, Queen Calia remained calm.
She stabilized the domestic political situation immediately, and maintained trust in Uther as always, allowing him to continue to lead the second line of defense built along Andorhal and Hearthglen.
At the same time, Calia also sent a special envoy to Andorhal to inquire in detail about the details of the defeat from Uther, who had re-established his defense line.
Lightbringer Uther was Alsace's mentor. As Alsace grew up, he often went in and out of the Palace of Lordaeron, and occasionally came into contact with Calia, who also lived in the palace.
According to Calia's understanding of Uther, he is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others and have his opponents seize the loopholes. There must be a more complicated reason behind this defeat.
Sarlayan once taught Calia a sentence: Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
A temporary failure is not terrible. Lordaeron, with its strong national power, still has enough confidence to try and make mistakes. What is terrible is that it does not know where it failed.
When the country was filled with pessimism, Calia quietly began to show her potential as a wise king, and all of this was seen by those ministers who still remained calm.
As the soul of the three armies, as long as Calia, as the leader of the country, does not lose her calmness and confidence, the morale of Lordaeron will not be so easily defeated by the Scourge.
When gathering the defeated army and retreating to Andorhal, Uther and Dathrohan thought that the young Queen Calia would lose her patience and change her generals.
The subsequent developments gave the two of them a piece of reassurance, and also made Uther even more gratified and convinced that his original choice was the right one.
Although the Scourge Legion relied on unexpected sneak attacks to defeat the Sodoril River defense line, there is a saying that this victory was not due to Alsace's outstanding command ability, but Uther just suffered from insufficient intelligence.
This kind of victory achieved by unexpected surprise can never be repeated.
The Scourge has exposed the Undead Nerubians, a special unit that can dig holes underground, in this battle. Uther, who has rich combat experience, will naturally prepare corresponding countermeasures.
When Arthas planned to break through more of Lordaeron's defenses with the momentum of victory, he unexpectedly suffered a bloody blow in front of Uther, who had regained his footing.
Thanks to Calia's unchanging trust and the indomitable fighting will of the soldiers of the Knights of the Silver Hand, Uther, who had long guessed that Arthas would take advantage of the situation, set up an ambush in advance.
After suffering a defeat, Uther boldly split his forces with Tirion, leaving part of his forces in the northern mountain forest leading to Hearthglen.
When Arthas led the Scourge on a rapid march in an attempt to break through Andorhal's defenses, Tirion, who had already been gearing up in the forest, suddenly led the paladins with astonishing impact from behind the undead army.
Another double team, this time the Lordaeron side perfectly replicated the previous victory won by the Scourge.
There is no such thing as morale for the undead. After all, the will of all undead is controlled by Ner'zhul, who is blessed by the Helm of Command.
But the undead were not the only troops under Alsace. The hardline lords who followed him in rebellion also suffered considerable losses in this counterattack.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, the young and energetic Arthas could only resist the urge to prove himself. Under the persuasion of the mature and prudent Baron Rivendell, he withdrew his troops and temporarily stationed himself at the Garroen farm that had been captured by the natural disaster.
This sudden defeat caused internal conflicts among the rebels who had been advancing vigorously before.
The differences between the positions of the undead and the living were already difficult to reconcile. It was Alsace's promise to the lords with victory that barely suppressed the resentment of these old nobles against the prince's heavy use of bone clubs.
And once the victory is no longer there, the contradictions of suppressing it will immediately become apparent.
The questioning of the hard-line lords made Arthas, who had little experience in commanding the army, particularly confused. Under Ner'zhul's continuous thoughts, he had for the first time the idea that humans have too many distracting thoughts and are not as useful as the undead who command and control. Dangerous ideas.
Ner'zhul, who was far away in Northrend, was also very angry about the defeat. At the same time, he also noticed Arthas's inner impatience, and further confirmed that the container he selected was not the one to lead the three armies.
At least not for the time being, and Ner'zhul just didn't have the patience to wait until Arthas grew up.
What made Ner'zhul even more irritated was that the military leader of the Scourge he had chosen after thousands of choices actually ran away after being awakened. That good-for-nothing Laith Frostwhisper has not been able to bring Solas back until now.
There was no other way. Although he had deep doubts about Arthas's ability to lead the army, Ner'zhul, who had no one to rely on at the moment, could only be patient and continue to trust him.
When Sarlayan received the first message from Valeera and Jaina from Barov Castle, the Scourge had just broken through the defenses of the Sodoril River and were pursuing victory with great success.
Sarlayan does intend to use the growing Scourge to inflate Ner'zhul's resistance and attract the attention of the Burning Legion led by Kil'jaeden, but he does not want to see Lordaeron really be like what it was in the original history. It was attacked across the board by the undead.
The population of Lordaeron is undoubtedly a big sweet cake for the Scourge. If they are allowed to successfully digest the harvest of Lordaeron, the Scourge will really become too big to lose. This is something Sharlayan cannot accept. of.
After receiving Sharlayan's latest order, Jaina immediately teleported back to Silvermoon City and told Kael'thas about the situation on the front line.
The Sun King also responded quickly. The three remaining legions of Firewing, Flame Blade and Eclipse set off at the same time and quickly rushed to the border of Salas Gate to station themselves.
Once the situation on the frontline becomes unmanageable, Quel'Thalas will surround Wei and Zhao's troops and attack the Scourge's rear in the Eastern Kingdom, forcing Arthas to withdraw troops from the front and return reinforcements.
Because of this victory of the Scourge, the situation in the Eastern Kingdom has become more complicated.
After all, remote control will still lose a lot of details, and Sarlayan wants to rush directly to the battlefield to personally command and dispatch.
Under Sharlayan's urgent urging, Khadgar actually found the artifact he wanted within five minutes.
"found it!"
Khadgar, sweating profusely, happily took out a rune stone with complex magic patterns engraved on its surface from the space package.
"This is the space runestone that Medivh once mentioned. With its assistance, I can accurately teleport you outside Dalaran... uh, wait."
Khadgar suddenly remembered something and asked with some uncertainty: "I heard from Ronin that the Kirin Tor Council transformed Dalaran into a floating city that can move around. The coordinates of Dalaran are still there. In the original position?"
