After signing an arms trade order and collecting some ready-made weapons, Duke Barov and General Hass arrived at the harbor to board their ship.
Just then, an ironclad that had recently completed its refit returned to the harbor from sea trials.
The enormous ironclad, sounding its whistle and billowing black smoke, drew everyone's attention.
The imposing Iron Behemoth and its thick gun barrels made Duke Barov deeply envious.
With such a large warship and such thick gun barrels, its combat power had to be impressive.
Seeing Duke Barov studying the ironclad entering the harbor, Herad hurriedly cut short his ambitions.
"That is a warship of the Kul Tiras fleet. We have a long backlog of shipbuilding orders, so we cannot provide warships for the time being."
After doing some calculations in his head, he added another remark.
"Duke, you could seek Admiral Daelin's assistance. Ask him to station warships at Caer Darrow Island and Southshore."
Admiral Daelin of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras was helpful and liked assisting other kingdoms through their crises.
When Orcs invaded the Kingdom of Stormwind, he had brought every available vessel in the Kingdom of Kul Tiras to provide transport.
Paying for security services would certainly be no problem!
After some consideration, Duke Barov felt that this was indeed acceptable.
Even if he bought warships, they would not be combat-ready anytime soon.
He decided to lease warships from the Kul Tiras fleet first and consider buying them later.
General Hass expressed no opinion on the matter.
The kingdom's military had no naval branch.
So he did not care whether they had warships.
Being able to arm the army was enough.
The Kingdom of Alterac secretly purchased arms, improving its army's combat power as much as possible.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Lordaeron was producing more and