Dai Lin has been in a complicated mood recently because he discovered a terrible secret.
After parting ways that day, he accompanied the Zandalari fleet to the north of Lordaeron, and the prisoners were first escorted to Kul Tiras. In the following period, he made a major discovery:
Although the 700-man landing force also wore Zandalari armor, it did not seem to be directly under the command of the two Zandalari representatives.
The person who could directly command that army was a troll named Niebuhr. This did not arouse Dailin's suspicion at first. After all, it was normal for the army to be hierarchical. But later Dailin discovered that besides Niebuhr, there was another person who could
Directly command this force.
Just when the fleet arrived at Tirisfal, where Lordaeron is located, Innibur was not present during the docking process. The junior officers in the army actually crossed Talanji and Ral to ask for instructions from a man named Brad.
Terran officer.
Dai Lin saw this inadvertently. At that time, he pretended not to see it, but in his heart he was stirred up.
Dai Lin remembered the identity of Brad very clearly. He was the adjutant of Reed Victory. If Reed and these trolls were really just friendly forces, Reed's adjutant would never be able to lecture the trolls so naturally.
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From that moment on, Dai Lin started to observe carefully.
He discovered that although these "Zandalari" land troops wore the same military uniforms as other sailors, they were very different in skin color, shape, and living habits. Even the navy and army ate different rations.
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After seeing all these details, Dai Lin made a bold assumption.
This troll land force is not a "friendly army" at all, they are Li De's own army!
With this guess, many of the previous questions made sense. Why could Li De dispatch 300 people to fight south with him as a matter of course, but Zandalari representatives could show no reaction at all.
From this, Dai Lin had more questions: What is Li De's purpose of hiding his true strength? What is the relationship between him and the troll?
If it weren't for the fact that there were actually ten Zandalari warships here and Talanji saw Rastakhan's credentials signed by him, Daelin would have questioned Talanji and Ral.
of authenticity.
If not, then Dai Lin may have encountered the biggest political scam in human history: a low-level human officer recruited a group of trolls to pretend to be a country and negotiate with the alliance.
Thinking of this, Dai Lin couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have agreed so decisively. Li De's timely assistance and rescue of Derek really helped Dai Lin take off his guard.
If it weren't for Li De's clear-cut stance against the orcs, and if Dailin also received a reply from Lothar's griffin knight, Dailin would really be worried about his son's safety.
However, even if he clearly received Lothar's reply, Daelin hesitated to bring Talanji and Ral to Terenas.
If it is later discovered that the so-called Zandalari participation in the war is a scam, then as a middleman, he is destined to be unable to absolve himself of responsibility.
For this reason, after landing at the port of Lordaeron in the north of Tirisfal, Daelin began to deliberately slow down his march. He wanted to use this to find out the truth and make arrangements after careful consideration.
However, Talanji and Lal, who couldn't hold back their eagerness, kept urging them. After two days of marching at such a fast pace, Daelin finally couldn't stand the pressure.
What he never expected was that his savior arrived at this moment. A group of cavalry from Lordaeron took the initiative to contact the advancing team.
It turns out that Lordaeron Port, as the most important port in the kingdom, suddenly received such a strange fleet. How could there be no response from the direction of the royal city?
As one of the leaders of the alliance, Daelin did not dare to stop his people from landing at the port. However, the news that there were a large number of trolls in the team had already been sent to Terenas' desk through another route.
The Alliance is still at war with the Amani trolls, so it is no small matter that Daelin led a group of trolls to land. Terenas subconsciously thought that Daelin was coerced by the trolls, and sent a thousand-man cavalry force
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The appearance of this army allowed Dai Lin to see the dawn of relief from his predicament.
Before the matter was cleared up, he definitely couldn't blindly say that Talanji and the others were enemies and let the cavalry fight with them.
However, after stating that the Zandalari visitors were not enemies, he also suggested that everyone in Talanji rest where they were while he wrote a letter to Terenas explaining the situation.
When Dai Lin did this, it was clear that he wanted to kick the ball to Terenas:
Zandalari plans to cooperate with the Alliance. It's up to you to decide what to do. If you want to cooperate, I will take them into the city. If you don't want to cooperate, I will send them back home immediately.
In this way, the responsibility for success or failure will be entirely on Terenas. If he refuses to cooperate and angers Zandalari, it will be Terenas's refusal.
Or to put it another step back, the worst result is that Terenas accepts the cooperation, and in the end it is discovered that they are really liars. The liar was also the one who Terenas nodded and agreed to join Lordaeron, so what does it have to do with Daelin?
Daelin thought he had thought everything through, but unfortunately, after getting his letter, Terenas realized he was wrong again.
Since he wanted to clarify his responsibilities, Dai Lin hid a lot of key information in the letter. He deliberately weakened Li De's existence, not mentioning that Li De saved his son, and at the same time tried his best to promote cooperation.
It just said that during the naval battle on Tideluo Island, they came into contact with the Zandalari envoys who arrived, and the writing was deliberately plain and cold. It only stated that the Zandalari were trying to cooperate and establish diplomatic relations, and did not express their own views at all, nor did they provide any special support.
Don't object directly.
However, just such a letter had a different meaning to Terenas.
Because Li De was not highlighted, Terenas took it for granted that Zandalari, both a maritime country, was the new ally invited by Daelin.
As for his attitude towards cooperation, Daelin's indifference in writing was also interpreted by Terenas as being reserved: if he didn't agree with cooperation, there was no need for Daelin to bring them to Lordaeron.
Through various mistakes, Terenas determined that Daelin wanted to actively promote cooperation. Since he "completely understood" Daelin's intention, Terenas decided to sell him face.
Terenas didn't like trolls, but in order to normalize the alliance after the war, he decided to use this method to build a relationship with Daelin in exchange for his support in the future.
In short, the "Zandalari team" successfully entered the city of Lordaeron. Not to mention Daelin's uneasiness about what His Majesty Menethil thought, Terenas met with Talanji in his palace.
and Lal.
After seeing the mighty "Zandalar soldiers" covered in golden armor with his own eyes, he immediately left a very good first impression on Terenas.
In the past, in his mind, trolls were always synonymous with filth and ugliness. But after seeing such a team and meeting the dignified-looking Lal, who spoke elegantly, Terenas felt the atmosphere of civilization rushing towards him.
Such a civilized country is indeed worthy of friendship with a great monarch like him!
Thinking of this, Terenas immediately "understood" Daelin, and even cast an encouraging look at Daelin during the dinner.
Dai Lin's head felt like it was splitting, and his mind was spinning rapidly. What did this old friend understand?
The atmosphere at the dinner was unexpectedly cheerful. Princess Talanji personally presented Rastakhan's credentials to Terenas. After reading it, Terenas responded with a letter of satisfaction on the spot.
"I hope that when you go back, you can deliver my letter to King Rastakhan."
Terenas said in a kind tone, completely ignoring that Talanji was actually twice his age. But Talanji smiled mysteriously, it was time to show the glory of Zandalari in front of the human king.
As Talanji uttered a series of obscure spells, a pterosaur with a wingspan of one meter fell from the sky and landed silently on Talanji's shoulder.
It is decorated with gorgeous gold and gems all over, and the magical atmosphere exuding from the gems makes people realize that these are not just decorations.
After rolling up Terenas's letter and putting it into the golden tube hanging on the pterodactyl's feet, Talanji let out a clear whistle, and the pterodactyl flew up into the sky with a whoosh like an arrow, and disappeared.
In everyone's sight.
"Dear Your Majesty Terenas, your kindness will be accepted by my father in two days."
Such a unique and magical communication method has attracted praises from all the kings and ministers of Lordaeron. Terenas was even more impressed that the crown prince of Zandalari can be so polite and demeanor, and can also speak fluently in common language. It seems that he will be able to do it again.
It’s time to let your children master another language.
Dai Linze finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, it was basically confirmed that the identity of the Zandalari mission was certain. All that was left was to find out the true situation of Li De.
However, things were not as simple as Dailin thought. After the polite exchange, Terenas hesitated as to Zandalari's desire to personally deal with the Amani issue.
When Zandalari came to deal with Amani, they must have the intention to protect them. But now in the direction of Quel'Thalas, the high elves are in the stage of switching from offense to defense. Amani is destined to lose, and it will be nothing more than losing sooner or later.
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Terenas knew that with the high elves' hatred for the Amani trolls, they would never give up easily. If Zandalari intervened, it would be very difficult for Terenas to act in the middle.
To put it more directly, the high elves do not belong to the alliance. They only respect Lothar's bloodline and will definitely not give Terenas face. And Terenas is even less likely to offend the high elves because of Zandalar.
However, Terenas is unwilling to give up his friendship with Zandalari. Now he is in urgent need of various means to increase his prestige and endorse the leadership of the alliance in the future.
Although the significance of establishing friendly relations with non-traditional allies is greater than reality, Terenas is not lacking in reality now, but on the contrary, it is lacking in meaning.
After pondering for a long time, Terenas still couldn't make up his mind, and finally he could only tell Talanji and others.
"Please go to the hotel to rest first. Please allow me to think twice about this matter."
Talanji and Ral looked at each other. Judging from Terenas's rapidly changing expression, they knew that this matter would be difficult to handle, but that was all it could do right now.
The delegation followed the Lordaeron reception staff to the hotel. Among them, Brad and several others were mistaken for Kul Tiras entourage because of their human status. However, everyone maintained a tacit understanding of this arrangement.
Make it clear.
After entering the hotel, Brad thought for a long time and knew that it was his turn to play his role. He immediately took the letter Li De gave him and left the hotel without stopping.