Taking the initiative to let a demon lord of Archimonde's level enter Azeroth, even if he had already prepared to trap and kill him, as the initiator of the plan, Sarlayan's psychological pressure was still huge.
In terms of combat effectiveness alone, excluding the Annihilator who has been hidden in Argus as a battery by Sargeras, Archimonde is the undisputed number two figure of the Burning Legion.
Without Sargeras himself taking action, Archimonde, as the vanguard of the Legion, destroyed countless planets in the universe, only suffering a big loss in Azeroth.
Sarlayan understood a truth a long time ago. The original historical information provided by the barrage can only be used as a reference. Any plan will face the problem of random variables in the actual implementation process.
For example, if the same person does the same thing, even under nearly the same conditions, the person may make several different choices due to temporary changes in mentality.
Due to the changes caused by Sharlayan over the years, the situation in Azeroth today has greatly deviated from the history that Danmaku understands.
No one can guarantee that Archimonde will still make the same choice as in the original history in this situation.
What Sarlayan needs to do is to use various means to guide his thinking mode in the direction he wants as much as possible.
As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes.
With the failure experience ten thousand years ago, Archimonde is unlikely to despise Azeroth anymore, and it is not easy to induce him to take the initiative to go to Kalimdor Grass Tree.
As the Scourge was unable to attack Lordaeron's defenses for a long time, the anxious Ner'zhul finally couldn't restrain his old habit of eager for success and began to take the initiative to ask for help from the Burning Legion, which had intended to invade Azeroth.
Ner'zhul's wishful thinking was very clear. He wanted the vengeful Burning Legion to charge at the front, and it would be best to destroy the main force of the Alliance who came back for reinforcements.
His own undead army lowered its profile and followed behind, eating soup and meat, using the corpses of the alliance troops to make the snowball of natural disasters grow bigger and bigger.
What Ner'zhul could think of, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver couldn't think of? This is obviously impossible.
Sharlayan, who was a bystander, boldly guessed that Kil'jaeden might have already made preparations to deal with Ner'zhul's betrayal, and was just waiting for this immature kid to jump out and commit suicide.
But in any case, at this stage, the Burning Legion still needs to continue to use Ner'zhul's Scourge, so that they can find a way to open a portal that allows Archimonde the Defiler to lead the main demon army into Azeroth.
Sarlayan had already thought of this method for them in advance.
After receiving Sharlayan's nod, Valeela immediately passed the news back to Silvermoon City, and then Vellais, who received the news, relayed it to the Sun King and the cabinet members.
With Darkan, the leader who secretly worked behind the scenes, "missing", there is no one in the cabinet who dares to blatantly come out as a troublemaker.
With the Sun King and the cabinet unanimously agreeing, Quel'Thalas' top brass passed the secret plan proposed by Sharlayan with unprecedented efficiency.
The Sun King Kael'thas personally released public information that Dar'Khan Drasil, Prime Minister of Quel'Thalas, was plotting treason.
In order to obtain so-called immortality, he secretly colluded with the Scourge and smuggled high-purity and large doses of Sunwell water to the archlich Kel'Thuzad.
When the Alliance countries headed by Lordaeron learned of this shocking news, Kael'thas promptly released the follow-up information.
The traitor Darkan Drasil was discovered by Lady Innes, the mother of the Duke of Shadows, who accidentally discovered his conspiracy. He was killed on the spot after taking the stolen goods.
What? Framed?
nonexistent.
With the secret cooperation of Sharlayan and Kel'Thuzad, the evidence of Dar'Kan's collusion with the Scourge was completely convincing.
Not long after, Kael'thas issued a third public statement, stating that the traitor Dar'Kan was also closely associated with Varothen, the incubus king who conspired to disrupt the Emerald Dream, trying to subvert the inherent order of Azeroth.
This crime is more serious to other countries than betraying Quel'Thalas, because it concerns the vital interests of all people in Azeroth.
All mortals will dream in their sleep. Once the Emerald Dream is completely fallen, the Old Gods can silently corrupt Azeroth through dreams.
More serious news has temporarily washed away Darkan's treason and collusion with the Scourge. As for the whereabouts of the water from the Sunwell...
Since Quel'Thalas has been keeping the information about the national treasure Sunwell tightly under wraps, this information has not attracted much attention from the top leaders of other countries.
Onyxia sent the latest domestic information from Unicorn City.
The Dark Night Republic and Suramar on the other side of the sea immediately expressed concern about the theft of the Sunwell's water. Only they, who are also branches of the elven clan, knew the true role of the Sunwell.
In order to avoid leaking the news, Kael'thas' performance was impeccable. He solemnly stated to the Nightborne and Night Elves that he would recover the stolen Sunwell water as soon as possible.
In order to verify his statement, Kael'thas indeed sent a large number of elite royal guards - Spellbreakers, led by the leader of the Backlight Blade, Villais Deep Shadow, to personally lead the team to follow up and investigate.
Quel'Thalas' gesture was very adequate, and it really gave people the feeling of being furious and eager to recover their losses.
But... the royal family's confidants, headed by Welles, all know the true story behind this incident, and the seemingly aggressive investigation is actually just a show.
On the other side, after getting the water from the Sunwell, Kel'Thuzad started the next step as planned.
After informing the Lich Queen, who was unable to move freely in the Ice Throne, Kel'Thuzad came to an uninhabited wilderness in East Wilde and began to build a portal.
This portal technology was not provided by Ner'zhul, but from Kil'jaeden the Deceiver far away on Argus.
Kel'Thuzad, who was eager for knowledge, memorized this advanced technology from the Burning Legion and secretly shared it with Quel'Thalas.
With the vast amount of precious materials stored in the East Weald District, the construction of the portal went very smoothly.
Under the full attention of Sarlayan who did not dare to relax for a moment, the sleepless undead finally completed the construction of the portal quickly before the main force of the alliance returned for reinforcements.
And in the more than half a month it took to build the portal, Arthas still lived up to expectations... failing to break through the defense line guarded by Uther.
The radical nobles of Lordaeron, who were already increasingly dissatisfied with Arthas' reuse of the undead, finally broke out after being held back for so long by Uther, who clearly had more troops but was stretched thin.
However, this is of no use.
Faced with the questioning of the radical lords, Arthas, who became increasingly cold-hearted, decided to implement Ner'zhul's plan-to transform them all into undead that were easier to control by the Lich King, so that there would be no more disagreements. situation.
"Ha~"
Witnessing with his own eyes the whole process of Arthas leading the undead army to kill the army of the radical lords, Sarlayan sneered and said to Jaina who was expressionless on the side: "We have finally come to this point. This guy is completely hopeless. ”
"Um."
If Jaina was still doubtful and puzzled about Arthas's depravity at the beginning, over the past few months, she has watched him step by step into the abyss of depravity, and her heart has long been calm.
"Give him a good time. The late King Terenas certainly didn't want to see the heir for whom he had high hopes fall like this."
