The people of Quel'Thalas have never believed in gods, and almost all high elves believe in the Sunwell, which has brought them everything.
However, in a fantasy world like Azeroth, where supernatural powers exist, even rational high elves would believe in some mysterious and mysterious prizes.
The new archmage successfully broke through before the Duke of Shadow was about to lead his army across the sea to fight in Kalimdor. In the eyes of most high elves, this was undoubtedly a good omen.
Let’s not mention whether Jaina, who is Sharlayan’s companion, can be counted as a Quel’Thalas.
When Silvermoon City was in jubilation due to the birth of the new Archmage, Jaina, who successfully broke through, had already used short-range teleportation to appear outside the gate of Deep Shadow Mansion.
Jaina, who had just made a breakthrough, was still unable to perfectly control the powerful magic power in her body. Holding the staff of Alunes, her eyes shone with a rich blue-purple arcane light.
"Papa~"
As Jaina's mentor, Kael'thas was the first to applaud her happily and congratulate her: "Well done, Jaina, you have exceeded my expectations once again."
"I believe that the day when you can surpass me and continue to make great strides will not be too far away. I am proud of having taught you."
Jaina elegantly lifted the hem of her robe and curtsied to Kael'thas: "Without my mentor's careful teachings and selfless provision of the large collection of books in Quel'Thalas, I would not have been able to achieve what I have achieved so quickly."
Sarlayan stepped forward with a smile and interrupted the business exchange between the two: "Okay, let's stop with the polite words."
"Your Majesty the Sun King, can we go inside and discuss it in detail?"
"No."
Kael'thas smiled bitterly and sighed: "Thanks to you, I still have a lot of work to deal with. Let's talk about it next time when I have time. I will go back to the royal court to continue my work."
An apologetic expression appeared on Sarlayan's face: "I'm sorry for causing trouble to His Majesty."
Kael'thas smiled and turned around and waved his hand: "In any case, this is my duty as a king."
"Rather, I should thank you for giving me the opportunity to be busy after Archimonde comes."
The archmages present were all human spirits, and they could hear the profound meaning contained in Kael'thas' words.
As high-end talents in Quel'Thalas, the Archmages all know the attraction of the Sunwell to Archimonde and the Burning Legion.
Sarlayan had previously raised a terrifying hypothesis in front of all the top brass in Quel'Thalas.
Archimonde's arrival in Azeroth is a plan that the Burning Legion has formulated long ago, and Kil'jaeden, the deceiver behind the scenes, will use any means necessary to achieve this goal.
The Scourge is the tool he uses to achieve his goals.
In order to summon a demon lord of Archimonde's level to Azeroth, a huge amount of energy needs to be consumed.
According to common sense, the Scourge should have gathered all their forces to attack Quel'Thalas and seize the Sunwell.
Under Sharlayan's clever manipulation, Quel'Thalas perfectly avoided this possible future.
Kael'thas took the initiative to deliver large doses of pure Sunwell water to Kel'Thuzad through secret channels, and claimed that the well water drained the Sunwell of energy in a short period of time.
This prevents the Scourge and the Burning Legion from aiming their next target at Quel'Thalas, which has become "unusable", and instead turning their attention to Nordrassil, the World Tree on the other side of the sea.
In fact, the water from the Sunwell given to Kel'Thuzad did temporarily drain the Sunwell dry.
However, this "temporary" duration is not as long as outsiders think, and it only takes 1-2 months to basically restore energy output.
If it were not for the miraculous fruit Arcandor that Sarlayan had brought back and popularized in advance, a large number of heartless people suffering from magic addiction would have been born in Quel'Thalas in just two months.
The senior leaders of Quel'Thalas, including Kael'thas, were once again impressed by Sharlayan's foresight.
As Sharlayan launched the long-prepared plan to divert the disaster westward, Archimonde and the main force of the Burning Legion were led to Kalimdor as expected.
As long as it has to face the Scourge without its elite, Quel'Thalas will have to bear much less pressure... not to mention that there are still two or five young men buried by Sarlayan within the Scourge.
Based on the current changes in the situation in Azeroth, Sharlayan suggested that Kael'thas divide Quel'Thalas' forces into three.
The largest group of elites is led by Sarlayan himself. They will take a boat across the sea to the Broken Isles to meet up with the Nightborne and the Highmountain Tauren, and then rush to Kalimdor to reinforce the night elves.
Alleria, who had just returned to Quel'Thalas to be reunited with her family, volunteered to join this army. Senior generals such as Ranger General Sylvanas and Morningfront Legion Commander Liadrin also led their troops to accompany them.
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The second army will stay in Quel'Thalas just in case. The main defense force will be concentrated at the Thralas gate at the border with East Wilder, led by Lylas Windwalk, who was urgently transferred back from Northrend not long ago.
The one who is the leader.
Compared with the other two armies undertaking important tasks, Lylas, who stayed behind in the homeland, was under relatively light pressure.
Under the leadership of Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendell, the possibility of the Scourge remaining in the Eastern Kingdoms to attack the "worthless" Quel'Thalas is slim.
The third army is led by Vereesa, who is familiar with the environment of Northrend. It is mainly composed of Northrend's New Shandalar garrison and the Kul Tiras Northern Expedition. In addition, there are also troops lying underground.
The nerubians secretly provide support.
The main purpose of this army is to ensure that Thoras Trollbane can pick the peach smoothly when necessary, and to take advantage of the conflict between the Burning Legion and the Scourge led by Tichondrius, so as to fight for the fishermen's share.
profit.
It is a pity that the night elf pioneer team led by Fandral Staghelm was recently recalled to Kalimdor in large numbers to assist in the defense and was unable to coordinate the attack on Icecrown from both sides, but this does not hurt.
Without the huge pressure exerted by Archimonde close at hand, Kael'thas could sit in Silvermoon City and provide sufficient logistical support for the three-party battlefield.
After seeing off the busy Kael'thas and the archmages who came to congratulate him, Sharlayan did not return to Sunsail Port immediately, but stayed to discuss the next plan with Jaina, who was still trying to control the overflowing arcane energy.
Jaina asked somewhat depressedly: "I finally became the Archmage. Am I really not allowed to follow you to Kalimdor?"
Sarlayan gently rubbed Jaina's long golden hair: "You can't control your power well now. It's very dangerous to go to the battlefield at this time."
"Staying behind temporarily does not mean that you have nothing to do. On the contrary, your next task is also very heavy."
Sarlayan said sternly to Jaina: "Do you still remember what we saw in Dalaran before? Ronin, who strives for reform, is entangled by the conservative faction and has never been able to show his strength. Even this time, troops were sent to reinforce Kalimdor.
Nothing has been passed in parliament."
Having said this, Jaina also straightened her face: "I know what to do, I need to see mentor Antonidas first."
Sharlayan smiled and gave Jaina a hug: "Go ahead. I hope that by the next time we meet in Kalimdor, as a new member of the Kirin Tor, you will be able to control your own power."
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Although it is called the Magic Kingdom, Dalaran is actually an independent city-state with a very liberal atmosphere.
Except for the city of Dalaran, which has been transformed into a floating city, the territory under the rule of the Kingdom of Dalaran is not large, only a small circle around the satellite town of Ambermere.
The mages of Dalaran have always gone their own way, but at least they know the truth about life and death.
After learning that the main force of the Burning Legion had arrived with Archimonde, the mages who had originally stayed near the Dark Portal to conduct research returned to Dalaran one after another.
However, regarding the deployment of these mages, Speaker Luo Ning once again had disagreements with Modera and other members of the council.
It's still the same old problem. Even with the support of Aethas Sunreaver, Ronin can only be annoyed and tied with the conservative members in the number of votes, and no one can convince the other.
If the previous reform of the Dalaran cabinet was just a matter of ideological differences between the two parties, this time Modera and other old-school archmages seemed to be taking advantage of the overall situation of the world.
They hope to use this incident to force Ronin, who has a strong sense of responsibility, to give in on the replacement of the council member, and let the archmage Vargoth they recommend enter the Kirin Tor Council.
However, once Vargas, who favors the conservative position, joins, the balance of power that was still barely maintained will be immediately broken. From now on, Luo Ning, the Speaker, will become a rubber stamp, allowing Modera and others to manipulate it at will.
Ronin, who is determined to revitalize Dalaran through reform, cannot tolerate this situation happening, but considering the war situation in Kalimdor, he cannot play with the safety of Azeroth like the shameless Modra three.
Political games.
If Jaina fails to take that step, Ronin will eventually be forced to give in, but this is obviously not in the interests of Ronin himself and Quel'Thalas.
Not only is Sharlayan eagerly looking forward to Jaina's breakthrough, Ronin has also been eagerly waiting for his old friend to send good news from Quel'Thalas as soon as possible.
Just as Modera, Ansrem, and Kalain were gearing up and trying to press forward step by step, a huge "bad news" suddenly hit the heads of the conservative senators.
Jaina Proudmoore, who had high hopes from Antonidas and Ronin, officially broke through and became the Archmage in Quel'Thalas. At the moment, she was chatting with her mentor in Antonidas's retreat.
"How can this be!"
Kalaine scratched his barren head a little madly: "A 19-year-old archmage?! The Titan! Is this some kind of bad joke?"
Ansrem sighed with a bitter expression: "The matter has come to this, there is nothing we can do...let it go, don't use the important matter of Azeroth's safety to satisfy your selfish desires anymore, you are shameless, I still want it.
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Modera was silent for a long time before speaking with difficulty: "Let's do this for now. The multi-party forces behind Jaina are not something we can offend. Ronin...let's let him be happy for a while."
Modera gritted her teeth and said, "Dalaran is a magical kingdom that belongs to humans. Next, we must drive out that ungrateful foreign lackey!"
"Tell Vargas not to lose heart, and let him be ready to make up for it at any time."