"You've Got More Words, So I'll Follow You" and "Too Long; Didn't Read" Bonus Update 515

(Bonus update 5/5 for the brother "Zailingyuan")

The journey to Origin Harbor went smoothly for Lord Paine and Hogg. They had traveled aboard an airship belonging to Perfect Aviation.

The airship had rolled out of a factory in Chardo Port just a month ago, then been handed over to the Gnoll Kingdom at a steep discount. That was one of the terms in a series of aid agreements Hogg had reached with the halflings.

The deal was that the halflings would hire the gnoll Construct Guardians as long-term bodyguards, while providing Hogg's people with technological goods and material aid. The Lord had brokered the agreement, and it was settled in no time.

Of course, it was impossible to imagine the halflings had no hard feelings toward the gnolls after their cities had nearly been destroyed by them. But the Genoa Peninsula was hardly peaceful, and with the reinforcements from other nations gradually withdrawing, the halflings needed to hire a gang of toughs to clean up the mess.

The gnolls were plentiful and good fighters, so the two sides had hit it off.

As a result, the first basic national policy Hogg established after founding the Gnoll Kingdom was "exporting labor." Well, it was a strategy that suited the gnolls' nature perfectly. No one could find fault with it.

The huge airship, emblazoned with the Construct Guardians' crest, landed in Origin Harbor's dock district, immediately drawing a crowd of onlookers from Sangha.

The blue-skinned desert people weren't afraid of the gnolls. After all, the gnolls' two downfalls had both involved Sangha's military intervention. It wouldn't be much of an exaggeration for the people of Sangha to call themselves "the Gnoll Enders."

Another reason was that when the Pharaoh had previously told his people about the "Chosen of the Creator," he'd also