Compared with other Kirin Tor councilors with distinctive personalities, Archmage Drandon is like a transparent person in Dalaran, with an extremely thin sense of existence, similar to a ranger in Quel'Thalas nicknamed Aqiang.
Drandon's death did not cause many waves in Dalaran. As if he had been prepared for it, Antonidas quickly asked Archmage Kalai to take over his position.
This efficiency is obviously abnormal, and considering the missing Backlight Blade thief... Sarlayan and Valeera had a bad feeling.
I'm afraid this trip to Dalaran will not go smoothly, and there is a high probability that we will encounter strong enemies.
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When the three-man team led by Sarlayan flew over the gate of Thalass, Archmage Rommath had already teleported to Dalaran first.
As soon as he walked out of the teleportation room, Romans immediately felt an unusual atmosphere.
"This is……"
Pedestrians on the street were hurrying back and forth with their heads lowered, as if something was chasing them behind them.
The atmosphere in the entire city of Dalaran is very depressing. The shops along the street are empty, and many of them are even closed.
A diplomat behind Rommath frowned and muttered: "Something happened in Dalaran?"
Dalaran is a magical city-state in the human world and a very important trade and distribution center.
Romance has never encountered such a large number of shop closures before.
"I haven't been here for only two months, why is Dalaran like this?"
"Hey~ two months is enough time for a lot of things to happen."
A faint sigh came from beside Romans. The officials who followed Romans all put on nervous alert postures. Only Romans stretched out his hand to stop their actions.
"Don't be nervous, put down your weapon."
A thin figure walked out of a shop on the roadside. Compared with the last time he met Romans, the old mage with white hair and beard looked more tired and tired, and there were a lot of bloodshot eyes in his eyes.
"Chancellor Antonidas, what happened in Dalaran?"
Antonidas, who was in a poor mental state, shook his head slightly: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the Violet Castle first and then talk."
"Okay...huh?!"
Romans was about to agree when he suddenly felt an ominous aura passing under his feet. He subconsciously took a step back and took out his staff in a vigilant posture.
Antonidas also looked at the bluestone floor under his feet with a solemn expression, and after a few seconds he let out a long sigh.
"You feel it too, right? This is the dilemma Dalaran is facing recently."
"There are some strange and dangerous creatures hidden in the sewers of this city."
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Quel'Thalas and Dalaran are both located in the north of the Eastern Continent. The journey from Eversong Forest to Dalaran is not too far, and you can reach your destination by passing through most of Tirisfal Forest.
Sarlayan did not land on the way. After passing through the East Tirisfal Forest, he bypassed the Royal City of Lordaeron, crossed the vast Lake Lordaemir, and successfully landed on the south bank of Lake Lordaemir, which is adjacent to the city of Dalaran.
"Um?"
When they landed, they caught a few murlocs screaming at the lakeside. The three of them looked at Dalaran not far away with some surprise.
It is not war time, but Dalaran has abnormally raised a defensive barrier to protect the city.
It is not uncommon for the passages in and out of the city to be extremely congested. In the past, the entrances and exits of Dalaran were also a scene of endless traffic.
But the strange thing is that the crowd in front of me is many times more leaving the city than entering the city.
Lyras had never been to Dalaran before, and looked curiously at the crowds of people passing by at the city gate.
"This is Dalaran? It's so lively, but...these people don't seem to be looking very good?"
Sarlayan and Valeera looked at each other, and both of them saw a dignified look in each other's eyes.
"Lyras, be vigilant."
Sarlayan subconsciously grasped the handle of the weapon behind his back: "The situation is not right, be ready for battle at any time."
"ha?"
Before Liras could ask any more questions, Valeera had already taken action and strode towards the entrance and exit of a special passage with less traffic.
Originally, Sharlayan planned to enter Dalaran secretly without alerting the Kirin Tor Council.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. With the current intensity of Dalaran's defense, it was obviously impossible to enter the city without informing them of their names.
Fortunately, Romance, who arrived first, had considered this problem in advance and specially arranged for a diplomat to stand in front of the special passage, waiting for the arrival of Valeera and Sarlayan.
After handing over to the high elf official, and under the gaze of a large number of Dalaran people waiting to enter and leave the city, the three of them pulled up their hoods, lowered their heads, and quickly entered the barrier.
"Is there an abnormal biological invasion in the sewer?"
From this diplomat's mouth, the three Sarlayans learned the origin of the abnormal situation in Dalaran.
Dalaran's sewers extend in all directions like spider nests. It can even be called a small underground city. There are many shady organizations active in the sewers.
According to the information provided by the barrage, most of the black markets, the headquarters of the thieves organization Uncrowned, the forbidden spell laboratory, etc. are located in the sewers.
Dalaran is bright and beautiful on the surface, but there is a lot of darkness lurking underground in this famous magical city-state.
Now, things that should have been hidden in the darkness have surfaced and begun to erode the bright world of Dalaran on the surface.
Archmage Drandon entered the sewers just after accepting Antonidas' order to investigate.
Antonidas had long known that there was a mixture of fish and dragons in the sewers. Before setting off, he specifically emphasized that Drandon should bring more helpers to avoid being unable to defeat four people with two fists in the event of an emergency.
But Dranden confidently said that there was no need to make a fuss. This was not the first time something had happened in the sewers of Dalaran.
According to Drandon's guess, it was probably someone's forbidden experiment that went awry, and all he needed to do was suppress and warn him as usual.
Antonidas always felt that something was not right. After Drandon left, he immediately summoned the archmages to continue discussing the matter.
Just when Antonidas was about to send another Archmage Kalai to assist Drandon, a thief who escaped from the sewer came to the Violet Castle in panic and informed the Council of the bad news that Drandon was killed by an unknown creature.
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Although Antonidas was panicking, he still stabilized the situation immediately and smoothly pushed Archmage Kalai to the top to suppress this disturbing information first.
But whether it was due to the news leaked by those who escaped from the sewers, the news of Drandon's death spread throughout the city in just 3 hours.
Before the Kirin Tor Council came up with a response strategy, Dalaran became panicked, and some people with ulterior motives wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
This trouble happened not long after the breakup with Lordaeron, and Antonidas immediately suspected that it was Terenas' fault.
But Luo Ning put forward different opinions on this.
He believed that Lordaeron might have made some small moves to contribute to the rapid spread of the news, but the abnormal situation in the sewers should have nothing to do with them, at least not directly.
Antonidas was dubious about this. While he arranged for Luo Ning and Kalai to form a cleanup team, he also tried to seek help from the outside world.
Due to the forced licking of Lordaeron earlier, Dalaran's relations with other countries are relatively bad.
After breaking up with Lordaeron, Antonidas couldn't find anyone willing to help.
By chance, Quel'Thalas suddenly extended an olive branch at this moment.
Although the other party's original intention was to find out the missing espionage personnel in Dalaran, Antonidas couldn't care about that much at the moment. Anyone who could help catch mice was a good cat.
When the three of Sarlayan arrived in Dalaran, Ronin, Karai and Rommath had already set off first. The three of them led an elite team of more than 20 people into the sewers to clean up the monsters.
Under the guidance of the diplomat, Sarlayan, Valeela and Lylas came to the Violet Castle.
Half of the six council members entered the sewers. Among the remaining three, except for Antonidas who had to stay in the castle, only Ansrem was accompanying them.
Sarlayan glanced around with a strange look on his face: 'Where's Kel'Thuzad? He's not involved in such a big thing? He won't be addicted to necromancy, right...'
Antonidas, who looked haggard, forced a smile on his face: "Earl of Shadow Shadow, I haven't seen you for a long time. I wonder why you came to Dalaran this time..."
Sarlayan was too lazy to waste social talk with Antonidas and said straight to the point: "We are here to investigate the missing citizens of Quel'Thalas. I wonder if Speaker Antonidas knows about this?"