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

Through the introduction of the sulfur merchant, Varian learned that mercury might only be sold in the mystic area.

Then he came to the mystic area and searched for a long time. Finally, Varian saw mercury at a spell material merchant in the mystic area.

According to the boss, their mercury is an extra by-product produced when refining mercury pure gold. It is not needed much at ordinary times, so the price is not very expensive, five gold coins per cubic meter.

Varian bought another thousand cubic meters of mercury. The material supplier took him to the warehouse. Varian waved his hand and the thousand cubic meters of mercury disappeared immediately before his eyes. He was also shocked by Varian's space magic.

After purchasing the mercury, Varian asked the materials supplier about purchasing crystals.

The material supplier said: "Ironforge may not have crystals."

Alas, Varian sighed softly.

But he was already very happy, because now the only resource he needed was crystals, which he had no source of.

There is no shortage of wood; there is no shortage of stone; there is no shortage of gems; there is no shortage of sulfur; there is no shortage of mercury; there is both no shortage and shortage of gold coins; there is a shortage of crystal.

Where can I find the crystals? I always feel uneasy without a source. Although I can exchange wood and stone for crystals in the system, the price will increase. I don't want to exchange them unless I have no other choice.

After exchanging the resources, Varian focused his attention on the Dagger Ridge base in his mind and began today's construction.

He looked at the highest level of magic guild, the fifth level magic guild, which was only short of a few crystals. After hesitating for a long time, he reluctantly exchanged stones for a few units of crystals and built the fifth level magic guild.

A flash of light passed by, and the original four-story magic guild instantly became a five-story building. The entire building was also larger than before.

The fifth-level magic guild has the most powerful magic in Heroes of Might and Magic, and Varian is looking forward to it.

But Varian was also very worried. He was worried about learning summoning magic, because summoning water element, summoning fire element, summoning earth element, etc. were all considered fifth-level magic, but summoning magic was not so advanced in the world of Azeroth.

When I went in, a new magic suddenly appeared in my mind: Thunder Bomb.

Varian could hardly hold back his cheers. Thunder Bomb was known as the world's most powerful single-target damage magic, and it was the only magic in Heroes of Might and Magic that could harm a golden dragon.

What does it mean to hurt a golden dragon? The guardian dragons in this world may be legendary or even demigod-level, and ordinary people cannot hurt them at all. This means that Varian has the capital to fight against the legendary level.

Varian has been sleeping in the Magic Guild every day recently and has been upgraded to an eighth-level wizard. However, due to the existence of the Magic Guild, his strength is no longer at the level of an eighth-level wizard.

For example, the magic of Space-Time Gate can teleport thousands of people at a time. This level of space magic can only be performed by legendary magicians.

For example, the thunder bombs nowadays are magic that can harm dragons, and this magic requires at least a legendary wizard to do it. Of course, just having magic that can harm dragons does not mean that you can defeat the dragon. Varian still has this self-knowledge.

Just as Varian was immersed in the excitement of obtaining the thunder bomb, the guard came in and said that Sir Elgadin asked him to go to the mayor's hall for a meeting.

Meeting again? If the mayor wanted to discuss something with him, then he must be preparing for war, since he was the person in charge of Dagger Ridge Fortress.

But Varian couldn't think of any force in the Western Wilds that needed to be fought. All the murlocs had surrendered, and the largest tribe of Riverpaw gnolls had been destroyed. I don't think the remaining wandering gnolls would dare to attack humans again.

Let's go and see what the mayor says first. Varian called up the four major generals who were lurking in Dagger Ridge, namely Gavinrad, Gryan Stoutmantle, Karen, and Mathias.

When we arrived at the mayor's hall, we drank a few cups of chrysanthemum tea as usual.

"Everyone, something happened again over at the Dust Plains."

Sir Elgadin distributed several reports to the participants and said.

Varian took a look and realized that they really wanted to fight a war.

"Let me briefly explain. This time, there are thousands of dire wolves coming from the Dawn Forest. They have killed eight farmers and five security guards. Currently, the dire wolves are mainly active in the Dust Plains." Sir Elgadin explained the report.

"What does a dire wolf look like? Is it the same as the timber wolf and the mangy wolf near Northshire Monastery?" Karen asked.

Gryan Stoutmantle said, "It's different. Dire Wolves are much larger and stronger. Adult wolves are at the fourth level on average, much stronger than Riverpaw Gnolls and Murlocs. The Timber Wolves in the Northshire Valley are already good at the first level."

Not only Karen and Mathias, but even Gavinrad took a breath.

This means that there are thousands of level 4 dire wolves invading this time.

It's a tough battle, much harder than fighting the murlocs and gnolls.

"Do you know why the dire wolves attacked the Dust Plains?" Varian asked.

Gryan Stoutmantle said, "I know this. In the past, the Dire Wolves rarely came to the Dust Plains, because there were many tribes of Gnolls in the Dust Plains. Last time we wiped out a large tribe of Gnolls, and there were not many humans stationed there, so the Dire Wolves came to grab the territory."

"We can't have the dire wolves harassing us like this all the time. We might as well just wipe them all out at once," said Varian.

Several people present agreed.

"Who of you wants to go?" Varian asked.

“I.” “I.” “I’ll go.” “I’ll go too.”

Gavinrad, Gryan Stoutmantle, Karen, and Mathias all rushed to express their desire to go to the battlefield.

"Then let's all go and gather at Dagger Ridge Fortress tomorrow morning," said Varian.

After returning to Daggerridge Castle, Varian took stock of the existing forces.

Two hundred and sixty halberdiers, more than ninety sharpshooters, more than sixty crusaders, fifty-five royal griffins, eighty priests, sixty champion knights, four ballistas, and six full-time priests.

With this lineup fighting against a thousand level 4 dire wolves, there is really nothing to worry about.

The number of troops has increased slightly compared to before. In addition to those recruited from the system every week, many are also recruited from Yuexi Town.

These soldiers recruited from Yuexi Town have undergone training in the base military camp, and their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of soldiers recruited through the system.

The Royal Griffins were recruited this new week from three high-level Griffin towers; the previous twenty-one had been sold to the Ironforge dwarves.

The six full-time priests were specially hired by Varian. When they had nothing to do, they would improve their strength in the magic guild and follow the team when it came time to go to war.

Only twenty priests had practiced riding griffins, and could only form twenty griffin knights. There were thirty-five royal griffins left, so Varian asked Karen to arrange for thirty priests to practice griffin riding urgently. There was only one afternoon, so they didn't need to be very proficient, just barely proficient would be enough.