Chapter 650: Merry Evil Wind
It's a coincidence that the Syndicate tracked down the city of Alterac King, but there was also a certain inevitability.
The Duke of Facurrest, who was hiding behind the scenes and controlling the situation remotely, did not know that Valera and Sarian could fly.
Having tried the hotel where the Quel'Salas delegation was staying, and through the prevarication of the elite thieves of Backlight Blade, Facurrest was almost certain that SalΓ©an was no longer in the hotel.
According to common sense, the Earl of Deep Shadow, who does not know where to go, can only go out by land.
The line from Stannbride to Dunhold is full of syndicate eyeliners, and as soon as Sarren passes by the ground, he will inevitably be discovered.
Since there is no news from the south, it is most likely that Salian has made his way west to the ruins of the royal city of Alterac.
Due to the Frosthammer Ogre, the Syndicate had no manpower to the west, and the ruins of King Alterac were their surveillance vacuum.
Although he didn't know why Sarren had quietly made his way to the long-abandoned Alterac King, Duke Facurrest sent an elite team to track him along the way, trying to figure out Sarren's purpose.
As Sarlian said to Jolazi, the situation in Alterac is now at stake, and the slightest carelessness can lead to the complete failure of the plan.
This situation is not just for Findton's side, but also for Facurrest.
The Sarian had an outline of the plan in advance, and the Duke of Facurrest had his own set of plans.
The reason why only the outline is given is because the situation is constantly changing, and you can't just do it stupidly, you have to adapt to the situation at the time, and constantly fine-tune the plan.
In this respect, Facurrest's plan is somewhat rigid.
He did not prepare the manpower to deal with emergencies in advance, so when the plan changed, he temporarily transferred a team from other places to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.
Unfortunately, Facurrest's loan team was originally used to spy on Ravenhold Manor.
Of course, there is much more to the syndicate surrounding Ravenhold Manor than just such a small team.
In Facurrest's opinion, it would be harmless to draw a squad for a short period of time, and Ravenhod would not be able to move for the time being anyway.
But what he didn't know was that the Syndicate's personnel movement happened to be watched by a small bird flying high in the sky.
The Duke of Ravenhold also quickly learned of this information, and is now organizing manpower, intending to make a fuss about this surveillance gap.
The camera pans back to the ruins of Alterac City.
Ogres, like orcs, still maintain a primitive tribal system, and the development of civilization during the Gorian Empire seems to have nothing to do with these lower ogres.
Silently infiltrating Valeera observed along the way that there were very few two-headed ogres in the Frosthammer Ogre Clan, only 3 in total, and all of them lived in the best-preserved palace in appearance, and they would not show up easily.
Valeera's goal is to find Merry Winterwind's whereabouts, and there's no need to clash with these ogres.
Keeping stealthy and circling around the royal city, Valeera spotted something unusual near the sewer entrance in the southeast corner of the ruins of the royal city.
In order to allow Valilla to accurately perceive the fluctuations of arcane magic, Tina specially blessed her with a small spell, the only effect of which is to improve Valeera's arcane perception ability for a certain period of time.
As she walked through the ruins, Valeera could feel the powerful magical web energy lurking beneath the seemingly dilapidated ruins.
According to the Blue Dragon, this should be the location of the Magic Net node of the Alterac Snow Mountain.
'No wonder Alterac chose such a cold place as the capital. β
As the first city-state to be conquered by Soladin the Great, Alterac was once a city with a well-built infrastructure, including sewers.
Dalaran's sewers are a mixed bag, and according to the thieves of Backlightblade, Lordaeron's sewers are also different.
As one of the Seven Human Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Alterac has also built a complete sewage treatment system for its capital.
After all, the frost mallet ogre is an outsider, ignorant of the city-building habits of human civilization, and has never noticed that there is still a sewer space under his feet.
Avoiding the ogre's sight, Valilla lightly opened the entrance and plunged into the sewers.
To Valeera's surprise, the stench in the sewers was very strong, presumably because the city was long uninhabited and there was no sewage flowing into the sewers.
Walking in the dark sewers, Valilla had no choice but to give up stealth, lighting torches.
Luckily, there are no aggressive ogres in the sewers, so you don't have to worry about being attacked by enemies that suddenly pop out of the corner.
While Tinagosa's blessed spell was not over, Valera descended the sewers.
Fortunately, the sewers in Alterac are not as rebellious as Dalaran, and the overall structure is relatively simple.
After killing several mutated giant rats, Valera finally finds a suspicious wall deep in the sewers.
The surrounding magic nets are all gathered behind the wall in front of them, and even a fool can guess that there is a cat.
Instead of impulsively breaking through the wall, Valera politely curled her finger and tapped lightly on the wall.
"Merry Winterwind Master? I am Quel'Salas' envoy, Valera Sangunar, and I have important matters that I need to seek your help with. β
"Huh?"
A hoarse male voice from behind the wall was slightly confused: "Sangunar? What is your relationship with Lefsella? β
"Ka Rub~"
After a mechanical sound, the wall tiles in front of Valeera's eyes began to reassemble automatically, and in a matter of seconds, it evolved into an arched entrance, just enough for one person to pass through.
A figure in a gray robe stood in the shadows with his body bent, and the outline of his body could only be roughly seen through the dark energy light in the secret room.
"Ahem!"
The figure with the staff coughed lightly twice, and slowly walked out of the shadows of the secret room.
Valiera subconsciously frowned, and she felt an unpleasant energy from the other party's cough up.
"Evil powers?"
"Oh?"
Merry Winterwind finally looked up and surveyed Valeera's face with cloudy eyes that had long since lost their life.
"Like, worthy of being a descendant of Lefthera, even if he has given up the arcane way, he still has a good sense of energy."
"Ahem~"
Merry coughed again, tugging at her stiff face and barely smiling.
"I'm Merry Evil Wind, and I've lived in seclusion for many years, but I didn't expect that the descendants of my old friends would come to my door."
"Valeera, huh? My time is precious, and I can't afford to waste a second...... Ahem, for Lefthera's sake, I'll give you 5 minutes to explain what I mean. β
Merry calls himself the Evil Wind, and his breath contains traces of evil energy.
Combined with the information that Salian had mentioned earlier, Valilla quickly understood what Merry's dilemma was.
"Casanatyr."
Merry's stiff face twitched, and her previous nonchalant attitude was somewhat restrained, and she solemnly looked at Valeera, who spoke amazingly.
"What do you know? Did Leftsera tell you? β
Valera shook her head: "My great-grandfather passed away a hundred years ago, and I'm only in my 20s this year, so I haven't seen him at all. β
Merry was stunned for a moment, and then asked suspiciously, "Then where did you know about Casanatyr?" What did you come to me for? β
Valera traveled with Salian for many years, and under the influence of each other, Valilla let Salian gradually learn her lip skills, and she was also infected by Sarejan with the habit of being vigorous and resolute.
"Long story short."
Valera said straight to the point: "During your years of seclusion, the son of Egwen, possessed by the soul of Sargeras, killed all the people of the Council of Tirisfa. β
"Without the Council of Tirisfar, there is no hindrance for the demons of the Void to invade Azeroth."
"We need you to rebuild the Council of Tirisfa and rebuild the first line of defense against the Legion's invasion."
ββ¦β¦ What?! β
Merry subconsciously widened her eyes, and stepped forward with some emotion and asked, "The Council of Tirisfa is destroyed?!" And ruined at the hands of Egwen's children? β
"Sargeras possessed?! What the hell is going on...... Ahem! β
Under the emotional turmoil, Merry was unable to control the demons sealed in his body, and the concentration of evil energy spit out when he coughed violently rose sharply.
Valilla instinctively tensed her muscles and lowered her center of gravity, pulling out Quelcella's changing double dagger from her waist as soon as possible.
"Ahem...... Don't get excited, I can still hold him down. β
After controlling her emotions, Merry pressed Casanatyr back to the trouble, trying to suppress her inner turmoil, and motioned sideways for Valera to enter her lab.
"Come in and talk about it in detail, I need to figure out the end of the Tyrisfa Council first."