"What's even stranger is the new Orcs Forces that entered the Wetlands from the southwest. Twelve thousand troops—two full legions. After entering the Wetlands, they didn't advance on Menethil City. Instead, they headed for Grim Batol, which the Wildhammer Dwarves abandoned. I suspect they've already arrived there, but we still have no idea what they're after," Alleria said worriedly.
"Isn't that even better? Our Elven Expeditionary Burning Legion can just stay comfortably in Menethil City without having to fight. Who cares what the orcs are doing over there?" Sylvanas said with a grin.
"I keep feeling there's more to these orcs going to Grim Batol," Alleria said anxiously. "What could be important enough for them to commit two entire legions? We have to get to the bottom of this. Something about it feels wrong."
"Grim Batol... the Quarry to the northwest..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk murmured thoughtfully, repeating the two place names. He felt as though he had caught a faint hint of something, but he couldn't quite grasp it. He only knew that it seemed important.
"Did you think of something?" Alleria asked when she noticed his thoughtful expression.
"I seem to remember something, but it's vague. The harder I try to think about it, the more tangled it gets," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, shaking his head.
He thought for a while longer, but nothing came to him. In the end, he gave up. "I really can't remember!" he said with a rueful smile.
Just then, a squad of ten Gryphon Riders flew in from the distant west.
"That should be the gryphon scout squad we sent to investigate the new Orcs Forces in the Wetlands," Alleria said.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk stopped trying to force the memory. He would see what the gryphon scout squad had brought back first.
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