The four dream guardians were severely damaged by the corruption of Xavius, the first generation of dream demon king.
After receiving Sharlayan's reminder, Yinseira, who had been sleeping in the Emerald Dream to deal with the invasion of dream demons, finally realized the seriousness of the problem.
More than ten years ago, she took the initiative to recall four dream guardians whose wills had been seriously eroded.
After killing Xavius, the first-generation dream demon king, the four green dragons finally regained their sanity under the personal purification of Sleeper Yin Sera.
As the guardians of the dream, their minds were actually corrupted by the evil power originating from the dream. Thorne, Emeris, Tyral and Yin Xendre all felt very ashamed.
At their initiative, and after confirming that the four of them had completely recovered from health, Yin Sera readily agreed to their self-recommendation to reinstate their official posts and make meritorious deeds.
However, in order to prevent the second-generation Dream Demon King Varosen from repeating his old tricks, Yin Sera specially formulated a rotation mechanism.
Every 10 years, the four dream guardians will randomly rotate to another of the four dream entrances to avoid being trapped in the same place for a long time and being caught by the Dream Demon King.
Today, the first ten years have just passed, and Laithorn is about to be rotated to the Dawn Forest in the middle of the Dusk Forest.
Before leaving, he planned to teach the Evil Branch Troll, who had been jumping up and down the Hinterlands for ten years, an unforgettable lesson.
Unlike other small clans such as the Vicious Fang, Burning Thorn, and Fire Tree, which have long since abandoned their cannibalism, the Evil Branch Troll, which calls itself the big brother, still retains this bloody and cruel custom.
Not only are they cannibals, but the Evil Branch Trolls also like to use living sacrifices. Any intelligent creature caught by them will never make it out of Xinsaro alive.
Among the five-color dragons, red dragons and green dragons are the ones that love life the most and are close to mortals.
The Evil Branch Troll's evil behavior of desecrating life is undoubtedly a provocation to the green dragon who loves life.
Due to the dragon clan's rule of not intervening in mortal affairs, the Guardians of Seradan, led by Thorne, endured it again and again in the past ten years.
The rotation of guard locations among the Dream Guardians is coming soon, and Laithorn plans to vent the anger accumulated for ten years in a private way before leaving.
Yin Sera chose to turn a blind eye to this. As long as Thorne didn't cause too much trouble, she had no intention of personally intervening in the matter.
And this information can be used by Sarlayan.
It is true that in order not to interfere with the development of mortal civilization, the Dragon Clan will not easily intervene in any battle between mortal races.
But... what if a mortal dares to take the initiative to invade the Dragon Clan's territory? Self-defense and counterattack are not against the rules, right?
Because his mother Yinasi is a hybrid of green dragon and red dragon, as her only son, Sarlayan has always been regarded as one of their own by the green dragon clan.
Therefore, when Sarlayan approached Lai Thorne, who was about to leave in rotation, Lai Thorne, who owed him a big favor because of the corruption of the Dream Demon, patted his chest and agreed to cooperate with his plan without saying a word.
The mature and prudent Yin Sera is a little worried about Sarlayan who likes to cause trouble.
After Stellagosa reported to leave, she specially sent her daughter, the green dragon princess Melinthera, to Theladan to supervise the scene to prevent Thorne and Sharlayan from getting into too much trouble.
Kael'thas has been on the throne for many years, and his long-term rule has already made him a political veteran. He easily understood the implication of Sharlayan's words.
The green dragon will not directly intervene in this local war between the Wildhammer dwarves and the forest trolls, but if the Evil Branch trolls are lured into actively invading Seradan, even if they only step in with one foot...
Since then, the green dragon headed by Thorne can use the excuse of self-defense and counterattack to give the Evil Branch Troll a farewell "surprise" after ten years of patience.
The Hidden Stone is the only way to Theladan, and it was once the residence of a small clan of forest trolls that died long ago.
According to the investigation of Backlight Blade, this clan named Bringle Blade had sternly refused the evil branch troll's solicitation, and finally perished due to an evil ritual of the angry evil branch clan.
All the Bramble Blade Trolls were melted into ooze monsters without any sense by that cruel sacrificial ceremony, and they still linger unconsciously near the Hidden Stone.
The tragedy happened right under Thorne's nose.
Due to the iron laws of the Dragon Clan, the angry Lai Thorne and the other green dragons could not get angry. To this day, they have not forgotten the tragic scene of that day.
The Wildhammer dwarves and high elves have no connection with the Bramble Blade Trolls, but as members of the orderly good camp, both Sarlayan and Falstad decided to let the Bramble Blade Trolls who could not be freed...that is, soft The mud monsters lay in their graves.
It was precisely because of the tragedy that befell the Briarblade Troll that the Evilfang Clan, which was completely disillusioned with the Evilbranch Clan, turned to the High Elves, who were originally their enemies.
In their view, the high elves at least would not treat their own kind so cruelly. The Evil Branch clan's actions have exceeded the tolerance limit of the Maltooth clan.
As the Vilebranch trolls mobilized their forces to rush to the Altar of Zul, with the assistance of the Wildhammer dwarves at Stormfeather Outpost, the Maltooth Clan sent troops from the Maltooth Village on the seaside to board Seaview Cliff and occupied the sandy desert where the garrison was empty. Alvasa.
At this point, the entire northern part of the Hinterlands was completely connected, facing off against the two major clans, Deadwood and Evil Branch, who were fighting fiercely in the south.
After all, the Evil Branch is the most powerful forest troll clan since the demise of Amani. While dealing with the Deadwood clan, they can also use some of their troops to try to teach the daring Badtooth clan a lesson.
This arrogant side force is the wretch that Sharlayan intends to lure into his trap.
The Evil Branch Trolls, fighting on two fronts, had no time to pay attention to the Evil Tooth Village under Wanghai Cliff. A large number of ships from Yongsong Forest had already opened up the route along the way, waiting for the Sun King's order.
"Now that you've planned everything..."
Kael'thas was silent for a moment with his eyes slightly closed. When he opened his eyes again, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the always gentle Sun King.
"In the name of the Sun King of Quel'Thalas, I grant Sharlayan Deep Shadow the overall command of the battle for the Hinterlands."
"Stubborn and conservative people like the Evil Branch Trolls with countless bad habits have long been unable to adapt to this new era. Let's send them to their graves."
Sarlayan solemnly raised his right hand and beat his chest heavily: "Your will!"
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Kael'thas is gentle and easy-going by nature, but he is not a weak person who only knows how to give in.
In the past ten years in office, under the influence of many cabinet ministers with tough external stances such as Sarlayan and Leleza, Kael'thas has long learned to make decisions when necessary.
When it was time to kill decisively, even if he still had compassion in his heart, Kael'thas would never hesitate in making a decision.
Before the forest troll is completely suppressed and loses the ability to resist, the high elves will never show mercy to this old enemy who has been feuding for more than 7,000 years.
This principle can also be applied to the forest troll side.
Except for small clans like the Maltooth Clan, which are forced by the situation to violate the rules of their ancestors, any forest troll clan of some size will not have a good look on the high elves, and they will inevitably fight once they meet.
When the Amani Empire was at its most powerful, most of the eastern kingdom was their territory. At that time, humans, gnomes, dwarves and other races were far from being civilized.
It was not until the high elves came across the sea that the dominance of the forest trolls began to be challenged.
However, in the early days of the founding of Quel'Thalas, the forest trolls that were in full swing kept the high elves suppressed within the Bandinoril Barrier, unable to expand externally.
It was not until the troll war that shook the entire Azeroth that the once mighty Amani Empire began to turn from prosperity to decline.
The old hatred of the high elves occupying the forest trolls' holy land has not yet been resolved, and the new hatred of the troll war is engraved in the hearts of all forest trolls.
Unless one party completely loses the ability to resist and never recovers, at least in Sharlayan's view, it is impossible for the high elves and the forest trolls to reconcile.
Therefore, Sarlayan had no reservations when plotting against the Evil Branch Trolls. He planned to trap them to death from the very beginning. He also wanted to kill the equally powerful Deadwood Clan by hunting down rabbits.
And Sarlayan didn't just stay at the idea stage, he had already begun to take action.
To say who hates the deadwood trolls the most, there is no need to think about it. It must be the Kingdom of Stromgard, which almost had its capital taken away before Danas returned.
...Of course, the biggest blame for the chaos at that time was placed on the idiot Garin Trollbane. The Deadwood Troll was just taking advantage of the situation.
But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the Witherwood Trolls took advantage of the chaos to invade and occupy part of Stromgarde.
So when Sharlayan's letter reached Danath Trollbane, the new king of Stromgarde quickly agreed to his plan.
"Everything is ready."
After receiving Danas' reply, Sarlayan let out a sigh of relief behind the combat desk.
"Next, let's start this 'local war' to end the forest trolls."
