Chapter 371 Anasteria: There is such a good thing?!
For the dragon clan, this kind of deformed baby dragon that doesn't grow up is more troublesome.
Letting them with low intelligence play with other baby dragons may produce bad guidance effects.
But these young dragons are Alexstrasza's biological children after all. As the life-binder, Alexstrasza loves every life living in this world and cannot give up on them voluntarily.
After internal discussions within Longmian Temple, the Dragon Clan reluctantly came up with a compromise plan.
In order to thank Thalayan for his contribution in the Battle of Grim Batol, Wyrmrest Temple decided to send these deformed young dragons to Quel'Thalas.
Having Sharlayan, a half-blood kinsman, take care of them can also maintain the relationship with Inas and her heirs.
These young dragons are useless to dragons, but they are very useful to mortals.
No matter what, a dragon is still a dragon. Even if it is just a young dragon, its physical fitness is much superior to other flying mounts of the same level.
The gryphon knights of the Wildhammer dwarves fought bravely, but when most gryphon knights faced the red dragon knights of the orcs in the second war, it was difficult to win in a one-on-one battle.
It is true that the Dragonmaw Clan has quite mature experience in air combat, but they do have a considerable advantage in the quality of their mounts.
The griffon is a very ferocious monster by nature. After being tamed, it is very loyal to its master. When combined with the Wildhammer dwarves, it can produce an effect of 11>2.
However, in front of the orcs' red dragon knights, they still did not have much advantage in aerial combat. In most cases, it was many versus one.
After the Battle of Grim Batol, Dragonmaw Chief Nekros was killed, and the Dragonmaw clan remaining in Azeroth was destroyed by the angry red dragons.
It is said that the former chief Zuluhid had returned to Draenor with the minority people in an attempt to return to his roots, but Sarlayan and others did not encounter him during the expedition to Draenor.
Without their master, the young dragons who were still alive were brought back to the Dragonblight by the dragon tribe. Unfortunately, they were unable to find a way to cure them in the end.
Of course, Sarlayan couldn't stupidly push out the big gift that was delivered to his door.
"Krassus, thank His Majesty Alexstrasza for me. I will take care of these poor little guys properly."
These young dragons were less than five years old and were forcibly ripened by the Dragonmaw Warlock's fel spells, thus losing the potential for further growth.
Sarlayan took a casual glance and saw that the more than a hundred young dragons present were all elite-level or above, with levels between 35-40.
The high elves' giant eagle breeding plan has not yet been completed, and now they can only rely on the existing dragon eagle knights to guard the sky above the forest.
The dragon eagle can also breathe fire, but compared to these young dragons... it can only be said that they are not on the stage, and the gap in physical fitness is even greater.
Crassus sighed softly: "I will, I will leave these children to you. I just hope you don't treat them as cannon fodder that can be discarded casually."
Sarlayan promised without hesitation: "Of course not. Even if they die on the battlefield, I will make their death worthwhile."
'Using baby dragons as cannon fodder? That's too extravagant. I can't afford to throw it away. I can't afford to throw it away.'
After handing over the young dragon to Sharlayan, Krasus changed the subject and talked about Wyrmrest Temple's preparations for the expedition to Stormheim.
Krasus had lived in the human kingdom for a long time and was familiar with the rhythm of mortal life. He was somewhat helpless with the slow style of the dragons.
"It is roughly estimated that it will take about 2 months to complete preparations for the expedition, mainly waiting for the dragons scattered around the world to respond to the call and return."
Sarlayan: "Uh~ I understand."
Not all dragon clans live in Dragonblight, each dragon clan has its own lair.
For example, the bronze dragon's Cave of Time, the black dragon's Neltharion's old lair, the blue dragon's Cordala, the red dragon's Vermilion Fortress in the Northeron region, and the green dragon's Dreamwood.
It will take time for Ysera to awaken the sleeping green dragon, and it will also take time for the other dragons who stayed in the lair to rush to the Wyrmrest Temple.
Most dragons have serious procrastination. They will not fight day and night like mortals. After receiving orders, they will delay taking action for a period of time.
【...Why does it sound like a lazy Italian?】
[There is a story, brother, tell me in detail.]
[There is nothing particularly worth saying.]
[I once visited the famous Water City in Italy when traveling, and my passport was accidentally stolen by a local thief.]
[I went to the police station to call the police the morning before and was told that I needed to wait. Only in the afternoon of the next day did a local policeman ride a bicycle and slowly came to the hotel where I was staying to inquire about the situation. 】
[Eh~ This is too...]
[Not surprising, cars are not allowed in and out of Shuicheng, and only bicycles can be used to get around, but this efficiency is really... worrying.]
Sarlayan, who has always been resolute and resolute, is very uncomfortable with the dragon clan's procrastination, but even Krasus can't do anything about it, so he can only continue to wait patiently.
After sending Krasus away, Sarlayan scratched his head as he looked at the group of young dragons who were looking at him eagerly.
"Stella, please help me look at them first, and by the way, help me open a portal to Silvermoon City."
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Inexplicably, such a big pie fell from the sky, and the Sun King's old face wrinkled with laughter.
Considering that Sarlayan's identity has not yet been made public in Quel'Thalas and does not intend to be made public for the time being, the Sun King did not inform the Silver Moon Council of the matter, but instead invited his own advisors and confidants to discuss it.
In the end, Anastria, with Sarlayan's consent, gave the credit for harvesting these young dragons to Kael'thas, adding another layer of merit to his future rise to power.
Logically it makes sense.
Ever since Krasus left Daala, his identity as a red dragon has long been no secret among high-level circles in various countries.
Kael'thas and Krasus had indeed had many exchanges as they were both Kirin Tor councilors.
The main participants in the Battle of Grim Batol came from Dalaran and Quel'Thalas, with 3 from Quel'Thalas and 1 from Dalaran.
Ronin is Crassus's apprentice, and he will definitely be rewarded privately after completing the mission. It would not be too out of the ordinary for these young dragons to be said to be a thank-you gift from Crassus to Kael'thas.
However, these remarks could only confuse outsiders who did not know the truth. In the eyes of some thoughtful people in Quel'Thalas, they once again deepened the doubts about Sarlayan's identity.
The great astromancer Solanlian and her colleague Calpurnia of the Silver Moon Council discussed this matter privately. The two elites from the four major nobles agreed that there might be another hidden reason behind this matter.
Dar'Kan, who has been keeping a low profile recently, has further focused his suspicion on Sharlayan, because these red dragons first appeared in the old site of Zul'Aman in the southern part of the forest, right next to the territory of Earl of Deep Shadow.
Dar'Khan is not stupid. Hundreds of young dragons suddenly appeared in the ruins of Zul'Aman. There is no way they have nothing to do with the nearby lord.
Zul'Aman was once the front line of the war, and the only noble lord in the surrounding area was an iron-headed boy like Sarlayan. If you didn't doubt him, who else could you doubt?
Although it was stated that they were a thank-you gift from Krasus to Quel'Thalas, after all, these young dragons were directly handed over to Sharlayan's management from Wyrmrest Temple, so they naturally had to be arranged nearby.
Anastria didn't bother to let them move their nests, so they simply placed these young dragons in the ruins of Zul'Aman.
At the same time, he overcame all objections and asked Sarlayan to take care of them "temporarily" and entrusted him to take the time to select and train a group of suitable young dragon knights.
No matter how high-level officials from various countries discussed the matter behind their backs, Anasterian representative Quel'Thalas set the tone at the official level.
"Dragon Knight?"
Sarlayan touched his chin in distress: "I have just trained a group of paladins, and now you ask me to select and train dragon knights? They can really be used as tools..."
In fact, it is not difficult to select personnel. The Sun King gave Sharlayan the green light to select personnel. All he had to do was recruit elites from the Dragonhawk Knights.
But after all, dragon eagles and young dragons are two completely different creatures. Do you want these sky knights to... ride sky warriors?
It would take a lot of effort to get them familiar with the red dragon, and it would also require Sarlayan, a hybrid dragon, to come forward to appease them, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
"ha……"
Sarlayan lay softly on his desk and sighed loudly: "I said I could rest for a while, but I'm back to work in just a few days..."
Valila sat on the sofa nearby and crossed her slender white legs, joking with some gloating: "Didn't you say it yourself? People who are born to work hard, those who can work harder."