The centaurs had no aerial reconnaissance troops like the high elves did. Besides, to avoid clashing with the centaurs, Yu Lin Bloodhawk and his forces had secretly taken a shortcut on this operation. There was no way they could have given the centaurs on Kolkar Ridge a chance to spot them.
If the high elves had succeeded in keeping their movements secret, then the Kolkar centaurs' sudden mobilization seemed rather suspicious. Both their timing and their target were far too much of a coincidence.
"But..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk felt there was more to it than that. "Lass, is there something else you haven't told me? If it were just the centaurs on Kolkar Ridge mobilizing, that shouldn't be enough to make you act like this!"
"If the centaurs on Kolkar Ridge had come before we entered the valley, or just after we arrived, when we hadn't prepared anything, they certainly would have caused us plenty of trouble. But now, even if they sent twice as many troops, they wouldn't be a problem for us. Our fleet is stationed just beyond the mountains and can strike them hard at any moment. What worries me is something else."
Sylvanas's eyebrows twitched upward as she continued, "From the time our fleet anchored at the mouth of the Southfury River to prepare for landing until not long ago, a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness had been watching us. But those eyes suddenly disappeared shortly before the centaurs on Kolkar Ridge mobilized. Then the centaurs began moving out in force."
"Are you saying the centaurs on Kolkar Ridge noticed us long ago?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked incredulously. "That's impossible, isn't it? They shouldn't have that kind of ability!"
"And that's precisely the problem!" Sylvanas said. "We still don't know who those eyes belonged