Azeroth Shadow of the Moon

When Moon Night Town was first established, Maiev was stalked by Andrea and sent her most powerful assistant, Nasa, to help. She herself had seen Moon Night Town...or Moon Night Village in the grassroots period.

Since then, Maiev hasn't visited Moonlight Town again for hundreds of years. It took her too much energy and time to find Jarod and transform the Warden's Vault.

When the leader of the watchmen followed Alfonso, who claimed to be the lord's secretary, through the portal into Moonlight Town, and came to the viewing platform outside the teleportation tower to overlook the city, Maiev discovered how much happened in Moonnight Town over the years. The change.

Anarchis, the capital located in the canopy of Nordrassil, adheres to the Druid philosophy, and most of the buildings are built with wooden materials. The beautiful wooden houses can be regarded as a beautiful scenery of the city.

Moonlight City, which is a seaside city, is different.

The erosion of the salty sea breeze made wooden building materials not so suitable here. Even the wood reinforced by druids was limited by the limit of the material itself, and could not meet the expected standards of the Moonlight City Housing and Construction Department.

The city before Maiev's eyes is composed of a large number of stone buildings, and houses of blue bricks and white tiles are lined up all over the city.

From the outside to the inside, the height of the building rises step by step, and the Lord's Palace and the Temple of the Shadow of the Dark Moon, which are located in the center of the city, stand tall.

The statue of Elune, which is nearly a hundred meters high, is carved out of some kind of jade-like material, and looks lifelike in appearance.

Cheers and applause could be heard from afar in the arena near the center of the city, and ships of various types streamed in and out of Uzuki Port near the coast.

On the wide and tidy Qingshiban Street, most of the residents who come and go have relaxed and confident smiles on their faces. The commercial street is full of people and loud hawkers. The city is full of vitality. Visible to Maiev's naked eye.

Even Maiev, who has always been relatively indifferent to foreign things, couldn't help but marvel at it ...It's amazing. When I came last time, it was just a small remote fishing village with a population of just over a thousand people. It’s developed to this extent in a hundred years.”

Alfonso squinted proudly and said with a proud smile, Moon Night City can have its current prosperous scene, all thanks to the master's planning and guidance.

Master Yingge, please come with me, my lord is already waiting for your presence in the lord's palace.

...

Long time no see, Maiev, welcome to Moonlight City.

In the living room on the fifth floor of the Lord's Palace, Andrea warmly welcomed the cold Maiev.

Maiev's former subordinate, Nasa, the leader of the battle priests of Moonnight City, stood behind Andrea. When she saw Maiev, Nasa bowed respectfully.

hostess.

Maiev sighed softly, Nasa, you are no longer my subordinate, so the title of mistress should be avoided.

Nasa shook her head with a smile on her face, expressing her attitude to Maiev with a firm look on her face.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Andrea came forward with a smile to smooth things over.

It's just a title, don't pay too much attention to it, please sit down, do you want to drink anything?

Maiev lifted the cloak behind her and sat down on the sofa, said in a flat tone, No need, let's get straight to the point, what is your plan for calling me this time?

In order to show politeness, Maiev took off the helmet he usually wears, faced Andrea with a heroic beauty and plain face, and asked with piercing eyes, Also, the Alfonso who came to pick me up earlier, shouldn't he be innocent? secretary?

Andrea shook his head helplessly and chuckled, You're still so resolute... Forget it, just as you wish.

Straightening his expression, Andrea sat down opposite Maiev with a glass of red wine.

Let's talk about Alfonso you asked about first. He is nominally one of the members of my secretarial team, but... the work he is in charge of is relatively secretive. You should have some guesses.

Maiev nodded, He should be someone who works in the shadows, I can smell that.

Andrea bluntly admitted, Yes, considering the importance of intelligence, it is indeed necessary for such an organization to exist. Please forgive me for not revealing the details.

It's okay, this is just my personal curiosity, let's get down to business.

...

As Alfonso said when he invited Maiev before, Andrea invited her here this time to discuss the gradually sharpening conflict between the high elves of Anasis and ordinary civilians.

It's not that the Highborne led by Dath'Remar deliberately caused trouble, the fact is that the situation is just the opposite.

During the Dark Night Empire period, the lower classes were oppressed and enslaved by the upper elves. After hundreds of years of adaptation and the help of some people, they completely got rid of the subconscious obedience and fear of the noble class.

As the saying goes, extremes must be reversed.

The commoners found that the formerly invincible Highborne had become a paper tiger, recalling the suffering they had suffered at the hands of these nobles, they couldn't wait to turn over and step on the heads of the Highborne, and return everything that they had encountered to the nobles. .

Even though, they knew that the high elves led by Dath'Remar were not the ones who oppressed them back then, but allies who had suffered through the cruel war together.

This can be regarded as some form of human distortion.

Andrea shook the wine glass in his hand, with a half-smile and sarcasm on his face, It's understandable to beat up the underdogs who bullied me, but Maiev, you should also know that the highborne under Dath'Remar's command are innocent .”

Maiev nodded wordlessly.

A small part of the depraved nobles who were domineering at the beginning sank into the bottom of the sea with Azshara, and most of them followed Xavius ​​to seek refuge in the Burning Legion, and were distorted into half-demon creature satyrs.

After experiencing the Battle of Satyr, the depraved nobles were almost killed and injured, and the remaining Dath'Remar and others were all meritorious generations who understood the righteousness and joined the rebel camp.

Ordinary people have indeed been oppressed by nobles before, and it is only natural that they will have resistance.

But you and I both know that their hatred shouldn't have swelled to the point it is now.

Continuing to develop like this, Anarchis' social class will be completely torn apart, and may even reproduce the irreconcilable class contradictions of the Dark Night Empire, but...

Andrea sneered, This time it's the civilians who are on the winning side, or... some people who are hiding behind the civilians and fanning the flames.

Maiev twitched the corner of her mouth, and said without hesitation, You mean Tyrande Whisperwind?

Andrea didn't make a sound, but responded with a knowing smile.

Maiev said disdainfully, The problem wasn't serious when you helped manage Anakis at the beginning. Since you left, Tyrande's clumsy ability to govern has been exposed, but she still likes to hold on to power.

In order to gain the approval of the lower class people, she can only choose this way of slanting her sword, pulling out the outstanding upper elves as targets, and taking advantage of the lower class people's aversion to the upper elves, forcibly standing on the same line with the people to criticize the innocent of the Highborne.

Lord Ravencrest, who was determined to stand up against the demons at first, was an upper elf, and the rebel army was gradually formed under his call. At that time, most of the nobles of Black Rook Castle joined him.

When the rebel army passed into Garrod's hands, the number of the army was already very large, and the number of civilians far exceeded that of the nobles, but the core of the army was still the group of high-level elf officers from Black Rook Castle.

After all, the military education received by civilians is far inferior to that of nobles, and a talented commander like Garrod may not be able to produce a single in thousands of years.

Andrea looked at Maiev seriously and said, That's where the problem lies. Perhaps Tyrande has realized the seriousness of the problem. In recent years, she has become more low-key, and her incendiary behavior has stopped.

But the flames that have already ignited are not so easy to extinguish. She is obviously unable to control the situation she provoked by herself.

In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, I think it is necessary for us to make some preparations in advance.