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The elemental tide will not arrive immediately. Before that, Sarlayan still has plenty of time to find ways to find additional sources of energy.

If it doesn't work, we can only suffer the night elves for a while.

Who makes them the mortal group with the best relations with the demigods in the wilderness?

Although Melinthera wanted to continue following Sarlayan around, Ysera's previous reminder forced her to take time to chat with her children.

After leaving the Emerald Dream, Sarlayan and Onyxia said goodbye to the crow demigod who felt much more at ease in their hearts. They transited from the Lost Islands to the Broken Islands, and then teleported across the sea back to the floating city of Dalaran.

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

The Arathi Highlands are located southeast of the Hillsbrad Hills and are the inherent territory of the Kingdom of Stromgard, one of the seven human kingdoms.

After Solas was assassinated by Garlin, the kingdom of Stromgard, which was not very wealthy, fell into turmoil for ten years.

With the return of the expeditionary force led by Danath Trollbane from Draenor, this devastated country was back on track.

In the previous Battle of the Hinterlands, the Kingdom of Stromgarde fought in coordination with Quel'Thalas and the Wildhammer dwarves, annihilating the main force of the Deadwood Trolls that had troubled the Arathi people for thousands of years.

After returning triumphantly from the Hinterlands, Danas continued his expedition without any delay, and took advantage of the situation to attack the Deadwood Village located in the southeast corner of the highlands, completely erasing the Deadwood Trolls from the territory of Azeroth.

At this point, except for the small ogre settlements scattered throughout the highlands, after many years, the Kingdom of Stromgard once again fully controlled the Arathi Highlands.

This great victory swept away the decade-long atmosphere of decadence in Stromgard, and the already martial Arathi people regained their former passion.

Many veterans clamored and planned to take advantage of the situation to eliminate the ogre invaders who had been entrenched in the Arathi Highlands for many years and clear away the shame of Stromgarde being breached by the ogre and troll coalition forces.

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

The reason is simple: logistical supplies cannot keep up.

Before Danath's return, Stromgaard's poverty was visible to the naked eye.

Thanks to the aid of the new alliance that Calia advocated for reconstruction, Stromgaard, which had been impoverished for many years, began to gradually recover.

However, freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

Although the Battle of the Hinterlands was a great victory, it also used up all the food and grass that the Kingdom of Stromgard had stored in the past two years.

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

Danas, who had served as the commander of the expeditionary force, was calm enough to suddenly call a halt when the fighting spirit was rising throughout the country.

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

Although they failed to wipe out all the enemies in the Arathi Highlands in one fell swoop, the annihilation of the once arrogant Witherwood Trolls did have a great frightening effect on the ogres scattered throughout the highlands.

Some ogres began to move to the wetlands further south, but there were also many iron-headed boys who did not believe in evil and continued to stay in the Arathi Highlands with a sense of luck.

Compared with the Arathi Highlands, the living environment in the wetlands is undoubtedly much harsher. The ubiquitous swamps and permanently wet ground are not suitable for any intelligent race to settle here for a long time.

Theoretically, the wetland is under the jurisdiction of the dwarves of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, but in fact the Bronzebeard dwarves have not placed many defenders in this swamp area.

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

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

By the way, during the Second Orc War, in order to ensure that the Kul Tiran fleet could receive sufficient supplies during the naval battle, the Kingdom of Khaz Modan built a port in the Palatine Bay near the sea in the west of the wetland.

The port was named after Terenas Menethil, leader of the Alliance at the time.

After the war, thanks to the Kul Tiran merchant fleet that plyed various ports on the western coast of the Eastern Continent all year round, Menethil Port did not decline and continued to shoulder the important task of connecting the north and south maritime trade routes of the mainland.

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

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

Since Menethil Port is located in the wetland that Grandma and Uncle do not love, and considering the high cost of transporting goods from the wetland to other areas, it may be difficult to compete with Faldir Port, which is backed by Stromgarde.

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

Sarlayan couldn't say whether the ogres' move south was intentional by Danas.

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

Once the reconstruction of Faldir Port is completed and relying on the maritime trade routes driven by the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, Stromgard's road to revival will go smoother.

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

The last time he went to the Sunstrider Court to chat with Kael'thas about the mountains, Sharlayan heard him inadvertently mention that the Kingdom of Khaz Modan seemed to be interested in taking advantage of the gradual prosperity of the Northeron region to increase the development of the wetlands next door. Invest.

Obviously, Magni Bronzebeard is also aware that Menethil Port is facing challenges and does not intend to sit still.

"Ha~"

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

"Sure enough, even if they are both members of the alliance, there are still a lot of overt and covert fights between countries."

Saryan 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 do not deliberately amplify conflicts, these healthy competitions can actually promote the progress of each country."

Hillsbrad Hills is the most important granary of the Kingdom of Alterac. When flying from high altitude, Sarlayan and Onyxia can directly overlook the vast green wheat fields below.

As long as there is no sudden natural disaster, I think this year will be another good 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 that was once poisoned by the orcs is now a prosperous scene again.

When flying over Thoradin's Wall, Onyxia curiously poked her head out from Sarlayan's side to observe.

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

Sarlayan explained with a smile: "Thoradin's Wall was originally used to guard against trolls. It was built more than 2,000 years ago, when Emperor Thoradin had just completed his unification. It is a complete antique."

"Now that the orcs and trolls are no longer able to threaten the Arathi Highlands, who are you trying to protect by building this giant wall? Are you allies of the Alliance?"

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

Saryan continued: "If you ask me, this is actually related to Danas' character and foreign policy."

"He prefers to be aggressive rather than conservative. It is for this reason that he does not prioritize repairing Thoradin's Wall very high."

Onyxia raised her eyebrows thoughtfully: "What? He still plans to inherit Solas's legacy and continue to covet the rich Hillsbrad Hills?"

"That's not the case."

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

"Today is different from the past. Before defeating a large number of foreign enemies who covet Azeroth, the chance of fighting within the alliance is very slim."

"But... who can say for sure what will happen in the future? It's always good to plan ahead."

After crossing the still broken Wall of Thoradin, the two officially entered the territory of the Kingdom of Stromgard.

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

When Sarlayan's transformed snow-white griffon landed outside Stromgarde City, which was being renovated, Danas had already brought the former Regency Council...and the current National Assembly members to greet him in person.