Rex intended to resolve the trouble in the Blade's Edge Mountains, but he did not go there himself. For the time being, he had assigned the matter to Tirion Fordring. There were still aspects of the situation that remained unclear, and they had to establish whether this was a gnomish scheme or whether things truly were as reported. That distinction was extremely important. Until he knew the truth, Rex would not allocate resources to the Blade's Edge Mountains, even if the situation there had genuinely become critical.
After all, if the gnomes in the Blade's Edge Mountains got their way this time and the other camps followed their example, would there be any point in keeping the Alliance Expedition's main camp?
Once it happened, it would happen again.
One incident would lead to another. He would never let anyone force his hand on this matter.
Rex was utterly firm on that point. If the ogres' unusual movements were a coincidence and had nothing to do with the gnomes, he would allocate the resources.
Tirion Fordring was now busy investigating the matter, determined to establish exactly what had happened.
As for Rex himself, he had something more important to do.
The camp in the Blade's Edge Mountains had been established by the gnomes. Its leader was a disciple of High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque and one of the candidates to become the gnomes' next High Tinker. Rex needed a proper conversation with Gelbin Mekkatorque to find out just how much this disciple mattered to him. That was crucial. If the disciple was not particularly important, Rex's attitude toward the camp leader would change accordingly.
Yes, Rex was precisely that sort of status-conscious person.
He had intended to do this long ago, but one thing after another had kept pushing it back.
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