Normally, while a force like this was marching into the wind, Death Knights like them would never be allowed to take the lead.
Had they run into enemies? Doubts arose in the Death Knights' minds.
But it didn't look like it! Wasn't everything just as it had been before? Those High Elves had only laid a few traps. Previously, once they had cleared the traps, the troops had gone ahead first. Nothing was different this time!
"You go first!" When the five Death Knights reached the commander of the Orc Wolf Rider Squadron, he pointed expressionlessly at the five Voidwalker demons more than twenty meters ahead. "You can control them better!"
The five Death Knights exchanged startled looks. Though their questions remained unanswered, they silently urged their Death Warhorses forward together, following the five demons they had summoned-the Voidwalkers.
Only after the five Voidwalkers and five Death Knights had advanced another dozen meters did the commander of the Orc Wolf Rider Squadron wave his riders forward again.
"Commander!..." The Wolf Rider who had brought the Death Knights back wrapped a cloth around his nose and mouth, but still wanted to ask a question.
"Those High Elves are too cunning. I have to be careful!" the commander of the Orc Wolf Rider Squadron said quietly, watching the five Voidwalkers and five Death Knights clearing the way ahead.
The Wolf Rider nodded silently at that.
He understood now. The commander was making those monsters sweep for mines ahead of the Wolf Riders!
The Harbor District of the Seaside Plain, Hinterlands!
In his office, Yu Lin Bloodhawk opened a letter sent from Quel'Thalas. After reading only the first short passage, he began grinning endlessly like an idiot.
The letter was from Alleria, and that opening passage naturally contained the sweet nothings young lovers