Alliance Declares War on the Horde

Orgrimmar's Hammer flew away from Teldrassil, the World Tree. They encountered no attacks from Night Elves or Draenei along the way. Standing at the edge of Orgrimmar's Hammer, Rend looked at the nightmare-corrupted Teldrassil below and could not help sighing. "How will the Night Elves deal with Teldrassil?"

"Teldrassil's corruption can no longer be purified. Not even the Green Dragon Queen Ysera could do it. Through the power of Tarlna the Ageless, the Nightmare's power has corrupted Teldrassil's core. It will only meet the same fate as Nordrassil." As an expert in this field, Hamuul Runetotem, the Tauren Archdruid, gave his professional assessment.

By then, Orgrimmar's Hammer had flown near Darkshore. Rend pointed at the land below and asked Hamuul Runetotem, the Tauren Archdruid, "If we set up a few catapults here, could we burn Teldrassil down?"

"Pfft, hahahaha!" Hearing Rend's words, Hamuul Runetotem laughed as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world, clutching his stomach. The Bloodhoof Guard Tauren nearby simply dropped to the ground, rolling around while holding their bellies.

After quite a while, perhaps exhausted from laughing, Hamuul Runetotem finally said, "Stop trying to make me laugh, Rend. Do you know how far Darkshore is from Teldrassil? If catapults could strike Teldrassil from here, then we could set them up in Durotar and bombard Theramore directly. How could that be possible? There's an entire sea between Darkshore and Teldrassil! Even Burning Legion destroyers probably don't have that kind of range."

"Besides, have you ever seen a World Tree burned down? If that were possible, then Archimonde the Defiler could have simply used Finger of Death at the foot of Mount Hyjal. Wouldn't that have been far more powerful than your catapults? He could have burned Nordrassil. Even the burning oil from a hundred catapults