Chapter 309 Waiting for Huma
The fireworks show turned into an accident.
Fortunately, the injured murlocs were stable after treatment and no one died.
This was the first time that the murlocs in Ratchet saw a fireworks show, and the fireworks were set off by the super fireworks launcher specially made by Dr. Vivier. It can be said that it is the top fireworks show in the world of Azeroth.
The dazzling and colorful fireworks show amazed the murlocs in the town, and they were still talking about it after several days.
After that day, Yang Yi stayed in Ratchet.
When inspecting the grain industry in Ratchet, many problems that needed to be solved were found, and Yang Yi had to supervise them one by one.
The grain problem has always been Yang Yi's biggest concern, so Ratchet has developed so many grain industries.
Yang Yi believes that as long as the grain problem is solved, the murlocs will be unstoppable.
In addition, the construction of the murloc village in Thorn Ridge Highlands has been scheduled.
Van Cleef had already selected the most suitable location for Thorn Village in the planning map, and even marked where the elevator was built in the map.
What Yang Yi had to do was to clean up the surrounding area of the future Thorn Village according to the blueprint and kill all the aggressive beasts, insects and birds to avoid threatening the construction of the Thorn Village.
Yang Yi handed this matter to the murloc hunters in the town as a hunting task.
This morning, Yang Yi was checking the construction progress of the hunter camp and tavern in the town, when a patrolling murloc came to report.
"Report to the mayor, a team of murloc hunters who went to hunt in the Thorn Ridge Highlands came back injured. They encountered wild beasts." The patrolling murloc reported.
"Where are the returning murloc hunters? Take me there quickly."
The patrolling murloc took Yang Yi to the big square of the Thorn Tooth Town. Four injured murloc hunters sat on the ground, and even their wild boar pets were scarred. Several murlocs were bandaging the injured murloc hunters with [linen bandages].
"How are your injuries? Where are the other murloc hunters in the team?" Yang Yi asked.
The murloc hunters sent to the Thorn Ridge Highlands hunted in teams of ten. Seeing that only four of them came back, Yang Yi knew that the situation was not good.
"Mayor, our injuries are not serious. Our hunting team encountered a big lion on Thorn Ridge, and only four of us escaped. The other six murlocs were bitten to death by the big lion." The murloc hunter cried.
"What kind of lion is so powerful? Ten murloc hunters in your team, plus ten pets, are not its opponents?" Yang Yi asked.
"Mayor, that big lion is different from ordinary grassland lions. It has a black mane. It is so scary, and its strength is much stronger than the grassland lion king." The murloc hunters trembled when talking about the scary big lion.
"A grassland lion with a black mane, could it be..."
Yang Yi thought of a name - Lion King Xuma, the grassland lion king called "Black Mist" in the story told by the tauren hunters.
The lion king Huma's activity place is on the Thorn Ridge Highlands, but the Thorn Ridge Highlands are very large, and Huma's whereabouts are extremely secretive, so few people have seen it with their own eyes.
"Where did the big lion appear? Which of you four can still walk? Take me to see it." Yang Yi said.
Yang Yi had thought about catching the lion king Huma as his pet, but he had never found its trace, so he naturally couldn't miss it this time.
"Mayor, my legs and feet are not injured, I can lead the way." A fish hunter said.
Having made up his mind, Yang Yi quickly set off for the Thorn Ridge Highlands.
The lion king Huma is powerful, and Yang Yi doesn't want to make himself a delicious meal for the lion king.
He first went to the military camp and transferred a battalion of 100 combat fishmen, and then set off for Thorn Ridge.
If you are not as strong as me, then I will overwhelm you with numbers.
The Thorn Ridge Highlands is to the north of the town of Thorntooth, but the cliffs to the north are steep and cannot be climbed.
Before the elevator was built, to go to the Thorn Ridge Highlands, you must first exit the west gate of Thorntooth Town, walk along the west road for half a day, and then climb up the Thorn Ridge Highlands from a hidden mountain road.
Speaking of this hidden mountain road, there is a story.
At that time, Chen Nanfeng led the fishmen to hunt on the Thorn Ridge Highlands. When they encountered a sudden rainstorm in the Barren Land, the brave Chen Nanfeng wanted to take advantage of the heavy rain to steal the prairie lion cubs. As a result, they were discovered by the lions and forced to jump off the cliff.
Chen Nanfeng was lucky. After jumping off the cliff, he hung on the branches and survived. Poor fishmen fell to death.
Later, Yang Yi came to the Thorn Ridge Highlands to find the fishmen, and then he discovered this mountain road.
"Speaking of which, although Chen Nanfeng's level was not high at the time, his strength should not be underestimated. Could it be that he met the lion king Huma at that time to force Chen Nanfeng to jump off the cliff?" Yang Yi guessed.
After climbing the hidden mountain road with difficulty, Yang Yi finally climbed up the Thorn Ridge Highlands.
Under the guidance of the murloc hunter, a group of murlocs came to a tall crooked tree.
"Mayor, our team met the big black lion under this big tree." The murloc hunter who led the way pointed to the crooked tree in front.
Yang Yi walked to the crooked tree and took a look.
There were a few sparse short grasses around the tree, and the ground under the tree was full of yellow sand. When the wind blew, the sand and dust rolled.
Yang Yi squatted down and gently pushed away a piece of yellow sand with his hand, revealing the dark red blood buried underneath, as well as a few murloc scales.
"Which murloc hunter is good at tracking grassland lions?" Yang Yi asked.
A level 3 murloc hunter volunteered to come out. As a hunter who had been hunting in the Thorn Ridge Highlands for a long time, he had a lot of experience in tracking prairie lions.
Under the leadership of this murloc hunter, the murlocs searched the Thorn Ridge Highlands for a whole afternoon.
Luck was not very good. Although the murloc hunter found several footprints left by prairie lions, he did not find the lion king Huma who killed the murlocs in Thorn Tooth Town after tracking for an afternoon.
However, there was an unlucky prairie lion that was found by the murlocs following the footprints. Under the attack of a group of murlocs throwing nets and spears, it was killed on the spot before it got close. Poor its sharp claws and long fangs were useless.
With the hunted prairie lion, a group of murlocs returned to the big crooked neck tree where the lion king Huma was first found.
The Thorn Ridge Highlands were too large to track the lion king Huma. Yang Yi simply returned to the original place to squat and wait for the rabbit.
The murlocs ate their own dry food and delicious roasted lion meat and had a dinner under the tree.
After Yang Yi finished eating a roasted lion leg, he burped and admired the red sunset in the sky.
The environment of the Thorn Ridge Highlands is not very friendly to the murlocs. Yang Yi found that his fish scales became dry and covered with yellow sand after a day.
This was the result of Yang Yi, as the mayor, using a lot of water to moisten his skin. The situation of other murlocs was worse than his.
Under the setting sun, a purple murloc appeared in front of Yang Yi. This murloc was the captain of the murloc ambushers, Swat.
When the murlocs were resting under the crooked tree, the murloc ambushers were sent out to guard and stand sentry. They found new situations.
"Mayor, several groups of adventurers were found nearby." Swat reported to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi followed the direction indicated by Swat and used the Eagle Eye Technique to check and found that there were indeed several groups of adventurers nearby. They were all observing the murlocs from a distance.
"Maybe we were seen by them when we were tracking the lion king Huma. They probably want to know what our large group of murlocs are looking for." Yang Yi guessed.
"The adventurers appeared on the high ground of Thorn Ridge. Could they also be here to wait for the Lion King Huma? Tauren hunters like to brag to people everywhere. The legend of the Lion King Huma has probably reached the ears of the adventurers."
The Lion King Huma is famous, and its fur and claws can be sold at a high price among the indigenous people, so naturally there are adventurers who come to hunt for gold coins.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some adventurers want to capture the Lion King Huma alive and make it their pet.
Yang Yi thought about it and thought that the adventurers might indeed come for the Lion King Huma.
If this is true, wouldn't the fishman staying here be a guide for the adventurers?
Thinking of this, Yang Yi called Swat to him and whispered, "Swat, you will lead the fishman ambushers to hide under this crooked tree. Your mission is to wait for the lion king Huma and never let it be snatched away by adventurers."
"Yes!" Swat patted his chest solemnly, "I promise to complete the mission."
Yang Yi patted Swat's shoulder. He was very confident in this captain of the fishman ambushers.
Swat has always been a ruthless man who doesn't talk much. He always completes the orders given by Yang Yi meticulously.
So Yang Yi gathered the fishmen together, let the fishman ambushers sneak quietly among the fishmen, and then left with other fishmen.
In this way, as long as the adventurers don't count the heads, they will not find that a small group of fishman ambushers stayed under the crooked tree.
It was already night when they returned to Ratchet Town. The old blind man held a torch at the west gate to welcome Yang Yi and his team back.
"Lord, the tavern and hunter camp were completed in the afternoon. Murlocs have been sent to take care of the tavern, and all kinds of drinks have been moved there. The hunter camp is still lacking a qualified trainer." said the old blind man.
The combat profession training camp needs a professional trainer. The hunter camp is already a town level 2, which means that a hunter of level 5 or above is needed to be a trainer.
Currently, Yang Yi is the only hunter with the highest level in the entire Ratchet Town, which is exactly level 5. The highest level of other murloc hunters is only level 3, and there is not even a level 4.
"If the level 3 murloc hunters in the town are asked to be trainers, the effect is estimated to be very limited. This position is currently only suitable for this lord. In the next period of time, I will personally be the hunter trainer." Yang Yi said.
"Will this delay the lord's time?" said the old blind man.
"My hunter level has been stuck at level 5 for a long time, and I am trying to seek a breakthrough in the hunter camp. It is training alone, and it is also training with a group of people, so it will not delay." Yang Yi said.
"By the way, how are the preparations for the Spring Festival going?" Yang Yi asked the old blind man.
"Lord, the celebrations for the Spring Festival have been arranged, and messengers have been sent to notify the nearby murlocs to participate in the murloc gathering during the Spring Festival." The old blind man said.
Yang Yi nodded.
The Spring Festival is an important festival in the world of Azeroth. In order to celebrate the glorious victory of the righteous race in the battle against the evil forces thousands of years ago, people hold the Spring Festival celebration in early February every year to commemorate the courage and wisdom left over from that ancient era.
The murlocs have nothing to do with the righteous races thousands of years ago, and they originally did not celebrate the Spring Festival.
Yang Yi wanted to take advantage of the Spring Festival, a day of celebration, to let the murlocs who have been busy for a whole year relax, so he planned to give them a holiday during the Spring Festival to enjoy the fun of the festival.
At the same time, Yang Yi had another purpose, which was to show the happy life of the murlocs in Ratchet Town to the murlocs outside of Ratchet Town, so he also set the date of the murloc gathering during the Spring Festival.
The murloc gathering in the nearby area was originally organized by the Blackfin Clan. Now that Ratchet Town has defeated the Blackfin Clan, this murloc gathering will naturally be organized by Ratchet Town.