Lord Hogg, the Bloodclaw Chieftain, has gained a lot of "reconnaissance" this time, not only figuring out the specific situation of the plague town in the filthy swamp, but also getting enemy information to help Murphy put the "design and development" of the next group on the agenda.

even relied on his boldness and thick face to get himself a very rich harvest.

While the ten Command Scepters all have poison inflicted by the Claw, considering that the madman only needs a vampire's heart to detoxify Hogg, this is not particularly bad at the moment.

On the one hand, while the Blood Vulture Vampire is certainly not a primer for Hogg to "save himself", aren't there still so many wolf venom cubs in the Cato region adjacent to the Smuggler's Woodlands?

As long as you are lucky, you can finish things in one day and still have a round trip.

Secondly, Chief Hogg, who has mastered the "way of trading" with players, now doesn't even need to do it himself.

Nearly midnight, Hogg took his lieutenants and brute soldiers quite smoothly, with more than a thousand elite skeleton troops to return to the big beast den in the smuggler's woodland in the posture of "clean street tiger", and happened to meet its "kobold strategist" in front of the beast den with a group of stupid little jackals playing games.

Hogg shouted with joy:

"Little Reed! This way! I have something good to give you. ”

"Huh?"

Little Reed, who was busy running to the smuggler's woodland to "inspect the work", was stunned for a moment, then grabbed a handful of candy and threw it to the little jackals circling around her for them to play with themselves, and she herself flapped her wings and approached Hogg and his majestic wolf.

It's not just Xiao Wei who likes to play with the little jackals, many young players will have a peculiar love for these little cubs who haven't grown up.

It's not that these guys have a tendency to be hateful "Furycon", but the main thing is that the gnolls who have not grown up are furry and have big eyes, and with the wild faces that have not yet grown into a fierce posture, they are like plush toys that can walk.

But the jackals keep an eye on their cubs.

They don't allow their little players to get close to their children, and there have been a lot of bad scenes of young players trying to feed them only to be chased and beaten by the fierce female gnoll.

At this stage, the level of the little players who wander the smuggler's woodland is not very high, and the behavior of the cub guards is out of motherhood, which makes the little players can only scold bad luck even if they are beaten.

After all, they have all received nine years of compulsory education, and the little players really can't do something like beating someone's mother in front of other people's children.

But Xiao Weiming and his gang are an exception.

Because they helped establish the Bloodclaw Clan, Hogg gave them the freedom to move freely in all of the clan's territory.

Other players who want to get their hands on the Hunting Horn that can summon nearby Gnoll warriors to assist in the battle will also need to do quests to earn reputation, but the members of the Pride of the Silver Moon now have one.

It was a private gift from Hogg as a chieftain.

And that's just the surface gains.

The hidden benefit is that when the Bloodclaw Clan is officially established, the reputation of these female players in the Gnoll Clan has been fixed to "worship".

As long as Hogg is still a Chieftain, the Smuggler's Woodland will be the "player stronghold" of the Pride of the Silvermoon, and they can even advise Hogg on the direction of the clan and participate in the management of the Bloodclaw Clan, although the girls don't plan to do so at this time.

They were too small to have a dedicated person to assist Hogg in managing it, like the rest of the team, and at most they were only giving advice to the Chief.

And their "privileges" in the Bloodclaw Clan have even been recognized by the game's development team.

For example, in the current registration information of the Scarlet Keep's administrative office, the Bloodclaw Clan does not exist as an independent force, and this group of gnolls is marked as "Warrior Servants", and more specifically, their "spokespersons" in the Crimson Keep are several sister players of the Silvermoon Pride Regiment.

This is equivalent to deeply binding the Bloodclaw Clan and the girls from the perspective of the plot, and in the subsequent plot progression, whenever there is a link where the Gnoll Clan appears, the Silver Moon Regiment will not be missing.

Of course, considering the scale, the fledgling Bloodclaw Clan is not yet able to play a special role in promoting the grand plot of Translasia, and the benefits that can be fed back to the Silver Moon Group are also quite effective, but Rao is so, and the potential benefits that can be obtained by personally supporting a plot force still make other teams feel red.

As players can see, as the Crimson Keep's power expands further throughout Translancia, the Bloodclaw Clan will inevitably continue to expand along with this expansion.

As long as they exist long enough, they will continue to bring the Pride of the Silver Moon a steady stream of benefits.

It's the equivalent of having a hen that lays golden eggs.

The success of the Girls has also inspired other player teams, at least the Student Party has now begun to look for individuals like Hogg in Cato Territory.

Happy Stick's team also has an advantage in this regard, because the "bloodborn" Meria Corrando that Happy Stick just got is obviously a similar "plot character", and Brother Bang guesses that as long as Meria's plot continues to advance, he and his team may be able to start a "Gray Claw faction" rebuilding mission in the future.

At that time, you will be able to have your own plot power like the Pride of the Silver Moon.

Isn't there a profit or not, and let's talk about it separately first, isn't there just the material when you blow it on the forum?

Other games have to take the initiative to lick NPCs, but in this game, we cultivate NPCs first and then lick them. Well, I don't seem to be looking forward to it so much.

"What the hell is this good thing? God mysterious. ”

Reeds flew over and threw a piece of candy into their mouths, and saw Hogg take out the psionic bag he was carrying and open it in front of him.

The aura of psionic energy formed by the convergence of the ten command scepters, as well as more than thirty uncontrolled scepters and an equal number of inferior scepters, made the dwarf's eyes widen.

She is a veteran of the small players who has seen a lot of the market, and these things in front of her are absolutely not ordinary just by looking at them.

She glanced at the scepter hanging from Hogg's waist that could command more than two hundred skeleton troops, and finally looked at the more than a thousand elite skeleton troops that were marching in an orderly manner behind the woodland.

Xiao Wei Ming suddenly understood, she hung in the air and patted Hogg on the shoulder, and said with a big grin:

"Yo, you're going to buy the goods! Are all these things ready to be sold to us? ”

"It's not for sale, it's for sending!"

Hogg's shoehorn had a mysterious smile on his face, and whispered like a fox stealing a chicken:

"I have learned the rules and traditions of the Crimson Keep, and these treasures belonging to the Bloodclaw Clan can only be given to warriors who have made outstanding contributions to the Clan's cause.

How can such a treasure be defiled with vulgar money? Besides, we're jackals, and we don't want money other than to look good.

No bold businessman would dare to do business with us but you. ”

As he spoke, Hogg carefully picked up one of the best qualities from it and handed it to the little reed, but when the latter was about to take it, he reminded again:

"This thing is poisonous, it will be poisoned when touched, and the one who gave me these treasures is a gnoll madman warlock, and it requires me to bring it three vampire hearts to detoxify us."

"Huh? Three vampire hearts in one scepter? It's a bit expensive. ”

Xiao Weiming scratched his head, didn't care about the toxin on the scepter, took over Hogg's "filial piety" good things, and frowned and glanced at the seven-day countdown of "Lame Claw Poison" that popped up on his character interface.

She waved her scepter and said:

"It's not a big problem, though, you're waiting here in the den.

I'm going to the Cato region tomorrow with Pomegranate and Lumina, because it's said that we've gone too far by searching for homeless people there, and we've provoked the vampires to send hunters, and a few rookies were accidentally ambushed and wiped out the army a few days ago, so we just went to avenge them. ”

"Ugh"

Hogg wanted to explain to his "kobold strategist" that it was not one scepter for three vampire hearts, but so many for three.

But after thinking about it, the warriors didn't know the true price of this thing anyway, and the lame madman wouldn't take the initiative to explain it to them, and he should be a "second-hand dealer" and charge some fees.

After all, I took the risk of going to Plague Town to get the goods, and I was sorry for my own efforts if I didn't rub a little oil and water in the middle.

And since Cripple needs a vampire's heart like this, he can naturally exchange more good things from it if he receives enough materials.

Anyway, in the end, these warriors are cheaper, so I guess they won't have any problem with that, right?

So, such a happy decision!

Hogg once again looked as satisfied as a fox that had stolen a chicken.

It watched as Reedy waved the command staff to pick their minions among the dormant skeleton army at the bottom of the Beast's den, and said that although her human friend was friendly and brave, she occasionally felt that she was too arrogant, and her uncaring personality made her look proud.

Despite this little slander, Hogg is just a gnoll who knows gratitude.

It knew very well that if it hadn't been for the Pride of the Silver Moon to pull it when it was at its weakest, it would have become meat boiled in the pots of other gnolls, how could it still have such a majestic status now?

Ah, the kindness of Xiao Weiming and his gang will never be finished.

What's more, now that the interests of both sides are deeply bound, it will not bring too much pressure to yourself by properly pleasing some of your "nobles".

"Nash! Hurry up and draw the map in your head, and someone will be there in a moment. I'll assign you Knight Six as a bodyguard, and I'll give you a scepter.

Don't waste your mother's mind in the future, protect yourself.

It was not easy for Chief Ben to find a suitable smart lieutenant. ”

Hogg rode on his majestic throne wolf, turned to his lieutenant who was following him, and threw a command amulet to Nash.

"Hey, thank you, Chief!"

Nash got the amulet and the Scepter of Command, and he was excited.

It has the same background as Hogg, and has basically not tasted the taste of strength and power since birth, and it has only improved a little after following Hogg.

But now with these two things, it can go sideways in Transnesia!

Really!

Not only can you eat with Lord Hogg, but you can also get the respect and preferential treatment that you don't get from other forces, which is great!

Speaking of the Command Talisman, this small skeleton artifact and Command Scepter is a system of psionic creations that allows the wielder to give orders to the silent and ruthless knights of Hades.

However, this thing is not the life box of the Necromantic Knights, the orders it can give are not mandatory, and the Knights of Hades have the right to refuse orders, but with the indifference of their deceased, it is unlikely that they will refuse to carry out orders.

From this point of view, the lame paw dog thing is also quite treacherous, and not giving Hogg the knights a life box means that Hogg can only "rent" them.

Once the cooperation between the two sides broke down, the lame claw holding the life box in his hand only needed one order, and the seven knights of Hades would be able to mutiny and cut off Hogg's dog head on the spot.

This is equivalent to the madman jackal man also showing a wave of "empty gloves white wolf".

The seven knights of Hades who followed Hogg and his party back to the Smuggler's Woodland were all as cold as wood when they had not received orders, but they did look good.

Dressed in black and black armor, his whole body is shrouded in heavy armor, and he is carrying heavy weapons such as cold necromantic greatsword or tomahawk and hammer, and his posture should be human, and no jackals have been made into knights of the underworld.

Presumably because of this advanced necromancy that doesn't work against the Gnolls because of racial differences?

After all, according to Grand Duke Tris, the necromantic techniques used by the warlocks of the Plague Clan all came from the Moon Priests of the Songhai people of the distant Sand Empire.

Although the Songhai people are very different from humans in all aspects, the academic community generally believes that the Songhai people are a subspecies of humans, and the connection between the two races is definitely much closer than that between humans and gnolls.

"Seven, you come with me."

Hogg ordered the other five knights of Hades to patrol around the Great Beast's Den with 30 skeleton cavalry each, and gave another order to the tallest Knight Seven.

The silent female knight of Hades did not respond, but rode her armored skeleton horse and followed Hogg out of the lair.

They sped through the darkness of the night, and after half an hour reached a hideaway on the border of the smuggler's woodland.

By the time they arrived, there were already two figures waiting for them in front of them.

"Lord Adele! Fortunately, it is not disgraceful! ”

Hogg shouted from afar:

"I'm bringing your relatives back."

"Be quiet"

Adele scolded, and handed Hogg the bag containing Kenpot's air-dried head, which was a "fair deal".

But the corpse witch Bella beside her couldn't hold back the feelings in her heart that didn't belong to the deceased, and staggered forward a few steps, and the female knight of Hades, who had never had any mood fluctuations like ice cubes, finally appeared for the first time in a movement that did not conform to the state of the deceased.

She jumped off her skeletal steed and stepped forward to take the Witch in her arms.

The two deceased just stayed quietly in the night and hugged without any other movements, but this inseparable feeling of death made a cold gnoll like Hogg feel a unique atmosphere.

It held Kempot's head in its hand, and tilted its head to look at the two undead who were "sprinkling dog food", well, this is probably the "love" that humans have been talking about?

Neither it nor Adele bothered the meeting of the miserable couple in front of them.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Bella the Witch brought Bernice to Adele's side, and the knight took off her heavy helmet and revealed a face as dry and terrifying as Bella's.

But the innocent expression on her face that still had scars made the spiritual fire in her eyes beat even more violently when she looked at Adele:

"Avalon, little Adele, why did you become the Cursed One under Midnight?"

Bernice said in a shriveled voice:

"Your mother will be heartbroken by this."

"I'll call it a midnight blessing, Aunt Bernice, and now is not the time to talk about my mother."

Lady Adele did not intend to say anything more on this topic, and she said in a cold tone:

"I must now bring you back to the Crimson Keep and have Grand Duke Tris examine your condition personally. Uncle Bella, can you confirm that Aunt Bernice doesn't have any snooping spells left on her? ”

"No, I just confirmed."

Bella the Corpse Witch affirmed:

"Bernice and I are high-level units even in Plaguetown, and any application of our psionic abilities must be approved by flesh tearing.

Although the madman Cripple is highly valued, it does not have that authority, not to mention, the lame paw is only a corpse constructor, and it is not very good at reconnaissance spells.

But to be on the safe side, I'll have to ask Grand Duke Tris to check it out for Bernice. ”

"Hmm."

Adele nodded, and she turned to Hogg again:

"You've done a great job, Pangolin, not only because you've done what Master Murphy has told you to do, but you've also received my personal thanks.

Say, if you have anything you want, I will definitely try my best to meet it. ”

"Me"

Hogg hesitated, but knowing that the opportunity was rare, he gritted his teeth and said:

"I want the dominion of the Smuggler's Woodlands!

It's not just the current model of giving, but I hope that the Smuggler's Woodlands, ruled by the Bloodclaw Clan, will actually enter Translasia's territory, rather than the current cooperation that can only be hidden beneath the surface.

I know this is excessive, but Mrs. Adele, please understand.

The Black Plague is coming!

When the time comes, not only the army of Transcia will be here, but also the armies of other places, and I am sure that Lord Murphy and his warriors will not harm me and my people, but the others.

I've seen how they kill their fellow citizens, and I don't have any hope for their character.

We crave real protection! ”

"It's not up to me to call the shots, Hogg."

Adele shook her head and said:

"I can only promise that I will pass on your thoughts to Master Murphy and do my best to convince him that the subject of Translancia is human, and we must also take their feelings into account.

But I can guarantee it!

As long as I'm a Baroness of Darkness, your realm won't be disturbed. ”

(End of chapter)