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Haas is over sixty years old, and senior military officers who can live to this age will certainly not be as single-minded as they were when they were young.

After being dragged back to the hotel by the guards of the Barov family, the door had just closed, and Haas, who was still drunk before, immediately returned to normal.

It was no secret in the Kingdom of Alterac that Haas had a fiery temper in his early years.

After experiencing the humiliation of destroying the country, and being forced to keep a low profile in Keir Dallon for 6 years, Haas has already learned to control his temper, and also learned those acting skills that he dismissed before.

The syndicate's surveillance personnel had no doubts about Haas's drunkenness. After all, Haas hadn't been drunk before.

Thanks to Haas' superb acting skills, Sarayan and Valeera slipped into the hotel where the Barov family stayed.

"It's time to come out."

Haas's eyes flickered, and he cautiously scanned the reserved hotel lobby.

As a senior military officer of the original Alterac Kingdom, Haas's strength at his peak was only one step behind the late Thoras Trollbane, a proper legendary warrior.

However, at this time, he couldn't lock the contact person who must have sneaked into the hotel, which made Hass feel a little more afraid of the high elves.

The relationship between the Barov family and the Syndicate is not considered to be in conflict, because of the interests involved, the two sides have a lot of cooperation behind the scenes.

However, once it comes to the core interests of the succession to the throne after the restoration of the country, Barov and Fakurest will never give in.

If Quel'Thalas hadn't brokered it, the two sides with completely different positions would not have gotten together, and this meeting would have been out of the question.

Haas is not stupid. He knows that Quel'Thalas, who is an extraterritorial country, must have something extra to intervene in this matter, and he has been wary of the high elves from the very beginning.

Two shadows suddenly appeared in the empty lobby, and the surrounding guards of the Barov family subconsciously wanted to draw their weapons.

Haas hastily stopped with a low drink: "Stop! Do you want to attract Syndicate's attention?"

The two phantoms quickly became solid, and only then did everyone present see their shapes clearly.

One of them was a female high elf with her face covered, wearing a suit of matte black leather armor.

The other one... was actually a black cheetah.

Haas is also well-informed, but his scope of activities is mainly concentrated in the Eastern Kingdom. He doesn't know much about the night elves living in Kalimdor, and he has never met a druid.

In front of everyone, Sharlayan transformed from a cheetah back into a human form, and there was unavoidable commotion at the scene.

Although Haas was also full of question marks, he knew that now was not the time to question, and ordered again in a low voice: "Be quiet! Be careful that walls have ears."

Because the Syndicate has been playing tricks in the dark, Steinblad has been unable to develop over the years. Naturally, the hotel in the town will not be very luxurious, just an ordinary two-story building.

The Barov family is not vegetarian either. The hotel they stayed in is nominally owned by the Syndicate, but in fact it has been infiltrated by the Barov family long ago.

There is actually something else going on in the seemingly unremarkable hotel.

Under the leadership of the silent Haas, Sharlayan and Valeera also remained silent.

After arriving at the kitchen behind the lobby, Haas carefully pulled the hidden mechanism under the stove, and a secret door suddenly popped up on the kitchen floor.

Sweeping away the straw used to cover the secret door, Haas gestured for the two to follow, and went down the steps with a torch first.

As the thieves from Backlight Blade had notified in advance, Alex, the head of the Barov family, had been waiting patiently in this secret basement.

Haas has been thinking about how to restore the country under the nose of Lordaeron from a military point of view over the years, and he is not very clear about the political changes within the countries.

Alex, who intends to aspire to the throne, will not be single-celled like Haas. He knows Sharlayan, who represented Kael'thas, and is very clear about the true status of this young earl in Quel'Thalas. status.

Alex bowed to Sharlayan with standard human noble etiquette.

"Earl Deep Shadow, please forgive the Barov family for their poor hospitality under the circumstances."

Sharlayan didn't like these red tapes, but in accordance with the old saying that many people don't blame politeness, sometimes it is inevitable to play tricks on the spot.

Thanks to the aristocratic etiquette instruction he received as a child, Sharlayan patiently returned the salute to Alex.

"Patriarch Barov, as you said, these are extraordinary times, so you don't need to care about these trivial matters."

Under the hospitality of Alex, four people including Haas took their seats in the secret basement one after another.

Alex felt a little anxious about the current situation, he didn't talk nonsense in circles, and got straight to the point under the guidance of Sharlayan.

"The scout earlier told us that Earl Deep Shadow intends to change his plan?"

Sharlayan didn't chat with Alex, but nodded solemnly.

"Quel'Thalas' original plan was to bring together the Barov family to cooperate with the Syndicate. Judging from the progress of today's meeting... the difficulty may not be small."

Alex smiled helplessly: "The Earl of Deep Shadow laughed, holding the puppet of Oriden in his hand, Fakurest's ambitions are obviously inflated."

"He doesn't want to just be a dragon hero, but intends to use Auriden as a puppet and a stepping stone to seize the throne of Alterac himself."

"snort!"

Haas snorted angrily: "As long as I am still alive, I will never let Faculest's plot succeed!"

Alex said with some headaches: "But that's where the problem lies."

"In order not to attract further suppression from Terenas, the Barov family has been hiding in Kael Darrow to hide their strength and bide their time, and failed to recruit the citizens of the original Alterac Kingdom like the unscrupulous Syndicate."

"Now Faculest holds the descendants of the royal family, and he also supports a large number of nobles and civilians from the original Alterac kingdom."

"With the strength of our Barov family alone, even if Lordaeron can be restored when Lordaeron is weak, if there is not enough population, the country will naturally be unable to sustain itself."

Sharlayan said understandingly: "We have also considered this point, and arranged in advance for some people to secretly contact the former Alterac nobles who took shelter under the name of the Syndicate."

Alex frowned slightly: "What did they say?"

Sharlayan spread his hands: "There is no guarantee, it's clear that I want to be a fool."

Alex patted his forehead with a wry smile: "As expected, those nobles won't act if they don't see the benefits."

Sharlayan: "Looking at it from another angle, if they can see the hope of overwhelming Fakurest, I believe those nobles and commoners who have been oppressed all the year round will definitely make the right choice."

Yes, not only civilians, but nobles are also being squeezed by Faculest.

The Syndicate was originally just a rogue organization established by Fakurest, and it depended on the nobles to invest a lot of money in order to guarantee their loyalty.

Loyalty to wealth.

Obviously, the Duke of Fakurest will not spend his wealth to maintain the syndicate's activities, and of course he will squeeze other nobles and commoners to pay the money.

The "military power" is in the hands of Fakurest, and the nobles dare not speak out.

If they see the possibility of overwhelming Fakurest and regaining his freedom, those nobles who are living in misery should strongly support the Barov family.

"Hmm..." Alex said thoughtfully: "Simply speaking, those nobles support us and Fakurest by about 4 to 6?"

Haas interjected, "It could be 3 to 7, or maybe more."

Alex glanced at Haas, didn't say much, and turned the topic back.

"Then the question is, the Barov family does not lack wealth and fame, but only lacks manpower. How can we show the nobles the possibility of defeating Fakurest?"

"It's very simple."

Sharlayan said calmly, "With external force."

"Do not misunderstand."

Seeing the expressions of disapproval in the eyes of Alex and Haas, Sharlayan continued to explain unhurriedly: "Instead of relying on the power of foreign troops, you need to win the mortal enemy of Fakurest - Ravenjo The Duke's full support."

Hass was stunned for a moment: "Jorach? Didn't that guy join Lordaeron long ago?"

Alex's thinking was not as simple as that of Haas, and there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"No, that's just a smoke bomb deliberately released by Terenas, in order to cut off the possibility of collusion between Jorazzi and the rest of the Alterac party."

"General Haas, haven't you noticed?"

"Over the years, Ravenholdt has never taken on the task of killing high-ranking officials and nobles of the original Alterac Kingdom, and has maintained a stance of never interfering with the Barov family."

"The only thing he's targeting..." A gleam flashed in Alex's eyes: "Only Faculest, the Syndicate, who forged a feud with Ravenholdt many years ago."