"Doomhammer!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk murmured. "You really are a cunning bastard."
"Is Doomhammer a weapon?" Shidewa asked in confusion beside Yu Lin Bloodhawk.
"No, our lord must mean a person! How could a weapon be cunning? Only people can be cunning!" Xingluoge corrected him.
"Doomhammer is a weapon, but he is also a cunning man!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk sighed. "We've run into someone craftier than a wolf and fiercer than a tiger. Ah, what a headache he is!"
Shidewa and Xingluoge could not understand the first part of what Yu Lin Bloodhawk had said, but they understood the rest. Their City Lord had encountered a troublesome opponent. Yet wasn't everything fine in The Hinterlands? What troublesome enemy had come to attack them?
"My lord, isn't everything fine in Hinterlands right now? What troublesome enemy is there?" Shidewa asked, puzzled.
"Have the troops prepare! We may have to return home to fight," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said with a sigh.
"Return home to fight? Are the trolls of Zul'Aman launching another major offensive?" Shidewa and Xinluoge were both startled.
"Perhaps! Have your men get ready!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk sighed and walked away.
Shidewa and Xinluoge hurried off.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk wrote Alleria a letter and had an owl deliver it. He had made up his mind: there was no need to waste any more effort. Whatever Doomhammer intended, whatever plans he had, Yu Lin Bloodhawk would first recall both the Expeditionary Army Corps and the fleet to The Hinterlands.
Since they could not uncover the enemy's secret movements, they might as well use the simplest method and lie in wait! The orcs were hiding well now, but surely they would have to show themselves when they launched their surprise attack!
Once Alleria brought the Expeditionary Army Corps and the fleet back to