Just as Hogg rubbed his waist.

Not far away

A kobold cub less than half a year old is humming a song and is about to go home happily with the unexpected harvest of today's archery learning (a small basket of fruit).

Suddenly, he spotted the familiar back of the door in front of him.

"Huh?"

Hogg, who noticed his gaze, subconsciously turned his head.

Suddenly, the little kobold's eyes widened when he saw Hogg's face.

In the next second, he immediately shouted excitedly in the unskilled dragon language with a "whoosh" murmur:

"Commander!"

"It's the Commander, he's awake! He's awake! ”

Suddenly, the kobolds of the entire town who knew dragon language all turned their heads to look at this side, and the other races were also there

Hogg tugged at the corners of his mouth, his intention to use Transfiguration to "micro-service private interview" was obviously frustrated.

He turned around helplessly, walked up to the excited little kobold, raised his leg and kicked his buttocks, and scolded with a smile:

"Little fool, remember, I'll call Vice-Commander Hogg in the future."

After saying that, he covered his waist and turned to leave.

The little kobold, who was stunned in place, covered his buttocks, and suddenly reacted to Hogg's departing back, he instigated, and then stood up straight and shouted:

"Yes, Commander, No, Deputy Commander Hogg, I see!"

That said, but the adoring gaze in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

These cubs who were born in the Rock tribe since childhood, no matter what race they are, can be said to have reached an extreme level of worship for Hogg.

Although Hogg always claimed that the master of the Rock Clan was a true dragon, he was only the deputy commander.

But the next generation, who have never seen a real dragon, apparently prefer to believe that Hogg, who leads them to glory, is the true master of the Rock Clan.

As the blazing sun gradually sets, the cold moonlight gradually sprinkles the land.

It's still the strangely shaped tube building.

It's just that in addition to Hogg, there are a few more figures.

Inside the house

In front of an oval, nearly ten meters long stone table.

Several figures exuding a strong aura sat in their seats without saying a word, silently drinking the tea on the table.

These are the patriarchs or deputy patriarchs of various ethnic groups, and they are also the top combat power of the current Rock Clan.

And the reason why they met here was all because of the summons of the dragon vein kobold who had been frowning all the time on the main seat.

"Let's take a look at the information from the spies on the orc kingdom."

Hogg frowned and threw an urgent piece of information from the orc kingdom to the center of the round table.

Everyone looked at each other.

Sitting on the far right side of the long table, the female half-fairy leader, who was less than a meter tall, took the lead in reaching out and picked up the sheepskin scroll that was about the length of her thigh.

After reading it carefully, the Half-Elf Leader's face changed slightly, but she didn't say anything, and then passed the scroll to the centaur leader beside her.

It wasn't until everyone had circulated around that the parchment scroll returned to Hogg's hands.

And Hogg, after getting the scroll, didn't say a word, just silently bowed his head and looked at the information word by word.

Seeing that the wise leader didn't seem to be ready to speak first, the half-goblin leader Alena thought for a moment and took the initiative to say:

"Hogg, the civil strife in the orc kingdom doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, right?"

The orc commander sitting opposite also nodded:

"Alena is right, but I think there's something wrong with the strange illness called "mania" that the Lionheart Royalty mentioned in the information mentioned in the instruct suddenly and massively infected. ”

Due to his large size, the rune giant squatting on the outermost part suddenly said in a sullen voice:

"It's okay, our rune clan is immune to disease and poison, and we are not afraid of infection."

The patriarchs looked speechlessly at the smug rune giants squatting outside the house.

[Who asked you!] 】

Hearing this, Hogg also sighed.

He turned to look at the orc patriarch in the corner, who had not spoken, and suddenly brought up a question that had nothing to do with intelligence:

"Gar, how is the relationship between the various ethnic groups within the Rock Clan recently?"

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were on Gar, who had gray-green skin.

As one of the two clans that maintain order in the Rock Clan.

In addition to the humanoid soldiers who have no intelligence and will only obey Hogg's orders, the other team in charge is the orcs.

I saw the orc patriarch Gar shaking his head and saying:

"Everything is the same as before, everyone lives by the rules you set, and there are no group conflicts."

The various patriarchs who heard this answer also nodded, with the mediation of the constructed human form and the orc guards, it was indeed a long time since there was a conflict between the various clans.

Among them, the orc patriarch Gar can be said to have made great contributions,

Although everyone didn't know what to say, they all remembered it.

Just when everyone thought it was just an ordinary routine question.

The orc patriarch hesitated for a moment, and suddenly spoke again:

"But."

"Recently, the cubs in my clan have been fighting a lot more often, and even some adult orcs often have frictions."

Hearing this, the rune giant outside the house shook his head and said:

"Isn't that normal? Brawls should be a common occurrence for orcs. ”

Unlike the rune giants with big hearts, everyone sitting in the room was suddenly shocked when they heard this information.

In connection with the theme of this conference was held.

Suddenly, everyone turned their eyes to Hogg on the main seat.

"Looks like everyone has noticed something is wrong, right?"

Hogg crossed his hands, put them on his chin, and said slowly:

"I checked the camp of the entire Panshi clan in the afternoon, and found that many clan members were insulting each other and even fighting, and the reasons for those disputes were many ridiculous and trivial things."

Speaking of this, he sighed:

"For example, tofu brain is sweet or salty."

Hearing this, all the leaders also lowered their heads, thinking about the situation in their respective clans.

"Hogg, is it possible, it's just a coincidence."

The half-elf leader Alena frowned and said something she didn't quite believe.

"Coincidence?"

Hogg sneered:

"If it's all a coincidence, then why don't you go back and ask why your daughter suddenly got into a conflict with the kobold cubs who don't usually bother to pay attention this afternoon?"

"What!"

Alena looked at Hogg in disbelief.

She has been busy with clan arrangements recently, and she has indeed neglected to discipline her own children, but with her own child's gentle and elegant personality, how can she conflict with others?

"It's true that there's been a bit of a lot of agitation within the Centaurs lately."

On the other side of the long table, an old man with a white beard and a horse leader snorted the soot from his pipe and said with a frown.

This tribe of centaurs originated from the Warcraft Plains, and was not the same group of centaurs that Ron encountered in the Red Soil Highlands.

They are the elite of Hogg who wasted a lot of effort to subdue when he fought in the Warcraft Plains, and the strength of the old man is even more legendary, and he belongs to the right-hand man of Hogg's early rise.

"So."

The leaders said at the same time.

then

They looked at each other, and they already had results in their minds.

Hogg nodded, and spoke:

So far, this state of collective "madness" is only in its infancy.

"The only races in the entire Rock Clan that do not have this symptom are a few races such as humans, runic lifeforms, and half-dwarves."

"As for the hardest hit areas, the orcs and half-orcs are the hardest."

As he spoke, Hogg turned his head to look at the orc leader:

"I've heard that the orcs have started to fight each other, resulting in serious injuries?"

"Hmm."

Gal nodded heavily, this matter was reported to Hogg on his own initiative, and it was one of the main reasons for the initiation of this meeting.

If this continues, the entire Rock Tribe could face large-scale civil strife and even worse

The patriarchs, who finally realized the seriousness of the matter, put aside the laxity caused by the long-lost gathering and began to discuss countermeasures.

"I think it's going to be even worse over there in the Orc Kingdom."

The Half-Elf Commander was preoccupied:

"Everyone knows that the evolutionary direction they have admired over the years is to evolve towards the ancestral beast, and this disease according to what everyone just said, it seems that the closer the bloodline is to the demonic beast, the greater the impact."

Suddenly, the rune giant, sitting outside the door, scratched his head and asked a question:

"What about the guys who survive in the Warcraft Plains? If it's wildness, no one can compare there, right? ”

As soon as this remark came out.

In an instant, everyone fell silent.

Many of the people present had come out of the Warcraft Plains and knew what the environment there was like.

If the old guys, who have already recuperated, are also affected by this "mania" and start to go crazy.

"Bang dang!"

With a loud thud of chairs being overturned.

An adult female ice wolf clan standing in the middle stood up anxiously, and she said urgently to the kobold who was sitting silently in the main seat, regardless of her manners:

"Hogg, there are still many old people and children in our Ice Wolf Clan who have not evacuated with the large army, and they are all living on the periphery of the Warcraft Plains!"

"We should save."

While! While!

The old man Commander Ma who was standing on the side knocked on the cigarette ash again, and after interrupting the speech of the adult ice wolf clan, he said with a calm expression:

"Don't worry, Areneth."

"You ask everyone here, isn't there more or less some elderly clansmen who stayed in the Warcraft Plains to retire, and even the Centaur clan, who are good at running, didn't they also leave some people to guard the ancestral land?"

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the commanders also nodded.

As the root of the development of the Rock Clan, many young and old people who could not follow the migration of the large army were uniformly placed on the outskirts of the Warcraft Plain, in a small town similar to this one.

In addition to the protective array set up by Hogg and several other spellcasters, there are also a large number of combatants stationed there.

In the entire Warcraft Plains, except for the [Karpache Defense Line] guarded by the Black Legion himself, everyone doesn't think that any other force can break through the protection of the town.

Therefore, although the expressions of the major patriarchs were not very good, they were not too anxious.

Because

Everyone knows that Hogg must have a preliminary solution to this matter, and he must have a preliminary solution before he dares to start this meeting.

Otherwise, it will only make everyone here panic.

"But."

Ice Wolf Lady Aleneth gritted her teeth and wanted to say something.

"Aleneth, I know your biological child is still in the Warcraft Plains."

Hogg, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

He slowly got up and walked to the window, the sturdy flesh wrapped in dragon scales gave everyone present a huge sense of oppression.

Look at the rising moon in the sky

Hogg said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry, the Constructed Legion in charge of pathfinding has already set out, and even if I fight for my life, I will save them all."

"But the situation is still very complicated, no one knows how [mania] will evolve, and the most important thing at the moment is that we can't panic!"

"Once we panic ourselves, then the entire Rock Clan will be finished, you know?"

Hearing this, Aleneth bowed his head in silence.

The atmosphere in the room also calmed down.

The Commanders also silently watched Areneth's next reaction.

After all, this clan has a very special status, they are the race that has never been accepted by the true dragon master, and they are theoretically at the same level as Hogg

However, Hogg is too good, so the attitude of the Ice Wolf Clan towards this one-man deputy leader is also very complicated.

As Aleneth's fists clenched tighter and tighter.

The air began to slowly thicken.

Just when everyone thought that the acting patriarch of the Ice Wolf Clan would disobey Hogg's order and lead the clan to leave alone and go to the Warcraft Plains.

Suddenly.

Bang!

The sturdy Aleneth jerked to one knee.

She suppressed the anxiety in her heart, looked up, and looked at Hogg with a pleading gaze:

"Please, the Ice Wolf Clan will accept your deployment unconditionally, and I only hope that you can save those children, there are 165 underage children living there, and all our hope for the future."

"I'm sorry for everything."

After speaking, she will bend down and bow her head and exercise the highest etiquette.

However, her right arm, which had always been strong, stopped her movements and pulled her up hard.

Hogg looked at Aleneth, who was already in tears in front of him, and said in a deep voice:

"I will."

"I promise, they'll come back all right and alive."

"No one is missing!"

Look at the leader of the Ice Wolf Clan who was buried in Hogg's arms and wept bitterly.

The leaders looked at each other and nodded silently.

Even the leader of the rune giants, who is usually simple, is serious at this moment:

"The runes will lead us to victory, and my body will be on the front line ahead, crushing those foolish beasts!"

"Poof! You're the dumbest one. ”

The half-goblin leader couldn't help but cover his mouth and laughed.

"I'm not, Anthy is the smartest rune giant!"

Rune Giant Leader Anthy shouted dissatisfied.

Listening to the familiar bickering, the corners of the leaders present also showed smiles on the corners of their mouths.

Although they did not speak, in their hearts, the fire that had been subdued for more than a month had been burning again with the encouragement of Hogg!

Looking at the leaders who had rekindled their fighting spirit, Hogg nodded in satisfaction.

That's exactly what he wanted to achieve.

The Rock Clan, which had rested for a month, had begun to slack off a little, and the peaceful life had made them begin to degenerate, otherwise the strange thing of [Mania] should have been discovered by the various patriarchs a week ago.

The challenges of the Rock Clans never stop, the rest is only temporary, and the battle is their eternal theme!

Starting from the forests of Oracle Town, this small clan has grown step by step, based on a group of weak kobolds and drake beast girls, and gradually developed to the extent that it is enough to compete with the five-color legion, and only Hogg himself knows how many hardships and dangers it has experienced.

The beginning is the past, but no one knows where the future ends.

But Hogg was sure

All those challenges that can't destroy them will eventually become the nourishment of the Rock Clan! (End of chapter)