Hogg's proposal brought the surrounding crowd to a hush.
Especially Xiao Weiming and Huozheng Tinghao, whose eyes both went wide.
The former thought Hogg had grown so fast over the past few days. Had he been taking some kind of brain-boosting pills? How else could he come up with something that sounded so terrifying? The latter realized that the scrawny gnoll before him was no harmless creature.
Compared with its own kind, it was exceptional. Even among those "clever" races, it wouldn't fall behind. It spoke with real coherence and even knew how to read Lord Murphy's intentions.
That alone put it ahead of some of the complacent vampire NPCs.
Could a gnoll really say something like that?
Hogg saw Lord Murphy's warriors staring at him in silence, their expressions strange, and started to panic.
He'd been taught how to use the calculation orb to post quests, but this was his first time doing it. Under so many watchful eyes, he felt terribly uneasy. He let out a couple of odd gnollish yelps, then remembered something important and hurriedly added:
"Aw-aw, I also heard about your preferences from Lady Adele, so I prepared generous rewards for all of you in advance. The loyal, docile, and carefully trained Ridgetooth Hyenas bred by my clan have always been excellent mounts produced in Transia.
"Though they can't match warhorses over long distances, they're fast, nimble, and fierce. They can carry an adult at a full gallop, and in some situations they can even help keep watch and join the fight."
"Huh? A mount reward with a unique model?"
Sister Pomegranate's eyes lit up. Then she pursed her lips and said:
"Why didn't you say so earlier? If you'd told us you had rewards ready, we'd have started helping ages ago. Hogg, no offense,