As the old saying went, money could take you anywhere; without it, you could hardly take a step.
Rex was short of money now, and his thoughts inevitably turned to the Wailing Caverns.
Ah!
Rex sighed. The situation before him was nothing but trouble, one problem after another.
The problems already at hand remained unresolved, yet more kept coming to light, leaving Rex rather helpless.
Rex had originally returned to Lordaeron City to gather the resources Danath needed. But then a problem with the Wired Telegraph lines had cropped up, implicating Kel'Thuzad and bringing the issues in the Eastern Plaguelands and Western Plaguelands to the fore instead.
With so much piling up, Rex wondered whether he was so busy now because he had spent the previous stretch of time taking things too easy.
Rex thought for a while, carefully considering everything he had to deal with.
He put the matters in order. He no longer needed to worry about the Eastern Plaguelands, and the archmage was looking after the Western Plaguelands, so he could leave that alone as well.
That left only Outland. To solve its resource shortage, Rex needed a sum of money, and the place to obtain that money was the Wailing Caverns.
That made a trip to the Wailing Caverns an urgent priority.
But a trip to the Wailing Caverns was not something he could finish in a day or two. Rex had a vague idea of what lay inside. In theory, he would need a week to be reasonably certain of clearing the place.
Yet where was Rex supposed to find a week to spare? King Genn was in poor health, and Rex was due to take over as regent of the Kingdom of Gilneas within the next couple of days.
During those two days, Rex