Yu Lin Bloodhawk, Shidewa, and Xingluoge received a thorough scolding. After Yu Lin Bloodhawk transferred all the "goods" he had into Sylvanas's high-rank Soul Ring, she led them outside with an icy expression. The three followed sheepishly, like schoolchildren who had misbehaved, barely daring to breathe as the chill radiating from Sylvanas sent shivers through their souls.
Outside, Yu Lin Bloodhawk saw two unmounted gryphons waiting nearby, along with two lightly equipped Rangers of the Windrunner family mounted on their own gryphons. Of the two empty mounts, one belonged to Sylvanas and the other to him.
"We're taking the gryphons," Sylvanas told Yu Lin Bloodhawk coldly. Then she pointed at the two Gryphon Riders from the Windrunner family. "You two ride with them."
None of the three dared say a word. They silently went to their assigned mounts.
The four gryphons soon took flight. After checking their heading, Yu Lin Bloodhawk quickly determined that they were flying toward the Portal in Trial Valley.
After flying for a while, the four gryphons landed in a secluded treehouse Elf Village near the foot of the mountains, between the Racetrack and the Portal. They dismounted and followed Sylvanas. A short walk brought them to the largest clearing in the village center. The three men's spirits immediately sank, and they suddenly understood why Sylvanas had been so furious that evening. A hundred mummies lay neatly arranged in the clearing, each carefully wrapped in white strips of cloth.
"These are the remains of our forebears whose souls still linger in the World of the Living. We found them within Quel'Thalas," Sylvanas said as she walked. "Most fell in our wars against the Zul'Aman Trolls over the years. Others stayed behind because of their deep obsession with arcane research. We followed their souls' guidance to find