The Shadow of Flourishing Leaves was outstanding at concealing its users' presence, as the Draenei's use of it to hide the city of Telmor years ago made clear. If it could conceal an entire city, hiding two people was naturally no trouble at all.
But while taking Old Mograine along under stealth, Dick also discovered the Gemstone's flaw. The Holy Light spilling from the Ashbringer was too overpowering for even the Shadow of Flourishing Leaves to conceal completely. Ultimately, the Gemstone still needed Dick's mental power to operate, and Old Mograine was already an Epic Hero, utterly beyond Dick's level. In the end, he had no choice but to have the old knight wrap the sword completely in an enchanted sword cloth.
Fortunately, as Tyrande and Vashj fought desperately, their fierce battle disrupted the surrounding auras. Together with the Dark Energy swirling around Illidan, it had indeed kept Maiev from noticing Dick and Mograine, who had long been hiding beside him. Only thus had they been able to stop Maiev's strike at this critical instant.
The old knight had a very poor opinion of Illidan. More precisely, this uncompromising Paladin had a poor opinion of anyone who wielded darkness. But after Dick's explanation, he also knew that the demon-like Elf intended to use the dark artifact in his hands to attack the dark continent of Northrend from afar, destroying the master behind all the undead at the very source-the Lich King, the source of evil!
Old Mograine wholeheartedly supported such an undertaking, so he temporarily suppressed his disgust and hid with Dick beside the dark storm that made him uncomfortable all over, preventing anyone else from interrupting the ritual.
When the Ashbringer appeared, when the overpowering light of the Holy Blade that burned everything to ash shot into the sky,