What Exploded? No Idea

Just as Saurfang was puzzled, Krasus teleported back. Two more people stood beside him: Malfurion and Fandral.

"Oh, nature above, what exactly happened here?" Malfurion stared at the An'qiraj ruins, now reduced to rubble.

Krasus turned his head away and pretended to inspect somewhere else. What could he say? Tell the truth directly to these two foolish Druids? Never mind what the Dragon Race might gain from it. The Alliance letting him participate in the live test of this secret weapon was itself an indirect warning to the Dragon Race. And regarding the recovery of Dragonblight Temple, the Dragon Race still owed the Alliance a tremendous debt of gratitude. He could not possibly betray the Alliance's secret.

Jaina stepped forward and gave the Orcs the same explanation as before. No matter what, she would never admit they had done it.

It was an accident. All of it was an accident.

Malfurion cast Nature Magic and sensed the blast site. After a long while, he said, "I can sense traces of magic within it. But what exactly happened does not seem to match any known form of energy."

Then he turned his gaze toward the Alliance and demanded, "What happened at the time? Why were none of your Alliance forces harmed at all?"

That was a remarkably tactless question. Did he think it would only be normal if the Alliance forces had suffered crippling losses in the explosion?

But Varian explained, "Just as we were preparing to advance deeper into the An'qiraj ruins, a massive swarm attacked us. We were fighting fiercely when we noticed something was wrong. An explosion was about to happen, so our mages teleported us out. Then the great explosion occurred. Perhaps the insects intended to draw us in with their numbers before unleashing a massive blast