Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 646

The sea route from the Greymane Lighthouse into the Gilneas Inner Sea and then to Keel Harbor is a rare area in Gilneas that is not blocked by the Bite Reef.

Since entering here, the speed of the fleet's return trip has increased a lot, and it takes about one night's voyage to reach Keel Harbor.

As the only large-scale military port in the country, Keel Harbor was built on the model of the Boralus naval port. The number of shore fire artillery alone is enough for any bastard who wants to forcefully leave the port to have a good drink.

It is much more difficult to do things after entering the military port, so for the unpredictable Matchleg Dan and Captain Conrad, this night's time is very precious.

They must seize the time against which every second counts to complete their plans.

Originally, these two guys planned to use the opportunity of reporting the battle damage to the flagship to hold several Gilneas captains and the entire staff team temporarily in charge of the Northern Lord, in order to force the flagship to leave the fleet and rush towards the sea off Gilneas.

But an unexpected incident interrupted the plans of the two former pirates.

"Major Dan, an order from the staff group requires you to immediately hand over the command of the 'Wolfmane' and follow me to the flagship to accept the secret mission."

A signal soldier from the Lord of the North sent a message, and this sudden instruction shocked the former pirate who had a ghost in his heart.

He thought his plan had been exposed.

This is because the upper echelon of the fleet wanted to take away his command and then deal with him in advance.

Let the old pirate and the orderly next to him look at each other, and the two almost jumped on the spot.

"please hurry up."

The stern-faced communicator urged again at this time:

"The other captains have received orders, and the reputation of the fleet commander is at stake. We must hurry up now."

As soon as this sentence was said, the scheming and cunning former pirate immediately stabilized his mind.

It turned out that he wasn't the only one looking for him.

He said something about the reputation of the commander, Matchstick Dan blinked his eyes, this guy who spent most of his life in the cunning pirate group, immediately understood the general story of the matter.

It must be that the upper echelons of the fleet are trying to conceal the news of the defeat in this naval battle.

Although King Jinn of Gilneas must have known the outcome of the naval battle, after all, this was a war that took place far away from the country. If the shameful defeat could be concealed, it would definitely be beneficial to the king's stable rule.

In addition, the fact that Lord Darius, who was the commander of the fleet, was captured was disgraceful. The Crow Lei family was one of the most powerful nobles in Gilneas, and the family's prestige must also be taken into consideration.

Before the fleet returns to Hong Kong, there must be a "unified caliber" adjustment.

Regarding how to activate the official propaganda machine, describing failure as a tragic victory, and describing a tragic victory as a great victory, this is a compulsory course for rulers.

Furthermore, based on the casualty rate alone, the Gilneas fleet can meet the standard of a "tragic victory" this time. Although the strategic goal was not achieved, they did destroy the tactical system of the undead pirates.

To teach these stinky pirates a hard lesson can be regarded as showing off their prestige outside the country. As for the shameful performance of the fleet in the war, this is not what the civilians need to know.

"First Mate! Come in!"

Having figured this out, the matchleg captain immediately called the first mate, handed over his command sword to him in front of the messenger, and told the first mate to take care of his ship before he came back.

The young first mate accepted the order with a serious expression.

"You don't have to come with me either."

And he said to his orderly:

"You stayed to take care of the wounded on the ship. The brothers had a bad day. The veterans will stand guard tonight and let the soldiers have a good rest."

"Yes, Captain."

The orderly straightened his back and saluted the captain farewell.

Matchleg straightened his clothes, strode out of the captain's cabin with the signal soldier, and exchanged a complicated look with his orderly before leaving.

"boom"

The cabin door was closed, and the voices of the captain chatting with the messenger went away. The chief mate who was temporarily in charge of the warship sighed, nodded to the captain's orderly, and planned to leave.

As a loyal Gilnean soldier, he was going to inspect the deck.

But as soon as he took a few steps, the orderly behind him grabbed the wine bottle on the table and slammed it on the back of his head with a slamming sound. His strike was ruthless and precise, and the bottle knocked the veteran unconscious.

"Huh, easy and simple."

Anne Bonn looked at the first mate lying at her feet. She clapped her hands, stretched her shoulders, tied the first mate tightly with a rope, took off his socks, stuffed him in her mouth, and placed him on the bed. Matchlegs in Dan's wardrobe.

Only then did he rearrange his appearance, put the captain's command sword on his waist, and strode out of the captain's room.

If Matchleg Dan couldn't come back, she would find a way to contact the old pirates on these ships, and launch an armed mutiny according to Dan's previous plan.

I hope that guy can come back alive, things will be much easier.

But Anne's worry didn't last long. Ten minutes later, Matchleg Dan and the other captains came back.

They received a secret order. The flagship dispatched three ships that were in good condition to form a temporary formation. The three ships escorted the Northern Lord, temporarily separated from the large fleet, and headed for a stop on the coast of the inner sea.

"They're going to send Darius C Luo Lei to Greymane Manor!"

When carrying out a secret mission, he personally steered the steering wheel on the leading Wolfmane, and the ex-pirate whispered to Anne beside her:

"You may not know that place. I was only invited to visit it after I officially joined the Gilneas fleet. It was a royal manor built by King Jean in the mountains.

It is said that it was used as a refuge during wartime.

The manor is large and well-defended. It can even be used as a refuge for civilians or a temporary headquarters for the army when necessary. It was Jean himself who gave the order to 'protect' the northern lord before the matter became clear. "

"Tsk tsk, is this trying to gag him? Don't let that upright soldier talk around."

After hearing the description of Matchleg, Anne Bonn was speechless for a while, and asked in a low voice:

"Or are you going to kill someone?"

"It's not as scary as you think. If other nobles fight like this, they will definitely be under house arrest. But the relationship between King Jin and the northern lord is not ordinary.

They are said to have saved each other's lives in battle, and I've heard that the high lord's daughter is engaged to the king's son. "

The old pirate quietly took out a small jug of wine and took a sip to moisten his throat.

He grabbed the rudder wheel and rotated to fine-tune the course, while saying to Anne:

"And the situation of the northern lords is indeed very bad.

I saw it with my own eyes just now. He had a high fever, which was frighteningly high. The priest on board was also helpless. He said he had never seen such a disease before, and he suspected that the undead pirates had cast a curse on the lord.

At this time, the king asked to send the lord to his manor, probably because he meant some kind of protection and treatment.

Of course, our previous guess is also correct.

Sure enough, the staff group ordered all the captains not to disclose the specific details of the Palatine naval battle to the outside world. Anyone who speaks nonsense will be court-martialed. Tch, these bastards are not good at fighting, but one is worth two when it comes to playing tricks like this. "

"Conrad will be fine if he stays at the Grand Fleet, right?"

Annie asked one more question.

"It's okay, there are old brothers on the several ships I manage, it was agreed in advance, Conrad is a bit reckless, but he can clearly handle such a big matter that matters to his life.

I talked it over with him. "

Matchleg glanced back at the black flagship escorted by two second-class warships on the left and right, narrowed his eyes and said:

"After the staff officer and flagship guards escorted the lord off the ship, I will lead people onto the ship in the name of inspection and notification. You will command the Wolfmane and sacrifice the ship if necessary!

Let's lay down one of the frigates first, and then we will take advantage of the chaos and run with the flagship.

As long as this side is activated, Conrad can smoothly bring a few ships to join us in the name of 'countering the rebellion'. Now the Gilneas fleet is short of men and horses, and the ammunition is not very sufficient.

They can't catch up.

I'm worried about one thing right now. "

The ex-pirate said worriedly:

"The people of Gilneas are very obedient. Although their navy is close to fighting, they are very disciplined. There are only thirty or forty people I can trust on the Wolfmane.

This kind of person can't control the flagship at all, and it's not even enough to raise the sails. Once we get entangled by two frigates, we will be finished. "

"You don't have to worry about that at all."

After hearing Matchleg's worries, Annie covered her mouth and let out a chuckle.

She glanced at the moonlight-reflecting sea in front of her at night, and said confidently:

"The commander has prepared everything for us. You just need to sneak into the flagship and control the sailors. Naturally, someone will help you with sailing.

Also, the Commander asked not to kill too many people this time.

Those disobedient sailors were locked in the bottom cabin, and when they went to Tol Barad, they would naturally be accepted. The construction of the elves' academy required a lot of manpower. "

Matchleg Dan hesitated for a moment and nodded. He also wanted to know how the magical Bu Laike Shaw could conjure a group of his own people out of thin air for him in the inner sea of ​​Gilneas.

Half an hour later, this temporary fleet arrived at the berth in the Inner Sea Bay, which is not far from Keel Harbor, and the voyage is at most forty-five minutes.

The flagship did not land, and Staff Officer Getaris personally led a guard of nearly a hundred people, and put the seriously injured northern lord and a group of seriously injured officers from the flagship into the small boat and sailed to the coast.

There was already a line of royal knights waiting with their carriages ready.

As soon as the staff officer disembarked, Matchstick Dan led a dozen people to wait on the flagship. He said that there was an urgent military situation that needed to be reported. The staff team on board did not dare to delay, and immediately summoned Dan to the command room.

Then, out of the blue, chaos ensued.

In the absence of the captain, the "Wolf's Mane" opened fire on the frigate "Shadow Tooth" without warning, and the second-class warship caught off guard under the attack of "friendly fire" was beaten into a circle.

No one expected that there would be a battle when they had already entered the inner sea of ​​Gilneas. As a result, the naval gun calibrated by Anne Bonn broke the mast and the entire deck was wiped out.

Then, in a burst of chaotic screams, a group of murloc pirates rushed out from under the sea, taking advantage of the chaos on the Shadowfang, howled and climbed onto the deck.

He hacked anyone he saw, and viciously detonated part of the gunpowder barrels of the Shadow Fang, causing this second-class battleship to instantly enter an uncontrollable chaos.

Fighting broke out on the flagship as well.

The dozen or so old pirates who brought the match legs onto the ship deftly threw a few lighted gunpowder barrels into the cabin, and after a muffled explosion, they sealed the hatch leading to the deck with sundries and sealed the flagship's lower deck. The resting sailors were blocked in the cabin.

The staff group and the sailors on the deck responded quickly.

They planned to launch a counterattack against the damned pirates, but unexpectedly, they were knocked down in the command room by the evil murlocs of the Gua Gua Gua Pirates with snake-man darts.

Wearing a pirate suit, a pirate hat, and a black eyepatch for himself, the head of the murloc pirates, Ben Bo Erba, rode his big owl and landed on the deck of the Northern Lord.

After it landed, there was no extra movement, and it simply and neatly directed the murloc pirates who kept climbing onto the ship to take over the important donations everywhere.

It took out the bag at its waist, and dumped a large pile of air coins in the bag on the deck under the stunned gaze of Matchleg Dan, who was still stained with blood.

He took out another elemental emblem, and rubbed it viciously with wretched movements.

In the next moment, the huge elemental demigod Al Abbas landed on the black flagship of the Gilneas with a deep laugh.

"Quack quack!"

The little murloc, who had no stage fright, waved his paws, turned the rudder to sail the boat to the elemental demigod looking down at it, and raised his paws to simulate the flight of a bird.

He signaled Al Abbas to quickly come to help with "Shunfeng", so that they can drive this big black ship smoothly.

Since the amount of air coins brought by the little murloc was sufficient and there were some more, it should be a "service fee" for the demigod of the element.

The mainsail that had just been lowered by the murloc pirates was instantly filled with the soaring sea wind, pushing the huge black ship to slide slowly backwards.

A group of people on the coast were dumbfounded by this shocking change.

Also looking silly is the matchstick leg Dan.

The old pirate stared dumbfounded at the murlocs busying around on the deck. Those stupid guys were doing the work on the deck well.

The one who pulled the sail pulled the sail, the one who raised the anchor raised the anchor, and a white murloc holding a bone wand summoned the sea to wash the deck, and the rest of the murlocs were more skilled at climbing rope nets than Gilneas recruits many.

It looks like it has been specially trained.

But murlocs.

You can swim by yourself, why don't you learn how to sail a boat?

Are you bored?

"And that ship!"

Seeing that the northern lord was really started by this group of eccentric murlocs, Matchleg Dan, who was holding a navy knife in his hand, reacted with a jolt.

He rushed up and yelled at the leader-like little murloc:

"Bring my Wolfmane, too! This black ship is a gift to the wicked Commander Braike, but that ship is my own, and I have feelings for it!

Take it with you too. "

"Quack!"

Ben Boerba glared fiercely at the troublesome Matchleg Dan, and waved the hunting pistol he picked up from the old dwarf Hemet in his hand threateningly, telling the pirate to shut up!

Now on this boat, Mr. Benbo Erba has the final say! No dumb human pirates to speak for!

However, after all, it is our own people.

Besides, Anne Bonn was still on that ship, and that female pirate was usually nice to her, so Benbo Erba took out a few more magic items from his luggage and exchanged elemental emblems for air coins.

A few minutes later, the Wolfmane was also blessed by the sea wind, and rushed out from the burning frigate smoothly, and disappeared into the night with the black ship dangling under the roar of the staff officer Getaris. below the sea.

It was too late to catch up.

These damned pirates!

Ms. Getaris, the female staff officer on the shore, grabbed her navy sword with cold hands and feet. She felt dizzy waves, probably from anger.

Her Majesty Dai Lin is right.

None of the pirates in this sea can be trusted, they are all damned!

And murlocs!

All pirates and murlocs be damned!

(end of this chapter)