After listening to Sarlayan's detailed narration from beginning to end, not to mention Fandral, who was frowning and thinking hard, Vereesa, who knew the inside story for the first time, also showed an expression of surprise and astonishment.
"Queen Azshara? Is that legendary figure from the ancient Dark Night Empire really still alive? How did she survive to this day?"
Sharlayan spread his hands and shrugged at Vereesa: "What's so strange about this? How old do you think Malfurion and Tyrande are?"
"No, no, it's completely different."
Vereesa's head shook like a rattle: "I remember you said before that the reason why the night elves can have eternal life is not because of their innate racial specialties, but because of the dragon kings' manipulation of the world tree Nordrassil.
bless."
"That's true."
Fandral finally came back from his thoughts, took over Vereesa's topic and explained to her: "Without the blessing of Nordrassil, the lifespan of the night elves would not be much different from that of your high elves.
At most, it’s 3000-4000 years.”
【at most……】
【In other words...】
【Three to four thousand years!】
[Immortals have a willful view of time.]
[?What are you still surprised about now? Doesn’t Xiaosha also have the eternal lifespan given by the dragon bloodline? 】
[That’s different, Xiao Sa has grown up little by little with our own eyes, and his current natural age is only in his 20s, which is far incomparable to those old monsters who have lived for tens of thousands of years. 】
During the heated discussion in the barrage, Sarlayan did not focus on them, but continued to listen to Fandral's explanation as the person involved.
"Queen Azshara is known as the light of light, the destined queen of the night elves. Don't be misled by Tyrande's embellished history books."
Fandral said sarcastically: "Queen Azshara did make huge mistakes at the end of her reign. No one can wash away this, but this cannot cover up her great achievements in opening up and expanding the territory of the Dark Night Empire in the early years.
.”
"It was under the leadership of Queen Azshara that the Dark Night Empire's national power reached an unprecedented peak."
"We have conquered almost every inch of Azeroth. Even the once arrogant Zandalari trolls can only shy away from the Night Empire. This is why the wild demigods on Mount Hyjal have high regard for the night elves.
One glance.”
Vereesa looked at Fandral, who was praising Azshara, with questions in her mind: "Aren't you a member of the Council of the Dark Night Republic? Isn't it appropriate to advocate Azshara, the former queen of the empire, who has expired like this?
"
Fandral curled his lips indifferently: "What are you afraid of? I am a person who speaks my mind directly, and there is no one else here. I don't believe Tyrande can put his spy in my home."
"Azshara's life has both merits and demerits. Her crime of inviting the Burning Legion cannot be easily forgiven, but at the same time, her efforts and sweat for the development and growth of the Dark Night Empire should not be buried by subsequent crimes."
This is why Sarlayan chose to find Fandral as a guarantor.
Among the senior leaders of the Dark Night Republic, Tyrande, who had suffered "humiliation" at the hands of Azshara, hated her the most, and even went so far as to whitewash Azshara's many achievements in history and make up "unofficial histories" to discredit her image.
Malfurion can stand on a more objective and neutral standpoint, but as the Speaker of the Parliament representing the Dark Night Republic, he cannot deny Tyrande's "fine-tuning" in order to maintain the legitimacy of the rule of the Church of the Moon and the Druid Sect.
past history.
The Shadowsong siblings tend to have a neutral view of Azshara, but neither of them is the kind of person who likes to speak out.
Fandral Staghelm is a rare "honest person" among the senior leaders of the Dark Night Republic who dares to express his neutral views. He is not worried about offending Tyrande... anyway, he has already offended him severely in the past ten thousand years.
From a more utilitarian perspective, if Azshara's Naga can be pulled over from N'Zoth, this increase or decrease can significantly weaken N'Zoth's strength, which in turn will enhance our own combat effectiveness.
To be able to act as Speaker of the Cenarion Circle while Malfurion was busy with matters in the Emerald Dream, Fandral was definitely not stupid. He knew how to make rational choices.
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Fandral stared into Sarlayan's eyes with a solemn expression and asked: "Can you ensure that Azshara will not do anything wrong in this cooperation?"
"What if she betrays us temporarily and sells us to N'Zoth..."
Sarlayan shook his head and said: "Actually, you should know in your mind that Azshara, who is arrogant by nature, is not the kind of person who would break a contract temporarily."
"I have had face-to-face contact with her, and her obsession with restoring the appearance of the night elf is real."
"A person like her who loves beauty and is self-admired is destined to be unable to tolerate continuing to maintain that ugly Naga form after gaining hope."
"When she summoned me for an interview, Azshara used illusions to maintain her original night elf posture throughout."
"But what is fake is fake after all. She is still essentially a Naga with three tails, and she knows this very well."
"Well..." Fandral said thoughtfully: "Based on Azshara's request, there are two key points she wants to guarantee."
"The first is to give the entire Naga family a chance to restore the appearance of the night elves, and the second is to allow the highborne elves who have returned to their original form to gain a base for survival after breaking away from N'Zoth's control."
Sarlayan nodded and said: "According to Azshara herself, she already has some clues about the second goal. It is in order to achieve this goal that she signed an agreement with us not to invade the land to obtain the tide.
stone."
Fandral sighed softly: "But Azshara probably didn't expect that the Naga controlled by N'Zoth would suddenly launch a fierce attack on Estorante Port."
"If you hadn't been investigating, the blame would have been placed on Azshara, further worsening the relationship between the night elves and the naga."
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After straightening out his thoughts, Fandral rubbed his cheeks with his rough hands that were often used for work.
"I probably know what's going on."
"In short, you need to use my status as a senior member of the Cenarion Council to provide guarantee for Orfa to recruit druids to join the joint research, right?"
Sarlayan: "That's right."
"If the research project is exposed afterwards, you are likely to be implicated and accused by Tyrande Whisperwind, who was hysterical when he learned of Azshara's return."
"Ha~"
Fandal snorted coldly through his nose: "If I were afraid of her, I wouldn't have been fighting against her over the country's development path."
"Although my mentor is always obedient to Tyrande in small matters, when it comes time to make a major decision, I believe he will make the most correct and rational decision as always."
"Snapped!"
After making up his mind, Fandral clapped his knees heavily: "I will be the guarantor! As long as it will help weaken N'Zoth's strength, what does it matter if I bear a personal reputation? It's not the first time anyway."
Thalayan knew that Fandral was talking about Andrassil.
Due to their different philosophies, Tyrande and Fandral Staghelm, who led the Druid sect on behalf of Malfurion, had always been at odds with each other.
It was hard to catch Fandral making a big mistake in planting Andrassil, but he would have to be caught to die.
However, with Malfurion's personal guarantee, Fandral still managed to survive the crisis of being almost beaten to the end, and still sat firmly in his seat as acting Speaker of the Cenarion Circle.
"Hey~"
Fandral raised his head and looked out the window. His eyes seemed to have passed through the vast distance between the two places and landed on the Grizzly Hills in the east of Northrend.
The remains of Andrassil, Vordrassil, still remain on that land, and the chopped-off tree stumps have become a home for furbolgs.
"The reason why I volunteered to apply to lead the pioneer team is that on the one hand, the Sholazar Basin does have the value of vigorous development, and on the other hand..."
"I am a person who refuses to admit defeat. Wherever I fall, I should stand up."
Fandral said firmly: "I still believe that planting the Tree of Life to delay the spread of the ancient god's roots was not a wrong decision. It's just that I was a little too hasty at the time and ignored many details during the planting process."
"When the pioneering process in the Sholazar Basin stabilizes, I plan to plant another Tree of Life in the heart of the central river."
Fandral's eyes flashed: "This time, what I want to plant is no longer the World Tree with roots that are too deep, but the Miracle Tree that has been improved many times by the Cenarion Circle - Arcandor Omega.