As the center of the Broken Islands, Suramar is directly connected to the other four regions. Even the Broken Shore, which is isolated offshore, faces Suramar across the sea.
However, Sarlayan and his party did not set off directly from Suramar to Highmountain. Instead, they first took a detour to the Dreamland of Val'sharah and informed the local druid leader of the changes in the Suramar region.
Archdru Ilensa Greathoof.
Knowing that Suramar, which had been closed for thousands of years, had finally opened the city, Lunsa Gianthoof was quite emotional, and at the same time he looked at Sharlayan with a slightly strange look.
"If I guess correctly, the Suramar Kaicheng incident should be your handiwork again, right?"
"ha?"
Sarlayan scratched his head in confusion: "...In your impression, am I that omnipotent?"
"Although I did play some role in this incident, I mainly relied on Suramar's own people, and at most borrowed a little bit of the power of Quel'Thalas."
Lunsa Juho's face clearly showed an expression of disbelief: "I understand, it's a billion points."
Sarlayan rolled his eyes: "Forget it, believe it or not."
"In short, Suramar's reopening to the outside world will definitely have a certain impact on the current situation in the Broken Islands. You'd better be mentally prepared in advance."
When it came to business, Rensa Gianthoof didn't joke around and asked Sarlayan seriously for his opinion.
"How do you think we should treat the Shal'dorei who leave Suramar?"
Sarlayan said nonchalantly: "Treat them normally, as long as you don't look at them with colored eyes."
A wry smile appeared on Rensa Gianthoof's face: "I can only say that I will try my best to restrain the druids of Val'sharah. As for the priests of the Moon Temple... I can't control them."
Due to the dualist system of government of the night elves, the status of druids and moon priests is basically the same, and no one can control the other.
Unless special circumstances arise, both parties will only follow orders from their immediate superiors.
Any area where night elves are active will inevitably have the shadow of the Moon God Priest, and Val'sharah is no exception.
The Temple of the Moon in Val'sharah is located in the very center of this area, with roads extending in all directions. It is very close to Black Crow Keep, Dreamglade, Shaladrassil and Lorasil.
On the way to the Dream Woodland, Sarlayan and others took the road in front of the Moon Temple. The Moon God priests looked at them with obvious disgust and hostility in their eyes.
'It's Tyrande's fault... I hope Fandral can play some role.'
After bidding farewell to Rensa Gianthoof, the three men and one dragon slowly walked along the road to the northeast of Val'sharah.
After passing through the town of Andutara and heading north, Sarlayan and others clearly felt that the terrain was rising and they gradually entered the mountain range belonging to the High Mountains.
The corners of Valeela's mouth twitched, as if she was recalling something bad.
"I have a bad feeling..."
Stellagosa and Tinagosa were confused. Only Sharlayan understood what she was saying and couldn't hold back his laughter.
Tina flew lively and sat on Sarlayan's shoulder, shaking his head with her little paws: "What's wrong? Is there something I don't know? Tell me quickly."
"Well..."
Sarlayan glanced at Valeera with a half-smiling look on her face.
"Someone will suffer from altitude sickness after entering a high-altitude area. Before..."
"ah!"
Valeera interrupted Sarlayan's words with a louder voice, and raised her hand to point to a high mountain in the distance.
"Look! There's a sentry there!"
Knowing that Valeera was deliberately changing the subject, Sharlayan and Stellagosa still followed her fingers and cast their gazes over.
"Um?"
Sarlayan originally thought Valeera was just saying it casually, but unexpectedly he actually saw a looming sentry tower in that direction, and judging from the architectural style of the tower, it seemed to be the work of the night elves.
"The night elf tower? How come it appears in Highmountain?"
Sharlayan and Stellagosa looked at each other confused.
Before, they specifically asked Rensa Gianthoof if the night elves had an outpost in Highmountain.
The answer is no.
Since the end of the War of the Ancients, the night elves under Tyrande's leadership have gradually cut off contact with the tauren, whether it is Kalimdor or the Broken Isles.
"Um……"
Sarlayan looked at the badly damaged tower thoughtfully.
"What do you think?"
Valeela's face showed a thoughtful look: "Could it be the ruins left over from ancient times?"
Stellagosa shook her head: "It's unlikely. If you look carefully, the tower has signs of recent repairs. It's obviously still in use."
Tina Gosa didn't bother to care so much. This naughty baby dragon flapped its wings and flew forward excitedly, shouting.
"There's no point in guessing here, let's just go and take a look!"
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The last time they traveled to Mount Hyjal, Valeera and Sharlayan teleported directly through Sath'ara's connection to the Emerald Dream.
But this time they walked all the way and slowly climbed up.
Perhaps because of this process of adapting to changes in oxygen concentration, Valeera did not show very obvious symptoms of altitude sickness.
Although it is inevitable that you will be a little out of breath as the altitude climbs, at least it is not as embarrassing as last time.
According to the map provided by Rensa Gianthoof, Highmountain can be roughly divided into two areas.
The main body of Highmountain is the high mountain area centered on Thunder Totem, the capital of the Highmountain Tauren. The altitude is higher than the outer perimeter where Sharlayan and others are now, and the tops of many towering peaks are covered with white snow.
The outer areas along the coastline are low-lying, in sharp contrast to the high mountainous areas.
Looking down from the height where Sarlayan and his party are now, they can clearly see a large number of murlocs wandering along the coast.
The main goal of Sarlayan's trip was to visit the high mountain tauren. The four of them climbed along the ancient path up the mountain, gradually approaching the sentry tower that Valeela had seen before.
The snow-covered peaks were very quiet, and there seemed to be nothing worth paying attention to.
But Valeela and Sarlayan, who are experienced in outdoor activities, have become more vigilant.
Stellagosa and Tinagosa still looked confused, and Valeera explained to them in a low voice.
"It is impossible to have this level of silence in a normal wilderness. At least you will hear the chirping of insects and birds."
Stellagosa immediately showed a look of surprise on her face: "In other words, someone is ambushing around?"
"snort!"
Tina Gosa flew into the air unhappily, and a light blue arcane light began to appear on her small claws.
"You actually want to hide and attack us, how shameless!"
"Please show up to me!"
A weak arcane wave spread outward with Tina as the center.
The purpose of this spell is not to kill the enemy, but to detect.
The area swept by arcane ripples will be sensed by Tina as long as there are living creatures.
"there!"
The moment Tina raised her claws to point out the direction, Sarlayan and Valeera started at the same time, approaching the target location quickly, one in the dark and the other in the light.
Stellagosa stayed where she was and began to prepare spells. Her eyes had been dyed blue by arcane energy.
As long as the enemy is captured by Sharlayan and Valeela, Stellagosa's spell will immediately severely injure the opponent.
"Shua~"
Sarlayan's five senses are very sharp, and he can hear the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow in the snow-capped mountains that does not belong to him and Valeera.
The footsteps were very light, smaller than the movement caused by Valeera. The other party was obviously someone who had been active in this snowy mountain forest all year round.
"Suck~"
Sarlayan took a deep breath and planned to use the dragon's roar to force the opponent out.
"Wait...wait! I don't mean any harm!"
Before the roar came out, a weak female voice came from behind the evergreen bushes not far away.
Sarlayan glanced at the open space beside him, and Valeera, who had been following him in stealth, immediately took a step forward, used Shadow Step to teleport behind the bushes where the target was, and put the dagger on the opponent's neck.
"Don't move. If you are touched by a poisonous dagger, don't blame me for not warning you."
The person being restrained by Valeera was a night elf woman with azure hair. There was a snow-white eagle standing on the branch above her head, and she was staring at Valeera with her sharp eagle eyes.
.
After arriving at the scene, Sarlayan could tell at a glance that the other party did not have any malicious intentions, otherwise the white eagle would attack Valeera the moment she appeared.
'A hunter?'
"Valeera, let her go."
Valeera glanced at Sarlayan, then retracted the dagger and stepped back calmly. That was when White Eagle's eyes finally became normal.
Sarlayan waved behind him, and Stellagosa quickly rushed over with Little Tina, who turned into a dark blue crow.
Just when Sarlayan was doubting this person's identity, someone suddenly made a guess in the barrage.