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Chapter 1541 Where there are people, there is competition

The elemental tide will not come immediately, before that, Sharlayan still has plenty of time to find ways to find additional sources of energy.

If it really doesn't work, the night elves can only suffer more.

Who made them the mortal group with the best relationship with demigods in the wilderness?
Although Merlinthra wanted to continue walking around with Sharlayan, Ysera's previous reminder forced her to take time to chat with her children.

After leaving the Emerald Dream, Sharlayan and Onyxia bid farewell to the crow demigod who had calmed down a lot in their hearts. They made a transit from the Lost Isles to the Broken Isles, and then teleported back to the floating city of Dalaran across the sea.

After briefly explaining Aegwynn's current situation to Medivh, Ronin and the others, the two set off again without stopping, flying straight in the direction of the Arathi Highlands.

Arathi Highlands is located in the southeast of the Hillsbrad Hills, and is the inherent territory of the Stormgard Kingdom, one of the seven human kingdoms.

After Solas was assassinated by Galin's loving son Xiao, the not-so-rich Stormgard Kingdom fell into ten years of turmoil.

With the return of the expeditionary force from Draenor led by Danath Trollbane, the weather-beaten country was back on track.

In the previous Battle of the Hinterlands, the Kingdom of Stormgard cooperated with Quel'Thalas and the Wildhammer dwarves to wipe out the main force of the Witherbark troll that had plagued the Arathi for thousands of years.

After returning triumphantly from the Hinterlands, Danath continued to march without delay, taking advantage of the opportunity to break through the Witherwood Village in the southeast corner of the highland, and completely wiped the Witherwood troll from the territory of Azeroth.

So far, apart from the small ogre settlements scattered throughout the highlands, after many years, the Kingdom of Stormgard once again took full control of the Arathi Highlands.

This big victory swept away the ten-year-long decadent atmosphere in Stormgaard, and the already martial Arathi regained their passion back then.

Many veterans screamed and planned to take advantage of the situation to eliminate the ogre invaders who had occupied the Arathi Highlands for many years, and to clear away the shame of Stromgarde being attacked by the ogres and troll alliance.

But at this time, Danas, who was the new king, temporarily stepped on the brakes for Stormgard, who was racing all the way.

The reason is simple, logistical supplies can't keep up.

Before Danath returned, the poverty of Stormgard was palpable.

Thanks to the aid of Calia's new coalition championing rebuilding, Stormgard, impoverished for years, is beginning to recover.

However, freezing three feet is not a one-day cold.

Although the Battle of the Hinterlands was a great victory, it also exhausted all the food and grass stored by the Kingdom of Stormgard in the past two years.

It's not that Danas doesn't want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but it's a pity that he has more energy than he wants.

Danas, who once served as the commander of the expeditionary force, was calm enough to suddenly call a halt when the fighting spirit of the whole country was high.

After listening to Danas's methodical analysis, the hot-headed military officers noticed the sad faces of the civilian officials.

Although it failed to wipe out all the enemies in the Arathi Highlands in one fell swoop, the extermination of the once invincible Witherbark troll did indeed have a great deterrent effect on the ogres scattered throughout the highlands.

Some ogres began to relocate to the wetlands in the south, but there were still many iron-headed children who did not believe in evil and stayed in the Arathi Highlands with luck.

Compared with the Arathi Highlands, the living environment of the wetlands is undoubtedly much harsher. The swamps and perpetually wet ground that can be seen everywhere are not suitable for any intelligent race to settle here for a long time.

Theoretically, the wetlands are under the jurisdiction of the dwarves of the Khaz Modan Kingdom, but in fact the copperbeard dwarves have not placed many defenders in this swamp area at all.

Even if there were, they were only stationed near the two mountain tunnels near the border of Loch Modan and Dun Morogh Snow Mountain.

The task of these defenders is to prevent the enemy from invading the core territory of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan.

Incidentally, during the Second War of the Orcs, in order to ensure that the Kul Tiras fleet could obtain sufficient supplies in the naval battle, the Kingdom of Khaz Modan built a port in the Baladin Bay near the sea in the west of the wetlands.

The port was named after Terenas Menethil, the leader of the alliance at the time, and it was Menethil Harbor.

After the war, thanks to the Kul Tiras merchant fleet that traveled to and from various ports along the western coast of the Eastern Continent all year round, Menethil Port did not decline, and continued to undertake the important task of connecting the north and south sea trade routes of the continent.

However, with the gradual recovery of the Kingdom of Stormgard, Danath intends to rebuild the long-abandoned Fadil Port.

In the foreseeable future, Menethil Port and Fadil Port, which are not far from each other, will form a competitive relationship.

Since the port of Menethil is located in a wetland that grandma does not love and uncle does not love, considering the high cost of transporting goods from the wetland to other regions, it may be difficult to compete with Fadil port, which is backed by Stromgarde.

The southward migration of the Stonefist Ogre should further worsen the security situation in the wetlands.

Sharlayan couldn't say whether the ogres' southward movement was intentional or not.

Even if it is, the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, which has not invested enough in the development of wetlands, may only be able to suffer from this dumb loss by pinching its nose.

Once the rebuilding of Fadir Port is completed, relying on the maritime trade routes driven by the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, Stormgard's road to recovery will be smoother.

Unfortunately for Sharlayan and Danath, the eastern mountains of the Arathi Highlands do not have a suitable deep-water port to join another maritime trade route developed by Quel'Thalas on the east coast of the mainland.

The last time he went to the King's Court of the Sunstrider and Mount Kael'thascan, Sharlayan heard him say that the Kingdom of Khaz Modan seems to intend to take advantage of the gradual prosperity of the Northeron region to increase the development of the wetland next door. put in.

Apparently, Magni Bronzebeard also realizes that Menethil Harbor is facing challenges and does not intend to sit still.

"Huh~"

On the way to the Arathi Highlands, Onyxia twitched the corners of her mouth and smiled sarcastically after hearing Sharlayan's analysis of the situation around Arathi.

"Sure enough, even if they are both members of the alliance, there are still many open and secret battles between countries."

Sarlayan was not surprised by this: "It is human nature, after all, these competitions are related to the interests of each country."

"As long as they don't deliberately magnify the conflict, these healthy competitions can actually promote the progress of countries themselves."

The Hillsbrad Hills are the most important granary in the Kingdom of Alterac. When flying from a high altitude, Sharlayan and Onyxia can directly overlook the lush green wheat fields below.

As long as there are no sudden natural disasters, this year will be another bumper harvest year.

There are still a large number of ships coming and going in the South Sea Port in the south of the hills. This coastal town once poisoned by orcs is already a thriving scene.

When flying over Thoradin's Wall, Onyxia looked out from Sharlayan's side curiously.

"This broken wall hasn't been repaired yet?"

Sharlayan explained with a smile: "The Wall of Thoradin was originally used to defend against trolls. This thing was built more than 2000 years ago, when Emperor Thoradin just completed his unification. It is a proper old antique."

"Now that the orcs and trolls are no longer able to threaten the Arathi Highlands, who are you trying to defend against by repairing this giant wall? Allies of the Alliance?"

Onyxia nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, Gilneas is often ridiculed by the people of other countries because of the Greymane Wall."

Sarlayan continued: "If you want me to say, this is actually related to Danas' character and foreign policy."

"Compared to conservative, he is more inclined to be aggressive. It is for this reason that he did not prioritize repairing Thoradin's Wall."

Onyxia raised her eyebrows thoughtfully: "Why? He still intends to inherit Solas' legacy and continue to covet the wealthy Hillsbrad Hills?"

"That's not so."

Sarlayan sighed and said: "Danas is a veteran player who has experienced the most difficult period in the league. His overall view is very good."

"It's different today. Before defeating a large number of foreign enemies who covet Azeroth, the chances of fighting within the alliance are very slim."

"However... who knows what will happen in the future, and it is always right to plan ahead."

After crossing the still dilapidated Wall of Thoradin, the two officially entered the territory of the Kingdom of Stormgard.

Since Kael'thas had already greeted Danas in advance, the garrison on the border of the Arathi Highlands was not surprised by the arrival of the two of Sharlayan, they simply checked and let them go.

When Sharlayan's transformed snow-white griffin landed outside the city of Stromgarde, which was being repaired, Danath had already brought the former Regency Council... the current members of the National Assembly to greet him in person.

(End of this chapter)