After hearing Liadrin's report, Aaron had some doubts that he had not been away for less than ten days, but had been away for a month.
When they left before, the expedition team had just finished a simple cleanup of Utgarde. In order to allow these soldiers who rarely came to fight in such a cold environment to adapt to the Northrend environment, Aaron and the upper-level commanders of the expedition team decided not to launch a battle for a short time.
As a result, Aaron just came back from Dragonblight and learned that the expedition team had conflicted with Ice Troll, which made Aaron feel that he had missed something.
"Tell me more about it." Aaron rubbed his forehead and looked at Liadrin, "Did it take you such a short time to get to Zul'Drak?"
"Zul'Drak? Where?" Liadrin didn't seem to know the location of Zul'Drak. "We met those Ice Troll in a place called Grizzly Hills."
"Grizzly Hills? Are you sure you met not Furbolg but Ice Troll?" Aaron frowned. In theory, Grizzly Hills should be Furbolg's territory. Isn't Ice Troll basically only in Zul'Drak's territory?
"Furbolg? You mean those talking bears, right? We met them too, but we met Ice Troll first, and Furbolg later."
"Did you go from the east road Grizzly Hills?" Aaron studied the Northrend map on the table that already had a lot of details. I think this is also the result of Liadrin and their investigation going north this time.
Apart from taking the sea route, there are only two ways from Howling Fjord to Grizzly Hills. One is to go north from the westernmost part of Howling Fjord, bypass the sleeping Jotunheim of Dragonflayer Vrykul, and arrive at the southwest of Grizzly Hills.
The other road goes straight north from Utgarde, passes through the snowy mountains sandwiched between Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills, and enters Grizzly Hills.
Judging from Liadrin's description, Aaron guessed that they passed through the middle road. Liadrin's description also proved Aaron's guess.
"About two days after you left, my people were clamoring to go north to see the situation. Didn't you say that sooner or later there would be a fight with Ice Troll? We just wanted to see what Ice Troll looked like first, and Zul'Aman What's the difference between those Forest Troll?" When Liadrin said this, her eyes were a little wandering. Obviously, it was not her subordinate Blood Knights who was interested in Ice Troll, but herself.
Since Liadrin changed her job to Paladin, a certain trait called violent madness began to show up in her. When Zul'Aman was attacked, this girl took the initiative to ask to participate in the battle. Later, when Zul'Aman and Troll were roaming in the southern area of Eversong Woods, Liadrin took the initiative to participate in the battle several times, and her enthusiasm for fighting was much higher than that of her compatriots.
If Lor'themar hadn't been there to persuade him from time to time, I'm afraid Liadrin would have followed the ranger sent by Sylvanas to Hinterlands.
After coming to Northrend, Liadrin, who had lost his restraint, let himself go more and more freely. As the commander of Blood Knights, Charge was always in front. Compared with Blood Knights who commanded his subordinates, this girl seemed to prefer to pour out her power on every enemy.
After being told the truth by Aaron, Liadrin didn't feel embarrassed at all. He paused for a moment and continued, "In order to investigate Ice Troll's situation, I asked Halduron to ask for some rangers, and headed north with a few Blood Knights who had completed training."
Because the map in hand lacks details and is difficult to use as a reference, Liadrin and his group's journey north was simply a disaster.
It was okay when they first set off. The road left by Vrykul at least prevented Liadrin and the others from going the wrong way. However, after entering the snow-capped mountains, this good luck left the team.
"You don't know, there are too many problems encountered in the snow-capped mountains, so you can't speak too loudly. There was an unlucky kid who wanted to report something to me, so he spoke a little louder, and we were almost buried in an avalanche." Liadrin looked a little scared when he talked about this. "Fortunately, there were a few dwarves who were accustomed to the snow-capped mountains environment and went with us, otherwise we wouldn't have even thought about getting out."
Although the dwarves are very experienced in how to survive in the snow-capped mountains, this does not mean that Liadrin's trip to the snow-capped mountains went smoothly. In fact, because they had to avoid avalanches and find a passable road, by the time they finally left the snow-capped mountains, they were completely lost. After finally leaving the snow-capped mountains, Liadrin was surprised to find that a vast ocean appeared in front of them.
"You..." Aaron gestured on the map and found out in silence that Liadrin and the others had lost their way in a large enough area. They could actually get lost from the middle of the snow-capped mountains to the seaside.
"Ahem, we have no experience." Liadrin dismissed the topic in one sentence and continued, "You will never imagine what we encountered at the beach."
"What happened? Ice Troll."
"Of course not Ice Troll," Liadrin shook his head and said mysteriously, "We saw a large group of Forest Troll at the beach."
"Forest Troll? What are you doing here?" Aaron immediately thought of the Amani Trolls that was taken away by Zandalar's fleet. Could it be that they were following Zandalar's fleet came to Northrend together? But why did they come here? Zandalari Trolls couldn't let this group of refugees come to support Ice Troll, right? "You continue."
"You don't seem surprised at all?" Liadrin said disappointedly. She originally expected to see some surprise on Aaron's face.
Aaron smiled and said, "Although it is unexpected, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs. You should continue talking."
"Okay," Liadrin continued with some dejection, "When we first saw those Forest Troll, we thought we were going to fight them, but there were more of them, so we had to let them go."
Liadrin was quite disappointed when talking about this incident. He seemed to regret that he had to give up the battle due to the opponent's numerical advantage. "The group of Forest Troll seemed to be looking for something there, but we didn't understand the details. After they left, we continued walking north, and we met many Ice Troll in the ruins."
Liadrin was feeling a little depressed because he had put Forest Troll over. When he saw that the number of Ice Troll in the ruins was relatively small, he immediately took action. This reconnaissance team finally achieved a record of three minor injuries and more than ten Ice Troll heads.
"It's a pity that we let a few of the faster ones run away, otherwise we would definitely have been able to go farther north." When talking about this battle, Liadrin felt quite elated, but at the end he felt a little depressed again, "Those damn guys brought back a large group of them. Troll and the beasts, we were almost left behind. Fortunately, we met a group of Furbolg. They seemed to have a good impression of us, helped us fight off those Ice Troll, and even invited us to visit their town."
Liadrin also learned from these Furbolgs that the area was called Grizzly Hills. In the end, Countess still felt a little regretful. "At that time, I was only thinking about coming back to find more people to take revenge. Now that I think about it, it would be good to visit those Furbolgs first. I don't know if they live in caves."
"They live in a tree hole. If you have a chance, you can go and take a look." Aaron said casually, while he was thinking about whether to deal with Ice Troll first. Depending on the situation, Zandalari Trolls may have already been on the line with them, but I don't know what these Troll want to do this time.