The operation to persuade Thalyssra to help went very smoothly. Sharlayan only mentioned that he needed help. The chief arcanist, who was still grateful for Sharlayan's help to Suramar, agreed without saying a word.
The task of the anti-orthodox Nightborne army is handled by the magic swordsman Aluriel. Talisa's absence for a period of time will not have any impact, as long as she can get back before Archimonde leads the main force.
This is not a problem at all for Talisa, who is an arcanist. She has already recorded the coordinates of the magic network of the camp, and can teleport it back at any time as long as the task is completed.
But next, Saryan will be ready for a "tough battle."
He wanted to visit the capital of the Dark Night Republic again and face the stubborn Moon God High Priest in person.
Due to Sharlayan's previous sins, Tyrande was furiously tracing the causes and consequences of Yin Lidan's "defection".
Although Sarlayan was confident that he would not be found out, after all, this matter was closely related to him, so he felt a little guilty before coming to the door.
By the way, after receiving the guarantee that Sharlayan would definitely kill Archimonde, Yin Lidan, who had other plans, left Kalimdor first.
He bypassed the night elf-controlled area and took the ship left by the orcs who landed in Durotar to cross the sea to the Broken Islands.
But before that, Yin Lidan must first take Sharlayan's token and use ancient magic on the Broken Shore to summon ancient allies.
Although Yin Lidan has already connected with the fraudsters who are eager to find new agents to kill the Lich King, the Tomb of Sargeras is a crisis-ridden Legion lair. Even Yin Lidan dare not enter alone. He needs Some helpers.
It had not been long since Sharlayan left Andarius last time, and Malfurion, who was still sitting in the center, was a little puzzled by Sharlayan's visit again.
Due to Yin Lidan's escape, Tyrande, who had originally advocated for Yin Lidan's release, was predictably questioned a lot. Recently, Malfurion was also struggling to deal with a series of follow-up matters related to it.
Malfurion and Yin Lidan were brothers from the same mother, but he often couldn't figure out Yin Lidan's weird brain circuit. He didn't know why he betrayed Tyrande's trust this time.
Leaving aside the rest, as a brother and a love rival, Malfurion knew very well the depth of Yin Lidan's affection for Tyrande.
If he had not encountered an emergency, Yin Lidan would not have fled the front line at this time.
Because this will inevitably lead to Tyrande, who released him personally, into a dilemma.
After a series of subsequent investigations to restore the situation at the scene, Malfurion could basically confirm that Yin Lidan went to Felwood Forest after leaving the Ashenvale front line, and killed Anersalon, a high-level demon officer who was hiding behind and quietly corroding the forest. .
But what did Yin Lidan discover after that, and why he left at the juncture of the Burning Legion's massive invasion? Malfurion and Tyrande, who were solely responsible for investigating the matter, were at a loss.
Sarlayan came at the right time. According to the investigation report of the Sentinel Force, Sarlayan had visited Felwood not long ago. Perhaps he would know where Yin Lidan was going.
"Yin Lidan?"
Sarlayan responded to Malfurion and Tyrande's questions without hesitation: "I did have some contact with him in Felwood, and I roughly know his follow-up plans."
Tyrande, who had a bad temper, immediately slapped the table and asked: "What is going on! What is that guy Yin Lidan thinking?!"
"My love, please be patient and don't be impatient."
Malfurion patted Tyrande's shoulder calmly as before: "Be patient and let Sharlayan finish."
Sarlayan didn't pay attention to Tyrande's bad attitude, and shrugged casually and continued: "The reason why we left without saying goodbye is because Yin Lidan... he was worried that he would not be accepted by you as he is now."
Malfurion's green eyebrows raised slightly, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"How do you say this?"
"Literally." Sarlayan pointed to his forehead, and at the same time exposed a pair of dragon horns: "In order to defeat Anersalon, the demigod-level fear devil, Yin Lidan absorbed the Skull of Gul'dan. of all knowledge and power.”
"To put it simply...he also became a member of the devil."
"this……"
In fact, Malfurion had made this speculation when he restored the scene, but he had never been willing to believe it.
It is impossible for Anatheron to corrupt the huge Felwood by his own power alone. He will definitely need the assistance of powerful evil artifacts.
Subsequent investigations also proved this. It was obvious that there was a super-powerful evil artifact near the Heart of the Forest. It was this artifact of unknown origin that Anersalon used to corrupt Felwood.
However, when the night elf investigation team arrived at the scene, there were only a large number of fragmented demon corpses near the Heart of the Forest.
The severely corrupted Heart of the Forest remained intact, but the evil artifact that should have been there had long since disappeared.
At first, Malfurion thought that Anersalon had completed his mission and evacuated with the artifact. However, after later discovering the small amount of ash remains left by Anersalon and the solid skull that had been drained of evil energy, this guess was natural. It is self-defeating.
At that time, Malfurion speculated that the person who killed Anersalon might be Yin Lidan.
Only demigods can kill demigods.
Although this theory is not absolute under the influence of certain objective factors, it can still be applied in most situations.
Although Yin Lidan is very powerful, he is still one step away from the threshold of becoming a demigod.
There are only two possibilities for him to kill Anasseron. One is that Yin Lidan breaks through before the battle, and the other is that someone else steps in to help.
The remaining traces of battle near Anersalon's body confirmed that Yin Lidan was not the only one who fought against him. The remains of the siege hellfire that was demolished by Sarlayan were still in place.
However, with Sharlayan's personal confirmation, all the luck in Malfurion's heart disappeared.
He had to admit that the worst possibility he thought of came true.
"how come……"
Although Tyrande is the object of Yin Lidan's affection, her opinion of Yin Lidan...how should I put it?
Directly copying the description of the barrage, it is like a goddess looking at the spare tire. She has a certain understanding but does not fully understand it.
When it comes to understanding Yin Lidan, she is still far behind her brother Malfurion, who is a sibling from the same mother.
As the High Priest of the Moon God who participated in the Ancient War, he is one of the staunchest defenders of Azeroth.
No matter how many stupid actions Tyrande made, it was only because of her lack of personal ability. She had always been upright in terms of right and wrong.
At least Tyrande's hatred of demons and love for this world are absolutely false.
Knowing that Yin Lidan would not hesitate to turn into a demon in order to gain power, Tyrande was stunned for a while and could not recover.
"Why did he do this?"
Sarlayan and Malfurion looked at each other, with helpless expressions in their eyes.
'Why? Is there any need to ask, because he doesn't have much sense of belonging to the night elves as a race...'
Yin Lidan is not the kind of person who accepts pua after getting used to it. The naturally unruly demon hunter is not just a talker.
From Yin Lidan's personal perspective, he doesn't think he did anything wrong ten thousand years ago.
The power of the Well of Eternity is a scourge in the eyes of Malfurion and Tyrande, but Yin Lidan believes that this well of magic will become one of Azeroth's trump cards against the Burning Legion in the future.
On this point, Yin Lidan agreed with the upper elves headed by Dath Rema, which is one of the reasons why he gave one of the bottles of eternal well water to Dath Rema for safekeeping.
After the new Well of Eternity was created on the top of Mount Hyjal, Yin Lidan was unanimously condemned by the tribesmen who had PTSD from the Well of Eternity. Malfurion was unable to resist public opinion and could only reluctantly throw his own brother into prison.
And this level is a full ten thousand years.
Thinking about it from another perspective, if Sharlayan was imprisoned by his own people for ten thousand years because of this nonsense, he would no longer have even a little bit of racial identification with the night elves.
Moreover, Yin Lidan is a staunch pragmatist. As long as it can increase his strength, changes in appearance don't matter to him at all.
The only one who could make Yin Lidan take care of him was the high priest of the Moon God who was still in trance in front of Sarlayan.
Sarlayan was not interested in asking about this complicated love triangle. He already knew everything he should know from the barrage.
"Ahem~ Regarding Yin Lidan's follow-up plan, he just casually mentioned that he wanted to kill the Lich King. I don't know the specific situation."
"Yin Lidan's matters are not important for the time being. Speaker Stormrage, you and I both know that he will not do anything to harm Azeroth."
Sarlayan cleared his throat and brought the topic back up: "Rather than Yin Lidan's whereabouts, let's get back to business."
"High Priest Whisperwind, there is a very important matter that needs your help right now."
"If this plan can be implemented smoothly, we can cut off one of Archimonde's arms and greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Burning Legion."
