"So the Dark Portal has already been occupied by demons?" Patrick glanced at everyone studying the map. For the situation in the Blasted Lands, he still needed input from the commanders of the other races.
The coalition leaders who had previously met outside Nethergarde Keep now had another member. The orc warlord Dathun had naturally invited Patrick to join the army clearing demons out of the Blasted Lands.
The situation in the Blasted Lands was neither good nor bad. The demons on the outskirts had been cleared out. Aside from the areas occupied by the Mosh'Ogg Ogre leader, Grolor the Destroyer, the Altar of Storms guarded by the orc warlock Sevini, and the human mage Orista, most of the demons elsewhere had already been eliminated.
"That's right." Dathun looked deeply embarrassed. Speaking of the fighting in the Blasted Lands brought a troubled frown to the orc warlord's face. "Because of Ras'lekh the Defiler, the entire coalition has suffered one defeat after another. Whenever we're about to break into Mosh'Ogg Hold, the Altar of Storms, or the other locations, Ras'lekh the Defiler secretly mobilizes the great numbers of demons entrenched in the Rotting Scar to join Sevini, Grolor, and Orista in surrounding and attacking our forces."
"..." Patrick glanced at everyone present, finding it somewhat unbelievable. In terms of military strength, how could the demons in the Blasted Lands possibly withstand the combined armies of the Alliance and the Horde?
Guard Captain Lessoni Dewin and Watcher Mahalba also noticed Patrick's confusion. Mahalba, the Alliance's chief administrator at Nethergarde Keep, said, "Ras'lekh the Defiler has remained in hiding, while the demons in the Rotting Scar rely on the terrain and the summoning at the Altar of Storms. Our combined forces have no way to wipe them out directly. As for Sevini, Grolor,