Of course Antonidas knew about it. As the head of a country, he had knowledge of the spies deployed in Dalaran by various countries.
Coincidentally, Dalaran actually planted some intelligence agents in Quel'Thalas.
However, due to the xenophobic customs of Quel'Thalas, Dalaran... and even intelligence agents from other countries could only follow the caravans and were unable to stay in Silvermoon City for a long time.
This practice of dispatching spies to each other is an unspoken rule between countries. As long as they don't completely break up, no one will bring this matter to the table and take it to the line.
Not long ago, Dalaran expelled all the spies planted by Lordaeron, which angered Terenas, and a war almost broke out between the two countries.
As for how big the difference is... only the two parties involved know best.
Even when relations were at their worst, Dalaran did not expel the spies planted by Quel'Thalas.
In the final analysis, the original diplomatic turmoil was caused by Dalaran's fault.
Antonidas has always wanted to rebuild the relationship with Quel'Thalas, so it was naturally impossible to offend the high elves further.
According to the information provided by Valeera, there will be a six-person Backlight Blade team stationed in Dalaran at any time. Once an abnormality is discovered, they will immediately convey the information to the headquarters of Silvermoon City.
This time, the team obviously encountered an unusual and unexpected situation.
All six people lost contact, and they only had time to send a brief message asking for help, without even attaching any notes.
"about this point……"
Antonios explained with a solemn expression: "Although I am not 100% sure, I speculate that the disappearance of those Quel'Thalas 'citizens' should be related to the crisis Dalaran is facing now."
Sarlayan narrowed his eyes cautiously: "Your Excellency, Speaker, are you serious about this? You don't mean to kill someone with a borrowed knife, right?"
"of course not."
Antonidas defended sternly: "As far as I know, those 'citizens' disappeared after entering the sewer. If Count Deep Shadow doesn't believe it, he can go to the sewer entrance in area xc to investigate."
There is more than one sewer entrance to Dalaran, and there are them in every corner of the city.
Rommath, Ronin and Karai used the official entrance, which is on the side of the Violet Castle. There will be Kirin Tor guards guarding the entrance at all times, and order is maintained in a relatively orderly manner.
It is obviously impossible for the thieves of the Backlight Blade to enter through official channels with such arrogance. Even if Dalaran is well aware of their existence, the matter of investigating intelligence cannot be made public, otherwise it will not give Dalaran face at all.
The situation in Dalaran is urgent now, and Antonidas cannot offend the high elves by talking nonsense at this juncture.
Sarlayan chose to believe Antonidas, and before turning to leave the Violet Castle and start taking action, he seemed to mention it unintentionally.
"By the way, why don't you see Archmage Kel'Thuzad? I also want to ask him some questions about magic."
Antonidas did not expect that Sarlayan would suddenly mention Kel'Thuzad. He was stunned for a moment before saying in confusion: "Kel'Thuzad has been studying in seclusion in his mage tower. It is said that the research project has just reached a critical moment and cannot be withdrawn.
body."
A strange look flashed in Kirin Tor Speaker's eyes: "Earl of Shadow, may I take the liberty of asking what kind of spells you plan to ask Kel'Thuzad for?"
Sarlayan said nonchalantly: "There's nothing bad to say, as you can see..."
Sarlayan's left and right hands flashed with different spells at the same time, the left hand was green and the right hand was gray.
"By chance, I received the inheritance of a special profession called Thornspeaker."
"This warfare function uses the power of death and life at the same time, and can reconcile these two mutually reinforcing forces with each other."
"I have some experience with the power of nature, but the power of death... is too rare."
"I heard that Archmage Kel'Thuzad once studied the notes of the lich Merry Winterwind. I think he should be able to give me some inspiration on how to effectively use the power of death."
Merry Winterwind, the first lich in the history of Azeroth and one of the founders of the Council of Tirisfal.
After the Tirisfal Council suffered a catastrophe, Merry Winterwind was the last remaining member, and the only lucky one who was not found and killed by Medivh (Sargeras).
Merry Winterwind was first active during the Troll War and was one of the first batch of human mage apprentices to receive enlightenment from the high elves.
In the tragic Troll War, Merry was unfortunately killed in battle, but he was soon resurrected as a lich due to the emergency of the war, rejoined the battle, and participated in the establishment of the Councils of Dalaran and Tirisfal after the war.
Merry Winterwind was a patriarch who witnessed the transformation of human civilization from division to reunification and then again. The notes he left behind are one of the precious documents preserved in Dalaran.
Sarlayan was not sure whether Merry Winterwind's magic notebook contained information related to the Lich and the power of death, and he planned to use this matter to deceive Antonidas.
Sure enough, when he heard the term "power of death", Antonidas's face changed, and his eyes showed deep thought.
"If you still have time after Count Deep Shadow completes his work, you can go to Kel'Thuzad's mage tower to communicate with him in person."
Sarlayan smiled noncommittally: "I hope I can make time as you said, then we will leave first."
"I wish you all the best on this trip."
After watching Sarlayan and the others leave, Antonidas took away the smile on his face, frowned and looked at one of the high towers in the city.
"The power of death..."
Like fel energy, the power of death is also a forbidden power that is not allowed to be studied in Dalaran.
All the taboos in Dalaran are clearly stated, and Antonidas doesn't believe that Sarlayan doesn't know about them.
'Deliberate provocation? Or is it really something?'
…
Although the information provided by Antonidas should be true, the three of Sarlayan still went to the XC area just in case.
From nearby residents, Valeera, who suffers from social anxiety disorder, easily asked for the information she wanted.
"It can basically be confirmed that the information is correct. The six people disappeared on the same night."
"Um……"
Sarlayan stood in front of the entrance to the sewer, looking thoughtfully at the dark passage.
"Lylas, what do you think?"
"ah?"
The frowning Lilas was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said: "I guess I encountered some emergency in the sewer, but..."
Lylas asked in confusion: "I don't know much about the Backlight Blade, but I can guess with my butt that all the spies who can be dispatched are undoubtedly elites."
"What kind of accident would allow a six-man team to send out an emergency signal for help?"
Each outgoing Backlight Blade team has only one emergency rescue signal transmitter, which is usually kept in the hands of the captain with the strongest strength and the best overall view.
This kind of one-time transmitter is relatively expensive to make and has built-in space spells. Once activated, it will automatically transmit the request for help back to the Backlight Blade headquarters.
Under normal circumstances, when sending a rescue signal, the team leader will briefly describe the situation they encountered in the notes so that the rescuers can configure the team in a targeted manner.
Judging from this, this Backlight Blade team may have encountered a powerful enemy that they found difficult to resist.
It was with this in mind that Kael'thas sent out Sharlayan Valeela's legendary two-person team. He believed that these two old teammates with rich adventure experience could find out the truth.
Lilas? He's just a volunteer.
Although Kael'thas doesn't have hope for the young Lyras for the time being, now that he has brought him out, Sharlayan has no intention of letting him follow him. He just takes the opportunity to train this little friend and increase his knowledge.
.
Lyras also participated in the Second Orc War. Although his experience in handling emergencies is far less mature than that of Sarlayan and Valeela, he is not a young man in the greenhouse who has never seen anything.
Sarlayan: "Who do you think the enemy might be? It's okay to take a wild guess."
"Well……"
Lyras lowered his head and thought for a moment: "The orc warlock who sneaked into the underground of Dalaran? The archmage who studies forbidden spells in private?"
Valeera couldn't help shaking her head and laughing: "Sure enough, your worldview is still too narrow."
"Orcs? That group of sick dogs are not a threat at all. As for the Archmage... what kind of mage do you think can completely suppress Drandon, who is also the Archmage, so that he can't even escape?"
A flash of light flashed in Sharlayan's eyes: "Although Luo Ning speculates that this matter has nothing to do with Lordaeron, but... is it really not related at all?"