Fel energy was destroying Draenor!
This conclusion was simply too shocking.
Yet what was even more despairing was that the data in this investigative report was so detailed, and its reasoning so flawless, that no one could refute it.
Draenor was actually going to be destroyed?
It was truly terrifying.
Three minutes passed after Samara finished reading the report, yet no one said a word. Everyone had fallen into deep shock and thought: either trying to prove this claim false, or considering how to face such an outcome.
After a long while, someone finally broke the silence.
It was Neri, the ranger leader and staunchest lover of nature:
"Will fel energy really destroy Draenor?" Her voice was hoarse and dry. "Is there really no way to save it?"
"Actually, I have studied fel energy before."
It was Osaal who spoke. The scholar and mage explained to Neri, "Though I hate to say it, I must admit that Lady Samara's conclusion is theoretically sound. In essence, fel energy is similar to arcane energy; both are forms of energy found in the universe. But compared to stable arcane energy, fel energy is excessively chaotic and immensely destructive. At the same time, this savage, highly addictive energy depends on drawing life force from other living beings. This abnormal weather and desertification were very likely the result of the country draining the world's life force and causing it to wither away."
For a Draenei, researching fel energy—an enemy's power—was clearly not something one could do openly.
But Neri had no mind to pursue that matter.
As a renowned Draenei scholar, Osaal's conclusion was highly convincing. Now, the environmental changes on Draenor had been given a theoretical explanation as well.
After hearing him, even Neri could no longer deceive herself.
After struggling for a moment,