The "Archbishop's Attack" incident in the Shining Plains quickly spread throughout the empire.
On the one hand, it is because of the special status of Archbishop Chaldea. He is one of the three royal agents of the Kingdom of Stormwind. Once Chaldea encounters misfortune, it will directly trigger chaos in the Kingdom of Stormwind, one of the four pillars of the empire. On the other hand,
, because of the identity of the attacker.
Although there were speculations about the "Dark Blade Assassin" among the people very quickly, and the words were well-founded, the materials placed in front of the leaders and the vivid magical images very faithfully pointed out the identity of the real attacker.
.
A bug...an alienated bug that has never appeared in other areas of Azeroth.
In New Stormwind City, MI7, Dalaran, and the priests of the Holy Light Church have begun to work together to analyze the giant insect that was killed by the Archbishop himself, in order to get more clues. On the other hand, under the leadership of the League of Assassins,
With the help, the empire's center, the King's Council, obtained the source information of the giant insect within 3 hours after the attack.
In fact, this bug has never concealed its origin.
"It comes from the large insect nest in the southernmost part of the Tanaris Desert. Of course, it may also rush out directly from the Great Desert of Silithus. It is difficult to judge now, because according to the collection collected by the Assassin League's expedition team on the edge of the Tanaris Desert
Judging from the information received, this is just a very ordinary high-level winged insect among those strange insect swarms."
The Assassin Grand Master Jorach Ravenholdt, who had returned from his injury and still looked a little pale, distributed the information in his hand to every representative in front of him. This was a meeting held at the White Tower Port. The kings were busy with their own affairs and could not
came, but they all sent their most trusted subordinates as envoys.
"Your Excellency Duke, you mean that there are no such... um, winged insects infested in the Shining Plains, including the Empire?"
King Jialin's envoy and royal spy Huiyop frowned at the pitiful information in his hand and looked at his colleagues. He asked doubtfully:
"And the Tanaris expedition? The Kingdom of Stromgard seems to have not received any news about the expedition."
"Neither did we."
The representative of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Lord Wilton Barov, nodded to Gray Yopp and also turned his attention to the assassin master in front of him.
This Lord is the eldest son of Count Barov, an old aristocrat who became famous for his meritorious service in escorting the people in the Battle of Northern Xinjiang. Alsace was impressed by the old Count's contribution to the empire and invited the old Count several times to participate in the affairs of the kingdom.
, but they were all declined by the old count. He said that he wanted to take a rest, but at the king's warm invitation, he still sent his two sons to serve the king of Alsace.
But I don't know if it was an illusion, but Grand Master Jorach Ravenholdt always felt that the handsome and elegant Lord in front of him seemed to be hiding some secrets.
But now is not the time to talk about this.
Faced with the doubts of the representatives, Cholazzi shrugged and said to them:
"The expedition team is the name announced to the outside world. The one who actually went to the Tanaris Desert was one of our elite scouts. The reason why they appeared there is very simple, because some time ago, we were at war with the Hot Sand Consortium.
The king and generals are planning attacks on goblin cities, and we...we must gather enough information for the war."
The master assassin put on a cold face and said to the representatives:
"That's all I can say, if you don't know, then you shouldn't know...Okay, gentlemen and ladies, let's turn our attention to what's really important."
The hidden meaning behind Qiao Laqi's words is very simple...the representatives are not of sufficient rank, and these secrets are not something they should explore. It has to be said that in a place like the Empire, where superiority and inferiority are extremely prominent, this is simply an all-purpose reason.
"Wow"
At the instruction of the Assassin Grandmaster, a rough map of Kalimdor's Southern Territory was hung on the wall of the conference room. Jorazi picked up a drawing pen and drew on the two desert-representing areas at the southernmost tip of Southern Territory.
Then he pointed to the place and said to the representatives:
"These bugs... they are not wild beasts. When you report to your respective kings, remember to inform this. These bugs are highly intelligent. I can't judge whether they are a special civilization, but I can
There is certainly a high degree of social behavior within these bugs."
"Um..."
The representatives straightened their bodies one by one. Obviously, what Cholazzi said made them very interested.
"The base camp of the bugs is in the Great Desert of Silithus. It is probably one of the largest deserts in the entire Azeroth that I have ever seen. Our scouts did not go too deep into this vast desert.
Desert, but just on the outskirts of the desert, we saw objects similar to insect nests. The number of these bugs was almost as many as their shrunken compatriots..."
"In addition, the insect nest at the southern end of the Tanaris Desert is very much like a branch of the Silithus insect swarm, a vanguard or a scout... I personally prefer the second guess..."
The assassin master turned back, put his hands on the table, and said to the representatives in front of him:
"These bugs are extremely aggressive. I don't quite believe that they crossed two deserts just to reproduce...Obviously, the bugs are peeking into the civilized world. I have enough reason to believe that if we had not come, maybe a few
Years, or more than ten years from now, the goblins and trolls in the Tanaris Desert will suffer."
"What else?"
Lord Wilton put his chin on his fingers, looked at Jorazzi, and asked:
"Is this all we know about bugs?"
"New information will have to wait until the excavation of Stormwind Kingdom is completed."
The Grand Master of Assassins didn't hide anything. He spread his hands:
"The southern desert was not our previous focus. To be honest, after the attack on the archbishop, I was able to find so much information that exceeded my expectations. However, I have urgently dispatched a scout team disguised as businessmen to go there.
Tanaris gathers information...hopefully they won't be targeted by those madmen from the Black Blade."
As he spoke, the Grand Master stretched out his fingers and rubbed his forehead. The recent "retaliation" operation launched by the Dark Blade Intelligence Agency caused heavy losses to the Assassin Alliance. However, with the empire's official MI7 and other intelligence organizations standing in the way, Qiao
Lacy can still tolerate the current losses.
It is not that the Imperial agents have never tried to counterattack, but whether it is on the Federation side or in the Empire itself, the counterattacks launched by the agents have been summarized, and the success rate is not even 30%.
In other words, no matter how reluctant Jorach was, he had to admit that the level of federal agents was higher than that of imperial agents... and he was vaguely aware of the action patterns of federal agents and the power they used.
Suddenly I remembered a story that is considered a legend in the League of Assassins.
It is said that in Kalimdor, in the mysterious night elf society, there are some of the most terrifying shadow assassins hidden. Their existence is almost as long as the history of the elves, and for thousands of years, only the luckiest guys can survive.
, to unexpectedly find traces of these shadow assassins, but no one has ever seen them.
"The Watchers...the Shadows who are closest to the origin of the Shadow in all the history of assassins..."
Choraci walked out of the conference room with his briefcase. The middle-aged assassin master raised his head and looked at the mural on the wall in front of him. He murmured to himself:
"Do you really exist? Or is it just a boring... legend?"
"Your Excellency Jorazzi!"
Just when the Assassin Grandmaster was wandering, a call woke him up from his daze. He looked back and saw, more than ten meters away, a young man wearing a priest's robe, waving to him and walking quickly towards him.
"Your Excellency Jolaqi, the night elves have just sent an envoy... Representatives from various countries invite you to go to Conference Room 14 as quickly as possible!"
"Um?"
The Assassin Grandmaster raised his eyebrows:
"The night elves sent an envoy, what does it have to do with me?"
The young priest replied:
"It is said that the night elves came here because of the attack on the archbishop. They said that they have complete information about those bugs, and they think we may need it..."
Before the priest finished speaking, Cholazzi's figure swayed and disappeared in front of him like magic. For a master assassin like Cholazzi, visual deception was just a part of his quick jump in the shadows.
a side effect.
Assassins fight with the power of shadow, and the most powerful among them can silently jump back and forth anywhere covered by shadow, which is more powerful than the wizard's flash spell.
But just when Qiao Laqi used the shadow step to rush into the conference hall No. 14, the moment he escaped from the shadow, a whistling thorn blade stopped in the air, with a "breeze blowing on the face"
It had a similar effect, sticking to the Assassin Grandmaster's neck quietly and without a trace of trembling.
To others, it was as if Jolazi actively "sent" his neck to the weapon of that weird elf wearing green armor and an owl helmet.
"Watcher!"
The feeling of being instantly suppressed was terrible. How long had it been since Jorazzi became the Assassin Grandmaster that he had not been suppressed so completely? But after seeing the figure holding the sword wheel and the legendary owl helmet,
The Grand Master of Assassins immediately narrowed his eyes. His figure disappeared under the blade wheel of the watchman in front of him like a blur. He instantly appeared in another place and then raised his left hand.
"I don't mean any harm, actually..."
Qiao Lazi looked back at the representatives behind him and shrugged:
"I was invited."
He looked at the silent Watcher in front of him, and he could feel that the Night Elf in front of him should not be his opponent when fighting alone, but the Watcher's rumored extreme affinity for the shadows, with his "Stealth Detection" skill just now,
The performance was vivid and vivid under the "test".
"Okay, Mylene."
Another voice stopped the small "unhappiness" between the Watcher and Grand Master Jolaqi. It was the voice of a gentle woman. When she spoke, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to her.
It was a female Druid wearing a simple robe without any decoration. She had purple skin unique to night elves, was tall, and had smooth long hair braided and hanging on her shoulders. She looked very gentle.
She has a kind of softness unique to night elf women, and she wears the leaf symbol symbolizing a high-level druid on her forehead, which shows that she is a powerful druid from the Cenarion Circle.
Under the gaze of everyone, she stood up and introduced herself gracefully:
"My name is Moana...Moana Staghelm. My visit has been approved by the kings, and I am here to collect information about the "Qiraji" that the Cenarion Council has.
All the secrets of "people" are shared with you..."
Before Moana finished speaking, Jorach Ravenholdt asked softly and slightly rudely with the rationality that a secret agent should have:
"Why? I don't doubt the goodwill of the night elves, but I think that in any organization, such confidential information is very important. Therefore, before we accept this help, I want to ask clearly..."
The assassin master waved his hand behind his back to signal the representatives from various countries to calm down. He looked at Moyana and said word by word:
"What do we, the Human Empire, have to pay for this precious information?"
"Humans, put away your little thoughts!"
Moyana did not answer, but the silent watcher standing next to her said in a cold and hoarse voice:
"The attack on your archbishop has been known to the Cenarion Circle. Because we want to share the information we have with you, the Archdruid of Staghelm even convened an impromptu meeting of the Archdruids... and between us
So the reason for coming here is very simple. The Kaldorei are not interested in blackmailing you, but because you still have no idea what kind of opponent you are fighting."
"You have no idea what the word Qiraji means...Humans, with all due respect, you need all the support from all over the world now, otherwise...break through the Cenarion Fortress in the monstrous sea of worms.
After that, your walls, your cities, your kingdoms, and your civilization will all be completely crushed in a hopeless war!"
The words of the watchman named Mai Lin were very rude, which made the faces of several representatives become a little ugly, but Qiao Lazi's expression was very calm. He turned his head and said something to the representatives,
After a while, Qiao Laqi turned back and said to Moyana and Mai Lin:
"I believe the Kaldorei's warning, but if things are really that bad, then I think our kings need to come here in person to share the information you have brought, so...please wait a moment
moment."
"You are just wasting your time..."
Watcher Mai Lin said disdainfully: "In front of the Qiraji, your bloodline, title, everything is meaningless."
"Okay, Mylene."
High-level Druid Moyana waved her hand to stop her companions from mocking her. She smiled gently at the human in front of her:
"That's fine. The kings gathered here represents the importance you attach to this matter. This is good...because you should really attach importance to it. Human friends, I...I have personally experienced a thousand years of
The Battle of Quicksand... I experienced that kind of horrific despair, and I still can’t let go of it to this day.”
A trace of sadness flashed in Moyana's eyes, and she said softly:
"The Qiraji have set their sights on your civilization, humans. Although I don't know why they launched an attack at this moment, but... the appearance of high-level winged insects already means that they are going to launch a war."
