"Gul'dan is cunning enough, and the Forsaken led by Sylvanas are stronger than expected."
Robbie explained everything he had seen to Vanessa, and the two analyzed the current situation together.
Under the bright moonlight, Robbie and Vanessa hid near Karazhan, not daring to get too close, using the Eye of C'Thun to monitor the battle there.
After returning to this Timeline and learning the true nature of King Varian, Vanessa no longer had any reservations.
First, they contacted the Brotherhood members who had infiltrated Stormwind City, successfully sidelining King Varian.
In recent years, the Kingdom of Stormwind has been engaged in continuous warfare, resulting in heavy casualties throughout the kingdom, from generals to soldiers. As a result, there are numerous vacancies in various military positions, Brotherhood taken the opportunity to place its own people in.
Previously intimidated by Medivh's power, these planted personnel dared not act rashly and obediently worked for the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Now that Medivh's threat has disappeared, the Brotherhood members planted in various sectors of the military have joined forces to easily sideline Varian, turning Stormwind Keep into the King's prison.
In fact, after conquering Northrend and breaching the Frozen Throne, the Kingdom of Stormwind had already shown signs of decline. All its legions suffered heavy casualties, and its elite troops were almost entirely wiped out. The only one that remained intact was probably the People's Militia.
Because the national treasury was empty, even pensions could not be paid out. The royal family was in decline, and the luxurious lives of the nobles could not be guaranteed. The only solution was to increase taxes, which led to the bankruptcy of countless people.
During those tragic years, countless refugees fled from Kingdom of Stormwind, with large numbers of them pouring into the Westfall.
The Brotherhood, under the guise of the People's Army, took in these refugees, seized the opportunity to expand its own power, and won the hearts of the people.
From this point on, the balance of power between the Kingdom of Stormwind and the Defias Brotherhood began to subtly shift.
Under these circumstances, the Kingdom of Stormwind should have been recuperating and recovering its strength.
Even Deathwing saw this as a good opportunity to cooperate with Varian, but unfortunately, Varian was warlike and, in order to save Thrall from Deathwing's clutches, he didn't care about the lives of the people.
After defeating the Lich King, Varian disregarded the kingdom's heavy losses and forcibly attacked Deathwing's Black Dragonflight. His army then marched towards Pandaria.
The Kingdom of Stormwind's years of war have left its people destitute and aroused discontent across all social classes.
More and more commoners and nobles realized that Varian was a foolish and incompetent King who did not care about the lives of his people at all. Just like on the Battlefield, he would only charge forward blindly, and his soldiers were worthless in his eyes.
On the surface, the Kingdom of Stormwind appears peaceful and prosperous.
In reality, the House Wrynn's rule was already riddled with problems and had lost the support of the people.
After losing Medivh as their patron, the declining and talent-depleted House Wrynn was unable to control the situation. Varian himself lacked basic political acumen, Brotherhood seized the opportunity to take control of the situation.
The only oversight was that High Archmage Antonidas had become Lich and left a teleportation beacon at Stormwind Keep. Fortunately, King Varian was under constant surveillance and quickly patched up the loophole.
After obtaining Antonidas's Soul-Calling Crystal, Vanessa sent people into Shadowmoon Valley on Draenor to collect the remnant soul of Light Anduin near Karabor, thus thwarting Sylvanas's plot to resurrect Anduin.
The next task is to march into Karazhan, find the secrets about the future situation that the Black Cat and White Cats mentioned, and incidentally discover the magic that Shadow Anduin, making him a reliable puppet Prince.
Vanessa's original plan was to gather all the Brotherhood's forces, along with some allies, and launch a full-scale attack on Karazhan.
However, after reconnaissance, they discovered that Karazhan was not so easy to conquer, and they had to change their strategy.
Unexpectedly, Sylvanas was also very interested in Karazhan, which completely surprised Robbie and Vanessa.
Robbie, combining the information he had observed, simply explained the situation.
"Gul'dan is cunning. He used the layout of Karazhan to create an illusion of a city, leading Sylvanas and Antonidas to believe that Karazhan was a city shrouded in magical storms and Spatial Rifts, forcing them to choose to attack from the front. Little did they know that they had fallen right into Gul'dan's trap."
Mana storms and Spatial Rifts exist, and while the Magic Shield is indeed very powerful, it doesn't cover the entire Karazhan.
Neither Grand Duke Alpha, nor Prince Malchezaar, nor the cunning Gul'dan, are the masters of Karazhan and cannot activate all the defensive Magic Circle.
Once Sylvanas breaks the illusion and then launches a multi-pronged attack—from windows, balconies, and towers—the defenders of Karazhan will be thrown into chaos.
Inside Karazhan, many rooms and corridors were filled with danger, and Gul'dan and his companions did not even have the right to move around.
Next, Gul'dan put on another good show, using the Legendary of Medivh's image in Karazhan to create a fake Medivh illusion at the top of the observatory, in order to confuse Sylvanas and undermine her confidence.
This made Sylvanas uneasy; fear and apprehension made her instinctively ignore the fact that attacking from the front was actually a mistake.
Gul'dan was in a very favorable position; as long as the Magic Shield at the main gate remained intact, Sylvanas would be unable to breach Karazhan.
Unexpectedly, Sylvanas summoned an Emissary who forcibly dismantled the Magic Shield in front of the main entrance.
"Who is this Emissary?" Vanessa frowned slightly, pondering carefully.
Robbie was also deep in thought, unable to recall such a person existing in Azeroth.
"Regardless, this is a golden opportunity," Vanessa whispered. "Let Gul'dan and Sylvanas continue fighting; we'll use this chance to infiltrate Karazhan."
Robbie nodded. The purpose of the raid on Karazhan was mainly to find some information; there was no need to occupy the place. With the Eye of C'Thun there, the two of them wouldn't get lost in Karazhan.
Robbie cautiously infiltrated Karazhan, Robbie observing the Eye of C'Thun. Strange elements lurked within, interfering with the Eye of C'Thun; only by getting close could he observe its interior.
Having found a passageway leading to Medivh's bedroom, Vanessa and Robbie climbed onto the roof and crawled through an abandoned chimney.
At this time, the war between Sylvanas and Gul'dan had reached its climax.
Antonidas opened a black Portal, from which a large number of Undead Vrykul poured out.
The Vrykul are tall and powerful, originally the first creations of the Titans, but were cursed by the Old Gods and turned into flesh and blood.
Some of their descendants mutated and became smaller humans. Fearing death from continued weakening, the Vrykul used magic to enter a collective slumber.
The Lich King Arthas became the savior of the Vrykul, and waves of savage Vrykul Warriors took pride in transforming into Scourge soldiers. After Arthas's defeat, Sylvanas successfully enslaved the Undead Vrykul.
Led by Undead warriors such as Warchief Blackhand, Grom Hellscream, and Cairne Bloodhoof, a large number of Undead Vrykul Warriors stormed into Karazhan, fighting bravely and valiantly.
Gul'dan paused, though he had been reshaping his flesh and blood within the Fel pool, he was still aware of the outside world and knew the origins of these Undead Vrykul.
"Losing our own people while enriching the enemy— the Alliance is full of idiots, still the same as ever, their intelligence is truly worrying!"
Gul'dan brandished his staff, and Prince Malchezaar led many powerful warriors and Undead minions of Karazhan a life-or-death battle against the Vrykul.
After a chaotic battle, Gul'dan's cunning thoughts began to surface.
He squinted at Sylvanas's Undead servants, these warriors of the Horde, who had all sorts of grudges, even blood feuds, between them in life.
The cunning Gul'dan is preparing to launch the next phase of his plan.