While following Emeril up the mountain, Sarlayan finally had time to review the information provided by the barrage in detail.
The Hidden Path is a secret organization composed entirely of hunting professions such as Hunters, Sentinels, and Rangers. It was founded by Sentinel Namulia Ringe shortly after the end of the War of the Ancients.
The Secret Path is a completely reclusive secret organization. All preliminary members will be personally invited by the current leader, and need to undergo strict trials and make special oaths before they can officially join the organization.
The original purpose of the Secret Path was to monitor and fight against the Burning Legion and protect the tranquility and peace of Azeroth. The first leader, Namulia Ringe, fulfilled this concept with her own life.
As early as the first Battle of Quicksand thousands of years ago, Namulia, who led the Secret Path to secretly participate in the war, unfortunately died in Ahn'Qiraj.
The current leader Emeril Shadowguard is one of Namulia's apprentices. She is the only core member of the Secret Path who managed to survive the Battle of Quicksand.
Danmaku gave an evaluation from an objective perspective.
Compared with her mentor Namulia, Emeril's personal strength is very mediocre, and she herself is aware of this.
Thousands of years ago, when Quel'Thalas was first founded, Namulia assigned Emeril to lead a group of members of the Secret Path to the Eversong Forest to aid those who were overwhelmed by the forest trolls.
High elves.
The high elf general responsible for resisting the attack of the forest trolls at that time was the first ranger general of Quel'Thalas, the ancestor of the Windrunner family, and the first generation holder of the longbow of the Thasdoran artifact, Taranas.
Windrunner.
Because of the good ties forged at that time, members of the Windrunner family throughout the generations would be secretly invited to join the Secret Path.
Lileza Windrunner had been a member of the Secret Path thousands of years ago, but due to the special rules of the Secret Path, she did not tell her children the news.
The new generation of Windrunners has a total of four children. Excluding the younger brother Lyras who is still working hard to level up, the three Windrunner sisters have all entered the scope of Emeril's investigation, but they have never found a chance to formally contact them.
Not long ago, Windrunner's third sister Vereesa led some elite rangers to accompany Prince Kael'thas on an expedition to the Broken Isles.
Someone gave him a pillow when he fell asleep. After learning the news, Emeril quietly contacted Vereesa. This was also the reason why Vereesa suddenly expressed her desire to go out and relax.
While Sharlayan and others were still discussing the creation of the Paladin Army with Prince Kael'thas in Shal'Alan, Vereesa had already arrived at the marksman camp at Eagle Claw Peak in High Mountain.
She successfully passed the trial of Emeril and was officially sworn to become a member of the Secret Path.
The barrage also casually mentioned that Sentinel General Shandris Feathermoon, whom Sharlayan and Valeera knew well, was also a member of the Secret Path.
Emeril, who knows that her abilities are limited, has always wanted to find a suitable leader for the Hidden Path, but most of the members she has recruited over the years are busy with their own jobs and cannot serve the Hidden Path wholeheartedly.
Therefore, the position of leader of the Secret Path still rests on Emeril, and other members have no objections to this.
In their view, Emeril's strength was indeed limited and she could not serve as a powerful leader to command the army, but she had made great achievements in overall management.
Moreover, Emeril has always been wholehearted and conscientious when dealing with the work of the secret passage, and in this respect he is also a qualified leader.
Sarlayan agreed with this. It is not necessary for a person with superior fighting ability to become the leader of an organization. As long as he can show his leadership ability, even a weak person can serve as a spiritual leader.
Originally, outsiders like Sharlayan and Valeela had no right to enter the marksman camp, but after witnessing the entire process of Suramar's liberation, Emeril was deeply moved by this.
She began to reflect on this matter, and whether the Secret Path should also make certain changes to adapt to this ever-changing world.
The Marksman Camp is located in Eagle Claw Peak in the west of Highmountain. It has been the headquarters of the organization since the establishment of the Secret Passage.
Over the years, the Highmountain Tribe, the rulers of Highmountain, have consistently given strong support to the Secret Path.
In the barrage, the Marksman Camp is jokingly called a farmhouse.
Sarlayan didn't quite understand the meaning of this term. After climbing the mountain, he didn't have time to ask the barrage for details.
"Intruder! Take my shot!"
Just when Emeril was about to introduce the situation of the Marksman Camp to the three Sarlayans, a huge thing suddenly jumped from the roof of the main building in the camp, which was rich in night elf style.
Since he had confirmed in advance that the secret passage was a friendly one, Sarlayan did not raise any alertness at all during the climb.
After hearing the sound, he looked up and saw a big man who looked like a tauren smashing a long-handled gun into his head.
Emeril also noticed this scene and hurriedly shouted with a change of expression: "Ulan! Stop!"
"ah?"
At the last moment, the big man named Ulan turned the gun blade in a different direction, and hit Sarlayan hard on the forehead with the gun body, who was unable to react.
"Ugh!"
Sarlayan, who was dizzy after being hit, covered his forehead and stumbled back two steps. Valeera and Stellagosa, who were originally calm, simultaneously showed a ferocious aura, glaring their eyes and trying to fight back against the man hiding in the dark.
The "villain" who makes a sneak attack.
Even Tinagosa was so angry that her whole body was filled with arcane energy, and she was about to break through the disguise of illusion and transform back into her original form as a young dragon.
"Hi~wait!"
Sarlayan reluctantly held the two of them back and looked at the confused sneak attacker with unkind eyes.
Emeril angrily stood up on tiptoes and hit the big man hard on the head when he realized he was in trouble.
"What are you thinking, you idiot! How could the people I brought here personally be intruders!"
"Ah this..."
The big guy with a naive face showed an embarrassed smile, and sincerely lowered his head to apologize to Sarlayan who was accidentally injured.
"I'm sorry! I was too reckless!"
Sarlayan was indeed a little annoyed when he was attacked for no reason, but when he saw the not very smart expression on this fool's face, he could only shake his head with a wry smile.
"Forget it, I wasn't hurt much anyway."
'What's the point of comparing yourself to second-rate goods...'
Emeril knew Ulan's strength very well. Although he had regained a lot of strength in the last blow, it was not something that an ordinary person could withstand.
Not only did Sarlayan take the attack head-on, but he also seemed to be fine.
The redness and swelling on his forehead quickly dissipated in just a few minutes. His physical fitness and recovery ability left Emeril a bit stunned.
After Emeril's introduction, Sarlayan and others finally found out the identity of the idiot who was hiding on the roof and making a sneak attack.
Ulan Gaoling, a member of the Hidden Path, is also the young chief of the Gaoling tribe and the next heir to the great chief.
Valeela was glad that Sarlayan held him back at the critical moment and did not let her act impulsively against Ulan.
The main purpose of Sarlayan and others coming to Highmountain this time is not to travel and relax, but to establish friendly relations with the Highmountain tauren.
If there is a conflict with their young patriarch here, there will probably be a lot of twists and turns in the future.
Under Vereesa's introduction, both the Secret Path and Sharlayan had some basic understanding of each other.
Knowing one of the purposes of Sarlayan's trip, Emeril smoothly introduced Ulan Gaoling to them.
The Highmountain Tribe is the collective name for the four tauren clans that rule Highmountain.
These four clans are headed by the Highmountain Clan, which sits on Thunder Totem, and are assisted by the Rivermane, Skyhorn, and Blood Totem clans who each occupy part of the Highmountain land.
Ulan Gaoling is the next leader of the Gaoling clan and the preparatory chief of the Gaoling clan.
The current chief, Mulla Gaoling, is already very old. Due to an old injury he suffered during his early battles, his energy in recent years has not been as good as before. He has begun to deliberately train Ulan, hoping that he can take over his position as soon as possible.
But... as Sharlayan and others saw, Ulan had a simple nature and didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind. He still lacked some enthusiasm to become the chief of the Kaoling Tribe.
The Gaoling tribe has always maintained close cooperation with the Hidden Passage. Although the Gaoling Mountains have been quite agitated recently, they are generally peaceful and there are not many places for Ulan to exercise.
...Actually, I am afraid that this idiot will accidentally break the delicate balance of High Mountain.
Due to many reasons, Mulla gave his foolish son to Emeril to torment, letting him accumulate more experience through the tasks given by the secret passage, hoping that he could mature as soon as possible.
But judging from the current situation... the progress doesn't seem to be going well.