Although Gale was seeing titan steel for the first time, he had seen its alloy before. Tyr's Silver Hand was made from an alloy of titan steel and truesilver.
Now that there was a titan steel mine, how could Gale let it go?
To excavate the titan steel and research the war machines, Gale summoned Sethonis and the Earth Spirits from the rear. Metri and a hundred liches were also transferred.
Sethonis and Metri had not yet arrived, but a Red Dragon carrying Rielly did.
For the past few years, Rielly had been at Dragonblight. Aside from regularly returning to Nordrassil, he never went anywhere else. His arrival at Storm Peaks must mean something major had happened.
Sure enough, Rielly said, "The Faceless Ones are attacking Dragonblight."
Gale raised an eyebrow, "Faceless Ones? From Ahn'Qiraj?"
Rielly shook his head, "No, these Faceless Ones are from the north."
North? North of Dragonblight was Crystal Song Forest. It was still crystallized, a pristine forest covered in snow.
When they went north to Storm Peaks before, they passed through Crystal Song Forest. It was difficult to hide tracks on the snowy plains, so if there had been Faceless Ones marching in Crystal Song Forest at that time, the scouts would have surely discovered them.
So, how did the Faceless Ones advance?
Did they go underground?
Gale recalled that the roots of Vordrassil could burrow into Yogg-Saron's lair, so it wasn't impossible for the Faceless Ones to tunnel through Crystal Song Forest. In Icecrown Citadel, Arthas had encountered Faceless Ones when passing through Azjol-Nerub. In world of warcraft, there was an instance where Faceless Ones emerged from underground caves to attack Dragonblight.
But why did the Faceless Ones suddenly attack Dragonblight?
The only one who could attract Yogg-Saron's attention was Odyn. Not to mention Odyn was already dead, so Yogg-Saron had no reason to attack Dragonblight. Even if Odyn wasn't dead, Yogg-Saron should be attacking Odyn!
With the Faceless Ones and Loken's army together, how could Odyn be a match?
It seemed Yogg-Saron's target wasn't Odyn, so who could it be?
Gale was very puzzled, perhaps there was some treasure in Dragonblight that was attracting Yogg-Saron?
"What is the war situation like?"
Rielly: "We can cope for now, but the Red Dragons have discovered that the Faceless Ones from Ahn'Qiraj are also advancing towards Dragonblight."
The Faceless Ones from Ahn'Qiraj are also on the move? Are they planning to completely wipe out Dragonblight?
"Currently, Dragonblight only has the Red Dragonflight, so defending will be a bit difficult. Therefore, Lady Alexstrasza asked me to come for reinforcements."
Gale asked, "What about the other Guardian Dragons?"
"The Blue Dragons are building the Eye of Eternity, and Lord Malygos cannot spare himself for now. Lord Nozdormu has returned to the Caverns of Time with the Bronze Dragons to monitor the flow of time. Lady Ysera is in the Emerald Dream, and it seems something has happened there."
Rielly spread his hands: "So, it's not that the Guardian Dragons don't want to help you attack Ulduar, but that this war came too quickly, and the Guardian Dragons were unprepared."
"I know!" Gale said, "Not only were the Guardian Dragons unprepared, but the Kaldorei Empire was also unprepared."
Rielly inquired, "Is the situation here also very bad?"
"The worst is over!" Gale told Rielly about Odyn and Torim being ambushed and killed by Loken, "I now have to guard against a possible attack from Loken. I can only go to support Dragonblight after Metri arrives."
The Red Dragon who came with Rielly frowned, worried about the current situation.
Gale took out the eye of aman'thul and handed it to Rielly: "Take the eye of aman'thul with you; it can alleviate your defensive pressure. After returning to Dragonblight, activate the teleportation beacon, and as soon as Metri arrives, I will immediately rush over to support."
"That's all we can do!"
Rielly took the eye of aman'thul and left with the Red Dragon.
Gale, meanwhile, fell into deep thought again. He always felt that Yogg-Saron's actions were a bit abnormal.
In the original history, Yogg-Saron had never made any moves against Dragonblight. Even if the Faceless Ones attacked Dragonblight, it was led by Deathwing, and the Old God behind Deathwing was N'Zoth.
Having had no interest in Dragonblight for ten thousand years, why would he want to attack Dragonblight now?
Could it be the impact of the Guardian Dragons' increased strength due to not having created the Dragon Soul?
Soon, Gale shook his head, dismissing this idea.
Finally, with all other possibilities ruled out, only one, the most unlikely, remained.
That was, Yogg-Saron did not want anyone to attack Ulduar, so he sent the Faceless Ones to attack Dragonblight. Ulduar's enemies, whether Odyn or the Kaldorei Empire, were aware of the existence of the Old Gods and the Faceless Ones. Once the Faceless Ones moved, it would inevitably attract the attention of the attackers.
Ulduar couldn't escape, but if the Faceless Ones were to wreak havoc everywhere, that would become a disaster.
Therefore, neither Odyn nor Gale would allow the Faceless Ones to attack Dragonblight.
This was a strategy of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao!
Yogg-Saron was playing with tactics!
Gale's lips curled up, wondering what Yogg-Saron would think if he knew that he could provide ultra-limited support at any time.
Half a month later, Metri, Sethonis, and others arrived at Twin Peaks Fortress.
"You're finally here. Did you encounter any dangers on the way?"
"No, it was just snow all the way. The weather here is really cold!" Sethonis said, exhaling cold air.
Gale's Tower was in a tropical or subtropical region, while Twin Peaks Fortress was in a frigid zone, with a huge climate difference. Not only could Sethonis not stand it, but even the liches felt their movements were slow; the cold here seemed to freeze even magic.
"Wear more, you'll get used to it!"
Gale smiled. Twin Peaks Fortress had prepared plenty of winter clothes, all made of good quality fur. They were also enchanted, absolutely capable of isolating the cold.
Sethonis's answer confirmed Gale's guess: the Faceless Ones had indeed passed through Crystal Song Forest underground.
He left the Mage Tower to Metri to guard, instructing him to activate the teleportation beacon in an emergency. The construction of the fortress and the research of war machines were handed over to Sethonis.
When Sethonis saw the war machines, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to start researching them immediately. Unfortunately, he had to familiarize himself with the fortress's construction project before he could fully dedicate himself to research.
However, he instructed the mages and Earth Spirits he brought to organize the war machine parts, making sure not to damage the original structure and assembly order as much as possible.
After Gale had arranged everything, he gathered the Valarjar and teleported them to Dragonblight.
Rielly had set the beacon crystal's location at the top of Dragonblight, and because there were so many Valarjar, they almost fell off the top when they teleported over.
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