After temporarily settling Rukhmar's soul in the Emerald Dream, the Ancestral Turtle aboard Sarlayan and Valeela happened to arrive at the southwest coast of Zandalari Island.
The continent of Pandaria is isolated offshore in the south of Azeroth, and the island of Zandalar is located in the northeast of Pandaria. The distance between them is not too far.
This was one of the reasons why Zandalari could easily invade Pandaria across the sea, but that war ultimately ended with the Pandaren winning.
Since the great sea battle between Zandalari and Kul Tiras, Zandalari's golden fleet has suffered a devastating blow and has still not been able to recover.
In recent years, the Zandalari trolls have been quietly building new warships in the island's dry docks.
With the wealth they have accumulated over the years, it is unrealistic to launch a full-scale counterattack on Kul Tiras.
However, under the cover of a large number of coastal defense weapons, the new golden fleet can at least force the naval warships of Kul Tiras not to dare to approach the waters surrounding Zandalar Island at will.
Sarlayan had no intention of landing on Zandalari, which was gradually regaining its maritime power.
Surrounding the maximum attack distance of the Zandalari Trolls' coastal defense weapons, the Ancestral Turtle continued to swim north under Sarlayan's instructions, arriving at the sea between the Broken Islands and Zandalari Island.
"That's almost it."
Sarlayan squatted down from the back of the ancestor turtle and patted the turtle's shell beneath him: "Pancho, thank you for your hard work. Be careful on the way back."
Pancho, the ancestral sea turtle, was obviously distracted while swimming in the vast sea. It took several seconds for Sarlayan to react after he finished speaking.
"Huh? Oh~ don't worry about me, my two benefactors, please stay on your way."
Sarlayan shook his head helplessly: "They say don't call me your benefactor."
The Ancestral Turtles are so called because Sarlayan helped them reacquaint themselves with their ancestors after being separated for many years, and reestablished contact with Tortola, the turtle demigod far away in Mount Hyjal.
In order to thank Sarlayan for his connection, the Prototurtles have been working tirelessly to help him transport the Titan artifacts produced by Nalaksha's engine for many years.
After the counterattack on Ulduar is over, the Proto-Turtles should be able to relieve themselves of this heavy workload.
Using Valeera's spatial power positioning, Sharlayan opened a portal directly to Quel'Thalas on Pancho's back.
After bidding farewell to Pancho, the two stepped through the portal and returned to their hometown.
The rich arcane aura permeating the air of Yonge Forest made the two of them take a deep breath subconsciously.
“No matter how many places I’ve been to, it’s the familiar atmosphere of my hometown that I miss the most.”
After waving his hand to close the portal, the arcanist responsible for guarding the teleportation tower in Unicorn City came to his senses and hurriedly saluted Sallayan and Valeera respectfully.
"Lord, Lady Valila, welcome back to Unicorn City!"
Sarlayan and Valeera did not hold a public wedding ceremony. They just followed the tradition of the dragon clan and became partners in a low-key manner under the witness of Yin Nasi.
However, Unicorn City knew Valeela's status in the territory from top to bottom, and everyone regarded her as the lord's wife.
...But Valeela is not the only one who receives this kind of treatment.
Regardless of the fact that Quel'Thalas officially implements a monogamy system, in fact, high elves of all classes know that this law has no substantive binding force on the "passionate" nobles. There are just some opinions on the inheritance rights of future generations.
It is not uncommon for female nobles to have double-digit reputations in the aristocratic circles of Quel'Thalas.
In the same way, most male nobles also kept a large number of lovers outside their wives' backs, and even nobles often formed romantic relationships with each other.
All in all, it's a mess.
In the eyes of the well-informed residents of the Deep Shadow Dukedom, the Duke of Deep Shadow, who only has a few regular partners, is considered to be out of the mud and untainted in the aristocratic circle.
[The evil feudal aristocratic society! I'm so sour!
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[Wake up, it’s useless even if you live in the feudal era. This kind of privilege can only be enjoyed by nobles. 】
[Just like there are always people who are unhappy in life and think that they will live better abroad than at home. However, in fact... waste is still waste wherever it goes, and gold will shine no matter where it is. 】
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[No, I’m just making a casual comment. Is it necessary to go online like this? 】
The barrage quickly deflected the topic as always, and the pros and cons began to have a heated debate on whether living environment would affect treatment.
Sarlayan just glanced casually and decisively ignored the barrage of arguments. He smiled gently and patted the shoulders of the two teleportation tower arcanists.
"No need to be polite, just keep working. We have to rush back to see our families."
"yes!"
Under the polite gaze of the two arcanists, Sarlayan and Valeela stepped out of the teleportation tower, overlooking the panoramic view of Unicorn City from a high place.
Since the end of the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Sarlayan, as the commander-in-chief of the war, has lost his reputation in Quel'Thalas... and even the entire Eastern Kingdom. It is not that easy to travel as low-key as before.
The people of the Duchy of Deep Shadow are naturally proud of their lord's outstanding performance. This will also give them something to talk about with pride when chatting with people from other countries and regions after dinner, and improve themselves to a certain extent. of style.
But the most important thing is not these illusory things, but the quality of life in the Duchy of Shadow is actually the best among all the noble territories in Quel'Thalas, and the living standards in other countries are worse than Quel'Thalas. do not talk.
On the way back to the Lord's Mansion, the residents in the city would salute Sarlayan and Valeera with respect and enthusiasm.
They could all tell that the dusty lord and his wife must have just returned from outside after finishing their business.
And these unspecified business affairs can often effectively improve the international status of Quel'Thalas, and even the quality of life of the domestic people.
Sarlayan would never show a cold attitude in front of his subjects. He and Valeera arrived at the door of the lord's mansion with a smile as the subjects greeted them.
Through the noise in the city, the two sisters Stellagosa and Tinagosa who stayed behind in the territory had already heard the news of their return.
"Salayan! You are finally back!"
As soon as he stepped onto the last step, a human cannon blasted into Sarlayan's chest as usual.
Sarlayan showed a helpless smile as expected, and immediately lowered his focus to steadily catch the little Tina who rushed towards her.
You can guess from the aggrieved expression on the little guy's face that she didn't have a very pleasant time staying in the territory with her stern sister.
"oh?"
While Sharlayan was busy comforting little Tina, Valeera was busy saying goodbye to Stella Gosa.
When the two looked at each other, they unexpectedly discovered that the other had successfully broken through the limits of mortals and officially entered the gate of the extraordinary realm.
However, compared to Valeera, who had more than 800 years of seclusion due to time travel, Stellagosa should have just made a breakthrough.
The arcane power in her body has not yet been well restrained, and she feels a bit sharp, similar to Sarlayan just after the Battle of Sea Mountain.
Stellagosa and Valeera have long developed a sister-like relationship after living together for many years, but they still have many comparisons with each other.
After a vague farewell to each other, Valeela and Stellagosa tacitly agreed to put aside the dispute for the time being, and wait until later to find time to calculate who won the original bet.
But from Sarlayan's point of view...it's hard to say who will come first in this matter, and the controversy is bound to be huge.
It is difficult to accurately calculate the time of Valeela's breakthrough, because it was in the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago.
After comforting Tinargosa who took the opportunity to act coquettishly, Sarlayan seemed to have not seen the exchange of eyes between the two, and naturally asked Stellagosa who was still smiling: "Where is Oni? You won’t go out wandering again, will you?”
"Don't make it sound like I'm not doing anything serious all day, okay? I'm very busy during this period~"
A familiar sexy and lazy voice came from behind Sarlayan and Valeela, and two snow-white arms went around Sarlayan's shoulders and hugged his neck.
"Dear, welcome back~"
Valeela's eyebrows twitched subconsciously, and she glanced sharply at Tinagosa in Sarlayan's arms.
The quirky little Tina understood immediately and deliberately held Sarlayan's head and sat on his shoulders, pushing Onyxia's arms to the side as if unintentionally.
"Um?"
The Black Dragon Princess was not a good-tempered person. She could see at a glance who was instigating Tinagosa's actions. She raised her head and looked at Valeela with a half-smile.
"Okay."
Sarlayan smiled helplessly: "Don't perform this kind of family comedy in front of your house, go home first."
"And... Stella, you have worked hard during this time."
