Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Blake had already guessed that once the seal between the Wind Rider and the Sky Wall was broken, it would definitely attract the attention of the Tide Hunters.

He is ready.

Witnesses and physical evidence have also been arranged on board the Nagfar, and Seifer is personally responsible for ensuring that the envoys sent by the Tide Hunters can answer every question they ask.

Elemental creatures are not very smart and are easy to fool.

But what Black didn't expect was that the Tide Hunter actually "valued" him so much and chose to come over in person. Fortunately, the pirates made preparations in advance. As soon as the Wind Rider's business was over, he was immediately teleported back to the Nagfar. .

Otherwise, if you come back a little later, this matter will be troublesome.

He is not afraid of falling out with the Tidehunter now. Anyway, Odin and the Titan Guardians have always had strong opinions on the Elemental Lord, saying that a fight would be nothing more than summoning a rainbow bridge.

Now that Valarjar Fortress has been replenished with Titan energy from the Forge of Origin, once the war begins, it will not be a small fight in the Qiraji Ruins.

The King of War himself takes command.

Coupled with the knife handles of the four guards of the Forge of Origin, they can definitely drive the tide hunters back to the Throat of the Abyss and lock them up to cry behind bars.

Of course, it would be best to fool him.

Considering that Black has invested so much manpower and material resources in the Hydraxia Water Elemental Legion, he does not want his early investment to go to waste.

The submerged costs and so on are still very painful to calculate in detail.

At the junction of the waters of Feralas and Desolace, the ghost ship sailing under the sea moored quietly.

It's like a giant underwater beast suspended in the deep sea.

The shadow it cast caused the surrounding underwater creatures to flee in panic. Of course, it was more likely that the aura of the tide hunter was approaching, causing the underwater creatures to retreat.

Black, neatly dressed, walked out of the cabin accompanied by the first mate. On his chest was the polished emblem of the Ocean Earl of the Hydrasian Water Elemental Legion.

After seeing Black appear, the orc brothers and Lao Niu, who had been holding back their anger, also rushed out of their cabins in an aggressive manner, intending to settle the score with Black, but were thrown into the bottom cabin by the sudden appearance of the ship spirit, preventing them from doing so at this critical moment. Always messing around.

The three soldiers were about to violently break open the closed door of the bottom cabin, and then in the next moment, all three of them stopped.

They looked at each other in confusion.

They could feel that a heavy pressure instantly fell on the surrounding seawater. The almost suffocating pressure coming from the deep sea made the three warriors immediately alert.

Silence fell over the Naqfar.

Little Xingxing hid in the cabin and shivered while hugging Sai Anne.

She knew how powerful the Tide Hunter was.

The old dwarf Brian Bronzebeard, who was hiding in another cabin, looked at the huge figure that appeared in the deep sea through the window, and he covered his mouth tightly.

He really didn't expect that he had just seen the scene where the Wind Rider came to dominate the world, and before he could take a breath, he saw the legendary Poseidon again.

This legendary pirate has a wide circle of friends and has friends everywhere. It is not a boast.

On the deck, Blake looked at the tide hunter Neptulon who emerged from the whirlpool of the deep sea. The latter shrunk his body and turned into an elemental body about the same size as the Nagfar.

Although it does not look as majestic and powerful as before, the abyssal trident it holds in its hand adds an extra level of intimidation to it.

The void power on the trident has not been completely eliminated, but the purification of the water element has made it more closely connected with the sea, and it has once again become the scepter of the tide hunter.

The good news is that the Tidehunter came alone, and there was no leader of the Hydrasian Legion to come to eradicate the traitor.

The bad news is that its face is not pretty, and it no longer has the smile it had when it met Blake before.

"His Majesty."

Blake stood on the side of the ship and bowed respectfully.

He said in an extremely gentle tone:

"Why do you have time to come to your loyal servant today? Do you have something important to give me?"

"I just came here to ask you something."

The tide hunter looked down at the ghost ship and its captain in front of him, looking at this human servant who had done things perfectly in the past, which made him feel very relieved.

It said calmly:

"The sky wall re-entered the material world and Al'Akir broke the seal. Was it you?"

The pirate was about to answer, but saw the tide hunter raise his left paw and make a pause gesture to him.

The water element monarch emphasized:

"I want to listen to the truth, and I will also give you a chance to explain. I know you are not a reckless person. If you choose to do this, you must have your reasons."

"I was about to tell the truth, Your Majesty."

The pirate grinned, and under Sephiel's shocked gaze, he answered confidently:

"Yes, I planned the breaking of the Wind Rider, and I promoted all the plans before and after Sky Wall entered the material world. I know that you once warned me not to release Al'Akir.

But I'm not quibbling either.

I did this all for the benefit of the Throat of the Abyss and you. My lord, I am loyal to you, as the sun and the moon can tell you. "

"oh?"

The tide hunter was stunned for a moment.

It really didn't expect this bastard pirate to admit it so easily.

I haven't even forced a confession yet, and you gave it all away.

Why don't you make excuses?

How should I say the oppressive words I planned on the road if I said it so directly?

The water elemental monarch wanted to take advantage of the situation and let this stinky pirate taste the wrath of the sea. But being treated like this by the pirates made Neptulon feel as uncomfortable as being punched in the air.

"Is it for my benefit to release Al'A'kir?"

The Tide Hunter didn't know how to respond to Blake's "frankness", but he could only sneer and say:

"I know you have always been good at deceiving people, my Ocean Earl. You may have come up with many clever excuses to deceive me, but I will never do it this time, right?

What's this? "

Before the Elemental Lord finished his scolding, he saw the pirate taking something out of his bag and throwing it into the sea.

The thing was about the size of a human head, emitting weak but real elemental fluctuations. The tide hunter was attracted by it, slightly touched the thing with his own power, and soon heard a weak response from it.

It's like the weak wind is trapped in a cage and cannot escape.

As the water elemental monarch who participated in the entire War of Dominion, Neptulon quickly discerned the identity of this imprisoned element from the weak wind.

"Wind Chaser Sunderland?"

The tide hunter said in surprise:

"It's actually still alive?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Prince Windseeker is not only alive, but he will soon have good luck. After being imprisoned in dismemberment for millions of years, this unyielding prince is about to be rescued by his loyal subjects."

Blake spread his arms and said as if reciting poetry:

"After the crazy Al'Akir's perverse actions caused an elemental disaster and even led to his own death and defeat, in a background of chaos and despair, our great His Highness Sunderland will bring the goodwill and kindness from the Throat of the Abyss. Support the return to Skywall.

The troubled prince will stage a wonderful return of the king.

As a supporter, you will also gain a loyal elemental monarch as an ally. The era of hostility between the wind element and the water element will end in your hands.

After His Majesty Sunderland takes control of the Sky Wall, it will reciprocate and form an alliance with the Throat of the Abyss to jointly attack the biggest enemies of the peace-loving righteous elements.

That is, Ragnaros, the flaming tyrant who is afraid of chaos in the world! "

The stinky pirate secretly looked at the tide hunter's expression, and he deliberately said with a hint of regret and regret:

"As a loyal minister who secretly facilitated all this, I originally planned to advance this matter until I was 100% sure, and then give you this easy victory as a gift.

But your wisdom is as deep and great as the endless sea, and I couldn't hide it in the end.

In fact, the reason why I went to the Sea of ​​Storms to participate in the unblocking of the Sky Wall was to arrange for one of our two or five boys to enter the enemy camp.

The person I chose was none other than the Chief Priest of the Zandalar Sea of ​​the Order of Tides, the ambitious Cursed Pirate King Gaboya.

He didn't know my plan.

But under my persuasion, he has already made a plan to assassinate the Lord of the North Wind, the general under the false king Al'Akir. If my prediction is correct, he will start taking action in the near future.

This of course requires the support of the Hydraxia Legion.

You may lose a small fringe army as bait, but you gain the Boreas Lord's elemental core as supreme loot. "

"Editor, just keep making it up!"

The tide hunter listened to Black's description without expression.

The water elemental king knew that there was a lot of water in the stinky pirate's statement. Maybe this guy couldn't hide it anymore, so he changed his plan to reveal it to himself.

As the king of water element, it is not stupid.

It had already glimpsed the rebellious heart of the stinky pirate. It really wanted to wave its trident to this bastard, but when it thought about it carefully, it couldn't help but exclaim.

If everything develops perfectly according to Black's description, then the biggest benefit in this matter is actually it.

One of the rivals, the Wind Rider, will be killed, and a wind elemental king supported by himself will come to power. The Sky Wall and the Throat of the Abyss can join forces to attack Ragnaros's Fire Realm.

This is a beautiful thing that is unthinkable in the battle of domination.

It is not easy to determine who is the weakest among the four elemental monarchs. When Al'Akir's Neuro Knife attacks, the Stone Mother should be the weakest. When the Wind Controller performs normally, the wind element is the weakest.

But there is no need to discuss who is the strongest.

Ragnaros was hated by the three elemental monarchs at the same time and still survived well, which already shows the power of fire.

Of course, His Majesty Neptulon firmly denies the vicious rumors that he is the weakest among the four elemental monarchs, although it may indeed be the weakest one when it is still wearing Titan shackles.

But His Majesty the Tide Hunter refused to admit it!

In short, if Black's plan comes true, it seems that he really has nothing to lose, provided that the stinky pirate actually executes it as he described.

This conclusion made Neptulon hesitate for a while.

The Imprisoned Skull of the Wind Chaser that Black took out was not a fake. He should really have the idea of ​​pushing the Wind Chaser Sunderland to the top. There can only be one Wind God.

For Sunderland to take over, O'Rakir must die.

The statement of the stinky pirate in front of me does not have any problems at least at the logical level.

Blake was keenly aware of the tide hunter's hesitation. A fleeting but under-control smile flashed across his lips. He coughed again and signaled the tide hunter to open his water element domain.

Neptulon flicked his claws, and a clean water area was opened. The pirate jumped into it, and under the cover of the power of the water element monarch, he took out the Fist of the Heavens Holy Blade from his bag.

He put on the exaggerated storm glove, waved it in front of the tide hunter, and said:

"Look, Your Majesty, I have even prepared the bait to lure the Wind Rider. I have used my connections to reach an agreement with Odin, the Lord of War.

Odin, the cruel and overjoyed King of War, is struggling with how to deal with the Burning Legion's attack.

He plans to negotiate with the Wind Rider and ask the Sky Wall to join the anti-magic coalition in Azeroth. Based on your understanding of Al'Akir, do you think the Wind Rider will obediently comply? "

"it?"

The Tide Hunter stared closely at the gloves on Blake's hands. He could clearly feel the wind essence belonging to the Wind Rider in the gloves.

it says:

"Al'Akir will not surrender to the power of the Titan Guardian. This is its only remaining advantage. Its negotiations with Odin will definitely break down.

Then"

"It will die at the hands of Odin!"

Blake then said:

"Of course, I have to use this thing to lure it out of its lair on the Sky Wall first. Speaking of which, would your Majesty also join in? Maybe Odin will give you the honor of giving the Wind Rider the final blow. .”

"Forget it, forget it, I am a kind-hearted water elemental monarch."

The tide hunter was a little moved, but quickly shook his head.

It grabbed the Abyss Trident, covered its face with its claws, and said in a regretful and sad tone:

"I can't bear to see the tragic death of my brother who evolved from the origin of the world with me. When you kill it, stay away from the sea. Don't let me hear the death cry of the Wind Rider."

"Of course."

Black laughed and took back the Storm Fist and the Wind Chaser's prison cage. He said in a very hypocritical tone:

"Since His Majesty is here today, I still have something to report to you in advance, so as to avoid another misunderstanding between you and me. In fact, I have already arranged for someone.

Maybe in a few days, the seal of Deep Rock Continent, the territory of the earth element, will also be opened.

Your loyal comrade, Therazane, the Stonemother, will also return to the physical world.

I mean, would you like to send an envoy with me. If the Maw of the Abyss and Skywall were to form an alliance to attack Ragnaros, maybe the Stonemother would also be interested?

After all, she didn't like the Fire Demon King even if she thought about it. "

"sure."

The tide hunter thought for a while, nodded and said:

"After you enter the earth elemental stronghold, I will send Duke Hydracia to negotiate an alliance with the Stonemother on my behalf. You have done well, Black, and I am pleased with your plan.

Just do it. "

"It is my pleasure, Your Majesty, and I am honored to offer you my loyalty."

Blake retreated to the deck, rolled his eyes, and said:

"But to tell you the truth, this series of arrangements has made my money bag bottom out. The second-fifth son Gaboya I arranged is a greedy guy, and I have paid a lot to convince him of his ambition.

I'm not asking for reward from you, but I, how should I put it, after all, I still have a whole fleet waiting to be fed. "

“I have recently been learning about your human history, and I have learned a lot from it, such as the famous saying of Emperor Thoradin: nominal loyalty only deserves nominal praise.

You have just shown me your loyalty, and I am very pleased with it.

I will prepare a reward for you, but how much you can take out from my treasure house depends on your own ability. "

The tide hunter laughed, and its figure disappeared into the deep sea in front of it. Before leaving, it said meaningfully to Blake:

"Well, actually if everything goes well for me, I don't mind being a fool. After all, I am an elemental creature and I have eternal time to waste.

I don't care how much time you waste playing this loyalty game, my loyal and capable Earl, if you are bullied outside.

Don't forget, the sea will always be your warm home. "