Lothar was very relieved of Dai Lin, the monarch of the kingdom of the sea, and there was no one better at commanding naval battles than him.

Lothar said, "In that case, we will leave the maritime affairs to General Prodmoor. ”

"Okay marshal, I'll show those orc tribes the power of the artillery of our Kurtilas fleet." Dai Lin replied with a military salute. Although he is the king of a country, he has always maintained a military style, so he also maintains enough respect for Lothar, the commander-in-chief of the Lordaeron Alliance, instead of being dismissive of Lothar like Aiden.

In terms of naval warfare, Dai Lin is completely sure, and the fleets he brought from Kurtiras this time are elite navies that have been fighting pirates, naga, and fishmen at sea all year round.

"As for the others......" Lothar said, looking around, "we need to keep our soldiers ready to march at any time, and once General Proudmore has determined the landing site of the Horde, we must rush over as soon as possible to build fortifications and set up defensive formations in advance." ”

Solas hesitated for a moment and said, "Since the orcs are marching by sea, do you need to let my army withdraw from the Saldo Bridge first?" ”

"Nope." Lothar shook her head and rejected Soras's proposal, saying, "Those troops don't need to move yet, according to the intelligence, there are still some orcs who did not go north with the ship, but were stationed in the wetlands. We're going to have to prevent them from sneaking up on the Saldo Bridge, just in case. ”

Aurelia, who had been quietly listening, spoke, "My rangers have brought back the news that these orcs seem to be planning to march east of the wetlands, but they don't know where they are going. ”

"East?" Everyone looked at the map on the table.

Solas's territory is adjacent to wetlands, so it's a good idea to know there.

He pointed to the map suspiciously and said, "Is it Grimbaatar?" Isn't this a city that has long been abandoned by the Hammer Dwarves? I've heard that there's a terrible curse there, what are these orcs doing there? ”

When the Black Iron Dwarves attacked Grimbaatar, the Hammer Clan's patriarch, Kaderos, personally went into battle to slay the witch Mordgood.

Mordgood viciously unleashed a final curse on his deathbed, leaving Grimbaatar full of dead souls and no longer inhabitable.

The Hammer tribe had no choice but to leave Grimbaatar, and later settled in Hinterland in the far north, leaving Grimbaatar an empty city.

None of the people present except Varian knew the reason for the orc's move, and they discussed it for a long time without any useful results.

Finally, Lothar said: "Whatever their schemes, we just need to guard the Saldo Bridge. Lady Aurelia, please keep an eye on these orcs and keep you informed of them as they become available. ”

"I see, Marshal." Aurelia replied with a slight bow.

Varian also received news from MI7 agents about the orcs who stayed in the wetlands, and based on his memories from his previous life, he judged that these orcs should be the Dragonthroat Clan.

Varian calculated the time, and at this time, Zuluhid, the patriarch of the Dragonthroat Clan, should have obtained the ancient artifact Dragon's Soul with the secret help of Deathwing.

Moreover, since the Dragonthroat Clan has begun to set off for Grimbaatar, then the Red Dragon Queen Alexstasa must have been enslaved by them with the dragon's soul and is about to be pulled to Grimbaatar to lay eggs.

Speaking of this dragon soul, it has a great origin.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Burning Legion invaded Azeroth, and the War of the Ancients broke out.

In order to slay the endless demons that continue to pour out of the portals, the Black Dragon King Nesario, who is also the "Guardian of the Earth", has a suggestion, which is to combine the power of the five guardian dragons to create a powerful artifact, the Dragon's Soul.

Several of the other guardian dragons believed in Nesario and surrendered some of their powers, but Nessario, who had been bewitched by the ancient god Enzos, did not infuse his own power into the dragon's soul.

Nesario used the Dragon's Soul to destroy countless demons, but no one could have imagined that the Black Dragon King would then go mad on the battlefield and turn against his allies with the Dragon's Soul, causing the other four-colored dragons to suffer heavy casualties.

Nesario's skin was torn apart by the dragon's soul's immense energy, and scorching lava erupted from these wounds.

This betrayal of the Black Dragon King directly caused the entire Guardian Dragon Legion to withdraw from the war, and the original Guardian of the Earth, Netsario, became the Destroyer of Worlds Deathwing.

Later, with the help of Malfurion and others, the other four guardian dragons recaptured the dragon's soul and sealed it in the remote Red Ridge Mountains.

The Guardian Dragons cast a spell on the Dragon's Soul to prevent any creature in Azeroth from accessing the artifact.

After the Dark Gate opened, the Orcs, creatures who did not belong to Azeroth, caught the attention of Deathwing.

Deathwing uses an illusion to confuse Zuluhid, the leader of the Dragonmaw Clan, and directs him to lead his people to the Red Ridge Mountains in search of the Dragon's Soul.

With Deathwing's covert help, Zuluhid and the others slew the red dragon Olastaz, who guarded the dragon's soul.

Warlock Nexus Skullcrusher used an unholy spell to destroy the dragon's soul's magical defenses, and he sensed the remnants of the ancient war, naming the dragon's soul "Demon's Soul". (Note)

Because the Dragon's Soul has the power of the other four guardian dragons except for the Black Dragon, the Red Dragon Queen Alexstasa is unable to resist its control at all.

Varian could foresee that it wouldn't be long before the orc horde had a firepower air force.

But Varian didn't tell anyone in the room what he knew, as he didn't want to get Deathwing's attention too soon.

Anyway, the Dragonthroat Clan has no way to completely tame the red dragon for the time being, so they can only threaten the other red dragons by using Alexstasa.

Varian was going to wait for news from MI7 agents to come back for some time, and he would alert the kings of the Alliance on the grounds that the agents had spotted the Red Dragon.

Moreover, Varian also plans to have Pasonia secretly send someone to pass on the news that Alexstasa was enslaved by the orcs and taken to Grimbaatar to Dalaran, as for how the Kenrito Council and Crassus will rescue the Red Dragon Queen after getting the news, this is not Varian's concern.

(Note: The official World of Warcraft Chronicle published in 2017 and the description of Dragon's Soul in the official novel Ancient War trilogy are slightly conflicting, and the later World of Warcraft Chronicles shall prevail here.) ）