An attack on Serpentshrine Cavern was inevitable.
Conflict between the two sides could not be avoided.
After leaving Coilfang Reservoir, Rex had made up his mind.
These Naga could not be allowed to stay. The Alliance could not afford to lose Zangarmarsh.
However, after giving it some thought, Rex abandoned the idea of having the Alliance attack the Naga in Coilfang Reservoir alone.
If the Naga continued polluting Zangarmarsh, even the Horde's interests would suffer. This was not just the Alliance's problem; it concerned the Horde as well.
Join forces with the Horde and wipe out the Naga.
That thought kept flashing through Rex's mind after he left Coilfang Reservoir.
But his most urgent task was not that. It was to send word back to the Kingdom of Gilneas, then begin a thorough search of the kingdom to see whether there were any traces of Worgen.
That was what mattered most.
Although he had failed to learn how the Naga had arrived, their very presence here proved one thing: the inertia of history had begun to assert itself.
Rex truly could not rest easy unless the Kingdom of Gilneas was thoroughly inspected. After leaving Coilfang Reservoir, he grew increasingly unsettled by that thought.
The reason Rex had been able to head to Coilfang Reservoir calmly before was that he had been going there to investigate as well.
He had wanted to find out whether this was the inertia of history at work.
After Rex left Coilfang Reservoir, his party did not linger in the Draenei camp. Instead, they hurried toward the Expeditionary Force camp. This time, with the Kingdom of Gilneas at stake, Rex intended to return in person.
After all, this concerned the very foundations of the Kingdom of Gilneas.
Whatever happened in Outland, it all had to give