The Mosena Marsh at night is eerie and lonely, because of its proximity to the Silver Pine Forest and the Tirisfal Woodland, this swamp is full of plants, and the fallen leaves and dead trunks are gradually turned into humus under the feet by the force of nature, further increasing the danger of the Mosena Marsh.

In an ordinary tent, High Priest Tadrar is conducting a routine exchange of information with Expeditionary Force Commander Tibest through magic crystals.

"I've entered the Silver Pines Forest with the boys, those Dalaran mages are lying, it's full of damn werewolves, I can't even find a single human alive!" In the picture projected by the magic crystal, Tibest had obviously just finished a battle, and he didn't even have time to take off his armor, "This is absolutely different from what they said, such a large number of werewolves can't have been summoned recently!" You and I both know what kind of virtue those shadow plane creatures are! ”

What Tibest said made Tadrar frown, it was clear that the mages of Dalaran had concealed some important information, which made the expeditionary force passive, although the cavalry led by Tibest was strong, but the cavalry was inherently unsuitable for fighting in the forest, and the hills of Hillsbrad were the most suitable battlefield for them.

It was precisely because he learned from the mages of Dalaran that the human traitor Arugao had summoned a large number of Shadow Werewolves in Shadowfang Castle, that Tibest hurriedly led his troops to the Silverpine Forest, he wanted to establish a strong enough forward position in the Silverpine Forest before the number of those werewolves became superior, only in this way, could this disaster be controlled within the smallest possible range and avoid the threat of the Hillsbrad Hills.

But now it seems that it will be difficult to achieve this goal, and the number of werewolves is far more numerous than Tibest expected, which has forced him to use a large number of soldiers to fight, causing the construction of the outpost to slow down considerably.

"We've fended off four werewolf attacks so far, and if it weren't for the timely arrival of those soldiers from the Ashwood Kingdom, I'm afraid I'd have had to take the boys into the swamp to join you!" Tibest stepped aside, and the projected image revealed a man-tall wooden fence in the distance, "As you can see, the pace of construction of the position is terrible, and even if there are enough supplies, it will take at least five days to set up the defenses. ”

"I'm afraid you'll have to get through it on your own, Tibest! The situation in the swamp of Mawson is not optimistic, there have been sporadic werewolves attacking us since a few days ago, those creatures from the shadow plane are not stupid beasts, it is clear that someone is directing these guys behind their backs! ”

"Did you even show up there? Looks like these wolf cubs are even trickier than I expected! Is that little guy okay? Tibest had a worried look on his face, worried about whether Tadelal's infantry would suffer heavy losses as a result, and on the other hand, worried about Raphael's safety. He knew that even if he killed more werewolves, as long as that little girl had a little accident, then this expedition would be more than half lost!

A rare smile appeared on Tadelal's face: "Don't worry! In fact, she's even better than we expected, and if it weren't for the lack of supplies, we'd probably be on the verge of crossing the Mawsena swamp by now! I have placed Prince Rasfar and Her Royal Highness Horbels by her side. ”

"Yours is yours! Those royal guards couldn't put their master in danger, so they would naturally keep Raphael safe! Tibest was very satisfied with Tadrar's arrangement, although one of them was a knight and the other was a priest, the two had been working together for more than 20 years, and they had a tacit understanding with each other, which was why Tibest could rest assured that the main force of the expeditionary force would be handed over to Tadrar.

"In contrast, I discovered something more important!" Tadrar is not worried about whether Tibest's side can establish a forward position, the Holy Light Knight also said before that it will take at least five days to build a defense system, not that it cannot be established, which means that Tibest's side is only facing some difficulties, not to the point of being insurmountable, "Look at this! ”

Following Tadraal's hand, Tibest in the projection cast his gaze on a corpse in a tent, a human corpse, but with wolf claws.

"What is this?"

"One of the werewolves who attacked us a few days ago became like this after being killed!" Tadelal's tone was tinged with concern, "Tibest, I'm afraid not every werewolf is summoned from the shadow plane!" Like this one I found, those damn guys are spreading a terrible disease! This worries me more than the overrun of werewolves! ”

Tibest wasn't stupid, and he soon realized how terrifyingly lethal a disease capable of infecting humans into werewolves could be. In fact, he didn't pay attention to those werewolves from the shadow plane at first, although the mages of Dalaran exaggerated how important this matter was, he believed that as long as he found a way to close the summoning channel connecting to the shadow plane, those shadow werewolves who came to the world of Entagre, no matter how powerful they were, were still rootless trees, rootless water, and it would take a few years, or even more than ten years, to get rid of them.

But if these shadow werewolves can infect ordinary humans into werewolves, then the danger level will increase exponentially. The Silverpine Forest alone is home to at least tens of thousands of human civilians, and if you count the Tirisfard Glades and the Hillsbrad Hills, that number rises to hundreds of thousands!

Thinking of hundreds of thousands of werewolves wreaking havoc in such a large area, Tibest felt like falling into an ice cellar, such a number of werewolves, not to mention their expeditionary force of less than 30,000 people, even if they added the Duchy of Giraldine and the Kingdom of Ashwood, which were closest to here, they couldn't compete. You must know that the most ordinary werewolf is at least the third order in terms of strength, and it can already be regarded as the main force in the regular army of the human kingdom!

"I've been studying this corpse for the past few days." Seeing the worry on Tibest's face, Tadrar didn't sell, "Although these questions have not yet been answered about how this disease that can infect people into werewolves, how it attacks, and how it can be lifted, at least I can confirm one thing!" The success rate of this conversion is not high! Otherwise, it won't be one or two werewolves that will attack us, but an entire army of werewolves! ”

"You're right! It's likely that the disease is just something like a toxin, and the transformation of humans into werewolves may just be a side effect! At least so far, there hasn't been anything like that among the lads under my hands! "Since Tibest has been fighting with werewolves several times, it is clear that there are quite a few wounded wounded as well, and if the transformation caused by this infection is simple, then he would have discovered this problem by now!

Tadelar waved for the corpse to be carried out, "I'll continue to study this corpse, but I'm not proficient in this area, and I'm afraid it's unlikely that I will get enough results!" ”

"I see! I'll try to pay attention to this issue here as well! I'm sure those shadow werewolves can't even transform corpses, as soon as something like this happens, I'll let you know as soon as I see something like that! ”

After exchanging a few more other information, Tadelar closed the magic crystal and let out a long sigh of relief, "Hopefully it's still too late." ”

In fact, he didn't tell Tibest about his worst concerns, and Tadrar was more worried about Southsea Town than about establishing a forward position in the Silverpine Forest, and crossing the Mosena swamp with the main force of the expeditionary force. It is the largest human settlement in the Hillsbride Hills, and the logistics center of the expeditionary force fighting in this area, and the supplies provided by the Ashwood Kingdom will converge along the two supply routes of Hinterland and the coastline to the town of Southsea.

Once the werewolves broke out of the Silver Pines Forest and captured Nanhai Town before the expeditionary force arrived, it meant that the expeditionary force lost an important support point that could steadily obtain supplies. In this case, the expeditionary force could only retreat to Hinterland, relying on the Eagle's Nest Mountain for defense, and could not move forward. Without enough supplies, human soldiers can't compete with the fangs and teeth of werewolves!

Moreover, once those werewolves capture Nanhai Town, it means that more than 50,000 human civilians will become their food, and how many of them will be transformed into werewolves, Tadelar can't imagine it!

If this really happens, not only will the expeditionary force face great danger, but the entire Hillsbrad Hills will also be plunged into war, and the Blood Cave Clan of Dunhold Castle and the Dark Pine Trolls on the Broken Ridge will definitely not sit idly by, and the human race will completely lose its influence on the Hillsbrad Hills!

Tadrar stepped out of the tent and looked up at the night sky. The dense swamp vegetation caused the smell of decay in the earth to linger at the height of the canopy, creating a thin layer of mist at low altitude, but Tadelal's own strength allowed him to easily look through the fog and see the stars in the night sky.

"Need help?" A thick voice came from the side, and from the fire not far from the tent, a dwarf stood up and walked towards Tadlar.

This is the heavy dwarven guardian from Ironforge, fifty dwarven guardians and twenty dwarf pazula (arcane guards) are all the forces of Ironforge to support this expedition, due to the status of these dwarves and gnomes, Tadelar did not let them follow Tibest to the Silver Pine Forest, but left them by his side, and the elves also sent a group of elite jungle hunters to help, these long ears have been taken away by Tibest and used to act as eyes and ears in the Silver Pine Forest.

"Maybe that little guy was right, I should have followed her advice." When Tadelar saw the dwarves, he remembered Raphael's suggestion when he decided to cross the Mosena swamp. She had advised Tadelar to leave the dwarves and gnomes, as well as some lightly armed soldiers, in the kingdom of Ashwood and use transport ships to go directly to Southsea Town, where it could protect supplies and increase the town's defenses as much as possible. However, at that time, Tibest and Tadrar did not realize that the number of werewolves would grow so quickly, and thought that relying on the strength of the South Sea Guard could hold the entire South Sea Town, so they did not heed this advice.

Now it seems that Raphael's advice is so correct. If these dwarves and gnomes were able to travel to Southsea Town on a transport ship, then Tadelal wouldn't have to worry about Southsea Town's defenses at all now!

"Morey, how are you doing these days?"

Morey Tower, the commander of the Ironforge reinforcements, of course, you can't expect a dwarf to have enough brains to command an army, but with less than a hundred soldiers, this dwarven warrior who has been in service for almost five years is still up to the task.

"Excellent! Just not being able to drink was a disappointment to us! Of course, I understand the current situation, don't worry, Your Excellency, I'll let those little bunnies take care of their mouths! ”

"Thank you! Morey, I hope you can do me a favor! ”

"Help? Great, we're here to help! Those bones before weren't even warm-ups! You say, what are we going to do? ”

Tadelal pointed ahead, where Raphael and the others were camping, "I hope you, and our dwarf friends, will go and do that little girl a favor." We're going to build a pontoon bridge there as soon as possible, so that we can cross the most dangerous part of this swamp. ”

The dwarves have a talent for architecture, and the gnomes are also good at engineering, and Tadelal plans to send some soldiers to Raphael's command in order to open the road to the town of Nanhai as soon as possible.

"No problem! Leave it to us! Not to mention a pontoon bridge, given enough time, we dwarves can even build you a golden strip across the swamp! Hahaha! "Dwarven bragging is as normal as drinking, and there's nothing these guys can't do.

"Get up, stand up for Lao Tzu, we have work to do! Damn, it's not a fight, this time you don't have to hit people on the head with a hammer! We're going to build a pontoon bridge, so stand up for Lao Tzu and hurry up! Morey screamed at the dwarves who were drowsy because they couldn't drink, and the gnomes were already packing up the tools and supplies they might use.

Tadelar was not idle, and he had five hundred soldiers and twenty priests sent in as reinforcements to assist those friends in Ironforge to Raphael's camp. For a while, the entire camp was filled with noisy shouts. The gathering of personnel and the replenishment of materials made the camp lively at night.

"Hopefully, it's still too late!"