Chapter 31: News from the Trolls

While Garin was still pondering, there was a commotion at the city gate. It seemed that the members of the stealth team who were out for exploration had returned.

This group of scouts who used the power of shadow were formed by the joint efforts of three noble families. Some of them were family servants, and there were also several stealth scouts who were hired from Ravenholdt Manor by several families. They were specifically used to investigate the movements of the trolls in Deadwood Village.

Ravenholdt Manor, they call themselves the Assassin's League, a force composed of assassins and thieves. Although it is called the Assassin's League, it is a mercenary organization. They not only accept assassination missions, but also accept various mission commissions, as long as you can afford the corresponding gold coins.

The leader is Duke Jorachi Ravenholdt, a legendary thief and the person in charge of the future Rogue Profession Hall in the Anti-Demon Alliance.

As far as Garin knew, this organization not only had human members, but also strong men from various races such as high elves, night elves, trolls, etc. They welcomed anyone with strength to join them. This might be the earliest pan-racial organization in Azeroth.

This time, the three families spent a lot of money to hire five stalkers from Ravenholdt Manor. The leader was a bald man named Karlu Aurelius, who was said to be a high-level assassin. When Garin saw Karlu for the first time, he remembered a sentence: I became bald and stronger. That's probably it.

Garin instructed Amor behind him: "Teacher Amor, please help me find out if the stalkers from Ravenholdt Manor have brought back any news."

Amor glanced at Garin with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Ever since Garin returned to the northern mining area, Amor, as the captain of the personal guard, has been following Garin. It is difficult for Garin to fool him like last time and then slip away alone.

"Don't worry, teacher. I will stay here this time, waiting for news from the Deadwood Village."

Jialin made the promise helplessly. Alas, why didn't he have the eloquence of Uncle Benshan? He just had to trick Amor so that he wouldn't have to follow him like a follower every day.

After Amor left, Garin looked back and said to the great wizard Gandalf behind him: "Gandalf, how is your strength recovering now?"

Gandalf is the soul of a powerful being from the void. Strictly speaking, he is an alien, but he was reshaped into a human form by the Altar of Kings. He possessed the strength of a star wizard during his lifetime and was a powerful being far superior to the legendary level.

After his rebirth, Garin's basic strength limited him to only the seventh level. He spent the past month getting familiar with his body and improving his strength.

"Your Highness, I have stabilized at the eighth level."

Looking at Gandalf's expression that said "it's okay", Garin felt a little uneasy. He was at level eight this month and would have to be level nine next month.

"Can we reach the ninth level next month?" Jialin couldn't help but ask.

"Your Highness, the ninth level is not the cabbage in the field that can't grow in a month." Gandalf's eyes were a little strange, as if he was caring for a mentally retarded person. He really thought that he could increase his strength by eating, drinking, defecating and urinating every day.

However, Jialin was his master after all, so he had to explain clearly: "Your Highness, when I was cleaning the mines before, my water element and I killed many giant plateau wolf spiders. I found that every time I killed a wolf spider, my strength increased a little. The bigger the wolf spider, the more my strength increased."

After this explanation, Garin understood that this should be the experience system given to the base units by the Heart of Origin Base. After he built the base, he and Omar and the others cleared out the trolls in a camp, but did not feel the increase in strength. The experience system of this base should be Gandalf's.

It's unique. I don't have this treatment. If I want to improve my strength, besides practicing by myself, I can only rely on the amplification of the Altar of Kings.

The basic strength of infantry and musketeers is level three, and they should also have this experience system. Killing enemies can enhance their strength.

After recharging 100,000 units of gold, Garin has researched all four technologies of the blacksmith shop. In order to increase the defense of the building, he has also researched all the current technologies in the sawmill.

Iron Swordsmanship: Increases the attack power of Militia, Infantry, Knights, Spellbreakers, Dragonhawk Riders, and Griffin Riders.

Iron Armor: Increases the armor strength of militia, infantry, knights, aircraft and steam locomotives.

Black Powder: Increases the range and attack power of Musketeers, Mortar Teams, Steam Locomotives, and Flying Machines.

Leather Armor: Increases the armor of Riflemen, Mortar Team, Dragonhawk Rider and Griffin Rider

The research of these four technologies cost Garin a huge sum of money, and all the soldiers who had studied the technologies before needed to go to the blacksmith shop to replace their equipment, which was another expense. Garin was distressed and grimaced.

Fortunately, after the technical research was completed, the trained infantry and musketeers were automatically equipped with the researched equipment, and all became one offensive and one defensive arms, and the overall strength increased significantly.

Moreover, you can find an opportunity to sell the thousands of sets of equipment that have been replaced and make a small profit.

Garin's mentality was extremely inflated. He had been farming for almost two months and he had to try out the results of his new wave of soldiers.

After a while, Amor came back quickly and reported to Garin: "Prince, Viscount Garson wants you to come over to discuss matters."

Garin had a feeling that something big must have happened. It had been a month, and the top leaders of Kurumu Village should have returned from Shadralo and discovered that many scout teams had disappeared. They had lost their eyes and ears on the human border, so they should have taken some action.

Garin brought Gandalf and Amor to the newly renovated meeting hall. Viscount Garson and Viscount Newo were already inside the hall.

After a while, Earl Dabire, who received the magic message, also came to the meeting hall from his fiefdom through the magic teleportation array.

After they greeted each other, Count Dabire, who arrived last, was obviously still confused about the situation. He directly asked the person in charge of the mine: "Garson, what happened? Do you need to send me an urgent message?"

Viscount Garson handed the report to Count Dabire: "According to the thieves' investigation, the trolls in Deadwood Village have made unusual movements and are suspected to be gathering troops."

While reading the report, Count Dabire discussed the situation with Viscounts Garson and Newo.

"We have cleared out all the scouts they sent out. They should be no different from blind men now."

"Their sacrifice has ended. Their high-end combat forces should have returned to Deadwood Village from Shadralo. Perhaps our deployment here has been discovered by their high-level stalkers?"

"We can't rule out this possibility. There is another doubt. We have eliminated their scouts. Theoretically, their high-level lurkers will retaliate against our actions. The manpower we sent out will probably suffer heavy losses."

"According to the Withered Tree Tribe's consistent style, retaliation is inevitable. Their high-end combat power will not miss the opportunity to cause casualties to us, the people of Stromgarde."

"But we have not received any reports of casualties. In fact, today our spies have reached the heart of Deadwood Village and brought back news that they are gathering."

Hearing this, Jialin thought of the many suspicious aspects of the kingdom's abandonment of this land before, and suddenly thought of a possibility: "Uncles, you say, there is no possibility, is there something wrong with us?"