Malfurion specifically emphasized the word "Dark Night Republic", and Sarlayan immediately understood what he was worried about.
No matter how the night elf civilians who came to power after the War of the Ancients promoted it, Azshara is still the legitimate lord of the Night Empire.
Even today, there are many people in the night elves who miss the empire when the queen was in power.
...Of course, the reason why these people are so fond of the past and disregard the present is "indispensable" to Tyrande's tens of thousands of years of power.
What ordinary people want is very simple, nothing more than a better quality of life.
So the question is, compared with the period of the Dark Night Empire, during the 10,000 years that Tyrande was in power, has the quality of life of ordinary night elves improved significantly?
The answer is...no, and there are many regressions.
Why is this happening?
Sharlayan couldn't say whether there were political factors involved. Judging from the result, the top management, led by Malfurion and Tyrande, chose to cut off their arms and abandon the arcane automation technology that was originally spread across the country.
You can get a glimpse of it from Quel'Thalas, which inherited most of the technology and magic technology of the Dark Night Empire.
Starting thousands of years ago, Quel'Thalas, a country with a small population, began to use automation technology on a large scale, which inevitably involved a large amount of arcane magic.
However, the night elves' political correctness after the war completely rejected everything related to the arcane.
It was for this reason that Dath'Remar and other high-borne elves who understood justice and always stood on Azeroth's side were forced to leave their homes and cross eastward to another continent to establish a new home.
So, have the night elves really abandoned arcane magic altogether?
Sharlayan, who has the druid branch profession, can pat his chest and guarantee...this is pure fart.
Malfurion just transformed arcane magic into the Druid system, using the power of nature to "purify" the "evil" arcane magic in order to achieve the balance of Druid philosophy.
Among the high-level druids of the Cenarion Circle today, except for a few such as Malfurion and Fandral, the native druid masters and apprentices, most of them were once high-level arcane masters of the upper elf.
In the words of the Cenarion Circle, they "turned from darkness to light."
As for whether this is the case, under the suppression of political correctness by the Dark Night Republic...who knows.
The appearance of Naga is very different from that of Night Elves, and now Malfurion can use this as a basis to promote that Naga and their master Azshara are evil.
Once the Naga family gains the ability to freely transform between night elves and Naga forms, part of the propaganda slogans of the top leaders of the Dark Night Republic will lose their original effect.
If Azshara intends to take this opportunity to regain the throne that belongs to her and restore the Night Empire on the basis of the Republic, "thanks" to Tyrande's countless tricks in the early years, Malfurion really can't I am confident that I can stop all citizens.
Sharlayan could understand Malfurion's concerns. He did not mince words and solemnly assured the Archdruid: "Chancellor Stormrage, I can guarantee it."
"Azshara does intend to restore the glory of the Dark Night Empire, but she does not intend to have a direct conflict with the Dark Night Republic, at least not for the time being."
These words were not just to appease Malfurion, but Azshara's true attitude.
Even after experiencing the huge setback of being "cheated" by Sargeras, Azshara did not intend to lower her proud head.
In Azshara's opinion...
Since the people of the so-called Dark Night Republic no longer respect her as the queen, fine, then I don’t want you disloyal and rebellious people.
Azshara's base is the group of drowned night elves and their descendants who were rescued by her... who are today's pure-blood Nagas. These people are still loyal to Her Majesty the Queen who saved their lives in danger.
Once the Naga Transformation Research Project is completed, these Nagas will be able to transform back into night elf form.
At that time, Azshara can start from scratch with these many loyal people.
As the saying goes, where you fall you must get up.
With Azshara's arrogance, she will not allow herself to completely lose her fighting spirit after just one failure. She will do her best to make Azeroth shine again for her Dark Night Empire.
Only in this way can she prove with practical actions that the political ideas of Malfurion, Tyrande and others are wrong.
Sharlayan has no intention of getting involved in the political struggle within the night elves. All he needs is the powerful combat power provided by Azshara and her naga, especially the water combat ability that Azeroth currently lacks most.
The fallen Naga who were driven away by N'Zoth must be checked and balanced. Neptulon's water element alone cannot guarantee that it will be able to suppress the Naga of the Ancient God faction.
To Azshara, these Nagas who blatantly betrayed her were far more abominable than the Republic of Dark Night, and she would never allow these things bearing the name of Nagas to tarnish her reputation and honor.
Through the constant contact with Grand Magister Elisande, Sarlayan heard some rumors from her.
In recent years, a rumor of unknown origin has appeared within the Children of the Night, and it is spreading quietly.
In the past few years, Elisande and her advisory team have been busy taking care of internal affairs and rebuilding the once-prestigious Nathalas Academy, and did not pay attention to this folk rumor.
It wasn't until Elisande returned from her travels and paid a private visit in Suramar City incognito that she noticed this rumor.
The content of the rumor is very straightforward, saying that Queen Azshara is about to return.
Nourished by the Night Well with the power of time, the children of the night have a very long lifespan, and the "soon" mentioned here covers a considerable time span.
A few years are about to come, but ten years and decades can still be regarded as about to come for the Son of Night.
Azshara, who knew the inside story, would simply regard this rumor as a meaningless urban legend.
Because she knew that Queen Azshara was indeed planning her return.
However, Elisande did not order Thalyssra, the First Arcanist in charge of Suramar's political affairs, to suppress these rumors.
She plans to take this opportunity to complete a public opinion poll in disguise to learn more about how much influence and appeal Queen Azshara's name still has within Suramar's jurisdiction.
With the secret promotion of Elisande and Talisa, the results of this poll were obtained three months ago.
An astonishing 60% of the Nightborne hope that Queen Azshara will return and regain power. Those who are firmly opposed only account for less than 10% of the total number of people. The remaining people do not care who is in power.
This investigation report undoubtedly frightened Elisande and other Nightborne senior officials.
But think about it.
Before Elisande raised the defensive barrier, she did not express any clear intention to sever ties with Queen Azshara. She covered the city of the Pearl of the Night in the name of protecting the people of Suramar.
This resulted in the influence of many people of the Nightborne on Queen Azshara still remaining 10,000 years ago.
During the Dark Night Empire, there were many die-hard fans of the Queen.
Even Lord Curtalos Ravencrest, the lord of Black Crow Castle, initially raised the name of the resistance army just to get rid of Xavius and other sycophants who bewitched the queen.
In response to the results of Suramar's poll, Elisande specially roped in Talisa and other advisors, and secretly discussed it with Sarlayan.
Contrary to Sharlayan's expectation, Elisande, the lord of the city-state of Suramar, didn't mind Azshara's return very much. She just hoped that Queen Azshara would not blame Suramar for her decision to leave the battle line on her own. .
As an arcanist, Elisande knows Azshara's terrifying strength and charisma better than anyone else.
After being awakened by the high elf troops, Elisande has a clear understanding of his ability to govern.
Since the opening of the city of Suramar, Elisande is still nominally the supreme leader of the city-state of Suramar, but in fact she has long handed over the power of governance to the Grand Magister Advisory Group headed by Thalyssra.
This is why Elisande can find time to travel around the world.
Talisa's governance ability is indeed stronger than Elisande's, but she is not a wizard in governance. She can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
In the words of Elisande and her advisory board...
"If Queen Azshara is willing to treat the people of Suramar well, we would not mind letting the city-state of Suramar return to the name of the Dark Night Empire."
It’s not like Sarlayan can’t understand the thoughts of Elisande and others.
Elisande and her advisory group manage the land of Suramar barely enough, but they do not have the ability to further strengthen Suramar, and at most they can only maintain the status quo.
Since the people do not object, it is not surprising that the self-aware Elisande intends to actively join Queen Azshara for the sake of Suramar's future development.
Of course, the premise is that the Naga transformation plan mentioned by Sarlayan can really succeed.
What Elisander and others want to see is the light of light as before, not the Naga Queen Azshara with a few fish tails trailing behind her. (End of chapter)
