Worried by the Lack of Notizie

It's strange. They are so late. I think it is time you do something. Something must have happened. An hour has past already but the Gold Nugget is not here yet. The Gnomes know how important this is to us, so it must mean something has happened beyond their control.
Go to <HFFFA7272>Miner Pikin Firepick<HFFFFFFFF> at the <HFFFA7272>Gnomes' Cave<HFFFFFFFF> and find out what happened.

If something had happened, at least one soldier would have come to tell us. But no one is coming and this is strange. Go to <HFFFA7272>Miner Pikin Firepick<HFFFFFFFF> at <HFFFA7272>Gnome Cave<HFFFFFFFF> and find out what happened.

We were about to send a villager. The Gold Bar sent to your village was lost, not stolen, along the way.
The soldiers? I am sorry to have to tell you this, but almost all of them died. Let me tell you what happened.