Without dwelling on the issue any further, the dragons immediately transformed back into their true forms and took to the air to fight the Qiraji's Wasp Burning Legion and Zora Burning Legion. The desert was open terrain, with no trees for cover. Whichever side seized control of the skies would pose an enormous threat to the other's ground forces.
Unlike the Opening of the Gates, most of the Qiraji troops appearing this time were elite forces, and quite a few were "old friends" of the Cenarion Circle. Faced with so many Qiraji, High Overlord Saurfang had no choice but to commit all the dragons to battle.
The Qiraji had the advantage in numbers, but most of the lower-ranking Qiraji were little more than enormous insects with low intelligence. The various siege weapons, war machines, and spells had been a great help to the allied forces.
But the Qiraji also had powerful combatants, and they were by no means weak in that regard. In other words, the allied forces not only had to focus on clearing out the bugs efficiently, but also had to commit more fighters to attacking those powerful Qiraji.
Previously, neither the senior commanders of the various races nor the supreme commander, High Overlord Saurfang, had taken the field. This time, however, they would probably have to fight in person.
Of all the armies, the most outstanding was the Combined Burning Legion of more than thirty thousand Blood Elves Patrick had brought. Aside from the Gor'dok Ogre guards, ranged forces such as the Magisters' Legion, the Farstriders, and the Dark Curse Burning Legion rained spells and enchanted arrows down on the Qiraji army.
With protection from the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion, part of the Spellbreaker Burning Legion, the other melee fighters, and the Ogres, the entire Blood Elf