Alleria and Sylvanas were no fools. As soon as the fires broke out, they mobilized their elite troops near the southern forest and dispatched the Dire Wolf Force there as well. The Gryphon Rider Flying Forces scouted by day, while the Dire Wolf Force searched by night. Finally, after a week, the Dire Wolf Force discovered the trail of a group of Orcs.
These Orcs were cunning. They lay low during the day and moved at night. Even more troubling, they actually had a high-ranking Shaman among them.
Shamans were the favored children of the Elemental Plane. During the day, they could use the elements to create all sorts of conditions that helped conceal their troops. No wonder the Gryphon Riders had never spotted them. None of the High Elves even knew how they had entered Quel'Thalas.
Alleria believed that the Rune Stones were too heavily guarded for the Orcs to steal them unnoticed. That was why they had deliberately set the forest ablaze: to draw the guards' attention away from the Rune Stones and seize the chance to steal them.
Sylvanas wholeheartedly agreed on that point, but the two disagreed over what to do next.
One believed they could ease the guard on the Rune Stones a little and let the Orcs take them, just to get those walking disasters out of their hair as quickly as possible. The other believed they should wipe out every last Orc right there. Thus, the sisters remained divided.
Alleria firmly believed they should destroy the Orcs where they stood, because there was a Legendary among them. Killing that Legendary Orc would deal the Orcs a devastating blow.
But perhaps Yu Lin Bloodhawk had influenced Sylvanas more deeply. She felt that getting all the Orcs moving and out of Quel'Thalas as quickly as