Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 19 18. Companions

"Is the evil orc driving the red dragon to attack my castle?"

Hearing that Nathanos said that their ranger team was tracking a dragon to Danga Locke Castle, Captain Darren Iron Mountain immediately became nervous.

Given the fact that the castle has been unable to receive reinforcements for a long time, if a red dragon really came to attack, it would be impossible to resist with the current firepower of the dwarves.

The dwarf captain sitting on the beer barrel blew his beard and stared and cursed:

"I heard from my cousin who was fighting in the wetlands before that the Dragonmaw orcs occupied the abandoned city of the Wildhammer trash and used evil artifacts to raise dragons in it.

They also attacked the Kul Tiras fleet with dragons.

correct!

Boo Laike, aren't you a survivor of the attack on Khaz Modan? "

"Yes, the experience of that day was a nightmare for me."

The thin pirate folded his arms and leaned against the barrel on the other side. He shook his head and said in a low and obscure tone:

"I witnessed orcs riding red dragons, descending from the sky, destroying our advance fleet with only three dragons. There are more than 3,000 people, and less than one-tenth of them survived.

The entire Khaz Modan Sea is on fire, look at my wounds! These are all the 'remembrance' left by those damn dragons and orcs! "

He pulled the veil under the hood very playfully, and let Nathanos Marris see the horrific burns on his face, which really startled the young ranger.

The gaze towards Bu Laike also changed a little.

Probably out of curiosity, how did Bu Laike, a human being, escape from the raging dragon fire? There is such a legendary story behind this orc killer.

"It's a miracle I survived."

Bu Laike shook his head, he said:

"Probably my brethren who died in battle protected me and let me live to avenge the Horde's greenskins on their behalf, but with all due respect, Marris.

I came all the way from the wetlands, but I haven't heard that there are traces of red dragon activities in the hilly areas. Are you reading it wrong? "

"Yes."

The dwarf captain who was smoking a pipe also spoke up:

"Before the orc cubs besieged us, I also received the battle report. After the orcs successfully crossed the sea, those red dragons only left one or two ships to protect the orcs, and the rest went back to Grim Batol.

They are about to attack, and they should attack Stromgarde, which is closer.

Although the location of Danga Locke Castle is important, it is not so important that the orcs control the dragon and attack across the sea thousands of miles away, right? "

"Captain Halduron Brightwing is an experienced ranger lord who also dealt with dragons in Quel'Thalas. He was sure it was indeed a dragon.

But it's not sure if it's a red dragon. "

Maris shook her head, looked towards the sky, and said:

"Under the leadership of the captain, we saw the temporary lair of the dragon with our own eyes. It seemed to be injured. Judging from the direction of the blood stains, it was indeed approaching Danga Locke Castle intentionally.

unknown reason.

But if it really is a red dragon possessed by orcs, intending to destroy Thoradin's Wall, then we will set a trap here.

Give it your all and hunt it too!

Allowing a dragon to run rampant in the hills is too much for the ongoing war, and it breaks the will of the warriors. "

"There is a high probability that it is the bronze young dragon that escaped from the wetland and did not give up! It may be coming for me."

When Bu Laike heard this, he already had an accurate guess in his heart. He took a deep breath and didn't feel too flustered. After all, he already had a countermeasure against it.

"Must go."

Bu Laike thought to himself:

"Dangar Locke Castle should have been breached by orcs in the last battle, and all the dwarves would have died here. It was my intervention that kept them alive.

This may have caused some fluctuations in the world line. It seems that the annoying bronze dragon has come to the door after smelling it. "

But before leaving, Bu Laike glanced at the elf rangers not far away, he weighed for a moment, seemed to be thinking, sometimes frowning, sometimes stretching.

After a few minutes, a plan emerged in his mind, and he took out the blood-stained letter from the magic suitcase and handed it to Maris.

Say:

"This is a letter I found on an orc scout I just hunted. I don't know much about the orc language, but there are emblems of two big clans on it.

I think the content of this letter should be very important, and I am planning to find some professionals to interpret it. Everyone says that the Quel'Thalas elves are knowledgeable and talented.

Maybe your companions can help me decipher it. "

"OK."

Maris, who was drinking dwarf beer, looked up, took the blood-stained letter, winked at Bo Laike, opened it, and said:

"It's not necessary to go to my companions, they are not so friendly to strangers, and since the outbreak of the war, I have been teaching myself Orcish at my leisure.

I figured I'd be able to use it sometime.

Now is your chance. "

The guy's humble words made Bo Laike curl his lips.

Seeing that he can read orc language extremely fluently, the so-called "self-study" in his spare time must be nothing more than modesty. This guy may be the kind of "genius" in the legends of others.

Nathanos Marris was able to join the Farstrider Legion as a human being and become a ranger, which has proved his extraordinary talent. In the 2,800 years since the contact between humans and Quel'Thalas , there are only a handful of human rangers recognized by the elves.

And Maris is definitely the best of them all.

He can be looked at differently by the proudest woman in the Windrunner family, and she personally trained him, which also shows that this guy must have real materials.

Laike had been watching Nathanos' expression change as he read the letter.

Just as he expected.

From the ease at the beginning, to the seriousness in the middle, to the frowning at the end, it meant that Nathanos had discovered the ominous news in the letter.

There was a look of worry in his dark eyes, and he looked at Bo Laike as he clutched the hide letter tightly in his mail-clad fingers.

Say:

"This is really important and amazing news! Mr. Laike, the letter you found may even change the course of the entire war and save countless people."

Nathanos put down his wine glass, and he said to Bo Laike seriously and seriously:

"Forgive me to leave, I must immediately tell my captain the news."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left indiscriminately, his movements were as dexterous as a monkey, and with agility that was completely unhuman, he easily climbed onto the eaves of the dwarf bunker bar next to him, and rushed towards the elf like a swift shadow.

Bu Laike watched Nathanos' back.

He looked around carefully again, looking for the shadow of the dragon in every cloud in the sky. After several minutes, he did not see a dragon descending from the sky.

This made the pirate heave a long sigh of relief.

"I hope this letter can cause fluctuations in the world line in Quel'Thalas, and lead that nasty young dragon there, bronze dragon, bronze dragon, although you can travel through time.

But even you.

You can't be in two places at the same time and deal with two troubles at the same time, right? "

Bu Laike waved to the little murloc who was playing with the dwarf quartermaster Tarma Stormpike not far away, and the Murloc rushed over with a croak, and jumped into the hands of the pirates.

He threw it into the leather bag specially made for the little murloc at his waist, just like the leather pocket of a mother kangaroo.

He drank the dwarf beer in his hand and fed the last bit to the little murloc.

The latter had a big belch after drinking it. The pirate laughed, reached out and patted the dwarf captain on the shoulder, saying:

"Darren, thank you for your care these days, but I have to go."

"Huh? So suddenly?"

The dwarf captain looked back at Bo Laike, eyes wide above his handsome beard, put down his pipe, and said:

"I plan to assign you the rank of second lieutenant in my army. You are worthy of the respect of the dwarves. However, the hills are so chaotic now. As a human being, it is your duty to help your fellow citizens.

Where are you going? "

"Probably to Dunholde Castle."

Bo Laike smiled at the dwarf, and there was a smile on his thin, burnt face. He looked to the north and said;

"Didn't there be a battle report yesterday saying that Major Brad Laike Moore is recruiting veterans to support the battle of Tarren Mill? I want to go there and try.

There must be enough orcs out there for me to hunt.

Just use the weapon you forged for me. "

He raised the black blade fist stuck in his left hand, and said to the dwarf captain:

"I will not disappoint this weapon, my friend, and if you and I are still alive after the war, I will buy you a drink.

Drink the best wine in the world! "

"Hahaha, that's what you said."

The dwarves are a group of rough guys, and their friendship is also very rough. When the captain saw that Laike had made up his mind, he didn't stop him. He took out a pack of tobacco from the bag on his waist and threw it to Laike.

Touching the good ebony pipe in his hand with nostalgia, he finally closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and threw the pipe to Bu Laike.

He said:

"Although enjoying tobacco is a bad habit for assassins, but look at this castle, the damned orcs have used up all the good things.

I can only give you these as parting presents.

You said yesterday that you wanted a good gun, but unfortunately, the gnome engineer in Danga Locke Castle was killed by the orcs, so I can't satisfy your craving.

But if, as you say, we all live to see the end of the war, I'll get you a good gun. "

The dwarf captain carried Bo Laike on his back playfully, sniffling.

The short man waved his hand without looking back, and said:

"See you after the war is over, human friend."

"Goodbye, Captain!"

Bo Laike held up his hand and gave Captain Iron Mountain a Kul Tiran salute.

He waved to Quartermaster Talma again, led the croaking murlocs, took a horse from the stables, and left towards the north of the castle under the wave of the dwarf captain.

But ten minutes later, amidst the neighing of the war horse coming from behind, Bu Laike looked back, and saw a guy wearing an elf cloak and carrying a war bow, galloping up on his horse.

"Maris?"

After Nathanos Marris approached, Bu Laike was half surprised, half pretending to ask:

"Aren't you going to stay in the castle with your companions to hunt dragons? Or follow them?"

"Because of you, Your Excellency Laike, the news you brought us is too amazing."

The human ranger took the reins and said to Bo Laike:

"Captain Halduron Brightwing has used magic communication to send the news to Ms. Alleria. It is said that Ms. has rushed back to Quel'Thalas to warn her compatriots of the coming war.

But this news is equally important to us humans, and I must temporarily leave my companions to pass this news to the commanders on the hill front. "

"Well, that's it."

Bo Laike smiled. He looked at Maris and said:

"Actually, you just need to write a letter. You don't have to rush around like this."

"No, Mr. Bo Laike."

Nathanos replied seriously:

"I am a human being first, and then a Ranger Ranger. Although I am happy with the elves, it does not mean that I have forgotten my responsibilities to my motherland and my fellow countrymen.

In fact, I also want to be like you, become an orc killer, and do my best for my motherland.

I heard from Captain Darren that you are going to Dunholde Castle too?

It seems that we will have to go together for the next part of the journey. Maybe I can learn some actual combat experience from your actions of hunting orcs, maybe. "

"You? You learn from me?"

Bu Laike widened his eyes in surprise, then shook his head again.

He said:

"Let's learn from each other. Don't look at me dressed like an assassin. In fact, I am also a good hunter."

(end of this chapter)