Shadow Trails in Azeroth

On the deck of the Nagfar, the sea giant demigod Ya'akorok was carefully observing the broken tidal stone, while Farodis's eyes were full of anxiety and expectation.

This is normal. When you have hope for something, you will inevitably worry about gains and losses. The magical prince from thousands of years ago was also not immune to this.

"We shouldn't trust this giant."

Next to Farodis, the newly boarded legendary shaman Magasa was looking at the sea giant demigod in front of him with a questioning and wary look.

Just like when evaluating a thief, she wagged her tail and said in a dissatisfied tone:

"We shouldn't present our sacred objects in front of him like this. This giant has terrifying power and knows so much about the Tidestone.

If he has bad intentions and uses the power of the holy objects to deal with us, it will be a disaster.

Blackshaw may have been a generous and cunning leader, but he was clearly not cautious enough. "

"You are not allowed to speak ill of my father, you bad cow!"

Magatha's question quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of Miss Shipling. Nagfar puffed his beard and stared at the female black cow and said:

"My father is the most cunning person in the world. If he dares to let that big giant touch the Tidestone, he must have his plan.

Ignorant mortals like you can't understand his terrible thoughts. Just do whatever he asks you to do. Stop talking nonsense and be careful. I'll send the terrible lunatic blue dragon thug Little Star to cut your tongue! "

"Oh, what a typical child's speech."

Magatha snorted, but did not refute.

She didn't want to ruin her relationship with the ship spirit now. After all, she was a new sailor on board the ship. Although she had been entrusted with an important task, she was still in the inspection period.

Now keep a low profile.

But her complaint has obviously been heard by Blake who is standing by the Tidestone. The stinky pirate is very satisfied with Magatha's "food protection" behavior, especially since the mentality of "we" representing the black cow has occurred. small changes.

As for her doubts, the pirate didn't care.

She had only been on board for such a short period of time that she had no idea what kind of person her new boss was, so it was not her fault for making such ignorant remarks.

Blake held the jug and sniffed the strange aroma of Winter Spring fire wine in the jug. He glanced at the sea giant demigod who was touching the Tidestone with his hand, rolled his eyes and said:

"You have been doing this for almost five minutes, and my evil crew has begun to suspect that you are using the Tidestone to do bad things, and they are plotting to kill you.

Of course, I'm not rushing you. I believe in you very much, but you have to give me some progress reports.

There's still a war going on over there in the ruins of Azshara, and I don't have time to keep going like this with you. "

"My children have already joined the battle, and the defeat of Naga is a matter of time. And I just use my own power to sense the degree of damage to the Tidestone. This is a very delicate job.

It’s worth taking your time. "

The sea giant demigod explained slowly.

But the stinky pirate believes that he is a ghost.

This guy's aura was obviously much thicker after coming into contact with the Tide Stone. It was obvious that he had used some method that Black didn't know to draw power from the ancestors' sacred objects.

Black actually didn't care that Yacorok used the Tide Stone to strengthen himself. After all, it was the ancestor of the sea giant family.

As the direct blood descendant of the Pantheon Titan Roarer Gorgonas in this world, even a stingy guy like a stinky pirate has no reason to stop the sea giants from pursuing their power.

But the premise that he doesn't mind sharing power is that it must be good for him, otherwise this kind of "stealing" in front of the master will cause very bad consequences.

Perhaps he also sensed the malicious intent that Black was accumulating. After a few seconds, Yacorok retracted his thick fingers meekly. The sea giant demigod glanced at the hip flask in the pirate's hand and said:

"I'm a little thirsty and I'm going to talk a lot. Can you give me some wine? The wine in your hand smells delicious. It reminds me of the palace wine I got by chance in the Elf Empire many years ago."

"You'd better give me some good news. Your greed has already made me feel dissatisfied."

The stinky pirate had a sullen face, and took out a few barrels of Winter Spring fire wine from his luggage and piled them in the hands of the sea giant demigod. The latter laughed and picked up a wine barrel, just like a mortal holding a wine glass, and he poured it into his mouth. I drank a few mouthfuls of it.

At the same time as he let out a pleasant groan, the strange power of Winter Spring Fire Wine exploded in his body, causing the sea giant's body to expand in an instant.

"Good wine! It tastes really good."

Yacorok applauded.

He touched his beard, which was as green as seaweed, and hooked his fingers at Black and Prince Faroldis. When the two stepped forward, they heard the sea giant demigod sitting cross-legged on the sea say:

"The damage to the Tide Stone has exceeded my imagination. This sacred object is almost irreparable. But fortunately, you found a way to inject the purest Titan energy into it, which allowed the secret energy of the sea and sky contained in the Tide Stone to be obtained A slight addition.

After all, this divine power comes directly from the power of Gorganes the Roarer. It is invisible and untouchable to mortals. Only the original bloodline of the sea giant like me can feel it. "

"For the sake of the wine I gave you, can you tell me something I don't know?"

Blake flexed his fingers and said:

"Tell me something about the curse."

"Don't worry, you grumpy little human."

Yacorok chuckled, drank up the wine in his hand in three or two gulps, threw the barrel away, picked up another barrel of wine, put it under his nostrils and sniffed.

He said in a low tone:

"I was about to say this, but do you really think Elf Queen Azshara can crush the Howler's relic with her bare hands?"

This question made Blake and Faroldis look at each other, but neither of them answered.

Clearly, they have their own ideas on the subject.

Faroldis raised his head and said to the sea giant:

"Although I don't want to believe it, I saw it with my own eyes that night! The Queen appeared from the night rain and smashed the Tidestone to pieces right in front of my eyes. She dropped the curse with her own hands."

"No, dead elf, what you see with your eyes may not be true."

Yacorok shook his head, and the sea giant said in a deep voice with a firm tone:

"The Tidestone is a creation that created the natural environment of Azeroth. It cannot be broken with powerful magic or brute force. According to my ancestors, unless a Titan comes personally, this world will not be broken." There is no power on earth that can damage it.

Of course, there are always exceptions to everything.

Just like when two equally strong eggs collide, one of them will always be damaged. So what I want to tell you is that 10,000 years ago, Azshara used the power of another Pillar of Creation to break the Tidal Pillar. stone.

Combined with what you've described to me about Azsuna's curse,

The will of those cursed souls has been maintained until the day they died. This is obviously the category of time magic! Therefore, I think Azuna's curse is composed of two parts: 'Titan secret power' and 'time'.

As far as I know, there happened to be another sacred object that could manipulate time stored in the Elf Palace ten thousand years ago. "

"!"

Blake was stunned for a moment and said in a surprised tone:

"You mean, when Azshara came that night, she secretly carried the Eye of Aman'Thul, the Pillar of Creation that can control time?"

"I can't say for sure, I'm just making a guess."

The sea giant demigod, who has already shown the temperament of being able to slip on non-stick pans, spread his hands and looked at Prince Farodis who was deep in thought. He said:

"Only those who have witnessed it can know the truth of the matter. Ten thousand years ago, I followed my father in seclusion in the Akolan Temple to repent of our sin of losing the Tide Stone.

However, the most important thing now is not to figure out the past, but to lift the curse.

After I part with you, I will personally go to Azsuna to check the situation.

Based on my understanding of the secret power of the Tidestone, the Titan secret power lost from this holy object should have been poured into the land of Azsuna by Azshara to keep the curse in effect.

If this is really the case, then I can use the broken Tide Stone to recover the remaining secret energy. This is what I can do for you.

But lifting the curse requires more than just withdrawing the secret power that maintains it. "

Yacorok shook his head and said solemnly:

"If the evil Azshara really uses the power of the Eye of Aman'Thul, then the last step to lift the curse is to bring the time-controlling relic to Azsuna.

Use it to break the lock of time, so that all the dead elves can wake up and enter the reincarnation of death.

I can't help you with this. I don't even know where the Eye of Aman'Thul is. "

Black and Prince Faroldis looked at each other again.

They know very well that the Eye of Aman'Thul, the sacred object that controls time, is in the city of Suramar, or to be precise, deep in the Nightwell of the Nightborne.

The Shal'dorei elves relied on the powerful arcane magic attached to the Eye of Aman'Thul to create the "Fountain of Night", which continuously provided the children of the night with magic to drink for ten thousand years.

The pirate gave Faroldis a wink, and the two walked aside and discussed in a low voice:

"I don't know whether what this sea giant said is true or not, but my reason tells me that what he said makes some sense. Compared to Azshara who is powerful enough to crush the Titan artifact with her bare hands, I believe Ya'korok's inference more. .

What do you think? "

Prince Farodis also nodded and said:

"I was not responsible for this part back then, so I didn't know much about Titan artifacts, but I also dabbled in time magic. I didn't think about it before, but now that I think about it carefully, the abnormal mental state of my subjects is indeed very serious. It's like being cursed by time.

Do you still remember the 'Time Lock' that Dean Blue Moon set up in her Nar'thalas Academy when you got the Tidestone fragment? "

Faroldis looked at his illusory hand and said:

"The Dean's Time Lock uses the Tide Stone as its energy source, which also proves that when you got it, there was indeed the residue of powerful time magic on it.

It seems that we have to go to Suramar later. "

"Not urgent."

Blake squinted his eyes and said:

"Let's wait until Ya'korok goes to Azsuna to check the situation. As for Suramar, I just learned a very important news. Maybe we can get the Eye of Aman'Thul without doing it ourselves.

It's just that I promised you that I would solve the problem here, but I didn't expect to have to keep you waiting again. "

"You've done a good job Blake, it doesn't have to be this way."

Faroldis tried his best to smile and said:

"Without you, I would still be living in the hostility of my subjects, lost in self-guilt. You did help me find a way to solve the curse.

Even just one half is enough.

We Azsuna elves are never cowards who leave everything to fate. We pursue what we desire with our own hands. "

"Ellisande is not my friend, but you are, so I will continue to help you. A good captain always strives to meet the needs of his crew."

Blake grinned and said:

"You wait a moment, I'll go find the sea giant and ask a few more questions."

After saying that, the pirate flashed back to Yacorok. The sea giant demigod was also in a good mood. He had found a sacred object that had been lost for thousands of years and his appetite was whetted.

While holding the wine given by Blake, he stirred the sea and randomly grabbed the delicious tuna from the sea and threw it into his mouth, eating it happily.

"Hey, you just said you wanted to teach me the correct way to use the Tide Stone."

The pirate raised his head and asked:

"Say it now. When I learn it, I will give you a fragment of the Tide Stone as promised. But you also said before that you and your children will be loyal to me. I can't pretend that I didn't listen. arrive."

"Order them however you want."

Yakorok grinned, his bloody teeth making him look very dangerous.

The sea giant demigod with the purest bloodline raised his head and poured a bucket of wine into his mouth. He burped loudly like thunder, picked out his teeth with his fingers and said:

"Their hatred of the naga will make them your best warriors, and as long as you keep fighting the naga, they will regard you as their leader.

Of course, you are also responsible for feeding them.

My children and I have both inherited the potbelly of our ancestor Gorgonas, hahaha, this is the only beautiful tradition we have left that has not been lost.

As for how to use the Tide Stone, I can teach you now, but you can't use it.

Because the power of the Tidestone is based on the integrity of the holy object, and it is now broken. "

The sea giant demigod shook his head, stared at Black, and explained:

"I'm not playing a word game with you, it's just a fact. Let me ask you, have you seen other Pillars of Creation?"

"I have seen the Hammer of Khaz'goroth and the Shield of Aggramar, and even touched them with my own hands."

Blake whistled and said proudly:

"I don't want to brag about my legend, but everyone with eyes should know that I'm a real big deal."

"You are really hopelessly narcissistic."

The sea giant demigod chuckled and said:

"Since you have seen the power of other Pillars of Creation, you should know that the remaining divine power of the broken Tide Stone is only enough for you to control its most basic abilities.

But neither the tide nor the lightning is less than one percent of the roarer's divine power.

The Hammer of Khaz'goroth controls the earth, and the Eye of Aman'Thul controls time. The most primitive and most powerful power of the Tidestone at the same level as them is to shape the ocean!

No medium is needed, no magic is needed, as long as you hold the Tide Stone, this endless sea will be under your control!

Of course, I don’t think Queen Azshara of the deep sea and the water elemental monarch Tidehunter you are now loyal to will allow you to pursue such power.

If you want to reshape the Tidestone, that means you have to be their enemy. "

Yacorok looked Black up and down. This old and crooked sea giant demigod said:

"You are handsome by humanoid standards. Perhaps after making certain sacrifices, Queen Azshara, who is always generous with beautiful things, will let you go.

But Neptulon is not an enemy you can dismiss with a smile.

So, do you really want to be an enemy of the sea’s nominal owner, and its real owner? "

After speaking, without waiting for Blake to answer, the sea giant stretched out his hand in front of Blake's eyes.

explain:

"Whether you dare or not, I don't dare anyway, so just give me a Tide Shard. I will teach you the knowledge of reshaping sacred objects right away.

Our ancestors may be disappointed in us because of this.

But there is no way, we have to survive first before we can think about the future.

So, the legendary pirate who is famous all over the world, let’s make a deal? "