Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 698 29. Justice with a Clear Price

"What were you busy with just now? You didn't respond to my call immediately. If I didn't know your character, I would almost have thought that you had finally made up your mind and abandoned me."

On the second floor of Red Jack's Tavern, Bo Laike speaks to his loyal servant.

His irresponsible guess immediately drew a dissatisfied rebuttal from Xalatas.

Miss Void Essence shouted loudly:

"How could you humiliate me like this? My little master, my loyalty to you can be learned from the sun and the moon! I was just busy dealing with Dragon Mother and settling down."

"Huh? You have already arrived at Heishi Mountain?"

Bu Laike asked in surprise:

"Is it that fast?"

"Of course."

Xalatas proudly blew a whistle like a female hooligan, and said:

"With your early warning, I have already prepared to evacuate, and Mother Dragon also praised my sharpness and determination, and I have completely gained the trust of this poor old mother dragon.

Next, as long as Nefarian is dealt with, the entire black dragon army will fall into my hands.

Ha, days during this time reminds me of the happy old days.

At those times, I was not as "virtuous and virtuous" as I am with you now. At that time, I was obsessed with spreading darkness and despair, and harvesting those depraved and pathetic souls.

Now that I am returning to my old job, I still have a sense of accomplishment. "

"Nefarian is not as easy to deal with as you think, the black dragon prince has inherited Deathwing's ambition, but he is superior in dark and cunning.

It will not see Deathwing's defeat as a catastrophe like the other black dragons.

As ambitious as it is, it will only see it as the beginning of its own era. "

Laike expresses pessimism about Xal'atath's blind optimism.

He is using the power of the void of Xalatas to imprint a void mark on the kneeling and trembling second lieutenant of the Ethereal Vengeance Army, Shewoz.

As the pirate said before, this imprint of the void will continuously absorb the power of the void and inject it into the energy body of the void spirit. If it cannot get rid of it within a year, this sad guy will completely transform into a void life.

For Void Spirit, which is originally an energy body, it is an extremely terrible fate.

What's even more sad is that this guy who is extremely resistant to the power of the void is completely unable to resist in front of a void essence of the level of Xalatas.

It can only accept the fate of serving pirates.

But what happened to it didn't arouse anyone's curiosity or attention.

Even the little murlocs didn't care about this little guy anymore, and Bu Laike was even more busy chatting with Sataras about the Black Dragon Legion, and didn't have much time to pay attention to his "new cannon fodder".

"Nefarian will not succumb so easily, even with the Dragon Mother, and for Sinestra, it is not certain who she trusts more between her son and daughter."

Bu Laike said to Xal'atath:

"In the past many years, the Black Dragon Legion has operated in secret under the leadership of Nefarian, and when Deathwing did not show up, Nefarian was the real number two.

Its reputation with the Black Dragonflight is unmatched by you.

Even if you save those down-and-out black dragons, once you collide with them, it is doomed that there will be no good results.

Therefore, don't be so tough when facing it. If the black dragon prince disagrees with the black dragon's migration, you don't have to fight it hard. Just take the black dragon that obeys you to Dellano. "

"No no no, little master, I admit that your dark wisdom is very reasonable, but believe me, this time Nefarian has to obey me!"

Xalatas let out a short and weird laugh, and she vowed:

"Before I was not so sure that I could subdue it, but just this time during the early warning and transfer process, after I gained the true trust of Dragon Mother, I have already learned a secret from her.

I didn't have to persuade the black dragons to come with me to Dellano.

That world was their destination! "

Miss Void Essence laughed, she said:

"Before Deathwing went to Dalaran to make troubles, he learned from that idiot Reid that the world of Dellano hadn't died yet, so he sent his servants to inform Dragon Mother.

Ask Sinestra to take the various dragon eggs collected by the Black Dragon Legion over thousands of years, and go to the world of Dellano where the dragon eggs will be corrupted and hatched with the blood of the void, as a new member of the Black Dragon Legion.

Deathwing is just like you, little master.

You all saw the potential in Dellano's world, and you all made the same choice.

It can only be said that the heroes see the same thing.

hehe.

Now we are at the behest of Deathwing to enlist the remaining black dragons at Blackrock Spire to join us in this operation. What's the use of Nefarian's reputation?

Do the black dragons still dare to resist the orders of Deathwing and Dragon Mother? "

"It's true that it won't resist, but you're underestimating Nefarian too."

Bo Laike is still not too optimistic.

He reminded:

"Deathwing designed and executed after the War of the Ancients, not only this evil plan to corrupt dragon eggs, as far as I know, Nefarian also has a secret order from his father.

It has good reason to reject the call-up.

So I still advise you not to have too much confidence.

But try to get rid of the black dragons under its command as much as possible, the more the better.

The fewer black dragons there are in Blackstone Mountain, the more Nefarian has to rely on Red and his orthodox tribe. If everything goes well, maybe even Your Excellency Nefarian will be used by us in the end.

Go, my servant.

Wish you all the best. "

"Well, look at mine."

Xalatas replied confidently, and then said:

"Besides crossing the portal of darkness and having the barrier of two worlds, the connection between me and my little master can't be so close. It may take me several days to respond to your call.

But I don't want to see my beloved little master in crisis.

So, I will open up to you the half of the void divine power I left in your body, how to use it, with your clever little mind, you should have learned after watching me use it so many times.

But don't get too immersed in the dark warmth of the void

I'm too far away from you, little master.

If you're in trouble, I can't rush back to save you right away.

In addition, the remains of the first batch of black dragons who died in battle have been secretly buried by my people in the Obsidian Holy Land. If the owner has time, he can go to 'get the goods'.

All very fresh ingredients.

Say hello to the Naglfar for me, and don't forget to remember me when she enjoys the 'delicious meal' I brought, hehehe. "

In a long series of seductive and charming laughter, Xal'atath let out a wet kiss goodbye, and she disappeared into the pirate's ears.

On the character card in front of Bu Laike, the divine power of "Xalatath: Legacy of the Void" in the divine power column has also entered an active state, just as Miss Void Essence said, this is what she left for Braike. self-preservation".

"I'm crazy to use it"

The pirates scoffed at this.

He whispered:

"The best way to resist temptation is not to touch it in the first place. To resist the all-round corrosion of the void, I am almost meaningless now.

Oops, if I didn't know what kind of guy you are, I would really be deceived by your 'sweet talk'.

Xalatath ah Xalatath.

If you want to get me, you have to work harder. "

——

That night, after attending the celebration banquet at Wyrmrest Temple and receiving the awards from the three dragon kings, the energetic Prince Arthas Menethil, accompanied by his two attendants, used the blue dragon The teleportation gate came from the remote Dragonbone Wilderness of the Northrend Continent to the southern border city of the Eastern Continent in an instant.

This is the heart of the Stormwind Kingdom, the ruling core of the Wrynn family, and the Stormwind City surrounded by the lush Erwin Forest.

"Ah, Stormwind! I was a baby when I was here last time."

Alsace walked out of the Mage Tower in the Mage District, which had been mostly rebuilt, and stood at the height of the spiral staircase, overlooking the entire Stormwind City.

The reconstruction of this city that was destroyed by the orcs has not yet been completed. On the edge of the city, densely packed scaffolding and busy workers can still be seen.

The city's occupancy rate is not high, and many of the original "city dwellers" still live in Westfall and Gold Shine or the Eastvale Logging Camp.

The king intends to invite his people to return to their hometown after the reconstruction of the city is completed, but some civilians who have been called return early, and occasionally go to the construction site of the Mason Brotherhood to help break ash and move a few bricks.

In this way add to your country and your new life.

"Varian does a good job of ruling his city."

Alsace sighed.

The two guards behind him also nodded approvingly.

Although the city in front of us is not as prosperous as the city of Lordaeron, considering that the city was still in ruins a year ago, it can be restored like this now, which has proved the ability of the rulers of the Stormwind Kingdom.

"Come on, let's meet Varian first."

The little prince glanced at the box with a bow in his hand. He quickly walked down the mage tower, rented three horses from the mages, walked along the road on the edge of the river in the city, and after ten minutes of galloping, came to Wa Stormwind Keep where Rian Wrynn lives.

King Varian and his loyal intelligence chief, who had been notified by the mages in advance, were waiting at the gate of the fortress.

Seeing Alsace approaching, the young king also had a smile on his face. He strode forward and gave his little brother a warm hug when Alsace jumped off the horse.

He patted him on the shoulder again and said:

"I heard from Archmage Marin that you did a great thing in the abandoned dwarf city in the wetlands! He said that you saved the Red Dragon Queen and destroyed the Dragonmaw clan?

Well done!

I knew that you must have a legendary life, and this is the beginning of your legend. Come, come, come to my study, and tell me this legendary story. "

"Maybe we can walk and talk."

Arthas laughed, his expression became serious, he handed the wooden box in his arms to Varian with both hands, and said proudly:

"I did it! I executed the justice I swore. This is the first grievance for Marshal Lothar. It won't be the last, I promise!"

"Ok?"

Varian took the box suspiciously, opened it and glanced at it. The black head placed inside made the king's expression serious. Shaw stepped forward to check and quickly identified the head through the assassin's method.

"Jorach Ravenholdt."

He whispered something in the king's ear, and Varian nodded.

The young king looked at Alsace who was standing straight in front of him, he grinned, didn't say much, just patted Alsace on the shoulder behind him.

"Then let's go."

A troop of stormguards brought the king's horses, and he mounted them and said to Arthas:

"There is still a long way to go from Stormwind City to the North County Monastery, we can reach the monastery before dark, and we can stay there tonight.

You can tell Marshal Lothar what you think in your heart.

I will be with you. "

"I'll just go alone."

Alsace also got on his horse, grinning and whispering:

"I heard that your fiancée is in the city, maybe you should spend more time with her."

"Where did you learn the dirty words?"

Varian glared at him and said:

"Tiffany will understand my missed appointment tonight, she is a very sensible girl. I will arrange a private banquet tomorrow morning and introduce you formally to her.

Do you want to go back to northern Xinjiang? "

"Not going back."

Alsace stretched his body on horseback and said:

"I'm going to stay here for a while, maybe ten days or so, and then I'm going to start my long journey. They said that I can come back in half a year.

But I think, I may need longer.

Someone told me very interesting information, I am going to start my expedition. Oh yeah, almost forgot about this! "

The little prince took out the scroll from his horse pocket and threw it back to Shaw. He said:

"This is a letter that Master Braike entrusted me to deliver to you, Your Excellency Shaw. He said that you will be overjoyed after reading it. In addition, this battle of Grim Batol was also planned by Master Braike himself. .

I have really seen the daunting dark wisdom of that master. How dare I provoke him so much before? It's really lucky not to be plotted to death by him. "

"Bo Laike?"

Xiao Er raised his eyebrows. He was driving the horse, a few steps behind the king, opened the scroll on the horse, glanced carefully, and then sighed helplessly.

He whispered to Varian:

"Your Majesty, I may have to take a long vacation in half a month."

"Ok?"

The young king was taken aback for a moment, and he asked with concern:

"Is something wrong?"

"No, it's just that my 'Master Trial' is about to begin."

Shaw handed the scroll to Varian.

The king glanced roughly, and asked again:

"Hasn't Ravenholdt already been destroyed by Master Laike and his friends? How come this 'Trial of the Master' has been preserved?"

"It was Ravenholdt, rotten and dark, that was destroyed, my lord."

Shaw explained softly:

"But those beautiful traditions belonging to assassins have not been abolished. Obviously, our Lord the Uncrowned believes that the master trial is one of these 'virtues'.

I must go to the place of trial according to his request.

I have to complete this trial to prove SI:7's place in the assassin circle.

And the lost honor of the Shaw family, I must take it back with my own hands. "

"Well, I support you."

Varian nodded and said:

"Choose a few for you from the weapons and armor collected by the Wrynn family, Shaw, you deserve it."

"His Majesty."

Shaw sighed and said:

"Please read this letter patiently. His last sentence is for you."

The intelligence chief said helplessly:

"Blaike's help in killing Jorach Ravenholdt did not come for free, and the fact that this head was delivered to Marshal Lothar meant we had to pay for it.

This is indeed the belated justice of the Marshal.

But this justice has a price tag. "

"what?"

Varian hurriedly picked up the scroll and turned it to the end. The amount made the king feel pain, and he pouted and said:

"It's really expensive to ask him to do it."

The king sighed with emotion.

Alsace beside him whispered:

"Don't be afraid, Varian, I know that the Stormwind Kingdom's finances are tight, so I wrote to my sister, and the Kingdom of Lordaeron will also pay two-thirds of the reward for this justice."

"Besides, it's a bit expensive, but it's worth the money."

(end of this chapter)