During these most difficult days, Yrel and the Draenei spent one day after another in an unending series of brutal battles.
Ordinary Draenei soldiers stood firm atop Shattrath's walls, bringing death to every Orc and demon daring enough to climb them. Their powerful crystal-powered armor granted them a steady supply of strength and a great margin for error. Energy shields saved their lives again and again, allowing the sparsely populated Draenei—each warrior precious—to avoid catastrophic losses in this war that was like a grinder of flesh and blood.
In most cases, the only things left on the walls were Orc and demon corpses.
As for powerful individuals like Yrel, their role was to deal with more troublesome opponents: terrifying demons such as Pit Lords, Dreadlords, and Doomguards, or to handle unexpected emergencies.
Compared to the reserves, they were the true best firefighters.
Yrel in particular possessed immense Holy Light and shadow power within her. It gave the Draenei Exarch nearly limitless strength and energy, allowing her to go days without sleep or rest as she rushed from one crisis to another, bringing the Draenei hope of victory wherever she went.
For the Horde, numbers were their greatest advantage. They had an endless supply of warriors to wear down the Draenei. Even if energy shields could keep the Draenei from dying, they could not restore their stamina or mental strength.
Although Ye Ting's inventions had reduced the Horde's old tactic of "using lives to deplete the Draenei population" to "using lives to deplete the Draenei's stamina," as the Horde's Warchief, Blackhand could only adopt such tactics for the sake of victory.
However, the Draenei were not without ways to deal with this.
Whenever a dense sea of Orcs surged forth, the Immortals would appear atop the walls. A volley from the