The Alliance Expeditionary Force has been fighting back and forth with the Burning Legion in Draenor for several years. Alleria and others have long heard the names of Defiler and Deceiver 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 Legion of Light 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 Zela's adjutant, Adal's knowledge of information is no less or even more than that of Sarlayan, who received the "spoiler" of the barrage.
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 too powerful for mortals to defeat.
Destroy their will to resist.
After Khadgar's years of self-certification and hard work, Adal revealed some information to him 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 War of the Ancients 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.
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It should be noted that Archimonde did not come alone. He completely drained the energy provided by the Sunwell water that Kel'Thuzad provided.
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?
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"withstand?"
A strange smile appeared at the corner of Sarlayan's mouth: "My plan from the very 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 demigod-level great demons and elite demon armies.”
Alleria was obviously stunned: "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...
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"Illidan 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 Illidan who has repeatedly jumped between Azeroth and the Burning Legion.
With Speaker Malfurion avoiding power and abstaining from power, Fandral's stance was crucial.
Tyrande voted in favor, Maiev naturally objected, and Jarod abstained from voting along with Malfurion.
After receiving Fandral's final vote in favor, the proposal to release Illidan was finally passed.
When the Burning Legion landed on Kalimdor, Illidan, who had been imprisoned deep underground in Ashenvale for 10,000 years, was officially released in the presence of the enemies Tyrande and Maiev.
In Malfurion's words, the Night Council was willing to give Illidan a chance to redeem himself.
As long as he can help Azeroth defeat the Burning Legion that invades again, Illidan's past sins can be wiped out.
It has to be said that Malfurion grasped Illidan's character very accurately.
If Tyrande hadn't been there, Illidan would have fought with Maiev as soon as he came out.
With the White Moonlight in Illidan'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 Illidan to figure out his position. Even Tyrande and Malfurion, who claim to know Illidan, think so.
But from the perspective of Sharlayan, who was notified of the barrage in advance, Illidan's goal was actually very simple.
His ultimate goal is to protect Azeroth and Tyrande, but in the process, Illidan will not hesitate to use methods that are considered deviant by the world.
Just after leaving the 10,000-year prison, Illidan unabashedly expressed his love to Tyrande in front of Maiev...and was naturally rejected by Tyrande who already had his heart set on him.
Fortunately, Illidan 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.
Illidan 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 Archdruid Hamuul Runetotem before Illidan had time to conduct a review exercise.
At this point, the situation could only be rushed. 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 Council, he sent a transfer order to Tyrande and Maiev.
The content of this transfer order is very simple, it is to let Illidan rush to the front line of Ashenvale to assist the night elves led by Jarod in blocking the demonic invasion.
"Ha~" After receiving the order, Illidan chuckled with unknown meaning: "My dear brother really trusts me... It's okay, I don't like the red tape that goes around, 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 Illidan to Maiev to monitor, and hurriedly mounted the hippogryph and flew to Mount Hyjal.
Then Illidan got into a fight with Maiev, who was not compatible with him.
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. After fighting against Illidan, 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 a jailer who has guarded Illidan for ten thousand years, Maiev knows better than anyone else the dangers of Illidan's extremely radical ideas.
If you just take your eyes off him for a moment, this guy might start a big job right away.
Just as Illidan and Maiev rushed to the front line to fight the Burning Legion's vanguard, Sharlayan led the Alliance's reinforcements across the Endless Sea to Kalimdor.
After learning about the movements of Illidan 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 Alliance army's defense zone.
But secretly, Sharlayan was ready to run away to meet Illidan at any time.
According to the development of original history, Illidan 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's arrival, 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, demons who have set up legion portals can be seen everywhere.
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?"
Valeera didn't dare to be bold 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 you 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."
Seeing Valeera leaving quickly with a large number of thieves, Alleria's eyes flickered.
'Does reconnaissance of frontline battle reports require so many scouts to be dispatched together? Sarlayan, what are you planning?'