The Good-for-Nothing Mount Tai

Watching the Vrykul throw away their lives in meaningless sacrifices every day—when one died, only more and stronger Vrykul charged forward—Rend felt an enormous pressure. They simply could not afford this war of attrition. In less than a week, the Trifarix Legion had already lost over ten thousand soldiers.

After reflecting on the pain, Rend understood that only magic could defeat magic. He had to go back and gather more people. That was the only way to fight these suicidal Vrykul.

Leaving Blackrock Stronghold's defenses to Jorin Deadeye, Rend decided to make a trip to the Blasted Lands and Outland, where he had raised a large number of Ogres.

At the same time, Rend sent Luminus Sunscar, a Blood Elf mage proficient in teleportation spells, to Light's Hope Chapel of the Argent Dawn. She was to inform Queen Calia Menethil of the Kingdom of Lordaeron about Valgarde and bring the Silver Hand and Scarlet Crusade over.

Rend himself teleported directly back to the Immortal Bastion, intending to bring Chen and Rokhan along to recruit Rexxar, the Beastmaster.

"Going to Outland? That's an unknown world! It must be interesting. I want to go on an adventure too!" While Rend was speaking with Chen, Li Li Stormstout, who had been hiding by the crack in the door, overheard their conversation.

Chen let out a strange cry. Helpless, he simply could not refuse his niece. Besides, he knew that even if he did not take Lili along, she would definitely find a way to go by herself. That would be even more dangerous.

What left Rend even more speechless was that Trianis and Vanessa VanCleef, the two little girls from his household, also clung to him and demanded to come along. Under the adorable pleading assault of those two big-eyed girls, Rend raised