Kel'Thuzad, who was far away in Stratholme and was arranging the solid defense line of undead in the Eastern Kingdom, never expected that he was being personally investigated by the leader of the Nathrezim clan.
Ever since Arthas led part of the main force of the natural disasters to Northrend, the undead army in the Eastern Kingdom has shifted from attack to defense.
The Kingdom of Lordaeron, which had been holding on for a long time, finally waited until Mograine led the main force to return, and the problem of insufficient domestic troops was greatly improved.
However, the damage that had been done could no longer be undone. Archimonde's demonstration before leaving completely destroyed the entire town of Andorhal.
To this day, the huge pit centered on Andorhal is still filled with a large amount of violent evil energy. All creatures that approach the huge pit of Andorhal will be infected by evil energy.
The vast population of wildlife living near Andorhal has become contaminated and has become more aggressive.
Until Lordaeron... or the Alliance can find a way to clean up the remaining evil energy near the crater of Andorhal, this area has temporarily become a restricted area for life.
Taking the maximum radiation range of the Andorhal crater as the dividing line, the Lordaeron army and the Scourge formed a demarcation line.
After Arthas was ordered to leave, Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendell immediately mobilized their troops and pulled the defense line back to the front line of Geron Farm.
On the one hand, it was to avoid the heavily polluted ruins of Andorhal, and on the other hand, it was to shrink its troops to deal with threats from the rear.
The remaining members of the Knights of the Silver Hand in East Weald are still trying hard to regain their lost ground.
Abedis, Tyrosos and others have cleared away the scattered undead blocking the road in front of their respective gates, and have joined forces at the Kaolin intersection, preparing to concentrate their superior forces to retake Dalon in the south of East Weld. county.
The most important base of the Scourge in the Eastern Kingdom is undoubtedly Stratholme City, but Darrow County, as the forward stronghold in the southern part of East Weald, cannot be lost, otherwise the undead army marching into East Tirisfal will face enemies from both sides. Dilemma.
Without the annoying radical Alsace, Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendell, who had other plans, did not want to continue to attack.
But in order to complete the task of staying behind assigned by the Lich King, they still need to perform a little bit, at least they cannot be forced back to Stratholme's lair by the main force returning to the alliance.
Without Kel'Thuzad himself knowing anything about it, Tichondrius quietly returned to the Eastern Kingdom through the remaining legion portal in East Weald.
The disguising leader of the dreadlords transformed into a Stratholme survivor and a smuggler doing business with the Scourge.
Yes, survivors.
As Sharlayan previously revealed at the Alliance Conference, there are still a large number of living people in Stratholme City. These people were able to escape from the completely blackened Arthas due to the request of Baron Rivendell. survived.
The undead really don't need food and water, nor do they need clothing to keep out the cold.
However, in order to build various weapons and equipment and large-scale war weapons for the armed army, the Scourge will still need strategic materials such as stone, wood, and steel. Stratholme's inventory alone is obviously not enough.
The Scourge, which had long become the public enemy of the living, could not buy what they wanted through formal channels. Even Quel'Thalas, who was secretly connected to Kel'Thuzad, could not blatantly transport these things to Stratholme.
As a result, opportunists such as smugglers emerged.
Today, Stratholme City has many living merchants with smuggling channels.
These profit-seeking guys usually have no moral integrity at all. As long as they can make money and live, they can even sell their own mothers. Betrayal of the race is nothing to them.
The smuggler Tichondrius chose to replace was quite powerful. He maintained a fairly well-equipped armed bodyguard and was responsible for smuggling various items from Quel'Thalas and selling them to the Scourge for profit.
Such a miscellaneous fish in the gray area at the bottom of society was naturally unable to resist Tichondrius. Without anyone noticing, Tichondrius replaced the smuggler nicknamed Scary Eyes.
Coincidentally, in three days, Baron Rivendell will summon smugglers including Scar Eye to come to supply goods, and Kel'Thuzad should also be accompanying him.
Tichondrius, who had already conducted an investigation first, planned to take this opportunity to get up close and personal with Kel'Thuzad to personally evaluate whether he was worth the risk of winning over the Nasrezim.
At the same time, Yin Nas and Tina Gosa, who were sitting in Unicorn City, discovered something was wrong.
The penetration ability of the Dread Lord should not be underestimated, not to mention that this time it was Tichondrius who was at the top of all the Dread Lords.
But... everything still has to be based on a basic law.
The method for the Dread Lord to replace the original owner is not to completely swallow up his existence and memory, but to use his superb observation and acting skills to simulate his personality and behavior as perfectly as possible.
However, there are some things that you just don’t know if you don’t know.
The smuggler "Scar Eye" who was killed and replaced by Tichondrius was not a real smuggler, but a peripheral intelligence agent developed by the Backlight Blade in the city of Stratholme several years ago.
Even Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendell didn't know about this.
At regular intervals, Scar Eye will avoid all his subordinates, record the recent observations in Stratholme City, put the letter in the agreed location, and wait for the elites of the Backlight Blade to come and pick it up.
I don't know whether it was Tichondrius's bad luck or the fate of the day, but during the more than a month that he observed and imitated Scar Eye, he perfectly avoided the time when Scar Eye was connected to the online connection, and was in the middle period where no contact was needed. .
So of course, Tichondrius failed to grasp this crucial information.
The fifth day after the death of the real Scar-Eye was supposed to be the agreed time for him to contact the leader of the Backlight Blade. However, the high elf elite thieves who sneaked into Stratholme were never able to find the letter that was supposed to be deposited at the agreed location.
What's even more strange is that when this elite thief thought that Scar Eye had encountered an accident or had defected, he sneaked into Scar Eye's smuggling den to monitor him, but he unexpectedly found that Scar Eye was still alive and well, and was not at all affected by the betrayal of Backlight. It means to run away with a knife.
As a demigod-level demon, Tichondrius immediately noticed that someone was peeping at him nearby, but he didn't take it to heart.
According to what Tichondrius observed while lurking in Stratholme City recently, Stratholme City is now a mixed bag, with many spies from various countries in the alliance sneaking in to gather information.
Not to mention, Scar Eye has spies from at least three countries under his command. As a well-established boss among smugglers, it is not surprising that Scar Eye would be under surveillance.
Due to this subtle intelligence gap, Tichondrius did not choose to reveal his identity and silence him, which laid an important foundation for his future failure.
After studying and practicing with her brothers and sisters for many years, Tina Gosa, although her personality is still cheerful, is no longer the little kid who only knew how to make mischief.
"strangeness……"
Xiao Tina and Yin Nasi, who was also full of doubts, looked at each other and raised her own question first: "You are obviously still here, but you feel at ease and miss the time for delivering the information? What kind of cunning operation is this?"
"Um……"
Yin Nasi, who has more life experience, has slightly narrowed eyes, obviously thinking of something.
"Unless... this external spy was replaced by someone without our knowledge. The Scar Eye who is still in Stratholme City is no longer him."
"ha?"
Tina Gosa touched the dragon horn on her forehead in confusion: "But the thief who sent the news said..."
"Yes."
A cold light flashed in Yin Nasi's eyes: "Scar Eye's every move is no different from before. Ha~ This familiar and perfect performance reminds me of a demon I hunted during the War of the Ancients."
Tina is not stupid. On the contrary, as a blue dragon, she has a very flexible mind. Through the information revealed by Yin Nas, little Tina, who is still lacking in experience, quickly thought of a possibility.
"Aunt Yin Nasi, you mean..."
"Um."
With a half-smile, Yin Nasi tapped her finger lightly on the roster with Scar Eye written on it: "Dread Lord, that's interesting. I want to see who sneaked into Stratholme to do mischief at this point in time."
"If it works well, maybe... we can catch a big fish and prepare a big surprise for Sarlayan who is very busy in Kalimdor."
