Yu Lin Bloodhawk finally gained command of more than a thousand men, just as he had hoped, giving him some consolation for the years of effort he had poured into his plans. He ordered every soldier to bring ample personal supplies, and the dire wolf squadron took the lead as they set off for the gorillas' valley.
He did not ask for a single ship, only that the fleet return to transport the gorillas after wiping out the Bloodsail Buccaneers in Stranglethorn Vale. The twenty Gryphon Riders under his command set out ahead of the others to scout the gorilla valley.
The fleet escorted Thirteen's ships all the way to the waters outside Booty Bay before parting ways with his convoy. Even then, thirty Gryphon Riders accompanied them into Booty Bay, only returning to the fleet once the ships had docked.
Without the transports holding them back, the fleet moved much faster. Four aircraft carriers and seven gunships swept past Booty Bay in a formidable procession, entered the Savage Sea, and sailed toward the Bloodsail Buccaneers' last major stronghold.
The location was rather far away, in central Stranglethorn Vale. The fleet would need to sail nonstop, day and night, for a full day to a day and a half to reach it.
Alleria ordered them to seize and confiscate every ship they encountered along the way. They were the Blood Skull Pirate Crew now, not an army. This would both conceal their movements and let them plunder a few more ships along the way. Since they had already started robbing people, they might as well go all the way.
The officers naturally answered with a unanimous, "Yes!" Who among them had ever thought of this shortcut to building a fleet? When Sylvanas had wanted ships before, she had always been