In the ruined Temple of the Moon on Mount Hyjal, the high-ranking Night Elves held a simple meeting.
"Archimonde has been destroyed, but a large number of fleeing demons have escaped into Ashenvale and Felwood. In the future, the main focus of our tribe, besides rebuilding our homeland, will be to eliminate these demons." Malfurion, the Archdruid of the Cenarion Circle, set the tone for the meeting.
"My dear, thanks to the assistance of numerous allies, our army's casualties during this Burning Legion invasion are within an acceptable range." Tyrande glanced at Maiev, Fandral, and Thossarian. Maiev's face was hidden behind her owl helmet, making it impossible to read her expression. Fandral, on the other hand, looked straight ahead, maintaining a calm demeanor.
Seeing that she couldn't glean any further information from their expressions, Tyrande continued with her original plan: "General Shandris of the Sentinel Army used the power of Elune in the previous battle and is currently weakened. The Sentinels lack experienced commanders to encircle and suppress the demons. I hope the Watchers and the troops from Eldre'Thalas can deploy more forces to eliminate the demons in the forest!"
Silence filled the hall. Maiev had high seniority, while Fandral and Thossarian were disciples and subordinates of Jarod, making it inappropriate for them to voice their opinions first.
Finally, Maiev spoke, "I will personally lead the Watchers to hunt down all the demons in the forest!" Maiev emphasized the words 'all the demons'... It was no secret that Illidan had appeared on the battlefield between the Alliance and Archimonde. So many racial leaders had witnessed it, so it was not surprising that Maiev knew. Originally, Illidan deserved credit for holding back Archimonde and even injuring him. Coupled with his ten thousand years of imprisonment, it should have been enough for Malfurion to lift his confinement. However, Illidan appeared in a semi-demonic form, which left Malfurion unable to act...
"Hmph!" Tyrande's expression changed, but she didn't say anything more. Tyrande had always been wary of Maiev using the incident of her killing the remaining Watchers and releasing Illidan to make things difficult for her. However, according to the intelligence from her confidants, Maiev had already targeted the Temple of the Moon but left after Jarod Shadowsong persuaded her. Before the High Priestess could figure out what Jarod Shadowsong had said to the Warden, she wouldn't make any extra moves. Everyone knew that there were still hundreds of thousands of scattered demons yet to be suppressed, and the Night Elves were still in a dangerous situation. It wasn't the time for infighting, so both Tyrande and Maiev were quite restrained, maintaining a superficial unity.
"Eldre'Thalas will send reinforcements north as soon as possible. My son Valstann has been suppressing the centaur rebellion in the Desolace for more than half a year. To ensure the passage between the north and south, he was unable to participate in the Battle of Mount Hyjal. Now that the centaur tribes have been crippled, we can transfer him to Ashenvale!" Fandral stated.
"I have no objection. Valstann is a good choice!" Malfurion praised Fandral's son. Now that the Night Elves had lost their eternal life, the older generation would eventually age, so the cultivation of the new generation had to be put on the agenda.
"Archdruid, the Druids of the Fang will end their rest as soon as possible and join the cleanup operation. But Archdruid, what do you think about our Highlord's resurrection ceremony?" The speaker was Thossarian. Now he was the leader of the Druids of the Fang, backed by Jarod Shadowsong and the demigod Agamaggan. Therefore, Thossarian could be considered an Archdruid of the Cenarion Circle.
"Galen sacrificed himself for Azeroth and is a hero of our Night Elf race. It is imperative to resurrect him." Malfurion paused, somewhat embarrassed. He hadn't thought too much when he sounded the horn, only thinking that Galen had a chance to be resurrected. Now, after the great war, the Tree of Life was withering, and the Archdruids discovered that they didn't have enough energy to resurrect a demigod... Moreover, he also knew that during the ten thousand years of his slumber, Tyrande, fearing that resurrecting a demigod would consume the World Tree's energy and affect the Night Elves' blessing, hadn't resurrected any of the demigods who had sacrificed themselves in the War of the Ancients! This was equivalent to violating the covenant! Fortunately, these demigods had been slumbering in the Emerald Dream and hadn't cared about whether they were resurrected or not. In addition, the Emerald Dream had been unstable in recent years, causing the Green Dragonflight to be unable to participate in the Battle of Mount Hyjal.
"It's just that the World Tree has suffered enormous damage, and we don't have enough energy right now. We need time to accumulate enough energy!"
Demigods who died in reality could indeed be resurrected, but because of their powerful vitality, it required a huge amount of energy, similar to the Lich Kel'Thuzad, who was reborn using the essence of the Sunwell. There were also examples of failed resurrections. In one timeline, thousands of years after Agamaggan's death, Kargath Bladefist and Mother Kashka of the Razor tribe attempted to resurrect the demigod. However, the dark and violent ritual performed by Kargath and her subordinates was completely different from the Night Elves' noble and protective demeanor, causing the semi-resurrected boar god great pain, and Agamaggan's soul had to request adventurers to help him defeat Kargath.
"Archdruid, after the demon cleanup operation is over, we hope to independently find the energy to resurrect the Highlord!" Thossarian declared.
"No problem, I will do the same! It's just that in the future, I will stay on Mount Hyjal, hoping to find a way to revive Nordrassil!" Malfurion replied.
At this time, Tyrande's eyes flashed, and she said, "My dear, perhaps we can plant a new World Tree! Replace Nordrassil with this new World Tree!"