Sarlayan did not ignore the main goal of this trip to the Blade's Edge Mountains because of Garm's arrogance.
If, as he and Onyxia suspected, it was the black dragon left behind by Sabellian who was hiding behind and fanning the flames, then quelling the unrest in Blade's Edge Mountain would become an important part of luring the black dragon to show up.
And Sarlayan needs to figure out one thing first.
What kind of grudge does the man behind the scenes, whose identity is still unknown, have against Mok'Natha, and why did he instigate the three major forces to attack them together? This clearly wants to completely wipe Mok'Natha from Draenor's territory.
Before officially setting off for the Blade's Edge Mountains, Sarlayan also specifically asked Danmaku for help.
In the timeline that Danmaku understood, black dragons did appear in Blade's Edge Mountains, but that was before Saberian was dead.
Due to the historical changes caused by Sharlayan, Barrage could not guarantee whether the black dragons guarding the dragon eggs were still in the black dragon settlement they knew.
According to the information provided by the barrage, Sarlayan remembered the name Crowwood.
After experiencing large-scale geological changes, there are very few green areas in the Blade's Edge Mountains. The Crow Forest located in the northwest corner of the Blade's Edge Mountains is one of them.
However, considering the habits of the black dragon, Sarlayan was still doubtful about whether the information provided by the barrage was true.
He planned to use a two-pronged approach, with Onyxia going directly to Crowwood to investigate for information, preferably to find the black dragon's hiding place.
If not, all we have to do is see if Sarlayan and Jaina's inducement goes smoothly.
After making a good action plan, Solas cooperated and pushed the undead army to the border area leading to Blade's Edge Mountain.
As long as Sharlayan sends a signal, the undead army that has been prepared can immediately enter the Blade's Edge Mountains to help him suppress the situation.
After watching Onyxia, who was in an abnormally irritable mood, take off first, Sharlayan also took Jaina straight towards the village of Mok'Nathal in the southeast of Blade's Edge Mountain.
As they flew high in the sky, Sharlayan and Jaina confirmed with their own eyes the terrain changes after Gorgrond became the Blade's Edge Mountains.
Many years ago, Sarlayan had a battle of wits with Saberion in Gorgrond, which had not yet experienced geological changes.
Compared with the Gorgrond in his memory, the Blade's Edge Mountains today have no trace of what they once were.
Blade's Edge Mountain is as its name suggests. Due to geological changes, a large number of ferocious stone spikes have grown in the entire area.
Ogres of different clans live along the central axis of the Blade's Edge Mountains, which is the flattest area of the Blade's Edge Mountains. Gruul's lair is located in the northernmost part of this central plain.
While flying all the way west, Sarlayan and Jaina confirmed several landmark buildings.
"The Blade Tower Fortress, the Thunder God Fortress, the Ring of Blood Arena, and Gruul's Lair."
Jaina looked down thoughtfully and said, "Except for Mok'Nasa Village, all the local landmarks are located near the central axis. The Mok'Nasa clan is really like a hermit who has nothing to do with the world."
Sarlayan chuckled and said: "Perhaps it is their non-competition and non-grabbing style of conduct that has allowed them to survive intact from the old tribal era to this day, with the only exception being Rexxar."
Beastmaster Rexxar once personally participated in the old tribe's military operations in Azeroth, but in the process of following the old tribe's expeditions here and there, he discovered that these green-skinned orcs who only knew how to burn, kill and loot had no honor at all. .
Disappointed, Rexxar chose to leave alone and wandered in the wilderness of Azeroth ever since.
It was not until the new tribe was established that Rexxar was personally called back by Guyin'er, who was eager for talents.
Rexxar is the biological son of Lai Orox, the chief of the Mok'Nathal clan.
Since they have never drank demon blood and have kept a distance from the green-skinned orcs contaminated by demon blood for a long time, the Mok'Nathal clan still maintains the original brown skin of the orcs.
However, perhaps because of the ogre genes mixed in their blood, the skin color of these mixed-blood orcs, who are much stronger than ordinary orcs, is lighter than that of pure-blood Mag'har orcs.
As they passed over Thunder God Fortress and continued to move west, Sarlayan and Jaina gradually frowned.
In the barren wilderness near the village of Mok'Natha, there are scattered a large number of green-skinned orcs from the Thundergod clan, as well as many ogres who cannot tell which clan they come from.
The Thunder God clan and the ogres completely blocked the two roads leading to Moknasa Village, one from the south and the other from the north.
The Thunder God clan chose to go to the south to drill into the cave, while the relatively open intersection to the north was surrounded by ogres.
The battle to the south was taking place in a cave, and Sarlayan and Jaina were unable to confirm the situation for the time being.
Judging from the situation on the open-air battlefield in the north, the Moknasa clan, which was caught off guard and faced attacks from both sides, was already at a disadvantage.
Due to the sudden incident, Moknatha had not had time to set up a trap for the ogres, so he could only bite the bullet and go head-to-head with the pure-blooded ogres who were slightly larger than himself on the battlefield.
The situation was urgent, and Sarlayan couldn't care less about avoiding suspicion.
After telling Valeela to hold on to her feathers, Sharlayan folded the gryphon's wings and dived down as fast as possible.
The Mok'Nathal hunters, who are good at hunting, soon discovered the snow-white raptor swooping down at full speed in an attacking posture.
However, the Moknasa clan was currently facing the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, with a serious shortage of troops. There were only a dozen or so hunters left behind in the village, nervously bending their bows and shooting arrows into the sky.
However, this is of no use.
The bows and arrows they fired did not even penetrate the air fluid layer on Sarlayan's body. All the arrows fired into the air were blown around by the strong wind accompanying the rapid dive.
This layer of air-fluid protective layer is not naturally formed, but comes from Jaina's spell.
During the time when Dalaran helped Ronin fight for dominance, Jaina did not relax her academic research.
As early as a few years ago, Jaina determined her future research direction. She planned to use arcane magic to simulate the spell effects of the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind.
The elements of fire and water did not require in-depth research by Jaina. The mimicry of these two elements had already been achieved by predecessors.
Compared to the naturally inert earth element, the agile wind element is easier to simulate.
Under the guidance and inspiration of Aegwynn, who is an all-round magician, Jaina has already learned a little bit about how to imitate some small wind spells that are not difficult to do.
The correct scientific name of the air fluid layer on Sarlayan is Atmospheric Shield, named by its creator Jaina herself. The principle is to deflect external attacks through the disturbance of air flow.
Of course, the attack power that can be deflected is limited.
Taking into account the wind force brought about by Sarlayan's dive, it was enough to prevent the arrows fired from the air by Mok'Nathal hunters from missing.
"Wow!"
When he was only about 20 meters away from the ground, Sarlayan suddenly opened his powerful wings and quickly slowed down his dive.
If a real griffon dares to play like this, it is almost inevitable that its wings will be broken.
Although Sarlayan's appearance has changed into a griffin, his physical strength is at the level of a dragon, and this air resistance will not break his muscles and bones.
After landing steadily in the center of Mok'Nasa Village, Sarlayan glanced around with his sharp eagle eyes in the form of a gryphon.
"I am the Alliance representative from Azeroth, Chief Orox of the Mok'Natha clan. Please show up. I have important matters concerning Mok'Natha's survival to discuss with you."
Through the previous brief test, the remaining Moknasa hunters could tell that the strength of this uninvited guest far exceeded their imagination.
After exchanging glances with big eyes and small eyes, one of the oldest middle-aged hunters stood up bravely.
"Uninvited guest, I'm sorry, Chief Orox is directing the battle on the front line and is temporarily unable to respond to your request."
"Oh?" Sarlayan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Which side of the battlefield?"
"south."
The middle-aged hunter raised his hand and pointed to the south of the village: "The Thunder God clan tried to cross the cave and invade the hinterland of our clan. The chief transferred most of his elite troops to the northern front to stop the Bloodmaul Ogre's attack, and he personally rushed to the southern front to frighten the enemy. "
A wise man is a man who knows the current affairs. The reason why he told the truth like this was because this experienced middle-aged hunter could see that Sarlayan and Jaina had no ill intentions.
Otherwise, with the powerful strength they have shown before, they can completely defeat the empty Mok'Nasa Village behind them. There is no need to talk nonsense with them.
In a desperate situation, the hunter leader chose to take a gamble, betting that these two people came to help the Mok'Nasa clan, which was in dire straits.
It turned out that he was right.
