Christine shook his head. "There's no time to make them!" After a moment's thought, he added, "We have a batch of Rare-grade standard-issue War Bows nearly ready. Rather than rush to make crossbows now, we'd be better off having the Wildhammer Dwarves forge Armor-Piercing Arrows from Alloy Ingots.
"With Armor-Piercing Arrows expertly crafted by the Wildhammer Dwarves and our Rare-grade Standard-Issue War Bows made in Quel'Thalas, even mid-tier Rangers could punch through the orcs' Common-grade Plate Armor without any trouble—unless the orcs were wearing Rare-grade Plate Armor themselves."
"Armor-Piercing Arrows?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk looked at Christine.
"Yes, Armor-Piercing Arrows!" Christine said. "That's the fastest and most effective solution available right now."
"Good! Good!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said happily. "Christine, set your other work aside for now and make the Armor-Piercing Arrows your top priority. Discuss how to proceed with the Wildhammer Dwarves as soon as possible, and get them made quickly, in large quantities! Quel'Thalas badly needs them."
"Of course!" Christine said. "But, my lord, I personally still believe our highest priority should be equipping the Rangers with more Rare-grade standard-issue War Bows as quickly as possible.
"Quel'Thalas should still have some Armor-Piercing Arrows in its stockpiles, but only officers ranked Company Commander or higher have a chance of being issued Rare-grade standard-issue War Bows, so..."
"How many more days until the Bowmaking Department produces its first batch of standard-issue War Bows?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"Five days! Once the first batch is ready, we'll produce six hundred a day..."
Southern Eversong Woods, Quel'Thalas.
The Orc Wolf Rider Squadron commander stared at the worg tracks stretching into the distance, inwardly cursing those damned reckless fools.
He and his squadron had already traveled nearly five hundred meters, yet the worg tracks suggested those fools still had no intention of stopping.
He