Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 444: An Alterac Princess Falls from the Sky
Darkseid (King Dicey): "Explore overseas markets? Are you talking about the Winterfell you built in Northrend? Brother, I know you have good intentions, but Northrend alone is not enough. Now players from all over the world are forming fleets to go to Northrend to open up new land. It is impossible for us to monopolize it. As long as there are more fleets, the rare ores and herbs in Northrend will no longer be rare.
Come to think of it, it's your fault. Why did you submit the route to the Navigators Association after you explored it? "
Murphy smiled slightly, and did not comment on Darkseid's complaint. "What if a storm suddenly appeared on the route, destroying the fleets of various countries, and only our Alterac fleet survived, can we achieve the goal of monopoly?"
Zhuagenbao (King of Alterac): "Brother, could it be that the rumors are true?"
"What's that?"
"It's being said online that you have a magical weapon that can summon storms, and that you destroyed 100,000 Ahn'Qiraj Zergs with a single storm in Kalimdor. That can't be true, can it? Can it?"
Mo Fei thought that the news had indeed spread, but that was also good, because the artifact was as deterrent as a nuclear weapon.
He smiled slightly, "I will not admit that I have a divine weapon, but I will not deny that I have a divine weapon. I may have a divine weapon, or I may not have one. As long as this possibility exists, Godwin will have to be cautious if he wants to take action against Alterac.
Even if I have a magic weapon, I won't use it easily.
But don't worry, summoning the power of storms does not require a divine weapon, this is my personal ability, don't forget my identity - I am not called the Storm Dragon King for nothing."
After hearing what Murphy said, several people immediately gained confidence.
Start planning seriously.
Zhuagenbao said, "But relying on Northrend alone may not be enough. Northrend's output depends entirely on adventurers. Although commercial taxes can be collected, they can only make Winterfell and the South Sea Kingdom prosperous. There are only these two places for shipping. What should we do as landlocked countries? What we need is bulk trade."
Currently, the economic benefits of the alliance countries come from taxation, which is divided into commercial tax and agricultural tax. Commercial tax comes from adventurers' consumption, and agricultural tax comes from NPC farmers' cultivation.
But the Kingdom of Alterac was a barren hellhole - especially the inland Alterac Mountains, with neither large tracts of farmland nor many adventurers, and it was impossible to collect taxes. The money collected was not even enough to cover the upkeep of the army, let alone make money.
The second revenue source is from resource trade. Each kingdom has its own resource points, including ores, timber, herbs, animal skins, etc.
Most of these resource points are in the hands of the lords. If a player can get a resource point, he can continuously produce resources in exchange for money.
The noble lords of the Kingdom of Alterac have been almost squeezed out, and almost all the resource points are in the hands of the five kings.
There are still some high-level resource points in the Alterac Mountains, but the resources produced cannot be sold. Adventurers don’t have much use for these things, and they all rely on international trade. Now that Godwin has imposed an embargo, the resources of Alterac cannot be sold at all.
The result is that in order to increase the size of the army, several kings have to spend money to sell coupons and keep investing in it.
Being a king means losing money. Everyone is a fake rich man and they definitely can't hold on. This is why several people finally decided to sell the title of the kingdom.
Murphy was confident and had already made plans for this. "This is easy. Since we can't trade within the Alliance, then we can trade with the Night Elf Alliance. This time when I went to Kalimdor, I got in touch with the Emperor of God, Malfurion, and Tyrande. There will be no problem in doing some trade.
The power of the Dark Night Alliance is no smaller than that of the Alliance, and their spending power is definitely high. Moreover, the Dark Night Alliance has been passed down for thousands of years, so there is absolutely no shortage of good things.
If all else fails, you can exchange your resources for equipment and then put it up for auction to make your money back.
Night elves love nature and don't like to cut down trees, so all the wood, ore and animal fur in Alterac can be sold."
Murphy's words surprised the five kings, especially those who had lost so much money that they had to pawn their pants. They almost knelt down to Murphy.
"Okay, brother. Your information is very timely. If we can really sell the resources stored at home, I will be very grateful to you. We are counting on you now. Just keep talking. We will listen to you."
Murphy continued, "We have to call back the other brothers. They all have the title of princes now. If Alterac is gone, their prince status will also be gone. So they must all contribute. Of course, we can't let them work in vain. They still have to share some of the money they make in the future..."
After some discussion, the plan was finalized.
Speed is of the essence in war, and Murphy only has three days to gain, so he naturally cannot afford to hesitate at all.
Immediately, a call was issued to all brothers online.
In fact, there are not many left. There were more than 30 brothers at the beginning, but more than a dozen of them died in the past two years. In addition, there are a few who are not online, so only 12 brothers have been gathered in total.
However, most of the brothers had their own things to do, some were clearing dungeons, some were doing quests, and by noon, only three or five of them came.
Seeing that time was getting later, Murphy didn't wait any longer and directly announced the start of the meeting.
So that afternoon, the long-awaited Prince Council of Alterac was finally convened again.
In the conference hall of Alterac, a group of princes sat around the conference table, as if they had returned to the old days.
Demacia (Prince of Alterac): "What's the matter that's so urgent that you called everyone over?"
First-generation military strategist (archmage): "That's right. I'm taking classes in Dalaran. Don't you think this will delay my studies? If I can't pass the fifth level of arcane, you have to reimburse me for the make-up exam fee later."
God of War Lu Bu (War Lord): "I know, I know. Are we going to merge with Lordaeron? I've heard about it. You unworthy descendants actually sold off our Perenolde family's assets at a low price. Woohoo, if my father knew about this, he would be so angry that he would jump out of the Shadow Realm."
Darkseid (King of Dice): "Get lost! You are such a slave, how dare you say that? You went to Lordaeron to be someone's son, but your godfather died the next time you came back. How dare you come back to attend the meeting?"
God of War Lu Bu (Prince of Alterac): "How can you be so shameless? We are all brothers, and we are all princes of Alterac. Why are you saying these things? Brother, please say something. Are you going to sell out your country? Aren't you?"
Several kings looked at Murphy and threatened him - Brother, do you want to get rid of this bastard first?
Murphy shook his head. He was familiar with the situation of the God of War Lu Bu. This guy had nothing to do with Godwin. He wanted to curry favor with King Terenas, but Terenas died. As a result, everyone became suspicious of the God of War Lu Bu. His name was really too suspicious.
Moreover, King Aiden’s death was caused by his own hands, and the video has been spread on the Internet.
"You are right. We are all brothers. There is no need to be so distant. The main reason I asked you all to come here this time is to face this unprecedented change. We must unite as one. Otherwise, the Alterac Society will be gone and your titles as princes will be revoked.
Godwin did talk to us about the merger before, and he offered us a large sum of money, and we can also keep our territory and title. In short, the treatment is very good, but..."
As Murphy was speaking, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
"We are coming. We are coming."
Just outside the gate, Dara Bangba and Sigret rushed in together, followed by a beautiful blonde woman.
Someone complained, "Why did you two just get here?"
Dara Bangba sat down, panting, "Of course it's because there's a mission to be done. Look who we brought back."
As he said this, he pointed to the blonde beauty behind him, and the beauty looked at everyone excitedly.
Murphy took a look and was surprised that it looked familiar.
Sabrina Perenolde (Princess of Alterac), level 20, health 1000.
“Oh my god!”
“I’ll go!”
“Fuck!”
"I'm so fucking..."
Everyone was shocked.
First-generation military strategist (archmage): "I said, where did you two get a sister for us? When did we have a princess in Alterac?"
Zhua Benben slapped his thigh suddenly, "I remember now, we seem to have a younger sister, a long time ago. At that time, there were less than ten princes in Alterac. I saw her once, but then she disappeared for some reason. I didn't understand much at that time because I had just started playing. I thought she was refreshed."
Darkseid nodded, "Yes, I remember that there seems to be a mission to save the princess in the kingdom mission, but unfortunately no one is doing it."
After hearing this, Zhuagenbao took out the list of Alterac's Kingdom missions. The missions on it were changed throughout the year, but there were a few tricky missions that no one had ever done and they were always hanging there.
Grab the root treasure and push the task to the bottom.
The last one on the list is - [Save the princess kidnapped by the dragon].
Grasp the basics and read the task text.
"It is said that the princess of Alterac, Sabrina Perenolde, was captured by the evil dragon known as the 'Death in the Mist'. Anyone who rescues the princess will receive a reward of 1,000 gold coins and a random treasure from the Alterac treasury."
Murphy finally remembered that he had met this girl once in the Obsidian Temple. He didn't expect that she would become his sister. This was really like a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple, and family members no longer recognized each other.
Wait a minute, he suddenly thought of something.
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "You found the dragon's nest in the Misty Mountains in the Wetlands, right?"
The 'Death in the Mist' Samofel, one of the black dragon lords who was on good terms with him, had his dragon nest built right in the Misty Mountains.
Dara Bangba asked curiously, "Yes, yes, that's where we found the Dragon's Nest. Hey, brother, how did you know that? Did we take on this mission before? We spent a lot of effort to find the dungeon, and then spent a lot of effort to clear the dungeon."
Mo Fei thought to himself, is this true? Did you two kill the dragon?
Murphy was somewhat unbelievable. After all, Summerfield was a world-class BOSS. Are you two silver heroes so powerful?
"You guys killed the 'Death in the Mist'?"
Dala Bangba said: "Hehe, that's not the case. We are not stupid. We hired a large number of adventurers to be cannon fodder. We searched in the mountains for half a month before we found the entrance to the cave. This dungeon is a level 40 team dungeon, which is not easy. We sent these adventurer teams to take turns to attack, and successfully cleared the Misty Cave dungeon in a week.
It turned out that the Death in the Mist was not in the dragon's nest at all. There was only an adult black dragon guarding the dragon's nest, which was a terrifying third-level BOSS. The two of us studied the tactics provided by the adventurers for three days before we finally made up our minds to take action. After a hard battle, we finally killed the evil dragon and rescued my sister.
By the way, I also got promoted to a higher level."
The two of them pointed proudly at the ranks above their heads.
As expected, both of them were already gold-level 1 heroes at this time.
A first-level gold master is just a starting point in Lordaeron, but in Alterac, he is already considered a master.
However, when the two saw the rank above Murphy's head, they suddenly stopped being so arrogant.
"Holy crap, you're already an epic hero? That's awesome! How did you get to this level?"
Murphy did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
Summerfield's not here? That's a little strange.
Summerfield is a homebody dragon who seldom leaves his dragon's nest. He only goes out occasionally to attend the annual meeting at the Obsidian Temple. Every time he goes on a long journey, he always brings his princess figurine with him.
This time, the princess was not brought along, which meant that it had an important operation to perform. Could it be that the Black Dragon Legion was going to do something big again?
Sieglet said, "Brother, how did you get to this level? Why are you embarrassed to tell me?"
Murphy smiled and said, "It's just killing a few ancient dragons and an ancient god. It's no big deal."
"Ancient God..."
The looks of several people suddenly changed, and they thought to themselves, "Brother, are you bragging or cheating?"
Are all the ancient gods dead?
"Haha, don't look at me like that. I also had the good fortune to fight the story campaign with Malfurion, Tyrande, the God of War and others. It was just luck, just luck. Let's not talk about that anymore, let's talk about business."
Murphy turned serious.
"When King Aiden was still around, the Kingdom of Alterac was at least peaceful and prosperous. Aiden was just a useless piece of shit in history, but even so, he was able to maintain the normal operation of the kingdom.
But now that the kingdom has fallen into our hands, it has not only failed to grow stronger, but the people are living in poverty, monsters are everywhere, rebels are rising, evil cults are everywhere, and bandits are swarming.
Don't you feel ashamed?
This time Lordaeron wanted to annex us, and Godwin offered a high price to bribe the six of us. We originally wanted to sell us, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong.
Think about it, what is the biggest charm of the game Sky World? Isn't it that players can change history, create history, and change the world?
Historically, Alterac was annexed by Lordaeron. Can't we, with so many brothers, change this?
We once fought a bloody battle with the Horde in the Frost Wolf Fields, and even Thrall's father was killed by us.
We have fought the Horde in the Wetlands and recaptured Stormwind City. There have been so many epic battles and so many groundbreaking deeds. In the end, are we going to sell out the kingdom and the people we fought for just for a few small amounts of money?
We are the royal family of Alterac, the sons of the mountain. Is all this meaningless to tease you?"
These words made everyone excited and the atmosphere suddenly became heated.
Murphy continued to add fuel to the fire.
"If the country of Alterac is gone, we are not afraid. We can still continue to be dukes and lords and make a lot of money. But what about you? The title of prince will be gone forever.
Even though you made some money from selling Kingdom shares before, don't you want to make more?
Now we are living in an era of great opportunity. As long as we work together, we will not be afraid of not making money. We can also leave our own legends on the road of Azeroth. No matter what you think, I definitely want to give it a try.
Who wants to join me? "
“Roar!”
“Well said!”
"I did it, count me in."
"Brother Aidan, just tell me what to do."
The brothers immediately became excited.
Murphy Swordsman's morale was almost boosted, so he spoke.
"In the next three days, what we have to do is to clear out the bandit strongholds, eliminate the rebels, eliminate the evil cult forces, and eliminate the pirate fleet that is blocking the South China Sea route."
Victor said with embarrassment, "Other things are easy to deal with, but the pirate fleet - our Alterac fleet has been sold. Rebuilding the fleet will cost a lot of money, and we don't have naval commanders, so we will be at a disadvantage in a naval battle with pirates.
"Leave the pirate fleet to me. You are mainly responsible for clearing out bandits, rebels, cults and the like."
This kind of work is still very simple for today's princes. After experiencing so many wars, those who can persist until now are all very strong. There are already several of them in the gold rank, and the lowest among the rest are silver four and silver five. It is very easy to kill a few bandits and rebels.
