After obtaining runes from the Chamber of Ceremonies and the Chamber of Creation, Sharlayan has collected all five runes on the Blade of the Lord of War.
When the civil war just ended, the situation in Maldraxxus was still very chaotic. Several marquises focused on cleaning up the mess, and were unable to take the time to gather together and go to the seat of the War Lord to listen to the words left by the War Lord.
When Sarlayan, acting as the acting Marquis of Creation, initially straightened out the chaos in the Creation Academy, several other major chambers also returned to normal one after another.
What surprised Sarlayan was that Marquis Sindani of the Ritual Chamber actually responded to the call and came to the door of the Lord of War with the newly selected replacement baron.
The name of this new baron is Bamidar. According to the barrage, this person is also one of the barons of the Ritual Chamber in the plot line they know.
In that timeline, the other ritual baron besides Bamidar was an old acquaintance of Sarlayan, and it was Kel'Thuzad who was still lurking in the Scourge as an internal agent.
After a period of adjustment, Sindani regained her composure and greeted Sarlayan with a smile as if nothing had happened.
Sharlayan had never liked such duplicitous fools, and he even had a long-term plan in his mind to let Kel'Thuzad, who had completed the undercover mission, enter the Shadow Realm to replace Sindani.
However, it is too far to consider this now. Kel'Thuzad's strength has not yet reached the standard, and there is still a long way to go.
Over the years of interacting with the nobles of Quel'Thalas, Sharlayan had long developed the habit of speaking nonsense to people and ghosts.
Although he was very disdainful of Sindani's behavior in his heart, he still responded enthusiastically to Sindani's greetings.
Time was tight, and Sarlayan did not waste time on interpersonal communication.
After the four marquises gathered together, Sarlayan drew out the Blade of the Lord of War and pointed the tip of the sword at the still closed door of the Lord of War.
As the five runes on the sword lit up one by one in correspondence with the dents on the door, the seat of the military master that had been dusty for many years was finally opened again.
The marquises ordered their baron entourage to stay outside the gate, and the five of them entered the captain's seat together.
Just a few steps after entering the gate, Sarlayan and others heard the soldier master's message echoing in the empty hall.
"Visitor, I am the commander of the army."
"You entering my sanctuary means that darkness has descended on Maldraxxus... and even the entire Shadow Realm."
"Many years ago, the Eternals, including me, reluctantly banished our brother Zoval, who committed a heinous crime, to the abyss from which no one can escape. He should have been burdened with the yoke of the warden forever."
"But after a long investigation, I suspect that Zoval is not alone. He has hidden allies among the Eternals to help him."
"If you heard my message, it means that my suspicion has become reality. Zoval secretly colluded with someone and defeated me who went to the Maw to investigate the truth."
"To save the Shadowlands...the destined outsiders from Zoval's madness, you must muster the power of all the Eternals to unite the Shadowlands once again."
"Convey my warning to my brothers and sisters. We must build a defense line in advance and never allow Zoval to reach the 'mausoleum'."
"The Arbitrator will be the final key, protect it, otherwise the Shadow Realm will be doomed."
The message only ended here. Except for Sarlayan, who already knew the inside story, the four marquises had different expressions, ranging from shock to deep thought.
Sindani was not interested in the whereabouts of the soldier leader. What she cared about was the warden mentioned in the soldier's message.
"So, your previous claim that the Ritual Chamber colluded with the warden was not just a simple slander. Emperor Denathrius, who colluded with the former Baron Stone, is the traitor to the Eternals mentioned in the soldier's message?"
"Hmph!" Caixus snorted angrily: "What else? Do you think we are bored and making up excuses to fool you?"
Stradama noticed an important word mentioned in the soldier's message.
"What is a mausoleum? Do any of you know?"
Sarlayan, who had obtained the spoilers in advance, certainly knew that the so-called mausoleum refers to the Holy Tomb of the Firstborn in Zaresantis.
Since the military leader deliberately misrepresented the meaning of the word, he made it clear that he did not want too many people to know the inside story.
Once the Eternals hear the words "Lombed Land", they can immediately deduce Zoval's purpose.
Zaresantis is a forbidden place in the Shadow Realm and will not be disclosed to anyone easily.
Since the war leader had this consideration, Sarlayan would not reveal the mystery directly without knowing what was interesting. He simply pretended not to know anything and changed the topic to another point worthy of attention.
"Putting aside the mausoleum and other things for the time being, that should be a major secret that only the Eternals can know."
Sarlayan and the thoughtful Akalek looked at each other: "From this message, we can at least know the approximate location of the missing soldier."
Akalek spoke out one word with a solemn expression: "Abyss."
Sindani chuckled unintelligibly: "Ha~ Then the question is, how do we break into the Maw and rescue the soldier leader?"
Stradama rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "The Maw is a restricted area for all souls. Once you enter, you cannot escape."
"Even if we can enter the Maw and find the imprisoned soldier master, how can we escape with him?"
The Maw is the most special area in the Shadow Realm. It has no direct space passages connected to the five major kingdoms.
Today's Shadow Realm is not as unbalanced as in the original history. You can jump directly into the Maw from the center of Oribos and merge into the regular entrance to the Maw.
Sarlayan rubbed his chin in deep thought and said: "Since Denathius has a way to get in touch with the warden, it means that the Eternal One knows the way to enter the Maw."
"How about this."
After thinking about it for a while, Sharlayan said: "I will rush to the Ascension Fortress immediately to help Gristhia wipe her butt. You will send people to Ardenweald to ask the Queen of Winter."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We should be able to get the answer to this question from the mouths of the two Eternals through a two-pronged approach."
The four marquis exchanged glances and basically agreed on their opinions.
Sindani asked another question: "So, who are we going to send to Ardenweald?"
Akalek said without hesitation: "This kind of task of transmitting information is the responsibility of the Sharp Eyes Academy. I will send Baron Pasonia to carry out this task."
"Baron Parsonia and Sarlayan are from the same material world, and Sarlayan is on good terms with Ardenweald. The Winter Queen should be willing to betray Sarlayan's favor."
Sarlayan shrugged nonchalantly: "Okay, let Pasonia say I sent her there."
Caixus frowned and said: "This kind of message delivery task is just a small problem. What I'm worried about is whether Sarlayan can successfully solve the mess left by Gristia when he goes to the Ascension Fortress."
Sindani glanced at the barons waiting outside the door, and her eyes stayed on Onyxia for a while longer.
"Considering the current situation of the Creation Secret Academy, the acting Marquis of Deep Shadow will definitely leave 1-2 people to sit in charge, relying only on your own strength... Is it really enough?"
Sindani had her own plans. This wrong bet caused a lot of losses to the Ritual Secret Institute. She wanted to make up for the losses from other places.
After Sharlayan left, the leaderless Academy of Creation became a mess. Sindani wanted Sharlayan to take away Onyxia, the most powerful one.
It would be easier if only Valeera or Stellagosa was left. She could rely on the manpower she had deployed earlier in the Academy of Creation to try to obtain the design blueprints of the Academy's new war weapons.
Sarlayan could see that Sindani was planning to use magic weapons.
Even if Sindani didn't say anything, Sharlayan still had to take Onyxia with him.
The Black Dragon Princess is the only demigod-level combatant in the team. Without her to follow and hold the battle, Sarlayan would not be able to defeat the saint-level enemies alone.
Stradama also saw Sindani's plot, but unfortunately the Chamber of Decay was still selecting new baron candidates and could not spare any manpower for the time being.
The Secret Academy of Sharp Eyes was responsible for sending messages to the Winter Queen and collecting intelligence from all sides, and was also unable to intervene. Stradama turned her attention to the Soul-Chosen Marquis Caixus and signaled him to come forward to help Sarlayan eliminate future troubles.
Caixus understood what Stradama meant, and he patted his chest cheerfully and said: "Salayan, you can feel free to take all your people to the Ascension Fortress."
"While you are away, I will let Durotan and Wilfred work together to take care of the Secret Court of Creation and ensure that no one will reach in and mess with it."
Caixus almost pointed at Sindani's nose and named her.
If anyone else dared to be so arrogant, Sindani would definitely turn her back on the spot, but the person who spoke was Caixus...
'Gan! I can bear it!'
Sindani lowered her head angrily and pretended not to hear: 'I want to see if those two soul-selecting idiots with big muscles in their brains can keep the blueprint!'