Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

Just when Varian was immersed in the dream of making money, just two days later, something went wrong in Long Beach.

A crab fisherman came to report that a group of fishmen appeared on Long Beach, claimed Long Beach as their territory, and attacked the crab fishermen, injuring five people.

"What are the characteristics of this group of murlocs?" Varian was also careless for a moment. There were many murlocs on the long beach, and he should send some soldiers to patrol.

"Your Highness, this group of murlocs are well organized. They have melee and ranged capabilities and can cast magic. The leader is a purple murloc. One of them has poor eyesight and seems to be blind." The crab catcher recalled and described.

"What! A murloc with a blind eye! How many murlocs are there in this group?" Varian seemed to know who it was.

"That's a lot, maybe one or two thousand," the crab catcher said.

Varian thought for a moment and said, "I understand. Stop catching crabs tomorrow and take a rest. I will continue working after I lead the troops to clean up the murlocs."

Varian recalled what he knew about the murlocs.

Murlocs are amphibious humanoids that can walk and run, but they are faster and more comfortable swimming. Murlocs don't like to stay on land, mainly because the air is too dry. Most of them like to build a simple grass hut on the shore for their habitat.

Murlocs are very common in Azeroth. There are various kinds of murlocs on almost all coasts, rivers, and lakeshores. There are many kinds. The common ones are bluegill murlocs, darkscale murlocs, swamp murlocs, sandscale murlocs, etc. The murlocs on the long beach in the Western Wilds are sandscale murlocs.

The murlocs are very unique. Although there are a large number of wise men among them who can use magic to attack and heal, and have a certain ability to control magic and mental power, they rely heavily on instinct and do things in a swarm. When they cannot win, they call for help. Many people have been beaten up by murlocs.

I didn't expect there to be so many murlocs on Long Beach, as many as one or two thousand. It seems that Varian will have to put in some effort.

After returning to the base for a night's rest, Varian summoned Gavinrad and Gryan Stoutmantle to the castle for breakfast and discussion.

The place for breakfast was in a small restaurant in the castle. There was no one else there. After the three of them arrived, they sat down around a small round table.

Various dishes had already been placed on the table according to Varian's instructions, including lobster, crab, sea fish, clams, etc. These were all seafood caught yesterday.

The three of them were tired of eating wild boar meat and pie. They had eaten them almost every day since they came to Dagger Ridge. Now they finally saw other dishes. Without saying a few words, they started to eat the seafood.

Varian was also very satisfied. He specially set up a small private room in the castle to cook his own meals. It was much more comfortable to eat and talk at the same time than going to the big cafeteria. No wonder the leaders in his previous life all had small cafeterias.

"How have you been these days?" Varian put down the crab claw in his hand, wiped his mouth and asked.

"Training in the military camp is very effective! I have been training in the barracks every day recently, and my strength has increased rapidly. I feel like I am about to make a breakthrough." Gryan Stoutmantle said quickly.

"Me too. I stay at the Cavaliers training ground every day and don't want to go out." Gavinrad also said.

"Grian, you are the assistant mayor of Moonbrook and the captain of the Moonbrook security team. You stay in Daggerridge Fortress every day. Does Sir Elgadin have any objection?" Varian smiled.

"You're right. Sir Elgadin has no objection. He said it's fine for me to study with His Royal Highness the Prince. He doesn't have anything important to deal with. So he asked me to continue studying here." Gryan Stoutmantle said.

"That's good. With you here, many things will be easier to handle."

Varian nodded, and then he took out a piece of parchment and stuck it on the wall. It was a map of the Western Wilderness.

Varian wiped his hands, pointed to the long beach and said, "The crab fishermen you hired earlier had a good harvest on the first day and caught a lot of crabs, which you just ate. But there are a lot of murlocs on this beach now. They interfered with the work of the crab fishermen and attacked them, resulting in several injuries."

"The murlocs are not very strong, about the same as the Riverclaw gnolls, but there are a lot of them. Now the entire beach is filled with murlocs in groups, which has seriously affected the work of the crab fishing team."

"Your Highness, do you mean to wipe out all the murlocs on Long Beach?" Gavinrad asked.

"If possible, I want to conquer these murlocs and let them contribute to Dagger Ridge in the future," said Varian.

Gryan Stoutmantle said, "No problem. When are you ready to go?"

He had heard of these mermen before, but there was no army to deal with them. The interference from the mermen was also the reason why the residents of Yuexi Town rarely went to Long Beach to catch crabs.

"After breakfast, assemble the team and set off immediately."

Varian wanted to solve the problem as soon as possible. After all, the murlocs were affecting the work of the crab fishing team. Every day of delay would affect one day's income.

You can earn several hundred gold coins a day by catching crabs.

The purple blind murloc mentioned by the crab fisherman should be Old Blind Eye, who should still be very young now. Now that Old Blind Eye has appeared, then Murloc Black and Murloc Slark should also appear.

In Varian's memory, Old Blind Eye, Brak, and Slark were the three giants of the Long Beach Murlocs, who dominated the long coastline of the Western Wilds.

While having breakfast, Varian had secretly gathered his troops.

After a week of garrisoning, the total strength of the Dagger Ridge base has increased a lot.

There were now eighty-seven halberdiers, forty-one sharpshooters, twenty-four swordsmen, fifteen monks, eight knights, and thirty cavalrymen of the Dagger Ridge Guard.

Although they are not as numerous as the murlocs, most of them are low-level fighters, so the chances of winning are huge.

Still following the same method as last time, Gryan Stoutmantle is responsible for commanding melee troops such as halberd soldiers and swordsmen, and Gavinrad is responsible for commanding archers, monks and cavalry.

After gathering, the large force set out from the Dagger Ridge base and headed for Long Beach.

Not long after, the main force arrived at the long beach. A few patrolling fishmen saw the main force from afar and slipped away.

Estimating that the murloc was not far away, Varian used his magic Eye of X-ray.

The magic of Eye of Perspective is really useful. It can help you understand the strength of the opponent's army, heroes and garrisons.

After looking for a while, Varian had an idea.

There are more than one thousand murlocs in total, including one hundred and forty-five murloc sages, three hundred and twenty-two murloc warriors, five hundred and twelve tidewalkers, two hundred and fifty-five hunting murlocs, and three high-level murlocs, namely Old Blind Eye, Black, and Slark.

Tidewalker Murlocs and Murloc Warriors are melee troops, Hunting Murlocs are shooters, and Murloc Oracles are mages.

Varian shared this information with Gavinrad and Gryan Stoutmantle, and then they discussed the attack strategy together.