"Dwarven spirits, three thousand chests, sixty thousand gold."

"North Sea pearls, two hundred, ten thousand gold."

"Oil, five thousand barrels, 120,000 gold."

"Spices, three hundred, sixty thousand gold."

"All kinds of gems, crystals, gold and silver products, etc., add up, 200,000 gold."

"Father, this number ......"

In the dimly lit Coultiras Flagship Lounge, Gianna summed up the trade with the Gakison Goblins over the past two weeks, calculating the total amount of trade and scrutinizing the assortment of goods, when a strange phenomenon caught the attention of the princess of Kul Tiras. She called her father.

Dalin pulled away from the charts and went to the wooden table where his daughter was calculating the accounts.

"What's wrong with that number? Is there something wrong? ”

Standing behind Gianna, Dalin asked with concern. He was always full of trust in his precious daughter, and even handed over things such as the kingdom's financial income directly to Gianna. He took a break from his body and concentrated on training the army and studying tactics.

"Judging from the report, there is nothing wrong, and I also carefully checked the various line items and found no deviations."

"Isn't that right?"

Dai Lin said with a smile.

"The volume of trade, income, and expenditure can all be matched, but there is a phenomenon, father, that the total amount of trade this time seems to be a little too large."

Gianna said with a frown.

"The total amount is too big? Isn't that bad? Doesn't every merchant want to maximize their profits, the greater the total trade, the more fruitful the voyage will be, and no one thinks too much gold, does it? ”

"That's right, normal trade is all about hoping that the larger the amount, the better, but our trade this time is not a normal trade behavior. Kurtilas' fleet, laden with the produce and goods of the eastern continent, arrived in the small city on the southern shore of Karimdor. If these goods were to be replaced by a large city of 200,000 people, it is not surprising that the local inhabitants and the surrounding villages would soon consume these goods. However, the place we have arrived at now is not a huge city, Gakison is huge, but according to the goblins themselves, the population here is only about 50,000. ”

"What do you want to say?"

After Gianna finished speaking, Dai Lin suddenly had an eyebrow, and it could be said that he already knew what his daughter was thinking. Dai Lin's expression became serious, and he asked in a low voice.

"I mean, Gakison's capacity isn't enough to eat the cargo of an entire fleet. The goblins didn't need so many goods, enough for them to use for more than twenty years. But the first time the waterway is opened, the trade price must be the most expensive, and then after the waterway is opened, the price of all kinds of goods will fall, according to Ares's words, the goblins are a very shrewd race, they are good at business and trade, so, such a simple truth, how can they not know? ”

"So these goblins are intent on stammering our cargo?"

Dai Lin asked calmly.

"Yes."

"But what are they doing with our cargo?"

"I don't know, but I have a guess that this may have something to do with the tribe."

Gianna put down her financial statements and continued. She didn't dare to be sure, but in the whole of Karimdor, there was no doubt that only the tribes in the north could have such huge spending power.

If the truth is as Gianna guessed, then the problem is big.

But Dalin didn't seem too surprised by this. There are some things that I have been worried about and speculated about before, but now it seems that there is a conclusion. In fact, when the Admiral first arrived in Karimdor, he was wary of all the creatures on the continent. In order to prevent his weapons from leaking into the hands of the tribe, Dalin banned all gun trade, just to prevent this. Now it seems that the original vigilance is still very necessary. If this were not the case, the current dwarven firearms might have already spread to the tribe.

"Indeed, it can only be a tribe. This group of greedy goblins. ”

After listening to Gianna's report, Daillin let out a heavy sigh.

"Shall we negotiate with them?"

Gianna turned and asked her father's opinion.

"Not yet. I have an idea, I want to find the orcs, find the tribes, and use these goblins. ”

Dai Lin said, a strategic line of all-out attack on the tribe has been presented in front of Gianna.

"Father, do you want to? ……”

"Yes, these goblins may not be aware of their plans yet, and they are holding their ground for the time being, perhaps wanting to wait for us to leave before contacting the Horde and reselling the goods to the Horde. We can use this to get the goblins to help us find the orcs' lair. ”

The atmosphere was suddenly a little dull, and Gianna finally deduced the hidden situation, which her father had already guessed. And it has long been prepared, and a series of strategies and plans have long been formed in the admiral's heart.

Is it because he has been in Dalaran for too long and doesn't understand politics and military affairs? Or is he too dependent on Ares, causing him to look at people and things and lack of guard? Gianna sat back in her chair and asked herself. It's been too long for her to make decisions on her own and feel like being a leader? It seems like centuries ago.

……

The fleet departed in a few days. As for where to go, the goblins had no idea where to go, and the goblins of Gakison believed where the fleet had gone......

The fleet, which was supposed to sail for the Endless Sea, turned around a few hours after leaving the shoreline and headed north in search of the red land that Naga had spoken of.

However, what they heard along the way made everyone frown. The fleet first bypassed the Thousand Needles Stone Forest and then reached a dark swamp covered in thick fog. Here, information about the tribe began to flow into Dai Lin's ears. The new horde is far more powerful than the admiral imagined. It is also stronger than Ares estimated...... Their number is not tens of thousands, nor hundreds of thousands, but millions......

Although Ares did not know how the tribe had managed to gather such a large population in such a short period of time. The orc force that followed Thrall across the ocean should have only been about 200,000. Even if all of them successfully reached Karimdor on the other side of the ocean, plus the trolls and minotaurs, it would be impossible to have such a large number. Or in the past few years, another orc has crossed the ocean from the eastern continent to Karimdor to find the wise orc chieftain? Looking for their new home?

Everything is a mystery. And in order to defeat the Horde, the frenzied Dalin has even ordered people to go back, mobilize more ships of Kul Tiras, recruit more Alliance soldiers, and prepare to launch a fierce attack on the bloodthirsty orcs and tribes in his eyes.