It can be said that the nearly 10,000 years of peace in Saladashir has led to a very low level of vigilance among the guards here.

However, the druid quickly returned the way he came, and on the surface, nothing seemed amiss.

But in reality, Lady Shadow had already hidden herself in his shadow without him even noticing.

In this way, using the same method, Lady Shadow easily penetrated deeper and deeper into the Shalanil Cave through these druid shadows.

However, once she reached the depths of the cave, Lady Shadow realized that she had underestimated the situation.

Because the place where those satirists are imprisoned is protected by an extremely powerful natural barrier.

Even with her strength, it would be impossible for her to break through this barrier without making a sound.

However, now that we've come this far, we certainly can't leave empty-handed.

So she slipped into the shadow of a patrolling druid once again.

The moment she disappeared into the other's shadow, a look of fear flashed across the druid's face.

Because he suddenly realized that he had lost control of his body—the Shadow Lady's manipulation of shadows was not just about hiding, but also about controlling the other person's physical body through the shadow. However, if anyone looked closely enough, they would notice the abnormality of the person she was controlling, so she had not used it before.

But now that it's come to the final moment, she can't care about anything else. Even if she fails, she can just run away.

So she unceremoniously manipulated the druid, burning his life essence to attack the barrier.

The barrier was suddenly attacked, which immediately alerted the druid guards in the cave.

However, it must be said that the druids here have indeed lost their vigilance.

When the innermost barrier was attacked, instead of immediately waking up the several sleeping high druids inside the cave, they only sent a dozen or so ordinary druids to screen all directions of the barrier.

By the time they discovered the druid attacking the barrier, a gap had already been opened in the barrier.

The druids tried to stop their companion, but the opponent seemed to have lost his mind and launched a desperate charge against the druids who came to his aid.

The druids who came to help mostly recognized this comrade. Facing their former comrade, they were momentarily unable to bring themselves to kill him and instead tried to subdue him. As a result, they were suppressed by him for a short period of time, wasting a lot of time.

While the druids wasted their opportunities, Lady Shadow had already quietly passed through the broken barrier and arrived at the slumbering place of the satyrs.

Looking at the cave filled with sleeping Sartres, Lady Shadow released all the dark energy within her body without hesitation.

Stimulated by these dark energies, these satyrs quickly began to awaken.

"Go forth and unleash the fury that has been imprisoned for ten thousand years!" With the Shadow Lady's shout, a massive number of satyrs roared and rushed out of the barrier, beginning a massacre of the druid guards inside the cave.

Chapter 356 Margot's Return

"Stop them! Don't let them escape!" A Night Elf Archdruid stood outside the Shalanil Cave, methodically directing his druid forces to block the satyrs that kept rushing out of the cave.

Because the event was sudden, and the druids were very confident in the barrier they and the green dragons had jointly set up.

Therefore, the defenses inside the cave are not as tight as those on the outside.

So much so that after the Sartres escaped, the cave almost instantly collapsed.

However, the night elves were not to be trifled with. After learning that there was a problem with the Shalanil Cave, they immediately sealed off the entire perimeter of the cave, blocking the satyrs' way out.

However, due to the cave's interior being easy to defend and difficult to attack, a counterattack is temporarily impossible.

As a result, the two sides entered a stalemate in a short period of time.

The Archdruid stationed there has sent a plea for help to the Temple of Luna, and has even notified Malfurion and the Green Dragonflight through the Emerald Dream.

However, it would take considerable time for either party to arrive after receiving the message.

However, it is clear that the druids of today have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

This is not just a simple case of Sartre's escape, but a major crisis that threatens the entire Emerald Dream.

Meanwhile, Lady Shadow, the instigator of all this, also meets the Nightmare King Xavius ​​through the Emerald Dream.

After Lady Shadow released all the slumbering satyrs, Xavius ​​sensed their faith and, through the Emerald Nightmare, which had already been partially corrupted, connected them to the real world—the World Tree of Saladashir, planted by the first generation of druids under the guidance of the demigod Cenarius.

Although it did not receive the blessing of the four dragonflights like Nordrassil in Mount Hyjal, it held greater significance for druids.

This is because it is the gateway between the real world of Azeroth and the Emerald Dream, and the most important place for the real world to reach the Emerald Dream.

Therefore, not only are there a large number of druids guarding this place, but Ysera has also dispatched her most powerful offspring to guard the gate leading to the Emerald Dream.

But since druids and green dragons can pass through here and reach the real world from the Emerald Dream.

That means that Savas can also use this place to travel from the Emerald Nightmare to the real world.

After all, the Jade Nightmare is part of the Jade Dream.

Of course, because the Emerald Nightmare is not yet powerful enough to completely distort the Emerald Dream, in order to avoid attracting the attention of the Green Dragon Legion, Savis did not personally descend to this place, so the Shadow Lady only received a welcome.

"A human? I can sense the power of darkness within you. It seems you are the one who saved my offspring. So... tell me your purpose!" At this moment, the Nightmare King was not as enormous and ferocious as the one players later encountered in the dungeon. He still maintained a relatively complete satyr form, only larger and stronger.

"Your Majesty, Nightmare King, please convey my and my lord's heartfelt greetings to the great Nightmare God, N'Zoth!" Lady Shadow bowed slightly as a gesture of respect.

However, the person she was bowing to was not Xavius, who was not qualified to do so. The person she was bowing to was N'Zoth, who was behind Xavius.

"How dare you! You dare to call the God of Nightmares by his name! Human, do you know what that means?" Savis's pupils constricted slightly as he roared angrily when he heard the Shadow Lady expose his backing in one breath.

"Heh, of course I understand... It's you who doesn't understand, Savis!" Faced with Savis's angry rebuke, Lady Shadow was not flustered at all. She simply calmly stretched out her hand, and a tentacle slid out from her sleeve. On the tentacle was an indescribable eye.

"...So you're that lord's subordinate...I was rude. Thank you for everything you've done, but what exactly is your purpose here!" Upon seeing the tentacle and the eye on it, Savis's expression changed drastically.

Xavius, who was assimilated and subdued by N'Zoth, naturally learned from his new master that N'Zoth was not the only Old God.

Moreover, Xavius ​​was very clever, even though N'Zoth's ramblings during their interactions were all about praising himself.

However, Xavius, who had been to the Dark Empire, was still able to know from some traces left from ancient times that N'Zoth was the lowest-ranking of the four Old Gods.

That's right, although N'Zoth appeared the latest, he caused the most trouble.

However, its strength is indeed the weakest of the four ancient gods.

Because they are the weakest, they are the least valued by the Titans.

The strongest of the Azshara was directly killed by Aman'thul.

The prisons of Yogg-Saron and C'Thun, which are relatively stronger, are also more heavily guarded.

Only N'Zoth received the most lenient treatment.

However, this also resulted in N'Zoth being the one who broke free of power the earliest and most among the remaining three Old Gods, starting his various schemes directly from the War of the Ancients.

As for Savus, even if he had the guts, he wouldn't have a way to ally himself with the other two Old Gods.

So when he actually met C'Thun's followers, Xavius ​​couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Hehe, Lord Savis, rest assured, what my lord desires does not conflict with your lord's. In fact, I am here to seek cooperation!" Seeing Savis's appearance, Lady Shadow was very satisfied.

She is certainly not a follower of C'Thun, nor is C'Thun worthy of such devotion.

After all, this thing has now completely become the Ancient One's power bank.

Therefore, her C'Thun power was given to her by the Ancient One.

Although there was an extra link in the chain, it didn't stop her from fooling Xavius ​​and N'Zoth.

Especially N'Zoth, that guy is actually quite cowardly.

Even though most of their forces had already escaped ten thousand years ago, they still dared not show themselves.

They wouldn't dare to cause trouble until they had almost completely corrupted all the contingency plans left by the Titans.

“Cooperate? How do we cooperate?” Savis narrowed his eyes upon hearing Madam Shadow’s words.

“It’s very simple. You want the Emerald Dream, and I want the Broken Isles. Our goals don’t conflict, and our biggest obstacle is the Temple of Luna… isn’t it?” Lady Shadow said.

"...You want to take Elune's Tear?" Savist's eyes widened immediately upon hearing Lady Shadow's words.

This human is incredibly bold!

Why is it said that the biggest obstacle to corrupting the Emerald Dream is the Temple of the Moon?

It's because the Temple of Elune in Val'sharah houses a supreme magical artifact, the Tear of Elune, one of the five pillars of creation.

With this artifact in existence, it would be extremely difficult for the night elves to fall into corruption.

Therefore, in the original storyline, the most important step for Xavius ​​to completely corrupt the Emerald Dream was to first corrupt Elune's Tear.

But that's a treasure left behind by the true god Elune. Won't it incur Elune's wrath?

Xavius ​​couldn't help but feel a little timid—at this point, he hadn't yet reached the point of the Legion's resurgence, and he still harbored considerable fear of Elune.

Moreover, during the Legion's temporary period, the Burning Legion was there to shield them from harm.

But now...

"It's not that I'm after the Tears of Elune, but Your Excellency... I have little interest in the Tears of Elune. After it's done, it's yours!" Lady Shadow shook her head and said, "Moreover, Your Excellency, please rest assured, our Lord has already launched a war against the Night Elves in Kalimdor with the Aqir army. The Night Elves' main force is unable to protect Val'sharah. As for Elune... she didn't even show up during the War of the Ancients. What do you, with your extensive experience, have to worry about?"

Yes, Elune didn't even show up during the War of the Ancients.

How could he possibly step forward now just for a mere Tear of Elune? Xavius's eyes darted around as he began to calculate the pros and cons.

Without a doubt, the benefits of obtaining the Tears of Elune are enormous.

With this item, the Green Dragonflight will be unable to stop his corruption of the Emerald Nightmare, not even Ysera...

As he thought about it, greed flashed in Savis's eyes.

"Tell me the specifics of how we'll cooperate!" However, he was merely greedy, not irrational, and quickly composed himself, asking Madam Shadow.

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