Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 332

The Tortollans finally boarded Captain Grayson's ship.

Although this boat is only used for charging in naval battles, it is really useful when encountering inland rivers like this one.

In a sense, inland raiding is even a natural fit for such vrykul raiding ships.

Ships bigger than it can't get in, and ships that can get in can't beat it.

This time also made the ghost captain very excited. When he was driving his boat upstream to the largest inner lake in the land of Azsuna, he was still in the mood to complain about his grievances with the tortoises back then.

"You guys sold me fake charts! You even lied to me that there are treasures in the mist of the South China Sea. As a result, I took my boat into the mist and was trapped in it for a month, almost dying there."

Grayson supported the handle of the bloodletter's saber at his waist, while drinking, he rudely complained to the scroll sage Nora sitting beside him:

"You turtle people don't do good things! If I didn't beat you back then, I would definitely burn down all your towns on the islands in the South China Sea!"

"We didn't lie to you, stupid pirate."

Nora simply ignored the threat of the ghost pirates in front of her.

She is an old tortoise who has traveled around the world and has never seen any scenes. She is just a ghost captain. Holding a magic scroll for detection in her hand, she said without interest:

"There are indeed treasures in the great fog in the South China Sea. The treasures of the entire continent are stored there. It's just that you are unlucky and can't find them. The sea chart we sold you is also true."

"There's nothing in that fog!"

Grayson cursed:

"All the pirates or merchants who were tricked by you got nothing. Don't think I don't know. Your ancestor tortoises have been spreading rumors in the South China Sea, saying that there are treasures in the mist."

"Ahem, this is not a rumor."

Bu Laike, holding a telescope in his hand, glanced at the land on both sides of the Azsuna River in front of him. He said to his rude pirate captain:

"There are indeed good things in the mist of the South China Sea, but the tortoises are indeed uneasy, and the mist can't get in now. Well, let's not talk about this, let's talk about Azsuna.

The place was as desolate and dilapidated as I remembered it to be.

Nora, you have been here for two months, haven't you checked around?

I remember that there are many elven ruins here, and there is a place called the ruined palace, where a group of high-level elf ghosts with abnormal brains live. "

"Been there."

The tortoise waved its claws, joy flashed in its small eyes, and said:

"The elves there received us warmly and told me their stories, which I wrote down."

She rummaged through the large luggage behind her, found a purple scroll, opened it, and coughed a few times, as if she was about to tell a story.

Boo Laike wants to stop.

But after thinking about it, he put down his raised hand.

There's nothing stopping a tortoise from telling the story she wants to tell, unless there's an even better one in front of her.

What's more, Natalie Serling and Grayson on this ship, as well as the ghost pirates under his command, are ready to listen to the story. As a good captain, he must meet the needs of his subordinates.

"Let's talk, let's talk, what's wrong, I'll correct it for you."

The pirate put down the binoculars in his hand, stretched out his hand and threw the dozing little murloc on his shoulder into the river, and gestured to it to go ahead to investigate.

Ben Boerba made a funny face at Laike in the water, and then whistled underwater, and the ghost-leg crab he named "Quack Laike" rushed up from the water.

Carrying the little murloc, they swam to the lake in front of the river.

Seeing that Bomberba got along so well with its ghost beast, Bu Laike showed a helpless expression, and he glanced at the wide river bank.

His ghost wolf Frostclaw is hunting there.

It is chasing and killing a strange creature that looks like a griffin, but also looks like a combination of a wolf and an eagle. The ferocious beast is called a wolf eagle, which is a unique creature in the Broken Isles.

The wolf eagle is very fierce, but it is definitely not an opponent of a soul beast.

Frostpaw still didn't quite follow his orders.

Although the pet intimacy has risen to the fourth level of "reliable", this wolf who followed Orgrim obviously has his own ideas.

The pirates ignored it, and let it go and have fun.

Before the intimacy of the battle pet reaches the highest level, it is impossible for him to take this guy to the wilderness trial.

Bu Laike is determined to challenge the most difficult wilderness trial. He decided to strengthen his ranger skills before taming the second battle pet. This is also the advice given to him by Windrunner's mother.

On the other hand, Nora has already started to describe the good stories she collected on the land of Azsuna in the long and gentle tone that the tortoises used to tell stories.

It's a story about how the once prosperous Azsuna became what it is now.

"Azsuna, this was once the pearl of the elf empire ruled by Queen Azshara, er, the elves always like to call their city the 'pearl'.

All the cities under the rule of the entire elf empire are their pearls.

This is their unique way of describing. "

The scroll sage is worthy of being a learned person. He was afraid that the rude pirates would not understand the meaning of the word, so he explained it to them, and then continued:

"Faronar, the elven city of Azsuna, was once one of the first few cities of the elven empire, and it was also the most prosperous city. It and Suramar, one south and one north, defended the capital of the elves, Xin Azali .

Because the geographical location is very important, Queen Azshara sent a magic prince she trusted very much to govern the city.

His name is Farondis, he has a noble status and has close contacts with elves and nobles.

Those legendary characters, Lord Ravencrest, Great Magister Elisande, Great Noble Xavius, Magic Prince Torsedrin, Dath'Rema Sunstrider, etc., all maintained a very friendly relationship with him. Relationship.

He is loyal to his queen and is also very talented. He governs Faronaar and is deeply loved by the upper elves here.

It is said that there are banquets in his court every day, and all the people who come to the banquet are very famous people in the elf empire.

He also graduated from the most famous Arcanist Academy in the Elven Empire, and is the most famous graduate of the Nazaras Academy of Magic. That Academy of Magic is our destination.

It's on the shore of the largest inner lake in this land.

The reason why the city of Farona is important is not only its geographical location, but also because the city once stored a Titan artifact that the Arcanists found for Queen Azshara.

Tidestone of Gorgonath.

It is said to be a relic used by the creators to shape the seas and skies of Azeroth, and it is also one of the most valuable items in Queen Azshara's treasures. "

Nora looked at the story recorded on her scroll, and then at the pirates with bright eyes. She curled her lips and complained in her heart that these stinky pirates really heard the word "treasure" like a dog who saw a bone. .

I really don't understand the stories behind those treasures.

Tortoises who like to explore history hate two kinds of people the most, one is tomb robbers and the other is pirates. These two kinds of people only chase wealth, but always destroy really important historical relics.

If the mission this time was not too important, she would not have cooperated with a group of pirates.

However, the story must go on.

"Faronar's prosperity continued until the eve of the War of the Ancients. According to the descriptions of the ghosts of the fallen palace, the destruction of this city stemmed from a shameful betrayal.

It was the lord of this city and this land who betrayed Queen Azshara and brought disaster upon her. "

Nora's tone also became ups and downs, the tortoise held the scroll and said in a deep voice:

"It is said that Prince Farondis accidentally broke the secret of the supreme Queen Azshara at the palace banquet of Zin-Azshara one day.

He tried to use this secret to threaten Her Majesty the Queen and do some dirty things.

As a result, Queen Azshara was very angry.

But she mercifully pardoned Prince Farondis, only to drive him out of court.

As a result, the magical prince returned to Faronaar full of twisted madness. Instead of being grateful, he wanted to start a shameful rebellion against the Queen.

He ordered his loyal guards to transport the tide stone in the city to the water's edge, trying to use this Titan artifact to threaten the queen.

But this dirty trick was seen through by Her Majesty the Queen.

On a stormy night, Her Majesty Azshara came in person to her loyal Faronar, and she rebuked Prince Farondis for his sins in front of her subjects.

He was asked to put down the artifact immediately, but the prince was already mad.

His heart was filled with madness and thoughts of revenge. Like a vile and shameless beast, he declared that he would no longer submit to the Queen's rule, and spoke foul words to the Queen in the presence of his subjects.

Such madness angered the Empress.

Her Majesty Azshara shattered the Tidestone in the hands of the rebels with her supreme magical power, and cast a curse on the traitors with the help of the Titan artifact.

The queen was so angry.

The anger burned her sanity, leaving her without the power to control the curse.

That night, the shameful rebel died.

That night, the subjects who were loyal to Her Majesty the Queen also suffered as a result. The power of the curse destroyed their bodies and imprisoned their souls in a land devastated by Her Majesty Azshara's wrath.

That night, the whole of Azsuna was crying. "

Nora finished the story, and her audience fell silent.

The ghost pirates looked around the river, and they could clearly see the ruins of the collapsed, abandoned, elf cities that seemed to have been swept by a storm.

Those ruins have been covered with weeds and moss, like the corpse of a civilization that has been blown by wind and rain for 10,000 years in time.

They were amazed at the power of the fabled Elf Queen.

She destroyed this land by herself, and the magic power she left here has not subsided even after 10,000 years.

Natalie, the ship doctor, is more about the story itself.

The priest, who had almost been the archbishop of the Stormwind Kingdom, keenly sensed some weird plots in this story, and she pulled her hood.

Ask Tortollum:

"So, those elf ghosts only told you about the prince's betrayal and the queen's anger, but they didn't tell you why the prince betrayed?"

"Well, this is indeed a suspicious point, human."

The scroll sage Nora showed Natalie her scroll, and there was a big "?" on it, she said to Natalie:

"I asked all the ghosts in that palace, they were all just expressing their disdain and anger towards the betrayer prince, but none of them could tell me why the prince chose to betray Azshara.

And they're not in the right shape.

It's like being stuck forever in the day of the disaster, living that day over and over again, and I remind them, but they don't care.

The power of that curse is imprisoning them, keeping them forever complaining and angry at Prince Farondis, but it is difficult to care about other things.

I'm also trying to figure out the truth, and I'm very interested in the truth.

But I couldn't find the protagonist in the story, Prince Farondis, he must still be on this land, but no one knows where he went"

"quack quack"

Just as the pirates were chattering about power, curses and treasures, and Natalie and Nora were discussing the truth, the little murloc's sharp sirens sounded in the distance ahead.

Captain Grayson reacted very quickly. He picked up the binoculars and glanced forward, then shouted:

"There are Naga in front! There are a lot of them, ready to fight!"

"woo woo woo"

A large group of pirate ghosts rushed out from all over the Might of Jotunheim, each eager to try.

They are the bound souls of the most vicious North Sea lunatics after their death.

They were not afraid of the group of deep-sea moccasins, and they were about to have a good fight, but Laike sat by the boat and had no intention of joining the battle.

He's still changing clothes.

Under the stunned gaze of Natalie and Nora, Bo Laike took off the Night Slayer suit on his body, and took out the Corruptor Robe that he hadn't worn a few times since getting it, and put it on.

He glanced back at Natalie and said:

"You'd better start changing your clothes, too, my ship's doctor lady. Put on your robes, and you will not be able to enter the Narsalas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in your present attire.

That was the most famous magic academy in the ancient elf empire, and they had very strict requirements on the attire of the new students when they entered school.

What are you doing in a daze? Change clothes quickly.

I won't peek.

I swear. "

(end of this chapter)