"How would a miser like Willyx ever let me see his gold coins? I heard him counting them and climbed over the wall." Steven looked rather proud of himself.
"You mean you secretly climbed over the wall to watch him?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk was utterly embarrassed.
"Of course! I dug a little hole in the room where he often counts his gold coins. Look through it, and you can see Willyx's coins." Steven wore an expression that said, Now you know how impressive I am.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk finally understood. Willyx hadn't been counting money in front of him at all. Steven had simply sneaked over to watch someone else count it.
Not only had he spied on someone, he had even bored a peephole through their wall. Steven's potential as a thief seemed every bit as great as Lirath Windrunner's.
The fact that Willyx had now been hired as Quel'Danil City's foreign trade representative genuinely surprised Yu Lin Bloodhawk. But on second thought, it really was quite a good idea.
Given the goblins' keen instinct for gold and their obsession with it, the Council's representatives probably wouldn't lose out on this trip to Lordaeron. With someone who could argue with the Lyk Brothers for days over a single silver coin, the people on Lordaeron's side would probably be the ones getting headaches.
But what interested Yu Lin Bloodhawk most about Willyx, and what he valued most, wasn't his talent for business negotiations. It was the fact that this goblin knew how to get to Kalimdor.
Steven had been absolutely right about one thing: Willyx really was the sort who would risk his life for gold. Yu Lin Bloodhawk had originally been unsure how to keep him in Hinterlands so he would be available whenever they needed to go to