Temporarily Avoiding the Edge, Retreating to Blackrock Spire

At Blackrock Pass, on the border between the Redridge Mountains and the Burning Steppes, Rend led the Trifarix Legion in holding their ground for a week. Relying on the narrow pass and the Trifarix Legion's unique strengths, they firmly kept the Alliance's main force, led by Stormwind's King Varian Wrynn, outside.

Over the past three days, the Trifarix Legion had lost three thousand men, while Varian's main force had suffered more than ten thousand dead. Human and Orc corpses piled up across the narrow Blackrock Pass.

As King Varian directed the Northshire Knights in another fierce assault, he received messages from Stormwind and Ironforge.

King Varian seized the letter in his thick arm and began reading. At first, the warrior king's expression remained unchanged, but as he read on, his face filled with fury, and he tore the letter apart.

"Stormwind Knights, charge with me! This time, we'll smash through these disgusting Orcs in one stroke!" King Varian drew his sword, Shalamayne, and led Stormwind's most elite royal guard in an attack against the Trifarix Legion at Blackrock Pass.

His overwhelming fury caused the warrior king's presence to surge, and the king's charge at the forefront further ignited the fighting spirit of the Alliance soldiers.

The Stormwind Knights wore varied armor and wielded different weapons, yet they followed King Varian with unwavering resolve. Many of them were elderly men with white hair and beards, but their presence was especially formidable.

"For the glory of the Alliance!"

The Stormwind Knights' weapons easily hacked through the Trifarix Legion's heavy plate armor and shields. Their immense strength and extensive combat experience finally forced back a front line that the Alliance's main force had failed to move even after attacking for a week.

Though the Stormwind Knights numbered only a few thousand, they forcibly