For Irilanze's sake, and for the alliance... they had to foil the Attacker's plot.
"Search carefully. There should be another new Stone Tablet."
The Attackers were a group... That was both bad news and good news.
The bad news was that their differing methods made their intentions harder to judge. The good news was that the Attackers' abilities varied, making it easier to find a weak link.
Kael'thas and the Elves searched Aipo Heights from top to bottom. As the horizon began to glow orange, they found a Stone Tablet buried in advance.
"An immortal witness, a meeting cross, a hall of the mind. Brilliant sunset clouds will set every Elf's dreams ablaze."
Annan translated: "Something Legendary once bore witness to it. It bears a cross-shaped mark, symbolizes some kind of honor, and will burn before the eyes of every Elf at dusk..."
"The Tree of Knowledge!" Kael'thas blurted out.
"What's that?"
"It's where every Elf receives a blessing upon coming of age..."
Annan glanced west. Orange-red clouds were gathering in the evening sky. "Then let's go. The Attacker might not have had time to warn the others."
They still had a chance to catch the Attackers.
And Annan might receive another blessing from the Tree of Knowledge.
Light flashed, stirring a scatter of fallen leaves. The shaken Attacker appeared inside a hollow tree.
"Your Highness, your friend nearly caught me..."
He spoke to the other figure in the hollow, whose back was turned to him.
Prince Aidan murmured, "Annan is clever. He had barely arrived before he pointed the finger at the Paem Kingdom. Those foolish Elves still haven't found the clue I deliberately left behind."
"But he's ruined our plans twice in a row..."
"I know. Where's the next target?"
"The Elf Library. Damaging it would hurt