Sunderland took away Bartos who was in a deep coma as promised, dissipated and turned into a breeze, returning to the direction of the Scorching Gorge.
Stranglethorn Vale is located at the southernmost tip of the Eastern Kingdom, and is too far from Quel'Thalas in the northernmost part of the continent, so Stellagosa cannot open the direct portal.
Even though they were here, Sarlayan was not in a hurry to leave immediately. He planned to inspect the situation in Stranglethorn Valley by the way.
When Sharlayan rescued the Darkspear clan, he did so casually. His original intention was just to drive a nail into the jungle troll's heartland.
Due to the strength of the Dark Night Empire in ancient times, the trolls, who were overwhelmed by Azshara, have always disliked the elves.
However, after tens of thousands of years have passed, the only ones who really have a deep hatred against the high elves are the increasingly decadent forest trolls.
The main activity range of the jungle trolls is concentrated in the southern part of the eastern continent, and has nothing to do with Quel'Thalas, which is far away in the northern end of the continent.
Trolls are not an immortal species like elves. After countless generations of personnel changes, the new generation of jungle trolls rarely have the opportunity to deal with the elves, and they have almost forgotten the conflicts back then.
This is also one of the main reasons why the Darkspear trolls headed by Sen'jin are willing to follow Sarlayan to repay their kindness.
Through direct contact with Sen'jin, Sarlayan could see that he was a very capable leader, but he did not expect that Sen'jin could lead the Darkspear Trolls to seize such a large territory in such a short period of time.
Initially, Sarlayan just wanted to leave a reliable stronghold for Quel'Thalas in the southern part of the eastern continent. When the Dark Portal opened again, he could rush to the Cursed Land as quickly as possible to confirm the situation on the front line.
"If you really want to say..."
When talking about this topic, Vol'jin spread his hands with a sarcastic face: "I can only say that the three major clans of Skull Splitter, Bloodscalp and Gurubashi are too disappointing."
"After integrating the small and medium-sized clans that could not bear the pain of the war and fled to the Cape of Stranglethorn Valley to settle down, my father had no intention of immediately counterattacking back to the northern jungle."
"Just when we are planning to work hard to run the Gurubashi Arena and establish a stable source of income for the Darkspear clan, an unexpected visitor will tell us a secret information."
"Visitor? Secret information?" Sarlayan frowned slightly: "Why haven't I heard about this?"
In order to prevent Sarlayan from worrying too much and suspecting that the Darkspear clan had other plans, Vol'jin hurriedly explained: "Because we are still not 100% sure whether the person's self-reported identity and the information he provided are true."
"In order not to mislead you, Your Majesty the Marquis, my father plans to verify the authenticity of the information before compiling it into a volume and delivering it to Quel'Thalas."
Sarlayan patted the tall Wo'jin on the back: "Don't be so nervous. I have no intention of doubting your motives."
"Tell me, who is that visitor and what is the secret information he told you."
Wojin scratched his head and gave Sarlayan a vaccination first: "Because the authenticity of the intelligence has not been fully confirmed, please don't take it too seriously and just treat it as a joke."
"The hidden visitor claimed to be from the Zandalari clan. He warned us that the Gurubashi clan was promoting folly, and we must prevent the Gurubashi from going the other way and making big mistakes."
Sarlayan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and Stellagosa and Valeera also moved their eyes slightly.
Zandal LS Leian put his chin on his hand and said thoughtfully: "As far as I know, after losing the sea battle with Kul Tiras, Rastakhan, the god king of Zandalari, changed.
The original radical national policy shifted the focus of development from overseas to the interior of the Zandalar Islands."
"The entire coastal waters of the Zandalar Islands are monitored by Kul Tiras' patrol fleet. How did the troll who claimed to be Zandalar sneak out?"
Wojin didn't know why: "I don't know either. That person didn't tell his itinerary in detail."
Sarlayan nodded noncommittally: "It doesn't matter, let's first talk about his so-called folly and big mistake."
When the topic came to this point, the barrage started a lively discussion. Sarlayan took the time to take a few glances and saw a few terms that concerned him very much.
Blood God, Hakkar, Jindu, Hakkari Priest.
Blood God Hakkar, Sarlayan heard this name from the barrage a long time ago.
Hakkar is a loa in the form of a wind serpent, and has many strange names in the troll civilization.
Blood God, Evil God, Soul Reaver, Guardian and Destroyer of the Gurubashi Empire, etc.
Due to geographical factors, Quel'Thalas has had little contact with the Gurubashi Empire from ancient times to the present, and Sarlayan has not conducted in-depth research on the evil god Hakkar that the barrage mentioned before.
However, while accompanying Jaina to select books in Suramar, Sharlayan accidentally saw the ancient Dark Night Empire's description of Hakkar.
As the saying goes, there is only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname.
Hakkar was once the guardian of the Gurubashi Empire in ancient times. Even counting the powerful Loa enshrined by Zandalari, Hakkar can be ranked at the forefront of all Loa by virtue of his strength.
According to Wojin, Senjin returned to the ancestral land of the Darkspear clan after learning the news about Hakkar, and with the help of witch doctors, he found the ancient stone tablets recording Hakkar's deeds.
The troll empire in ancient times was so powerful that they even defeated the Qiraji empire led by Kithix, the general of the ancient god Yogg-Saron.
But it was precisely because of this tragic battle that the severely damaged Troll Empire turned from prosperity to decline. The night elves, who evolved from the dark trolls bathing in the magic of the Well of Eternity, gradually took over the dominance of ancient Kalimdor.
As the country closest to the Qiraji Hive Silithus among the three troll empires, the Gurubashi bravely took the lead in the war with the Qiraji Empire.
Although they successfully defeated the enemy without fear of sacrifice, they themselves also suffered great losses.
After the Earth Shattered, the territory of the Gurubashi Empire was unfortunately split into two by the maelstrom.
Part of it formed what is now Stranglethorn Vale, and the other part remained in Kalimdor and became what is now the Great Desert of Tanaris.
According to legend, in that bloody war, Hakkar, known as the Blood God and Soul Reaver, played an extremely important role. He devoured the blood essence and souls of countless Qiraji.
It's not unreasonable for Hakkar to be called the evil god by many trolls. This guy has no sense of right and wrong, and he doesn't consciously give back to the trolls like other loa who lead their offerings.
In Hakkar's eyes, trolls are no different from Qiraji, they are just his "food".
As the war lasted, Hakkar was able to squelch his endless thirst with a large supply of Qiraji blood and souls.
After the war, the unsatisfied Haka did not hesitate to extend his claws to the Gurubashi believers who had been worshiping him devoutly.
The guardian and destroyer of the Gurubashi Empire, this title sounds contradictory, but it can very intuitively explain Hakkar's chaotic stance.
While listening to Vol'jin's explanation, Sarlayan read through the valuable information in the barrage, basically confirming the identity of the visitor and the authenticity of the information he provided.
The Gurubashi clan, which was once able to overwhelm all jungle troll clans, has long since declined.
Although they can still defend the capital Zul'Gurub with their solid city defenses, the fact that the city gates were breached by the Skullsplitting and Bloodscalp coalition forces before fully demonstrates their weakness.
Having experienced the superiority of the jungle troll overlord, the Gubarash clan certainly does not want to be knocked off the throne of the clan.
After being attacked by the Skull-Splitter and the Bloodscalp Allied Forces, Jindu, the sorcerer of the Gurubashi clan, finally made up his mind.
No matter what the cost, the Gurubashi must be great again.
The solution Jindu came up with was to summon Hakkar, the Soul Reaver.
After Hakkar went berserk, the Gubarash Empire, with the assistance of the Zandalari clan, made huge sacrifices and finally sealed the evil god Loa to an alien plane outside of Azeroth.
In order to regain the dominance of the Gubarashi clan, the magician Jindu plans to ignore the sacrifices made by his predecessors and summon the sealed Haka back to the material world.
As one of the main forces that sealed Hakkar back then, the Zandalari trolls could not just sit back and watch this happen.
The evil god Hakkar is very vengeful.
If he is allowed to regain his peak strength under the worship of Gurubashi, he will definitely take revenge on the Zandalari clan that participated in sealing him.
Unfortunately, the Zandalari clan is now blocked on the island by the Kul Tiras fleet and cannot go on a large-scale expedition. They can only hope that the Darkspear clan, a local native who has suddenly emerged, will send people to find the Darkspear chief Sen'jin.
It makes sense.
"The magician Jindu..."
After Vol'jin finished telling the information he knew, Sharlayan pondered for a while before raising questions.
"If I remember correctly, the contemporary leader of the Gurubashi clan should be Chief Mandokir, right? He just let Jindu do whatever he wants?"
Vol'jin smiled bitterly and shrugged: "What if? The threats of Skull Splitting and Bloodscalp Clan are just around the corner, and now our Darkspear Clan is rising rapidly."
"In order to maintain the Gurubashi's status as the patriarchal clan, Mandokir can only agree to Jindu's plan to risk his life and survive."