Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 275 94. The Pirates of Tol Barad

Starting from the western wilderness, heading north all the way, passing through the vast Khaz Modan sea area, this voyage would only take three or four days to complete under normal circumstances.

But because the Kul Tiras fleet was transporting wounded soldiers and war supplies in the eastern continental waters, Bu Laike ordered Captain Grayson to drive along the rugged coastline.

So the time to complete the voyage was doubled.

It took them eight days to reach the Baladin Bay from the Western Wilderness, and from the Palatine Bay to rely on ocean currents, they headed for Tol Barad, an island outside the eastern mainland.

The power of Jotunheim is an extremely fast ship with a tailwind, and can easily reach a speed of fifteen knots.

Now with the blessing of ocean currents, it should have taken three days to reach Tol Barad, but under the superb piloting and sailing skills of Captain Grayson, it took less than a day to reach the big island.

The black dragon-headed longboat sails through the waves, the sea wind is full of sails.

Pushing the boat to create white water marks in the sea, in the splash of water, Bu Laike, wearing a suit of the pirate king, is holding a bottle of wine, stepping on the side of the bow with his left foot, looking forward to the destination island.

"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack~"

And on the sides of the boat beside him, a group of murlocs sat there, enjoying the sea wind and waves, and they sang the songs of the murlocs under the leadership of Ben Boerba, who stood on the dragon head sculpture in front of the ship.

Seeing them shaking their heads and wagging their tails, they seem to be very, very happy.

But in fact, to the ears of the two humans, Laike and Natalie, it is actually a group of murlocs neighing in unison in a weird tune, but it is not unpleasant.

Probably because Benbo Erba is more talented in music.

The dagger in its hand kept waving, like a music conductor. With the waving of its claws, the murloc's voice became higher.

The paw fell, and the voice became low.

This scene is very interesting.

There are also some murlocs who clung to the hull of the fast-moving leading boat and waved the sea water with their feet, "hitching a ride" in this way, but soon attracted the "attention" of sharks in the nearby waters.

A fierce big black shark rushed up from the sea shaking its head and tail, intending to swallow these hitchhiking murlocs in one gulp, but it rushed fiercely, and before it opened its mouth, a purple figure jumped from the back of the warship And down.

"Mglrgrgrlm!!"

Amidst the ear-piercing battle roar, the sharp black battle ax hacked into the water, and under the howling of the old blind man, the group of murlocs on the hull also rushed into the water with screams.

In less than a minute, the shark was torn into several pieces by the "fully dressed" murlocs underwater with sharp weapons. Old Blind still grabbed a big shark's fin and climbed onto the warship.

It gave this delicacy to the pirate with a wink.

But Laike had eaten a lot of seafood during the voyage these days, so he would have no appetite at all. With a pipe in his mouth, he waved his hand, and the piece of shark fin was thrown to the other murloc next to him.

It was the very clever murloc in the Long Beach murloc tribe, the first murloc to follow Benbo Erba.

It's called "cookie".

He is a weird murloc who likes to cook things in a big pot, and has a good fighting ability. He was promoted by Benbo Erba to be the third in command of the Guala Guala pirate group, and also serves as the chef of the murloc pirate group.

As long as this guy doesn't mess around, the soup tastes good.

Bou Laike tasted it himself.

"Tol Barad, I still remember that Dailin said more than once that he would buy this place from the Kingdom of Stormgard as Kul Tiras' frontier on the eastern continent."

Bo Laike ignored the actions of the murlocs dragging the shark onto the deck and cutting the flesh for food. He smoked his pipe and looked at the beach of the island that was getting closer and closer in front of him.

To Nathalie Serling, who is beside her in black:

"Actually, it's not just Dailin who thinks so. Several kings before him thought that Kul Tiras' long-term isolation abroad and keeping a distance from other human kingdoms was not a good thing.

The top leaders of that country have been trying to strengthen their connection with the eastern continent, but they are suffering from the lack of a suitable location as a node for power projection.

The islands off the eastern mainland are either too small or too desolate for long-term garrison. "

The pirate exhaled the smoke ring and said:

"Only Tol Barad is the most suitable. The combined area of ​​the north and south islands is already comparable to the Tiragarde Strait, and the island has fertile soil, forests, swamps, lakes and other terrains.

They even secretly sent people to investigate, and concluded that the resources of this island are enough to support Kul Tiras to station a fleet here for a long time.

And once this island is used by the Kul Tiras Navy as its home port, it means that the oceanic island country can send its thousands of brave soldiers to every hotspot on the eastern continent within ten days at most.

It also means that they have enough power to interfere in the affairs of the eastern continent.

A complete and complete fleet is enough to win key interests for Dailin and Kul Tiras on the mainland at a critical moment.

Kul Tiras will no longer be a distant place for the humans of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Its influence will truly seep into the hinterland of human civilization, relying on this island, Kul Tiras will become an important pillar of human civilization!

What a genius idea. "

"Well, even I, a person who doesn't understand politics and military affairs, was deeply shocked when I heard about such a plan."

Natalie Serling nodded.

The archbishop drew his hood, folded his hands on his stomach, and held his own scripture, and said to Bo Laike:

"It's no wonder that Kul Tiras has been continuously strong for nearly a hundred years. In addition to the power of the navy, the top leaders of that country also have enough wisdom and overall perspective."

"Right?"

Bo Laike laughed, and he turned to Natalie and said:

"Their idea was great, it was perfect. But now, it's mine!"

The pirate spread his arms on the bow deck, as if to embrace the island in front of him, and said loudly:

"The island of Tol Barad will be the home port for me and my fleet in the eastern mainland waters, and it will also be our support point for us to intervene in the affairs of the human kingdom.

I will build a power here and leave enough power here.

I will develop this island, when the time is right, I will even establish a country here, a country controlled by pirates.

When the war began, the Orcs smashed all the garrison forces belonging to the Kingdom of Stormgarde on this island. They burned the castles on the island, and burned all the warehouses and farms.

After the forced withdrawal of Union forces, the island has entered its emptiest moment in history.

After most of the alliance's military power was attracted to the southern border battlefield on the eastern continent, the island was almost undefended. It's like a fruit that can be eaten by others.

What a pirate ecstasy!

I have already started to do this. Although my subordinates are incompetent, I think it should not be a big problem to complete the initial occupation at this stage. "

"Wait, Captain!"

Natalie immediately objected.

The archbishop frowned and said:

"You also said before that Kul Tiras has been trying to buy or seize this island from the Kingdom of Stormgard, but with such a powerful navy, they have never been able to do so.

This shows that the Kingdom of Stormgard is not willing to hand over Tol Barad to Kul Tiras, right?

If even Kul Tiras cannot gain control of the island through normal channels, then our group of pirates, I think, the Trollbane royal family, should not be so easy."

"No, no, you misunderstood a concept, my ship doctor."

Bu Laike shook his head and patiently explained:

"Tol Barad is not the core interest of the Kingdom of Stormgard. Since the day the Arathor occupied the Arathi Highlands, they have rarely set foot in the sea.

Arathi do not like the sea, they prefer to gallop on their high ground.

The royal family of Trollbane only used the island as a garrison fortress, and they didn't even make a large-scale colony here, because it was in the open sea, too far away from Stormgard's territory.

The reason why Stormgard did not hand over the island to the Kul Tirans was purely due to political considerations, because the Kingdom of Gilneas, which is closer to the island, has also been seeking control of Tol Barad right.

There is a terrible reef in the sea outside the island, they call it "Bite Reef".

The existence of these things has led to Gilneas being a peninsula with only a handful of available ports.

The Greymane royal family has also been seeking domestic commercial power to set foot in the South Sea route, and they have seen the success of Kul Tiras' naval strategy.

The profits that Kul Tiras can get from the South Sea trade route every year are enough to make other kings go crazy with envy.

If Gilneas wants to go far, he needs Tol Barad.

If the royal family of Trollbane sold the island to either party, they would offend the other party. But Stormgard doesn't want to offend either of those countries.

So the matter remained unresolved, and the island was a hot potato to the Highlander king. Now it is occupied by a group of pirates. They say that this is unforgivable, but in fact, they don't know how happy they are.

Which means their diplomatic troubles, become my troubles. "

Bu Laike flicked his fingers, and when the fast-moving dragon-headed warship made a beautiful turn and headed for the temporary pier outside Tol Barad Island, he said to Natalie beside him:

"So, as long as we can withstand the pressure of both Gilneas and Kul Tiras.

Given the long-term occupation of the island as a given, the Trollbane royals would be more than happy to sell this troublesome place for a dear price. "

"Just relying on a group of pirates to withstand the siege of two countries at the same time?"

Natalie widened her eyes and said:

"It's a bit too much"

"Hush."

Bo Laike turned his head, made a silent gesture to her, and said:

"It sounds scary, but it's actually quite simple.

These two countries will soon face their own troubles. They don't have the time, or energy, to stop us from taking the island.

Do not worry.

I have it all arranged.

This sea, which breeds countless wealth and disputes, will soon become lively. The seeds of chaos have been planted by me. Chaos is not a good thing.

But it can breed vitality and strength, and it can breed a great era.

I've heard those cries of unwillingness to be alone.

To hell with peaceful times!

On the stage of this sea, I will join with those challengers to swing my sword at the king of the sea and snatch his crown! Steal his throne!

Invincible king of the sea, my father.

The time of challenge and chaos has come, listen to the echo of the bell, take your ship, take your sword, in the sound of the waves, in the roar of the storm.

Show it off! "

"It's the captain! The captain is back!"

When the leading warship sailed into the abandoned pier outside Tol Barad Island, Nat Pagle and his good friend Hal, who were fishing on the pier, saw the strange ship at a glance.

But before he could stand up, there were bursts of cheers from the ruins of the village behind.

A group of foxes rushed out of the tavern, as well as a few big orcs, and some trolls were also whistling and shouting at the pier.

And those human "sailors" who were not very familiar with Bu Laike also poured out from various places, watching the ship approaching the pier amidst ear-piercing cheers.

In this superstar-like scene, Bu Laike jumped onto the top decoration of the dragon head battleship.

Wearing a pirate hat, a pirate windbreaker, and an eye patch, he let his blond hair be blown by the sea breeze, and stretched out his hand very reservedly, waving several times at his incompetent subordinates.

The result was even louder cheers.

Especially a group of dog legs.

Seeing the captain come back with a ghost ship, they are always in danger of being discovered by the Kul Tirans, it seems that they have found the backbone all at once.

Xieyan and Zarak, who are better at acting, even shed tears of emotion on the spot, and even brought a crying voice. The thin boy Kanrethad who was holding the staff next to him looked contemptuous.

"Hello everyone, waste, your great and vicious captain is back!"

Bu Laike opened his hands in the sea breeze, and shouted to a group of undead pirates on the pier in front of him:

"What are you all doing here? Don't you have to work? The leaders stay, and the rest go to work, bastards! It seems that you are really tired during my absence!"

(end of this chapter)