Chapter 994: Three-legged confrontation or binary opposition?
Facing Jaina's question, Sarlayan smiled and nodded.
"If the new alliance can really be impartial in dealing with disputes among member states, and work hard to mediate conflicts between countries, and promote economic, trade, political, military and diplomatic cooperation between countries, Quel'Thalas will rejoin
What’s the harm?”
The Burning Legion's patience with Azeroth's layout is limited. Now that the Scourge, the vanguard, is secretly actively accumulating strength, Kil'jaeden can still endure it.
But sooner or later, Ner'zhul, a rebellious boy, will show his ambition to break away from the control of the Burning Legion. At that time, the Burning Legion will definitely change its previous attitude of sitting back and watching the fight between tigers and start to personally intervene in Azeroth's affairs.
To the Burning Legion, the Draenor Expeditionary Force that is opening the Dark Portal is just a partial force, mainly used to consume Azeroth's living strength.
As long as legion commanders of the level of Archimonde and Kil'jaeden can enter Azeroth through some medium, the game will basically be declared over before the wild demigods are resurrected on a large scale.
Of course, this is the plan of the Burning Legion. Sarlayan never believed that Archimonde's arrival meant the end of the world.
It is true that Archimonde the Polluter is very powerful and has already reached the threshold of breaking through to become a demigod and become a true god.
Even compared with the Eternals in the Shadow Realm, in terms of combat effectiveness, he is not much different, especially the two who are lower in strength among the Eternals.
But if Archimonde alone wants to kill Azeroth, then the Burning Legion is thinking too much.
In the ancient war ten thousand years ago, the main reason why the Burning Legion was so strong was the ownership of the Well of Eternity.
The Well of Eternity, which was originally controlled by Azeroth, was shared with the Burning Legion, allowing them to continuously summon demonic reinforcements from the Twisting Nether, and finally even brought in the demon king Sargeras.
With the support of almost endless reinforcements, the Burning Legion simply relied on the human sea tactic to kill several wilderness demigods.
Coupled with Deathwing's betrayal, the dragon clan's reinforcements were greatly reduced, and Xavius and other insiders tried their best to sell. The combination of various factors resulted in the tragic ancient war.
Now that the Well of Eternity has long since ceased to exist, the new Well of Eternity and the Sunwell created using the water from the Well of Eternity are far from comparable in power to the original Well of Eternity, let alone the Night Well.
It is almost impossible for the Burning Legion to use a large magic source to summon endless reinforcements.
In the original history, Kel'Thuzad, who proposed using the energy of the Sunwell to summon Archimonde, was a spy planted by Sarlayan into the Scourge, and there was no way he would let this happen again.
In order to allow his distant relatives to fall from the mid-air that is beyond the reach of other mortal races and regain their feet on the ground, Sarlayan planned to divert the disaster to the west as a last resort.
Kel'Thuzad will try his best to shirk the Burning Legion's request to summon Archimonde. If he can't push it away... then use the news about the new Well of Eternity and the World Tree Nordrassil to lure them to Kalimdor.
After all... a dead Taoist friend is better than a poor Taoist.
The reason why the night elves can maintain a superior attitude towards other races is due to the eternal blessing granted to Nordrassil by the dragon kings.
Only by losing their privileges over other mortal races can the night elves truly fall from the clouds and reestablish diplomatic relations with other races on an equal footing.
The situation of the new alliance remains to be seen, and as for the new tribe...
In the original history, Go'el, the new tribal leader who led the re-emergence of the orcs, was still learning skills from the Frostwolf clan deep in the snowy mountains of Alterac.
He recently entrusted Taresha, who often went out to buy supplies, to send a letter from Steinblade to Unicorn City. The letter told about his academic progress and what he had seen and heard in the Frostwolf clan in the past two years.
The Frostwolf clan, which has avoided war since entering Azeroth, is considered the gentlest clan among the orcs. Even so, Go'el is still worried about the warlike nature occasionally displayed by the clan members.
Although Go'el is the only son of the former chief Durotan and the legal heir of the Frostwolf clan, at least so far, he has not been fully recognized by the clansmen.
It is precisely for this reason that the aging Drek'Thar guided Go'el to the path of shamanism.
Shamans hold a very high status in the traditional knowledge of the orcs, and the chief shaman is equivalent to the chief in status. One is responsible for leading the development of the people, and the other is responsible for guiding the souls of the tribe.
Go'el is of noble birth. If he can gain the recognition of the elements of Azeroth and become a shaman, if Drek'Thar intends to give up his throne, he can naturally take over what should be his.
The position of chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan.
As Guyir's life gradually gets on the right track, his "fate" will find him sooner or later.
However, unlike the prophetic predictions in the original history, this time, it was Sarlayan who arranged the fate for him.
In order to fight against the attacks of the Burning Legion and the rising Scourge at the same time, Sharlayan hopes to integrate as much as possible of all the forces available to Azeroth.
The new tribe of orcs led by Go'ir is also included.
Sarlayan is not sure now whether the new tribe in this timeline can reach the heights of the original history.
As a member of the Eastern Kingdoms, Quel'Thalas has only two choices when choosing a faction.
The first is to join the new alliance and cooperate with many countries in the Eastern Kingdom to deal with various crises that will come in the future.
The second is to take the lead in establishing a brand new organization to include all races and countries that are still neutral, including night elves and tauren.
Option two seems very good. The new organization can step in between the new tribe and the new alliance, forming a relatively stable three-legged situation.
But one more force means there may be more conflicts.
Not to mention how to convince the night elves with their noses raised to the sky to join, this new organization destined to be dominated by the various elven races has one biggest shortcoming.
No one can afford to die.
You can't just let the fertile tauren, furbolgs and other races lead the way to death every time. It's okay once or twice. If this happens for a long time, it would be strange if the races that are used as cannon fodder don't feel resentful.
Moreover, once Quel'Thalas, which is based in the Eastern Kingdom, joins the new organization, it can be said to be isolated from the Eastern Continent to a certain extent. It will be impossible to maintain close cooperation in all aspects with the alliance countries as before.
Sarlayan and Kael'thas have discussed this matter many times. Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages. The specific choice will still depend on the subsequent development of the situation.
If Arthas wins the battle for the throne of Lordaeron, rebuilding the alliance will naturally be out of the question, and Kael'thas will immediately start the process of creating a new force.
On the other hand, if Calia wins the victory, it would be a safe choice to establish a new alliance and join in with the help of the already established framework.
What? The balance of power between the Alliance and the Horde?
That thing has nothing to do with Sharlayan, and it's not a game. Who said that the two camps must be balanced in strength?
Jaina, who knew the contents of the conference in advance, could not make up her mind, so she immediately informed Dailin, who was godsoning his son in Boralus Palace, about this important news.
Kul Tiras is isolated overseas, and all connections with the mainland are by sea.
If given the choice, they would certainly hope to further strengthen trade with the countries in the Eastern Continent.
However, the original alliance led by Terenas really disappointed Daelin. He still had doubts about whether Kul Tiras would join the new alliance and had reservations for the time being.
Sharlayan was not surprised by Daelin's choice. After all, the new alliance had not yet been decided, and even Quel'Thalas had not yet made up its mind.
The final choice must be flexibly adjusted according to changes in circumstances. Kael'thas generously handed over the decision to Sharlayan. He believed that the Duke of Deep Shadow would continue to make the right decision that was beneficial to Quel'Thalas.
When teleporting back to the Kul Tiras embassy that night, Jaina unexpectedly learned from the ambassador that Arthas had not stayed in the embassy to wait all day.
After failing to find Jaina who was out in the morning, he turned around and left with a worried expression, and never appeared again.
"I'm worried..."
Jaina's expression became serious, and she shared this information with Sharlayan without hesitation.
"Oh?" Sarlayan tapped his fingers on the table with interest: "It seems that Arthas has already chosen something in his heart... Kel'Thuzad, do you think he will accept your offer?"
Kel'Thuzad, who happened to be visiting on behalf of Baron Rivendell, was sitting across from Sarlayan. He spread his hands and said: "Until the moment the final result is announced, I can't make any guarantees. I can only say... According to him...
Judging from the degree of fluctuation, the confidence is relatively high.”