There's a reason why Saljan has traveled away from the ever-year-old Forest of Eternal Song to the icy land of Alterac, and he has three goals to accomplish on this trip.

The first is to find Merry Winterwind's whereabouts and bring this lich who has been fishing for many years back to work again.

The second is to unravel the secrets left by Soladin the Great.

The third is to assist Alterac in his recovery, and plant a nail in Lordaeron's heart, so as to divert Terenus's attention and give Quel'Thalas, who is in the throes of reform, more time to complete the final preparations before entering the high-speed development.

Now that goals 1 and 2 have been achieved, Sarayan has focused most of his efforts on the third goal.

Quel'Thalas needed someone to contain Lordaeron, but he didn't want it to get too strong and out of control, allowing them to swell to the point of devouring the weakened Lordaeron alive.

As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse.

As Terenus grows older and more stubborn, and a new generation of heirs has yet to grow, Lordaeron's power is undoubtedly slowly declining.

There are many reasons for Lordaeron's declining power, such as Terenus's misdecision to rush to challenge Quel'Thalas, the increasing expenditure of the orc asylum year after year, the hostility of neighboring countries, and the disruption of trade.

Even so, Lordaeron still retains a strong enough military force to fight with the desperately resisting Lordaeron alliance...... That scene was not what Quel'Salas wanted to see.

Quel'Thalas's development requires a relatively stable development environment, and the fundamental purpose of diverting Lordaeron's attention lies in this, and the cart cannot be reversed.

Seeing that the situation is at risk of getting out of control, Sarayan intends to use his connections to control the situation as much as possible, so that the two sides, which already have deep historical contradictions, do not fall deeper and deeper into the battlefield.

The Barov family started out as a businessman, and businessmen have always valued peace, and they did not want this local war to blindly expand.

After listening to Sarren's detailed explanation, Alex did not hesitate to decide to ...... with him Or rather, Quel'Salas is on the same side, trying to mediate a war that is spiraling out of control.

As Sarjan has said before, Tyrenus is now like a red-eyed gambler, eager to rebuild his prestige with the help of the Alterac counterinsurgency, even going to great lengths to put Lordaeron's fortunes on the table.

His risky decision was not in the interests of all Lordaeron's higher-ups, and if Terenus continued to go his own way, it would most likely provoke a backlash from the nobles and ministers.

As a matter of fact, even the neutral lords of the royal family, such as Mayor Matthew of Andorhar, are beginning to become dissatisfied, and the opposition from the royal city of Lordaeron will surely be stronger.

With years of prestige, Terenus can still hold the field for the time being.

But his physical condition is a dangerous ticking time bomb, and now he relies on Princess Galia to help him even read the cantata.

No one can guarantee when the old king will fall ill again from overwork.

Terenus is also trying his best to avoid this situation, in order to warm his body as much as possible, he has always been willing to give part of the ruling power to the vase daughter who has never received political education.

Sarjan: "Actually, Terenus's mentality is very understandable, and in his old age, he became more and more stubborn and suspicious, and even worried that his children would take advantage of his health to seize power. ”

"The Prince of Alsace, who was ordered to think behind closed doors, is a prime example."

"Admittedly, Arthas did make some stupid decisions when he was in charge, but in the end, it was because Terenus didn't care enough to raise his successor."

"Arthas, who has the right to inherit the throne, was placed under house arrest in disguise, and Princess Caria, who had always played the role of a vase, was pushed out of the shelf, precisely because Terenus believed that his vase daughter could not threaten his position."

"But...... Is that really the case? ”

Salian flipped through the letter of intent for peace talks handed over by Alex, and his meaningful gaze fell on the white rose diagram deliberately drawn on the back of the letter.

"Alex, if I'm not mistaken, the Rose is the national flower of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, right?"

Alex nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, the Rose is also the main symbol on the Minethil family coat of arms. ”

"However, the royal family of Minethir uses pink roses in public, and this white rose mark is ...... Never seen before. ”

"Heh~"

Salian flicked the letter with his finger and the fragrant scent: "Is it possible that this letter of intent for peace talks secretly represents the meaning of a certain member of the royal family of Minethir?" ”

Alex is not a political novice, and when he was reminded by Sarjan, his face immediately moved.

"You mean...... Princess Galia? ”

"That's right."

Sarlian sat up straight and said solemnly: "The only people who are qualified to use the national flower rose as a personal symbol are members of the royal family of Minethir. ”

"Terenus reigned for more than 40 years, and as we all know, he liked the pink rose, so ...... There must have been someone else who drew the sign of the white rose. ”

"Arthas is still under house arrest in his bedchamber, and from what I know, Crown Prince Lordaeron prefers yellow roses to white roses."

This information came from Gianna, who Arthas had given her bouquets of yellow roses several times when Dalaran was stalking her.

Sarlian wasn't interested in the language of flowers, and he didn't plan to delve into Arthas's intentions in sending flowers, he just needed to know that the crown prince liked yellow roses.

Alex groaned and touched his chin: "Queen Lordaeron died early, and Tyrenus never renewed the strings, since it is not Tyrenas himself and Prince Arthas, there is only the Princess Galia who has been cultivated as a marriage vase." ”

"Hehe~" Sarian smiled meaningfully: "It seems that Her Royal Highness the princess is unwilling to be used as a marriage tool, and has her own set of plans in her heart." ”

"Terenus, the father, has really failed enough, and he can't see the child's true nature."

Alex sensed that there was something in Sarren's words, and it didn't seem to be just for Princess Galia, but he didn't dig into it with interest.

After some deliberation, Alex made a decision.

He will use Alex's crooked communication channels to continue to maintain contact with the Andohar side, indicating the Barov family's position in the war and their shared desire for peace.

The seeds have been planted, and in the words of the barrage, the next thing for Salian is to let the bullets fly for a while.

When the lords and factions of Lordaeron can no longer tolerate Terenus's arbitrariness, it is natural that heavyweights will come to Andohar in person to communicate deeply with the Barov family.

……

On the other side, Valera rode back to Steinbled, the temporary capital of the Kingdom of Alterac.

After secretly taking out the Torbain Tomahawk, Merry went into retreat again, trying to study the structure and principles of the artifact battle axe.

Merry told Tina Gossa before his retreat that his goal was to solidify the Torbain Tomahawk at the artifact level, rather than just temporarily upgrading against trolls.

In this regard, Merry is quite confident and seems to have made up his mind.

Valilla lacks research into the academic theories of arcane arts, and she doesn't plan to delve into them, after all, there is a specialization in the arts.

The Arcane experts on Sarren's team didn't follow, and Tina was barely a Fracture Expert, and she couldn't understand Merry's intentions.

Since she can't figure it out for the time being, Valera doesn't plan to continue to explore, and she will be able to see it when Merry is out of the customs.

When Tina Gossa gets Salian's letter, she immediately teleports it back to Unicorn Town.

After the transfer of Little Star, this encrypted letter was delivered to the Sun King, who was still staying up late at 1 a.m. on the same day.

"Is there a risk of war expanding......

In his letter, Salian made clear his mistake in misjudging the strength of the other human kingdoms that had bottomed out after a long period of oppression.

Kael'thas didn't care.

No one is perfect, and no one can be 100% sure that they will never make a mistake.

Moreover, there is no clear scale for such an emotional thing as hatred, and it is difficult to analyze it in a data-based way, so it is not surprising that there are deviations.

In the letter, Sarian mentioned that he hoped that Quel'Salas would call on the warring parties to exercise restraint at the official level to avoid further expansion of the war and affect Quel'Thalas's original intention of peaceful development.

Such a dry statement would have little substantive effect, but would indicate a subtle shift in Quel'Thalas's position.

Sarayan believes that all countries involved in this war should be able to read some deep meanings from it.

Kael'thas groaned for a moment, and the royal advisors were still urging him to go to bed as soon as possible and take care of his body.

"This is the last job of the day."

Kael'thas stamped the Sun King's seal on Sarren's letters, and forwarded the letters to one of his most trusted advisors.

"Don't persuade me, I'll go and rest, there is no court meeting tomorrow, I can sleep a little longer."

"Kevin, do you remember to hand this letter to the ministers after the Cabinet opened the door, and let them vote on the proposal on the letter."

"Yes!"