It is said that after they left the Bright Magic Academy, they followed the tunnels all the way to the underground lair of the rat people, and then swaggered out of "Aldolph" through the barge booked in advance by Pesti and the ready-made underground water channel before the other rat cubs found out about the problem.

After hundreds of years of covert operation and transformation, this underground stronghold, known as the "New Demon Rat Waste Capital", has dozens of underground ports, and a large number of ships frequently enter and exit through underground rivers every day, handling goods and transporting people, which further stimulates the local economic prosperity at the same time, but also gives stones a chance to easily leave the imperial capital that has become a mess and the highest level of security in the city.

This was the only way he could think of to leave the empire safely with everyone.

So Stone sent Pesti out a long time ago and handed him the most important part of the retreat, and it turned out that the Nezumi hero did a good job.

But this plan is not foolproof, because from "Aldolph" to "Frontier Prince", there are still many tosses, and no one can guarantee what accidents will happen on the way, after all, although the nests of the rat people only maintain loose trade relations, but they are not defenseless, once exposed, it is difficult to say whether they can safely escape from the underground, let alone find a way to pass through the imperial border after returning to the ground - with the lesson of the last time, at least the defense of the "Black Fire Pass" must be very strong.

Fortunately, the appearance of the dark elves later gave the stone a bolder idea.

After leaving the second largest city in the Skaven Empire, the barge rented from the "Slippery Clan", which has the most ships, did not go in the direction of the "Frontier Prince's Domain", instead, they traveled all the way north, and it took half a month to arrive at another underground lair with a history even older than the "New Demon Rat Wasteland", "Giant Rat Rock".

Founded near the Cursed Swamp in the western part of the Empire, the site of the first Great Migration of the Nezumi was founded by the Hidden Clan, a clan with a close relationship with the Grey Prophets, known for its many albino storm rats, but none of these had anything to do with stone, and they were here for one reason only.

Over time, the area of the "Giant Rat Rock" has expanded, and today it extends beneath a large human city that has only recently gained independence from the Empire and is the most famous port in the Old World, Marion Fort.

Taking advantage of the dark and high wind one night, Stone and the others separated from the three hundred nezumi who had escorted them all the way, and boarded an inconspicuous High Elf merchant ship on the dock, while the latter, led by Pesti, returned the same way and went back in their own way.

This merchant ship that can accommodate hundreds of people even belongs to the "Chamber of Commerce of the Forsaken", Moriah entered the old world with it in the first place, all the formalities and relationships have long been dredged, and some foreigners have no one to take care of at all, the next morning, the merchant ship left the dock with other dense fleets, and sailed along the winding coastline into the wide Talon Sea, and somewhere off course, a huge warship like a hill was waiting for them, compared to it, the large merchant ship was like cats and elephants.

This is the Black Ark that belongs to Moria, the Temple of Resentment.

At the time of the "Ruins of the Three Towers", Stone discussed with the dark elves that he would borrow her boat to go back when the time came, and he was ready to be slaughtered, but he didn't expect Moria to say anything, so he immediately agreed, and arranged for his sister and others to return to the Black Ark first, and personally rushed to "Aldolf" to help rescue the little bell.

It was easy to get on the boat, except for Liadrin, who almost ran away after seeing the vampire, everything else went smoothly.

Especially when it didn't happen to the stone that worried him the most, he met a certain eternal chosen one who was floating on the sea, looking for an artifact.

In addition to good luck, it is also thanks to the power of the giant ship under his feet.

In terms of experience and proficiency in sea navigation, the Dark Elves are definitely one of the best in the Warhammer world, relying on the huge and deadly Black Ark fleet.

These terrifying black warships set off from the bitter cold continent of "Nagalond" and roamed the endless seas for many years, whether it is the temple city of the "Luschia" lizardmen, the coastal towns of Aurora and Nipun, or the merchant ships of the High Elves and humans, they are all targets of raid and plunder, so they are especially good at long-distance navigation.

Although the "Temple of Resentment" is the smallest and newest of the three Black Arks of the Fallen Heart family, the pirates on board have also been with Moria's experience for several years.

At the sound of the order, the ship headed west along the "Talon Sea" between the Old World and Nosca, first into the wider "Central Sea", then turned its bow and followed the coastline of Bretonnia all the way south, and finally circled around Estalia further south, passing through Tiria and arriving at the entrance to a long, thin sea entrance.

Blackclaw Bay.

This narrow fjord sits at the junction of Tiria, the Frontier Princes and the Badlands, and at its deepest point is the famous dwarven harbor, the Iron Gate.

The "Temple of Resentment" can't move forward anymore when it arrives here, and there are steam ironclads patrolling the sea area ahead, and it will be a big trouble to be discovered, and in such a narrow space, the huge Black Ark has become a living target.

So Moria's old trick was repeated, and the merchant ship disguised as a High Elf was released again.

When the time came to separate, Stone knew that this black bean sprout girl would not follow him like other heroes, in fact, in some ways, the other party had fulfilled the obligations of a hero, including this time-consuming and laborious journey, and neither Liadline nor Yinnarus understood why Moria did it.

The two who really knew what was going on didn't explain, and the owner of the "Temple of Resentment" didn't even mention their past to Little Bell from beginning to end, but after the merchant ship was put down, she made a surprising decision to go to the "Broken Claw Tribe" with the stone.

In the words of the Dark Elves, she is very curious about the greenskinned tribe described by the Black Orcs, and wants to verify with her own eyes if it is true, and if so, then she will do some business with the stone on behalf of the Fallen Heart family.

Whether it's the traditional slave trade or the recent rise of fungal beers and spirits, she's interested.

Naturally, there was nothing wrong with this, but Shi vaguely felt that there were other reasons, but it shouldn't be a bad thing, and they should be together.

In addition to the people who escaped from "Aldolph", there was also someone who said that he would follow him, and Liadline did not want to stay in the Black Ark, so she changed ships with her.

As for how to enter the "Frontier Prince's Domain", Moria is very familiar with it, and this is how she came in back then.

Although the relationship between the dwarves and the High Elves has never been very good, as an open port, the "Sea Gate Pass" will not stop these pointy-eared merchant ships for no reason, so the disguised merchant ships can easily sail into the depths of "Blackclaw Bay".

In an uninhabited shoal not far from the Dwarven Harbor, merchant ships protected by dark magic force their way to the shore.

This is the southern shore of "Blackclaw Bay", and depending on the location, it is already the northernmost edge of the "Badlands", and if you walk east along the barren plains and wide rivers for a few days, you can see the shadow of "Steel Rock".

After drifting at sea for almost a month, the stone's feet finally stepped on solid land.

Then he threw up a mess.

The journey was a painful and long ordeal for him and the other greenskin on the ship, who gave the boys strong bodies and sinister brains, but did not teach them how to conquer the seas.

This is still sitting on the smooth black ark, you can imagine how terrifying it would be if it was a ship built by Greenskin himself, no, it should be called a plank, and sailed on the vast sea.

But Stone could not completely abandon the sea, both from an economic and military point of view, and in the future he was going to build his own greenskin fleet.

Therefore, the black orcs decided that they must build the dock as soon as possible after they go back, and quickly study the greenskin's own shipbuilding technology and cultivate seafaring talents.

As a result, there is the current "Rusty Water Port".

Soon a new problem arose, this was only an inland port, which did not make much sense for the improvement of navigation capacity, unless it could open up the downstream inlet to the sea.

But the problem is that there is already an owner there, a moat fortress that has been operated by low battlements for hundreds of years, and it is also the only port for the sons of the mountains, and it is basically impossible to capture it with a "Broken Claw Tribe" alone.