Five hundred meters outside the entrance to the Quarry.
Inside the command tent at the Allied Army's camp.
Sylvanas studied the little nails on her ten slender fingers intently.
Alleria pretended to study the military map seriously.
Daelin paced back and forth, his brow furrowed in irritation, waiting for the two elves to answer him.
But he felt that both female elves had been distracted all along, with no intention of saying anything. This had gone on for quite some time.
"General Alleria, if we organize another attack, we'll definitely capture the Mountain Pass!" Daelin finally lost his patience.
After wiping out the Death Knights in the Quarry, the Alliance army had moved its temporary camp to the flat ground five hundred meters outside the entrance. The Quarry now served as a buffer zone between the Orcs Remnants and the Allied Army.
The Quarry was connected to the Highland Small Plains currently occupied by the Orcs Remnants, with a series of terraced cliffs between them. No one knew whether the orcs would build more catapults up there.
If the Allied Army camped inside the Quarry and the orcs deployed catapults along the cliffs to attack from above, more than half the Quarry would fall within their range.
That was far too dangerous, so after discussing it, everyone agreed to move the camp five hundred meters outside the Quarry's entrance. For one thing, the ground was level and offered a clear view. For another, they could effectively control the entrance, allowing their own troops easy access while preventing the orcs from coming out to attack.
The Allied Army had been camped here for more than ten days.
During that time, Daelin had tried repeatedly to seize the Mountain Pass guarded by the orcs. But the steep, narrow terrain prevented him from