"Wait, fellows!" Brann Bronzebeard said excitedly as he looked at the clearly visible cavern before them:
"Let me check what's inside first... Come here, Grybe!"
At the dwarf's command, his pet gorilla, Grybe, slipped through the opening and into the cavern.
Everyone present immediately fell silent.
About a minute later, a loud cry from the gorilla rang out inside the cavern, and Bryan's face lit up:
"No problem, this is the place!"
Before he had finished speaking, the Bronzebeard dwarf had already picked up his hunting rifle and impatiently scrambled into the cavern.
"Everyone, head inside!" Karin ordered quietly. "Leave the gryphons here for now, with two dwarves and a mage to guard them. Remember to warn us if anything happens!"
The entrance blasted into the cavern was very narrow, clearly making it difficult for the larger gryphons to squeeze through.
The mages and dwarves readied their weapons in turn, then entered the cavern one after another.
Anduin Lothar walked at the rear of the group. He had put his plate armor back on and looked full of vigor; besides the Holy Sword Quel'Zaram, he also carried a slightly shorter one-handed sword in a red scabbard and a very broad shield.
With all that heavy equipment, he looked like a small tank.
"I'm heading down first, Karin!" Lothar handed his weapons to a dwarf who had already entered the cave. Only after passing them inside did he bend down and squeeze into the cave...
"I'll stay here too!" Alexstrasza said quietly:
"It's too cramped and oppressive down there. It makes me very uncomfortable."
Karin nodded and did not refuse the Red Dragon Queen's request... After all, her true form was so enormous. If she happened to lose control and reveal it inside the ruins, wouldn't that be a disaster?