"You guys, kill Greenskin! Hogg, kill the greenskins, too! Together! ”

The gnoll Hogg made a whirring sound as he gestured to Marlon with the short sword in his hand. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The way of thinking of this jackal seems to be very simple-Marlon and the others did not kill him, but gave him weapons; And he knew that Marlon and these human soldiers were also going to rush to the south to kill those green-skinned monsters, so Hogg naturally regarded Marlon and the others as his companions and wanted to act with them.

"No, no...... We can't take you with us to fight, you go, Hogg. ”

Marlon of course rejected the gnolls - although Hogg's first impression was good, and the guy had not shown any ill will towards humans until now, he wanted to trust a gnolla unreservedly...... Of course, Malone can't do it yet.

"Together! Together! ”

Hogg's head shook rapidly, then loudly.

"You...... Take your liking! ”

Marlon said to Hogg with some helplessness - he was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to entangle with this stupid gnolll; Knock him out and leave him here...... He'll follow him when he's awake anyway; Instead of wasting energy on this, it is better to take him with you.

……

When Paul and Robin met Hogg following Marlon in the vast cave corridor, their jaws almost dropped—could it be that the gnoll had been taken in as a pet by the chief of Lothar, like Rubeus?

It was only after Malone briefly explained that Paul and Robin understood what the gnoll named Hogg was thinking; Of course, Marlon would not fully trust Hogg, and he assigned the most idle Rubes to keep Hogg under strict supervision.

Hogg was obviously impressed by the experience of being pushed to the ground by Rubeus, and when Rubeus followed him without landing a single step, the gnoll's burly body began to tremble - who could not be afraid of a wolf of this magnitude?

……

"This seems to be an abandoned mine."

Paul held a torch to the walls of the cave and whispered.

"That's right, the vents are still very well preserved."

Malone replied - he didn't understand why there was so much air until he entered the cave - it was clear that the cave was not a natural formation.

"I know this mine."

Robin nodded and said.

"There's a story here?"

Seeing Robin's expression, Malone asked guessingly.

"Hmm...... The old people on the farm say that there was once a lord who owned the mountain, and that it happened to be the source of a kind of jade ore; Although many miners were employed, the ore production rate was not very high. ”

"Later, a group of goblins approached the lord and asked for a year's rent of the mine at a very high price; The lord felt that a year was nothing, so he agreed; Results ......"

Robin shook his head and said.

"And the goblins hollowed out the mine within a year?"

Marlon probably guessed the end - it could only be - that the goblins never traded at a loss.

"That's right...... The goblins hollowed out the work that the lord's miners had been unable to do for decades in a year, and the mine was left behind...... It's different from our human mines. ”

Robin nodded - he'd been hearing the rumors all along, but he hadn't thought the fabled mine was true.

"What happened to that lord?"

Paul said in a tone of schadenfreude.

"Bankrupt, without the output of the mines, their family can no longer maintain their relationship with the Council of Stormwind, nor can they afford the expenses of the manor and mansion in Stormwind...... I heard that they sold their property and left the territory, I don't know where they went, and this side ...... It has also become a deserted place. ”

Robin said with emotion.

"Paul, Robin...... Tell everyone to put out the torch first. ”

Malone raised his head, looked at the top floor of the cave tunnel, and then commanded.

Although they did not understand why, the soldiers carried out the order anyway; Then they were surprised to find that after extinguishing the torches, the cave tunnel was not as dark as they had imagined.

"It's ...... What are the remnants of those ores? ”

Robin asked in surprise.

On the stone walls above everyone's heads and on both sides of them, and even under their feet, a kind of crystalline green fluorescence is slowly emanating; Tiny powders, or green stone fragments, can be seen embedded in the stone walls, and the green fluorescence is also emitted.

"Just saved the torch...... Let's go, hurry up. ”

Malone nodded in satisfaction, and then urged his soldiers - they didn't have many torches in their hands, and even if they didn't have this "fluorescent road", he planned to walk in the dark as much as possible - the cave tunnel was fairly smooth, and even if he fell, it was much better than the torches were exhausted at the critical moment.

Hogg the Gnoll carried the short sword Robin had given him, and walked at the end of the line under the watchful eye of Rubeus; He looked curiously at the crystal-green glowing walls around him, and seemed interested in the rubble.

However, just as Hogg was about to buckle a stone from the wall to play, Rubos let out a short low roar, which frightened the gnoll and quickly followed Marlon's team.

Malone walked at the front of the line and did not see this scene; Otherwise, a shadow would surely cast on his heart - how could Hogg the Gnoll be so excited to see the remnants of these jade ores? Don't...... Is it the first time he's taken this mountain path?

……

Just as Marlon and his soldiers were groping their way through the cave in the dark, trying to reach Moonstream Town before the orcs, they were far away from their destination on the other side of the mountain, but at this time there was a lot of noise.

Countless crowds of people gathered in this small town, some in ox carts, some in horse-drawn carts, some carrying bags and bags of grain, some in rags and without anything.

The town's thoroughfares were too narrow, and the ox carts and horse-drawn carts were crowded with each other, accompanied by the shouting and cursing of men, the screams of women, and the loud cries of babies, which did not look at all like a crisis was coming.

But this is only the surface, in the city hall of Yuexi Town, in a small office, under the serious atmosphere, an urgent meeting is being held.

"What else do you have to think about? We have to get out of here! The orc army has captured Stormwind, and they haven't thought much of the Wild West for the past few months, but now they're here! Are you going to stay here and die? ”

A burly middle-aged man in heavy plate armor stood at the table, his hand pressed the hilt of the big sword at his waist, and asked sharply.