The war between Lordaeron and Alterac has come to an end. After that, it will be a stage for diplomats from various countries to perform, and Sharlayan does not intend to get involved anymore.
Although Sarlayan left Northrend long ago, he has never relaxed his focus on the Arctic continent.
Although Northrend has a bitter cold climate, it is very rich in natural resources, of which Wintergrasp, Howling Fjord and Sholazar Basin are the most abundant.
Howling Fjord is still contested by Kul Tiras and the vrykul.
After freeing their hands from Zandalari, Kul Tiras focused most of its attention on the battle for Alterac.
The focus on Northrend has clearly waned.
Now that Lordaeron has finally given the signal of surrender, Daelin can return his focus to Howling Fjord, where war is about to begin again.
Malfurion, who has lived for more than 10,000 years, already knows a lot of secret information about Azeroth.
Despite Sharlayan's guarantee, since the night elves settled in the Sholazar Basin, the Night Council headed by Malfurion has been worried about angering Freya, the guardian of life in Ulduar.
However, it turns out that Sarlayan's guarantee is effective.
The night elves' pioneering troops have entered the Sholazar Basin for half a year.
Freya, who should have reacted long ago, remained silent, as if she had not noticed this group of uninvited "intruders" at all.
Sharlayan admitted that he encouraged the night elves to enter the Sholazar Basin with the intention of testing Freya.
The result of the test made Sarlayan feel a little heavy.
Sholazar Basin and Un'Goro Crater are both Freya's hothouses of life.
Un'Goro Crater is far in the southern part of the Kalimdor continent, very far away from the Storm Peaks. It is understandable that Freya rarely visits it.
But the Soraza Basin is in the continent of Northrend, right under Freya's nose.
The night elf pioneering force entered the Soraza Basin in a big way, but Freya didn't make any reaction...
This shows that the Guardian of Life may have been deeply trapped, and his mind has been fascinated by the combination of Loken and Yogg-Saron, and he has no extra energy to pay attention to his own greenhouse.
This is obviously not good news.
Sarlayan originally planned to contact Freya in Ulduar through the communication equipment in the Sholazar Basin before Freya's complete fall, and take the opportunity to plant an internal agent in Ulduar.
Unfortunately, the plan was aborted before it was officially implemented.
Freya fell, and Mimiron had already gone crazy before her. Only Hodir and Thorim were still fighting against Dany Finlay in the southeast of the Storm Peaks.
[To be precise, it is Thorim's family and Hodir's family who are fighting against each other. In fact, Hodir has been deceived into Ulduar a long time ago. 】
Sharlayan: "...In other words, except for Thorim who had doubts about Loken due to Sif's death,
All the guardians guarding the major temples in Storm Peaks were kidnapped by Loken and returned to Ulduar to be brainwashed?"
[That’s right, but you don’t have to be too pessimistic. There are Azadas and Raiden, right?
Maybe Odin, whose seal is partially lifted, can also provide some remote help when conquering Ulduar.】
On the way back to Unicorn Town after leaving Chenfeng Military Camp, Sarlayan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's not that easy."
"Azadas and his earth spirit army can indeed provide a lot of help in the counterattack on Ulduar, but Raiden... God knows where that irresponsible guardian is now."
"As for Odin, let's keep some hope."
If Loken can be lured out and killed in advance before officially attacking Ulduar, Odin, whose seal is completely lifted, can participate in the battle to recapture Ulduar. Otherwise, he can only use his powerful Light of Light.
Provide fire support remotely.
Just like in the original history when the footman invaded the abyss of Hades to defeat Hela.
According to the latest information about Northrend provided by Liadrin, Sharlayan is also somewhat wary of the recent abnormal behavior of the Nerub buggers.
According to the barrage, the Crypt Demon is also one of the important arms of the Scourge Legion.
The so-called crypt demons are actually undead nerubians.
The Lich King killed some of the Nerub bugs before he officially raised his flag to cause trouble. He also used necromancy to turn them into undead and raised them up again, allowing these undead bugs to attack his former self.
family and friends.
There are some signs before anything happens, and Sharlayan suspects that the internal turmoil among the nerubians may be related to the Lich King's invasion of the underground.
[If you think about it carefully, under the current situation, the tunnels dug in all directions by the nerubians underground are Ner'zhul's only way out. ]
[The Scourge Legion is still very weak now. It has not been able to make a snowball, and it is unable to confront the major forces in Northrend head-on.]
[In this case, launching an attack from underground where no one is paying attention,
Transforming a group of unsuspecting nerubians to join your side is the best option.】
The terrifying thing about the undead lies in their ability to keep fighting with each other, and the more they fight, the more endurance they have.
This ability is called snowballing by Danmaku.
As long as you don't face tough battles one after another, when bullying the soldiers, the undead will really fight more and more soldiers, and the snowball will get bigger and bigger.
Azeroth is still in the feudal dynasty era. Due to the limitations of living conditions and medical conditions, even for humans with strong fertility, the fertility rate is far lower than that of the modern peaceful era where the barrage is located.
Excluding the night elves who have lived in Kalimdor for more than 10,000 years, Lordaeron should be regarded as the most populous country in Azeroth.
Their vast territory has a population of more than 30 million, and this is only registered.
Counting those black people who hide in the mountains and forests and do not communicate with the authorities, Sarlayan doubts that the actual total population of Lordaeron will exceed 50 million.
In this day and age, a population of 50 million can already be described as an exaggeration.
Quel'Thalas, which has been inherited for more than 7,000 years, has a population of more than 20 million at full count, and considering the fertility rate issue, as long as Lordaeron does not perish, the population gap between the two will widen as time goes by.
The bigger.
The problem is, due to the efforts of a certain filial son of the leading party, Lordaeron was destroyed in the original history.
Some barrages boldly speculated that the number of Lordaeron people who survived that natural disaster was only around 10 million at most.
In other words, more than 30 million of the population of Lordaeron were transformed into undead.
After getting rid of those zombies with low combat effectiveness and wandering around unconsciously, and after the destruction of Lordaeron, the Scourge quickly acquired millions of cheap soldiers who were tireless and did not need to eat.
Such a huge conversion rate has seriously deceived Quel'Thalas, the neighboring country of Lordaeron.
With insufficient prior mobilization, the central axis of Eversong Forest was breached by the natural disaster army led by Death Knight Arthas.
Ranger General Sylvanas tried her best to delay for a long time, but unfortunately, her magical power was not as good as Tianshu's.
At that time, the top leaders of Quel'Thalas, Sun King Anasteria, were still fighting frantically with the Silver Moon Council.
After that, Dar'Khan, a great traitor who defected to the Scourge and lifted the enchantment of Bandinoriel appeared in the Silver Moon Council. Silvermoon City was in a hurry and failed to provide Sylvanas with enough assistance.
The Ranger General was finally defeated by the sword of Arthas, who held Frostmourne, and was forcibly transformed into the Banshee King full of hatred.
It is said that Sharlayan did not have a good impression of Lordaeron under Terenas' rule.
As the saying goes, when people from Lordaeron get along with people from other countries, they always have a sense of superiority that I am the best in the world, which makes people very unhappy.
If the natural disaster is allowed to completely swallow up the entire Lordaeron, it will inevitably put huge pressure on Quel'Thalas, which is obviously not in the interests of Quel'Thalas.
The lesser of two evils, no matter how arrogant Lordaeron is, he is still a member of the world of the living.
If Calia can defeat Arthas in the battle for the reserve position, the relationship between Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas should be eased.
At the same time, if Lordaeron suffers some losses in the inevitable natural disasters, it will not cause the Scourge's snowball to grow in an instant...
This would be more in line with the interests of Quel'Thalas...and even all the countries in the Eastern Kingdom except Lordaeron.
"Now that Ner'zhul has caused the natural disaster to start moving..."
Sarlayan, who had already flown over Unicorn Town, thought of a chess piece he had buried in advance.
"Kel'Thuzad should be about to be seduced by Ner'zhul, right?"