Mathis's main intention was not what he had stated. What he chiefly wanted was for his subordinates to gather more Oshu'gun Crystal Shards. As a veteran Blood Knight, he too had sensed the energy contained within those Crystal Shards.
Almost the entirety of the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion and the Dark Curse Burning Legion had been created by converting the energy of a single M'uru. What if Quel'Thalas could gain another K'ure? The membership of the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion and the Dark Curse Burning Legion might double, and the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas would grow far stronger.
For a staunch royal loyalist like Mathis, the affairs of the Mag'har Orcs were of little concern. What he cared about was collecting those Oshu'gun Crystal Shards.
Of course, Mathis also knew that if they planned to hollow out Oshu'gun outright, those orcs would certainly fight the blood elves to the death. Keeping the troops stationed here would at least give them ample time to collect those Crystal Shards.
Hui Li, the leader of the Dark Curse Burning Legion, was still at Sunspring Watchpost. Most of the Dark Curse Burning Legion warlocks who had accompanied Mathis were subordinates around the sixth rank or in the seventh tier, and they collected soul shards very slowly. By contrast, every Blood Knight under Mathis was an expert of at least the seventh tier. The speed with which they searched for Crystal Shards was practically enough to strip the land bare.
Watching the warlocks extract demon souls, the Mag'har Orcs had never found the warlock profession so pleasing to the eye. After being fed for a time, K'ure's condition grew increasingly stable.
After the allied forces cleared out all the demons and freed the souls of the orc ancestors, K'ure no longer had souls to consume, but