Sharlayan didn't know that his mother in Quel'Thalas was preparing a "surprise" for him.
When Tichondrius thought he was lurking in Stratholme with a flawless disguise, Sarlayan had just arrived in Felwood and successfully met with Valeera who had come to scout for information first.
"How's the situation?"
The sharp-tailed swift is smaller and makes less noise when flying. It can be said to be silent when it lands on the ground.
After passing through the dense foliage of Felwood and landing accurately in the trees where Valeera was hiding, Thalayan almost seamlessly switched to black panther form and launched stealth.
There is no teammate perspective in the real Azeroth. When Sharlayan and Valeela enter stealth state at the same time, theoretically they cannot see each other's exact position.
However, this is just a theory after all. With the help of the soul link, Sarlayan can confirm Valeela's precise location through her own perspective, and vice versa.
Moreover, the soul link that can be activated for a long time as long as it enters the effective range allows the two people to exchange information silently in the latent state without even communicating through language.
Valeera had been keeping watch in Felwood for three days and two nights before Sharlayan arrived in a hurry.
"It's quite stable. This Dread Lord, who is suspected to be Anersalon, has been staying by the Heart of the Forest, using all his strength to activate the Skull of Gul'dan to release evil energy pollution."
Sarlayan asked in confusion: "The night elves stationed here didn't respond at all?"
Valeela sighed and said: "After all, this is the rear area of the night elves. The main battlefield of Felwood is in the border area near the tree dwellings in Ashenvale."
"About half of the defenders in Felwood were deployed to the southern battlefield adjacent to Ashenvale, and the other half was sent to the junction connecting Felwood, Moonglade and Winterspring Valley."
The Burning Legion's attack on Kalimdor was comprehensive, mainly concentrated in northern Kalimdor under the control of the night elves.
Not only Felwood and Ashenvale, Winterspring Valley and the borders of Azshara are also facing demonic attacks.
This is also the reason why Medivh chose Stonetalon Mountain as the location for his second meeting with the orcs.
The undulating Stonetalon Mountains are located just behind the main attack direction of the Burning Legion, but not far from the main battlefield.
Once the orcs have a clear strategic target, they can unexpectedly penetrate the Legion's back from Stonetalon Mountain.
Of course, this is just an ideal situation. Sharlayan does not think that the orcs can escape the surveillance of the Burning Legion.
Mannoroth, that idiot lord of the abyss, had been watching eagerly as the orcs landed on Kalimdor, so that he could grab some cannon fodder for the charge.
Since all the troops in Felwood were transferred to the border areas on the north and south sides, the defense of the core area where the Heart of the Forest was stored was unprecedentedly empty. This gave the Dreadlord Anathalon, who was good at infiltration, the opportunity to corrupt the Heart of the Forest.
"Anatheron..."
Sarlayan did not dare to directly use the Eagle Eye technique to identify the realm and level of the Dread Lord.
However, according to the information provided by the barrage, this guy is the second-ranking figure in the Nasrezim clan after Tichondrius, and his strength and status are still above Mephistros.
If nothing else, Anasseron should also be a proper demigod-level demon.
Before the arrival of the main dragon army, there were few powerful units in the mortal camp that could stand up to the demigods.
The black dragon princess Onyxia needs to sit in a camp at the foot of Mount Hyjal just in case.
If Archimonde becomes impatient and launches an attack in advance, Onyxia can also hold off the Defiler for a period of time with the assistance of the three demigods Cenarius, Tortola, and Goldrinn.
Valeera rubbed her brows with a headache: "That means we have to find a way to deal with this guy ourselves?"
"No, that's not the case."
A look of thought flashed in Sarlayan's eyes: "Have you sent someone to tell Jarod the news that Anersalon is corroding Felwood? Has Yin Lidan heard of this information?"
Valeera: "Of course it's done. I'm sure Yin Lidan Stormrage has also learned the information."
"That's easy to say."
Sarlayan breathed a sigh of relief: "If I guessed correctly, Yin Lidan should be rushing over right now."
"Why?" Valeela asked in confusion: "According to the information investigated by Backlight Blade, Yin Lidan doesn't seem to attach much importance to his compatriots who have been imprisoned for ten thousand years. Are you sure he will rush here to save Felwood?" ?”
"Ha~" Sarlayan smiled meaningfully: "It's not to save Felwood, but to gain more power."
"Yin Lidan is a terrifyingly real person. He doesn't believe in those fancy things. Unrivaled power is his greatest pursuit."
"Not to mention what his ultimate goal is, as long as Yin Lidan knows that the skull of Gul'dan contains a large amount of information related to the Burning Legion and can absorb a large amount of evil energy, he will not let go of this opportunity to strengthen his own strength. .”
As early as the War of the Ancients, Yin Lidan used his golden eyes that were predicted to do great things in exchange for the opportunity to be infused with evil energy from Sargeras.
It turned out that Yin Lidan was a Moon Guard officer under the command of Lord Kutalos Ravencrest of Black Crow Castle, and his body was filled with arcane power.
However, Yin Lidan, who was always pursuing great strides forward, felt that the progress of arcane magic was too slow, so he turned to Sargeras in exchange for faster evil energy.
Sargeras was not stupid either. He had long seen that Yin Lidan's motives were impure, and he did not instill in him powerful evil powers at the level of Archimonde and Kil'jaeden, but had reservations.
But even so, the evil energy given by Sargeras pushed Yin Lidan's strength to the peak of mortals, which was much higher than Malfurion and Tyrande who were still young at the time.
Today's Azeroth does not have enough research on fel energy. Mainstream society has always been repulsive and wary of fel energy users. Warlocks, a profession that can control fel energy, have not yet appeared in large numbers.
Not to mention demon hunters, including Yin Lidan himself, the demon hunters who serve Azeroth can be described as rare.
Evil energy, an energy full of chaotic nature, is difficult to control. Although evil energy users make rapid progress, the risk of using it is also very high. If one fails, he will be controlled by the power.
Many demon hunters who changed professions during the War of the Ancients eventually lost their minds, either joining the Burning Legion or going crazy and being punished by their own compatriots.
Yin Lidan is a special case, his will is unshakable.
According to the barrage, even decades in the future, Yin Lidan, who has died and been resurrected, can still maintain himself under the erosion of evil energy and firmly remember his original intention.
Yin Lidan, who was already full of evil energy, was not afraid of inhaling more evil energy. On the contrary, he was worried that his strength was not improving fast enough.
After being imprisoned and wasted for ten thousand years, Yin Lidan, who regained his freedom, was eager to strengthen his strength and play a greater role in the second invasion of the Burning Legion that had arrived.
Sarlayan's prediction of Yin Lidan's actions was correct.
While he and Valeera were squatting in Felwood to discuss countermeasures, Yin Lidan took advantage of Fandral Staghelm to lead the second wave of reinforcements to the front line, and without even saying hello, he abandoned the watcher Maiev and went off alone.
When Ma Wei learned that Yin Lidan had escaped, she was so angry that she jumped up and down.
But the current frontline battlefield cannot be separated from her, otherwise Kazloga and Azgalo will tear apart the defense line and march straight in.
In desperation, Maiev could only continue to maintain the battle line with Fandral, who came up urgently, and asked his adjutant Nasa to lead a small group of watchers to track Yin Lidan in the direction he left.
At the same time, Sarlayan, who learned that Yin Lidan had entered Felwood and was about to lure Anersalon away, also received an unexpected "surprise".
"Uh~"
Sarlayan was speechless as he looked at the beautiful ranger with her hands on her hips in front of him, a stern and reproachful look on her face.
"Alleria, why are you here?"
"snort!"
Alleria snorted and asked, "I should ask you this. What are you, the commander-in-chief of Quel'Thalas, doing here, abandoning your own men?"
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and raised his hands in a military salute of a certain country: "This is a long story... Anyway, that's it for now. Let me give you a brief explanation first."
"Not urgent."
Seeing that Sarlayan was no longer planning to hide it from her, Alleria's stern expression softened.
"I have some information I accidentally got from the devil to confirm with you."
"The orcs and trolls that landed on the red earth in southern Azshara not long ago were the ones who were summoned by you, right?"
"……ha?"
This unexpected news made Sarlayan slightly widen his eyes: "The orcs and the Darkspear Troll have arrived?! This..."
Sarlayan turned his attention to Valeera, who was in charge of intelligence management. The little squirrel shook his head with a confused look on his face: "I didn't receive this news."
Alleria touched her chin thoughtfully: "It seems that the Burning Legion has deliberately blocked the relevant information, but what is their purpose in doing this?"
Sarlayan's expression suddenly changed, and through the rapid discussion with the barrage, his expression gradually became ugly.
"It's broken! The battle situation in the eastern part of Ashen Valley may change!"
"Eastern Ashenvale?"
Alleria asked doubtfully: "Before I set out, the eastern part of Ashenvale had not been attacked by the Burning Legion on a large scale. Where do you mean this?"
"Huh~"
Sarlayan took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, pressed his temples hard and frowned, saying, "It's not the Burning Legion...it's more complicated to explain. In short, we have to solve the problem here as soon as possible and hurry up and rush back to the Valley of Ashen."
Looking worriedly at Ashenvale in the southeast of Felwood Forest, Sarlayan let out a long sigh: "I hope Guyin'er and Vol'jin can work together to control the situation, otherwise... Big Shade may be in danger. "
