In short, Ye Ting took his mission and finally came to their destination.
Chapter 0451 Silver Moon City
Quel'Thalas, the High Elf Kingdom, is also known as the "Land of Eternal Spring", and its political system is very different from that of the human kingdom.
Like a human country, Quel'Thalas also has a king. As a result of leading the tribe to recast the "well of the sun" and the establishment of Quel'Thalas, the Sunstrider family became the royal family of Quel'Thalas, called the "Sun King" by the high elves, and ruled for generations. This country.
However, it is not the king who holds the supreme power of Quel'Thalas, but a group called the Silvermoon Council. The council is composed of the seven greatest noble lords of the high elves. Due to the high use of arcane magic by the high elves, these seven noble lords are all mages without exception.
This kind of system in which the two contradictory political systems of feudal dictatorship and aristocratic republic coexist is almost impossible to exist in the kingdom of mankind. However, perhaps due to the long lifespan of the high elves, deep-rooted traditions, and a more pure and arrogant character than humans, this political system has continued in Quel'Thalas.
For Ye Ting, Silvermoon City should be very familiar, after all, he used to browse the scenery of this fairy capital in the game in the previous life.
However, when he actually arrived in the city, he discovered that the miniature area and crude textures in the game could not describe the style of the city at all.
Ye Ting had never seen such a gorgeous city, even Lordaeron, Stormwind City and Dalaran were inferior to Silvermoon City in this respect.
In this luxurious city, magic and nature merge into one, full of expensive arcane crystals and all kinds of magnificent buildings. There are open-air courtyards paved with lawns and ornamental flowers everywhere (most of which are shaped into impossible shapes by magic). The huge arcane structure ensures that the residents of Silvermoon City abide by order, and the magic broomsticks The streets remain spotless—no city can surpass Silvermoon City in the use of arcane magic. The city loves gold, white, and red the most, and it hasn’t changed in 7000 years.
The mission entered this great city from the main gate. Under the leadership of the guards, they crossed the main road of the city and headed north. Their final destination was the King's Court of the Sunstrider.
Although the high elves always treat humans with contempt, when Ye Ting announced his name, he was welcomed with enthusiasm.
Not as a mission, but as a mage.
The high elves' enthusiasm for arcane magic is not unfounded.
After Ye Ting came to the Sunstrider King's Court, for three or four days, he would receive invitations from various high elf lords and wizards every day, including members of the Silvermoon Council.
They frequently invited Ye Ting to attend various banquets, and in order to establish a good relationship with the powerful figures in Silvermoon City and facilitate the completion of missions, even Ye Ting, who hated socializing, had to agree to most of the invitations.
What makes him feel gratified is that at least in most cases, the top elves of the high elves are wizards with superb magic power. There are few wine bags and rice bags who are ignorant or only keen on power, which prevents him from attending banquets. Embarrassing to get along with the owner.
At the banquet, the elves chatted with him enthusiastically, humbly asked him about the transformation magic, and sighed at his theory and magical attainments. At the same time, they also enthusiastically showed Ye Ting their collection of artworks, showing various art of elves, and when Ye Ting used the insights on art he learned on the earth, he proposed some novel but sharp art from certain angles. In terms of point of view, these elves obviously took a higher look at the human visitor.
For three or four days, Ye Ting roughly understood the characteristics of the elves.
This is indeed a race different from humans, and their way of thinking about problems is different from that of short-born humans in many cases.
Perhaps because of the long enough life span, elves usually don't have the desires and pursuits of humans who want to open up, become stronger, want money, and want power. Their pace of life is quite slow, and they spend a lot of time in areas such as music, poetry, painting, and dancing.
However, magic is an exception. Elves are generally keen on magic and worship the existence of superb magical attainments, but unlike humans, elves have more sophisticated control over magic and are more focused on this. Although, as descendants of Titans, human mages tend to progress faster than elves in their magical attainments, but the ones who can play magic are still higher elves.
Through a comprehensive understanding of the elves, Ye Ting can be considered to understand why the high elven kingdom, which is obviously quite powerful, will rapidly decline in the decades after the opening of the dark gate, experience countless sufferings, and eventually even have to take shelter of the orcs. Under his command, and their royal family has died.
What needs to be emphasized is that the average quality of high elves in a single round is generally higher than that of humans in this world. If the standard of living of the people in this world is equivalent to that of the third world countries, then the high elves are just like the citizens of Western Europe on the earth, even before. They have generally received all kinds of education, and they are all high-quality talents who understand art, have technology, and have independent thinking.
At the same time, the various traditions of the high elven kingdom are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they tend to be conservative in politics without the motivation to expand. The quality of the citizens and nobles also ensures that the so-called roots of corruption and oppression do not exist. If they are added With sufficiently advanced thinking, the high elves can even run into communism-the arcane energy and powerful magic derived from the Sunwell are sufficient to ensure sufficient productivity.
If Azeroth can always be peaceful, such a kingdom can almost exist forever. On the contrary, human society may embark on a path of self-destruction due to a series of internal troubles such as wanton expansion, mutual intrusion, conflicts between the people and the nobility.
However, there is nothing if.
Although human beings are full of desire, suspicious, fickle, and fond of infighting, this kind of internal competition and fighting spirit also allows them to respond quickly in the face of sudden external troubles, and will not be swallowed by disasters. This is what they are in the dark. The root cause of the remnant and even re-emergence from a series of natural and man-made disasters in Azeroth after the gate was opened.
On the contrary, Quel'Thalas, this theoretically perpetual kingdom, finally got a tragic fate due to a series of reasons such as conservativeness, slow response, slow population growth, and excessive dependence on the Sunwell.
After understanding the information of the elf and at the same time getting close enough with the high level of the elf, Ye Ting regained his confidence in his mission as a messenger.
However, the night before he was about to officially meet the King of Anasteria and the Silvermoon Council as a messenger, Alleria Windrunner rushed into his room.
Chapter 0452 Ye Ting's Strategy
"Liver Sand, you disappointed me too much!" This was the first word Alleria said to Ye Ting after breaking into his room.
"What?" Ye Ting, who was still studying the political situation in Silvermoon City, had no idea what was going on with the shocking words of the female ranger. "Sister Alleria, where do you start?"
"From where to start, don't you know in your heart?" Alleria's words were still sharp, but after seeing Ye Ting, her tone eased, "You think about it, why should I let go of myself? The mission of returning to Silvermoon City with you temporarily, your behavior really disappointed me."
At this moment, Alleria seemed to be a responsible sister teaching her younger brother who hated iron and steel.
This kind of emotion also made Ye Ting, who was preparing to face tit-for-tat, let go of his inner impatience, and turned to explain it warmly.
"You misunderstood, Sister Alleria," Ye Ting said with a wry smile, "I have been preparing for persuading the Silver Moon Council these days."
"Did you prepare this way?" Alleria looked suspiciously. "I have accepted invitations from others in the morning, banquets and dances one after another, and I have received so many art gifts. I don’t know if you are so interested in the art of high elves. If so, why don’t you tell my sister? Although our Windrunner family is not a big lord, it is not a small family. As long as you like it, how many art sisters? It can be given to you, why do you do this? Or, in the past few days when you came to Silvermoon City, have you been in love with the various gatherings of the nobles?"
Seeing the other side's concern and expressing his sincere good looks for him, Ye Ting was instantly moved, and even had the urge to hold Alleria in his arms.
Then he did it.
As usual, facial cleanser.
Facing Ye Ting's sudden move, Alleria was surprised at first, and then blushed a little by the strange touch, but in the end she accepted it warmly.
Sure enough, she still treated Ye Ting as a child.
"Thank you for your concern, Sister Alleria," Ye Ting continued to explain in a dull voice, burying his head in the deep valley. "However, participating in parties and accepting gifts is indeed what I did to convince the Silver Moon Council. Prepare, I don’t know if the high elves are like this, but our human public relations strategy is like this."
After a while, Alleria separated from this wayward human brother, and then motioned for him to continue.
"At the negotiating table, I and the Lords of the Silver Moon Council are opponents, but it is like fighting. Before I can convince them, I must first understand my opponent." Ye Ting patiently explained to Alleria.
"That's why you participated in their banquet?"
"Yes," Ye Ting nodded, "I need to understand them in the communication with them. Before I declare my mission, they have no defense against me, so this is my opportunity."
"Forget what you said is reasonable," Alleria nodded happily, Ye Ting did not fall, but she was the happiest, "Then, what else is there?"
"The other point is prestige," Ye Ting continued, "I need to establish enough prestige in Silvermoon City within a short period of time before the negotiation."
"But, you are already very famous," Alleria wondered. "Otherwise, why would they all invite you? I have never seen a human being so popular in Silvermoon City. Everyone is so popular. I am praising your magical achievements. I know a human in the Farstrider Army. Although he is also very talented,...In short, I will introduce him to you when I have the opportunity."
When Alleria mentioned all this, Ye Ting could see pride in her eyes. The female elf was undoubtedly proud of her human brother’s popularity among the wizards of Silvermoon City, even though he himself had a relationship with the wizards. not so good.
When she mentioned the humans in the Farstrider troops, Ye Ting's identity immediately appeared in his mind.
Nathanos Marris, the first and only human ranger, after Sylvanas Windrunner became the queen of the forgotten, the ranger lord also had another name, Nathanos Blighter. He is Sylvanas' most loyal subordinate and the only one who maintains an ambiguous relationship with her.
For Ye Ting, who has long coveted Sylvanas, this guy is a great enemy, and he deeply hopes that he is not too late.
However, according to the history of World of Warcraft, their ambiguous relationship began when Nathanos left Farstrider and returned to Lordaeron. Ye Ting now has a chance, but he must hurry up-he must have already passed through Sylva. It is not difficult for Ye Ting, who is on the route of Nas's sister Alleria, to intervene.
It was not the time to consider this, Ye Ting continued to explain his strategy to Alleria.
"Sister Alleria is right. Most of them have indeed heard of me, but that's just heard," Ye Ting said openly. "As the saying goes, "It's better to be famous than to meet." Sister Alleria, you too As mentioned, the biggest shortcoming of high elves is their contempt for other races. Therefore, as a human being, I cannot really get their approval before I can really see myself. So after coming here, I must Meet with every mage who wants to know me, show them my achievements, and truly transform my reputation into influence."
"That's it," Alleria nodded thoughtfully, "What about gifts? Why do you accept so many artworks as gifts?"