Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Blake is recruiting troops, and Dai Lin is not idle either.

Although he did not use the Kul Tiras fleet to fight in the sea this time, thanks to his old brother Barry Westwin's strict teachings about the Lordaeron navy, Dai Lin became familiar with it after two days. The command of this fleet has also become skillful.

His good friend is as reliable as ever. He used the training methods of the Kul Tiran Navy to form the Lordaeron Navy. This allows the admiral to perfectly integrate into this navy without even changing his familiar flags and command system. In the fleet system.

The most important thing is that Old Dai Lin has a great reputation. He said that his naval command art ranks second in the world. There is a high probability that no one dares to claim the first place.

With the addition of Old Dai Lin, the morale of Lordaeron's navy, which had been low due to the loss of its commander, suddenly soared to the breaking point. Dai Lin also cleverly promoted that Old Barley's death in battle was due to the evil designs of the pirates.

This gave the entire Lordaeron navy an aura of mourning for the same enemy.

Don't talk about whether it can be fought or not. Just the attitude of "one of the enemy and I must die" is enough to deter those ineffective and dirty pirates.

But Dai Lin is not full of confidence either.

He knows better than anyone how difficult it is to deal with his traitor, so while commanding the fleet to set up a maritime encirclement network, the admiral is also actively contacting his possible allies.

He sent an envoy to Silvermoon City and quickly received a response from the Sun King, who was recovering from his injuries.

Without even a few words of persuasion from Daelin's envoy, Anastarian, who had just lost the Sunwell, "stud" all his troops with red eyes.

He sent his son and his most trusted general, Alleria Windrunner, to command the Phoenix Mage and the Farstrider Legion respectively to provide firepower and air supremacy support for Daelin's fleet on land.

The old king has now entered a state of "burning heart and soul". Anyway, the sunwell is gone, and the future of the Quel'dorei elves is destined to be bleak. Instead of just swallowing his anger, it is better to play something big!

Elisande has died, but the anger in Quel'dorei's heart has not dissipated. They want to arrest the other culprit of this damn war. It is difficult to get rid of it without cutting dozens of knives and then destroying the ashes. The hatred in my heart.

As for the wizards of the Silver Moon Council,

They are no longer trustworthy!

Although Dar'Khan Drasil's fatal backstab was his personal act, it still seriously affected the image of the Silver Moon Councilors in the eyes of the Sun King.

This group of bastards who want to limit the royal power can just cause trouble in the country. Anyway, party fighting is already a "traditional art" in Quel'Thalas, but these bastards actually dare to seek refuge with Queen Azshara under the hatred of the country and the family. Directly led to the fall of the Sunwell.

To be honest, Anastarian's failure to dissolve the Silver Moon Council on the spot has proven that he is a ruler with qualified weapons.

And those Silver Moon councilors who survived also knew that they were in the wrong, and they did not dare to talk about restricting the monarch's power now. They went to the front line in despair and made logistical preparations.

They must take down Black or a pirate leader of sufficient weight to top the tank, otherwise the subsequent liquidation of the court will definitely cause serious damage to the Silver Moon Council.

In addition to the bottom-of-the-box support from the elves, the human Marshal Garithos, who had led his army to protect Silvermoon City, also received a letter from Dai Lin. The admiral asked the human infantry artillery units to enter the coastal positions and provide firepower for the fleet from the rear. support.

This request was implemented immediately.

Although it stands to reason that as the ruler of Kul Tiras, Daelin had no authority to mobilize Lordaeron's infantry, he received secret instructions from King Terenas before Marshal Garithos left Lordaeron.

No matter what method he uses, he must do his best to unite and protect his allies

Frankly speaking, Lord Marshal was also confused about this order. This was not an order that King Terenas, who was proficient in power and tactics, would issue.

But at this point, the marshal didn't have a good impression of the pirates, so he mobilized all his artillery to Sunchaser Island. Fortunately, the elves had many spellcasters to open the portal, otherwise such an urgent mobilization would be difficult to complete quickly.

The marshal himself did not want to miss this battle, so he brought a group of elite knights to the position to escort the artillery.

Also receiving orders were Stromgard's elite knights.

They were commanded by General Danath Trollbane, who was most capable of fighting. Although the role of cavalry in naval battles cannot be said to be meaningless, it can only be said that some are better than nothing, General Trollbane was still prepared. Prepare to pursue and capture the pirates on land after they escape.

In addition to these two official forces, Dai Lin also received an "unexpected blessing."

The gryphon legion of the Wildhammer dwarves also came uninvited.

According to these Sky Knights, they came to avenge their hero Kurdran Wildhammer. In the last battle at the North County Monastery, Kurdran was almost killed by the Lich King Lothar's sword.

The cause of that incident was also secretly promoted by Black Shaw, the evil pirate, so part of this hatred must fall on the undead pirate.

Dwarves are notorious for holding grudges.

Although it is not so exaggerated as to record the names of all his enemies in a big gold-covered and black-covered book, it is still a bad thing to provoke a dwarf.

For example, this time, the Eagle's Nest Mountain of the Wildhammers was not far from Quel'Thalas. After hearing that pirates had plundered here, they immediately set off.

However, what makes Dai Lin feel strange is that the commander of the Wildhammer Dwarf Air Cavalry this time is only a colonel, and there is no senior Wildhammer leader to take command. This is somewhat inconsistent with the military tradition of the dwarves.

The admiral asked the colonel why, but the latter also hesitated and didn't speak. When he asked the question anxiously, he pretended to buy Dai Lin a drink and tried to gag him.

There is something wrong with this!

Something big must have happened within the dwarves, as their top leaders are currently away from their respective territories, and Kurdran Wildhammer, the only one who can make decisions, is still recovering from his injuries.

This is why the air cavalry went out privately to take revenge.

However, although it did not comply with military rules, the addition of the dwarf gryphon knights gave Dai Lin more confidence.

These sky knights, who are known for their bravery, combined with the magically suppressed Elf Dragon Eagle Knights, will definitely be able to quickly seize the air supremacy in this sea area.

However, in addition to these orthodox allies that Dai Lin could think of, when the real war with the pirates was about to begin, there were also some "allies" that the admiral had never thought of suddenly jumped out.

"Well"

In the captain's cabin of Dai Lin's ship Sea King, the admiral looked at the "messenger" of the air element who looked like a big marshmallow in front of him with a strange expression.

This guy had just revealed its identity. It took out the elemental emblem from the Sky Wall, and proved its origins by screaming elemental language.

According to the interpretation of the Drustvar human shaman on the ship, this element should be a follower of His Majesty Al'Akir, the elemental monarch, the wind rider. The purpose of its coming here is to help Daelin fight against Black Shaw.

As for the reason.

"Your Excellency, Ambassador of the Elements, did you just say that Black Shaw was planning a despicable 'coup' on the Sky Wall? And His Majesty the Wind Rider has discovered this evil thing. You must capture Black alive in this battle." Take him back to the elemental realm and be punished?”

Dai Lin said in a strange tone:

"What evidence can you produce regarding this horrific and bizarre allegation?"

"Ouch!"

The air element has no facial features, so Dai Lin cannot judge its expression and attitude at this time, but judging from its snarling and excited posture, maybe this elemental creature is losing its temper?

The human shaman next to the admiral had difficulty interpreting the roar of the air element in front of him.

Speaking of which, humans actually have a shamanic heritage, but that is already the worship of elements from a very ancient era.

In this era, except for closed places like the Drustvar Mountains, human civilization has long abandoned the unreliable shamanic teachings, and the main body of their spellcasting power has been replaced by mages, priests, and the recently rising warlocks. .

That is to say, Dai Lin took advantage of Drustvar's "location advantage" to arrange such an outrageous profession as human shaman in his fleet.

But to be serious, the Storm Sages of the former Church of Storms can actually be regarded as a variant profession of Elemental Shaman, but "Storm Sage" has become a taboo in Kul Tiras.

But no one dared to mention this name in front of Dai Lin.

"Well, what this elemental ambassador means is that His Majesty the Wind Rider has felt Black Shaw secretly resurrecting its child in the elemental wind of the world.

According to Sky Wall's pursuit and verification, a small group of wind element nobles who conspired to rebel have already sided with the usurper.

If I translated it correctly, it should be like this, Your Excellency. "

The human shaman next to Dai Lin looks like a double sword.

While wiping his sweat, he reported to Dai Lin in a low voice.

But the admiral did not feel happy because of the sudden arrival of allies. On the contrary, he frowned and said:

"That's the civil strife of their wind elements. What does it have to do with us humans? Why do we have to arrest Black? How can he, a human, participate in the coup of the elements?"

"Well, Your Majesty, you should calm down."

The shaman next to the admiral shrugged helplessly and whispered:

"There's more to Black Shaw's saga than just participating in the Elemental Coup.

We shamans have our own communication circle. Not long ago, I heard the story of Black and the ruler of Deeprock from a tauren shaman who traveled in the Drustvar Mountains.

If you include this rumor, then three of the four elemental monarchs have already had contact with the 'Two-Face Man', which is something that we shamans simply cannot even think about.

From this perspective, it is normal for him to participate in the coup of the wind element. You cannot treat your son with common sense, I mean, the great pirate Black Shaw!

If it weren't for our hostile relationship, I would have to admit that that guy is really a legend. "

As he spoke, the human shaman hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said:

"And Your Majesty, based on Black's good relationship with the Throat of the Abyss, I guess there will definitely be water elements who will come forward to help the pirate fleet in this battle.

The absolute advantage of the water elements on the sea can only be offset by the wind elements.

So I suggest you accept this temporary alliance, otherwise we will have a very difficult fight. "

"Um"

Dai Lin rubbed her chin and hesitated, then said:

"Okay, then I will appoint you as the representative of the Kul Tiras fleet and the elemental camp, and you will be responsible for communicating and coordinating with the elements.

I have only one request for these uninvited allies! "

The admiral held the command knife and said in a deep voice:

"They must obey my orders! Completely, otherwise I would rather not have their help!"

"I will convey your message to these air elements."

The human shaman who was entrusted with the important task was very excited. He straightened his back, gave a military salute to the general, and left Dai Lin's cabin with the marshmallow-like elemental messenger.

The admiral opened the window in his captain's cabin and looked out. A siege net on the sea was almost forming. The only bad thing was that two ships were lost in the process.

The murloc pirates under Blake used ship-cutting tactics and depth charges to give Dai Lin a showdown.

But the admiral was not a freeloader. After realizing the activity of the fish-man pirates, the admiral immediately sent out all the dwarf submarines under his command.

The two sides fought a battle on the bottom of the sea, and finally relied on their numerical advantage to injure the fish people's weird submarine and force those dirty and savage creatures back.

However, such small conflicts will not affect the overall situation.

Dai Lin used his strong experience accumulated in his many years of military career to deduce the direction of this battle even before the war. If the opponent were ordinary pirates, the admiral would not even need to have the advantages of both quantity and quality. Go into battle and take command yourself.

Unfortunately, there was a guy across the street named Blake Shaw.

The worst thing is that that guy is his own son

As a father, and putting aside the antagonism between the two parties, Dai Lin may feel happy for Blake's career.

When he was the age of the stinky pirate, he was still working as a top soldier in the Stratholme area and thinking all day long about how to seduce the beautiful and mature big sister named "Gina Golden Sword" in the opposite elf army.

Alas, he is better than his predecessor, but it is a pity that he looks crooked.

"Buzz"

The transmitted magic power fluctuated behind the admiral. Mrs. Golden Sword, who had changed into an elf spellcaster armor, appeared in the captain's room with a magic sword that could go into battle.

Her expression was not good-looking. She took a few steps forward and said to the thoughtful Dai Lin:

"I learned something from my mage friends. Black has a staff in his hand that can force teleportation regardless of any space rules.

Although his allies are not here, he can summon pirates from all walks of life to come for reinforcements at any time if he wants.

Prince Kael'thas has promised that he will do his best to suppress Black's reinforcements, but we must do it quickly! Besides, I met some very strange people on the way here."

Mrs. Jinjian looked around and stuffed something in Dai Lin's hand.

The admiral lowered his head and glanced at the ugly badge that was corroded by the sea water. His eyes immediately became strange and he said:

"If I remember correctly, this emblem is the identification of a vicious pirate group that I sank near Booty Bay ten years ago.

I am certain that everyone in that pirate group was hanged from the mast by my own hands.

Where did you find it? "

"The dead come to life, Dailin."

Mrs. Jin Jian pursed her lips and said:

“I saw reflections under the water, a large fleet of ghosts marching, and I even saw the Devil’s Shark, the flagship of the Bloodsail Pirates.

It and its crew are undead.

This emblem was given to me by their envoy. They said that most of them died in your hands, but they are willing to maintain peace with you this time.

They were resurrected by an evil force called Hela and came here to take revenge on Black.

They say that this endless sea has been cursed by the power of Hela, and any pirates who die in the waves will be given a second life by the Queen of Hades.

And their resurrection comes at a price. Only by getting Black's head can these ocean undead rest in peace.

They won't cooperate with you, but they ask to join the fight. "

"The person I killed wants to cooperate with me?"

The admiral touched the corrosion emblem in his hand, shook his head, and said as if he was complaining:

"This naughty kid is really unpopular."