Jaina stood on the large open ground in front of the barracks, maintaining a large teleportation array with dozens of mages, enough to support the teleportation of thousands of people.
She continuously condensed pale blue, pure Arcane energy in her hand and poured it into the transmission patterns on the ground. Among the mages present, her strength was the strongest, so she was primarily responsible for the main magical output.
The other mages maintained the stability of the magical transmission, attempting to turn Theramore into a stable teleportation node. This would greatly reduce the loss required for subsequent teleportations.
Arthas had told Jaina that this war would not be an easy matter to resolve, and they must be prepared for a long-term conflict.
Although Theramore had been established for about a year, it only had basic supply lines. To sustain a long, high-intensity war, a complete supply channel must be established with the Eastern Kingdoms through a portal.
Jaina's talent in spatial teleportation magic was envied by almost all mages in Dalaran; even her teacher, Antonidas, highly affirmed Jaina's talent.
Setting up such a teleportation array was not very difficult for Jaina now, and the first connection was also to the magical kingdom of Dalaran.
Soon, a stable and reliable portal appeared on the open ground. After the other mages fixed the magical runes, they began to steadily feed magic into it.
"Is it complete?"
Jaina asked her assistant. Before the stable spatial "anchors," which were the magical runes, were synchronized, an Archmage was needed to stabilize the portal.
After receiving a positive reply from her assistant, Jaina gradually withdrew her support for the portal. Seeing that no turbulence occurred, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
This was Jaina's first time setting up such a strategic teleportation array, which was completely different from the small personal arrays she had set up in her mage tower before.
Jaina wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand: She wondered who would lead the support team to Kalimdor this time. She guessed that the Council of Six would likely send at least one member to honor the Alliance's covenant.
However, the first mage to emerge from the portal surprised Jaina, but upon reflection, she realized it was quite normal.
Indeed, the Council of Six member leading the team was none other than the Prince of Quel'Thalas—Kael'thas.
"Long time no see, Lady Proudmoore." Kael'thas respectfully gave Jaina a standard mage's bow. His smile was clear and sharp. "Your magical attainments have improved quite a bit."
"Thank you for your compliment, Prince Kael'thas," Jaina nodded slightly. "And thank you for representing Dalaran in aiding us."
Kael'thas waved his hand, "This matter concerns the life and death of all of us; it is no longer something one can stand aside from."
The names of the Burning Legion and demons had even reached Silvermoon City, the capital of Quel'Thalas, long ago. Most High Elves had almost forgotten about it, but Sun King Anastarian still remembered the last words of his ancestors.
After a brief chat with Jaina, Kael'thas led his mage contingent to their station, preparing to reinforce the Alliance's frontline forces in Ashenvale in the coming days.
Incidentally, he also left a group of Dalaran mages to help Jaina construct a portal connected to Lordaeron; before leaving, Kael'thas also mentioned that Dalaran would have a second wave of support, led by Vereesa's High Elf ranger corps.
Vereesa would still provide support in the name of Dalaran, so Quel'Thalas would send another force to Kalimdor. As for who it would be, Kael'thas said he was unsure, as the council in Silvermoon City seemed to have strong opinions.
Upon learning this information, Jaina immediately relayed it to Arthas and others on the front lines.
After receiving the intelligence that reinforcements had arrived, the anxious mood of the Alliance's frontline commanders eased considerably, and a relaxed expression appeared on Varian's stern face.
"It seems the Alliance is much more united now than before," Varian sighed. In the past, Sir Lothar had to expend great effort to unite the forces of the Eastern Kingdoms.
Arthas's actions in recent years had undoubtedly built upon the foundation left by Sir Lothar, further refining the Alliance by allowing those unwilling to join and stand with them to withdraw, and by bringing in members willing to contribute to the covenant.
Although it seemed that the current Alliance had fewer members than before, in reality, Lordaeron's rallying power as the leader was much stronger than it had been a decade ago; even Quel'Thalas had begun to listen to Lordaeron's various declarations.
Sometimes, fewer people do not mean less strength, because some members were inherently out of step with the Alliance, and joining was merely a reluctant measure born of fear of the orcs' threat.
Compared to Varian's relaxed demeanor, Arthas appeared more subdued, as the current situation was all within his expectations; otherwise, he would not have gone to such great lengths to forge and organize the Alliance.
"The situation is starting to improve, but we cannot be careless. This opponent is different from any we've faced before," Arthas's fingers rhythmically tapped on the table. "The orcs have borne the initial pressure of the war for us; we'd best take this opportunity to prepare."
Varian stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, "If we have ample time, we can first construct defensive fortifications. A defensive battle is always much easier than an engagement battle.
Furthermore, with Theramore as a stable transfer station, it can alleviate a lot of pressure for us; we don't have to fight the demons to the death in one place.
However, where we build the fortifications is a problem. The Night Elves don't seem like they'd easily give up territory for us to station troops."
"That's true…" Arthas had also considered this issue. When the Night Elves originally agreed to let Jaina build a base, Archimonde had already descended, and it was a desperate, last-ditch situation. Now, the Night Elves still intend to test the demons' strength, so they are naturally reluctant to hand over the right to station troops in their forests.
Once Archimonde descends, his target will undoubtedly be Mount Hyjal. Not only does it have the World Tree, but also the Well of Eternity, which could elevate this demon lord's power to a level that all living beings in Azeroth would find difficult to resist.
Therefore, the best area for constructing a camp must be Mount Hyjal—the question is, how can the Alliance gain the Elves' consent to station troops on Mount Hyjal?