With the defeat of Archimonde and the Burning Legion, the night elves, tauren and orcs who have just experienced a bloody battle all need to recuperate. There should be no large-scale conflicts in Kalimdor in the next few years. .
The roots of the Darkspear trolls are still in Stranglethorn Vale. The Echo Islands are just an attempt by Vol'jin to develop overseas territories and cross-sea trade. He has no intention of deeply intervening in Kalimdor itself.
In other words, as long as the Darkspear Trolls stationed in the Response Islands do not take the initiative to show aggression, no matter whether it is the nearby orcs or the distant tauren and night elves, they will not come looking for trouble.
In the foreseeable future, the biggest crisis that the Echo Islands will face will come from the sea, not the land.
That's right, I'm talking about you, fish-man.
What? Naga?
Indeed, in the original history, Senjin, who led his tribe across the ocean, died at the hands of Naga.
But today is different from the past. The orthodox Nagas headed by Queen Azshara will obviously not embarrass Sharlayan's younger brother. This is not the style of that proud queen.
She disdained trolls ten thousand years ago, and nothing will change ten thousand years from now.
As for the fallen Nagas under Enzos, they are willing to come out to cause trouble.
However, in the previous battle of Estorante, the Fallen Naga was tricked by Sharlayan and was severely damaged under the encirclement of multiple coalition forces including the water element.
The fallen Nagas do not have the powerful violent force capabilities of the orthodox Nagas under Queen Azshara, and it cannot be done in just a few years to restore their vitality.
At this moment, they were still hiding at a certain angle in the depths of the sea, licking their wounds. They had to do their best to avoid the pursuit of Neptulon and the water elemental lords, and they had no time to attack the Echo Islands.
Naga are not the only aquatic race in Azeroth. Murlocs and sea giants also have organized groups.
Especially fishmen.
This little creature with astonishing reproductive capacity is found in all areas of Azeroth where there is water.
Their individual combat effectiveness is very weak, and they usually suppress their enemies with absolute numerical superiority.
Speaking of murlocs, some people in the barrage still have feelings for them.
They still remember the scene where they were overwhelmed by the charge of massive murlocs "Uralala" while playing World of Warcraft. This has become a lingering shadow in their gaming lives.
After some discussion and consideration, Vol'jin decided to act in accordance with Sarlayan's plan and take the initiative to study in Zandalar as the heir to the Darkspear Troll Chieftain.
This has always been the tradition of the troll clan. Back then, Senjin also relied on the same identity to obtain an invitation from Zandalari.
However, with the destruction of the Golden Fleet, it has become very difficult for Zandalari to rely on this method of cultural spread to strengthen the cohesion of the Zandalari clan.
Under the tight blockade of the Kul Tiran fleet, Zandalari's newly established small fleet did not even dare to enter the open sea at will, and could no longer travel across the sea to pull people in as before.
In this case, Sarlayan changed his plan.
As the saying goes, if Zandalar can't come out, it's better to send Vol'jin in.
As long as the Zandalari people, who are worried about how to continue to maintain their status in the cultural field, can perform a painful trick with the cooperation of Kul Tiras, they should be happy to accept Vol'jin who comes from afar to seek the scriptures.
Considering that this plan requires the cooperation of Kul Tiras, Sharlayan still needs some time to perfect the details.
Before the plan is officially launched, Wo'jin will continue to stay in the Echo Islands and lead the Darkspear trolls to drive away the remaining murloc tribes on the island to solve his worries before traveling to study.
After discussing the outline of the follow-up plan with Vol'jin, Stellagosa and Jaina teamed up to open the portal.
Before entering, Sarlayan felt something in his heart and looked up at Durotar, which is across the sea from the Echo Islands.
Valeera pushed Sarlayan behind her in confusion: "Let's go, why are you standing at the door? Do you think it doesn't require magic power to maintain the portal?"
"nothing."
Sarlayan chuckled and waved his hand in the direction of the seemingly deserted mountain: "Let's go, it's time for us to go home."
After the portal closed, a giant wolf with silver fur suddenly jumped out from behind the red mountain that Sarlayan waved, followed by a strange creature with the head of a human and the body of a deer.
"Goldrin, why don't you bid him a frank farewell?"
"snort!"
Wolf God Goldrin snorted and turned his head: "Why are you so anxious? That boy has an immortal lifespan like us, and his days will be long in the future. Let's see where he can go in the future."
Seeing Goldrinn moving away from the Barrens without looking back, the forest demigod Cenarius shook his head helplessly.
"Why are you so duplicitous? You are actually very proud to have such a talented vassal, right?"
"Noisy! Why don't I remember that Malorne taught you these chatty skills?"
"gone!"
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The four guardian dragons bore the greatest pressure in the battle with Archimonde. Although they successfully completed the task with the help of the three wilderness demigods, their bodies were also seriously damaged.
Especially Alexstrasza, who was at the front and took the damage for a long time.
After the Battle of Haishan, the four exhausted Dragon Kings immediately said goodbye to their other comrades in the coalition forces, planning to return to their respective holy lands in the Dragon Bone Wilderness to recuperate for a while.
Before leaving, they made a promise to Malfurion and Tyrande.
Once the night elves decide to plant a new world tree, they will visit Kalimdor again and give the dragon king's blessing to this new world tree just like they did thousands of years ago.
However, due to the loss of the New Well of Eternity as the source of magic power, the effect of the New World Tree's blessing cannot be as powerful as Nordrassil.
Regarding the planting plan of the New World Tree, Fandral Staghelm, who is solely responsible for this matter, has already made preliminary preparations.
Shortly after Malfurion decided to sacrifice Nordrassil to kill Archimonde, Fandral learned the news and urgently picked a Nordrassil tree seed.
According to Fandal's prediction, it only takes a period of cultivation and improvement for this tree species to mature rapidly in just one month after being planted in the soil.
As for where the World Tree should be planted, members of the Dark Night Parliament still have some differences.
Tyrande suggested keeping the new capital away from Mount Hyjal, which has not yet been completely freed from evil contamination. She preferred an uninhabited island in the west of the Dark Coast... which is where the new capital of the night elves was located in the original history.
Maiev suggested planting the new World Tree in the center of the Ashenvale Forest. After all, this is the core territory of the night elves, and it is not too far from the original political center of Mount Hyjal.
Garrod, who was not interested in political affairs, chose to abstain.
Fandral proposed to plant the new World Tree in Lake Luna in the center of Moonglade, and as expected, Tyrande pointed at his nose and scolded him.
As the person with the final decision-making power, Malfurion hoped to establish the new capital in Felwood, and use the World Tree to replace the heart of the forest that was partially corrupted by Gul'dan's Skull, thus completely purifying Felwood with two birds with one stone.
According to Sharlayan's opinions before leaving, the Night Council may eventually adopt Malfurion's plan to kill two birds with one stone and plant the World Tree in the center of Felwood.
If this is the case, the future of the night elves will be quite different from the original history.
When bidding farewell to the Aspect Dragons who had left first, Malygos, the most knowledgeable blue dragon king, promised Sharlayan that after he returned to Wyrmrest Temple and the Demonic Nexus, he would immediately start reviewing the information to find out why Sharlayan The reason why he cannot evolve into a dragon.
It is said that Malygos is also very interested in this strange phenomenon. He suspects that Sharlayan's problem may be related to the series of genetic adjustments made by his mother Yinnas.
In view of this, Sarlayan planned to tell his mother the news after returning, asking her to take the time to go to the Demon Nexus and discuss the matter in depth with Malygos.
Although there were some problems with the dragon form, Sarlayan's realm at this time had indeed surpassed the limits of mortals and officially became a member of the demigods.
After finishing the work at hand, Sharlayan will accept Malfurion's invitation to come to Kalimdor again.
At that time, he will witness the planting of the New World Tree with his own eyes, and by the way, he will give guidance on his breakthrough experience to Malfurion, Tyrande and others who have been stuck in the last step for thousands of years.
After teleporting home, Sarlayan and his party first came to the Broken Islands for a transit, and used the magic network energy of Narthalas College to launch remote teleportation again.
Since he still had official business to attend to, Sarlayan resisted the urge to go home and teleported to the Tower of Sunfury in Silvermoon City, preparing to report the details of this sea-mountain battle to Kael'thas first.
"I'm finally back..."
After walking out of the portal, Sarlayan stretched comfortably under the respectful greetings of the mages stationed at the Tower of Sunfury.
"After finishing the remaining work at hand, it's time for me to calm down and consolidate my realm."
"In the next few years of peace, I shouldn't be as busy as I am now...right?"
