Sarlayan's understanding of Drustvar comes entirely from the barrage, but they are separated by a world, and the help that the barrage can provide is limited after all.
From the barrage of explanations, Sarlayan had a rough idea of Drustvar's situation.
However, the Drustvar information obtained by netizens from the different world came from decades later and is not entirely applicable to the present.
While gliding from a high altitude and looking down, some netizens confirmed the location of Sarlayan's emergency landing through map comparison.
The Crimson Forest, located in the southwest corner of Drustvar, is one of the most dangerous areas on the island.
It is said that decades later, when the Alliance returned to Kul Tiras to win over allies, the Drust people who reappeared swarmed out from here.
After confirming his location, Sarlayan finally knew how to get to the Tiragarde Strait where Boralus was located.
Standing on the top of a dead tree, Sarlayan activated the eagle eye technique and scanned the surroundings.
Unfortunately, in this foggy and dark forest, the range that can be observed with the naked eye is extremely limited.
“What a weird atmosphere.”
Sarlayan always felt that something was watching him in the forest, but he couldn't see anything if he looked carefully.
[Xiao Sa, be careful, Gorak Tuor has been hiding in the Blighted Realm to observe the outside world. 】
[Maybe that guy is watching your every move right now, waiting for you to reveal your flaws.]
Gorak Tur is an extreme radical among the Drust people and hates all races other than the Drust.
However, according to the barrage, Gorak Tur was seriously injured in the battle with the Kul Tirans, and his body was dead. Only his soul hid in the Blighted Realm and waited for the opportunity.
He needs someone to help repair his body and release him from the special plane of the Blighted Realm before he can return to the material world.
In other words, today's Gorak Tuor can only watch at best and cannot directly affect the material world.
'The question is, who caused the violent storm and thunder before?'
The question could not be answered for the time being. Sarlayan did not want to stay idle in Drust's lair, so he found the right direction and planned to walk out of the forest.
"Whoosh!"
Just when Sarlayan was about to jump off the dead tree, his increasingly keen hearing suddenly caught the very slight sound of leaves rubbing against each other.
"Who is it, come out!"
"I should be the one to ask you this, outsider."
A huge four-legged creature with a ferocious face and wooden barbs all over its body walked out of the forest, its eyes shining with a strange blue light as it looked at Sarlayan.
In order to avoid causing panic and suspicion among the Kul Tiran people, Sharlayan retracted his dragon wings and dragon scales after landing, and resumed his normal half-elf posture.
Taking off the Demon Slayer Greatsword from his back, Sarlayan lowered his weight slightly, and vigilantly assumed a posture that was both offensive and defensive.
"My name is Sarlayan Deep Shadow. I come from Quel'Thalas. When I went out to sea, I was hit by strong winds and thunderstorms that appeared without warning. When I regained consciousness, I was already on this island."
[Salayan is becoming more and more proficient in telling lies. I really miss the straight-faced iron fool back then.]
[People always have to grow up. I don’t think Sarlayan did anything wrong. It’s important to be on guard against others. 】
"High winds and thunderstorms?"
'Salayan Deep Shadow, this name...'
The strange-looking four-legged beast had a look of surprise in its eyes, and looked around thoughtfully.
"Follow me, this is not the place to talk. Get out of this dangerous forest first."
"Oh, by the way, I haven't communicated with outsiders for so long that I almost forgot to introduce myself."
The four-legged beast that spoke human words patted its head humanely: "My name is Orfa, and the local residents of Drustvar call me the Great Thornspeaker."
…
While following Orfa out of the forest, Sarlayan learned the origin of this strange creature through the rapidly passing barrage.
Orfa the Great Thornspeaker, a Drust who lived for at least 2,000 years.
If judged by the standards of the night elves' distant relatives across the sea, the Great Thornspeaker was a highly respected archdruid.
More than 2,000 years ago, before the war between the Kul Tirans and the Drust began, Olfa led his followers to leave the Drus controlled by Gorak because of his disagreement with Gorak Tull.
mainstream society.
It is different from Gorak Tur, who is extremely radical and attempts to exterminate all humans and completely control the island of Kul Tiras.
Orfa, who follows the path of the Druids, advocates peaceful coexistence with humans, which is contrary to their ideals.
Under the instigation of Gorak Tull, most of the Drust people agreed with his radical ideas.
As a minority, Olfa, who knew he could not change the overall situation, left his hometown in frustration and lived in seclusion in the mountains of Drustvar.
Some early Kul Tirans unexpectedly met Orfa in the mountains. They responded to nature's call and followed Orfa to learn the ways of the druid.
These humans who have mastered the power of nature are called Thornspeakers in Kul Tiras, and Orfa the Great Thornspeaker is the mentor of all existing Thornspeakers.
【Salayan, this is a good opportunity.】
[You have the Druid career template, but you don’t have any skills or knowledge related to it, so you can take this opportunity to ask this Great Thornspeaker for advice.]
Sarlayan was a little tempted by the barrage suggestion, but now that the two sides have not been able to reach mutual trust, and the horoscope has not yet been written, they can only put this idea aside for the time being.
The route Olfa led was very strange. He did not go to the beacon tower built by the Waycrest family - Arom's Tower, as the barrage predicted. Instead, he walked through the mountains and forests and headed directly to the high mountains in the eastern part of the Crimson Forest.
After wandering around the snow-capped mountains for a while, the two finally came to a large beast's den one after the other.
Many four-legged beasts that are slightly smaller in size but very similar in appearance to Orfa are standing or sitting inside and outside the den, and there are also a few Spinspeakers who have transformed back into their original human form.
No matter what posture they were in now, all Thornspeakers bowed their heads respectfully to Orfa who had returned from the trip, and looked at Sarlayan who was following Orfa with curious eyes.
"High Elf? Why are you here?"
"The Great Thornspeaker, who rarely goes out, actually brought him back in person. Is there anything special about this elf?"
Sarlayan heard the whispers coming from behind him, but he did not get any useful information from the conversations of these Thornspeakers.
Arriving deep into the beast's den, Orfa, who was still in his beast form, sat down on the ground.
"Just find a seat and sit wherever you like. I'm not as particular as you high elves here."
Sarlayan shrugged nonchalantly and sat cross-legged face to face with Olfa.
"Great Thornspeaker, do you know where the strong wind and thunderstorm came from?"
Speaking of this, Saraian felt a little regretful.
Originally, he planned to get information about his mother from the Red Dragon Queen after rescuing her.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the change, and Deathwing, who was running away like crazy, threw him thousands of miles away from the wetland.
If you want to return to the mainland, you must first go to Boralus to find a suitable passenger ship.
'I wonder if Valeera, Ronin and Vereesa are safe.'
Olfa's answer interrupted Sarlayan's thoughts.
"I don't know, but I don't think the person who took action had any ill intentions towards you."
"With the majestic power contained in the previous violent weather changes, if the other party really had the intention to kill you, you would have died on the sea long ago."
Sarlayan frowned slightly: "...What do you mean? Is the other party forcing me to stay here out of good intentions?"
Olfa shook his head: "I don't know if you are sorry or not. You can only find out this issue by yourself."
"well, let's get back to business."
Orfa seemed not to like changing back into human form, and maintained the appearance of what the barrage called a thorn bear when communicating with Sharlayan.
"I can feel that you contain very pure natural power, but you can't effectively control it, right?"
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, I was blessed by the Tree of Life by chance, but no one in Quel'Thalas can teach me how to control them."
"Um……"
A trace of deep meaning flashed unnoticeably in Olfa's eyes: "I can teach you how to control the power of nature, but you need to complete the three tests I set during the learning process, and you will not be able to return to the mainland within three months."