Although he still needed thieves in many places, they were powerful thieves, and Van Cleef was definitely not qualified for the job. In the days that followed, there were many things to be built, but none of them required Van Cleef.
If you really want to learn VanCleef's stonemasonry skills, you have to wait until Stormwind City is rebuilt.
Talent cannot be wasted, this has always been Duke's principle.
Seeing Duke agreed, both of them were overjoyed, and they looked at Duke expectantly, to see how much support Duke could give them.
Duke cleared his throat and said, "I cannot disobey His Majesty's order, so Grian, you must give up your position as sheriff and become the leader of my private army."
"That's no problem." For the people of Westfall, Grian was willing to do absolutely anything.
"Edwin, you are still new in this area, so you will be Grian's deputy, understand?"
"Understood, master!" Edwin nodded in agreement.
Duke put his hands on the table and put on a serious expression. "As support for your work behind enemy lines, I allow you to recruit 3,000 volunteers with combat experience in Nanhai Town in my name. I can advance 2 gold coins for each person. Please note that it is forbidden to recruit soldiers from the regular army of Storm Kingdom."
If Duke had done this before the Dark Portal incident, it would have been absolutely impossible. But now it was completely different. Among the 50,000 elite soldiers evacuated from Stormwind City, less than half were active soldiers. The rest were private soldiers of various nobles, militias, and even warriors from ordinary citizens.
Having experienced great battles with orcs, they are definitely experts.
After Duke said this, both guys breathed a sigh of relief. This was already a great support.
"I can also mobilize three Bloodsail warships for you as your dedicated supply ships. But remember, in the first three months after arriving in the Western Wilderness, I don't want you to launch too many attacks against the orcs. Before the main force of the orcs attacks the northern continent, you will be courting death by doing so. In addition..."
Duke opened the map and pointed to Moonbrook Town in the western wilderness: "I know there is a Moonbrook Mine here. And I know that at the deepest part of this mine, there is a huge hole connected to the sea that can be used as a secret dock. So I hope you can use Moonbrook Town as a base and turn the Moonbrook Mine into the orcs' 'Death Mine'."
I said it, I really said it. Hahahaha!
Duke felt so happy when he saw the admiring eyes of Van Cleef and Stoutman.
Hahaha! I actually told the boss of the Deadmines in history to hang out in the Deadmines and trap the orcs. I'm such a genius! Hahaha!
Duke laughed in his heart, laughed proudly, laughed wantonly.
Van Cleef, on the other hand, seemed to have suddenly realized something: "So when we first proposed going to the Western Wilderness, you reacted so strongly, Master. Was it because you had already had this idea, and we just thought of the same thing?"
"That's right!" Duke and Van Cleef, master and servant, seemed to be in perfect sync with each other.
What else can Duke say in the face of Van Cleef's perfect imagination? Of course, he can only say: Yes! You are absolutely right!
Van Cleef was indeed very happy.
After Duke asked them to leave, Van Cleef just went out and came back.
"What's up?" Duke poked his head out from the pile of documents and requests.
Van Cleef, a grown man, was a little shy: "It's , I noticed that you don't seem to have many servants and maids, which is totally inconsistent with your status..."
Duke calmly replied, "If you say it is consistent with your status, then please take a look at the palace of the Queen and His Royal Highness Varian first."
Duke hammered at him like that, and Van Cleef immediately understood: "Uh, Master, it's actually about my daughter Vanessa. I'm going to the Westfall now, and I'm afraid it's not safe for me to take her with me. So I wonder if I can let her come here to be a maid."
When Van Cleef mentioned Vanessa, Duke was stunned. He couldn't help but think of the Vanessa Van Cleef in "history".
A young girl witnessed her father's tragic death, managed to escape capture, survived, and grew up to restore and rebuild everything her father fought for. This sounds like a heroic growth story, doesn't it? Most people think so, except that in this tragic story, the villains are the nobles of Stormwind, including King Varian, who is recognized as wise and great.
The cause was also due to the conspiracy of the black dragon princess Onyxia. She cheated VanCleef, and then cheated Stormwind in turn. She let VanCleef's stonemason guild rebuild Stormwind City, and incited the nobles of Stormwind City not to pay the stonemason brotherhood a penny. This directly led to riots and demonstrations in the brotherhood, and during the demonstration, a stonemason threw a stone and killed Varian's queen Tiffin.
This is a tragedy of officials forcing the people to rebel, and it is also a tragedy created by evil forces.
Vanessa VanCleef's most famous quote is: "Hope? Is that what I should have felt as I watched you noble dogs chop off my father's head? Hope is to me a cruel joke played by the world. There is no hope. There is only Vanessa."
Thinking of the tragic heroic father and daughter Van Cleef, Duke's heart couldn't help but feel a little warmer.
"Let her come. As long as I am not dead, I will not let her get hurt."
Edwin arrived with his daughter Vanessa.
Little one... Although Duke wanted to use this adjective to describe Vanessa, it was obviously not feasible. Although according to Edwin, Vanessa was only 13 years old, why was she so well developed?
Duke is almost blind.
Vanessa is about 1.7 meters tall, with short black hair. She doesn't have the sky-high beauty of Aurelia, but she's still 80 points. She has a sturdy figure, at least a C cup. Under the linen shorts is a pair of long white legs.
Note that she is only 13 years old and still has room to grow. According to the trend of history, she will definitely not grow up to be ugly.
Duke coughed and said, "I will be your master from now on."
"Yes, Master Edmund." The little girl called out reluctantly, her eyes red, as if Duke had forced his father to sell her here.
Duke was so embarrassed: "Just help clean the room, and then learn more fighting skills. I don't need a pure maid. Okay, you can go out first."
The little girl left, and before leaving she looked at her father with great resentment.
"Okay, Edwin, you will come back every three months to report on your work. Also, remember that your 'master' is from MI7, so don't get too close to him."