Chapter 24: The First Hearing of the Council of Tirisfa
The Sun King Anastria Sunchaser had long guessed that the collapse of the Bandinorrell Barrier was behind the four nobles, but he had never been able to catch any definite evidence.
Sandrek Sunshadow was once the Archmage of Quel'Salas, the last patriarch of the Sunshadow family.
After the end of the Troll War more than 2,000 years ago, Sandric resigned as head of his family to concentrate on exploring the mysteries of magic and the truth of the world.
While Sarren, Lyras, and Winlessa don't know anything about Sandric, Salorian and Valera know a lot about him.
The two glanced at each other, and their expressions invariably became solemn.
Although Sandrick claims to be in retreat and asceticism, he has always been concerned about the development of the world situation.
That's right, it's the situation in Azeroth in general, not just Quel'Thalas.
Years ago, Sandrick joined a secret mage organization.
Council of Tirisfa.
The Council of Tirispha was originally established to hunt down demons drawn to Azeroth by arcane powers.
Salorian heard about Sandric through the Sun King and Velles Deepshadow, while Valera was through her family connections.
After joining Backlight Blade, Valera has been exposed to a lot of secret information that she had never known before, including the ancestral deeds of the Sangunar family.
The official genesis of the Sangunar family was after the Troll Wars, but in an earlier period, the Sangunar family had an archmage of little repute.
Refsela Sangunar, along with Sandric and Merry Winterwind, is the trio of the Council of Tirisfar.
Due to their years of working together, Reefsela and Sandric have a close friendship, but their friendship does not affect the opposing Sangunar and Sunshadow families.
A few years ago, Medivan, the last of the Tirisfa Guardians, was controlled by the soul of the fallen Titan Sargeras, who secretly obliterated almost all of the members of the Council.
Among them were Revsela and Sandrek, and only Merry Winterwind, the then untraceable lich, survived.
"The Council of Tirisfa has fallen, and Sandrek was confirmed dead years ago, so this teleportation ......"
Faced with Salorian's question, Melia, who had thick dark circles under her eyes, smiled sarcastically.
"His relics, I'm afraid Sandrick would never have dreamed that his relics would be so misused by his descendants."
In his heyday, Sandric was a powerful mage that Anastria praised.
Although he and the Sunseeker royal family have different positions with each other, Sandric, who has truly experienced the threat of trolls, will never betray the interests of the country for the benefit of the family.
He and his old comrade-in-arms Anastria can be regarded as sympathetic, and there is cooperation and competition between them.
After the birth of the Guardian System of Tirisfa, the members of the Council transferred most of their magic power to the first generation of Guardian Alodi, and this Guardian power has been passed down from generation to generation.
As he enters the twilight of his life, having lost most of his magic powers, Sandric is no longer as strong as he used to be, and he begins to share his rich experience in training excellent disciples for the Tyrisfa Council.
The sky is unpredictable, and no one expected that the Guardians would be infiltrated by the Fallen Titans.
When Medivan approached him, Sankerik, like the other councillors, was killed by the Fallen Guardians with little to no avail.
The Council of Tirisfa has now completely decayed and existed in name only, except for Merry Winterwind, the only seedling still floating.
"This teleportation book should have been made during Sandrick's heyday, and it was used to forcibly break through the spatial confinement laid by orc warlocks."
Melia followed the lines of the parchment with her shimmering fingers, and after a moment sighed regretfully.
"No, it's difficult to imitate the essence of the gods by drawing cats according to the tiger, and I don't know the specific amount of magic injected into each magic pattern, so it's basically impossible to reproduce this precious unlimited teleportation book."
Melia looked up at Sarren with some reluctance: "Little Sarren, do you really want to use it?" This kind of treasure is one less than one. ”
Salian said solemnly, "Melia, I know that you, like me, don't care about the survival of Quel'Thalas. ”
"But with your abilities, you should have been aware of the predicament that Quel'Salas is facing now, right?"
Melia spread her hands disappreciatively: "Of course, I have speculated on the direction of this war as early as when the Horde broke through the Bandinorel barrier. ”
"The group of guys in Silvermoon City who only know pleasure are by no means tribal opponents with high fighting spirit, but with the protection of the Sun Well, they will not be easily defeated, and this war will inevitably drag on into a protracted war."
"And what the orcs lack is time, sooner or later they will leave this quagmire of war, leaving the trolls, the old rivals of the High Elves, to fight with Quel'Thalas."
Sarian nodded approvingly: "It would be a good thing if this war could wake those arrogant fools from the sweet dreams they had woken up. ”
"The original intention of my operation had nothing to do with the top of Quel'Thalas, but I didn't want someone who cared about me to fall in this war."
"Huh?"
Melia, who was cowering in Sarren's arms, opened her eyes wide, and asked with some seriousness, "Who is in danger?" It shouldn't be Julian, right? ”
Salian shook his head and turned his gaze to Lyras and Wenlesa to the side.
"It's the Ranger General, Riresa Windranger, who has been targeted by orcs and trolls, and behind her is the traitor of Silvermoon City."
Melia's eyes deepened, and after a moment's thought, a sneer appeared on her face.
"Hmph~ Dirty political struggle, in order to cut off the wings of the royal family of the Sunchaser, he did not hesitate to do this."
"If Sandric learns about all this in the Shadow Realm, I'm afraid he will be eager to strangle those unscrupulous descendants himself."
Saljan asked suspiciously, "Shadow Realm?" ”
Melia waved her hand: "That's the world where the dead live, and those who are still alive don't be interested there." ”
Rubbing her cheeks, Melia finally jumped out of Sarren's arms.
"Riresa is also a friend of mine, and I cannot watch her die in a despicable conspiracy...... I helped with that. ”
"But keep one thing in mind."
Melia put on a posture of drawing a clear line: "I didn't make a move for this kingdom that has long been decayed, and don't use any big reason to restrain me in the future." ”
"I am me, Melia Starwhisper, a prodigal archmage who is loyal only to his desires."
Salorian's unspoken solicitation was stuck in his throat, and in the end he could only smile helplessly.
"I see, I'll convey your meaning to the Sun King."
……
Although Melia's many strange behaviors in all aspects of her life and work make people laugh and cry, she is indeed an archmage with no pretenses.
When she made up her mind to act, Melia was more efficient than the mages who always liked to be in tune.
It took half an hour to rush and persuade Melia to make the call, and there were less than two hours left before Anderson had scheduled contact with his employer.
It only took Melia a little over 20 minutes to decipher the coordinate-defining runes that the Sunshadow Family had added to the Teleportation Book.
"Heh~ incompetent guy, this low-level rune attached to the relics left by Sandrek is simply blasphemous."
Easily erasing the runes that Meria thought were very inferior, and with minor changes to the coordinates, she re-engraved similar but different sets of runes on the scroll.
"That's it."
When the blue arcane light on the scroll dissipated, Melia tossed it to Salorian.
"When you need to use it, just activate it with mana."
Picking up the red vial on the table and shaking it, Melia waved her hand impatiently and began to chase away the customer.
"The deal has been completed, let people leave quickly, except for little Sarren, don't bother me again if you have nothing to do in the future."
"Especially the female squirrel."
Valeera, who was already in an unhappy mood, exploded when she heard this scornful name.
"Who's the she-squirrel! You old virgin with a steel body! ”
"Huh?!"
'Suffer! ’
Sarren, who had made similar statements and been severely sanctioned, knew that Valilla had stepped on Melia's minefield with precision.
…… And one step is two.
Before Melia's sanity was shattered by anger, Salaan shifted sideways to block her vision and gave Melia a heavy hug.
At the same time, he swung his left hand behind his back vigorously, motioning for the others to evacuate immediately with Valeera.
"Melia, don't be like a child, don't be a child."
"You...... I ......"
Her chest rose and fell violently, almost without a curve, and it took a while for Melia, whose face was dark, to restrain her anger.
"Humph! For your sake, let the she-squirrel go this time. ”
"But let her give me a good memory! Definitely no next time! ”