Chapter 628 89.Hogger's Great Expedition·The axe-wielding Warlord set foot on Dragon Isles
Not to mention the exaggerated dark plan of "The Light Will Go Out" which is advancing rapidly in secret. No one here at Azeroth cares about the whispers of the demons in the distant star sea. The whole Eastern Continent from Northern Borderlands to Southern Borderlands is full of joy.
The war is over!
This reason alone was enough for the nobles, businessmen and common people to cheer for joy.
The expeditionary force led by Emperor Strom'kar Empire personally defeated the ancient evil god and his servants. Kul Tiras, who was alone overseas, returned to the embrace of the empire. Although there had been a tragic war and everything was in dire need, the fact that there would no longer be a war meant that all life affected by the war would return to normal.
Merchants can travel around smoothly, and farmers can return to their homes to work without worrying about their wives and children being robbed and harmed.
The common people can continue to live a life of being oppressed by the nobles but barely survive, and the nobles can continue to happily oppress the common people and use their wealth for secondary appreciation.
Now these wealthy landlords have found a more fashionable way to invest. Instead of lending money or depositing their money into Goblin Bank, at the emperor's call, Steamwheedle Cartel's eloquent salesmen have visited every village and city in the empire to attract investment to build some factories for the empire.
Steamwheedle Cartel's technological reserves in the process of making great war fortunes are already enough to support the most rudimentary "industrial revolution". This is also Lothar's next strategy.
Unfortunately, it's quite difficult to do these things in a magical world.
The fertilizers that your fertilizer factory has worked so hard to produce, even if they are sprinkled, are not as good as Druid. We pray for natural good weather, but people can increase production purely naturally, and achieve food abundance without much loss of land fertility. This alone is enough to be the crystallization of Gossamer chemical technology.
But Lothar and his administrators still have great expectations for technological progress. The technological products that emerged during the war have allowed the empire to find a new pillar of strength besides magic. Any ruler with a bit of strategic vision will not give up on such reforms.
Of course, this is a long process.
The end of the empire War of Nation Building not only affected the lives of many humans, especially those who migrated to the south and central part of the continent due to the Northern Borderlands war, they could finally return home without any burden.
But in addition to humans, the end of the Imperial War also brought "good news" to another unexpected person.
Eastern Continent, Badlands, who has been completely controlled by Dark Iron Dwarves, is on the coast of Steamwheedle Cartel's commercial dock Flamestar Post. Hogger Great Chieftain, wearing a clan armor, is like a monkey, building a pergola in front of him and looking at the sea in the distance.
It still holds its cool Doom Axe in its claws.
Although it is a broken ax made from the remains of a legendary weapon, considering that its material is really super strong, this thing can also occupy a place in "Azeroth Arms Register" for the time being.
Hogger Great Chieftain is not a person who came to Badlands on a whim to see the sea view. Gnoll is not so leisurely and does not have the pursuit of romance.
In the Flamestar Post behind it, thousands of Gnoll barbarians and Shaman were eating and drinking in the shed set up by the Goblin in the open air. All kinds of good wine and food were served continuously, just like a flowing table. There were even several Pandaren chefs who worked in Dark Iron Bar specially invited here to cook this "decapitation meal" for the Gnoll.
Yes, it is the last meal before going off to war.
Because today, Hogger Great Chieftain will finally leave Eastern Continent with its War Horde and go to Dragon Isles to expedition to Bramblefur Valley Gnoll Kingdom.
Originally, it had been prepared for a long time, but it was unable to make the trip due to lack of ships. Later, in the Kul Tiras incident, Hogger accidentally saved Queen Katherine and Little Witch Jaina, and was rewarded by the Kul Tiras people.
Queen Katherine promised that after the war is over, he will send a fleet to assist Hogger Great Chieftain in completing the expedition.
So Hogger waited and waited for more than half a year, and finally heard the news about the end of the war not long ago. Those Kul Tiras people were also trustworthy, and they took the initiative to send people to Black Morass informed Great Chieftain to wait with its elite at the Goblin dock in Badlands, where Kul Tiras's fleet would pick them up and board the ship.
Next to Hogger, the first Double Flower Red Pole under Great Chieftain, Blackrock Spire's master dog Rend sat cross-legged, holding a roast chicken in his left hand and eating it with a mouth full of oil, and holding a pot of good wine brewed by Pandaren in his right hand.
Eat a bite of roast chicken, drink a sip of wine, and feel endless happiness.
This bitch really knows how to enjoy it.
But Rend's younger brother Maim is a wise man. He stirred a bowl of rice pudding sprinkled with icing sugar with his war hammer and said to Hogger:
"But why is it the dock of Badlands? Obviously Booty Bay is closer to Black Morass. Although we sold the land occupied in Northern Stranglethorn to Stormwind, the transit problem is not big.
People at Kul Tiras are also more familiar with the area around Booty Bay, but they have to go all the way around to get here. Could it be that there is a scam?"
"I don't know if it's a scam or not. I only know that there seems to be something wrong inside Goblin."
Hogger ate lightly today. It held a big meat bun in its hand and took a bite. While chewing, it said vaguely:
"It seems that the wealthy owner of Booty Bay is dissatisfied with the trade share given by Steamwheedle Cartel. In addition, the Kul Tiras people have withdrawn from South Seas, which makes the various Goblin Cartels almost beat their brains out.
So Booty Bay is currently on lockdown, and Kul Tiras people just finished fighting and probably don't want to get involved.
Do you remember?
When we worked as mercenaries for Golden King a few months ago, those Loa Priests said casually that Troll Empire also intended to control the South Seas route, at least to control a section of the water area to set up cards and collect money.
Huh, the sea is probably going to be chaotic for a few more years.
By the way, dogs Rend, War Horde's Wolf Spirit Priest came back to you some time ago, why didn't you go?"
"Hey, they just told us to be ready."
Rend chewed the chicken bones and burped, curled his lips and said:
"It is said that Blackrock Clan found a good place in the sea of stars, a grassland world with fertile and beautiful wind and water, and decided to settle there. When the tribe is stable, they will use Black Wolf God Hunt's channel to help us rush there from the star realm.
Isn't there still some time?
My brother and I thought that we had received your help during the time we were stranded in Azeroth, so we will help you get through the trial of Black Wolf God. After this battle, we will "
"Bah, bah, bah! Stop planting flags, and shut your crow's mouth!"
Hogger quickly stuffed a meat bun into the mouth of the dog Rend, interrupting the chanting.
This guy just can't talk clearly. Do you dare to raise these flags? These terrible words have been said, you Green Skins Warlord will die, okay?
"Here they come! Oh, there are quite a few boats."
A few minutes later, Maim saw from the telescope a fleet of seven warships, large and small, appearing on the sea level. The Kul Tiras people were quite interesting. Originally, they wanted to only send Hogger's army across the sea to Dragon Isles, and they ignored the rest.
But now there are only four troop transports among the seven ships, and the remaining three are battleships, and they are also a large main battleship paired with two second-class battleships. This shows that the Kul Tiras people may participate in Hogger's attack on the Gnoll Kingdom.
At least they will provide fire support for artillery strikes on the coastline.
This is really great. Troops with fire support and troops that can only rely on claws are completely different concepts.
"I guess it's not free."
Rend snorted, leaning on the "Nightfall" battle ax he got from Dark Iron Dwarves and said:
"Perhaps they charge you one time for each round of bombardment. The purpose is to drain you, a wealthy Gnoll, who made you show your wealth in front of Mrs. Katherine. You even invited people to your treasure house before.
Bah!
Shameless, that is clearly the treasure Orgrim Doomhammer left in the city."
"Don't worry about it. If I inherit it, it's mine."
Hogger cursed:
"What do we Gnoll need money for? The only people in the world who do business with us are Goblin and Dark Iron Dwarves. Both parties are not short of money. Things are extremely expensive, so we might as well exchange them with ores and herbs.
If you can hire Kul Tiras battleships to help fight the war with money, then it's not too late for me to be happy.
Go!
Tell my sons to get ready to board the ship, and your Orcss to get ready too, and I will let you be the vanguard when the time comes."
The two Green Skinss left specially, and the Gnolls who had eaten and drank enough quickly crowded onto the pier noisily, surrounding Hoggers just like the minions surrounding the mountain king.
But the good news Hogger Great Chieftain got was not just that the Kul Tiras people would help fight the war. After it was invited to board the flagship, it found that there was a little Dragonkin standing next to the Kul Tiras royal guard chief Cyrus whom he had met once.
Scalelord Sarkareth stroked the golden, gorgeous, and very powerful artifact claw blades on its paws. Its earthy-yellow pupils glanced at the Gnoll Chieftain in front of it. Its eyes were cold and scrutinizing, which made Hogger feel a little uncomfortable.
That is the instinctive reaction of lower-level beings when facing higher-level beings.
It is reasonable to be afraid, just like a beast with brains will never approach a sleeping Tyrannosaurus rex.
"Are you going on an expedition to Bramblefur Valley?"
Sarkareth asked in pure human language:
"Do you have any war plans?"
"Uh, no."
Hogger scratched his head and shook his tail honestly and said:
"Ahem, I just learned about that Gnoll Kingdom from Black Wolf God. Black Wolf God hoped that they could follow the wolf's faith but was rejected by the priests there, so Black Wolf God was very angry and asked me to take people to beat them and do a physical mission."
"Well, I guess that's it, but Gnoll Kingdom of Bramblefur Valley is so powerful that it has even affected the Azure Span ecosystem."
Sarkareth explained:
"Dracthyr was ordered to solve this hidden danger for Blue Dragon. Therefore, when you attack Bramblefur Valley, I and my Blackscale Camp will assist you, and those Blue Dragon stationed at Azure Archives will also assist you in suppressing Gnoll's counterattack.
But with all due respect, your few soldiers are simply not enough to penetrate the depths of Bramblefur Valley.
I went there to conduct reconnaissance, and the Gnoll I saw with my eyes were all over the mountains and plains. The entire mountain range was their territory. There were at least 50,000 of them. Didn't you collect intelligence before going out?"
"Fuck, so many?"
Hogger was also shocked.
It trembled and complained:
"Where did our Gnoll get their intelligence system? I did find Ravenholdt, but they said they were "transforming" into an official imperial agency and would no longer engage in intelligence trading.
Goblin are willing to give information, but they themselves look down upon Dragon Isles. The dragons have blocked the coast and do not allow their steamships to dock."
"It's not that it's not allowed, it's that their ships pollute too much. Dragon Isles is the home of all dragons, and those highly polluted things are not allowed to come close to our land."
Sarkareth spit out dragon fire from its nostrils and looked at Hogger up and down. It noticed the shimmering tattoos under Hogger's fur and realized that although this guy was unreliable, he was indeed a God Chosen.
So, Dracthyr Scalelord thought about it and said:
"You'd better find some more people to go to Bramblefur Valley with you, otherwise even with the help of the dragon, your attack will most likely end up in a mess."
"Shake it, let me think about it."
Hogger is Chieftain who is willing to accept other people's opinions. It grabbed the mane on its chin and thought about it carefully, and then said:
"I fought for Golden King and served Dark Prophet Zul. Master Zul said that my destiny was magical. He said that when you need help in the future, you can go to Golden Guards who is stationed at Stranglethorn Vale.
I also have a "friend" in Dark Iron Dwarves.
She is very powerful, so it shouldn't be a big problem for me to borrow a soldier, but Dark Iron Dwarves is very greedy, and I can't give them anything in return."
"Bramblefur Valley contains rare mineral veins."
Sarkareth said:
"Blue Dragon don't care, the nearby Tuskarr won't go mining in the dense forest. If Dark Iron Dwarves needs it, they can send some people to dig for ore. They only need to hand over part to Blue Dragon, and the rest belongs to them.
But the premise is that the ecology of Bramblefur Valley cannot be damaged.
In addition, I suggest you take a walk around human Church of the Holy Light."
Scalelord whispered:
"I won't hide it from you, Gnoll of Bramblefur Valley is playing with some very dangerous corrosive power. Although there is no evidence, that terrible corrosion seems to be related to the void."
"Oh, I understand!"
Hogger's eyes lit up, he turned to Captain Cyrus and said:
"Then please wait one more day here Flamestar Post. I'll set out to shake people off now. I will expand the army to at least 20,000 people before I go over to kill those crazy Gnoll."
"For 20,000 people, these seven ships are not enough."
Cyrus Captain shrugged and said:
"Kul Tiras is in desperate need of a lot of money to repair the city and restore people's livelihood, so if you can afford the money, Hogger Chieftain, I can find you some more ships.
If you need artillery support, you can also discuss it. We are happy to be "mercenaries of justice"."
"But I have no money. How can Gnoll have money?"
Hogger spread his paws and sighed:
"I am just a humble God Chosen of Black Wolf God. I am really broke. If Master Lycantos had not insisted on those Gnoll obeying him, I would not have bothered to organize this mess."
"Oh? I thought I heard someone say it needed a "war loan"?"
Just when everyone at Hogger was numb, a treacherous voice suddenly appeared outside the cabin.
As the permanent commercial representative of the Prince of Steamwheedle in the Stromkar Empire, the great businessman Marin Noggenfogg proudly walked into the captain's cabin, holding a civilized stick, wearing a goblin-style businessman's tall hat, and a black and white tuxedo.
It proudly stroked the luxurious jewelry ring on its finger and said to Hogger:
"I happen to have a sum of funds that have just arrived, and I am preparing to invest in a high-risk, high-return project. If you need money, my friend Gnoll, why don't we sign a contract.
The rewards obtained by Steamwheedle Prince's funding of Marshal Lothar's victory in the war made every Goblin go crazy with envy, and I participated in the whole process. I feel that I have learned the high-end operations of Prince, and I need to try it on a War Commander who is worthy of investment."
Noggenfogger looked at Hogger eagerly and said:
"Don't worry about where the money came from. This is clean money I got from selling potions. There will be no misappropriation of the consortium's assets and no additional business risks.
I will not ask for more, just like the contract between Steamwheedle Prince and Emperor Lothar, after you take Gnoll Kingdom, I will be responsible for the trade between the Gnoll Kingdom and the outside world.
Although there is a high probability that it is just a mosquito leg, since it is the stage for beginners to accumulate experience, there is no need to blindly chase profits and rates of return.
What I want to do is a big business, and early investment is only a necessary means.
How is it?
Hogger Great Chieftain, do you need to accept the goodwill of me, a conscientious businessman Goblin?"