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"Okay, you start preparing now, and I'll arrange for people to help you!" Josie nodded.

The two then ended their communication, and Abidis immediately led his army, having annihilated the remaining centaur soldiers, back to the northern castle, while simultaneously beginning extensive preparations for war.

His actions immediately attracted the attention of some interested parties, especially the night elves in Ashenvale to the north.

If the night elves, who live right next to it, were completely unaware of a human lord suddenly arriving in Kalimdor, incorporating the natives led by tauren, and wantonly expanding his territory, then they deserved to be wiped out.

However, since Tyrande at this time was still the relatively mild and conservative Priestess of the Moon, and since humans had no intention of taking any action against Abidis except for establishing a few outposts and trading markets in the border areas of Ashenvale and the Barrens, she naturally could not take any action against Abidis.

But not taking action does not mean not paying attention.

In recent years, the Night Elves have been paying close attention to Abidis's legions sweeping across the Barrens and to every move Kokal makes, with Druids keeping a watchful eye from afar, fearing that Abidis might launch a surprise attack on Ashenvale.

Kokar is the same person who later became Durotar in the original timeline.

Durotar was the name Thrall gave to the land after he led the orcs to Kalimdor.

But before the orcs appeared, this place was home to boars and centaurs.

The name Kokar comes from the Kokar centaur clan that originally inhabited this land.

The force Abidis had previously led to wipe out was the last remaining force of the Kokar centaurs that remained on the border of Kokar.

Now, after clearing out the last resistance forces in the two lands, Abidis is frantically preparing for war. The night elves who are secretly monitoring him are naturally on edge. This is because the Barrens, Kokal, and the Echo Isles in the southeast have all been occupied by Abidis, and all resistance forces have been wiped out.

The relatively rich Mulgore to the west has been granted to the Tauren as a permanent reserve by Abidis—one of the reasons why the Tauren are so loyal to Abidis to the death.

To the south lies the desolate Thousand Needles Forest, making it highly unlikely that Abidis would expand in that direction.

Further south lies Tanaris, occupied by trolls, but it's just a desert and not very valuable.

Based on this analysis, it seems that the only territory around Abidis's domain worth his serious attention is the territory of the Night Elves.

Upon receiving the news, Archdruid Fandral Staghelm, disregarding Tyrande's advice and opposition, immediately mobilized a large number of troops to Ashenvale to await orders.

However, before the main force of the Night Elves could even reach Ashenvale, news arrived from the front.

That means Abidis's army didn't head north to Ashenvale, but instead went out to sea...

We've set sail...

Fandral Staghelm was somewhat embarrassed upon receiving the news, but he could not admit that his decision was wrong. He immediately ordered the army to continue advancing. After arriving at Silverwing Outpost, they began to build fortifications and strengthen defenses in the border area. Although the humans did not seem to have any intention of invading Ashenvale at the moment, what about the future?

Being prepared is not necessarily a bad thing.

Even Tyrande couldn't strongly oppose this.

However, after a less-than-harmonious discussion with Fandral Staghelm, Tyrande, who had just returned to her Temple of Elune, encountered an unexpected person at her residence.

Maiev Shadowsong, leader of the third largest faction of the Night Elves, the Wardens.

As for the other two major factions, the one led by Tyrande is the Temple of the Moon faction, whose main armed force is the Sentinel Force.

And originally, the Cenarion Circle of Druids was led by Tyrande's husband, Malfurion Stormrage. However, Malfurion has been sleeping in the Emerald Dream for many years, so the actual leader is Malfurion's disciple, Fandral Staghelm.

However, compared to the Cenarion Circle and the Temple of Elune, the Watchers, led by Maiev Shadowsong, do not usually participate in the daily management of the Night Elves' affairs.

They exist primarily as intelligence agencies.

"Mave? What a rare guest! Is there something you need from me?" Tyrande was quite surprised to see Maiev.

Due to some reasons during the War of the Ancients, Tyrande and Maiev's relationship is not very harmonious, and under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible for Maiev to come to Tyrande alone.

Now that Maiev has appeared here, it's clear that she has something important to discuss.

“I’ve investigated thoroughly. That human lord’s target is the Broken Isles!” Maiev said in a deep voice, her entire body shrouded in Warden armor.

"What? The Broken Isles!" Tyrande's expression changed drastically upon hearing this name!

Chapter 346 Mission

The Unfallen City, originally the northern castle of the future, was also Abidis's capital in Kalimdor.

The northern castle is situated in a mountain valley, nestled between mountains and water, making it a more defensible location than Ratchet, which is slightly further north, or Theramore, to the southwest.

This is why both Daelin and Jaina built a northern castle at this location after establishing Theramore.

On the one hand, this place is closer to the barren inland areas, which helps to restrain the tribes; on the other hand, the location here is just too suitable for building a fortress.

As long as fortresses and forts are built on both sides of the valley, inside the fort, and on the small islands in the bay, even a massive army would find it difficult to conquer.

However, for various reasons, neither Daelin nor Jaina were able to successfully complete the defensive setup around the Northern Castle in the early stages. It wasn't until the later stages of the Alliance, when the Stormwind Kingdom took over, that they began to build and complete the defenses on a large scale.

Now, with Josie's reminder, Abidis is clearly not going to make the same mistake as Proudmoore and his daughter by building this place up like an iron barrel early on. Abidis is now confident that no mortal kingdom in the entire Azeroth, not even the two elven kingdoms, could possibly conquer this castle if he were prepared!

Therefore, it was named the City That Never Falls!

Although Josie felt that translating "Undying City" into Chinese sounded a bit like "Tribal City," which was quite awkward, it was someone else's castle, so he couldn't offer too many opinions.

Besides Undying, Abidis also built a series of castles and fortresses in various locations, including Crossroads, Camp Taurazu, Tiragarde Keep (the human castle ruins south of Orgrimmar), Theramore, and Razorfen Downs, after eliminating all hostile forces in his territory, making the entire Barrens region as impregnable as an iron fortress.

In terms of territory alone, excluding Northrend, the Barrens, Kor'tar (Durotar), and Mulgore alone already surpass any human kingdom, second only to the Night Elf Empire. The Third War, led by Archimonde and the Burning Legion, had not yet occurred; the World Trees of Felwood and Mount Hyjal had not yet been destroyed; the bear-men of Winterspring had not yet fallen; the Stonetalon Mountains had not yet been cut down by the Horde; and Feralas had not yet been destroyed (Desolace was originally part of Feralas, destroyed in the three invasions; before that, the centaurs in the region were also suppressed by the Night Elves; after the Burning Legion's invasion, the Night Elves abandoned the region, and it was then completely controlled by the centaurs). Therefore, these regions are still the vast territory of the Night Elf Empire.

This is also one of the reasons why Abidis is unwilling to antagonize the Night Elf Empire. Although the Night Elf Empire is not at its peak (before the War of the Shifting Sands), it is still at its zenith.

Although I'm not afraid, there's no need to be.

Of course, the cities and fortresses that Abidis built in these regions, except for Taurazu which retained its name because it was a minotaur tribe, obviously could not still have their original names. Moreover, due to the limitations of productivity, their scale and quality were far beyond what they used to be.

Especially Theramore and Tiragarde.

The former is the name Jaina chose after she arrived in Kalimdor and established her own city, and the meaning of this name is a word composed of Thrall and the suffix of Proudmoore.

Its meaning is the alliance between Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore.

However, with the arrival of Dalene Proudmoore and the betrayal by her own daughter, the name took on a slightly ironic meaning.

The latter was established by Daelin Proudmoore for the purpose of attacking Orgrimmar and was named after the Tiragarde Straits of Kul Tiras.

Abidis has absolutely no relation to the Proudmoore family. In fact, due to their competition for maritime expansion over the years, the two sides have maintained a semi-hostile relationship that is not openly acknowledged, so it is impossible for them to use such a name.

Thus, Theramore became Westwatch Fortress—because its location was precisely at the westernmost edge of the entire territory.

Tiragard Keep became New Uldgard, a name undoubtedly derived from the Vrykul. The main garrison of the fortress was also Vrykul, and the lord of the city was one of the leaders of the original Uldgard Keep, Ingvar the Raider—because the Dragon Raiders' King Ymiron and Queen Angboda had been sold to Jossi by Abidis early on and were defeated and killed.

Therefore, among the Vrykul under Abidis's command, Raider Ingvar had become the de facto supreme leader of the Vrykul.

The information about Abidis's territory in Kalimdor had already been known to the night elves over the past few years—the sentinels, the Cenarion Circle, and the Wardens had all investigated the relevant information.

This is also thanks to the large number and complexity of races in the Abidis territory, and the fact that it does not exclude any foreign groups. Although it started with gray industries, as its power expanded, the Abidis forces began to shift towards large-scale commercial trade.

However, among the three factions of the Night Elves, the Watchers had the clearest understanding of Abidis's situation.

Just like the news that Abidis was about to launch an expedition to the Broken Isles, the Watchers were the first to receive accurate information—of course, it can't be said that Abidis was not discreet, but the scale of this expedition to the Broken Isles was too large to be kept secret, and Abidis never intended to hide it.

After all, this is their profession, and once the Wardens take off their armor, they are just ordinary Night Elf civilians. Their demeanor is not as eye-catching as that of Sentinels and Druids.

However, all they could investigate was the general situation of Abidis' territory. Abidis himself and some deeper secrets were kept extremely tight-lipped, and even if Maiev Shadowsong personally went out, it would be difficult to obtain much information.

In particular, Abidis was not a benevolent lord—in a medieval fantasy world like Azeroth, warlike races such as the Vrykul were more afraid of power than of kindness.

Being too approachable as a lord is not a good thing.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Abidis is a rather mysterious and terrifying lord, and many terrible legends about him circulate.

It was precisely because of Abidis's mysterious aura that Maiev Shadowsong, the leader of the Watchers, became even more wary of Abidis's existence.

"Tyrande, I must remind you again, if this human lord harbors any evil intentions, he will become a major threat to us!" As the ornately decorated Night Elf general's transport ship slowly approached the port of Undying City, Maiev Shadowsong, who had removed her Warden's armor and disguised herself as a Night Elf maid, spoke to Tyrande standing before her, looking at the towering castle, the menacing-looking fortresses and towers, and the bustling port.

After learning that Abidis was going to lead his army to the Broken Isles, Tyrande sent an envoy to personally visit Abidis in order to find out his true purpose!

Although Maiev Shadowsong and Tyrande are fundamentally incompatible—their feud dates back to the War of the Ancients—she still chose to cooperate with Tyrande this time in order to get closer to Abidis and understand this mysterious human lord who could forcibly blend so many different races together.

“But at least they haven’t shown any hostility towards us yet, have they?” Tyrande replied, gently stroking the warm fur on the head of Georette, her white tiger mount.

"Never forget the lessons of the War of the Ancients! Tyrande, this human lord, is highly suspicious!" Maiev Shadowsong emphasized again.

“Of course I understand, Maiev! But you must know that we cannot take hostile measures against a powerful mortal lord just because of any suspicion!” Tyrande said helplessly. She didn’t know where Maiev’s great hostility towards this human lord came from.

"Hmph, whatever!" Maiev snorted coldly, then shut her mouth.

Not only because Tyrande's words made sense, but also because the ship was about to enter the port.

The port of the city of Neverland is large and busy, but its defenses are also very strict. Under normal circumstances, ships entering the port have to wait quite a while.

However, Tyrande and her entourage were envoys and naturally had special privileges. Soon, a small boat led their vessel to the berth reserved for envoys.

It wasn't a coincidence, but rather a deliberate act by the dock management. At the berth next to Tyrande's, there was also an elven-style ship, but its red paint and fluttering red and gold phoenix flag clearly indicated that it was a high elf from Quel'Thalas.

Although they are both elves and distant relatives, the love-hate relationship between the two families is enough to keep them going for tens of thousands of years.

Upon seeing the arrival of the night elf ships, a slight commotion arose on the high elf ship, but since this was human territory and the person who truly held power on board was not present, the commotion quickly subsided.

The Night Elves also noticed this situation, but Tyrande, as their leader, only glanced at the other ship and didn't pay much attention to it. Maiev didn't even look in that direction.

However, a few night elf crew members were quietly swearing at the other side.

It's easy to imagine that the crew on the high elf ship probably cursed their purple-skinned relatives quite a bit.

"Welcome to the City of the Fallen, Your Highness Priestess! I am Baine Bloodhoof, the Chief Sheriff of the City of the Fallen! Your Highness has been waiting for you. Please follow me!" The one who greeted Tyrande was a tauren general in heavy armor who looked very honest. He was none other than Cairne Bloodhoof, the second leader of the tauren in the original timeline.

Many people might think that Baine Bloodhoof, the second-generation chieftain of the Tauren, should be very young at this time, or even not yet born.

But this is not the case.

Bain was not only not young at this time, but he was even a full twelve years older than Abidis, already thirty years old.