Just as Valilla secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to follow Merry into the room to elaborate, a small note suddenly appeared in front of her across the space.

"Huh?"

Sensing the strange spatial fluctuations, Merry turned back in confusion.

"Teleportation...... Sent a note? ”

Even though she is already a lich, Merry still adheres to the spirit of exploration of the unknown (death) that a mage should have, and looks at the small note that falls into Valeera's hand with interest.

"Can teleportation still work like this? Children in this era are really interesting. ”

Valeera's brow immediately furrowed as she read the contents of the note.

"Syndicate...... Did you find out so quickly? ”

In order to prevent Casanatire from finding an opportunity to disturb his mind and break the seal, Meri has been isolated from the outside world for many years, and only when experimental materials are needed, will he be teleported to the secret warehouse agreed with the Barov family to pick up the goods.

Due to the lack of information, Merry is unaware of how Azeroth has changed over the years.

"What is a syndicate? Your enemy? ”

Valera rubbed her eyebrows and sighed softly, "It is indeed my enemies, as for their origins...... That's a long story. ”

Merry, who likes to get to the bottom of things, didn't seem to hear the perfunctory meaning of Valeera's words, and continued to ask: "Then to make a long story short, the visit of the descendants of the deceased is acceptable, and I don't want some kind of syndicate to interfere with my experiments." ”

Valera smiled wryly and spread her hands: "In a word, the Syndicate is a group of thieves funded by those exiled nobles after the fall of the Alterac Kingdom. ”

"These sophisticated thieves have a reputation for their uninhibited and unscrupulous behavior, and in the Eastern Kingdoms."

Merry asked, stunned, "Alterac...... Perished? ”

"What happened outside during my years of retreat?"

……

As Valera said, the composition of the Syndicate is very complex, ranging from outlaws from outside the country who are only looking for money, to many people with lofty ideals selected from the people of the kingdom of Alterac.

As the saying goes, if a soldier bears, there will be a nest of bears.

With an ambitious leader as Fakurest as an example, the Syndicate's tone has always been skewed towards chaos and evil.

But that doesn't mean there aren't decent people within the syndicate.

In order to recover the homeland of Alterac, the Syndicate also recruited many ambitious people, but due to the influence of the general environment, they could not convey their will to all the syndicate members.

The thieves sent by Facurrest to track down the whereabouts of Sarean are the elite of the Syndicate.

The leader of the prime thieves is named Yuri Teta, a descendant of the nobility of the former kingdom of Alterac.

Although he was temporarily under the orders of Duke Facurrest due to the situation, his philosophy was quite different from that of Facurrest, and he never liked the unscrupulous style of the syndicate.

As the former head of the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Alterac, Yuri knows far more about the structure of the royal city of Alterac than ordinary civilians.

The Syndicate kept sneaking around the ruins of the royal city a few times, but never found any trace of Count Deep Shadow, only a few small footprints in the snow that were clearly not left by ogres.

These footprints are enough to prove that someone has indeed sneaked into the ruins of the royal city.

After another fruitless search around the royal city, Yuri found a corner that the ogre couldn't notice and stopped for a while, gathering with his men to discuss the possible whereabouts of the target.

"It's strange, I can see footprints, why can't I find anyone?"

"Could it be that Earl of the Deep Shadow is also sneaking around, hiding in the shadows all the time to hide from us?"

"It's not impossible, or it wouldn't be possible to explain how he managed to escape the hotel's surveillance."

A masked female thief with a scar on her left eye and a rather handsome eyebrow turned her gaze to Yuri, who had a thoughtful expression.

"Captain, do you have any clue?"

"Hmm......" Yuri was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Yuria, after the royal city was breached, the sewers should not have suffered any damage, right?" ”

Yuri and Yulia are siblings, both of whom worked in the Alterac Intelligence Service.

Oriden Pirenod was rescued by the two of them in the first place, and Yulia was left with an ugly scar on her face as a result.

Yuri's reminder made Yuria realize something, and her face was also thoughtful.

"Indeed, the Alliance army broke through the city too quickly, and the special escape passage in the palace sewers was not used, you mean?"

"Hmm."

Yuri looked at the snow field beneath his feet, "First of all, we can be sure that someone has been moving around, but we can't find any trace of him, the only possibility is ...... He went into the sewers. ”

"I see." Yuria's eyes flashed: "The break is over, come with me!" I still remember a couple of sewer inlets. ”

……

Saléan, who was being remembered by the Syndicate, was on his way back at this moment.

Previously, he acted as an intermediary to help Ravenhold build a bridge of communication with Silverton, who came in a hurry, and also proposed the conditions of the Barov family to Silverton by the way.

Now that Yoatherton has no right to inherit, he has no Alterac nobles willing to be loyal to him.

Gilneth was willing to help Etherton, but now that Hillsbride and Alterac were still Lordaeron territory, one carelessness could lead to a full-scale war between Gilneth and Lordaeron.

This is clearly something that Jean doesn't want to see.

Before Alterac officially rose up and took the initiative to ask Gilneth for help, Lord Goldfrey did not dare to lead his troops into the camera without permission.

In other words, Yin Ruton must first rely on his identity and ability to win over a group of powerful nobles and obtain the most basic security within the territory of the former Alterac Kingdom, and then free up his hands to deal with other matters.

The syndicate who embraced Auriden certainly couldn't count on it, and Jean had his sights set on Duke Facurrest's sworn enemy, Duke Ravenhold, from the very beginning.

But this kind of rebellion is not something that can be decided with a pat on the head, and if you are not careful, it will affect your family.

As Alex and Haas secretly discussed, Joraci must now think about his thieves.

Under the persuasion of Sarjan, Jorazi made up his mind to support Yin Stillon and continued to fight against the Syndicate, led by Fakurest.

For Yoatherton and Ravenhold, the unexpected support of the Barovs and General Haas was undoubtedly great news.

And, according to Sarren, the syndicate, which is supposed to be completely hostile, is divided within itself, and perhaps there is room for maneuverability.

In any case, the two forces, led by the two legitimate heirs of Atherton and O'Raidon (nominal), will definitely fight each other in the end.

Sarjan intended to weaken the forces around Duke Facurrest as much as possible, so that the indecisive wallgrass would move closer to Innetherton's side.

This internal struggle could not last long, leaving Alterac with limited time.

Once Lordaeron recovers from the intelligence blockade, it will be impossible for Alterac to stop the attack of Lordaeron's army head-on.

In other words, Atherton had to complete all the work before Lordaeron could send in his troops, and make Alterac's return a fait accompli.

As long as he has the rightful position, Etherton can request support from Gilnes, Stormgard, Kurtilas, and Dalaran as the new king of Alterac.

The key to how many people can be produced in the four human kingdoms is the important announcement of the restoration of Alterac.

As an out-of-territory country, Quel'Thalas doesn't want much from Alterac and only wants to maintain normal trade and diplomatic contacts with the kingdom of Alterac.

What Quel'Salas needs is the fact that the kingdom of Alterac is restored.

No matter how much of a threat the newly restored Alterac could pose to Lordaeron, just having a thorn in the back of his ass would make Lordaeron uncomfortable for a long time, buying more time for Quel'Thalas' reform and naval development.

After preliminary negotiations with Prince Yonserton, Sarayen took off again without stopping, returning at full speed in the direction of Steinbly.

When he returned to the hotel where the Quel'Salas delegation was staying, he saw the devastation of the battle.

"Tsk~ Sure enough, it was discovered."

Flared his wings and standing on the roof of the tattered hotel, Saljan maintained his bird form and turned on his eagle eye to scan around.

There was not much blood left at the scene, and the Backlight Blade elite, who had always been on high alert, was not so easy to catch.

Perhaps because of the turmoil, the atmosphere in the town of Stannbride has become even more sinister, with few pedestrians on the streets and cross-dressing syndicate thieves everywhere.

"I don't know what the situation is on Barov's side...... Anyway, let's go to the place agreed in Plan B and meet up with the others. ”

Just as Sarian was about to flap his wings and take off, his sharp bird boy suddenly saw a familiar figure in the town.

"That person ......"

Sallian stared thoughtfully at the young man who was 7 points similar to Alex, as he nodded and followed a black-scarfed syndicate executive, his face full of flattery.

“…… The dogs of the Barov family? ”