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

"Your Highness, what do you need us, the merfolk, to do?" The blind old man had already chosen to surrender, so it was particularly important for him to do his duty well.

"You don't need to do anything extra. I will protect the safety of the Long Beach murlocs and provide you with tents and food. I treat you as the people of Dagger Ridge Territory, but the murlocs must work, just like my crab catchers. You can get gold coins by handing in crabs, sea fish, and pearls. You can use the gold coins to go to Moonbrook Town or Dagger Ridge Fortress to buy the products you want."

The old blind man was stunned after hearing this, and so were Black and Slark next to him. They thought Varian would enslave them and treat them as slaves, but they didn't expect that he would treat them as residents of the territory and let them integrate into human society.

For many years, no human has ever accepted the merpeople, which has led to their unwillingness to deal with humans.

The blind old man was extremely excited. He really didn't expect that a battle would turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Varian took out three soul contracts and asked Old Blind, Brak and Slark to sign them. After signing, they could not betray Varian, otherwise they would be punished by the backlash of the soul contract.

Without any hesitation, the blind old man immediately signed the soul contract. Black and Slark saw it and signed it as well.

After signing the soul contract, Varian asked old Blind Man to go back and continue to lead the murlocs, promote new policies, and let them catch crabs and collect pearls.

Of course, the management method is different from that of human crab catchers. Human crab catchers have a basic salary and must obey discipline. The fishmen have no basic salary and are considered piece-rate workers. They exchange the crabs or sea fish they catch for gold coins. If they don't exchange them, they will not get gold coins. Because the fishmen are naturally undisciplined and difficult to control, they will be assimilated slowly.

Varian believed that the dazzling array of rich and varied products in human society would motivate the merfolk to work hard spontaneously, and catching crabs and pearls were jobs they loved.

There's no reason not to do it!

There are two reasons why we did not destroy the murlocs but made them surrender.

First, there is a serious shortage of labor in Dagger Ridge now, and there are more than a thousand Long Beach murlocs. After their surrender, they can be turned into a labor force for catching crabs and pearls. Some of the murlocs can even board fishing boats and serve as sailors and fishermen.

Secondly, Varian knew that there were various kinds of murlocs in the world of Azeroth. In the future, he wanted to train a murloc trading caravan to trade with murlocs from all over the world, or even bring murlocs from all over the world under management like he did today. Then his power would be greatly expanded.

In order to enhance the cohesion of the murlocs, and to let them experience the fine wine and delicious food of humans, thereby increasing their dependence on humans, Varian decided to treat all the murlocs to a big meal tonight.

Twenty chefs were urgently recruited from Yuexi Town, plus twenty chefs from the Dagger Ridge Base and the dock, a total of forty chefs were involved in the operation.

A large amount of food ingredients were purchased from Yuexi Town, including morning dew wine, juice, milk, pork liver pies, various cheeses and meats, etc.

The chefs in the kitchen next to the dock made a large number of beer-roasted pork chops, offal stew, crocodile fried chops, coyote chops, crispy spider meat, grilled wolf meat, etc., mainly delicacies that the fish people usually don't eat.

The fishermen sat on the beach in groups of ten or eight, and the delicious food was brought to each group by the chefs and assistants.

On this night, the breeze was cool, and the fish people and humans gathered together to feast and not return until they were drunk. The morning dew wine bottles were scattered all over the ground.

Tonight, the fish people experienced an unprecedented experience: friendly humans, delicious food and fine wine that they had never tasted before, which greatly shocked their hearts.

Many fishmen have already made up their minds to stay with humans and integrate into human society.

The next day, when Varian woke up from his bed, the fishmen had returned to the long beaches and started fishing for crabs.

Because they know that only crabs and pearls can be exchanged for gold coins, and with gold coins they can buy morning dew wine and barbecue delicacies.

Of course, the most comfortable ones were the three giant murlocs of Long Beach, because the next day, the old blind man used a box of pearls to exchange for hundreds of gold coins, and booked three rooms in the castle for the three brothers, preparing to go on vacation here.

Yesterday, when Varian was fighting the murlocs on the beach, Captain Grayson's fleet, consisting of three fishing boats, returned with three boats full of various seafoods. It was estimated that Moonbrook Town would not be able to digest them all soon, so they had to prepare channels to sell them to Stormwind City.

Transportation is also a problem. It takes at least four or five days to transport it from Dagger Ridge to Stormwind City. Although it can be kept fresh with ice, it is still not as popular and valuable as fresh and lively seafood.

Unfortunately, there is no mage in Dagger Ridge who can open a portal, and Varian himself has not learned how to do it.

So Varian thought of the magic guild, because in the 4 magic guilds, there is a high probability that the magic of "Time and Space Gate" will appear. After learning it, one can travel freely in the city under his control.

After thinking about it, Varian looked at the materials needed for a level 4 magic guild: 1000 gold coins, 5 units of wood, 5 units of stone, 8 units of mercury, 8 units of sulfur, 8 units of crystal, and 8 units of gems.

Only mercury, sulfur, and crystal are short of a few units. I got a bunch of gems from the jade mine last time, so there is no shortage of them.

There is a serious surplus of wood and stone. The exchange rate of wood for crystal is about ten to one, that is, 10 units of wood can be exchanged for 1 unit of crystal, which is not too expensive.

Varian gritted his teeth and left behind dozens of units of wood and stone, and replaced the remaining wood and stone with mercury, sulfur and crystal.

The quantity is enough. They can only be exchanged with wood and stone. Varian is reluctant to exchange gold coins for resources. If he uses gold coins, it will take thousands of gold coins to exchange for one unit of crystal, which is too expensive.

After it was built with the mind, a flash of light appeared, and the original three-story magic guild instantly became a four-story one, and its scale also increased.

When Varian went in, he saw two new spells: Gate of Time and Space and Reincarnation.

The time and space gate teleports the hero to a friendly town determined by the system.

Reincarnation is equivalent to resurrection, which is very useful in battle.

Varian was really overjoyed. He remembered that the time and space gate must be used in conjunction with advanced earth magic to freely choose the city to teleport to. If there is no advanced earth magic, then one can only teleport to the nearest city.

Now Varian can actually directly choose the city to teleport to. Is it because the system has integrated advanced earth magic skills into magic?

In any case, Varian can now move freely in the city, which can save a lot of travel time and greatly improve the efficiency of doing business.