Chapter 17: Leading the way is good, Mr. One-toothed is good
After communicating with Farad, the head of Ravenhold Manor, the identity of the accidental intruder was confirmed.
Rukia. Albert Einstein, the illegitimate daughter of the owner of an alchemy shop in Stratholme, has had elusive natural abilities since she was a child, and was valued and raised by the boss of the underworld. However, she has not signed an oath and has not been cultivated by the estate, so it is theoretically not yet a member of Ravenhold that Rukia can sell herself to the Barov family.
Considering Miss Tanji's strong concealment ability and death-fearing character, Alex. Grand Duke Barov decides to train Rukia to be a spy, and it's not bad for Kalottiyì to join the scout class.
After dealing with the unexpected spoiler, Dandema, the sister weapon master, was assigned to the family guard for pre-war drills. This great warrior who has lived for more than 4,000 years is proficient in the three professions of warrior, thief, and hunter, and can skillfully use almost all weapons and equipment. The soldiers of Fort Kelldalon have a storm. Tempest's glorious deeds of fighting a hundred at a time were used as a reference, and a one-on-two hundred battle request was made to the temporary instructor with violet skin. Dandema. Lan Yu humbly said that he was not comparable to the panda man warrior monk, so he agreed to the request of the soldiers, and fought two hundred times one-on-one, and I will use whatever weapon you use. Dandema's invisible outfit tripled the area of the soldiers' psyche, but having a master weapon to guide them helps them survive the war.
The Bald Brother was an experienced thief loyal to Ravenhold and highly identified with the ideals of the League of Assassins. As a professional with a sense of honor, he began to think backwards about how to protect a person he wanted to assassinate. As a result, I don't know how much the bald brother's security ability has improved, but he reflects on a lot of his own shortcomings, assassination skills uP. The distressed bald brother is deeply trapped in the cycle of competing with the stronger self and cannot extricate himself.
As a troll serving Ravenhold, Onefang. Vicious Tooth doesn't have much of a racial identity, and in the period leading up to Rally Day, he reveals a lot of inside information about Hinterland to Alex and his son.
"There are three main forces in Hinterland. The dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain, the elves (High Elves) of Quildani's Hut, and trolls. ”
Single tooth. With Vicious Tooth speaking, Carlos asked.
"There are dwarves in Eagle's Nest Mountain?"
"Yes, my father told me that hundreds of years ago the dwarves came to Hinterland over the mountains and established a city called Erepeak, and the Eagle's Nest was the fortress city they built behind them, and the dwarves had to fight the Deadwood Clan of Shadralo a few times a year." Single tooth. Vicious Tooth explained.
After thinking about it for a moment, Carlos realized that he had made the mistake of empiricism. The Hammer Dwarves only migrated to Eagle's Nest Mountain after the defeat of Grimbaatar, but why did they go to Eagle's Nest Mountain, it is not a base there, and the reason why Taizu went to Yan'an back then is the same.
"How many dwarves there are?" Carlos continued to ask.
"There are hundreds of people in Erepeak, I don't have the ability to sneak into Eagle's Nest Mountain, and the treasure house guards of those dwarves are very powerful." Single tooth. Vicious Tooth answered as much as he could after speaking.
That's right, the Hammer Dwarves in Hinterland are only a small branch now, and the main force of the Hammer Dwarves is still in Grimbaatar.
"You go on." After figuring it out, Carlos no longer dwelled on the problem.
"The dwarves occupy the vicinity of Eagle's Nest Mountain; There are too few elves, but the Quell Danny hut is high in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack; The main territory of Hinterland is still trolling. "With that, Onetooth. Vicioustooth changed his sitting position and continued: "But the trolls are not united, some scattered small clans are not worth mentioning, and there are three main clans. The Evil Branch Clan of Cynsaro, the Deadwood Clan of Shadralo, and the Evil Tooth Clan of my birth. The most powerful of them, the Evil Branch Clan, has a conservative population of more than 10,000, and the gang believes in the blood god Haka, and often hunts down the trolls of other clans for blood sacrifices, and has a terrible reputation. The Deadwood Clan is only a part of Hinterland, mainly gathered in Shadralo, who also worship the blood god Haka, but prefer to perform blood sacrifices with other races, and these are the ones who killed Prince Jerio. As for the Vicious Tooth Clan, let me digress, the only reason I didn't turn against my people was because the Evil Tooth Trolls didn't trust Haka. But the two noble lords must not believe in the Evil Tooth Clan, without strong strength, Chen Jing is still in the glory of the past, and this clan will come to an end sooner or later. "Onetooth. Vicious Tooth ended the conversation viciously.
Alex and his son don't find it strange that a troll thief who works for the human organization Ravenhold hates his clan, but the hatred is justified, which is interesting.
"Mr. Duya, if you can tell your story, I will give you a small gift in return, do you think that's okay?" Alex said.
"It's not something to be seen for. The Badtooth clan has a custom that the patriarch will break the tusks characteristic of trolls, so he has been called the Broken Tooth Patriarch for generations. Ever since I was a child, I have been different from others, only one side of my teeth has developed very largely, and the other side has not developed at all, which leads me to not even eat normally. My father broke that deformed tooth for the sake of my upbringing. Because of this, the Broken Tooth patriarch believes that his father has challenged his authority and wants to duel with his father. It's a murder! My father was the best fisherman in Eviltooth Village, and the Broken Tooth Patriarch was a professional executioner. A story that doesn't sound good, "Lone Tooth. Vicious Tooth finally calmed down.
"Lu Sen, send Mr. Duya to rest, and prepare a big meal for Mr. Duya at night, the specific dishes and wine ingredients must be in line with Mr. Duya's washing, understand?" Alex shook the butler's bell, Luzon. Sakhoff pushed the door open and walked into the room.
"Yes, sir." Lu Cerne. Sakhoff with a single tooth. Vicious Tooth left the study.
"Carlos, what do you think?" Alex asked in general terms.
"A bloody massacre." Carlos replied.
Seeing his father's frowning brows, Carlos couldn't tell his father how much damage the trolls had caused to the alliance by joining the tribe as allies of the orcs in the upcoming Second Orc War.
"Father, Uncle Aiden needs a king's dignity, Alterac needs a greater voice, and the Barov family needs a heavy military feat. These can only be satisfied with blood. Carlos couldn't think of a better way to say it for a while, so he could only talk about lofty empty words.
"You're too radical for me to let your only son go to Hinterland." Alex was a little worried.
"Father, the treasure vault of that size is already a third empty, and once the war begins, the cost will be even greater. I read your plan, and the kingdom of Alterac needs to pay at least 50,000 gold coins for this war alone. And the Barrow family bears half of it, also 25,000 pieces. Coupled with the fact that the previous wishes and promises to the minor nobles needed to be fulfilled, from last year until the end of the war, the family needed to point out at least more than 100,000 gold coins, which is by no means a small number. Carlos knew that if he didn't convince his father, he might be watching the whole trip to Hinterland.
As mentioned before, the annual income of the Barov family is about 20,000 gold coins, but excluding expenses, the net income is only about 2,000~4,000, and the huge amount of 100,000 gold coins is the family's savings for nearly 30 years.
"So what?" Alex was unmoved.
"Trolls, or the burial chambers of trolls, they have the custom of burying with gold and silver treasures." Carlos replied.
"Let me think about it, son, let me think about it." Alex faltered slightly.
With the wealth of the Barov family, 100,000 gold coins for a crown was too heavy, and Alex wavered from his plan to defeat the trolls that was meant to demonstrate.