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Dar'kan Drathil is an old politician who has been struggling since the time of the Silvermoon Council until now, and he is also a stage figure introduced by the die-hard conservatives in Quel'Thalas who are gradually declining.

Of course, Darkan doesn't think he is the representative of any force, what he represents will always be himself.

However, this did not prevent Dar'Kan from taking advantage of the situation. After all, with his own strength, he could not shake Kael'thas, who was already in a stable position.

After two rounds of purges by Anasteria, the power of the old nobles suffered an unprecedented heavy blow, and the right to speak gradually fell to the hands of the still powerful Sunstrider royal family.

Since Dath'Remar's reign, the stubborn and conservative thinking that has been used for thousands of years has gradually been abandoned by the people in Quel'Thalas today.

Under Kael'thas' determined reforms, talents from all walks of life began to emerge among the civilians who received equal education, and gradually broke through the monopoly of the noble families on all levels of power in Quel'Thalas.

Because the reform time is still short, civilian officials are mainly concentrated in the middle and lower levels, and they have not been able to cause enough impact on the top-level structure that the nobles are firmly in the hands of.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the deepening of reforms, it is only a matter of time before the best civilian talents enter the top decision-making level.

A country can never have only one voice, unless the ruler is an outright authoritarian dictator, so that no one dares to speak out.

Obviously, Kael'thas, who has a softer personality, is not this kind of person, nor can he do such a thing.

To this day, the declining old aristocrats still haven't given up their struggles. They still want to reproduce the "grand scene" when the nobles covered the sky with one hand and even wrestled with the royal family during the Silver Moon Council period.

With the reshuffle of the cabinet, the cabinet ministers promoted by Kael'thas were all deliberately selected.

Although Li Reisa, Minister of Military Affairs, came from the family of the Duke of Windrunner, in the eyes of the traditional nobles of Silvermoon City, the Windrunner family that has long been rooted in the southern part of Eversong Forest is just a mud leg, not a real one at all. dignitaries.

Foreign Minister Calpurnia and Finance Minister Solanlian came from the Sun Shadow and Morning Star families among the four nobles.

In the eyes of those old nobles with old thinking, as the leader of all nobles, they should stand firmly with themselves.

However, the reality is very different from their imagination.

After the defense of Quel'Thalas, which repelled the Horde, the four nobles who conspired to cooperate with the forest trolls were purged internally.

The hardliners against the royal family were completely cut off, and the members of the royal party headed by Solanian and Calpurnia completely controlled the power of the family.

Not only in the cabinet, the Fire Wing Legion and the Flame Eagle Legion, which are also in power of the four major families, have completely fallen to the Sunstrider royal family. These two major legions are elite troops second only to the Sunfury Legion directly under the royal family.

In addition, the Minister of Propaganda von der Lohr, the Minister of Education, Beloire Sarona, and the Minister of Medical Care, Alina Fontaine, who were successively appointed by Kael'thas, are all die-hard members of the Royalist Party.

Among the cabinet ministers who hold the highest authority, only Darkan, the prime minister, was deliberately thrown out by Kaelthast to appease the old aristocratic forces.

And anyone with a little discernment can see that the power of the prime minister, Darkan, is also under the control of Kael'thas.

This seemingly gentle Sun King basically uses Darkan as a high-level toolman, and has been secretly cultivating a suitable candidate to succeed him.

If one day Darkan does something contrary to the country's development and reform, the Sun King can beat him to the end at any time.

Darkan himself knew that the secret intelligence agency directly under the royal family, the Backlight Blade, had been closely monitoring his every move.

At least on the surface, Dar'Khan didn't...or didn't dare to do anything that would easily cause Kael'thas to misunderstand. In recent years, he has been honestly completing his part of the work, serving as a lubricant to reconcile various parties in the cabinet. complicated affairs.

The influence of conservative forces has long since declined, and they are somewhat relieved to be able to get a prime minister in name.

In the past few years, they have not dared to jump out to make troubles blatantly, and have been hiding in the dark silently licking their wounds, waiting for the day when the opportunity to counterattack comes.

Except for Dar'Khan, the rubber-stamp prime minister, the most powerful ministers in the cabinet are all die-hard supporters of Kael'thas without exception.

If there is no unexpected situation, in the foreseeable hundreds or even thousands of years in the future, there will be no earth-shaking changes in the composition of power in the cabinet, and there will still be a few people who hold the most core power.

Darkan is self-aware, and he himself is the one most likely to be "optimized".

The ambitious Darkan didn't intend to accept his fate. By chance, he secretly contacted an outside force, a powerful existence that could satisfy him to hold power forever.

No matter what plans Dar'Khan has in the future, Sharlayan Deep Shadow, the duke who has half dragon blood and is deeply trusted by Kael'thas, is a big trouble that cannot be avoided.

Darkan watched Sharlayan climb from a mere collateral descendant of the viscount family to his current position step by step, and it only took a jaw-dropping ten years.

Darkan knew exactly what Sharlayan was relying on.

A practical ability that cannot be falsified.

In the past 10 years, Sharlayan has brought too many changes to Quel'Thalas.

It was with his secret help that Kael'thas could retreat from Dalaran decently, and after returning to Quel'Thalas, he took over the throne from the aged Anasteria.

And so on, Sharlayan has made many changes to Quel'Thalas.

Some can be clearly recognized by Dar'Khan, while others he has only heard of.

If it wasn't for Sarlayan's lack of ambition, he should have taken the position of prime minister under Darkan.

Sharlayan's title has gradually increased with more and more meritorious service, and his influence in Quel'Thalas has also increased, to the point where even Dar'Kan feels pressured.

If Kael'thas' right-hand man cannot be removed first, no matter how ambitious Dar'Khan is, he will not be sure that he will finally succeed.

Although he still doesn't know whether Salayan's training went wrong is true, but Darkan hopes from the bottom of his heart that this is true, otherwise he can't think of how to bring down a dragon descendant with amazing vitality who has the blood of a red dragon .

When Sharlayan came to the court of the Sunstrider, Valeera, who was a high-level cadre of the Backlight Blade and also needed to report on her duties, also sneaked in a corner of the conference hall and watched coldly, and was not noticed by anyone except Villes.

Valeera saw Darkan's complicated and incomprehensible flickering eyes when he turned his back to Sharlayan, and her eyes gradually revealed a cold look.

‘Darkan Drahir... this guy seems to have murderous intentions towards Sharlayan? '

After all the cabinet members left, Welles and Valeera lifted their stealth and appeared in the empty conference hall.

Noticing Valeera's cold eyes, Welles patted her on the shoulder in understanding.

"Don't worry, based on what I know about that kid from Salayan... it's not certain who is planning."

Valeera has always been by Sharlayan's side, and she knows better than anyone else what the truth of his so-called "cultivation gone wrong" is.

"Oh~"

A sneer twitched at the corner of Valeera's mouth: "Perhaps, it's time for this white-eyed wolf who will never be familiar with him to leave the stage. Let's see how Sharlayan plans."

...

"So that's what happened..."

After learning from Sharlayan the real reason for his injury and the series of turmoil in the Emerald Dreamland, Kael'thas nodded thoughtfully.

"Varosen, I read about his deeds from the notes of the ancestor Das Rema. It is said that he is a sinister and cruel Azshara loyal dog. Unexpectedly... he also betrayed Aisa just like Xavius Ra took refuge in N'Zoth."

Sharlayan is not surprised by this: "In the eyes of many people, Azshara himself is also loyal to N'Zoth with his family. bug."

"But in fact, Azshara and the Old Gods are just using each other, and there is no clear affiliation relationship, more like allies on equal terms."

"Since N'Zoth's petty actions are inhumane, Azshara, who has never suffered a disadvantage, will naturally not give in. Secretly summoning me to Nazjatar for an audience is a clear signal."

"She wants to choose a team again."

Kael'thas took the words seriously and said: "Under such circumstances, Varocen, who is still loyal to N'Zoth, will be particularly obtrusive to her. Are you trying to kill people with a knife?"

Sarlayan nodded: "There is a preliminary plan, but the specific plan has not yet been perfected."

"Besides, the 'surprise' I prepared for Varocen wasn't just Azshara's anger. There were quite a few people who wanted to kill him with their own hands."

For the ordinary people of Quel'Thalas, and even officials who did not reach a certain level, it was not their turn to worry about the demigod-level things that happened far away in Kalimdor.

But standing at the current height of Kael'thas, he must have an overview of Azeroth's overall vision.

Under the circumstances that he could not go out at will, Sharlayan, who often travels north and south to contact various tribes, is his eyes to observe the world.

Dar'Khan's guess was correct. If Sharlayan didn't like squatting in one place and handling official business in the same way, Kael'thas would have given him the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet long ago.

On the way back, Sharlayan more or less learned a lot of things before and after the alliance's reconstruction through the channel of Backlight Blade.

However, the information relayed by many hands is not as clear as the parties involved.

Through Kael'thas' personal narration, Sharlayan learned more details of the Alliance Reconstruction Conference.

"Sure enough, Prince Liam is behind the change in Gilneas' attitude..."