The Alliance Expeditionary Force had been fighting back and forth with the Burning Legion in Draenor for several years. Alleria and others had long heard about the names of Defilers and Deceivers from the demon prisoners they captured.
After Adal and other naaru led the Storm Fleet to Draenor, Khadgar, who was eager for knowledge, asked Adal for a lot of information related to the Burning Legion.
The Holy Light Legion and the Burning Legion founded by Zera have been fighting in the Twisting Nether for countless years, and they know each other inside out.
As Zeira's adjutant, Adal knew as much or even more information than Sarlayan, who had received the barrage "spoiler".
But Adal obviously would not tell Khadgar all the information he knew without reservation.
For Khadgar, who is still a mortal... and even for the entire expeditionary force, it may not be a good thing to know prematurely that enemies like Archimonde and Kil'jaeden are so powerful that it is difficult for mortals to defeat them. Destroy their will to resist.
After Khadgar's years of self-certification and hard work, Adal revealed to him part of the information intermittently, like squeezing toothpaste.
This information about the Burning Legion was later selectively shared by Khadgar with officers at all levels of the expeditionary force.
As the most senior officer of the expeditionary force, Khadgar had no reservations about Alleria, Kurdran, and Danath, and they knew as much information as Khadgar himself.
It was precisely because she knew too much that Alleria understood that the Defiler's strength had already reached the peak of demigods, and had even crossed the threshold of a true god. It was by no means an enemy that mortals could defeat.
However, Azeroth's main combat power, the Wild Demigods, was killed in large numbers in the Ancient War and has still not been able to recover. There are only three surviving Wild Demigods and the four Aspect Dragons that can produce high-end combat power. .
It should be noted that Archimonde did not come alone. He completely drained the energy provided by the Sunwell water that Kel'Thuzad took out.
In addition to Mannoroth and Tichondrius and other high-level demons who have also reached the demigod state, Archimonde also brought an army of demons that can truly be called the main force of the legion.
It is not a big problem for the Aspect Dragon and the Wild Demigod to deal with the demon army and senior generals under Archimonde, but when the strongest demigod Malorne has not yet been resurrected, who should resist Archimonde the Defiler? ?
"withstand?"
A strange smile appeared on the corner of Sarlayan's mouth: "My plan from the beginning was not intended to block Archimonde's solo attack. The mission of the Aspect Dragon and the Wild Demigod is to completely annihilate Archimonde. Those semi-god-level great demons and elite demon armies.”
Alleria was obviously stunned for a moment: "Then..."
"Shh~"
Sarlayan raised his finger in front of his mouth: "In order to prevent you from revealing your flaws when facing the person involved, I will keep it secret for now. When the time comes, you will naturally know how to deal with Archimonde."
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The Lost Islands are not far from the east coast of Kalimdor, and the final voyage only took a few days.
The large-scale Alliance reinforcement fleet docked at Estorante Port in the Azshara region of the Dark Sky Republic. As soon as Sarlayan got off the ship, he heard a big piece of gossip from Fandral Staghelm who came to greet him... .
"Yin Lidan was released?"
This information was unexpected to Sarlayan, and it was reasonable.
The night elves have a lot of high-end combat power at their disposal, but the person who knows the Burning Legion best is the demon hunter Yin Lidan who has repeatedly jumped between Azeroth and the Burning Legion.
With Chancellor Malfurion avoiding power, Fandral's statement was crucial.
Tyrande voted in favor, Maiev naturally objected, and Jarod abstained from voting along with Malfurion.
After receiving Fandal's final vote in favor, the proposal to release Yin Lidan was finally passed.
When the Burning Legion landed on Kalimdor, Yin Lidan, who had been imprisoned deep underground in Ashenvale for 10,000 years, was officially released under the witness of the enemies Tyrande and Maiev.
In Malfurion's words, the Dark Night Council is willing to give Yin Lidan a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious deeds.
As long as he can help Azeroth defeat the Burning Legion that invades again, Yin Lidan's past sins can be wiped out.
It must be said that Malfurion grasped Yin Lidan's character very accurately.
If Tyrande was not there, Yin Lidan would probably fight with Maiev as soon as he came out.
With Bai Yueguang in Yin Lidan's heart speaking out for peace, the demon hunter temporarily suppressed the resentment of being imprisoned for ten thousand years.
In the eyes of many people, it is difficult for a duplicitous person like Yin Lidan to understand his position. Even Tyrande and Malfurion, who claim to know Yin Lidan, think so.
But from the perspective of Saryan, who was notified of the barrage in advance, Yin Lidan's goal was actually very simple.
His ultimate goal is to protect Azeroth and Tyrande, but in the process, Yin Lidan will not hesitate to use methods that are considered deviant by the world.
Just after leaving the 10,000-year prison, Yin Lidan unabashedly expressed his love to Tyrande in front of Maiev... and was naturally rejected by Tyrande, who had already been in love with her for a long time.
Fortunately, Yin Lidan didn't care about this. He had long known that Tyrande had made a choice between the two Stormrage brothers, but he would not give up just yet.
Yin Lidan decided to prove to Tyrande in this operation against the Burning Legion that he was more suitable to be Tyrande's lifelong partner than the "pedantic and hypocritical" Malfurion.
The news of the Burning Legion's imminent invasion of Ashenvale was sent to Malfurion by the tauren Archdru Yin Hamuul Runetotem before Yin Lidan could do the re-examination exercise.
At this point, Malfurion, who was busy coordinating and arranging the army and logistics in the rear, could not leave for the time being. As the Speaker of the Night Parliament, he sent a transfer order to Tyrande and Maiev.
The content of this transfer order is very simple. It is to ask Yin Lidan to rush to the front line of Ashen Valley to assist the night elves led by Jarod in blocking the demon invasion.
"Ha~" After receiving the order, Yin Lidan chuckled with unknown meaning: "My dear brother really trusts me... It's okay, I don't like the red tape, so let's do it."
Since Tyrande had to return to the capital Andarius to mobilize the Moon God Priests across the country, she could only leave Yin Lidan to Maiev to monitor, and hurriedly mounted the hippogryph and flew to Mount Hyjal.
Then Yin Lidan got into a fight on the road with Maiev, who was not compatible with her horoscope.
Fortunately, both of them still know how to behave. Now is not the time to attack their teammates with all their strength. The Burning Legion, which has returned after thousands of years, is each other's real enemy.
After a brief "discussion", the two quickly stopped fighting and put aside their disputes for the time being and rushed to the front line to face the enemy together.
Maiev felt a little heavy. Through her fight with Yin Lidan, she discovered that this demon hunter seemed to have no so-called window period at all. He could exert at least 80% of his peak strength as soon as he was released.
As the jailer who has guarded Yin Lidan for 10,000 years, Maiev knows better than anyone else the dangers of Yin Lidan's extremely radical ideas.
As long as you take your eyes off him for a moment, this guy might start a big job immediately.
Just when Yin Lidan and Maiev rushed to the front line to fight the vanguard of the Burning Legion, Sharlayan happened to lead the Alliance's reinforcements across the Endless Sea to Kalimdor.
After learning about the movements of Yin Lidan and the Burning Legion from Fandral, Sarlayan did not make any comments on the surface. He just discussed with Fandral in a business-like manner how to arrange the defense zone of the alliance army.
But secretly, Sarlayan was ready to leave to meet Yin Lidan at any time.
According to the development of the original history, Yin Lidan should have learned the whereabouts of the Skull of Gul'dan from Arthas, who crossed the sea with the Burning Legion.
However, compared with the original history, Arthas's contribution to the Scourge in this timeline was not significant, and Archimonde did not pay attention to it, forcing him to accompany the army to participate in the exhibition.
Not long after Archimonde arrived, Arthas was urgently recalled to Northrend by Ner'zhul to arrange defenses in preparation for dealing with the Dreadlords who were about to attack Icecrown Citadel.
In this case, the task of conveying the news can only be left to Sharlayan.
According to the intelligence provided by Fandral, the Burning Legion did not adopt a single-point breakthrough method, but confidently attacked the north from multiple directions in the southern part of Ashenvale.
Darkshore, Felwood, Azshara, Winterspring, any area where night elves are active, you can see demons setting up legion portals to move around at will.
Sarlayan, who had just arrived, did not know enough about the development of the war situation. Under the guidance of Fandral, he led the alliance army to the entrance of Winterspring Valley to Mount Hyjal.
Leaving the army stationed and fortified at the foot of the mountain, Sarlayan, as the nominal supreme commander of the coalition forces, and Fandral went to the top of Hyjal to meet with Malfurion and exchange views.
Before leaving, Sarlayan gave Valeela a subtle wink.
Alleria noticed Sarlayan's little movements, and curiously approached Valeela who was about to start taking action and asked: "What? That kid has an important task for you to handle? Can you tell me something?"
Valeela didn't dare to be presumptuous when facing this sister who had taken care of Sarlayan since she was a child. She carefully considered her words before giving a vague answer.
"Actually, there is no serious intention. He hopes that I will take this time to lead the scouts to find out the details of the battle situation and prepare for the next step in advance."
"oh?"
Alleria glanced meaningfully at Valeera, who was obviously reserved, chuckled and stopped asking questions.
"Then go ahead and we'll talk later when we have time."
Valeera could see that Alleria didn't believe it, but she couldn't say anything more at the moment.
"...I'm sorry, I'll take my leave now."
Alleria's eyes flickered as she watched Valeela leaving quickly with a large number of thieves.
'Does reconnaissance of frontline battle reports require so many scouts to be dispatched together? Sarlayan, what are you planning? '
