The Troll leaders went out to find their subordinates.
A little later, Alleria and Sylvanas came in.
"I heard you wanted to trade with the Trolls in Stranglethorn Vale?" Alleria asked.
"Yes!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "Tigers and leopards are too cunning, and those places are all Troll territory. They're not easy to catch."
"What will you buy them with? Those gold coins you seized?" Alleria asked him.
"Equipment! Everything they're wearing except their weapons! One set for one animal!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"Equipment? Will that work?" Alleria asked.
"I don't know! As long as they can get me tigers and leopards, they can trade for whatever they want! Food, armor, take your pick."
Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, "The Troll troops, the City Lord Guard, the Bloodhawk Burning Legion—if that's not enough, add the Expeditionary Army Corps. If that still isn't enough, even the Gryphon Riders can take off their equipment to trade. I'll issue them new gear when we get back. I've still got plenty in my warehouse. I'm only worried they won't be able to catch that many!"
...This man was far too brazen! How was this any different from privately selling state military equipment? The City Lord Guard was his, the Gryphon Rider unit was his, and the Troll troops were his too. No one could tell him what to do with them.
But the Bloodhawk Burning Legion and the Expeditionary Army Corps belonged to Quel'Thalas. That was different! Alleria and Sylvanas exchanged a glance, neither knowing what to say to him.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Lin Bloodhawk turned and looked at the two of them for a moment before saying, "What's wrong with reporting it as combat losses when you get home? Can't you do that? If they give you two trouble when you return, just