Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 100: Troll Warlord
In Drak'Tharon Fortress, the troll commander walked up to Jack and asked with contempt, "You want to see me?"

Jack smiled and said, "Hello, Your Excellency the Governor. I have some bad news to tell you."

"Bad news?" The Troll Lord Commander laughed. In his opinion, the human in front of him just wanted to deceive him.

Jack: "An army of the undead is coming here. They are immortal, and even if they are killed, they will stand up again."

"Then just kill them!" The troll commander said disdainfully: "My army is extremely powerful. No matter what kind of enemy it is, I will not be afraid."

"Really?" Jack smiled. "What if it's a Vrykul?"

"What!?" The Troll Warlord looked at him in disbelief. "You said there are Vrykul people in that undead army?"

"That's right!" Jack nodded. "We humans are not afraid of ordinary undead. Although it's a bit troublesome, we can still deal with it. But we are no match for the Vikus undead. We can only run away. The other side of the river is our last gathering point. It will take 5-10 days for the undead to arrive. It will take about ten days from that gathering point to your fortress. In other words, in about half a month, you will be able to see the undead army. At that time, you can verify whether my words are true or false."

When the troll commander heard this, he fell into deep thought.

"Human, tell me your purpose."

Jack said bluntly, "I want to find a suitable place in the nearby mountains to build a shelter. If Your Excellency the Warlord can make it convenient for you, we will send an army to help Your Excellency the Warlord defend against the attack of the undead."

The troll commander sneered, "The undead are targeting you. If you stay on the other side of the river, they won't attack us."

"Maybe!" Jack shrugged. "But Sir, can you ensure that they don't cross the river? You know, the Undead Army is tireless and will not die. They can attack your fortress day and night until they capture it. As long as you lose manpower, you will become the enemy's new recruits. In this case, why don't the Undead Army cross the river?"

The troll warlord didn't know how to refute.

Just then, a troll witch doctor ran out, came to the side of the governor, and whispered something.

The troll warlord nodded, and when he looked at Jack again, his attitude softened.

"I can allow you to build a shelter, but I need you to help us defend Sebhalak."

Sebhalak is a small town south of the Troll Fortress, close to the river, and is a fishing base for the trolls. If it is occupied by the undead, the trolls will lose an important source of food.

Jack nodded in agreement. "No problem. I will personally lead the human soldiers and station them there before the undead army arrives."

The two sides signed a temporary alliance, and then the troll commander took out a nearby map. Jack immediately picked out a highland in the east. It was a T-shaped terrain. The horizontal line on the top was a high mountain, the left side of the T was a highland, and the right side was a cliff. To enter the highland, you need to pass through a gourd entrance. As long as you build a wall at the gourd entrance, you can keep the enemy out.

On the right side of the T-junction is a lake formed by the bend of the river. To the north of the lake, you can follow the mountains to the east side of the lake. Further south is the Graymaw Hold of the bear monster.

Such a place where one can attack or defend is the best place to build a shelter.

After selecting the location, Jack chose to return to Hexi to report to Orne.

At the human gathering point, everyone is almost ready, just waiting for the boats to be built so they can cross the river to the east.

Jack met with Ornn and Muradin and told them about the temporary alliance with the trolls. Ornn was a little worried because the trolls didn't have a very good reputation. The biggest enemy of humans living on the snowfields was not the beasts, but the trolls that were everywhere. But Jack assured him, "Before they saw the undead army, they wouldn't go too far. After seeing the undead army, they wouldn't care about us anymore."

Muradin nodded. "That's true. Before I saw the army of undead, I was also very confused. Should I believe what the intelligence said or should I believe my past experience?"

Ornn: "In that case, we should leave immediately, so that we have more time to build a shelter."

"Yes, there are many places where the shelter needs to be built."

In this way, the humans left the gathering point and crossed the river by boat. On the other side of the river, the troll commander was waiting there with his men. Seeing the humans coming over without any defense, he became even more suspicious.

"It seems that you have really reached the most critical moment. You actually dare to live in my chassis."

Jack walked over and said, "If your decision-making is wrong, then the troll will have such a day too."

The words were a bit harsh, but the troll commander was not angry. He escorted the humans all the way to the shelter, of course, there was also surveillance in it.

Jack pointed to the narrowest spot and said to Orn, "We need to build a wall here. I'll take care of the stones."

Muradin nodded. "We can forge weapons, but I don't know if we have enough metal."

Jack took out a magic package and handed it to Muradin. "This is the metal I collected from various gathering points. It should be enough to make weapons. However, I don't think we need too many melee weapons. It would be better to build some cannons and muskets, which can reduce our casualties."

Muradin nodded. "Leave it to us."

Ornn said, "We may need more shields. I will take people to collect the materials."

"Help me collect some materials for making gunpowder."

Orn's task was the simplest, he just needed to cut down some trees, dry them and make wooden shields. But he was the busiest, as he was responsible for managing thousands of people in the shelter. However, in the process, he could also collect materials for making gunpowder, which would be a waste of time for Jack to collect.

After Muradin and the dwarves built the furnace, they began to forge weapons. Firebeard led several dwarves to forge cannons. He was a qualified gunsmith.

Jack had the heaviest workload, but he was the most relaxed. After making the high-strength gunpowder, he gave some to the dwarves to make cannonballs, and he made the rest into detonators to blast rocks.

With the stones, humans built a stone wall as tall as a person in two days. The cast artillery was pushed up, and the shelter had temporary defensive capabilities. In addition, the Night's Watch was formed, which was enough to deal with the current situation. However, the Night's Watch was a new soldier after all, and further training was needed, so this matter was handed over to Muradin.

Muradin is the prince's teacher after all, and he is more than capable of training some new soldiers.

Just at this moment, the trolls sent people to pass by, and the undead army appeared on the west side of the river and was crossing the river.

Jack immediately selected a hundred men, took a cannon, and stationed in Sebhalak.

(End of this chapter)