After that moment of almost revelatory self-awareness, Yu Lin Bloodhawk allocated a substantial portion of the armor revenue from the alloy vein to the Research Team, then refused to show his face there again.
The Research Team could get along just as well with or without him. He was an outsider; they wanted his gold coins, not him hanging around, getting in the way and annoying everyone.
In early January, the Elven Expeditionary Burning Legion arrived in the Hinterlands. This new expeditionary force had eight ranger units and two mage units. Just as Alleria had expected, all 2,400 members of the Bloodhawk Burning Legion were on the deployment list.
The Frostwolf Clan Regiment had arrived too, but, surprisingly, Sylvanas was not among the Expeditionary Army Corps. Yu Lin Bloodhawk counted the troops and discovered an extra regiment's worth of personnel.
"She led a mage regiment dispatched from Silvermoon City to Southshore. They'll meet up with the Allied Army Main Force under Lothar there and head to the front together!"
"She asked me to bring you something. It's aboard the ship," Alleria said with a smile. "Would you like to go take a look?"
"What is it?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked curiously. "Bows, perhaps? Great! I'm short on those. Let's go have a look!"
Alleria took him aboard and opened ten crates in the hold. "Two hundred brand-new rare-grade longbows in total. Well? Satisfied now?"
"Only two hundred!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said in disappointment.
"What do you mean, only two hundred? Do you know how long it takes to make a bow? Did you think all you had to do was whittle a piece of wood and put a string on it?" His reaction irritated Alleria, and she shot him a fierce glare as she questioned him.
"How long does it