The soldiers of the Elven Expeditionary Burning Legion had ten days of leave to spend as they pleased. Apart from leaving The Hinterlands, they could do whatever they wanted. As long as they did not cause trouble, clash with humans or troll soldiers, or break the other rules, no one bothered them.
Alleria had suppressed news of the Elven Expeditionary Burning Legion's arrival in The Hinterlands. Presumably, apart from the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and the Wildhammer Dwarves of Hinterlands, no outsiders knew the legion was there. After resting for two or three days, the elves could no longer sit still. They took their mounts out beyond the harbor in The Hinterlands, roaming around and sightseeing.
The refugees in The Hinterlands were not particularly excited to see elves, either. Several months earlier, they had already seen the Farstriders and the Elf Forces sent to capture grizzly bears when those elves boarded ships at the harbor to return to Quel'Thalas.
Those elves had traveled in formation! They had been far more impressive than these scattered groups of three or five. So even with elves out enjoying themselves everywhere, the human refugees thought little of it.
The elves of the Expeditionary Army Corps, however, were brimming with interest. Some galloped down the straight main roads to see just how many villages there were. Others rode along the secondary roads, while still others stopped along the tertiary roads to chat with human villagers, human soldiers, and anyone else they met.
When they learned that, a year earlier, this place had been one vast, uninhabited wilderness, they all marveled. A development project on this scale was truly enormous! Apart from the several thousand people up in Quel'Danil City, more than 120,000 people had worked together to develop this land. What a magnificent sight that must