Compared with demons such as Demonic Fire creatures or Voidwalkers, however, Water Elementals really could not take much punishment! The difference was as obvious as a High Elf Arcane Mage competing with a human paladin to see who was tougher and could withstand more blows.
It seemed the High Elf Rangers could no longer keep treating the poorly equipped Trolls of Zul'Aman as their only hypothetical enemies. Since the Orcs had already summoned demons into Azeroth, the Burning Legion would inevitably return one day! The High Elves really ought to start preparing sooner...
Alone in her command tent, Sylvanas found herself thinking more and more, her thoughts gradually branching off into all sorts of distant possibilities...
After considerable time and several casts of elemental dispelling magic, the Shamans of the Orc Vanguard finally cleared away the vast smoke screen created by all the Smoke Bombs. By then, the Orc Vanguard commander could no longer see a single High Elf Ranger anywhere at the scene.
All the Orcs Vanguard Commander saw was a sight that filled him with grief and anger.
Within the area that had once been shrouded in thick smoke, he saw only the elite squadron of one hundred Wolf Riders he had sent out earlier and the fifty Wolf Riders he had subsequently sent in as reinforcements. Of those one hundred and fifty elite Orc Warriors, at least half now lay in pools of blood, beyond any hope of treatment.
As for the Worgs... their losses were even worse.
Of the sturdy mounts those one hundred and fifty riders had originally ridden, scarcely any within sight could still stand. Only a dozen or so lucky wolves remained standing forlornly with their riders on their backs, refusing to move.
The Orcs Vanguard Commander now understood perfectly well that the