Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"Are you outsiders so rude when asking for help?"

Ten minutes later, by the bonfire of the ruined temple, the released fox leader rubbed his shoulders, his furry face showing extreme dissatisfaction.

She put her paws to her mouth and whistled. The little alpaca with black and gray fur immediately jumped up to the fox man with cheerful steps and circled around her.

The other foxes captured by the orcs were released, probably to express "apology." Maim also led a few orcs to help the foxes clean up the caravan that had just been messed up.

The sand was filled with supplies that the fox people had worked hard to collect in the desert.

Living in this desolate place is very difficult when you think about it, but the fox people's caravans are very large, each like a house pulled by an alpaca, and they can store quite a lot of things inside.

This fox-man tribe has nine caravans, which contain all their property. There are fifty or sixty people in them, and they are already considered a relatively large fox-man tribe in the Wharton Desert.

It's really hard to imagine how these little guys collected so many things in the desolate Wharton Desert.

At this time, these fox people did not refuse the help of the orcs, but they did not have a good face towards these violent green-skinned big men.

However, a fox man who can become a leader is naturally more cunning and calm than his compatriots.

She reached out and stroked the down of the little alpaca, took out a few green leaves from the bag at her waist, fed them to the little alpaca, and said to Blake with a grin on her face:

"You can find our lost alpacas, and you can definitely find our campsite. Why don't you send a messenger to help? Do you have to lead us here?"

"Because we're pressed for time."

The pirate said with a false smile without changing his expression:

“And it was sheer luck that I picked up jasmine in the desert.

I didn't find your camp under the cliff in the southwest, nor did I sneak in and observe you gathering together to wag your tails and sing. "

"!"

The fox leader's tail flicked fiercely, her fox-like eyes stared at Black, and said:

"Mickey said I was overthinking, but I knew that a few things were indeed lost in the camp! You took the map box we put in the camp, right?"

"Did you lose something? It's really miserable."

Blake poked the bonfire with a wooden stick and said without sincerity:

"Be careful next time. I heard that many of my fellow stalkers have the habit of taking things randomly. You are not always lucky enough to meet an upright and honest thief like me.

Okay, let’s get down to business.

As you see, I have more than a hundred men, and I need to hire your tribe. After your nine caravans are completely unloaded, including the roofs, and squeezed inside, they will be enough to accommodate the rest of us.

And your coyote mount can also take some of the pressure off. "

The pirate looked at the fox leader and asked:

"I can pay with whatever you need, but I have a question. From here to the south across the entire Wharton Desert, with you leading the way, is eight days enough?"

"enough."

The leader of the fox people scratched his ears, rolled his eyes and said:

"If we take the coastal trade route of our fox people, it will take seven days, but if we take the road of Akunda Temple, it will only take five days to reach the southern coast.

You are going to Zemlan Port to find the Pirate King's treasure, right?

Actually, you don’t need to go. "

She shook her fluffy tail and said regretfully:

"We fox people have lived in Wharton for almost six thousand years. Every generation of the most adventurous fox people tribe will go there to find the legendary treasure.

But generation after generation we rummaged through that place, and there was nothing there but a cursed ruin. "

"some."

Black didn't need to look to know that the cunning little fox-man was telling a lie.

His old god said calmly:

"The clues are in the ruins of the harbor, but you didn't see it. Let's talk business. I've seen Gilnean merchants in the eastern continent, and they also used caravans to pull goods around the countries in the northern Xinjiang.

In some remote areas they are very popular.

To be able to develop such a caravan, I guess you fox people must be very good at doing business, so you female foxes don’t have to have any doubts and tell me the answer directly.

Are you willing to help us? "

"I have a name! You are not allowed to call me a vixen!"

The leader of the fox people bared his teeth at Blake, and she hugged her paws in dissatisfaction and said:

"My name is Eudora.

As for your business, you see, it's not that I won't help you. If I want to bring you and your greenskin men with me, I have to unload all the supplies that our tribe has collected over many generations.

And you are too big.

If you want to sit in a caravan, it needs to be pulled by an alpaca. A maximum of six greenskins can fit in a car. If you want to go together, we have to rent our coyote to you.

But in this case, my people will not be able to accompany them.

I still have to find a place to place them. The Wharton Desert is very dangerous, and you outsiders have no idea how hard our lives are. "

The pirate pursed his lips. He looked at the little fox leader in front of him, holding his paws and waving his tail. He said:

"So, Eudora, what you're saying is that the price has to be increased, right?"

"Smart."

The fox-man laughed, showing a very cunning and cunning expression. She did not hide it and said to Blake openly:

"I don't want you to pay me in advance, but no matter what you find on this trip, my tribe will take one-third of it!"

"This is too much! Impossible!"

Before Blake could speak, Tiga Evil Eye, who was standing behind him with a dog-legged attitude, complained loudly:

"You are too greedy! I will give you a tenth at most!"

"Okay, then one tenth."

As soon as Xie Yan finished speaking, the cunning fox man immediately waved his left hand with only four fingers, and the big tail behind him swung very happily, and he agreed with a sinister smile on his face.

"Well"

The orc warlock suddenly looked embarrassed. When he lowered his head, he saw the faint gaze of his captain, which made him tremble.

"You are the only one who talks a lot!"

Blake cursed and said with a look of disgust:

"Go, go, go out and help the little foxes organize their supplies. Remember to take good care of them."

The pirate emphasized the word "care", causing the expression on Eudora's furry face to change, and she said again:

"Oh, this is negotiable. It doesn't have to be one-tenth."

"Well, you seem to be a very knowledgeable leader."

Only then did Blake smile. He rubbed his chin, which had grown a messy beard, and said:

"Do you know how much treasure Zemlan left behind? Asking for a tenth of it really gives you a good appetite. For a cunning and greedy little man like you, it would be a pity not to be a pirate.

How about this.

I'll give you ten percent, but how about you and your tribe joining my pirate group? I will help you get a boat to use as your new home.

You see, Wharton is such a desolate place, and your wisdom cannot be used here at all. "

The pirate looked at the fox-man in front of him, with light shining in his eyes.

This young fox leader is not simple.

Blake remembered her name.

She is in the future.

To be precise, 14 years later, when Dai Lin died in Kalimdor at the hands of his rebellious daughter and the order of the South China Sea trade route completely collapsed, he would choose to leave Wodun with his people. Become a pirate captain.

Moreover, the "Water Rat Gang" she founded has indeed made a name for itself in the South China Sea.

Since he can become a famous pirate captain in the future, it means that this ambitious and restless female fox is born in the ocean. This kind of person is what Blake needs most now.

Blake's words made the fox-man Eudora freeze on the spot.

She didn't expect that the human in front of her would take the initiative to recruit her.

Oh my god.

This is the first time they meet.

Even the word "human" was something Eudora had just learned a few minutes ago. This person didn't play according to the routine, which made the leader of the fox people a little confused about how to talk to him.

"I need to think about it, this is too sudden, I know nothing about you and your power, and our first meeting was not a 'friendly' one.

This makes me worried. "

A few minutes later, she swung her tail, suppressed her words, and then changed the subject abruptly:

"Why don't you complete this journey across the desert first? I will be your guide and take you to the Akunda Temple. Is that okay?"

"Problem, yes!"

Blake dropped the wooden stick in his hand, spread his hands, and said calmly to Eudora:

"You have been persuading me to take the path of the Akunda Temple. Are you planning to trick us outsiders? Do you think we know nothing about Wharton?

Something happened to the temple of the troll Loa recently, and it affected the local activities of you fox people, right?

Are you planning to kill someone with a borrowed knife after seeing my men's amazing fighting prowess?

You fox people are so small, why are you so brave? Aren't you afraid that things will be exposed and your little tribe will disappear overnight? "

Eudora's furry face showed an expression of surprise and uncertainty. She took a step back and looked at Blake more and more warily.

After talking to this human for only a few minutes, she felt that she had been being led by the guy in front of her, as if she had fallen into his preset network as soon as the conversation started.

As the conversation progressed, the net tightened little by little.

"Well, our first meeting was indeed not a friendly one, Eudora. For a businessman or explorer, this is a bad start.

But if you think about it on the bright side, if you look at it as a pirate, then my performance and that of my men are very qualified. "

Blake showed an indifferent smile.

He said to the fox man in front of him:

"As you said, take the road to the Temple of Akunda. In fact, I have heard about what is happening there, and I also want to pay homage to Akunda, the God of Storms.

As long as it doesn't take too much time, I'll be happy to help you fox people solve a little trouble.

But you must at least tell me how those exiles who gathered at the Akunda Temple came into conflict with you? "

"They. They captured our people."

Eudora was a little conflicted, but under Blake's gaze, she finally decided to tell the truth.

She waved her big tail and said to the pirate:

"The past few hundred years were peaceful. Akunda was not a tyrannical Loa. He had been guarding the order of the Wodun Desert together with the tiger god Jibur.

Occasionally, they will help us defend against the attacks of those crazy unfaithful snake-men.

But a year ago, things changed. Many fox tribes had members who disappeared inexplicably. Several leaders who were familiar with me went to look for them.

But they never came back.

It is said that our tribesmen were recruited by the new priests of the Akunda Temple to join a strange organization.

I haven't paid much attention to it. My tribe has been operating on the edge of the desert, but last month, several of my tribe members also disappeared! It must have been the new priest of Akunda who was up to something.

We are locals. Even if we want to take our people back, we cannot use force in the troll's holy land. What's more, we fox people have not been good at fighting since we were born.

We may not be able to defeat those trolls.

But you sure can!

Those greenskins are very powerful, even more powerful than the trolls, and you are outsiders, so you don't have to abide by Wharton's order. I really don’t have any bad intentions!

I swear! "

Eudora raised her left paw and made a gesture of swearing.

She acted very sincerely and said to Blake:

"As long as you can help us bring those irrational tribesmen out of the temple, I will definitely send you to Zemlan Port. I won't charge you a penny."

"good."

Without hesitation, Blake stretched out his hand towards the fox-man in front of him and said:

"That's it. I don't want to wait any longer. Let's set off tonight. Go and meet our lovely and powerful, honest and unlucky storm god Akunda."