"Fandral Staghelm, my comrade who fought alongside me in the past, I am very pleased that you can accept my invitation and come here."
Anachronos took the initiative to step forward and say hello. In his opinion, since Staghelm accepted his invitation, it meant that he planned to put an end to the past discord.
Unfortunately, the Bronze Guard was completely wrong, and Fandral Staghelm had no intention of giving him this honor.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to pay attention to your boring invitation. Compared with these, I think it is more meaningful to spend time in the Emerald Dream. If you hadn't resurrected Agamaggan, the Emerald Dream would have been a mess.
, I guess now I have touched the true meaning of dreams."
Anachronos was frustrated by Staghelm, and everyone else felt a little embarrassed. If he hadn't accepted the invitation, why was Staghelm here?
Fandral Staghelm gave the answer the next second.
"I just sent her here along the way. You have found the wrong person. She is an expert on bugs. As for me, I don't want to know anything about the Qiraji..."
Then he glanced contemptuously at Anachronos.
"Of course, I don't want to know anything about the dragon."
Crassus took a step forward and said dissatisfiedly.
"Fandral, you are hurting the friendship between the Kaldorei and the dragons. This arrogance will harm you."
Fandral just raised his eyelids slightly, and then curled his lips.
"Hey, I didn't notice that the Red Dragon Prince is also here. Don't get me wrong, what I said only represents myself, and does not represent all the Kaldorei. As for you, I think you should pay more attention to the matter in front of you and stop worrying about the dragon and the Kaldorei.
Doré’s friendship worries.”
After saying this, this guy turned around and left as if no one was around, leaving a loud comment.
"No need to send you off. I know the way here. I want to get on the boat from Port of Hope to Kezan."
Looking at Staghelm's back, Magni Bronzebeard finally couldn't help but curse.
"This uneducated fellow!"
The remaining expert who was personally certified by Lu Kai was a little embarrassed and quickly apologized to everyone on Lu Kai’s behalf.
"I'm very sorry, everyone. The Archdruid is not like this usually. It's just because the insect swarm has brought back painful memories for him. I hope everyone won't blame him."
Anaclos looked at the expert, who was a little stunned, and stepped forward to ask tentatively.
"Have I met you? Sorry I can't remember your name."
The kaldorei girl winked at Anachronos playfully.
"It doesn't matter. After all, the protagonist of the war a thousand years ago was the Archdruid. Now I can introduce myself. My name is Shiloma.
Thousands of years ago, he followed the Archdruid to participate in the Battle of Quicksand, and also witnessed Lord Anachronos using dragon language magic to seal the Zerg in the Beetle Wall.
Of course, I also witnessed the Archdruid’s despair and his final break with the dragon.”
Hiloma has pure white shoulder-length hair, and her face does not have the common facial lines of Kaldorei. Her mouth is very beautiful, with thin lips and teeth that are exceptionally neat and white. Even watching her speak is...
It was a kind of enjoyment. However, after hearing her self-introduction, no one in the headquarters had any hope.
Beauty does not mean ability. If you only participated in the Battle of Quicksand, then this resume is not good enough. To put it bluntly, Anachronos also participated in the Battle of Quicksand.
Hiloma noticed the changes in everyone's emotions, but she was not in a hurry to show off her abilities, but walked up to Li De.
"Are you Protector Li De? Shandis Yuyue asked me to say hello to you."
Li De raised his eyebrows and nodded in response.
"Everyone should be curious. The Bronze Guard originally invited the Archdruid, why was it me who came last? In fact, my coming this time was due to two invitations.
The first one, of course, was from the Archdruid Staghelm. In fact, the Archdruid was just a little paranoid. He himself was still very responsible. Three days ago, he received the Bronze Guard's Time Hourglass and obtained the information inside.
Even though he didn't want to help, he didn't want to sit back and watch the situation deteriorate, so he found me, who knew more about bugs.
The second invitation came from General Yuyue. She was very concerned about the war here and wanted to find an expert on insects to help the Hanhai Protector, so she asked Grashina Lingfeng."
Li De had seen Grashina Lingfeng. She was the Protector of the Vast Sea who accompanied Staghelm when the Kaldorei intervened in the Alliance's negotiation of the war with Kezan. At that time, Li De heard that she was an expert on silithid scorpions.
I even consulted her on the production of feed in the breeding center.
Immediately afterwards, Li De was a little confused. Since Shandis was looking for Graxina, why did Shiloma come? Could it be that Graxina was passing the buck and assigned Shiloma casually?
Shiloma saw Li De's doubts and told the truth of the matter in an understatement.
"Grashina is my student. General Yuyue is looking for Grashina because he wants to invite me to come here to see you through her."
These words made Li De feel warm in his heart, and he missed Shandris even more. Shandris Yuyue was recalled by Tyrande in a series of letters on the eve of the decisive battle against the fire element. When saying goodbye
The two were reluctant to part, and they communicated with each other almost every other day after that, but the Hippogriff was very tired from carrying the message Shandris left behind.
"Why did Shandis come here with you?"
Hiloma shook her head.
"Sorry, I can't tell you many confidential details. I can only tell you that the high priest sent General Yuyue to perform the mission. When we came, she boarded the ship from the northern port and stayed with the archdruid in Kezan.
Convergence.”
Li De knew it well. If Shikui hadn't told him his itinerary carelessly before, Shiloma probably wouldn't have even said this.
Just then Antonidas suddenly spoke.
"Li De, personal emotions cannot override official duties. I think we still need to examine Ms. Hiloma's professionalism."
Although Hiloma's identity is enough to prove her professionalism, an expert's teacher must be an expert. However, Li De also knows that he and Shandis are indistinguishable from each other, which does not mean that everyone trusts Shandis's judgment.
It's just that at this moment, Li De is more concerned about what Siloma said before: Fandral Staghelm's "painful memories" and "despair".
Reed had worked with Fandral Staghelm when Kezan killed the faceless warlord Zonoz. Although he didn't like his personality, he definitely recognized his strength.
Precisely because of this, Li De was even more curious about what happened and what kind of enemy he faced, which made Lu Helmet feel despair and left behind painful memories.
"Hiloma..."
"My primary identity is as a priest of the Sisters of Elune."
"Uh, okay, Priest Shilomar. Were you fully involved in the Battle of Quicksand? How many details do you remember about the Battle of Quicksand? Can you tell us about it? I'm curious about what made Staghelm so powerful.
His character changed drastically."
Hiloma smiled and nodded. Li De understood the deep meaning of what she just said, which made her very satisfied.
"Li De, what are you doing? The insect swarm will attack again at some point. We don't have time to listen to stories now!"
Magni raised his voice in dissatisfaction, but Hiloma was confident.
"Don't worry, we have plenty of time. If they organize another attack of the same scale as today, it will be one day at the earliest."
Magni's face was full of distrust, and he thought it was this "little girl" who was bragging.
"Why are you so sure?"
"Just because I can speak insect language."
With just one sentence, the room fell silent for a moment. It took a while before Magni asked tentatively.
"Do bugs have their own language?"
Hiloma nodded naturally.
"Of course, their huge group is highly differentiated and has a complex social structure. Judging from their command performance, do you think it's strange that they have language?"
The words of the priestess made Magni speechless, and everyone stopped looking at Shiloma with contempt.
"Can we start now?"
When the priestess asked again, everyone corrected their attitude.
"A thousand years ago, when the Kaldorei were exploring Silithus on the southwest border of Kalimdor, they accidentally disturbed an underground kingdom. Countless bugs emerged from the underground caves and attacked the night elves who were exploring there.
.
In order to protect the settlement in Silithus, we chose to go to war with the Zerg. At that time, we dispatched one-third of our troops, and the commander was Archdruid Staghelm. Unfortunately, it was because of the backward command method that we paid a heavy price
price.
The individual quality of the insect soldiers is average, and they are no match for the Kaldorei in a single fight. And when fighting in large groups, relying on the military theories accumulated during the Jarod Shadowsong era, we can also win or lose against the insect army.
What really hurts us the most is the coordinated operations of a medium-sized team. Our command cannot be as precise and detailed as that of the Zerg. Even with the same troop strength, the Zerg swarm can use more efficient command to survive the overall stalemate.
Locally form a numerical advantage.
Moreover, the insect swarm also knows how to use tactics such as outflanking, flanking attacks, and moving the tiger away from the mountain. At that time, the insect swarm organized a roundabout attack, bypassing the frontal battlefield and sneaking into Nanfeng Village to disperse our forces.
It was also during that attack that the swarm completely wiped out our troops supporting Southwind Village and captured the archdruid's son, Vastann Staghelm.
The Zerg commander was right on the battlefield, brutally dismembering Vastann in front of the Archdruid. The Archdruid, tortured by the pain of losing his son, lost his judgment, causing us greater casualties.
Fortunately, the archdruid finally put away his grief, turned his hatred into strength, made several outstanding commands, and severely damaged the insect swarm with large corps.
At the same time, because of the participation of dragon allies, we finally pushed the battle line outside the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj in the southernmost part of Silithus, and launched a decisive battle there.
During that battle, all of us reached our limit. Although we drove all the bugs into the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, we no longer had the strength to pursue them.
So Lord Anachronos used the remains of his companion dragons and the corpses of the insect swarm to create a powerful seal, ending the War of Quicksand.
The Archdruid also knew that we could no longer continue fighting, but he was still angry with Lord Anachronos for ending the war, because the grief of losing his son had nowhere to vent, and losing his mind, he said that he broke with the Dragon Clan, and
I swear that I will never step into the land of Silithus for the rest of my life, and I don’t want to hear any news related to the Zerg."
After listening to Shiloma's words, everyone was silent for a while. Seeing their son being brutally killed with their own eyes, it's no wonder that Staghelm's character became extreme.
It's just that as the commander-in-chief of the army, everyone can't have cheap sympathy after hearing this story.
The first one to speak was Lothar, who held his chin and said.
"Because of the death of a specific person, the commander lost his ability to judge and dragged the entire army into the abyss of defeat. I have also made this mistake. From today's perspective, this is indeed a backward command method.
But, Priest Shiloma, we have learned a lesson from the story you told. And then what? Besides that, what other help can you give us?"
Hiloma nodded. She had been laying the groundwork for so long and finally got to the point.
"The Insect General mentioned in the story who dismembered Vastan Staghelm is the same species as the one you saw on the battlefield today, except that the Insect General was much more powerful. I was observing that Insect General at the beginning.
Only then did I realize that they have their own language, which also started my research on the Zerg after the war. It was not until recently that I finally made a new breakthrough."