Chapter 4 South of Arathi

Jialin always had a sense of urgency in his heart, fearing that he would follow the old path of Prince Jialin in the original book. He tried to change the future, and the first step was to strengthen his own strength.

It was not until after this meeting that he felt a little relieved. He had taken the second step in trying to change his destiny. He was going to leave the city and find a secret place to summon the Heart of Origin and see what this Titan creation that had been in his mind for more than ten years looked like.

Garin and Danas said goodbye and agreed on a time to meet up tomorrow. Danas would also be preparing to return to Geshak Farm tomorrow, which was the base of the militia. This time he was promoted to adjutant of the militia, and there were a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

As soon as Garin walked out of the castle, he saw two guards walking towards him at the door. They were his two guard captains, who he personally selected from the army. "Your Highness." The two saluted Garin and followed behind him.

"Omar, have you heard any noteworthy news recently?" Garin asked as they walked.

Omar was on his right. When he heard the prince's question, he immediately answered, "Your Highness, I recently heard that our Royal Archmage Hadley disappeared mysteriously." He frowned and continued in a puzzled tone, "According to the news brought by the caravans from various countries, not only in Stromgarde, but also in Lordaeron, Stormwind Kingdom, Gilneas Kingdom, and Dalaran, there are mages who have mysteriously disappeared or died. Among them, the Royal Mage Corps of Stormwind Kingdom was completely wiped out. The scene exuded evil energy, and the nobles were in a panic."

After hearing this, Garin was not too surprised. According to his memories of his previous life, it was definitely the Guardian Medivh who was possessed by Sargeras who did it. Those who died should all be members of the Council of Tirisfal.

When the Council of Tirisfal was first established, it was dedicated to monitoring and destroying demons entering the world of Azeroth, although it later became a monitoring of all magic users. However, as an organization that has destroyed demons, they have long been on the blacklist of Sargeras, the leader of the Burning Legion.

After the great devil Sargeras has cleared out the Council of Tirisfal, he should contact Gul'dan, who is far away in Draenor, to prepare to open the Dark Portal and allow the orcs to invade Azeroth.

Time is running out, Garen sighed. Medivh and Sargeras are two souls in one body. Now a lot of mages have died. It should be that Sargeras has gained the upper hand and suppressed the guardian, so the construction of the Dark Portal should have begun.

As he was thinking, Garin turned around and asked another guard, "Varokar, how is the progress of the things I asked you to prepare?" Varokar, the young guard on Garin's left, immediately said, "Prince, I have finished drawing the map of Arathi. It can be said that everything is ready."

"Very good, you all did a good job. Once I'm ready, we'll set out immediately for adventure." Jialin suppressed his urgency and still had to do the preparations. "Hurry and bring the map to me."

He planned to study the map and look for a suitable location.

The map prepared by Varokal came from the palace library. The content on it was very detailed. Garin recalled the map he ran when he was doing tasks in the nostalgic server before he crossed over. The appearance was roughly the same, but it was just a game after all, not a map of the real world.

Arathi Highlands is surrounded by mountains on three sides. To the north, east and south are the vast Alterac Mountains. Behind the mountains to the south is the Sardor Strait. There is a mountain pass near the center of the strait, where there is a cross-sea bridge built by the dwarves - the Sardor Bridge. It was built by the Bronzebeard dwarves of Ironforge to facilitate travel with the Wildhammer dwarves of the Hinterlands. Now the kingdom trades with the dwarves through the Sardor Bridge.

The place where the Arathi Highlands connect to the Hillbrad Foothills in the west is a vast plain. In order to defend against the trolls in the northwest, the Arathor Empire spent hundreds of years building a wall called Thoradin that spans the entire highlands and runs from north to south.

Looking at the detailed towns and villages marked on the map, Garin was looking for sparsely populated areas.

The southwest is where the capital is located and it is densely populated. Although there are mountains in the Fadil Bay, this place is close to the Sardo Bridge, one of the main roads into Arathi. It is not suitable and is ruled out first.

To the northwest is the Wall of Soladin, an important garrison of the kingdom. The Outlan Mountains to the north are filled with large and small mineral deposits owned by the nobles and are also not desirable.

Garin spent half a day searching on the map, and he selected two places. The first one was located in the northeast corner of Arathi Highlands, on the edge of the kingdom, where humans would build the fifth orc internment camp, which was later the location of Hammerfall.

Another one is located in a valley south of the highlands, which is the location of the Stone Fist Hall in later generations. This location is surrounded by mountains on the east and west, and on the west is the northern tributary of the Sardo Strait. Garin remembered that this place was in the game in his previous life. There was a path at the southernmost end that led to the shore of the strait. Maybe he could build a dock here after he develops in the future.

In the end, Garin decided to choose the valley where the Stone Fist Hall was located in later generations.

The two places of Hammerfall and Stonefist Hall in the later generations are both on the border of the kingdom, and they can be hidden. Before the Heart of Origin was officially summoned, and he didn't know the details of his cheat, Garin's rough idea was to rely on his identity as a prince to secretly develop the base in the early stage, and then use the base to strengthen the power of the kingdom and crush the enemies of the kingdom when the base is on the right track in the later stage.

The main reason for choosing Stonefist Hall is its geographical location. Considering that the base can be built in the forest of the Alterac Mountains, under the premise of the same secrecy, Stonefist Hall is closer to the prosperous area of ​​the kingdom than Hammerfall, and the transportation is also very convenient, which is convenient for supply. In addition, if you consider sending troops to various places in the future, you can build docks and piers in the Sardor Strait.

However, the area of ​​Stonefist Hall is too close to the territory of the Witherwood Trolls, so we need to be careful. Jialin remembered an old saying in our great Celestial Empire: Build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king. When the strength of the base is not enough, we still have to develop slowly. When we develop the army of the base, sooner or later we will flatten the Witherwood Village and conquer the Witherwood Trolls.

After temporarily selecting a location, it is necessary to conduct an on-site investigation. After all, Garin has seen the place with his own eyes, and relying solely on the map is not enough. If that doesn't work, the alternative location of Hammerfall Town needs to be visited as well.

Garin called Omar and Varokar and asked them to prepare the supplies needed for the team's journey, and asked them to gather the caravan early tomorrow morning and be ready to set off at any time.

After sending the two away, Jialin was also preparing things that he might need.