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

After five fishing boats were taken away by King Llane, Varian immediately purchased five more from the system shipyard, maintaining a fleet of ten fishing boats.

Why couldn't King Llane be given ten ships at once? Varian said that the goblins needed to order them and it would take time to build them.

It would be difficult to explain if ten new ships were given to King Ryan at once.

"Hey, if it wasn't for the Moonbrook Mine, I wouldn't have sold the fishing boat to King Llane. The entire Eastern Kingdom has a very long coastline. There are many fish in the wetlands. I could have taken care of them all myself."

Varian sighed and said that he felt a little reluctant, even though it was his father, King Llane.

Just as he was daydreaming, the guard came and said, "Your Highness, there are guests from Stormwind City visiting us. They have already arrived at the castle."

"Who?" Varian asked.

"Two young men, they call themselves Karen Lothar and Mathias Shaw." said the guard.

These two are Varian's playmates who grew up together in Stormwind.

Caren Lothar, the son of Sir Anduin Lothar, is a warrior of the same age as himself. His father, Sir Lothar, visited the dock yesterday, but he didn't expect that it would be his son's turn to visit today.

Mathias Shaw is a member of SI:7. His grandmother, Pasonia Shaw, is the founder of the Stormwind Assassins (SI:7).

Mathias joined MI7 at the age of ten. He received rigorous training since childhood and is now an excellent assassin.

Varian tidied his appearance and came to the castle.

"What brings you two here?" Varian greeted them.

Karen said, "Can't you come and take a look if you have nothing to do? By the way, your Dagger Ridge Fortress is really well built. The castle is so big, it's amazing."

Mathias said, "Yes, it has all the necessary facilities, a small military base."

Varian said, "If you like it, just stay here for a few more days."

"Hey, you're right. I came here specifically to stay for a while." Karen said.

"Why?" Varian asked in confusion.

"I met your subordinate Gavinrad in Stormwind City and found that he was growing very fast and had surpassed most members of the Iron Horse Brotherhood. I was very curious about how he was trained," Karen said.

I see! No wonder Karen Lothar is coming to Dagger Ridge Fortress.

You know, the Iron Horse Brotherhood is an elite organization founded by his father Anduin Lothar, consisting of warriors, hunters, thieves and knights.

In the original novel, the Iron Horse Brotherhood played an important role in the First and Second Orc Wars, but also suffered huge sacrifices. Later, after Stormwind City was rebuilt, it was merged into the Knights of the Stormwind.

The Iron Horse Brotherhood selects the elite of the elite and strives to provide the best training, so Varian understood why Karen came here.

"That's no problem. You can go to the barracks or the knights' training ground for an on-site inspection. If you want to bring the Iron Horse Brotherhood here for training, I have no objection." Varian said from the window, pointing to the barracks not far away.

Then he turned to Mathias and asked, "Are you here for training too? This place mainly trains warriors. The training for assassins may not be as good as that of MI7."

Mathias said, "I'm mainly here to learn about the development of Dagger Ridge Fortress. I heard that His Highness is going to build a large port city on the coast near the dock. I'm considering whether to set up a contact point for SI:7 here."

SI:7 is the intelligence agency of Stormwind City, and later the intelligence agency of the entire Alliance, responsible for organizing and coordinating various intelligence and reconnaissance work.

It is reasonable to set up an intelligence agency contact point in a large city that is about to be established.

Varian said, "The port is still in its infancy. There isn't even a hotel yet. Do you want to consider opening a hotel there? It would also be convenient for gathering information from the travelers coming and going."

Mathias thought it made sense and asked, "How do I choose an address? Can I just pick one at random?"

"There aren't many buildings there yet. There's vacant land everywhere. You can pick any one you want. Just remember to pay the land fee."

Varian will not give away land for free. Otherwise, if this unit wants a piece of land and that organization wants a piece of land, how can he make money?

"By the way, I'll help you name your inn, the Boar and Whistle Inn. There are wild boars everywhere in the western wilderness, and this name is very appropriate." Varian said.

Karen and Mathias both laughed. The Pig and Whistle Inn was also quite famous in Stormwind City, and they were all familiar with it.

“But I think the hotel we opened in Long Beach, called the Crab and Flute Hotel, is a more appropriate name,” Mathias said.

"Hahaha." Several people laughed.

Before they knew it, it was time for dinner. Varian invited Karen and Mathias to taste the specialties of the Western Wilds in the castle restaurant.

After dinner, Varian took the two of them on a tour of the Dagger Ridge base and introduced in detail the differences between various military buildings such as guard towers, archer towers, barracks, and knight training grounds.

Then the soldiers at the base were asked to perform drills. The soldiers' mental outlook and superb fighting skills left a deep impression on the two.

He even came to a huge crossbow and let the two try to operate it and feel its power.

"Come on, try this." Varian patted the ballista.

The crossbow cart in the Heroes of Might and Magic system looks very small in the game, but it is actually about the size of a small car. The arrows are very thick, as thick as a child's arm.

It was also the first time that Karen had seen such a crossbow. He immediately followed Varian's instructions and controlled the crossbow to aim at the big rocky mountain a few hundred meters away.

"Whoosh!"

At Karen's firing, the arrows from the crossbow were ejected at an extremely fast speed and heavily penetrated into the stone mountain.

Karen and Mathias walked closer and saw that at least one-third of the arrow had sunk into the solid stone mountain.

Mathias tried, but he couldn't pull it out! In the end, they worked together and spent a lot of effort to pull the arrow out.

Karen was surprised and said, "This ballista is too powerful! I'm afraid that if the dragon is hit by such an arrow, it will be seriously injured."

After thinking for a while, he asked, "How much does this crossbow cost? I'll ask my father to try it out and arrange a few for the Iron Horse Brotherhood."

"This thing is not cheap, three thousand gold coins per unit, but it's worth it," said Varian.

He didn't make much money this time. Varian had to pay 2,500 gold coins for each blacksmith he bought from the blacksmith shop.

In addition to the ones from Sir Lothar, he also wanted his father, King Llane, to buy a few to increase his strength.

Varian then took the two of them to the knight training ground to practice.