Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 18 17. Human Ranger Maris

Under the hill of Danga Locke Castle, more than 30 tall and slender elf rangers who are at least two meters tall, wearing green chain armor, carrying gorgeous war bows and phoenix war halberds, are resting in front of the hill.

There are still traces of the fierce battle four days ago. On the edge of the cliff not far from the castle, there are many new tombstones, which are the cemeteries of the soldiers who died in the battle of the castle.

The dwarves chopped off the heads of the orcs and piled them in front of the cemetery of their comrades-in-arms to show the glory of that victory, and to mourn and mourn for their comrades-in-arms.

And the difficulty of commemorating the whole battle.

The rangers pointed at the slightly savage pile of heads, discussing in whispers in the elves' Salas language, and some elves weaved random flowers into garlands.

They place white wreaths on the gravestones of those who died in battle.

Express commemoration and condolences to the warriors in the way of elves.

On the green cloaks of these sharp-eared, white-skinned elven rangers, there is the phoenix emblem of the high elves of Quel'Thalas, and a small symbol of a crossed bow and halberd.

That's the sign of "far traveler".

Representing these thirty or so rangers, the elite hunter troop from the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, the elite Ranger Farstrider Legion commanded by the famous Windrunner family for generations.

The high elves are powerful in magic, but not powerful enough. Therefore, in the six thousand eight hundred years since their founding, there have been almost no real warrior legions.

Except for the very powerful mage legion, melee assault missions are generally undertaken by rangers of the far traveler.

However, for a group of guys who are so talented in magic that they are insane, they generally do not encounter battles that require a ranger to fight desperately on their own territory.

Most of the forces that provoked the high elves were annihilated by a large number of elf mages with magic before they began to charge.

"Darren, don't you dwarves always dislike elves? I heard you call them a bunch of sissies yesterday. Why do you welcome these rangers so much today?"

Bo Laike lowered his voice and asked the dwarf captain beside him, smoking a pipe.

The latter curled his lips and said realistically:

"I really don't like these pretentious long ears, look at their waists! Not to mention women, the waists of those male elves are not as thick as my arms!

But then again.

The humans are fighting a tight battle, they can't send reinforcements, and Ironforge is too far away, so it would be nice to have support. Since everyone is fighting against the orcs, I won't complain.

As long as the sissy elves are killing orcs with us, I'll consider them friends. "

The dwarf captain exhaled a smoke ring.

Although they talked about contempt, the dwarves are straight-hearted, and finally couldn't help but praise:

"These Farstrider rangers are good. They killed a lot of greenskin cubs in Arathi Highlands, and they were ruthless, but their king is too bad.

Do you know that your human Lothar has the blood of Emperor Thoradin, and 2,800 years ago, your Emperor Thoradin and the high elves joined forces to fight forest trolls.

After their victory, the King with the Long Ears declared an eternal alliance with Thoradin the Great.

As long as his bloodline has a request, Quel'Thalas will do his best to help mankind. The king with long ears who was an ally with Emperor Thoradin at that time is now the Elven Sun King!

But Marshal Lothar is still there.

He is the last descendant of Emperor Thoradin, but unfortunately he was asked for help by the long-eared Sun King Anasterian, who was persuaded by the long-eared Sun King. Fortunately, the noble Windrunner family remembered the covenant.

I heard that a Windrunner chick brought a group of elves to help. The number is quite small, only a few hundred, but all of them are heroes.

hum.

A woman has more courage than their king. "

Regarding what the dwarf captain said, Laike nodded approvingly, expressing his agreement.

"Mr. Dwarf's words are basically correct, but the Sun King actually has his own difficulties."

The dwarf had just finished speaking.

A gentle voice intervened in the conversation between the two, causing the dwarf and Laike to turn their heads at the same time, and saw a strange human being walking towards them.

The reason why he is weird.

It was because he was a human being, but he was wearing the same elf chain armor as those rangers.

It means that he is also the companion of these elves.

But the problem is that the kingdom of high elves has inherited the self-admiration of the ancient elves who have become legends, and is quite closed at the diplomatic level.

Few humans are allowed into Silvermoon City.

Not to mention joining Quel'Thalas's elite ranger army with a human body. You must know that there is still such a stupid argument as "bloodline theory" in the mage council of Quel'Thalas.

The human in front of him was very young, with blond hair and a handsome face, but with a slightly mature beard.

He is carrying a war bow and quiver, but is not equipped with a phoenix war halberd. Instead, he has two beautiful and deadly one-handed axes pinned to his waist. This kind of weapon is not likely to be used by elves.

Bu Laike narrowed his eyes when he saw this particular weapon.

He guessed the identity of the visitor.

What a surprise.

A few days ago, I was talking about this "legendary" character with the talkative dwarf Greif Kuangxin, but I didn't expect to see him with my own eyes now.

The blond-haired, bearded, muscular human strode forward, looked at Laike up and down, stretched out his hand towards him, and said in a friendly tone:

"You should be the 'orc killer' praised by the dwarves. I heard that you assassinated the chief of the Bonechewer clan and saved Danga Locke Castle?

Another very powerful mountaineer hunter told me that you have hunted and killed dozens of orcs alone in the past few days? "

Bo Laike shrugged.

He stretched out his black gloved hand and held the hand in front of him.

He said very modestly:

"My dwarf friends like to brag. In fact, I am not as powerful as they brag. At least one-third of the orcs were injured by the dwarf friends first.

I'm just.

Picked up a bargain. "

"Hehe, you can really talk."

The human smiled and said humorously:

"If every human warrior could pick up such a bargain, then the orcs would have been driven back to the portal of darkness by us long ago. You are a rare warrior.

It's an honor to speak with you.

Uh, I forgot to introduce myself, how rude. "

He straightened up.

With a confident temperament similar to that of the high elves, he said softly:

"My name is Nathanos, Nathanos Marris, I am from the Stratholme region of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and I am also a non-staff member of this Farstrider team.

My companions follow the ancient oath of the millennium and come to support the war between humans and orcs. They need a guide who is familiar with the terrain of the northern border.

So they found me, still a Ranger Apprentice.

As a human being, I am very honored to join this war to defend my home and country, and it is even more honored to see another brave and fearless compatriot of mine here. "

"You guys are very good at talking, but you have a sissy spirit."

Hearing what Nathanos said, Darren Iron Mountain, who was sitting on the barrel and enjoying the tobacco, shook his head immediately, and commented in a rude way unique to dwarves.

As a result, Bo Laike laughed out loud, and Nathanos also showed embarrassment.

This human ranger, who will do many great things in the future and has a very rough fate, is after all just a fledgling young man, not quite used to the straightforwardness of the dwarves.

But he has a great personality.

Instead of being angry because of the dwarf's outspoken words, he sighed and looked back at his "not so gregarious" companions.

Danga Locke Castle is the site of the dwarves. Here are a group of dwarf melons less than 1.3 meters tall. Bu Laike, who is about 1.8 meters tall, stands out from the crowd here.

Not to mention these taller high elves.

More than thirty elf rangers were mixed among the dwarves, just like the thirty or so flagpoles, as long as they were not blind, they could see clearly.

"Indeed, I have been training with my mentor in Quel'Thalas for the past few years, and I have adapted to the customs there, and I have also learned the way elves speak like odes."

Nathanos turned his head, shrugged his shoulders, and smiled at a young man who was about the same age as Bo Laike, and explained in a low voice to Bo Laike and the dwarves:

"The rangers near the Windrunner's Tower are actually much better than the elf nobles in Silvermoon City. They won't show contempt and sarcasm just because they see you as a human being.

Nor will it alienate you just because you maintain the living habits of a human being.

But even so, there, if you can't learn to talk to them in a slightly pompous and sentimental language, they won't see you as one of your own.

My mentor told me to ignore the gossip of her fellow countrymen, but I knew that the best way to assimilate into a new place was to learn their way of life.

I have to become like them. "

Having said that, Nathanos lowered his voice as if complaining, and winked at the two people in front of him.

Say:

"And although humans always say that elves are arrogant and pompous, in fact, believe me, two, far away from Quel'Thalas, my elf companions have tried to keep a low profile.

The problem is, even their 'low profile' is too high profile. "

These words probably came from the heart, which made the dwarf burst out laughing. The laughter was as loud as that of a pile driver, but Laike's smile was restrained.

The relationship between the three of them seems to have gotten closer because of this little complaint.

Bu Laike looked at the Farstrider emblem on Nathanos' cloak, and he asked:

"Marris, you just said that your companions came to aid the human kingdom in response to the ancient covenant, so your leader is Ms. Alleria Windrunner?"

"Ok!"

Hearing this name, Nathanos, who took a glass of beer from the dwarf, immediately showed respect. He took a sip of the beer, moistened his throat, patted his dusty hair, and said:

"Ms. Alleria is a true hero, and her family also participated in the battle between the high elves and the human empire against the forest trolls 2,800 years ago.

She felt that the covenant was not only between the Sunstrider royal family and the blood of Emperor Thoradin, but also between Quel'Thalas and human civilization.

Despite the obstruction of General Liresa, that is, her mother, she would rather be expelled from the army and fulfill the obligations of her ancestors. Many Farstriders answered the lady's call.

They left Quel'Thalas and joined the northern battlefield.

It's a pity that although they are all elites, their number is too small. "

Nathanos sighed.

He glanced at Thoradin's Wall in the distance, and said:

"Last month, under the leadership of the lady, we supported the battle between Stormgard and the blood ring orcs in the Arathi Highlands. The lady was still on the battlefield and shot the chief of the blood ring orcs with her own hands.

Now that the situation over there has stabilized a little bit, the Rangers and Rangers were transferred to the Tirisfal area to help guard the King City of Lordaeron.

Our team was ordered to go to the border city of Andorhal in the East Weald region to assist Colonel Garithers' army there. As for coming here, apart from resting, it was also an accident. "

The human ranger sighed, and said:

"While passing Thoradin's Wall, my captain, Halduron Brightwing, accidentally tracked down a dragon, and heard that Danga Locke Castle had just experienced a war with orcs.

Then I changed my way and came here to check first. "

"A dragon?"

Bu Laike's heart skipped a beat.

He and the dwarf looked at each other and asked:

"How come there are dragons in the hilly area? Maris, tell us in detail."

(end of this chapter)