A full moon hung in the night sky, unusually beautiful and conspicuous in the light of the pale golden light above the realm glowing with divine energy, and in the midst of the plague clouds in the rest of the Northlands, this tranquil moon seemed to be abandoned by the stars, and it alone was as high as a secondary moon stone dotted with this rare picture of peace......

The atmosphere in Anaheim was somewhat polarized, and in order to celebrate salvation, the civilians of Dalaran and many grassroots mages, academic mages, Mage apprentices and so on, many people are very excited, of course, some of them are because they don't want to think of the tragedy, so in order to appease these people's emotions and give them a place to vent, Edlan had to hold a small banquet temporarily, anyway, the material inventory that Dalaran made was okay, and to put it bluntly, let those survivors eat meat and drink a lot, release their pessimistic emotions, or rather, let them temporarily paralyze the pain and temporarily forget the hellish scene.

The survivors of Dalaran have made enough noise, but the death of Antony Das and the fall of Dalaran have made the top leaders of this small alliance composed of more complex tripartite forces very depressed and confused about the future, and after finally ending the tripartite talks and pacifying everyone, it is now late at night, and quiet has returned to all around, except for the patrols and standing guards, and the secret sentinels are still working hard, most of them have fallen asleep. After personally touring the temporary residence of the survivors of Dalaran on horseback with a team of paladins, Adlan arrived at the Archon's office, where Edwin Van Cleef and several officials were still dealing with piles of papers.

"Haven't you slept yet? Edwin looked up and greeted Edlan very energetically. He was at the most experienced and mature age of men, and although he was very tired, it was as if Edwin had the strength to meet a generous and trustworthy lord who had saved him in danger, discovered his abilities, and put his skills to good use.

After seeing that the grassroots officials wanted to stand up and salute themselves, Edlan waved his hand, "Don't be polite, go about yourself...... I think we can select a new group of officials from among those who have the knowledge and the ability to read and have good brains. ”

The number of the ruling team in the Anaheim Territory has always been short, otherwise Edwin and they would not be working overtime late at night, there are too many problems caused by the deformed population growth of the territory, but there are too few grassroots personnel who can also be recruited to serve as consuls and even adjutants and miscellaneous personnel!

The Blood Elves don't think about it, let them take care of themselves. Race, culture, way of thinking, political system and living habits are all different, the current situation is that everyone is in trouble, mutual understanding, humility may be able to deal with it, but after a long time, if it is a human to manage the blood elves, then there will be a contradiction or something......

Again, the reverse is not possible. Although the blood elves and those guys have learned a lot of knowledge one by one, they can take out any one of them and destroy Edwin and their streets, but so what? In the government affairs such as governing the territory, their immortals can drag it out, they pursue slow work and careful work, anyway, they have a lot of time to waste, how can it be like this in their eyes.

So this is fundamentally a huge difference, Adelan looks at the big number of talents in the territory, but he can't use it, it's very painful. Now that the people of Dalaran are here, even if they are refugees, they are filled with a lot of intellectuals, and this is easy to do.

After all, Azeroth's level of education is still too low, and even the literacy rate is terrifyingly low, and it is useless to have the traveling priests sent by the Holy Light Church to teach them a few times occasionally, at most they can make those farmers learn how to write their own names and their families...... This situation is almost exactly the same as before Li Shimin of the Celestial Dynasty, knowledge is in the hands of the aristocratic class, and if the Hanmen is not attached to a certain gate, they will not have the opportunity to get a good knowledge of the learning system, let alone what channels for becoming an official and rising.

Therefore, the managerial talents that Edlan has been obsessed with are not extravagant at all, and those who can read and write are already considered baby bumps, and the first batch of archons are so sloppy that almost all of them are people from the Brotherhood of Stonemasons who aspire to become consuls while learning by themselves and groping for the management of the territory. For this alone, Edlan is very grateful to Edwin, and he is also very satisfied with his good move back then. And now, until the group of people in Dalaran are rescued, whether it is a merchant or a person in other service industries, or a low-level mage, their literacy rate is too high compared to the most basic people such as honest farmers, miners, carpenters, etc., let alone some mages who served as the grassroots management of Dalaran before they can be found among them.

This is definitely a great benefit for the Anaheim Territory, after all, more than 100,000 people have been rescued from Dalaran, no matter how many mages account for less than one-tenth, but such an eruption of population growth has indeed made the territory expand a lot again, and with the resources that Dalaran "abducted", these people are not worried about food and housing, and the most worrying thing is how to manage them well.

Edwin naturally knew this, but his expression was a little serious, "Those mages...... Just went through something like that, would they like that?"

"Definitely, let their people take care of their affairs first, and then pick some capable ones to be transferred, so that you don't have to work so hard. ”

“...... All right. Edwin nodded, the matter was revealed, "And how do you solve the problem of our new guest?"

"O master craftsman of the dwarf...... I really didn't expect him to come so early. It's good to be able to fly vehicles......" Edlan was envious and jealous, although the dwarf's gadget was not very safe, but it was indeed practical, just this evening, the guy from Oworsbuck took his apprentice Jira and a team of more than a dozen technicians, and flew over in their own developed turbo accelerator aircraft, according to them, this thing is still in the experimental stage, and so far there is no major problem.

This made Adlane complain after knowing that there were more than a dozen such aircraft in the test stage to carry out collective test flights at the same time, and the brain circuits of these dwarfs engaged in scientific research were also a bit strange.

"Am I free tomorrow?" Now that the territory is entangled in affairs, if there is no major matter, Edlan can't run around as casually as before, especially now that the three forces are in chaos, the original small city has expanded many times, and it would really be hell if he could still run out in a short period of time.

Edwin flipped through a small notebook on his well-organized desk and said, "I've confirmed, after lunch, if you don't take a break, you'll have 1 hour. ”

Ed

Lan slumped his shoulders, "Okay, just about that time...... It's okay, I'm leaving. ”

Edlan left the Archon's office, he stood alone on the tower of the Lord's Castle, staring at the direction of the Dalaran Plains from afar, so far, Akmund has not appeared, which is somewhat different from his "memory", according to the demon's plan, the Great Demon is impatient to get the opportunity to invade Azeroth. However, the battle of Dalaran was over at dusk today, and far away in Anaheim City, Edlan could feel an earth-shattering explosion in the direction of Dalaran...... But so far, Adlane has not received any reports of the appearance of the archdemon.

Of course, this is thanks to a certain detection crystal ball left behind by the ** master Modra. Similarly, the elderly female ** teacher also told everyone about the end of Dalaran and Antonidas...... The explosion of the earth-shattering ghosts and gods was naturally a kind of self-destruction of the burning soul before the fall of Antonidas, simply put, it was a self-explosion, and the price paid by that power was more than the destruction of the form and god. Although Adlan knew that in the original "history", Frost Sorrow somehow did not receive the soul of Antonidas, causing his soul to wander in the ruined city of Dalaran for a long time...... But now, with his own determination, the old mage had told the world that there were no cowards in Dalaran.

Similarly, the final glory of this epic-level ** division made his opponent suffer heavy damage.

Needless to say, Arthas has not recovered since he starred in "Bitter Meat Trick", so that although he is relatively cautious and far away from the center of the self-detonation, he has also suffered a lot of damage, and now he is repairing his blown hands and bloody body by relying on the "kindness" of Naozu.

As for the Dreadlord of the Demon King, his situation is much better, in addition to the claws that were blown off, Nasrezm, who has an exceptionally good life-saving ability, is also apprehensive after this battle with the mortal ants he looks down on, it can be said that the gutter almost capsized, if it weren't for his bat-turned escape a second earlier, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as simple as a claw.

What everyone didn't expect the most was that Kel'thugad and Anubarak were the two most seriously injured, and at the moment when Antonidas burned his soul and blew himself up, these two guys were about to strike at the old mage from the sky and the earth at the same time...... Their fate was miserable, the carapace of the entire top of Anubarak was burned, and many internal organs were damaged, if it was still a living thing, this explosion would have directly killed it, but fortunately, the very well protected soul core was not destroyed, so that this undead beetle could still be "alive".

It's just that it's no different from a complete loss of combat effectiveness, and Nao Zu feels sorry for his powerful combat unit to be hit like this, so he has a group of crypt demon guards escort him from the underground to bring this guy back to Northrend to recuperate.

Kel'thugad, I don't know what madness he was at the time, this bone lich wanted to take the old mage's head in this offensive that he thought was inevitable, maybe the former six-member councillor was more "sentimental", so he wanted to say goodbye to his past self in this way. But because of this, he paid a terrible price! If it weren't for the danger of his good magical knowledge and combat experience at the moment of crisis, and using all the life-saving skills and magic items, I am afraid he would have to find his own life box for close contact.

But even if Kel'thugad opened a series of life-saving spells, he could not protect himself at a very close range, and the great lich who had just entered the epic, the white bones of Nasensen and the chains that imprisoned the bones were blown to pieces, and all the magic weapons and expensive magic items on his body were destroyed! Only one skull was left to protect the fire of his soul......

At present, Tikdios has called his subordinates, Varimassas, Desellock, and Banazar through Nasrezm's secret arts, and these four Dreadlords are using some kind of evil magic to repair the great lich's heavy injuries, because if you want to summon the archdemon Akmund, you must have Kel'thugad to preside over this summoning ceremony, and no one else has the knowledge or skill.

So, after taking control of the dead city of Dalaran, the Scourge took control of the dead city, and after obtaining the Book of Medivan, they entrenched themselves in this place and waited for Kel'thugad to recover from his injuries. Similarly, due to the fact that the Dreaddemon King was a little loud when he left, the people who had been paying attention to this issue found out at the first time.

The news of the temporary departure of the Dreadlord in Lordaeron and Stratholm soon moved to the table of the two important people, and both Adran and Dathohan had some positive ideas full of enterprising spirit. It's just that Edlan gave up his plan to directly recapture the royal city due to a bunch of in his territory, and Da Sohan, seizing this golden opportunity, took advantage of the opportunity that Stratholme's undead army began to appear in some chaos without high-level leadership, and successfully regained control of the church district!

A few days later, Alessandros, who had already taken the name of the Ember Bringer, arrived in Stratholme with reinforcements from Hearthvale and the Hand of Tyr, and the two veteran paladins met cordially, and in the presence of new and old members of the original Knights of the Silver Hand, the Scarlet Crusade was officially formed.

In addition to some lieutenant positions, Saidan Dasohan will be the commander-in-chief of the Scarlet Crusade, and he will sit in Stratholm and use the Eastern Plaguelands they named as their cleansing of the undead. The first step towards the restoration of the country: Alessandros Mograine as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Scarlet Crusaders, who is the specific head of the military, who will lead the mobile forces out against the damned undead, Bridget Abydis as the Scarlet Crusader General, who trains new soldiers at the Hand of Tyr and devotes herself to the bright and great cause of restoration, and Tyranfordin as the Grand Lord of the Hearthvale, who will provide stable logistics for the Scarlet Crusaders, and it is worth mentioning that Nathanos Mares, who was unanimously favored by several old paladins, was promoted to the captain of the scouts, and was in charge of the Scarlet Crusader's intelligence system。

But when Adlan received the news a few days later, the expression on his face could be described as colorful, and he racked his brains and couldn't imagine that the plagued land and air, the army that was already short of food, and the big city occupied by the undead could be said to have nothing to support the army to fight outside for a long time, where did Dasuohan and Alessandros conjure up the food?

Adran even maliciously wondered if there was another time-traveler who helped the Knights of the Silver Hand quietly hide a large pile of grain and grass in the Hand of Tyre a long time ago, so that now they can fight back?

However, he didn't have that much time to think about the Eastern Plague Lands, because just as the Scarlet Crusaders were in full swing, they were flying bricks vigorously while the Dreadlord was not there, right

A few days before several Scourge strongholds launched a surprise attack and achieved good results, Adlane also had a good chat with the master craftsman Owerthbuck......

"Honorable human lord, I am the master craftsman Owersback, the top designer in the field of modern gnome engineering, and my job is to use our shiny new wrench to ensure that new inventions are put into practice and realized!

Due to the dwarf's short stature, Owersbuck's body movements are very exaggerated, and his appearance is no different from dancing hands, which many people who meet the dwarf for the first time find very funny.

"Welcome, Master Artisan. I'm not a fan of these courtesies, so let's get to the chase as soon as possible, and you know we don't have much time to waste. ”

"That's exactly what I want...... Then, Your Excellency, what you say in your letter"

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but if you want to confirm the specifics of McCargon, then I can only regret to tell you its location and some basic information, as for the rest, you and your team of technicians have to confirm it properly. ”

"I know it's a deal, so if the information is true, what do we have to pay for it after we get the McCagon's inheritance?" Owersback nodded, not angry that the conversation was interrupted, instead staring at Edlan intently, afraid that he wouldn't hear what he was saying next.

"We are all part of the Lordaeron Alliance, and I hope we can help each other, and this information is just a testament to my friendliness to the gnomes, and I hope that this friendship will last forever. So I think you should know that this operation to find and obtain the legacy of McCargon will not be so smooth, and it can even be said that it is dangerous, I will send competent agents to help you, and you can also choose to issue relevant escort missions in the adventurer's guild in the city, I think those young men who kill the undead all day long and vomit are very willing to help you with a technological expedition, aren't they?"

Seeing Edlan's cunning eyes, Owarthback understood that this was indeed a gamble, even if he found the McAgon Kingdom, most of that magical place would not be so friendly, after all, the gnomes of Nomorigen and the McCagon Kingdom have lost contact for thousands of years, if they can't resolve the misunderstanding in a short time, they do need at least a certain amount of force to help them, but compared to the unreliable guys of the Adventurers' Guild, the master craftsman is more willing to believe in the kindness of this lord and the strength of sending agents.

If this lord really wants to get along with the gnomes, there is no need to bother, because the gnomes' own troubles are enough for them to have a headache, and if there is no effective external assistance, they are afraid that they will be finished by themselves. The master craftsmen also came here to find a solution to the radiation infection from McCargon.

“...... Well, I think Your Excellency has proven your friendship with the gnomes, and I'll reach out to some technicians who are willing to do business here to expand their reach, and I believe this might show that we gnomes aren't petty people. ”

"That's great, man. But I think we can talk more deeply, for example, I've heard that the dwarven priests can't deal with radiation infection, and I think my paladins, the mages of Dalaran, and the elves from Quel'Thalas might be able to help. In the same way, if you gnomes are willing to learn the Way of Light, we will not skimp on what we have learned. ”

Hearing Edlan point out some new paths, the Master Craftsman's eyes lit up, and the engineering goggles could barely stop the sparkle in his eyes, "Oh! The Titans are on it! This is the best news I've heard in months!"

Adlan waved his hand modestly, "Alright, let me tell you where McCargon is." I guess you shouldn't get seasick, right?"

"Uh, you're sorry for me, but I didn't experience dizziness and nausea when I flew the plane, so I guess there won't be any problems with the ship, right?"

"It would be great if that were the case...... McKagon is located northeast of the Kurtiras Islands, and if you get there, you will be able to detect a small piece of land that may still be sleeping underwater, or that the island is obscured by some unknown position, and there is a trace of a mechanical gnome on the branch island of Tilagad, where something should be hiding to unlock certain mechanisms...... Of course, these are just a few 'speculations' on my part, and it's up to you and your expedition to act. ”

With a "rub", Owerthback jumped up from his chair, his eyes widened and his mouth opened and closed, not knowing what to say. Originally, he only thought that Edlan had just obtained the general location of McCargon from some ancient book that he didn't know, but now, the other party's expression was very serious, and combined with the foundation of trust that the two sides had basically established before, there was no problem of deception at all, that is, this information was likely to be true!

The other party's "honesty" made Owersback have some suspicions, "It's not that I'm suspicious, Your Excellency, you've been thinking about the gnomes until now, I can feel it, but we have given you too little in return, what do you want to get through us in McAgon?"

"There is no race among the mortals of Azeroth who can match the dwarf technology, you know that we are fighting the undead fiercely right now, what I want to get is very simple, it is the technology and the latest high-tech support including agricultural production, construction projects, military vehicles, etc., for that damn war, I need more support!"

Looking at Edlan's suddenly somewhat tired expression, Owerthback nodded that it was not a fraud, but he was also puzzled: "With all due respect, Your Excellency, it seems to me that Dalaran, The remnants of Quel'Thalas and Lordaeron, plus Ironforge and Eagle's Nest, and finally the support of the Stormwind Kingdom, and of course our gnomes, you have won such a powerful military force and alliance, and you have also won the friendship of our gnomes, we will not be stingy to repay you, as long as I confirm the location of McAgon, there will definitely be a large number of technicians in the country to help you in the war...... But don't you think this scale is enough for those skeletons?"

“...... Master Craftsman, believe me, if we don't find a way to comprehensively improve the alliance's war potential and material reserves, then in the coming years, I'm afraid we will be very passive. ”

Just as O'Wossback was about to say something, Vanessa's voice suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two, "**Shi Modra asked me to inform you that the demons have moved, the kind of ...... we don't want to see"