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

After cleaning up the battlefield, a large amount of spoils were obtained. Almost all the savings of the River Claw Jackals were seized, mainly some raw materials, furs, wild boar meat, etc. Although they were not valuable things, when added up, they could actually fill more than a dozen supply carts.

After the scene was cleaned up, the soldiers all showed tired but happy expressions. Many soldiers were going to the battlefield for the first time, and the victory of the war made them feel extremely proud.

Aren’t the River Claw gnolls domineering and overbearing? Now even their biggest leader has been killed. Let’s see if the gnolls can still be arrogant.

Varian asked the large army to rest for a while, and then start the return journey to Moonbrook Town after they had enough rest.

Some soldiers set off first, because there were many injured soldiers who he could not treat and had to be treated by the priests of Yuexi Town.

On the way back, Varian looked at the large number of open farms on the Dust Plains and thought that this place could be developed on a large scale in the future. The climate here was very good and wheat could be harvested several times a year. As long as there was no harassment from the Riverclaw gnolls, there would definitely be a good harvest.

The entire Western Wilderness is full of grain-producing areas. When the harvest season comes, we can use the material warehouses to store grain and truly implement the strategy of digging deep holes and storing up grain.

If some of the seized wild boar meat cannot be sold so quickly, it can be stored in the material warehouse first. It is fine to keep it there first, and then when the wheat harvest season comes, you can purchase and store some wheat.

When hoarding supplies, you cannot just hoard certain ingredients. Wheat, meat, eggs, milk, etc. should all be hoarded in appropriate amounts.

After returning to Moonbrook Town, the mayor, Sir Elgadin, arranged a grand welcome ceremony. Countless Moonbrook residents were excited and stood on both sides of the road to welcome the team.

The heads of the Riverpaw gnolls filled several carts. The residents had never seen so many gnolls before. Such a record made the residents admire Prince Varian, the leader, and they were grateful to the prince from the bottom of their hearts.

Hearing that the Riverpaw gnolls in the Dust Plains had been captured in one fell swoop, the residents of Moonbrook Town, who had suffered from harassment by the gnolls, especially the farmers in the Dust Plains, felt unprecedented relief and joy in their hearts.

But the nearly four hundred ferocious werewolf heads were really scary. Some children were even scared to tears, and the adults next to them quickly covered their eyes.

The fallen soldiers were handed over to the people arranged by the mayor, and they will be responsible for burying them in the Yuexi Town Cemetery.

Grian took the soldiers to rest, while Gavinrad went to the Moonbrook Church to find a priest to treat the wounded.

After Varian arranged everything, he returned to the hotel. He was too tired today to eat or drink much, so he asked the hotel owner to send a glass of milk and a pork chop to the room so that he could have a good sleep.

The next day, under the organization of the mayor, Yuexi Town held a funeral for the fallen soldiers.

The cemetery on the western outskirts of Moonbrook Town was filled with officials and soldiers from Moonbrook Town and Dagger Ridge Fortress, as well as residents who came to attend the funeral.

The funeral was filled with a solemn and dignified atmosphere. Around the cemetery, wreaths made of flowers and green leaves were placed.

In the center of the cemetery, the remains of five soldiers and flowers are placed.

The air was filled with the faint smell of incense, accompanied by the low sobs of people, and this atmosphere made people feel an indescribable heaviness. The faces of the residents of Yuexi Town who came to pay their respects were full of sorrow and reluctance, and some people could not even control their emotions, with tears running down their cheeks.

Mayor Sir Elgadin, Prince Varian and others stepped forward one by one and bowed to the deceased, expressing their respect and remembrance for the fallen soldiers.

With a wave of his hand from Sir Elgadin, the workers who had been prepared buried the bodies of the soldiers in the graves that had been dug.

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After the funeral, Varian, Gavinrad and others were invited to the mayor's hall for tea.

The mayor, Sir Elgadin, said in a very happy mood: "Your Highness, thank you for the assistance of Dagger Ridge Fortress. This operation to eliminate the River Claw Gnolls can be said to have been a complete victory."

Varian said: "The Riverpaw Gnolls have been wreaking havoc in the Dust Plains for a long time, causing great impact on the work and life of local residents. In order for the residents of Moonbrook to live and work in peace, the threat of the Riverpaw Gnolls must be eliminated."

"Now that we have killed nearly four hundred gnolls, we should be able to resume normal production in the Dust Plains."

Sir Elgadin said with relief.

Varian nodded and said, "We can resume production as normal. We have wiped out most of the gnolls in the Dust Plains this time. Although there are still some small groups of gnolls wandering around, they are no longer a threat."

Sir Elgadin said immediately: "In the future, Moon Creek Town will send a security team to patrol to ensure that the production of the farm will not be affected again."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "This crisis was entirely thanks to the strong support of Dagger Ridge Fortress. I will apply for a commendation for you from Stormwind City."

"Then I would like to thank the lord on behalf of my brothers!" said Varian.

He didn't care about the kingdom's rewards, which were mainly honors and military ranks, but he couldn't help but consider his brothers who had fought with him, especially Gavinrad and Grian, who both deserved rewards, and it would be best if the mayor applied for it.

After coming out of the mayor's hall, Varian went to the warehouse to collect the stone and wood that had been ordered previously, and sent people to the Moonbrook Town mine to order a large batch of stone, and to the sawmill to order a large batch of wood, on the grounds of building the Dagger Ridge Fortress.

With such a legitimate reason, we must take the opportunity to get more stone and wood, because these two items are very cheap in Yuexi Town, but they can also be exchanged for crystals and other materials in the base market.

The problem of the source of crystal, mercury and sulfur has not been solved, so we can only temporarily exchange some of them for stone and wood.

If it were Outland, it would be great, there would be crystals everywhere! Not to mention the Crystal Mountain of Nagrand Oshu'gun, even in the Blade's Edge Mountains, crystals can be seen everywhere.

Today is a new day. Varian thought about it and decided that there was no rush to build other facilities, so he decided to upgrade the watchtower to an advanced watchtower, spending 1000 gold coins and 5 units of stone.

After upgrading to a high-level guard tower, what will be produced in the future will not be spearmen, but halberdmen.

Varian took a look and found that the halberd soldiers had a third more attack power and a quarter more speed than the spearmen, and the recruitment price was 75 gold coins, which was only 60 more than the previous 15 gold coins.

The upgraded halberd soldiers have much stronger individual combat capabilities than Stormwind's infantry, but their price is not more expensive than recruiting infantry.

Upgrading this guardhouse is really cost-effective. In this way, even if new military facilities are not built, the combat effectiveness can be greatly improved just by upgrading the existing military facilities.