"Your Highness, there is no intelligence to discover, but a map has been found."

After a few minutes, the elves' search was over, and Valera retrieved a map from her thieves and reported it to Kael'thas.

"Show me."

Despite some regret, Kael'thas took the map made of leather and opened it.

It's a map that feels very ordinary, except that the terrain and movement of the entire Arathi Heights are perfectly displayed - it can't be done overnight.

Kael'thas saw a strange place where a few circles were drawn.

"This is supposed to be where they landed"

He muttered to himself, then looked at it earnestly and found nothing.

But for some reason, he felt uneasy.

The orcs landed on the coast above the Arathi Heights, to the east of Kael'thas where they are now a little below, and from the map, that location is not good.

It has no advantages other than a relatively wide coast, and even requires a few steep cliffs to enter the interior of Arashi.

[How did they choose there?] 】

Kael'thas was puzzled, and he pored over the Subject's map, and found that a few hundred meters below the landing site was an even better landing site.

It has a wide coast, only a few small slopes inland, and is very well located, far from human towns.

So if you choose from the landing location, the orcs should choose the location below.

The place they had chosen now was very inconvenient to defend, and if the elves and dwarves occupied the cliffs next to them, then the people of the coast would be at great risk.

If there's one thing about this place, it's just a cave

【Caves? 】

Kael'thas stared at the map and made sure there was a cave where the orcs had landed, and immediately turned his head on.

What can a cave do?

No matter what you do, the cave is so secret, it's hard to spot.

[What plan do they definitely have!] 】

Kael'thas was immediately sure in his mind.

"Teacher."

Quietly, he handed the map to Mephites, wanting to see what he thought.

After more than ten seconds, Mephites also pointed to the cave on the map with his finger and said:

"There's something wrong here."

The views of the two were immediately in agreement.

Kael'thas suddenly rearranged everything that had happened in the past two days by him, and then completely wiped out all his previous thoughts.

[I almost got tricked]

He smiled bitterly, then felt the passage of time, and hurriedly called the Elf to embark on the escape journey again.

No, this time it may not be just an escape.

"Valera, take some elves and see what the cave is like on the map."

On the way, Kael'thas handed the map to Valera and commanded:

"You go and see what they're doing, just go out and look at it, don't go too deep."

He watched as the female thief took the map in her arms, and then said:

"It's okay to focus on your own safety, and if you don't know the specific situation, you can be sure that their actions are weird."

Valera nodded, her eyes wide open to him.

"I understand, Your Highness is worried about me"

She said it bluntly.

Kael'thas hadn't heard her abrupt words in years since he returned to Quel'Thalas as a prince.

Hearing such words now made him feel the warmth of memories.

"I'm worried about every elf."

Still, Kael'thas cut through with a slick edge.

He even kept a smile on his face

"I'm in it"

Valera said.

Kael'thas was stunned for a moment, nodded, and smiled a little happily:

"Well, there's one of you"

He didn't understand that being able to clearly inform a person of his concerns would make that person happier than the other elves.

Valera's eyes flashed, not knowing what she was thinking

"Then I'll go down!"

She nodded to Kael'thas and drove the Landing Bird out of the group.

Some of the elven thieves who had also heard the conversation between the two quickly followed.

A dozen thieves separated from the large army and ran towards the sea.

"Your Highness, are we going to join the Hammer Dwarves?"

At this time, Liadline came over and asked.

Kael'thas nodded, and passed by a tree, and the white chocobos entered the forest with agility.

"We're going to join them first, and then we're going to decide on a new fight."

He explained.

Kael'thas had realized that the situation was not optimistic, that he and the dwarves had been wrong, and that the orcs had not been so narrow-minded at all.

They don't want Hinterland.

Perhaps the real targets are the two regions of Hinterland and Arathi Highlands.

Only then can their actions be explained.

The orcs surrounded the elves and restrained them, perhaps to prevent them from discovering their movements, or perhaps to eradicate the elves in one fell swoop if the plan went well.

Their view of Hinterland is optimistic, and the first target should be the Arathi Heights.

If the Arathi Heights are captured and the elves are successfully destroyed, then Hinterland will be captured.

You know, Hinterland is an isolated place surrounded by the Arathi Heights and Aucklake

Defeating Hinterland can inflict a two-pinch attack on the alliance. But if the Arathi Heights were to be captured, Hinterland would be left alone, and with internal instability, it would be easy to take it, and the result would be that the entire alliance would have only a long, fragile defensive line on the western flank.

The Alliance will face the Orcs from the Ocean Landing in the Hills of Hillsbrad and a dogfight between the Orcs from Arahi. And its logistical route, due to the presence of Lake Talenmere, is only provided by a narrow forest of silver pines.

Silver pine forests, which are also threatened by the western and eastern seas, are extremely fragile and fragile.

What's even more terrifying is that the capitals of Dalaran and Lordaeron will be exposed to the fangs of the tribes.

The human alliance may have to accept the fate of defeat.

Unless the battle on the southern continent is won

But it's hard

The south is now the main force of the orcs, and the alliance will inevitably be unable to defend against it.

And historically, the orc tribes also occupied the lands in the south with rocket-like speed before launching an offensive to the north.

After all, after the loss of Stormwind there, it is no longer the home of humans, and the logistics of humans are still in the north, and they cannot be compared with the local tribes.

Dwarves and gnomes, while providing logistics, may have fallen by now.

"Arathi can't be lost"

Kael'thas sighed that if he was lost, his High Elves would be in great danger.

But what exactly is the Horde preparing?

How are they going to conquer the human cities of the Arathi Heights?

(To be continued)