Li De stood side by side with Shandris outside Zul'Farrak's Beixin Gate. For a moment, he had the urge to read poetry.
"Those who keep saying that one generation is inferior to another should look at you.
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The night elves have accumulated thousands of years of heritage, and all the roads, bridges, inns, and guards are like gifts specially prepared for the Protector of the Vast Sea.
The achievements of ancient civilization are opened layer by layer and can be enjoyed to your heart's content.
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If you still need our blessings, then.
Run! After..."
"Stop making trouble!"
Unfortunately, just when Li De was about to read out the last two words with emotion, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Shandis.
"It's such an important occasion, and you're not embarrassed that everyone is watching."
Shandris covered her mouth and tilted her head towards Li De and scowled. Li De looked around with a dry smile, and found that many people were looking over curiously.
"Oh, I lost my composure, I lost my composure."
Li De regained his seriousness, and at this moment there was a slight vibration under his feet, and then the vibration became more and more obvious. A long team rolled up the smoke and dust and walked over from the west avenue.
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"ah!"
There was a burst of exclamation among the crowd, and Li De also looked straight.
"What a guy! It's so big! It's far beyond my imagination!"
It's a huge thing with a shoulder height of more than eight meters, like moving hills.
Their thick skin is also the color of gray earth, and the piled wrinkles are like the wrinkles of rocks, so in the metaphor of hills, they can be said to be both physical and spiritual.
The movements of giant kodos seem very slow, but in fact because of their huge strides, their fastest speed can reach almost 40 kilometers per hour.
"Protector! Fortunately, you have lived up to your mission!"
On top of the largest and leading kodo, those working on it were none other than Bigwitz and Smid Serkabuscu. The scene in front of them left no doubt that the kodo trap they developed was successful.
"Okay! Okay! This guy is so big! It's worth all the effort we put into it!"
Looking at this huge guy in front of him, Li De had mixed feelings and almost burst into tears. After going through so many things, he finally got this strategic level beast.
"We need to have more night elf friends along the way. Even if there is a ready-made road, our work would not be so smooth without their help. The primeval forest of Feralas is really scary."
Bigwitz looked at Shandris standing next to Li De and said with emotion that the land area of Feralas is almost twice that of Tanaris, and the terrain is much more complicated. Without the help of the night elves,
, expecting them to explore on their own would take a conservative estimate of two years.
But with the help of the night elves, they can now travel from the lowland wilderness in eastern Feralas to the desolate land in northern Feralas in just one week.
Li De generously hugged Shandis's shoulders and kissed her on the cheek, and then asked Bigwitz for details.
"Then after you entered Desolation, did you encounter centaurs and tauren? Did you have any conflicts with them?"
Bigwhiz laughed loudly, jumped down from the giant kodo, and dragged Tinkerwhis out of the group.
"This is all thanks to him. When we went to the Desolate Land to sell rock salt with Gazlowe, he went there once.
This guy has a really good memory. He still remembers which centaur tribe he made a deal with before, and we are lucky enough that the centaur tribe has not been wiped out by other forces.
Relying on the gifts of rock salt and iron tools, and promising to continue bringing more salt and iron there in the future, the centaur leader there decided to take us to find the giant kodo beast.
That’s how we successfully caught the first batch of thirteen giant kodos.”
In fact, it is a hundred times more complicated than what was said, but the final result is a successful return, and many details are not rushed to be mentioned here, which makes it even more indifferent than Gwitz deliberately only said a few words.
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For these thirteen giant kodo beasts, Li De's baby can't do it.
The road east of Zul'Farrak Highlands has also been completely cleared. From the easternmost end of the highland to the Shining Plains, it is also connected with a huge elevator. From the Shining Plains, go directly to the highlands and pass through the road to the Resistance Camp.
, directly enter Dustwallow Swamp.
Their transportation capacity is more than a hundred times that of Crystal Scale Lizards, and Theramore's project speed is completely different from before.
However, a new problem was soon discovered in the Dustwallow Swamp, which was the difficulty of mining stone.
Mining hard granite in the swamp is difficult as you can imagine, even with the physical strength of a sand troll. Goblin engineers may be able to operate construction machinery, but during the war, every goblin engineer has an irreplaceable
It is impossible for Li De to let them become masons.
At this time, a group of the most ideal labor force came into Li De's field of vision, the group of ogres who had stayed in the Dust Mud Swamp before.
Speaking of the ogre leader Mogmulok, he is really a talent. With his perseverance and willpower, he really moved the defenders of the Dust Mud Camp, and the two sides really started to have simple trade.
Mogmulok will lead the ogres to cut down the trees in Dustwallow Marsh, and exchange the wood for food, salt and tools from the Dustwallow Camp.
However, when the quarrying work in Dustwallow Marsh encountered difficulties, the person in charge of Dustwallow Camp actually thought of Mogmulok and recommended them to Li De.
This really amazed Li De, and he was so surprised that he decided to give this ogre a chance.
The reason why he agreed to provide jobs to the ogres was because Li De still did not dare to underestimate the ogre race. Especially Mogmulok, who could survive so long in the "granary" of the Gordunni ogres.
Living to the end of time shows that he is not as simple as he seems on the surface.
At the moment, Li De asked himself that there was no need to push this group of ogres to a dead end. He didn't want a powerful enemy named Mogmulok to jump out in front of him one day, and then listen to this guy plausibly say:
"I wanted to be your dog, but you didn't want me to, so I became a dragon."
Li De is not interested in creating an Azeroth version of "I have two hectares of dust and mud. Can I be equipped with the emblem of the six tribes today?" Anyway, he just needs to control their logistics supply, strictly guard against their population and weapons, and accept this
There's nothing wrong with helping the ogres.
It has to be said that ogres are indeed talented, and their thick bodies give them a huge advantage in physical labor.
After a large amount of food from the Hanhai Protector arrived, Mogmulok took the ogres and got hammers, chisels and other tools, and went to the quarrying mountain to cover their heads and start working.
"Bah! This cake tastes terrible! We are ogres! I want to eat meat! I want to eat people!"
Not all ogres are willing to work honestly to earn bread. In fact, the food provided by Hanhai Protector is pretty good, and there is giant lizard meat in the bread. The ogre who said this is obviously fine.
Looking for things to be a thorn in the side, he just doesn’t want to be a laborer for the human race. Gu Zhe
"Brother Kao! Don't forget that not long ago you were still an animal that had to be put into the stew pot! We have to learn to face reality,"
Mogmulok, who was carefully chewing the meat rolled in flour, heard his subordinates say this. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Brother Kao, his eyes showing undisguised murderous intent.
Kao Ge'er was the strongest among these ogre slaves. When Mogmulok planned the uprising, it was Kao Ge who twisted off the two heads of the Gordunni watcher with his own hands.
After Mogmulok became the leader of the camp, Kao Ge also became his captain of the bodyguard. Everyone wondered why Kao Ge, who had a bad personality, was willing to live under Mog Mulok. In fact, only Kao Ge knew it.
, Mogmulok can crush his throat.
"..."
Brother Kao didn't dare to answer Mogmulok's words, but his leader had no intention of letting him go.
"Pick up the food and eat it."
Mogmulok said in a calm tone. Brother Kao finally got up obediently and picked up the food he threw on the ground. He didn't even mention cleaning off the dirt on it, and just ate it with the sand.
Go down.
Seeing that Brother Kao still obeyed him, Mogmulok nodded with satisfaction.
And next, he announced something loudly in front of the guards of Hanhai Protector.
"We are a group of ogres who have been abandoned by our tribe and our own people. We want to start a new life far away from home. We can live a stable life through labor.
So in order to let the world know that we are peaceful ogres who know how to support ourselves, we will form a new clan and name it after the tools in our hands.
From today on, we are Stonemaul Ogres!"
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"Stonemaul Ogre? Interesting."
After hearing the report from the quarry guard, Li De couldn't help laughing. This Mogmulok really didn't miss any opportunity to show their harmlessness.
But after all, this is a trivial matter. What really needs attention is this war.
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However, what made Li De feel a little disgusted was that the Stonemaul Ogre made some troubles right after.
"Protector, there are ogre workers who were attacked in the direction of the quarry near the seaside."
On this day, Li De listened to Van Cleef's report on the recent situation in the territory as usual, and when he heard this, Li De's face became a little ugly.
"Are these ogres addicted? Do you want to make some news to attract attention here?"
There was news about the ogre for several days in a row, which took up a lot of Li De's precious time, which made Li De a little angry.
"That's not the case, Protector. I'm afraid this matter really wasn't planned intentionally by the ogre."
"Oh? Reason?"
"The ogres were attacked by a group of murlocs."
Li De suddenly realized that the murlocs were indeed a group of creatures that could not be understood by common sense. They came and went like flies and ants, and almost no intelligent race on land was willing to deal with them.
But then he frowned and said.
"Are they really fishmen? The quarry is still a certain distance from the seaside. Logically speaking, fishmen will never go to the quarry for activities."
"Yes, this incident is very abnormal. Our detectives in Dustwallow Marsh also determined that the murderer was those troublesome fishmen after repeatedly confirming the evidence.
The coast where the fishmen are active is close to the sea area where Okaz Island is located. Because it is unclear what the internal connection between the two is, the agent believes that it is still necessary to report this matter."
Van Cleef found a detailed report on this matter and read it, and this high-quality report also aroused Van Cleef's appreciation for the author.
He paid special attention to the author's name: Junior Agent Xie Shenke.
"Have the fishmen left the sea area that belongs to them? This may indeed be a valuable clue that can be dug along."
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Xie Shenke is a very lucky goblin. His relatives and friends have been fond of calling him: Xie Shenke who survived the catastrophe. No matter how he tried to commit suicide or took risks, he was able to survive without any danger in the end.
Perhaps it was because of this characteristic of his that he embarked on the path of being an agent.
Just on the day he joined the Geological Survey Bureau, his father, who was taken over from Kezan, gave him a piece of advice:
"The fate of explosives is to explode, just like the fate of mines is to collapse."
Xie Shenke didn't understand before, but at this moment he seemed to understand. No matter how lucky a person is, he can't defeat fate. Being an agent is destined to be a dangerous profession, and luck will not always be with you.
Xie Shenke, who was bent on making great achievements, took the risk of going alone to the coast where fishmen were active, hoping to get valuable clues here.
But the final result was that he was locked in a cage, surrounded by jumping fishmen, as if they were performing some kind of pre-dinner ceremony.
Xie Shenke was lucky after all, because when he encountered the fish-men, he was not dismembered by these cruel little scoundrels, but was thrown into a cage alive.
But at the same time, Xie Shenke was unlucky, because today the fishmen seemed to want to eat fresh sashimi. It just so happened that his green skin could help the fishmen save the wasabi.
Maybe the goddess of luck still loved him. Just when the stone knife of the fish-man elder was about to cut off his ear, the rescue team of the Hanhai Protector arrived in time and killed more than a dozen fish-men on the spot. The remaining fish-men judged
After looking at the situation, they all turned around and plunged into the water to escape.
At this moment, Xie Shenke was so moved that he peeed out. He swore to Saint Gabriel that this was definitely not because of fear.
"Poor little goblin, are you okay?"
Brian Bronzebeard bent down and untied the waterweed rope for Xie Shenke. His thick beard swept across Xie Shenke's face, almost knocking him out of breath.
At present, all the frontline troops are at the forefront. The only ones who can guarantee both combat effectiveness and mobility are Brian and his expedition team.
During more than a month in Feralas, dangerous poisonous insects and wild beasts and the sweltering hot climate caused Brian and the others to suffer a lot, but these explorers were happy to do so.
They came back this time to reorganize and formulate a new expedition plan, and to report the situation to the association headquarters.
But as soon as they arrived in Zul'Farrak, they heard that an agent had disappeared while investigating the murlocs, the abnormal murlocs and the damp swamp. This was probably a fun adventure, and Brian didn't even take a shower.
I didn't have time to wash myself, so I led the team to get here.