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When meeting Calia privately, Sharlayan finally understood her troubles.

According to the agreement secretly signed between Quel'Thalas and Baron Rivendell, the fate of Stratholme City is entirely at the discretion of the Rivendell family.

As long as normal trade with Quel'Thalas is maintained, the high elves care little about the final ownership of the city.

He had just won the throne of the Lich King, and before Draenor spread his influence, Solas entrusted Kel'Thuzad to persuade Baron Rivendell just to be on the safe side.

The Stratholme region will temporarily stand on the side of the Scourge, as the last and most important intelligence transfer base for the undead in Azeroth.

Due to their different positions, at least in terms of the ownership of Stratholme and the ownership of Stratholme, the interests of the nascent Scourge and Lordaeron who intends to take back Stratholme conflict with each other.

Baron Rivendell himself has no clear preference on which side to fall.

His original intention of choosing to join the Scourge was very pure, just to prolong his life, and at the same time fulfill the duties of the Rivendell family, protecting the people under his rule as a lord.

This is why Baron Rivendell firmly opposed Alsace's proposal and was unwilling to convert all the residents of Stratholme into undead.

To this day, in addition to the undead soldiers in charge of military power, there are still a large number of living people living in the city of Stratholme.

Quel'Thalas has never cut off the trade between Stratholme and Stratholme, but it has just turned from the past to smuggling.

That's right, officially licensed smuggling.

This is to not expose the cooperation between Quel'Thalas and the undead internal agent, and attract the anger of the Scourge victims headed by Lordaeron. It is also to reduce the number of insiders and prevent Kel'Thuzad's internal agent from being exposed early.

That's why Scareye, a smuggler with someone behind him, can rise rapidly during this special period.

Not long ago, Luo Ning, who returned through the portal ahead of time to participate in the celebration meeting, had already told the leaders of the alliance such as Calia about a series of events that happened in Northrend.

After all, Calia is a student taught by Sarlayan alone. Regardless of other abilities, her overall view and logical thinking by analogy will never be bad.

Through Kel'Thuzad's assassination of Ner'zhul, Calia quickly realized that both the Grand Lich and Baron Rivendell were pawns laid out in advance by her good teacher.

As a result, the quick-witted Calia thought of the contradictions revealed in the previous series of actions of Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendell.

Although she didn't say anything, Calia had roughly guessed who the real operator behind the Scourge was, and why they were staring at Lordaeron and chasing after them.

Sharlayan was embarrassed by Calia's dissatisfied eyes.

From the standpoint of Quel'Thalas, there is nothing wrong with weakening its overpowering neighbor, Lordaeron.

There is an old saying in the world where the barrage is located, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch.

During Calia's reign, Lordaeron was able to maintain a good relationship with Quel'Thalas, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

As Sharlayan gradually adapted to the living habits of the Longevity species, he would naturally consider the possible changes in Lordaeron's position after a hundred years from Calia.

After all, Calia is just an ordinary human being, unlike Jaina, who is a genius in the sky, has the opportunity to aspire to the rank of demigod, thus gaining immortal lifespan.

The barrage mentioned that the life blessing given by Sharlayan can be used to extend Calia's lifespan and ruling time.

However, Sharlayan's use of life blessing will greatly deplete his own vitality, and it cannot be given without limit.

Considering the racial life span difference between humans and high elves, Valeera, who still has more than 2,000 years of remaining lifespan, is not in a hurry. Sharlayan plans to extend Jaina's life first, so that she can have more time to hit the bottleneck that shackles mortals.

And Calia...

Although the barrage kept booing, Sharlayan took Calia along with him, and included Lordaeron as her dowry.

But one thing to say, Sharlayan really didn't have such an idea.

In his view, Calia is just his student, nothing more.

Sarlayan was not a slow-witted wooden man, he could see that Calia thought of him as a "jockey contemptuous ancestor", but this did not mean that he was about to respond.

If Azeroth is a peaceful and stable world, Sharlayan doesn't mind learning from those playboys in the barrage.

But... the heavy burden on Sharlayan's shoulders made him completely in no mood to think about hunting for beauty, and the various forces coveting Azeroth made him have to focus a lot of energy on resisting the enemy's conspiracy.

What's the use of collecting so many beauties if you don't even have a home? Go to **** with him?

Fortunately, Sharlayan was not in the mood to take the initiative to hunt for beauty, but he couldn't stand the desperate pursuit of Valeera, Jaina and others, so he would not end up alone forever.

As the queen of Lordaeron, the supreme ruler who holds the power of a country, Calia must put the interests of Lordaeron first, which is also the concept of serving the country and the people that Sharlayan taught her.

Sharlayan, who also holds a high position in Quel'Thalas, obviously cannot marry Lordaeron. Unless Calia is willing to step down as queen, it is destined to be impossible between them.

Adults will not be easily driven by hormones to make irrational and brain-dead decisions. Calia, who is determined to carry forward her own ideas and revitalize Lordaeron, has just started to work hard, and it is obviously unrealistic for her to give up the Queen's position at this time.

No matter which angle he looked at, Sharlayan didn't think that his plan to weaken Lordaeron for the benefit of the nations was wrong. The only person he would feel sorry for was Calia, who had always trusted him.

"cough~"

With this in mind, Sharlayan, who felt ashamed, planned to make proper compensations to Calia, or...Lordaeron.

"The ownership of Stratholme is not up to me. On this issue, even the new Lich King Solas only has the right to make suggestions to Baron Rivendell, and cannot force him to take sides. This is Solas early on. promise good terms."

Temporarily suppressing his inner emotions, Sharlayan said in a businesslike manner: "As Solas said, the Icecrown Citadel, a base camp of the undead with many back doors buried, can no longer be had."

"Before the newborn Scourge gain a firm foothold in Draenor, they always have to leave a back road for themselves just in case. It is not a wise choice to sink the boat when the way forward is unknown."

Calia did have grievances and dissatisfaction with Salayan's calculation of Lordaeron, but her performance was somewhat exaggerated, in order to arouse Salayan's guilt and pity, and strive for more interests for Lordaeron as much as possible .

Things have already happened, and it is impossible for Lordaeron to turn against Quel'Thalas just after going through repeated battles.

Instead of wasting time venting emotions, it is better to think about how to take this opportunity to maximize the interests of Lordaeron.

Of course, Sarlayan could see Calia's calculations, but he didn't dislike it. Instead, he admired it. This is a rational choice that a mature and calm politician should make.

Calia heard the deep meaning in Sharlayan's words, and asked with a slightly raised brow: "That is to say, once His Majesty Solas lays a foundation in Draenor, Stratholme can be returned to Lordaeron." gone?"

Sarlayan showed approval, but he laughed noncommittally: "You said it yourself, I didn't promise it."

"Whether or not Baron Rivendell can be persuaded to lead the Stratholme Region back will ultimately depend on whether Lordaeron's bargaining chips are sufficient. Literacy alone will not impress him."

Calia nodded thoughtfully: "I understand. Before the situation in Draenor becomes clearer, Lordaeron should wait patiently."

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Leaving Calia's office~lightnovelpub.net~ Sharlayan looked at the thick clouds above the royal city of Lordaeron, with a complicated expression on his face.

"The younger generation is awesome, I hope this child will not stand against Quel'Thalas in the future."

The information Sharlayan revealed to Calia was not random nonsense.

Lord Rivendell does not mind returning to Lordaeron, but now is not the right time.

In addition to the reasons mentioned by Sharlayan before, whether the subjects of Lordaeron can accept Stratholme, who once joined the Scourge, is also a big problem.

In case Stratholme returns and turns against each other, it will not be worth the loss.

However, this is the internal affairs of Lordaeron that Queen Calia needs to consider, and Sharlayan does not intend to participate in it.

"Ha~"

Putting aside the messy thoughts in his heart for the time being, Sharlayan lazily stretched his body.

"Let's talk about the future. I finally ushered in a rare peace. Let me take a good rest for a while... By the way, I will also consolidate the new realm that I just broke through."