Most of these Goblins of Astranaar come from Ratchet, and Ratchet can be regarded as loyal to the Goblin trade network in a large area around it.
Stonetalon Mountains naturally has many Goblin doing business there. In addition to doing business with Tauren of the Stonetalon Mountains, the Goblins also opened up a mine at Windshear Crag northeast of the Stonetalon Mountains, so they naturally know the situation in this area quite well.
The information Aaron wants to get from Goblin is nothing more than whether there are any dangerous biological activities in the Stonetalon Mountains. Although several Goblin Although there was some hesitation, but in view of the gold coins given by Aaron (Goblins accept human currency), they still provided some information to Aaron.
According to what the Goblins said, the main danger to the Stonetalon Mountains comes from a group of guys that Aaron is very familiar with - Harpy. When mentioning these ferocious and brutal Harpys, the Goblins' voices are full of anger.
Goblin can deal with anyone, even a crazy dragon like Deathwing has Goblin getting involved in it and providing various services to Deathwing. However, Harpy is an exception, The descendants of Aviana don't know what's wrong. They have been full of hostility towards all other creatures for so many years. Goblin have never been able to make business with these guys. The Goblin salesmen who came to their door have basically become food for Harpy.
As for other races living in the Stonetalon Mountains, they are much easier to deal with than Harpy. Tauren has always been peace-loving and has never fought with any race except Centaur. In addition, there are a small number of Keeper of the Grove living in the Stonetalon Peak area north of the Stonetalon Mountains.
When Keeper of the Grove was mentioned, the Goblins were still a little resentful. The main reason was that they did not like the fact that Goblins were mining in the Stonetalon Mountains. Fortunately, the main activity areas of the two parties were far away, so there was no conflict.
But for Aaron, Keeper of the Grove can be regarded as a help, but if Aaron wants to go directly to Desolace, he should not be able to meet them, and Aaron should not be able to use them this time, so he does not care about this news.
However, Aaron asked carefully about Tauren. If he wants to conflict with Centaur, he must deal with Tauren.
According to the news that Goblins have learned, many Taurens have left their ancestral homes and settled in the Stonetalon Mountainss under the pressure of Centaurs. It seems that Taurens have the intention of moving away from Desolaces as a whole.
Of course, these news were all heard by Goblin people, and there were many falsehoods in them. When Aaron asked about Mulgore's news, Goblin people hesitated. When Aaron asked anxiously, these guys made up some fake news to fool Aaron.
After sending Goblin away, Aaron tried to get some information from the hotel owner. However, Night Elf's extremely conservative policy made almost all Night Elf not see for a long time. Tauren, the information that Aaron can get is basically very outdated. The hotel owner even told the story of the famous Tauren hero Huln Gaoling at the time of War of the Ancients.
After listening to the innkeeper's story with helpless lips, Aaron had nothing to say except to say thank you. Among the current Night Elf, there are not even many adventurers willing to leave Nordrassil's shelter. It is really embarrassing to get the news about Tauren from them.
After crossing the mountains to the south of Ashenvale, there is the land of the Stonetalon Mountains. The area covered by trees is relatively small, and most of the area is exposed soil. It is a red color and is really desolate.
"This area..." Vereesa looked down at this lifeless land and said with a frown, "How far is it before we reach our destination?"
"It's hard to say, it's probably quite a long way away," Aaron couldn't estimate how long it would take to arrive at Desolace, but before officially going to Desolace, he still had to get in touch with Tauren from the Stonetalon Mountains.
"Let's descend some altitude," Aaron looked at this slightly desolate land and said to Vereesa. If the information given by Goblin is correct, after leaving the valley where Goblin opened the mine, it will not be far from Tauren's activity area.
"Okay," Vereesa responded. Although she could see the situation on the ground clearly with Eagle Eye at a high altitude, the spell had limitations after all. Lowering the altitude could also avoid missing any situations.
"Lightning, you should also watch carefully." Vereesa said to the flying eagle circling around him, indicating to Lightning to stay at this height to observe the enemy's situation.
Lightning gave a cry to show that he understood it, flew to the position above the two people's heads, and carefully observed the situation on the ground - the eagle eye is much easier to use than Eagle Eye.
Speaking of Lightning, when Vereesa just got Hippogryph's mount, Lightning was still a little unhappy and even wanted to be free. I came to be Vereesa's mount, but now Lightning is only a little bigger than an ordinary flying eagle, so it's a bit difficult for Vereesa to ride on it.
After Vereesa coaxed him for several days, Lightning's mood fully recovered, but the look he looked at Hippogryph at the other end was still a little unkind.
"There seems to be something over there, Aaron, let me go over and have a look." Vereesa said suddenly, driving Hippogryph straight to the west, leaving Aaron behind.
"Wait for me." Aaron urged the gryphon and wanted to catch up, but saw that Vereesa in front of him had taken off the bow and arrow from his back, circled half a circle in the air, bypassed a mountain in front, and disappeared from Aaron's sight.
Aaron didn't know what Vereesa had discovered. He hurriedly chased after him, but heard a Lightning explosion on the way. He didn't know if it was from Vereesa's arrow or if he encountered some enemy.
Lightning was even more anxious than Aaron. He swooped around and then let out an eagle cry, followed by a Lightning sound - he inherited the bloodline of Akil'zon Of course, Lightning can also control thunder and lightning, but this eagle is still young, and the Lightning it spits out has limited lethality. The sound is not even as powerful as the thunder and lightning attached to the arrows by Titans' Strike.
"Have you really encountered an enemy?" Aaron rushed forward in a hurry. As soon as he showed his head, he heard a thunder blast above his head, and then several more thunders rushed towards him. Aaron hurriedly called Put a layer of Divine Shield on yourself, and at the same time control the gryphon to descend quickly to prevent the gryphon from being attacked by Lightning and then suddenly disappearing - something like this has happened before.
At this time Aaron also saw the true appearance of the attackers: a group of Harpy with red feathers.