The predicament at Stoneplow Village ultimately stemmed from the Alliance and the Horde. The Horde therefore bore great responsibility for Stoneplow Village's plight, not to mention Chen's request for aid.
Rend personally led troops to assist Stoneplow Village while searching for the remnants of the Alliance forces.
Once the decision had been made, Rend led the remaining Trifarix Legion and Dawnchaser Tauren through the Forbidden Jungle toward the Valley of the Four Winds.
Because the remnants of the Alliance forces had fought the creatures within the Forbidden Jungle to a mutual standstill when they passed through earlier, the jungle was no longer as dangerous as before.
Only several thousand Mantid that had flown over the Serpent's Spine launched frenzied attacks against the Horde army.
The Mantid were far more powerful in battle than the lizardmen. Compared to the Nerubians of Azjol-Nerub and the Qiraji of Ahn'Qiraj, the Mantid had undoubtedly evolved into the most humanoid form, and their overall combat strength was formidable.
Most crucially, the Mantid had their paragons. For ten thousand years, the Mantid had never ceased their attacks on the Serpent's Spine, launching a massive invasion punctually every hundred years.
The weaker Mantid died at the hands of the Shado-Pan defenders upon the Serpent's Spine, while the stronger ones returned alive and were sealed in amber to await the beginning of the next cycle.
Through this process, the Mantid had produced twelve paragons. Each was a true powerhouse, slumbering as they awaited the next cycle.
Now, because the Mantid Empress Shek'zeer had been controlled by the Sha of Fear, the war of the hundred-year cycle had come early. Though the twelve paragons had not joined the army, the overwhelming swarm of Mantid had still driven the Shado-Pan into a difficult situation.
After all, Shado-Pan Monastery, where the