Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Blake secretly welcomed Emperor Ai's arrival on the coast. This was a troublesome person that he had to personally deal with. He couldn't let Little Star come to pick him up, otherwise there might be an extra captive in Emperor Ai's court. The blue dragon clown that discharges electric sparks.

The pirates and Emperor Ai still had a lot to talk about, so Black couldn't spare time to deal with other people, such as the reception of the Nightborne expedition, so he left it to his first mate.

Wearing a red pirate hat, covering his face and wearing a black eye patch, Little Star dressed up like a professional pirate was standing on the deck of the Nagfar, with his hands on his hips, waiting for the children of the night. arrival.

Next to her were the shield maiden guards of Yi Shui, the storm dragons and gem dragons of the Little Star Legion, and Miss Milly, His Royal Highness's "military reporter", who was waiting for her round glasses to write beside her.

She is responsible for recording the powerful story of His Highness Asteroid.

Although the nature of this errand means that this story cannot be published in the main story of His Highness the Star, it can be described as a wonderful side story from a third-party perspective.

It will definitely add a lot of color to His Highness Xingxing’s next autobiography.

"They're coming."

Behind Little Star, who folded her arms and wore an eye patch to pretend to be a chic female pirate, the real "female pirate" Caitlin Ruinweaver whispered to her "new boss":

"I feel the space is shaking."

"Who can't feel it? When the staff is activated, it hits the space, just like swinging a sledgehammer on a person's head. The shock makes the person's head hurt."

The stupid blue dragon snorted and glanced at the "new little brother" he had just accepted.

I thought this girl was good at everything, but she didn't know much about the art of flattery. It should be left to the boss to show off at this time.

And Miss Caitlin, who was happy every day because she finally lived the pirate life that she had longed for, never stopped eating, and was despised by others, didn't care at all about the grievances between the old and new stars.

She's not a person who knows how to act based on people's looks.

When it comes to family background, she is definitely not as good as Little Xingxing.

But who hasn’t been a little prince who has been loved by thousands of people since he was a child?

Besides, she is a "warlock/pirate apprentice" personally recognized by Lord Black. This career starting point and introducer alone have guaranteed that as long as Miss Caitlin does not die unexpectedly, her pirate career will be successful. Tasty and wonderful.

At this moment, Caitlin no longer wore the captain's hat that she longed for but could not wear. Instead, she wrapped her head in red cloth like the other sailors. She wore a white pirate smock and black slim-fitting breeches, with a gift from Black on her waist. Her pirate scimitar and a spellcaster's dagger hanging from an evil skull.

Although this outfit is simple and unremarkable, in the eyes of a knowledgeable guy like Little Xingxing, this Caitlin has at least seven or eight high-level magic items hanging on her body, as well as a suspected legendary jewelry. Hairpins are pinned to the hair.

In the words of Captain Black, this little girl is a walking "fat sheep."

But she is not easy to mess with.

It is said that during this period of time on the North Sea, he hugged Anne Bonn's lap and killed the little heads of seven or eight stinky pirates who tried to do bad things to her.

In short, "Blade" Caitlin's reputation for being hot and fierce has spread among the North Sea pirates, which seems to prove that this rebellious daughter of the archmage is really a born "pirate child."

Well, from all aspects, this is not really a compliment.

Little Star heard about Caitlin's story and name on the other side of the North Sea, and specially transferred her from Captain Anne to the Nagfar as the first mate's assistant. This appointment made Miss Caitlin very satisfied.

She felt that her talent in the pirate profession was noticed by the little star mate, and she worked very hard these days.

But the actual situation is that Little Xingxing just wants to chat with Caitlin more and then "borrow" her story for use. Of course, the always generous Little Xingxing will definitely not let Caitlin suffer.

"Buzz"

Under the gaze of Little Star Boss and her follower Caitlin, it was like the process of the North Sea pirates teleporting from Rogue Port to Quel'Thalas before, in the sudden surge of sea water without warning and the roar of rolling and floating waves. , a strange fleet composed of thirty large and small ships suddenly appeared in the teleportation stream brought by the scepter of Sargeras.

The first battleship to sail into the rolling sea was red in color, with a sculpture of the moon god holding a cup as the bow, and the ancient battle flag of Yue County fluttering in the wind. From the side of the ship to the poop and then to the stern, there is a purple skull-shaped magic lantern every twenty steps.

Such strange decorations make the ship look mysterious and evil.

And its clean hull was covered with mysterious and gorgeous purple magic lines. These extravagant guys actually carved a pirate ship with various magic symbols all over its body.

Even when it is moving, this strange pirate ship still maintains seven or eight magic wards with various effects at all times. But the problem is that none of these wards are beneficial to the battle.

They are all flashy things like "warm air" and "light and shadow refraction".

And the seven Kul Tiran-style second-class battleships that followed behind this very powerful and mysterious-looking "Pride of Moonshire" all had the same problems and the same specifications.

This resulted in a sense of grandiosity throughout the fleet.

But the black-skinned elven pirates and their commanders who were guarding the deck of the ship seemed completely unaware of what was wrong with them.

Each of them wore uniform purple and black pirate uniforms, and used gold and silver threads and complex pendants to distinguish their superiors and subordinates. In the end, they even made something similar to a navy ribbon.

Needless to say, this style is completely unrelated to the vulgarity of pirates. There is only one pirate faction in the entire endless sea of ​​Azeroth who spends so much time on so many boring and meaningless things.

The Nightborne pirates of Shal'dorei have always looked to their Pirate King, Lady Anares Moonshire, as a model, and as a result, they have imitated themselves into the look they have now, making it difficult to judge a specific style.

If I had to use one word to describe this style, it would be "weird".

A strange sight at a glance.

At this time, in front of the deck of the "Pride of Moonshire", the flagship of the Shal'dorei pirate fleet, the grand mage Elisande in full dress was raising his hands, holding the scepter of Sargeras in his left hand and holding the Moon Arc in his right hand. A space beacon stone.

She almost completely copied Black's landing point in the waters of Quel'Thalas, allowing the Shal'dorei pirate fleet that was teleported along with the elite soldiers of Suramar to land exactly where the North Sea pirates had been.

The Grand Mage will be extremely majestic now.

Her body was suspended above the crimson deck, and there were black space cracks that were constantly expanding and contracting at the top of Sargeras' scepter in her hand. Those tiny spaces collapsed and turned into small black and white lightnings that enveloped her.

Coupled with her elegant and astringent Grand Mage's robes and the crown shaped by arcane magic that perfectly inherited the style of the Elf Empire's arcanists, Elisande at this time is like a space to control magic. god.

The whole pirate fleet appeared on the rolling sea behind her, and the scene was truly shocking.

The premise is that you don't know that these ships are carrying a group of drug addicts who need to drink magic wine three times a day to ensure their fighting strength. Well, the children of the night are probably the typical representatives of what people often say, "the gold on the outside is ruined on the inside." .

Anyway, judging by the standards of the Paladins, these black-skinned elves are really full of all five poisons.

However, this scene made the little Xingxing who was watching keep pouting.

On the one hand, she felt that Elisande was a bit too pretentious.

What are you pretending to be?

Any legendary spellcaster holding the Scepter of Sargeras can do what she is doing now, and it is not a rare ability. It depends on what she can do.

On the other hand, the way Elisande chose his landing spot made Little Star look down upon him.

Looking at such a majestic Queen of the Night, it was obvious that she was wary of the pirates on Black's side who were secretly working. The reason why she did not change the teleportation point was to pursue maximum safety.

The Grand Mage is indeed a cautious spellcaster, but he is also really disliked.

Even the conspiracy seems so petty.

"They're coming, boss."

Miss Caitlin didn't think as much as her new boss thought. She thought the scene of the elf fleet entering was very cool.

So I grabbed the dwarf camera and took several photos as my diary material. Then I grabbed the handle of my waist knife with satisfaction and whispered to the first mate Little Star:

"Those black-skinned elves are too arrogant. They were clearly invited by Mr. Black, but in the end they made us look like their vanguard.

Sure enough, my father's evaluation of the Night Child was right.

He often said that each of these black-skinned elves are poisonous snakes disguised by magic. Hidden under their seemingly polite appearance are the evil spirits that should be most vigilant among all elves. "

"It doesn't matter, let them continue to be arrogant."

Little Star sneered. She raised her left hand in a gesture that was very similar to when Blake was driving the ghost ship, and asked the ghost pirates to immediately sail towards the Nightborne fleet.

As the ghost ship moved, Princess Blue Dragon whispered to her "new servant":

“The more arrogant they are, the better it is for us.

To be honest, seeing the scene in front of me, I finally felt that I had found the deceptive feeling of the stinky captain. If you want others to be cannon fodder for you, you naturally have to "serve" them comfortably.

Let them jump into the pit of fire voluntarily instead of being pushed down by us.

Gee, I didn’t expect this dark wisdom to be really useful. "

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"Emergency report from Desom! The main body is human, and a ship suspected of being pirates from the North Sea has landed at the edge of Yonge Forest! Currently, more than 500 pirates have entered the residential strongholds within a thirty-kilometer radius around the city of Desom!

Dysom requests support from the Farstrider Legion! "

"Emergency report from Golden Mist Village! The local caster group has just repelled the third pirate raid. All six villages near Golden Mist Village have fallen. More than 300 civilians have been kidnapped by pirates. Four Farstrider towers have been attacked. Arrives for plunder.

Golden Mist Village is asking for support. "

In the Phoenix King's Court in Silver Moon City, the usually quiet palace was as noisy as a vegetable market today.

Warnings of attacks from various regions were constantly being gathered to the Sun King's imperial meeting. Several ministers were extremely busy. Even the parliamentary faction, which had always been at odds with the royal party, sent several members to help maintain order. By the way, Find out the situation and provide support.

But the result of converting the information that was constantly being sent into attack signs and placing them on the terrain sand table of Quel'Thalas made the ranger general Alleria Windrunner, who was urgently summoned, take a breath of air. .

On this topographic map of Quel'Thalas, all residential areas near the coast are surrounded by dense red dots.

Each small dot represents an enemy force of more than fifty people. Judging from the number of signs on the map now, the number of pirates arriving in this wave is at least 30,000!

Damn it!

Is this a stab at a pirate's den?

The most terrible thing was that these pirate bastards were scattered and plundered, like large swaths of bugs spread out. The degree of dispersion made Alleria frown.

This tactic is either a coincidence, or a vicious strategy specially formulated by someone who is very familiar with the Farstrider Legion's tactics.

With the standard configuration of a Farstrider team of ten people, it could just deal with pirates of no more than fifty people. Although it was one against five, Alleria was very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Farstrider rangers.

But the problem is, now that so many places are under attack, if Alleria wants to save them all, it means that she must dispatch the Farstrider rangers stationed in Eversong Forest and Windrunner Tower in the most basic small units. go out.

This means that once the opponent joins forces to counterattack, the Far Traveler Legion will suffer huge losses in a short period of time.

How valuable are the lives of elves?

Let alone one ranger for five pirates, even one ranger apprentice for fifty stinky pirates, Alleria would feel so distressed that she couldn't breathe.

Except for the immortal Kaldorei, the other elves simply cannot afford to fight a war of attrition on this scale!

And if it were just the pirates who adopted vicious tactics, the real trouble was the largest force among these pirates, which was the main fleet composed of nearly 5,000 people and 17 ships. It was captured by the North Sea Pirate King Anne Bonn. The commander is heading towards Silver Moon City at an extremely fast speed!

What do these bastards want to do?

They actually want to rob Silvermoon City?

Who gave them the courage!

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way quickly! The latest battle report from Sun Chaser Island!"

A Phoenix guard wearing blood-red armor staggered out of the palace. When he saw the frowning Alleria, his eyes immediately lit up. He took a few steps forward and handed the blood-stained document to the ranger. The general said again with difficulty in his thirsty throat:

"A new pirate fleet has appeared on Sunchaser Island! The number of ships is more than thirty! The number of personnel is more than 20,000. They are elves! They are Sha'dorei! Those black-skinned bastards are attacking us."

"What? Sha'dorei is also involved?"

The Ranger General's face turned even darker.

The Silver Moon councilors next to her looked at each other in disbelief, and then a surge of anger arose with the same enemy.

Pirates plunder the elven kingdom just for money, but when the children of the night, who are also addicted to magic, step into their territory, it is not just for money.

No need to think about it!

Those bastards must be coming for the Sunwell!

Several Silver Moon councilors immediately turned around to leave, but as soon as they moved they were scolded by Alleria:

"Where are you going? I haven't assigned you a task yet. Congressmen, this is a time of war. When the homeland is invaded, the Silver Moon Ranger General has the right to recruit all combat forces in the country!"

"We mean no disrespect to you, General."

A female congressman hurriedly explained:

"We just have to protect the Sunwell."

"We've all gone to defend the Sunwell, what about the people who were harassed by pirates?"

Alleria pointed to the map with dense red dots on the wall behind her in a cold tone and said:

"Inform the Silver Moon Council that I need you to assemble your spellcasters as quickly as possible and cooperate with the Farstrider team from the Yongsong Forest Camp to carry out teleportation raids and expulsion operations against the pirates!"

"But the sunwell is more important!"

Another male congressman said angrily:

“The sunwell is the foundation of this country’s existence”

"No! The people are the basis for the existence of this country! The sunwell is just a source of energy. If it is gone, it can be regenerated! But if the people are gone, there is nothing!"

Alleria pressed back with a colder and louder voice. In the deathly silent command room, the ranger general stood up, looked at the people around him, and said coldly:

"I ask you to obey my command! Anyone who has any objections will be prepared to go to military court!"

"I'm warning you, everyone, the ranger generals of the Windrunner family have an ancient tradition. We never joke about matters related to the survival of the people!"

Sister Windrunner glanced at the entire command room. No one dared to look at her at this time. Even the Silver Moon Councilors who had never liked the Windrunner family turned their heads in embarrassment.

They accidentally said the wrong thing just now.

"Immediately seek help from Lordaeron, Eagle's Nest Mountain, and Dalaran, and immediately withdraw all the plateau vanguard forces from Eagle's Nest Mountain!"

Alleria waved her hand and whispered:

"Shameless pirates and the Nightborne have declared war on us, and we need allies if we want to win. Also, help me make an appointment with Lady Gina Goldsword Proudmoore's spokesperson at court.

immediately! "