Chapter 988 The long-term plans of the free undead
As the saying goes, paper cannot contain fire.
Although the fact that Faao was resurrected as an undead has not been exposed at this stage, such a large grave was dug up and the body that should have been buried in the soil was missing.
The Church of Holy Light will certainly spend a lot of energy recently to find the whereabouts of the body of Saint Faol, and will also inform Queen Calia about this important matter to ask for help.
Rather than letting Fao's undead identity be passively exposed and trigger large-scale turmoil in the Holy Light Church, it would be better for him to proactively contact certain trustworthy senior figures in the church and the central government.
With their cooperation, Faao can suppress the heat of this matter, at least without causing uproar in the city.
In the original history, Faao, who woke up from his confusion, single-handedly founded the Secret Cult, which was mainly composed of undead priests, and continued to practice the way of the Holy Light in his mind in a different way from the Holy Light Church.
As the Scourge gradually comes to the fore, more and more people will be awakened from the dead by them.
Sharlayan could not just watch the Scourge grow uncontrollably.
The Scourge Legion was a chess piece he raised to divert the attention of the Burning Legion. He could not allow the chess pieces to escape his control.
Regardless of whether Illidan will use the Eye of Sargeras to bombard the Frozen Throne in this timeline, it is necessary to weaken the mental power of Ner'zhul who controls the Helm of Command when necessary.
The only difference is who is doing it.
Once there are cracks in the Frozen Throne and Ner'zhul's soul essence leaks out, his control over the undead of the Scourge will inevitably decline, and more undead with free will like Faol will appear.
Sarlayan is not sure whether these free undead will still name themselves the Forsaken. After suddenly gaining freedom, the confused undead must need someone to guide them.
The Banshee King is destined to be impossible to appear, and Sarlayan hopes that Faao, who once led the Holy Light Church, can take on this important task.
After listening to Sarlayan's long-term plan, Fao was very impressed by his foresight and planning abilities, but at the same time, he had a wry smile on his face.
"You really gave me a difficult task."
Sarlayan smiled and spread his hands: "Having a long-term goal worth fighting for is better than running around aimlessly, right?"
Fa'ao smiled with relief: "That's right. After becoming an undead, I have endless time. I really need to find something to do for myself, so as not to think about everything all day long."
The dead and the living are two completely different groups. After all, individuals with strong willpower like Faao are only a minority. Most undead souls cannot suppress their inner instinct of jealousy towards the living.
If no one is responsible for guiding them, sooner or later this jealousy will turn into anger that burns their reason.
Holy Light Church pastors, as the name suggests, are responsible for shepherding the believers of the Holy Light. Guiding believers to do good is also one of the important tasks of pastors.
Faol, who once served as Archbishop, is very good at this. At least at this stage, Sarlayan can't think of anyone more suitable to lead the free undead than him.
Although he said that the burden given by Sarlayan was not light, Faol finally accepted the task happily.
Next, he plans to hide his identity and follow Sarlayan and Valeera.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that the two of them went to the royal city to watch the ceremony, Faol planned to return to the center of Lordaeron, try to contact some trustworthy people, tell them the truth about his resurrection, and gain their trust and assistance.
Among these people is Caliya, who is about to ascend the throne.
There is no need for Sarlayan to worry about the subsequent development of the situation. The experienced Fao can handle everything by himself.
Just as Sarlayan expected, after discovering that Faol's grave had been dug up and his body disappeared without a trace, the monastery immediately informed the church investigation team of the important news who came to investigate the situation.
Three days later, the news that Faao's body had been stolen reached the ears of Caliya, who was exhausted by a lot of chores.
Considering the huge impact that the incident would have on the believers of the Holy Light, Caliya, who was overwhelmed, chose to temporarily suppress the news and dispatch intelligence personnel to secretly investigate the whole matter.
Lordaeron, whose throne has been vacant for months, is in desperate need of a successor to stabilize the situation.
Acting according to urgency, after discussing with her close ministers, Calia arranged the coronation ceremony for herself, half a month after Alsace surrendered, and less than a week left from today.
The top priority is to straighten out the long-standing chaotic situation in the country without adding more variables.
It was at this time that Sharlayan and Valeera entered the royal city of Lordaeron as representatives of Quel'Thalas in an open and honest manner, and Alonsos Faol, who was covered in black robes, followed them as a follower.
back.
After arriving at the Quel'Thalas Embassy in Lordaeron, Sarlayan briefly explained the situation to the current ambassador, and then used the equipment and personnel in the embassy to contact Unicorn City and Silvermoon City.
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Due to the lack of mages among the entourage this time, Sarlayan could only rely on his poor skills in space magic to pass some notes home to report that he was safe.
Now that she finally saw Sarlayan and Valeera in person again, Stellagosa, who had been a little uneasy recently, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Inas, on the other hand, comforted her heartlessly: "Look, I just said that this kid is not that easy to get into trouble. He is quite honest."
Sarlayan rolled his eyes helplessly: "Anyway, in order to ensure smooth transmission of information, Stella, at least one of you, Tina, or Jaina will come. You can discuss who will come."
Jaina took the opportunity to raise her hand and recommend herself: "Me, me, me! I can represent Kul Tiras at the same time."
"Tandre is busy accepting his father's teachings on how to be a king. Originally, my father planned to let Priscilla accompany my mother to watch the ceremony. With me, my mother won't have to make this trip."
Catherine Proudmoore's political abilities in all aspects... can only be described as disaster-level, and she knows this very well.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Even with the help of Priscilla Ashvane, there are still some situations that Catherine needs to handle by herself, and she really has no confidence in her lack of ability.
Gianna volunteered to take over the task, and Catherine would definitely applaud her.
It just so happens that Queen Calia Menethil, who is about to ascend the throne, is also a young person, so young people can have more topics to talk about.
Stellagosa and Tinagosa looked at each other, and unanimously gave up this opportunity to Jaina, who looked expectant.
Recently, Valeera has been accompanying Sharlayan, and Jaina, who was left behind in Unicorn City, was quite uneasy about this.
In a hurry, she completed the connection with Kul Tiras and quickly teleported over that afternoon.
Due to the perverse actions of Terenas in the late period of his rule, the relationship between Lordaeron and its neighboring countries has been in decline.
Except for Dalaran, which was confirmed to be attended by the new Speaker Luo Ning, no other head of state was willing to come to watch the ceremony in person.
After Calia officially ascends the throne, she still has to repair diplomatic relations with various countries. It can be said that there is a long way to go.
As early as she learned that the representative of Quel'Thalas was her life mentor, Sharlayan Deepshadow, Calia had been silently looking forward to it.
After hearing that Sharlayan had arrived in the royal city, Calia temporarily put aside her busy work and immediately sent an invitation to the Quel'Thalas Embassy.
For Sarlayan, Caliya's invitation came at the right time, like someone giving him a pillow when he fell asleep.
Faao was originally hesitant about whether to contact a few old friends with whom he had the best relationship during his lifetime, and use them as a breakthrough to inform the higher-ups of the Holy Light Church about his return.
Now that Calia had sent the invitation first, Faol happened to follow Sarlayan into the palace as an entourage to communicate with Calia.
Jaina also wanted to follow Sharlayan, but as she was now the representative of Kul Tiras, she could not follow him as the entourage of the representative of Quel'Thalas, so she could only look at it with a depressed expression.
The proud Valeera held Sarlayan's hand and gradually walked away.
In fact, Valeera's mood was not as good as she showed.
Although Sarlayan repeatedly denied it, she relied on her woman's intuition to boldly guess that the queen-to-be, who had been in correspondence with Sarlayan for a long time, had evil intentions towards her man.
Calia, who was so busy that she never touched the ground, was so eager to invite Sarlayan, who had just arrived, to meet him in the palace drawing room. Valeera further confirmed her suspicion.
On the way to the palace, Valeera complained softly in Sarlayan's ear with some helplessness: "How many more women are you going to provoke? At least tell me everything."
Sarlayan looked confused: "Huh?"
"When did you ever see me provoking a woman? Is it my fault that I'm too charming?"
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[Xiao Sa, let’s have some face. 】
[When I type a question mark, it’s not that I have a problem, it’s that you have a problem.]
[Fuck, is this the so-called peach blossom tribulation? I’ve lost my knowledge.]