"Yes, just like those two-legged fish outside. I heard the fire has been burning for several days and it's still not completely burned. And I also heard that General Voria has started another expedition."
"Burn them with a big fire? Burn the two-legged fish? Won't they run away?"
"Idiot! I'm talking about corpses, mountains of two-legged fish corpses! The fire has been burning for days! The guy who tells me this is out of his mind, like he's mentally challenged."
Why did General Voria kill so many murlocs?
"Who knows? But I heard that ever since our army occupied this mountain, those low-level murlocs seem to be fearless, charging up the mountain with their knives like lunatics."
The gnolls around him fell silent, and a few of them looked up at the billowing black smoke rising from the back mountain.
Jiang Hao finally understood what the black smoke was all about, and found the smell in the ravine to be extremely pungent.
It was only after a long time that a gnoll broke the silence.
"Hey, did you know that people from the High Realm even have to buy my neighbor's toilet?"
"Your neighbor's toilet must be very tall and luxurious, right?"
"Bullshit! It's just a few broken pieces of wood, enclosing a space barely big enough for someone to squat down. That guy offered 250,000 gold coins."
"ah?"
The gnolls around them also looked puzzled.
"Oh yes, yes, yes, I had the same expression when my neighbor first told me about this."
"No, why? 250,000 gold coins to buy a toilet that's big enough to fill a whole floor? I don't understand."
"I heard that our emperor is about to issue a new immigration policy. Anyone who owns fixed assets within the territory of the Jackal Empire can immigrate to the Jackal Empire."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao nearly choked on his own saliva.
My tea business, real estate speculation?!
After waiting for several more hours, Jiang Hao's 13th squad was once again brought to the platform by the leader. This time, Jiang Hao was left on the platform again.
Jiang Hao noticed that there were far fewer people on the platform, and at the same time, he noticed that the mage in the blue robe was glancing at the grayish-white vortex above the well from time to time.
Jiang Hao's heart stirred.
Could it be that the heart of immortality is about to be dug out?
Jiang Hao had already devised a plan to obtain the Heart of Immortality. He noticed several small houses carved out of caves around the platform, where many of the gnolls on the platform would go for a while before emerging. These were undoubtedly toilets. He could simply slip inside, grab the Heart of Immortality from a distance, and it would be his for the taking.
To verify whether this method was feasible, Jiang Hao had already practiced with the broadsword hanging at his waist. Although his broadsword was a bit bent now, the method was definitely feasible!
"Sir, you called me?"
A voice interrupted Jiang Hao's thoughts. It was Commander Vogan.
"Hmm, what's the deal with that soldier named Lyle? Dus is, after all, the ambassador sent by the Jackal King to help us."
"Understood, I will handle it."
"Hmm, any news about Ryan?"
"The encirclement has been tightened by one-third, and so far... there is still no news."
"We need to hurry up with this. I feel the Immortal Heart is about to emerge."
"Yes, do I need to supervise this personally?"
"No! You only need to urge them on with the next command, but you must not leave this place again."
The mage decisively rejected Wogen's suggestion.
"Although I have a backup plan left by the Archmage, the Archmage clearly instructed that when the Heart of Immortality emerges, both of us must be present."
"Although it may be a bit too cautious, this matter is of great importance and cannot be compromised."
"Yes, sir!"
"It's about to come out."
The grayish-white vortex flashed suddenly, and Vogan exclaimed in surprise. The other gnolls on the platform also turned to look at the grayish-white vortex.
The mage turned and glanced at Vorgen, seemingly displeased with his impetuousness. Vorgen sensed his superior's displeasure, immediately fell silent, and carefully bowed.
"It will take a while. Go and take care of what you're doing first, and come back in two hours."
Jiang Hao began to feel anticipation. The treasure that the gnolls had gone to such lengths to obtain was about to be revealed; he wondered what its wonders were. At the same time, Jiang Hao was also grateful that he was still at the scene at this crucial moment. He really didn't believe that this wasn't a deliberate arrangement by the game administrators.
"Oh, and by the way, clear out all irrelevant people from the platform. From this moment on, except for those at the bottom of the well, no gnolls are allowed to enter the cave!"
The monk's casual remark, with his head tilted back, shattered all of Jiang Hao's hopes.
What to do? What to do?
Seeing that the plan could not be carried out, Jiang Hao wanted to take a gamble. He looked at a room around the platform.
That should be the toilet; all we need to do is get inside and hide.
Jiang Hao turned and walked in that direction, ignoring everyone.
It was only a dozen or so steps. Jiang Hao walked over, breathed a sigh of relief, reached out, pulled the door open, and was about to go inside...
"Hey, you idiot, come out here!"
Jiang Hao ignored the voices behind him and continued walking inside, since he was an idiot anyway.
Jiang Hao felt a tightness around his collar and realized that a large, hairy hand was on the back of his neck.
Then Worgen picked him up, carried him off the platform, out of the cave, and casually tossed him into the cave entrance. No one paid him any attention after that.
General Duss, standing at the mouth of the ravine, led his more than 200 men, still dutifully on guard duty. The gnolls in the ravine were even more numerous, mostly sitting on the ground, almost filling the entire valley. They whispered among themselves, awaiting orders from their superiors inside the cave. Worgen had already assigned several guards to the cave entrance; without Worgen's command, no gnoll could enter.
With two hours left, the Immortal Heart would be released. Jiang Hao quickly calculated in his mind that he had no choice but to fight.
"We definitely can't start fighting from inside; the risk is too high." Jiang Hao got up and walked towards the outside of the ravine. There were plenty of gnolls roaming back and forth inside; who would pay attention to a fool? Moving away from the cave and passing Dus, Jiang Hao turned and glanced at the Silver-ranked commander. His right cheek was clean; there were no traces of phlegm, so he must have washed it.
Jiang Hao saw the wolf fur on his face twitch, as if he had noticed Jiang Hao watching him. However, his eyes remained fixed straight ahead, simply staring silently. Jiang Hao looked away and walked past him, noticing that he let out a sigh of relief.
Jiang Hao walked forward along the path he had come from, until he turned a corner and made sure no jackals would see him before stopping.
Jiang Hao opened his personal panel and confirmed that his attributes were as follows when he cleared the Shadow of Wailing: 6290 health and 7290 mana.
Yes, that's it.
Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief; confirming this was crucial. He had previously used his Detection spell to examine himself and discovered he was actually a level 13 Dark Iron Ghoul Gnoll. The Detection spell's attributes showed him to be nothing more than a level 13 Dark Iron monster with no mana.
Jiang Hao then began to sense his summoned creature. As before, there was still no response, so Jiang Hao gave up on that effort.
Jiang Hao took a few steps toward the edge of the slope, and through the gaps in the grass, he saw jackal soldiers in white armor standing in front of the ravine.
Ghoul-eating gnoll
Bronze-level elite
Faction: Hostile
Level: 18
life:
Physical attack: 2493
Physical defense: 353
Speed: 91
Skill: Bite: Deals damage equal to 120% of attack power to the target and restores health equal to 80% of the damage dealt.
Stun: When attacking an enemy with your claws, there is a 20% chance to stun the enemy for 1 second.
Howl: Increases own physical attack and defense for 1 minute. Skill cooldown is 5 minutes.
Moonshadow: During a full moon, the gnoll's strength and health regeneration speed are greatly increased. (Passive)
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