It is well known that the High Elves have an intractable feud with the forest trolls, which has been accumulated since Darth Rema took over the sacred land of the forest trolls and founded Silvermoon City.

The trolls of the forest had dreamed of destroying the High Elves and reclaiming the Holy Land, but to this day, their wish has not been fulfilled, and they have left themselves half dead.

Since the fall of Amani, the suzerainty clan of forest trolls, the most powerful forest trolls living are none other than the Evil Branch Clan, who have settled in the Hinterland Highlands.

The Trolls of the Evil Branch once joined the old tribe with the late Zurkin, the Grand Chief of the Amani Empire, and under the plan of Guldan, he was only one step away from completing the obsession of the ancestors of the Amani Empire.

However, under the influence of the butterfly effect caused by the fledgling Sarren, the invincible Zuljin was eventually defeated and died, and his ambition to capture Silvermoon City was dashed.

There is a good saying in the barrage, wasting opportunities is retribution.

After Quel'Salas had struggled through that weakest period, revenge against the Amani Empire came unexpectedly.

With the defeat of Zu Aman, the Amani clan is completely history, and after the birth of Zurgin, the forest trolls who had been in the middle of the world have been beaten into the stinking ditch.

Without the restraint of Amani, the suzerain, the remaining forest troll clans have been fighting their own battles since then.

In order to compete for the vacant suzerainlord clan throne, the strongest evil branch and the deadwood clan have long regarded each other as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh that must be removed.

Due to the weakening of the kingdom of Stormgard, the Deadwood Trolls, who also inhabit the Arathi Heights, once showed the potential to outperform the evil branches.

However, with the return of Danas and the re-establishment of the alliance under the leadership of Karia, the kingdom of Stormgard began to take on a new lease of life with the help of many allies.

As the saying goes, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers.

Stormgard's resurgence will inevitably affect the Deadwood Trolls, their neighbors.

The Deadwood Trolls, whose territory spans Arathi and Hinterland, have become increasingly difficult to survive and thrive in the Arathi Heights, and they have no choice but to shift their focus to Hinterland, which is only a mountain away from Arashi.

Compared to Stormgard, which is recovering from its strength, the situation in the Hinterland Heights is also complicated, but the Deadwood Trolls are relatively less under pressure from the Alliance.

It's very simple, because there is still the Evil Branch Troll in front of him.

With the re-establishment of the Council of the Three Hammers by the three major dwarven clans, a large number of Brute Hammer Dwarves moved to Ironforge, the capital of the Kingdom of Kazmodan, at the behest of Kudran, the representative of the Brute Hammer.

Although this greatly strengthened the cohesion of the Kazmodan Kingdom in a short period of time, it also inevitably weakened the influence and deterrence of the Brute Hammer Dwarves in the Hinterland Highlands.

Again, one trades off the other.

Now that the Hammer Clan has put its development focus back on Ironforge, the ambitious trolls will certainly not let go of this opportunity to expand their sphere of influence.

Salian had already received information about the situation in Hinterland, and the Evil Branch Clan, eager to expand its territory, stepped up its persecution of other small and medium-sized forest troll clans in order to strengthen their own military power.

It was against this backdrop that the Evil Tooth Clan, which settled on the eastern coast of Hinterland, was forced to seek refuge in the Alliance in order to find room to survive.

Of course, Sarren would not sit idly by and watch the Evil Branch's rapid expansion of power, and he suggested that Furstad, who remained in the Eagle's Nest, would secretly bring in another powerful forest troll clan to completely muddy the situation in the Hinterland Highlands.

Vorstad is a formidable fighter who is self-aware of his abilities.

Leading griffin knights into battle is his forte, but when it comes to strategic planning, Furstad believes that he can't match the prestige of the Archduke of the Shadows.

Eventually, Furstad took Sarren's advice, and he gradually withdrew the defenders who had remained in the mountains south of Hinterland to guard against the Deadwood Trolls.

The Deadwood Trolls, who were struggling to survive in the Arathi Highlands, soon discovered the loophole, and after confirming that there were no traps, they quickly made up their minds to move the main force of the Deadwood Clan to Hinterland.

The subsequent developments proved that Sarren's vision was true, and the Deadwood Troll lived up to his expectations.

Due to the stealthy withdrawal of the Hammer Dwarves, the Evil Branch Trolls, who were busy forcing the other Forest Troll clan clans, failed to notice the movement in the southwestern part of Hinterland.

When the Evil Branch Troll came back to his senses, he was surprised to find that the Shadraro Temple, which originally belonged to the Evil Branch Clan, had been overrun by the Deadwood Trolls who had concentrated their forces to break through, and the nearby Zur Altar sounded the alarm of the highest level.

Shadraro is a shrine dedicated to Loa Shadra, the spider queen nicknamed the Silk Dancer has been living in the sacred mountain of Zudasa, and occasionally sends down her clone to help at the call of the forest troll.

Loa didn't value the ownership of his temple, as long as he continued to send them faith, it didn't matter which force occupied the temple.

The Deadwood Trolls are not stupid, and after conquering Shadralo, they immediately renewed their faith in Shadra, the spider queen, and soon transformed Shadraro into the Deadwood Clan's main stronghold in Hinterland.

Now it's interesting, the Deadwood Clan and the Evil Branch Clan, both of which belong to the forest trolls, have long had a vendetta, and the enemies are naturally very angry when they meet.

The Hammer dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain took the opportunity of the large-scale migration of their tribesmen to deliberately reduce their sense of existence to show that the enemy was weak, and the deadwood trolls and evil branch trolls who had no worries were relieved to fight boldly in the Hinterland Highlands.

Unlike the Frost Trolls and Jungle Trolls, the High Elves and Forest Trolls' hatred can never be resolved.

The ancestral lands of the forest trolls are still firmly occupied by the High Elves, and even their ancestral graves have been gouged away and transformed into the habitat of the Quil Salas Eagle.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the High Elves and the Hammer Dwarves already cooperate a lot, and this battle of Noseron has further deepened the relationship between the two races.

It just so happened that after freeing up their forces from the restored peace of Northeron, the Hammer Dwarves were able to focus more on Hinterland.

Deadwood and Evil Branch, the two forest troll clans that have punched each other's dog brains, the Hammer Dwarves and the High Elves don't want to let go.

Salaan intends to take this opportunity to wipe out the two remaining clans of the forest trolls in one fell swoop, and completely trample this long-standing enemy into the mud, so that they will never be able to turn over.

Even if the feud between the elves and the forest trolls is not raised, the existence of the evil branch trolls will always threaten the survival of the Evil Tooth clan that has fallen to the alliance early, and it will also directly affect the security of the gold trade route that the High Elves are actively preparing.

Due to the presence of the Temple of Atahaca, the Swamp of Sorrows has been under the watchful eye of the Green Dragons.

With Sarren, a hybrid with both dragon and High elf bloodlines, the Green Dragons can't have much of an opinion on the High Elves settling into the Swamp of Sorrow.

Rather, they welcomed the High Elves to join them, and they could also share some of the pressure of monitoring the Temple of Atahaka.

Not to mention the Cursed Lands, which has long been run as a stronghold of the Alliance due to the existence of the Dark Gate that runs between Draenor, and has the important task of connecting the two worlds.

Today's Draenor is very different from the time of the Second Orc War.

Under Sarjan's scheme, Draenor became Azeroth's bridgehead against the Burning Legion's massive onslaught.

Looking left and right, there is only one unstable factor in the entire golden route, Hinterland, and it is natural for Salian to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.

However, before leaving Notheron and returning north, Salian had some miscellaneous matters to take care of.

The first to bear the brunt of this is the Shadow Flame Seed, the treasure of the Black Dragon Clan, which Nefarian voluntarily handed over.

The Shadow Flame Seed is a blazing black flame that looks inconspicuous on the outside.

According to the agreement, Nefarian, who had thrown off a large number of burdens, readily entrusted Onexia to hand it over to Saljan on his behalf, and he took a small piece of Saljan's voluntarily cut flesh and blood to return to the laboratory for retreat.

Oh, by the way, in order to ensure that Nefarian does not mess around, and by the way, to protect Nefarian from being assassinated by the angry Deathwing, Yinas will also follow him to Blackwing's lair, and the two can also exchange research experience in genetic engineering.

"Is this the Shadow Flame Seed?"

After receiving the black flame from Onexia's hand, Sarayan felt the burning heat on his palm and touched his chin thoughtfully.

"It seems that before we can deal with the problem of Hinterland, we will have to make one more trip to Ulduar and turn to Azadas for help."