The meeting hall of Rolling Rock Castle is the tallest building outside the cave in the entire valley. It is a large wooden structure built on a stone foundation, with some orcish style.
The meeting hall is the highest point of the entire Rolling Rock Castle. In fact, it is not the tallest building in terms of height alone. However, other buildings that followed were built along the slope of the hillside, so the meeting hall was highlighted.
come out.
Kane Bloodhoof felt a little sad in his heart. Just half a year ago, Prell was still a member of the Tauren army, with a military position equivalent to a small captain. However, now he has become the chief of Thresh Kingdom.
His status is equal to that of Cairn Bloodhoof.
Like Prell, Cairn Bloodhoof is also a pragmatic leader, although Magatha Grimtotem is also following behind him, and he also learned a lot about the cooperation between tauren and kobolds from Magatha.
But Kane still seriously and carefully inquired about the work of the resident tauren instructors and blacksmiths.
The whole meeting seemed very official and formal, but Prell felt that Kane had something unsaid, so he waited patiently.
The current cooperation between the tauren and the kobolds focuses on jointly building an arsenal, which is also a point that both sides attach great importance to. In terms of private trade, Binznaku is mainly in charge, and the tauren have also sent some candidates to be responsible for
Both parties provide valuations of some goods to facilitate bartering.
In fact, the most important exchange material that the Kingdom of Thresh can provide is the minerals produced, but this is what the Tauren need most. The arsenal cooperation based on mineral trade is the foundation of the cooperation between the two forces. In other aspects,
, for both parties who are also extremely short of various supplies, it is just some minor conditions attached.
Cairn Bloodhoof did not make more requests for cooperation on behalf of the tauren. His arrival was more like a symbol, representing that the Kingdom of Thresh was officially recognized and accepted by the tauren forces, and the alliance between the two was strengthened.
It was reconfirmed by the highest official institutions and leaders.
Then Cairn Bloodhoof proposed that he wanted to visit Stonehoof Valley, so the group left the meeting hall and headed towards the valley. Magatha did not follow because she was a bit old, so the panda man Chen was left to accompany him.
Without Magatha Grimtotem following him, Cairn Bloodhoof seemed to be relieved. He looked behind the Rolling Rock Castle, farther back on the hillside, and at the several caves lined up along the tall mines, and asked
: "Is that where your people live?"
Prell nodded: "Yes, we kobolds like to live in caves. Mines are both our workplace and our living area."
Kane Bloodhoof said: "But you, respected warchief, you seem to prefer to stay outside and feel the nature. I originally thought I would have the opportunity to enter the mine to take a look!" Prell laughed:
"If you want, we can go visit the mine."
Ninel said complimentarily: "Kobolds do like to live in caves, but our great chief is favored by the holy light. He prefers to be illuminated by the great light of the sun, so our people call him and his companions,
Those great heroes are 'Sun Walkers'!"
If it weren't for the arrival of Cairn Bloodhoof, Nineel would not be willing to get out of the mine. In fact, he would still stay in the mine most of the time, except when the Elders Council was convened, he would have to leave the mine.
Come out of the hole.
This is a racial habit. Of course, Prell hired tauren instructors to train the kobold garrison. Those instructors had complained several times because the kobold soldiers preferred to train in the mines rather than outside.
But they only complained privately, because before arriving, Magatha Grimtotem had given them instructions and had only one request: not to show any discrimination against kobolds.
But Lexa and Lao Chen saw this very clearly, and they immediately reported it to Prell, who then made it mandatory that all the selected soldiers must learn to adapt like him, Belga, and Snu.
The world outside the mine.
In short, this is a life habit that is not easy to change in a short period of time, but Prell still uses his own majesty to forcefully promote it.
Kane Bloodhoof knew some Goblin language, but he was not very proficient in it, so he was followed by a servant who was proficient in Goblin language to translate. When he heard the name "Sunwalker", he looked at Prell: "You
You have won the respect and love of your people, congratulations!"
Prior smiled and didn't say much. He did not like the environment of the mine, but in order to show that he was still the same as all the kobolds, he had to continue to hold a candle on his hat.
Initially, under his influence, Belga and Snu almost stopped holding candles for themselves after leaving the Gale Mine, but after arriving at Rolling Rock Canyon, they still lit the candles according to tradition.
The Barrens is a hot and humid rainy season, while the temperature in the Stonetalon Mountains is cooler. As Prell walked on the road in the mountains and forests, the candle on his hat had been blown out by the mountain wind, but he did not notice it.
Cairne Bloodhoof was talking.
Niner and several other elders who were following him followed slowly behind with a grimace, carefully protecting the flickering candle light with their hands.
Passing through the "V" shaped canyon in Stonehoof Valley, Kane, Bloodhoof and Prell were already at the front of the team, and the Goblin translator and attendant behind him also quietly fell behind.
The Tauren Chief hesitated for a moment, as if he was organizing his words, and then he asked softly to the Kobold Chief: "Dear Prell, I am a little confused about the future of the Tauren, and I hope to get some answers from you."
Prell was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Dear Tauren Chief, I will use all my wisdom to give you some suggestions. So, what is your problem?"
Kane Bloodhoof looked back and said: "As for the future of the tauren, we have always regarded Mulgore as the future home that all tauren dream of, but through my people living in the Southern Barrens,
The path to further migration was blocked by the quilboar.
The elders of my tribe have discussed it many times. Archdruid Hamuul Rune Totem believes that we should continue to recuperate and try our best to reach reconciliation with other indigenous races in the hope of living in peace. But Magatha is terrifying.
Totem, the shaman class she represents holds a different opinion."
Kane smiled bitterly: "I think you also understand the surrounding situation. The centaurs are caught in a civil war, the steel-maned quilboars are fighting with humans again, and the thornback quilboars plan to retaliate against the centaurs in the backwater oasis.
, so Magatha believes that I should lead the tribesmen in the Southern Barrens and take this opportunity to pass through the territory of the Thornback Wild Boars and enter the Mulgore region."
"But I think the time has not come yet. We tauren have only taken a breather for more than half a year. If we forcefully pass through, it will definitely arouse the opposition of the thornback wild boars, so I am still hesitant now."
Prell doesn't think that Cairn Bloodhoof is too weak in this matter. Although he has always felt that as a warchief, Cairn Bloodhoof lacks enough decisive and quick decision-making power, but standing as the leader of a race,
No decision is easy or quick.
So he said cautiously: "From the perspective of allies, I think Archdruid Hamuul's view is sound. I don't know the current situation of the tauren in the Southern Barrens, but Apalaye Camp and Sun Stone Residence.
Obviously it can't stand too much trouble.
If there is about two years of peace, then Magatha's opinion is absolutely feasible. You said that the Thornback Wild Boars plan to launch war revenge against the centaurs in the Backwater Oasis. Have they already started fighting? "
Kane shook his head: "Our raptor druid discovered that the thornback wild boars are gathering in the northeast of the Agamagog region. According to estimates, the war may break out at the end of the rainy season in two months."
Prell sat down on a stone on the side of the road. He had to keep his head raised to talk to Kane Bloodhoof. This action made him uncomfortable. Kane Bloodhoof didn't mind either and stuck the rune spear on the ground.
, sitting cross-legged on another stone slab.
For the tauren, if they want to enter the Mogore region safely, they must first have enough time to recuperate and store up their strength, and secondly, they must have good external conditions.
Prell thought for a while and asked: "What do you think of the war between the thornback quilboars and the centaurs? Which side will win?"
Cairn Bloodhoof smiled bitterly again: "This sentence is not meant to be discriminatory or contemptuous, but it is unlikely that the Thornback Wild Boars will win. They will most likely fail, but there will not be too many casualties.
The Kokar clan that invaded the Barrens is the most warlike of the centaur races, as is their vassal clan the Garak clan. The thornback quilboars had fought against the centaurs before, and they did not occupy too many
It’s cheap, I believe they won’t be able to achieve too many results this time.”
Prell asked again: "Screaming Thorns, the chief of the Thornback clan, have you ever met him?" Kane nodded: "He is a man who is confident, thinks that strength is greater than anything else, and is full of fanatical beliefs."
The quilboar."
Prell recounted his destruction of the Venture Capital Company's mine in Mulgore, and then said: "Although I don't have much contact with Screaming Bristlemane, I think he is a very dangerous radical leader. Wild Boar
People have always been fierce and warlike, and among their race, strength determines everything. As the chief of Screaming Thornmane, it is obvious that the Thornback clan will become more and more radical and even intolerant and stubborn.
The Barrens cannot accommodate too many races to co-exist. If the centaurs did not invade and only the tauren entered, then the war between the thornback quilboars would not be aimed at the centaurs but the tauren."
Kane nodded silently again, because what Prell said was indeed the truth.
"The wild boars are a powerful society. The will of the chief and shaman is the will of the entire clan, and the will of adult males is the will of other family members, including women and children.
So Archdruid Hamuul's opinion is correct, but we might as well change the angle and look at the problem as a quilboar with a thornback. Having limited dealings with Screech and quilboar, I think his attitude towards the tauren is not
Friendly, because the arrival of the tauren not only occupied their living space and shared their survival resources, but also brought the centaurs in.
If the Thornbacks win the war against the centaurs this time, I'm afraid Scream. The Thornbacks will take the power of victory and turn against the Tauren, turning you into slaves or driving you back to Thousand Needles. If they lose the war,
Then they will spread their resentment and anger on the tauren.
Although this is just my opinion, as a friend, I have to say that Magatha's opinion is more favorable. The best time is for the tauren to start gradually gathering in early September. Once the war breaks out in the backwater oasis, you will
Head to Mulgore immediately.
But as a result, the tauren will have to face one more enemy, the thornback quilboar. There may also be two more enemies, the windfury harpy and the white-maned gnoll in Mulgore."
Cairn Bloodhoof sighed. He supported Prell's point of view, because his views on Screaming Thornmane were almost the same as Prell's.
However, the tauren suddenly have a powerful enemy, maybe even four, including the Steelmane clan, which has a not too bad relationship with the thornback quilboar. It can be said that the tauren race will be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
It's really a difficult choice! Cairn Bloodhoof looked at the sky in Stonehoof Valley, feeling as if the entire Stonetalon Mountains were pressed against him.