Chapter 218: Welcome
During the long winter, the expansion of Stormwind Town continued day and night, and with the investment of massive manpower and material resources, a huge city without walls finally appeared on the edge of the Holy Empire when spring returned to the earth.
This unique city, although it did not steal the limelight of the orc civil war, but it also attracted enough attention, including humans, orcs and elves, all major races, including humans, orcs and elves, are paying attention to the rapid development of Stormwind City, just because it is the center of the continent, and countless years ago it was the center of power in the entire world.
For the forces active at the top of the world, the existence of Silvermoon City and the Well of Eternity is not top secret, it is not that no one has tried to speculate, whether Anduin has hidden the ghost heart to take the elven relics as his own, even inside the Silver Fortress, there is also a sound of suppressing Stormwind City, but because Stormwind City has no city walls, similar suggestions have disappeared, and many forces have chosen to temporarily stand still and wait for Anduin's next action.
In the eyes of the people of this world, a city without walls is like a soldier rushing to the battlefield without armor, even if the opponent's weapon is not sharp, he will inadvertently lose his life.
For those forces, Stormwind is such an existence, no matter how fast it is built, no matter how many people it has occupied, without the city walls, there is no sense of security, and without a sense of security, it is tantamount to a plate of scattered sand, as long as there is a cavalry that forms a scale to charge, without the city wall as a support, it is just a fantasy to hold on, and it is precisely because of Anduin's construction ideas that many forces have been evaluated as vulnerable to Stormwind.
This kind of situation is naturally what Anduin is happy to see, and Stormwind City, which has just been on the right track, will need a period of time to stabilize and excessive, try its best to absorb foreign population, and then carry out the second round of expansion and construction, at that time, some people will find that it is not that Stormwind City does not plan to build a city wall, but in Anduin's blueprint, there are already two solid barriers that occupy dangerous positions, across the Silver Fortress and the Blackstone Clan......
In order to celebrate the establishment of Stormwind, Anduin specially held a very grand celebration, many leading figures of the Holy Empire and the dwarf friends were invited to attend the ceremony, among them, the Silver Fortress was attended by the venerable old lord, this legendary knight who contributed a lot to the creation of Stormwind City, without his presence, even if the Prince of the fortress Terenus, who felt guilty about Anduin, would not spare no effort to fund the construction of Stormwind City.
However, at the celebration, no matter how natural the old lord behaved, Anduin could feel a little inexplicable, the old lord who was already gray-haired, his eyebrows and eyes were a little more tired, and it was not difficult to guess why the old lord was like this in connection with the recent changes in the Silver Fortress.
Just recently, the civil war of the orc tribe has been very lively, and the Silver Fortress has not stopped much, and the successive turmoil has all been inseparable from one name, that is, the up-and-coming prince of the fortress, Arthas.
Since experiencing the incident of the floating island, Arthas, who has reached the legendary level, can be said to have a great change in heart, at first when he just returned to the fortress, he became taciturn and simple, as if he had lost his blond hair, His Royal Highness, affected by the long silver hair, tended to be introverted and withdrawn, in this regard, Prince Terenas was also worried for a while, mistakenly thinking that Arthas could not withstand the blow of defeat and might lose his fighting spirit.
However, one day, a group of bandits appeared in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Silver Fortress, and Arthas unexpectedly volunteered to fight.
The operation to suppress the bandits has undoubtedly been a great success, with legendary powerhouses and heavy troops, those bandits who have not yet become powerful can only be destroyed, but for some reason, since this incident, abnormal conditions have continued to emerge in the territory and nearby areas of the Silver Fortress, and Terenus, who noticed his son's mental recovery, naturally handed over these tasks to Arthas.
After that, Arthas began to travel non-stop, leaving his footprints in most of the territory of the Silver Fortress in just a few months, and as Arthas solved the anomalies again and again, His Royal Highness became more and more beloved.
It stands to reason that Terenus, who had long been looking forward to Arthas taking over the throne, would be very happy to see such a situation, Terenus was not a person who coveted power, and every time he got information about the orc civil war, he deeply felt that the world now belonged to the younger generation, and in the first time, Terenus would always be pleased with his son's exploits and listen to his courtiers' praise of Arthas.
However, when a secret letter was presented to Terenus's desk, a basin of cold water extinguished the flames of nothingness that radiated a pleasant aura.
That secret letter, with clear and complete evidence, proved that with the southern and northern wars of Arthas, the solar church was also secretly developing at a jaw-dropping speed. The way the fortress royal family dealt with the Sun Holy See was to cooperate and resist behind the scenes, stabilize the Holy Light believers as much as possible, and avoid the rapid growth of the Sun Holy See, but to Terenus's great surprise, the expansion trajectory of the Sun Holy See was actually no different from the march route of Arthas!
If there is nothing in this, it is impossible for anyone to believe it, Terenus is old, but his mind is still clear.
However, knowing is one thing, and solving is another.
The overall situation is important, Terenus did not take into account the feelings of flesh and blood, he ordered Arthas, who was out of battle, to return to the fortress, and asked him why he wanted to cooperate with Constantine, no one knows how Arthas replied, His Royal Highness the prince only stayed in the fortress for a short time, and then hurriedly set off again, afterwards the old lord met Terenus, keenly captured Tyrenus's pretended calm face, revealing anger and helplessness.
From then on, Terenus no longer paid attention to Arthas's actions, but remained in the Imperial Court of the Fortress, handling the daily routine of tedious business, during which Arthas greatly increased his prestige in the army by fighting bravely, and the Solar Church took the opportunity to formalize the status of the Silver Fortress and spread the Solar Doctrine to every corner of the Fortress realm.
At the end of the celebration, the old lord did not choose to stay in the Hearthstone Inn for a few days as promised, but immediately returned to the Silver Fortress, Anduin knew that at this special moment of turbulent undercurrents, Tyrenus's side was indispensable for the company and support of the old lord, and Anduin also began to carry out the next stage of layout.
The second Hearthstone Inn was established in the new town of Stormwind, the new store continues to implement the design concept of Anduin, carefully creating a family feeling, but the construction area is much larger, greatly reducing the pressure on customers, and with the completion of several dedicated game rooms, it also allows many players who love cards, to find a home, Anduin refers to the original mechanics of Hearthstone, and increases daily tasks, so that players with poor economic strength can also have enough fun.
Of course, most players who are willing to go to the Hearthstone Inn to taste the food will not skimp on their wallets to buy some card packs, not to mention, Anduin also makes the food and cards linked, which greatly promotes the sales of card packs.
The potion workshop with seventeen elf employees runs uninterrupted every day, continuously producing a variety of potions for the daily use of the residents of Stormwind City, or rushing to the underground ruins for adventures, almost every bottle of potion can make Anduin earn a lot of money, however, as the population flow of Stormwind Town ushered in its peak, Anduin and the mushroom dealer Max also began to plan to compete with the Dark Gold Cult of Garkison for the mainland market.
In order to crack down on the trade of the Dark Gold Sect, Anduin specially asked some military seven agents to contact the friendly forces of Garkison to spy on the business route of the Dark Gold Sect, and then focused on cracking down, several operations were successful, not only experienced the military seven agents, but also allowed Anduin to intercept a batch of valuable potions.
The reaction of the Dark Gold Sect was relatively fast, and the first time he found that the goods were lost, he deliberately disguised them, but Anduin got accurate information that made the Dark Gold Sect suffer heavy losses, and the Dark Gold Sect leader Kazakus immediately made a decision, temporarily stopped land transportation, and took advantage of the thaw on the sea surface to open the ocean route.
It has to be said that Kazakus's choice was wise, due to various reasons, even if he knew that he was the hand of Stormwind City, he could not retaliate with great fanfare, and only by resuming the transportation of potions as soon as possible could he avoid further losses.
With Stormwind's current strength, it was not enough to snipe the Darkgold Cult's merchant ships at sea, but Anduin had already taken advantage of this time to vigorously push Stormwind's potions and seize the market that the Darkgold Cult failed to replenish in time.
With the advantage of extremely low transportation costs, Anduin took the initiative to pressure the price, and even played the card of "made by humans" in the land of the Holy Empire, several advantages allowed Anduin to take advantage of it, when the merchant ships of the Dark Gold Sect arrived at the port all the way, but they could only be stunned to find that the wind and clouds had changed, and the days when the Dark Gold Sect was the dominant family were gone!
When Kazakus learned of the news, he was furious and immediately planned to take revenge on Stormwind.
However, what he didn't know was that when he was still planning, Anduin had already begun to act, and set off for the bustling goblin city - Garkison, this trip, Anduin's real purpose was naturally against the Dark Gold Sect, and he was openly in the name of opening up the Hearthstone branch, not only that, Anduin also painted an extra layer of protective color, that is, to preside over and witness, the technical war between the gnomes and the goblins.
The cause of this incident is none other than the competition between the two sides in the transformation of the power station.
According to Anduin's requirements, the gnomes and goblins followed the blueprint of the power station provided by Anduin, made technical improvements, and then put it into formal construction, and the final victory or defeat was determined by the power generation effect.
The reason why Anduin set up the gambling game is mainly to speed up the construction of Stormwind City, so that the residents of Stormwind City can live a safe life of electricity, and the completion of the two power stations has made Anduin's goal perfectly realized, on the night of the celebration of the completion of Stormwind City, bright lights appeared in every house, the original dark street, was also illuminated by the street lights, many children happily gathered under the street lamps, every word of laughter, has reached Anduin's ears.
Being able to see the inhabitants of his territory and live happily ever after, Anduin no longer cares about the competition between goblins and gnomes, who wins and who loses.
However, it was just so coincidental that the final result of the dwarf engineers barely overpowered the goblins, which made Green, Toshley and other dwarf engineers very excited, but they were also strongly opposed by Gazruwe, who first questioned the subtle gap between the two sides, whether they could prove the level of technology, and then suspected that Anduin was suspected of opening the back door.
In this regard, Anduin attacked mercilessly, a remote projector is not a precious thing, and he will not deliberately favor the side of the dwarf for the sake of victory. But no matter what Anduin said, Ghazruvi refused to accept the defeat of the goblins, and when it came to the reputation of the race, he could not choose to give in, and the dwarf engineers who won the victory also began to argue with reason.
The final result of the two sides is that there will be another technical competition, but this time, it is no longer a small fight like designing a power station, but at Anduin's suggestion, the gnomes and goblins will compete on machine building, and the host of this competition is still Anduin, but the competition venue has been changed to Gakison, which is the only situation that is acceptable to both sides.
Therefore, Anduin embarked on a journey to Gakison, in order to show his sincerity, he refused to be accompanied by Sonia and others, boarded the goblin mecha alone, and rushed to the bustling port of Gakison at the other end of the Bay Corridor in advance.
Both sides have made a lot of efforts, and they are about to divide the superiority and the superiority, and they have gone all out to make a lot of noise in the territory of the goblins and gnomes, and Gakison, who is the venue of the host, has spread all over the morning, all the goblins want to witness the victory of the race, and at the same time, they are also very puzzled, why should such a solemn game be handed over to human judges.
They didn't know that until this time, Gazruvi had the idea of a remote projector, and for this, he secretly united with the mayor of Ghakisen.
The local elf mech landed on the border line of Garkison, and a goblin with a gentleman's hat on his head gently saluted Anduin as a sign of respect.
"Marquis Anduin, welcome to Gakison!"