Tydasshid took this matter seriously, because there was only one type of insect that possessed command, and that was the Aqir.
In ancient times, the Aqir established the Aqir Empire. Later, after being defeated by the Trolls, they split into two factions: the Spider Demon in the north and the Qiraji in the south. A group of Gurubashi Trolls pursued the Qiraji to Tanaris, defeating them repeatedly, forcing them to hide in underground caves and barely survive.
The Gurubashi Trolls occupied the fertile Tanaris and established Zul'Farrak. However, this good fortune did not last long. Not long after, when Lei Shen attacked Uldum, he was killed, and the energy leaked from the Forge of Origination transformed Tanaris into a desert.
From then on, this group of Gurubashi Trolls became the Sandfury Trolls. They continued their bloodline in this desert, gradually forgetting their initial mission.
The Well of Eternity's explosion caused the Qiraji's underground caves to collapse. It was then that they discovered the surface had become a desert. For the Qiraji, the state of the surface was all the same; if it became a desert, it would be very disadvantageous to their mortal enemies, the Trolls.
Thus, these Qiraji began to proliferate in the desert. They used their corrosive abilities to transform the desert, turning it into a hive suitable for them to live in. Many creatures in the desert became food for the Qiraji, and fearing them, creatures fled from the vicinity of the hive.
And the Sandfury Trolls, while chasing prey, did not discover the location of the hive.
It wasn't until the Bristleback explored deep into the desert that they discovered this massive hive.
Tydasshid arrived at Booty Bay. He dispatched several expedition teams to scout the hive. They ultimately found that the hive was enormous, covering an area of several tens of miles. The hive was located in the northern part of the western side of the southeastern mountains of Tanaris, some distance from Booty Bay. To reach the hive, one had to travel tens of miles along the mountains.
However, taking a boat to the nearest coast would cut the travel distance by more than half. Building a port was not an issue for the Kaldorei Empire. Tydasshid established two small docks on the southern and eastern coasts.
Using these two docks as bases, troops were dispatched to attack the hive.
On the surface, these Qiraji were no match for the Elves and were quickly defeated. The Qiraji retreated into the hive. If the Elves wanted to continue the attack, they would have to enter the underground caves.
The underground caves contained a large number of Qiraji, who cunningly ambushed the Elven army, causing heavy losses.
It was clear that these Qiraji were not without the ability to resist. Tydasshid expressed his satisfaction with this; only a powerful opponent was what the Kaldorei Empire needed.
The emergence of the Qiraji, however, made the Titan Guardian very nervous. Freya, in particular, immediately went to UnGoro Crater to inspect the situation there. As a result, she indeed discovered a large number of hives underground, which put Freya on alert, and she sought help from Mimiron.
Mimiron built a small robot and sent it into the hive for exploration. During this time, Freya traveled throughout the entire crater, checking whether the plants there had mutated.
After receiving the news, the Guardian Dragon also went to Tanaris to investigate.
The closest Bronze Dragonflight moved first. They quickly discovered another, slightly smaller hive in the western part of Tanaris.
Bronze Dragonflight Prince Galakrond found Tydasshid and said to him, "Prince Tydasshid, we need your help."
Tydasshid was a little surprised. The Guardian Dragon usually did not let the Elves intervene in their affairs. It seemed that this matter was more serious than imagined. "Prince Galakrond, please speak directly if there is anything you need."
Galakrond said, "We have discovered another hive in the western part of Tanaris. Including the underground hive in UnGoro Crater, this is already the third. Although Mimiron's reconnaissance robot has not yet returned, I have a premonition that the scale of the Qiraji has exceeded our imagination."
He summoned a magic map, pointed to the western part of UnGoro Crater, and said, "This is Silithus, the sealed land of the Old Gods CThun. The Qiraji are creations of the Old Gods; since they can build hives in Tanaris and UnGoro Crater, they can certainly build hives in Silithus. I have a premonition that the hive there will be even larger than here."
"What worries me most is that the Qiraji's goal is certainly not as simple as merely building hives. Their goal must be to find the sealed land of CThun. Once they break CThun's seal, it will cause unpredictable consequences."
Tydasshid knew the seriousness of the matter. His father had already sealed an Old Gods; if another Old Gods broke the seal, his father would probably have to act again.
He felt that he had grown up, and unless necessary, he really didn't want to call his parents.
"Prince Galakrond, the hive in Tanaris will be entrusted to us. Please go to Silithus to scout. If a hive is indeed found, notify us immediately. We will join our allies in an expedition to Silithus."
Galakrond breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Tydasshid would not believe his words, leading to even more serious consequences.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Prince Tydasshid."
The two princes acted separately. Prince Galakrond went to Silithus to scout, while Tydasshid issued a call for the Alliance Army.
The first to respond to the call were the armies of Pandaria. Salador commanded the navy, transporting three thousand Pandaren, fifteen hundred Yaungol, one thousand Jinyu, and five hundred Hozen.
Over the past thousand years, all races in Pandaria have made great progress, especially the Pandaren. They possess most of Pandaria's land and, with the help of the allied forces, occupied the northern Mantis Highlands, suppressing the Mantis Shrimp in the southern part of the Highlands.
Now the southern Mantis Highlands has been called the Dread Wastes. Although the Mantis Shrimp still periodically attack the Serpents Spine and Mantis Highlands, with the help of Elven mages, the Pandaren can easily repel them.
All of this is related to the rapid spread of the Sun God Sect in Pandaria. A large number of Pandaren joined the Sun God Sect, and some even became Gale's priests, joining Firmament Light. These priests cleared the Sha throughout Pandaria, accumulating a large number of followers, and quickly became the third largest force among the Pandaren, second only to Shao Hao's royalists and the conservative faction of the powerful nobles.
The Sun God Sect also developed rapidly among other allied races. Among all the races of Pandaria, there was no one who did not know of Gale's power.
The reinforcements this time were all composed of Sun God Sect followers, which is why they reacted so quickly.
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