Chapter 19: Buying a Horse's Bones with a Thousand Gold Coins, Hiring Lao Fan with Ten Thousand Gold Coins

Gallin Trollbane didn't know that because he confiscated the land of the fleeing Stromgarde nobles, these nobles who saw the Kingdom of Stromgarde defeat the Scourge and returned to Stromgarde and lost their land and residence actually began to contact the Syndicate.

At this time, Gallin Trollbane was busy with another thing, which was to hire a great architect for the reconstruction of Stromgarde.

In Azeroth, there are two most famous architects, the first is Edwin VanCleef who rebuilt Stormwind, and the other is the goblin Gazlowe who founded Orgrimmar.

As it stands now, neither of them can be invited by Gallin Trollbane, and Gazlowe has followed the new tribe to the ancient Kalimdor continent.

Edwin VanCleef has also led the Stonemason Brotherhood to launch a riot because Stormwind owed wages to the Stonemason Brotherhood, left Stormwind, and founded the Defias Brotherhood based on the Stonemason Brotherhood in the western wilderness belonging to the Kingdom of Stormwind.

Although Edwin VanCleef, as the leader of the Defias Brotherhood, would never help the Kingdom of Stromgarde rebuild Stromgarde,

But Galen Trollbane still sent people to the Deathmines in the West Wilderness, the lair of the Defias Brotherhood.

In the dim and humid Deathmines, the messenger from Stromgarde was brought to Edwin VanCleef.

A few years have completely changed the appearance of Edwin VanCleef, the leader of the Stonemason Brotherhood with shining eyes.

Today, Edwin VanCleef wears thief armor, holds two sharp blades, and his face is covered by the red mask of the Defias Brotherhood.

"Galen Trollbane sent you here? Do you know where this is? This is the territory of the Defias Brotherhood. I will never work for any so-called king and their dirty nobles. You come to me to die!" Edwin VanCleef stared at the messenger of Stromgarde with cold eyes, and his sunshine was as deadly as a venomous snake.

Edwin VanCleef is definitely a genius. He is not only the top architect of mankind, but also the designer of Stormwind City. He is also a powerful thief. Edwin VanCleef, who has not received professional training, has the strength second only to Mathias Shaw, the leader of Stormwind City's MI7, and is a ninth-level thief.

The Stromgarde messenger only had the strength of the seventh level, which was not enough in front of the ninth-level great thief. However, the Stromgarde messenger understood his identity. He represented the Kingdom of Stromgarde, so he raised his head and replied with his chest held high and his head held high, "Respected Great Architect Edwin VanCleef, our Prince Galen Trollbane of the Kingdom of Stromgarde believes that you are the best architect of the humans in Azeroth. You rebuilt Stormwind City, so Prince Galen Trollbane wants to hire you to preside over the reconstruction of Stromgarde, the first capital in human history."

"In order to show the difference between the Kingdom of Stromgarde and the Kingdom of Stormwind, Prince Galen Trollbane specifically asked me to bring the deposit for hiring you, a total of 10,000 gold coins."

The Stromgarde messenger took out a magic space bag in front of the other high-level members of the Defias Brotherhood, and then directly opened the pocket of the magic space bag and turned it upside down.

In an instant, the glittering gold coins flowed out of the magic space bag like a turbulent river, and soon covered the ground under everyone's feet.

Ten thousand gold coins are too much. If they are all poured out, it will be like a small mountain. Therefore, after proving that the gold coins inside the magic space bag are genuine, the messenger of Stromgarde directly closed the magic space bag again.

Such an arrogant behavior made even Edwin Van Cleef stunned, looking at the shining gold coins under his feet.

And those senior members of the Defias Brotherhood showed great greed in their eyes, and they all stared at the Stromgarde Messenger.

Edwin Van Cleef looked at the greedy eyes of other senior members of the Defias Brotherhood and couldn't help sighing. Most of the stonemasons in the Brotherhood of Stonemasons are ordinary stonemasons. None of them have the talent of Edwin Van Cleef, so even if the Defias Brotherhood was established, the former members of the Stonemasons Brotherhood could not become senior members of the Defias Brotherhood due to their strength.

Most of the senior members of the Defias Brotherhood joined the Defias Brotherhood later. They are composed of thieves, robbers, criminals and other members. If they were not afraid of the strength of the great thief Edwin VanCleef, they might have already snatched the magic space bag from the messenger of Stromgarde.

"Thank Prince Galen Trollbane for me. I heard about his move to distribute the land of the nobles to the refugees. Maybe he is a true king. Unfortunately, I can no longer serve him." Edwin VanCleef's tone changed. He was no longer as hostile as before. Galen Trollbane directly asked the messenger to pay a huge amount of 10,000 gold as a deposit, just to eliminate Edwin VanCleef's worries and prove that the Kingdom of Stromgarde would never default on the wages of the Stonemasons Brotherhood like the Kingdom of Stormwind, and he Galen Trollbane was definitely not Varian Wrynn.

To be honest, Edwin VanCleef was tempted, but now he was in too deep. Nothing but death could remove him from his position as the leader of the Defias Brotherhood, and nothing but the destruction of Stormwind would make him give up.

However, the Stromgarde messenger took the initiative to hand the magic space bag to Edwin VanCleef, and whispered, "Please accept it, otherwise I will not be able to leave the Deadmines alive."

After hearing the words of the Stromgarde messenger, Edwin VanCleef glanced at the Defias Brotherhood leaders around him. The greed in their eyes had already been revealed, and their eyes looking at the Stromgarde messenger were full of murderous intent.

Seeing this, Edwin VanCleef took the magic space bag from the Stromgarde messenger in front of the senior members of the Defias Brotherhood.

The Defias Brotherhood had changed and became hopeless. Edwin VanCleef finally made a decision, that is, to let those former members of the Stonemason Brotherhood who had not yet completely fallen in, secretly follow the Stromgarde messenger to leave.

Perhaps Prince Galen Trollbane could treat them well and let them play to their best abilities, so that they no longer had to hide in the dark and damp caves.

As for the 10,000 gold, Edwin VanCleef finally accepted it. At any time, the Defias Brotherhood had its own income channels, but the funds required for the revenge battleship he wanted to build were terrifying.

Edwin VanCleef did not plan to use the ten thousand gold on the vengeance warship, but decided to share it with the brothers of the Stonemason Brotherhood who followed him and their families.

Looking at the ship going away, Edwin VanCleef felt a little regretful. Why didn't he meet Galen Trollbane at that time?