Remember [New] in a second! I used the opportunity of shopping to search the town of Steinbride before, but I still couldn't find any clues about Meri Dongfeng. Sharlayan originally planned to wait until the restoration of Alterac was completed. busy.

Unexpectedly, he unexpectedly got important information from the Barov family.

Alex said calmly: "Of course I know, the Barov family has had a cooperative relationship with Meri Evilwind since more than two thousand years ago."

"Oh, right."

Alex suddenly patted his head with a dazed expression: "At that time he still called himself Meri Dongfeng, and the name Xiefeng was changed later."

Through Alex's narration, Sharlayan and Valeera finally knew the whole story of the cooperation between Barov and Meri.

The Barov family has a long history and existed before the Arathor Empire unified all human tribes.

Barov's ancestors witnessed the rise and fall of the Arathor Empire with their own eyes, which just corresponds to the famous saying of Terenas - the kingship has no eternity.

There is also a popular saying in the different world where the barrage is located.

There is no dynasty with a thousand years, only a family with a thousand years.

The Barov family has never been a national leader, but their history of existence is far longer than the royal family of any human kingdom.

Meri Winterwind is a lich, as long as the most important phylactery is not destroyed, he can even survive until the day when the world is destroyed.

More than 2,000 years have passed, and Meri is still in touch with Barov as before.

When he needed to purchase various materials needed for experiments and research, he would purchase them through the Barov family's trading channels throughout the Eastern Continent.

[No wonder the Barov family would take refuge in the Scourge so easily in the original history, maybe they thought that all liches were as harmless as Meri? 】

[Actually, it’s not too bad. The Barov family wanted to avenge Terenas, and Kel’Thuzad fulfilled their wish as promised. 】

According to Alex, Merry did not live in Steinbrad, where people come and go, but lived in seclusion in the ruins of the original Alterac City.

"The ruins of Alterac City?"

Sharlayan asked with some doubts: "Isn't it occupied by the Frostmaul ogres? Meri is willing to be neighbors with a group of stinking ogres?"

Silently, Valeera poked Sharlayan's waist with her elbow: "Merry is a lich and has no sense of smell. It doesn't make any difference to him whether it stinks or not."

"Ah..."

Alex shrugged: "Just like Miss Sangunar said, that Mr. Lich has always been happy with the situation. As long as the research project can be completed, he can accept no matter how difficult the environment is."

"When I was young, I heard that in order to find out the reason why the Black Iron Dwarves can summon the Lord of Fire, he personally went deep into the Blackrock Abyss to investigate, and even soaked in the hot magma to avoid the Black Iron Dwarves' pursuit."

"He only moved his laboratory to the vicinity of Alterac 10 years ago, and it is said that he did it for retreat to study the life forms of the snow monsters."

"A snow monster..."

Sharlayan nodded thoughtfully.

Yeti is a humanoid creature that can only live in cold regions. There are groups of snow monsters in Alterac Snow Mountain.

Not long ago, Sharlayan heard that Dathrohan, who was bored while he was stationed in Tarren Mill waiting for orders, had led his army into the snow mountain to wipe out the snow monsters.

"Well, I will act according to the original plan and get in touch with Duke Ravenholdt first."

Sharlayan took Tina off her shoulders and stuffed it into Valeera's arms: "Tina, you may need arcane assistance to find Meri. You should act together with Valeera for now."

Although Tina is usually bluffing, she is also very sensible at critical times, and obediently nodded in agreement.

"Well, however, I don't think an old lich who has lived for nearly 3,000 years will be so easily persuaded by us."

Sharlayan shrugged and said, "Don't worry, let's find out the exact location of his laboratory first."

"Merry is one of the elders who founded the Tirisfal Council, and he probably doesn't want to see this ancient mage organization die."

"As long as we can relieve his worries, we should be able to persuade him to go out and rebuild the Tirisfal Council."

Valeera touched her chin thoughtfully: "Are you worried about the future?"

"Are you going to..."

"Um."

Sharlayan exchanged views with Valeera meaningfully: "But we have to wait until the matter here is over. The guy sealed by Meri is not easy to deal with. We still need to make some preparations in advance."

…

After basically negotiating the outline of the follow-up plan, Haas repeated his tricks and went to the door to pretend to be crazy. Sarlayan and Valeera took the opportunity to slip out and sneaked all the way back to the hotel where the Quel'Thalas delegation was staying.

Early the next morning, Salayan, Valeera, and Tinagosa split up as planned.

After breaking away from Syndicate's surveillance, Tinagosa took the lead in changing back to her dragon form, and after turning on her invisibility, she carried Valeera to fly in the direction of the ruins of the original Alterac royal city.

Sharlayan also changed into the shape of a sharp-tailed swift against the wind and snow, and rushed to Ravenholdt Manor located in the eastern mountainous area of ​​Hillsbrad at the fastest speed.

At the same time, in the basement of Steinbread Church, a strong and majestic man was sitting at the top.

The Duke of Fakurest and the others, whom Salayan and the others had met before, knelt respectfully on one knee in front of this man, and were reporting the latest information to him.

"Hass drunk?"

The man pondered for a moment thoughtfully: "Forget it, it's not important."

"How about Quel'Thalas? Does Earl Deep Shadow have any new moves?"

"No."

Duke Fakurest, who had put on an arrogant posture before, was very calm at this time, and his fat face, which seemed a little funny, was full of solemnity.

"They did a few rounds of the town yesterday afternoon and haven't left the hotel since."

"Um…"

The man's brows were slightly frowned: "It's not right, according to Earl Deep Shadow's past behavior, he shouldn't be so quietly waiting for the situation to continue, unless..."

The fat man kneeling below raised his head in astonishment: "Your Excellency, unless what?"

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the man called the Duke: "Unless, he has already thought about the follow-up countermeasures, and your every move is in his plan."

"this…"

The fat man scratched his head in doubt: "Impossible? Quel'Thalas has never been in contact with us before, so how would they know the Syndicate's behavior?"

"Don't underestimate Quel'Thalas."

The real Duke of Fakurest calmly warned: "Even that old fox Terenas was so angry with Quel'Thalas' endless new methods that he vomited blood and fell ill. You don't think we are more powerful than Lordaeron, do you?" ?”

"Abby, send someone to test it out."

Duke Fakurest ordered with some unease: "I have a bad feeling that Earl Deep Shadow may not be in the hotel long ago."

"Find out his whereabouts as soon as possible."

"yes!"

…

On the other side, Alex and Haas, who had just woken up, were also eating while discussing what happened yesterday.

"Hass, do you think Earl Deep Shadow can convince that old stubborn Joe Lacy?"

Haas pondered for a moment: "Using righteousness as bait, Duke Ravenholdt himself is not difficult to persuade."

"But now he has a large number of subordinates under him, and he always has to think about the future of those thieves. I can't guarantee whether he will fully assist in the great cause of restoring the country."

"and…"

Before Haas finished speaking, Alex nodded knowingly: "Is that the rumor? It is true that Terenas' tricks have had a considerable impact on Jollach's reputation~lightnovelpub.net~ I don’t know if he will simply make the mistake.”

"Another point."

Haas hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to speak out his doubts.

"Alex, I don't know if you have noticed that Fakurest is a bit weird."

"Huh?" Alex put down the bread in his hand and asked in astonishment, "What's so weird?"

Haas frowned and shook his head: "Fakurest is not the kind of pampered nobleman. When he was young, he and the contemporary Duke Ravenholdt were called the Twin Walls of Alterac."

"It's only been 6 years now. Will Fakurest really fall so fast that he can't even catch a punch I slam?"

Alex flashed his eyes, and asked Haas cautiously: "Then what do you mean?"

Haas was silent for a moment before speaking again: "I boldly put forward a hypothesis, maybe the Faculest we saw yesterday is not himself, but the Faculest family prepared for him a long time ago. substitute."

"A stand-in that can be faked."