Although Sarlayan, who led Northrend's development plan, left his post early, the development process planned by him will still be implemented as usual.
Considering that Northrend is not peaceful now, the reinforcements from the Northern Expedition did not return immediately.
Before the construction of the new Shandalar City is completed and the fortifications in Crystalsong Forest are completed, the Northern Expedition will continue to be temporarily commanded by Ranger General Sylvanas to guard against sudden attacks by neighbors around Crystalsong Forest.
Crystalsong Forest is surrounded by enemies on three sides, so Icecrown Glacier doesn't need to worry too much for the time being, as long as some Backlight Blade thieves are left to keep a close eye on it.
The ones that need to be more vigilant are Storm Peaks and Zul'Drak.
When Sharlayan and Stellagosa left Northrend, the war between the Drakkari trolls and the Iron Legion was still continuing, but it was no longer as fierce as it was at the beginning.
With the help of Siletus and Saronya, the Drakkari trolls won a complete victory in a local battle, forcing the unprepared Iron Legion from the battlefield for the first time.
Loken, who thought he would be able to push smoothly, finally put away his casual attitude and began to consider whether to waste time and resources on these annoying flesh-and-blood creatures.
From the standpoint of Quel'Thalas, Sharlayan hopes that the Drakkari and the Iron Legion can continue to consume each other.
Find something for these two forces to do, so that they don't have time to make bad plans in Quel'Thalas.
If the war situation becomes one-sided, it will also not be in the interests of Quel'Thalas.
This rare victory was like timely rain for the Drakkari trolls, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire army and made them intuitively realize that the Iron Legion was not invincible.
The battle on the southern battlefield has ended, and Dhakalai can deploy more troops to the northern front.
From an objective point of view, even if the Drakkari trolls come out in force, they are no match for the Iron Legion. The mass-produced Titan creations that can be manufactured on a large scale are like a dimensionality-reducing blow to the mortal race.
Even if he can temporarily gain the upper hand on the battlefield, as long as he cannot cause devastating damage to the Iron Legion that is irreparable in a short period of time, Loken can quickly refill the vacant troops.
There are many wise men among the Drakkari trolls. After being reminded by Sharlayan, they finally realized the nature of the Iron Legion.
After this period of difficult battles, the initial goal of Frost King Malak to seek an explanation has long since ceased to exist.
He began to recognize the reality and reluctantly admitted that the Drakkari trolls were no match for the Iron Legion.
Malak's current goal has changed. As long as he can hold the front and maintain the status quo, due to his own lack of strength, the initiative on the battlefield has been handed over to the opponent's hands.
As the saying goes, there is no wall that is impervious to wind.
Loken is known as the King of Wisdom among the Titan Guardians, and conspiracy is his forte.
Previously, Loken did not focus on the war with the trolls. He thought he could easily crush the enemy.
However, the development of the situation was somewhat different from Loken's prediction, and he began to truly engage in experience to understand the beginning and end of this conflict.
With Loken's intelligence, sooner or later he will be able to figure out that the Iron Legion has been framed.
Due to the domineering behavior of the Drakkari trolls in Northrend, there are many races that have conflicts with them, but there are not many races that have the motive and strength to plan frame-up plans.
Once Loken personally intervenes in this matter, he will soon be able to target the high elves.
How the situation will change in the future, Sarlayan can't say yet.
Maybe the Drakkari Trolls will still focus on the Iron Legion, which threatens them the most, or they may turn around and look for soft targets. Everything is still unknown.
Just in case, Sarlayan specifically persuaded Kael'thas to temporarily leave the Magister Legion, Ranger Troops and Morning Frontier Legion in Crystalsong Forest.
The temporary lord of New Shandarara has been put in place, and the inner city has been built. The next thing that needs to be done is to fill the population in Crystal Song Forest.
No matter how advanced the automation technology in Quel'Thalas is, it still needs someone to operate it.
Encouraged by the preferential tax policies promulgated by Kael'thas, residents of Yongsong Forest continue to sign up to join the immigration group, intending to start over in a new environment.
Sylvanas cannot stay in Crystalsong Forest all the time. She plans to select some recruits from the immigrants to join the ranger force and receive rigorous training.
These recruits will serve as the main force guarding Jingsong Forest in the future, using their own hands to protect this new home.
In addition to the Drakkari trolls and the Iron Legion, Sylvanas also received disturbing information.
There has been some unusual movement in Howling Fjord recently, not from the Dragonflayer Vrykul, but from the nerubians emerging from the ground in large numbers.
Sylvanas was not sure what the buggers were trying to do, so she made an agreement with the Kul Tiran general guarding Valgard, whoever discovered the bugbears' further movements first would immediately share the information with the other party.
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Sarlayan's affairs in Northrend have come to an end for the time being. Before the situation changes, he will not always focus on the Arctic continent. There are still many things waiting for him to complete one by one.
Most of the blue dragons in Bluewing Habitat have moved away, and now it is more like a blue dragon outpost in the Broken Isles than a habitat.
Sharlayan and Stellagosa took a quick glance, and found no familiar person in the habitat... not even a familiar dragon.
The two people who were in low spirits did not stay in the unfamiliar blue-winged habitat for long. After bidding farewell to the blue dragon who stayed in the habitat, Stellagosa transformed into a dragon form and drove Sharlayan all the way to the north of Val.
Sarah flies.
Due to the many chores in Northrend, which delayed a lot of time, when Sarlayan and his team arrived at Dreamwood, representatives of all the elven races had already gathered here.
After more than a year of hard work, Thalyssra's reforms in Suramar have begun to bear fruit, and she can finally take some time to relax.
This time, the representative of the Children of the Night was the Chief Arcanist.
Talisa's appearance looks a little thinner than last time, but her mental state is still very good. At the moment, she is smiling and exchanging experiences with Fadore's representative Cambot.
Syndra's representative is not Talvir, but another acquaintance of Sarlayan, who entrusted the upper-layer dragon-forged blade Quel'Sera to him, Ryderros.
Due to the replacement of the Valarjar War Sword, an artifact of higher quality, Quel'thera was handed over to Valeera by Sharlayan, and Ryderros also heard about it.
Ledros doesn't care who the user of Quel'Sera is. He is a scholar, and it is a good thing to be able to collect more different types of usage data through Quel'Sera.
The conference has not yet started, and the night elves, as the organizers, are still busy making final preparations.
With nothing going on, Sarlayan simply sat down and chatted with Ledros for a few more words.
"sublimation?"
When he heard this word from Ledros, Sarlayan was slightly surprised.
"You mean, Quel'Sera can evolve again?"
"Yes."
Ledros said with great interest: "Remember? I have said before that the upper dragon-forged blade is a spiritual weapon and possesses some of the characteristics of an artifact."
"I have studied the usage data of you and Miss Sangunar in detail. In the hands of different owners, Quel'Sera has improved to varying degrees."
"If I can find the right materials and a skilled blacksmith, I am confident that Quel'Sera can be transformed into a true artifact."
"Materials and blacksmith..."
Sarlayan said thoughtfully: "I do have a good candidate for the blacksmith, but I don't know if I can ask him to take action. In terms of materials, what specific materials are needed?"
Ledros was prepared for this question and gave the answer without hesitation.
"It's basically the same material used by the dragons when they forged Quel'Sera."
"Arcane gold, true silver, and most importantly, dragon blood and dragon breath."
"In addition, in order to give Quel'Sera more spirituality, I also need a material that is difficult to find in Azeroth, a special steel that can transmit the soul's will... let's call it soul steel."
"Soulsteel?"
Sarlayan raised his eyebrows, and a lot of question marks floated on the barrage.
[What is soul steel? Is this metal found in Azeroth? 】
[It has been said that Ledros created the name himself, but it probably doesn’t have an official scientific name yet.]
[I have heard of Soul Steel, but not in the worldview of Azeroth.]
Finding that Danmu didn't know what soul steel was, Sarlayan asked curiously: "Arcanum and true silver are both easy to talk about. Although they are more precious, money is just a number to me."
"Dragon blood and dragon breath are no problem. At worst, I will go into battle myself, but...where should I find the soul steel you mentioned."