Bowmistress Li Qiwei, captain of the Gate of the Setting Sun guards, seemed to have known the Mantid would do this. Before the Mantid gliders appeared, she reminded Blood Elf Regent Lord Lor'themar Theron to have the Blood Elf rangers withdraw into the towers.
When the Mantid gliders appeared, the Shado-Pan defenders who had been stationed atop the Gate of the Setting Sun retreated into the towers in an orderly fashion, as though they had rehearsed it countless times.
The Mantid gliders found nothing but empty air. Regent Lord Lor'themar Theron could not help laughing at the sight. After fighting for over ten thousand years, both sides were intimately familiar with one another. As the saying went, when the Mantid raised their asses, the Pandaren already knew what kind of shit they were about to take.
No matter how elite the Firewing Legion's Blood Elf rangers were, a surprise attack by Mantid gliders could still cause casualties. That was why Bowmistress Li Qiwei had reminded Regent Lord Lor'themar Theron to withdraw the Blood Elf rangers into the safety of the towers beforehand.
Once inside the towers, protected by their sturdy defenses, the anti-air cannons and crossbowmen resumed their attacks, slaughtering the lizardman gliders.
Seizing the opportunity, large numbers of Mantid successfully landed atop the walls of the Gate of the Setting Sun and launched an attack on the Shado-Pan defenders stationed there.
The moment the two sides saw each other, their eyes reddened as they threw themselves into a brutal melee.
Shado-Pan guards and Mantid fell every moment.
"Saboteur Kip'tilak, don't even think about blowing up a single door here." Bowmistress Li Qiwei arrived beneath one of the towers. The Shado-Pan defenders there had all been slain, and Saboteur Kip'tilak had placed large quantities of high explosives at all four