After understanding the differences between the various magical powers, Yu Lin Bloodhawk thought it over and decided to refine the energy he had absorbed into frost energy.
Sylvanas chose the Red Dragon's source power, while Alleria chose the Green Dragon's. When it was Yu Lin Bloodhawk's turn, Alleria and Sylvanas both stopped him from choosing the Bronze Dragon's source power and steered him toward the Blue Dragon's source power instead. Their reasoning was that Blue Dragon Source was unaspected arcane energy, making it easier and simpler to convert into another specific type of energy.
Hinterlands.
Shidewa, Xinluoge, and the other officers of the Army General Staff led the newly formed Hinterlands Eastern Burning Legion slowly toward Aerie Peak, where the Wildhammer Dwarves were building.
According to frontline intelligence gathered by Gryphon Riders, the human forces in the Durnholde region were still holding out against the Orcs' attacks. Although the human army led by Lieutenant Blair was at a disadvantage, Durnholde was not the main focus of the Orcs' offensive, so their attacks there were not particularly fierce.
The Quel'Danil Army General Staff judged that the human army in the Durnholde Region would buy the Hinterlands at least two to three months. That time was crucial. It would allow the newly formed Eastern and Western Burning Legions in Hinterlands to receive more training and give the two forces more time to adjust to one another, coordinate, and cooperate.
Two or three months really was not much, but it was not an insignificant amount of time either, especially at a moment like this. The Eastern Burning Legion's march to Aerie Bastion would take it almost all the way across the Hinterlands.
Although two or three months left them plenty of time, the officers of the Army General Staff still kept the Eastern