My Hogg Couldn't Possibly Be This Cute

The voice came out of nowhere. Even after hearing it, Landen still couldn't locate its source. It wasn't until an object roughly ten meters away—something he had always taken for a rock—moved that he finally noticed it.

Even then, Landen still couldn't tell whether the other party had been there all along, or whether it really had been a rock that the system had transformed at that moment.

The Minotaur Butler ahead of him was drenched in cold sweat. He had no idea how the other party had arrived. He only knew that if she hadn't deliberately revealed herself by moving, he still wouldn't have noticed her. He couldn't imagine what would have happened if she hadn't merely moved, but had instead launched a sneak attack at Landen. At this distance, he couldn't block it, and Landen couldn't dodge!

Watching her slowly approach from the darkness, Landen patted the Minotaur Butler's shoulder to indicate that everything was fine. At the same time, he asked, "Old Niu, have you heard of this Riverclaw Lord?"

The Minotaur Butler returned to Landen's side, but stood even closer to him than before. Hearing Landen's question, he couldn't help shaking his head. Whether back when he was still in the Surface World or later, after coming to the underground world, he had never heard of this title.

The figure had now walked to within ten meters of Landen. She bent her body slightly, and though her voice was cold, there was clear respect in it. "Hogg, leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen, pays her respects to Your Lordship."

"Mm, hello. Ah, wait..." Landen nodded, but before his raised head had even lowered, it froze in place. The next moment, he cried out in utter shock, "You... What did you say your name was? Hogg?"

"Yes, Your Lordship. My name is Hogg!" The answer was delivered with absolute certainty.

"Hogg? Your name is Hogg? How can you be called Hogg..." Landen seemed not to have heard the answer at all, continuing to stand there in complete disarray.

Hogg...

Stormwind City...

Azeroth...

World of Warcraft...

Well, since Deyun's friend could become the current Landen, then it didn't seem impossible for Hogg—the big boss who had brutally slaughtered countless low-level Alliance characters outside Stormwind City and still held the record for the most player kills in the entire game even after World of Warcraft had been operating for over ten years—to have crossed over as well.

It was just that...

Landen's gaze fell upon her. This Hogg was completely different from the Hogg he knew.

What were those two dog ears hidden in that lively short hair?

What were those claws that looked less like wolf paws and more like paws wearing a pair of furry gloves?

What was that fur miniskirt?

What was that large, fluffy tail swishing behind her?

Most importantly, what were those two peaks, thrusting up the sexy little fur bandeau that exposed her midriff, supposed to be? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Was this supposed to be Hogg? She was obviously a Beast-eared Cutie from an eleventh-district two-dimensional manga! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Landen's mouth was now wider open than the Minotaur Butler's bovine mouth. The atmosphere around them fell into a strange, syrupy awkwardness. This bizarre atmosphere continued for more than ten minutes, until Landen finally closed his mouth, from which saliva had begun to drip—whether from shock or some other reason, he couldn't say.

"Mm, welcome aboard. Let's go inside and talk." The lord appeared to casually raise a hand and wipe away the moisture at the corner of his mouth. Then, with the air of a true lord, he turned and walked into the bunker.

As for Hogg's arrival—well, although she was somewhat different from the Hogg in his mind, Landen was still incredibly excited. He had assumed that the Green Talent rewarded by the quest would simply be some capable person randomly brought over from this world. He never expected the system to give him such an enormous reward.

Judging solely by the settings in World of Warcraft, Hogg really was only a Green Talent. Officially, she was the leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen and even an elite, but her actual level was only level 11. She had also been placed on the wanted board, and every Alliance player would run over to cut off her head and claim the reward.

Even after she was later placed in the Stormwind City Stockade dungeon, her level didn't increase by much. As for her identity, she merely became the leader of a group of criminals.

However, from another perspective, the situation was completely different.

Back then, after World of Warcraft had been operating for more than seven years, Blizzard Entertainment released a set of half-entertaining, half-professional statistics. It clearly stated that the NPC who had killed the most players in the game was none other than this leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen!

Ragnaros? Kil'jaeden? Arthas? Hogg had trampled them all beneath her feet!

Could someone like that really be treated as an ordinary Green Talent?

What was more, that was only her performance in the game. The real data now displayed before Landen's eyes gave even more concrete proof of the situation.

[Follower: Hogg, Loyalty: ]

[Race: Gnoll, Leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen]

[Class: Level 11 Gnoll Warrior, Level 11 Gnoll Thrasher]

[Strength: , Constitution: , Agility: , Intelligence: , Willpower: ]

[Skills: Phantom Claw Strike, Piercing Howl, Interrogation Technique, Fishing Technique, Planting Technique

Phantom Claw Strike: Innate Skill, Level ----. Launches multiple consecutive claw attacks at the enemy at extremely high speed. As Agility increases, attack speed rises, increasing the number of claw strikes within a given period.

Piercing Howl: Innate Skill, Level ----. Emits a piercing howl that terrifies enemies, revealing invisible enemies within its area of effect while reducing their movement and attack speeds. Area of effect: 30 meters. Duration: 10 seconds.

Interrogation Technique: Passive Skill, Level 10. As one of the important prisoners in the Stormwind City Stockade, Hogg endured every form of torture and interrogation imaginable. By the time she successfully escaped the Stormwind City Stockade, her interrogation skills had reached an extraordinary level. She could use all sorts of unimaginable methods to stir the fear in your heart and make you reveal any information she wanted.

Fishing Technique: Innate Skill, Level ----. The Riverclaw Jackalmen have lived beside rivers for generations, relying primarily on fish as food. Passed down from generation to generation, the Fishing Technique has been deeply engraved in the blood of this race. Later generations of Riverclaw Jackalmen were born with an innate talent for fishing.

Planting Technique: Level 8. Because their settlement was close to Stormwind City and Goldshire, the Riverclaw Jackalmen learned how to grow food from humans. As the leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen, Hogg was even more skilled than the others. Her planting skills were more polished than those of old farmers who had worked the land for decades.]

[Character Description: The Nightmare of Elwynn Forest—Hogg. Legend says that her body is twice the size of an ordinary gnoll. Another legend claims that her claws can easily tear a Footman's shield in half. Yet another says that her powerful legs can effortlessly catch up with the pitiful adventurers attempting to flee! Whatever the legends may say, it is an indisputable fact that Hogg has occupied the top spot on Stormwind City's wanted-bulletin board for more than ten years. Moreover, everyone who accepted the bounty and went to capture her ultimately fell beneath her bloody claws! Now that this leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen has walked out of the Stormwind City Stockade, what kind of bloody storm will she bring to this world?]

[Additional Description: Hogg is incredibly powerful. If you killed her, it was only because she wanted you to.]