Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"Ah, I slept so well last night."

At eight o'clock in the morning, the desert has become scorching hot.

Fenner, who was riding between the humps of the white camel that was constantly chewing, became full of energy again.

While moving her body on the saddle, she followed the sound of the camel's bells and looked towards the desert city of Gadgetzan in front of her. The goblins had gotten up early.

Early in the morning, a group of greenskin caravans were preparing to depart from Gadgetzan and head to Hotsand Port to deliver goods.

The goblin merchants rode their noisy and unique goblin turbo tricycles and urged the yawning ogre guards to load their goods, all gearing up to make a fortune today.

But the business world of goblins is very cruel.

It is destined that only a few goblins can make big money as they wish, and the other small businessmen are just drinking soup from the huge commercial system of the Nanhai Trade Road.

Money is the source of power for goblins.

Their desire to pursue wealth is not weaker than the warriors' pursuit of power, or even worse.

"It seems that the tickets we bought last time were for the lottery draw this morning. Come on, come on, let's go to the city. I wonder how lucky that idiot Little Star is? We bought a hundred tickets at once."

When approaching the low wall of the iconic desert town of Gadgetzan, Finna suddenly remembered something in the wind and sand, and immediately became excited, urging Blake, who was unhurried behind him, to speed up.

When the pirate heard Fenner's words, he immediately sneered.

Also buy tickets for exciting events?

Still hoping to win?

Are you kidding me?

This is not a society governed by the rule of law.

It’s amazing that the goblins who have got the money can make strangers like you win big prizes. In the past, those people only had to pay attention to their appearance, and they could still look forward to the third prize or less.

But with the greedy money style of the goblins, Xiaoxing and Fenner jointly bought a hundred tickets for the wonderful event, and it was already good to win the last prize.

Even the little fishman sitting in the camel's horse croaked and laughed at Fenner's stupidity.

Look, even the murlocs know that local lottery tickets are just for fools.

But the goblins are so shameless, shouldn't anyone care?

The answer is yes, of course no one cares.

Gadgetzan is not a big city like Booty Bay where other forces are involved.

This commercial city in the desert is a goblin city monopolized by the Steamwheedle Consortium. Black knows that the dirty gangs in Gadgetzan City are very rampant, and those dirty leaders are the thugs supported by the Steamwheedle Consortium.

The goblin merchants who rule the city have plenty of ways to make those who complain disappear into the desert.

but

The pirate looked at the noisy city in front of him that was constantly spitting dirty black smoke into the sky, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"These money-minded guys are probably going to be in trouble today."

Blake patted the head of the little fish man in his horse pocket and warned:

"If there's going to be a fuss later, remember to keep your eyes open and get some good stuff back. For the sake of your efforts, we'll score six or four points."

"Quack!"

The cute big eyes of the little fish man suddenly lit up, and he immediately started gearing up.

The two Proudmoore siblings entered the city very quietly. The goblin guards guarding the gate did not check their identities carefully at all. They were blinded by the silver coins thrown by Black and easily let an extremely dangerous person into their house. City.

However, the goblins did not have no defensive measures at all.

There are many fierce ogre guards patrolling this desert city. These guys are hired by the goblins. The little greenskins like this kind of stupid and capable thugs who are easy to fool to serve them.

Moreover, through the flow of magic nets under the desert, Blake could easily tell that there should be at least two legendary spellcasters in this city.

There should be another colleague here.

After all, there have always been a lot of scum in the South China Sea who sold their power for money, and after the fall of Ravenholdt, life for the third-rate assassins in the Eastern Continent was not easy.

People always have to have enough food in life.

Besides, the money given by the goblins to buy lives is quite generous.

But as soon as the pirate siblings entered the city, they heard the noise coming from the center of the city. Blake even keenly heard the shouts of Little Star mixed in with the noise, making it extra conspicuous.

"Walk!"

Blake winked at Fenner, and the stupid warrior immediately understood and followed the pirate and rushed towards the chaotic place.

As expected, it was the idiot Little Star who had a conflict with the goblins. There was a group of people watching the fun, but no one dared to get close to the pretty and elegant Little Star Princess.

Not only because standing next to Little Star was a female elf knight in blue armor who was not easy to mess with at first sight, but also a tall tauren carrying a totem and a halberd.

Good guy!

Why is Kane here?

Is this honest old cow also a victim of local lottery tickets?

You've learned too much, Kane!

You have never been interested in such evil ways before.

"Why don't you change it for me?"

Little Xingxing fiercely slapped a few local tickets on the table at the exchange location. She put her hands on her hips and screamed at the sweaty goblin employee in formal clothes:

"One special prize, one first prize, and three second prizes. Redeem them for me immediately! Don't make any excuses! I still have a dozen third prize tickets that I haven't counted with you."

As soon as Little Xingxing said this, the crowd around him suddenly burst into an uproar.

This blue-haired chick is so lucky!

Some people think so.

Others were spreading this funny idea in a low voice, while Blake, who was hiding in the crowd, shrugged, showing a helpless expression.

He was sure that Little Star "cheated".

No matter how lucky a person is, it is impossible to win so many prizes at once.

This incident is actually not the goblins' fault, it's the Blue Dragon Princess who is a bit bullying.

But Xiaoxing's method is too rough. What's the difference between this and open grabbing?

Fenner next to her was also a little embarrassed.

Indeed, when she and Xiao Xingxing bought tickets for the wonderful event together, Xiao Xingxing said that she would use some "technical" methods. At that time, she thought Little Star had some mysterious magic that could change luck.

I didn't expect it to be so simple and crude. She could do it, eh, no, she can't do it yet. She can't see through the magic seals on those lottery tickets.

The lottery format of the local lottery is somewhat similar to scratch tickets.

However, in the magical world, winning patterns are sealed with magic, and even a high-level mage cannot see through the magical effects set by this person.

But playing this in front of a blue dragon is purely for your own sake.

"Madam, it's not that we don't honor the prize."

It was also the first time for the goblin employee to encounter such an opponent with "no martial ethics". Seeing more and more people gathering around him, he was a little dumbfounded.

The goblin employee, who was always eloquent, stuttered a bit when he spoke.

As a native of Gadgetzan, he knows very well how many people have been cheated by Wonder Ticket through internal operations over the years, and how bad its reputation has been. The locals hate this thing deeply.

If this incident is not handled well today, it will turn into a riot in an instant.

And as the unlucky guy who caused the riot, he will definitely be sent to a shabby island in the South China Sea by the Trade Prince to spend the rest of his life.

It doesn't matter whether you die or not, what matters is that you won't be able to make money in the future.

For the goblins, this was simply worse than death.

He stood on the table and stammered in his explanation:

"This is a small technical adjustment! That's right, don't worry, the prizes will be redeemed today. We are asking the legendary mage responsible for issuing the wonderful tickets to come over and verify the prize tickets!

This is a normal process and everyone here knows it, so we have the best reputation.

Everyone understands. "

As soon as he finished saying this, there were boos all around.

Fortunately, goblins are thick-skinned and don't care about this.

At this moment, he was complaining in his mind about what the leader of the local gang was doing!

It has obviously been done many times before, and everyone has a mature business model. After the lottery is drawn, the dirty hands' money will be returned in full, and the fools' money will be divided into 30% and 70%.

This business has been in business for so many years, why did something go wrong today?

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way, everyone!"

As they were waiting more and more anxiously, a group of burly men suddenly rushed over, each wearing tattered formal clothes, and the races were quite mixed.

There were orcs, and there were ogres, and there were goblin punks, and a bunch of Sandfury troll thugs.

The leader was a rare two-headed ogre, who pretended to wear wide-brimmed hats on both heads. He rushed over in a menacing manner, causing the crowd to run for cover and making the embarrassed goblin employee's eyes light up.

Fortunately, the gangsters arrived quickly, so they only needed to send this blue-haired girl away.

Wait, this girl is pretty and she is an elf. If she is tied up and sold to the Zandalari troll nobles, she will definitely get a good price!

The goblin employee had another crooked idea in his mind.

But before his arrogant fantasy could end, the gangsters who rushed over fell to the ground one after another, screaming in pain, leaving the people around dumbfounded.

A slender elf warrior grabbed a black heavy sword and stood outside the crowd. He would chop each one down without mercy, no matter what race you were or what power you had.

Even the strongest two-headed ogre was chopped down by a sword.

"You bastards! Didn't you see you knocked down my brother?"

Fenna shouted while cutting people:

"My brother is sick. Look, he's vomiting blood! You bastard, pay for it! If you can't get 100,000 gold coins today, no one is allowed to leave!"

At Fenner's feet, Blake was curled up on the ground in pain.

The smelly pirate groaned and vomited blood, looking miserable.

Fenna was possessed by the drama, and chopped down the last ogre. She suddenly knelt on the ground, hugged her brother and called his name affectionately.

It was as if Blake was going to die in the next moment, and the troll thugs in the dirty gang were all scared to death.

Well, if they eat this bowl of rice, they won't be frightened by the blood.

What they were afraid of was the huge black sword in Fenner's hand.

"The Flagellant! That's Susas!"

A sad voice shouted:

"The Divine Sword has reappeared! Loa, why is it held by an elf? Sand Fury is about to end, run away, the end of Sand Fury is coming.

The gods have sent disaster and we are doomed. "

This group of Sand Fury thugs dispersed with shouts, leaving only a group of local bosses lying in a pool of blood. The two-headed ogre headed by Fenner had one of his heads chopped off with a sword, but he still had strong vitality. Didn't die immediately.

Fenner stepped on him with a sword and shouted at him to pay.

The ogre wailed in pain, knowing that he kicked an iron plate forged from Titan iron today. In the past, they were the only ones who bullied others, but today they got their retribution in this world.

He could only howl and ask his subordinates who could still move to get the money.

One hundred thousand gold coins, not a penny less, otherwise the dirty gang that has dominated Gadgetzan for several years will be wiped out today.

Seeing this scene, the goblin employee broke out in a cold sweat, and it also made Little Xingxing feel even more proud.

If she had a tail, it would surely have waggled the afterimage.

"Can I redeem it?"

Little Xingxing slapped the table again and shouted arrogantly.

The goblin looked back and saw that the legendary dwarf mage hired by the Hot Sand Consortium at a high price was hiding aside wearing a weird turban and gesturing vigorously at him.

The goblin employee suddenly panicked. Is this an enemy that even the famous Lord Milhouse Manastorm can't deal with?

He groaned inwardly.

All right.

I am destined to lose money today. I have worked in vain for the past year.

The goblin employee sighed, suddenly lost all strength, and slumped down on the chair. He weakly wiped the sweat from his face, put away some of Little Star's lottery tickets, and said:

"The gold coins will be sent to you immediately."

"Wait, there's another one."

Blake, who was still vomiting blood just now, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, gracefully walked to the old cow wagging his tail, and picked up the lottery ticket from Kane's hand.

Without looking at it, he slapped it on the table and handed it to the goblin employee, saying:

"Hey, look how lucky we are, we have another special prize."

"No, I didn't win the prize."

The honest old cow swung his tail in embarrassment and whispered.

Blake said without looking back:

"No, you won. It's a special prize. It's just that your eyes were wrong."

He stared at the goblin employee in front of him and asked:

"Are you right, professional?"

The goblin employee swallowed.

He clearly recognized who the man in front of him was, and looked back with a stiff neck. The dwarf legendary mage who had just gestured to him had disappeared.

The poor little greenskin lowered his head and glanced at the obviously unwinnable ticket in his hand, and then looked at Black's "nuclear and amiable" eyes, and he wailed in his heart again.

All right.

Encountering this evil star, my work for most of this year was in vain.

Soon, a goblin tricycle delivered several large boxes of gold coins.

The winning amount of local lottery tickets is very average, even the grand prize is not much. But this unearned joy still made Blake's face full of joy, especially when Fenner also received "compensation", which was even more joyful.

"Thirty-seven points."

Blake counted the boxes and turned to say something to Kane.

Lao Niu was so happy at this moment. He looked at the yellow-orange gold coins and said wisely:

"No problem, 70% will be delivered to the ship in a minute."

"you"

The stinky pirate took another look at the little star whose eyes were crooked, and said:

"Just six or four points."

"Give me six points!"

Little Xingxing stretched out her hand to block the box like a hen guarding her cubs, and said something fiercely. The pirate was about to retort when he saw Little Xingxing coming over, kissed him hard on the face, and said with a blushing face:

"This is compensation for you, isn't it enough?"

"Well"

Blake really wants to say that one kiss from you is worth tens of thousands of gold coins?

But looking at Little Xingxing who had begun to grind his teeth, he finally did not say these words.

And just when the pirates were about to leave with the money, a goblin dressed as a servant suddenly ran over and whispered to Black:

"Your Excellency 'Sea Wolf', the Trade Prince invites you to be a guest. We have important news to tell you. These money are our sincerity."

"Um?"

The pirate immediately straightened his face and said:

"I obviously earned all this money based on my own skills! What do you mean by your goodwill? Don't you need to pay carriage fees when you invite a distinguished person to be a guest? Is your prince so ignorant of the rules?"

The goblin servant was stunned by Black's shamelessness.

He even froze for several seconds before he realized what he was doing. He exclaimed in his heart that he had learned something, and at the same time explained more respectfully:

"This matter is related to the Bloodsail Pirates. It is really urgent."

"Well, that's it."

Blake rubbed his chin and said:

"Then you told me earlier and led the way. Also, do you have an alchemist named Marin Northenfogg here?"