Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"Oh, can you please be gentle! That's my face, not your assassination target!"

In the carriage returning to Stormwind City from Westfall, Black was sitting opposite Shore, letting the MI7 spy chief who was suppressing a smile help him apply healing medicine to the wounds on his face.

Although the stinky pirate was very angry and showed no signs of injury, just looking at his appearance, he was definitely very, very miserable, as miserable as being run over by a hundred elephants in turn.

"I said, why do we have to fight in the end?"

Shore wrapped one of the best magic pattern bandages around Blake's "seriously injured" forehead. He looked back at Long Beach, which was almost completely destroyed by the storm. He lamented that the Kingdom of Stormwind had lost a tourist attraction forever, and at the same time he was curious. He looked at Blake, who looked unhappy, holding a pipe in his mouth and closing his eyes to relax.

He said:

"The relationship between you and Queen Azshara seems to go beyond that of ordinary monarchs and ministers. I just secretly saw her whispering before leaving, asking if the beating hurt.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I always feel that the proud queen feels guilty for you.

Tell me honestly, did you sleep with the terrifying Queen of the Deep Sea, as the baseless rumors spread? It is said that you enjoy the feeling of being entangled with tentacles. "

"Okay! You Xiaoer, let me tell you where these damn lower body rumors came from. I didn't expect you to be one of those damn communicators!"

Blake was immediately furious. He slapped the table in the carriage and complained:

"I'm really fed up with these damn rumors, just saying that I had an affair with Her Majesty Ysera.

As the gossip queen of dreams, Her Majesty Ysera has been so debauched in outrageous rumors that she has had an affair with every druid with some reputation. She doesn't care about these anyway.

But how can you so shamelessly declare that I like tentacle girls?

Although Queen Azshara does have an exotic charm that most women don't have, as my brother, shouldn't you say a few words for me?

Why did you stand by and watch when they spread bad things about me, and even personally participated in the spread of these damn rumors? "

"But I don't think this is a satire on you?"

Shaw solemnly took out a cigar, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said:

"You don't know how excited the sailors at the pier are when they spread gossip about you after being drunk. They all have a look of envy on their faces, and they want to replace it.

The story of you and Queen Azshara has become the most popular erotic novel nowadays. Almost every noble lady in Stormwind has a copy. Mary even insisted that I ask you to sign it.

By the way, let me ask you about the details between you and the Queen that make people blush.

I think with your pirates' chaotic and crazy world view, this may be regarded as a kind of bragging rights by you.

That's Azshara

He is a character in myths and legends.

You slept with a god! My dear brother.

And when I witnessed the Queen's Lianjie you, I have to control the situation of ‘cherish’ that you do n’t want to destroy you. I really do n’t think it ’s nonsense.

This funny thing might be true. "

"Okay, stop talking about these damn things. You want to know why I ended this disagreement with Queen Azshara by destroying Long Beach?"

The pirate curled his lips, blew out a smoke ring and said:

"Stop pretending to be a fledgling. It's impossible for an old silver coin like you not to know what it's for."

"Did you call N'Zoth?"

Xiao Er chuckled and said:

"Fight with a decisive attitude, pretending to be defeated and flee, in order to give the desperate N'Zoth a little bit of hope, making him think that he can really win Azshara as an ally to deal with the Titan Guardian and you An inevitable attack?"

"That's pretty much it."

Blake sighed, looked at the calm sea in the distance, and said:

"To be honest, if I could, I would rather have the crusade against N'Zoth be completed by myself. There are some uncertainties in Azshara's character that are scary.

I really can't confirm that the dream of an empire's revival can truly restrain the willfulness and indulgence deep in her soul.

You know, she has the bad character of a rich lady who looks noble but is actually wanton and reckless. She always cannot control her desires at critical moments.

In other words, she has become accustomed to seeing her existence as the king of the world who can control all things and bear all consequences.

Although most of the time, she is.

But she didn't realize that she was actually playing a dangerous tightrope game, and one mistake at a critical moment could be enough to kill her.

She had already made a mistake once.

That had kept her stable for ten thousand years, but now that she saw victory in sight, that personal flaw was beginning to emerge again.

Fortunately for me

Otherwise, we still don’t know what shocking things she will do this time.

Alas, the long training has not yet been completed. It would be nice if you gave me a little more time. "

"Training?"

Xiao looked at his crazy brother with wide eyes. He was silent for a while and said:

"You evil guys are really good at playing. It really opened my eyes. Oh, by the way, did I tell you that Her Royal Highness Princess Calia is traveling in the Kingdom of Storms these days."

"?"

Blake blinked, looked at Xiao, frowned and said:

"What do you want to say?"

"Ah? Aren't you going to Stormwind City for your future wife?"

Xiao Er pretended to be surprised, but actually said with a suppressed smile:

"Oh, it seems like fate is unpredictable. Just when you were whispering to Queen Azshara, I sent someone to notify Her Royal Highness.

According to Her Royal Highness the Princess's reply, I have moved your accommodation tonight from the MI7 dormitory to Her Royal Highness the Princess's residence. Now she should be packing up and waiting for her fiancé's arrival.

Do you need me to help you send someone to inform Her Royal Highness that you have something to do tonight and can't go? "

"You bastard!"

Blake covered his head and said with a painful look on his face:

"I'm very busy now, please don't cause trouble for me, okay? Are you happy to see me having a headache? I just had a fight with the most powerful woman in the world, and then I have to go to Blackstone Mountain to deal with the black dragon Well, I really don’t have time to waste on these things.”

"I know, as a man, you have to put your career first."

Shore laughed, took out a stack of documents from the secret compartment of his carriage, and handed it to Blake, who took it in his hand and looked at it, then looked at Shore in surprise.

He said:

"It seems that I underestimated MI7. You have actually collected so complete information about the Black Dragon in Blackstone Mountain. Are you planning to launch some plan against them?"

"Well, there was this plan, but it had to be shelved due to His Majesty Lothar's resurrection and the invasion of the demon spies."

Shore explained:

"Actually, the reason you mocked us for being infiltrated like a sieve was because I sent all the capable agents to the Burning Plains and Searing Gorge, leaving the agents who stayed in the headquarters to be a group of novices.

The concern for the black dragon is not only related to the national security of the Kingdom of Stormwind, but also related to my personal strength. "

The spy chief took out his Dragon Fang Blade. He stroked the blade and said to Black:

"Ever since you gave me this powerful weapon, I have been looking for traces of the black dragons and obtaining source material gems from them. According to your reminder, I have strengthened this pair of sharp blades to the limit.

Next, it is time to obtain the power of the powerful black dragon to complete its second promotion. This weapon may become a national-protecting artifact for the Kingdom of Stormwind and even the future human empire. It cannot be careless.

We also received help from the red dragons from the Ruby Holy Land. Several blue dragons also participated in this operation. They were eager to see the black dragon suffer misfortune, so they put in a lot of effort.

I have planted some spies among the dragon servants in Blackwing Lair.

If you plan to take action against the Black Dragon, then we can advance this matter together. "

"Well, it's not impossible. We brothers haven't been on the battlefield together for a long time anyway, but you probably have to overcome your dislike of green-skinned orcs this time."

Blake looked through the documents and said to Shore:

"This time the orc warriors under Chief Red will also be involved in this matter, as well as the Dark Iron Dwarves. Their queen has become intolerable to the black dragon's infiltration in Shadowforge City."

Xiao was silent for a few seconds, nodded and said:

"I can cooperate with the orcs. This is for the benefit of the country. By the way, since we have talked about this issue, we can also talk about the orc shelter placed in Redridge Mountain.

The castle specially used to hold orc prisoners was recently invaded by black dragons. In order to defend it, the soldiers of the Morgan Legion suffered heavy losses.

His Majesty Varian wants to get rid of this burden.

After all, the money used to maintain the castle comes from the kingdom's tax revenue, and His Majesty no longer intends to keep those green-skinned prisoners who can't do anything. "

"Send someone to talk to Red about this."

Blake dropped the document, spread his hands and said:

"I don't care about this, and I don't care. Anyway, you are not far from Blackstone Mountain. I believe that MI7 must have the means to contact Red.

Maybe you can become a role model for the seven human nations. "

"Of course Stormwind Kingdom can, but you have to consider the situation in Northern Xinjiang."

Shore knocked on the table and reminded:

"Releasing the orc captives to the orthodox tribes will undoubtedly arouse the anger of the people. Let's not talk about Gilneas. That country has already thrown away its burden during the Werewolf Rebellion.

Don't think I don't know that during that time, a large number of orc prisoners of war belonging to Gilneas were secretly sent to Blackrock Mountain by the Uncrowned Ones.

But other countries are not so easy, especially Lordaeron and Stromgard, and now, there is an opportunity in front of you, my brother. "

"What exactly are you implying?"

Blake stared at Shore with wide eyes. Obviously, he knew what Shore was talking about and he was just pretending to be confused.

"Princess Calia has been confirmed as the next king of Lordaeron."

Shore didn't mince words either.

He tapped the table again and said to Blake:

"As long as you convince her, King Terenas, who has decided to abdicate, will probably not object to the release of those orc prisoners. To be honest, in order to feed those orc prisoners in recent years, various countries have been under great pressure.

Everyone is waiting for an opportunity to either kill all the orcs or throw them out like garbage. Anyway, all countries already have ambassadors in the world of Draenor, and the reconstruction of that world requires a lot of manpower.

Everyone is waiting for the first one to stand out.

I mean, if some agreement can be reached with Draenor that's beneficial to the kingdom, it's not like these greenskins who committed war crimes can't be sent back to their world.

To be honest, with the demonic war coming soon, leaving a huge group of greenskins suffering from demonic blood in the heart of human civilization is a potential threat.

As an intelligence collector, I want us to get rid of this hot potato more than anyone else. "

"Is this what you meant, or Varian's?"

Blake was silent for a few seconds before asking.

"His Majesty Varian regards Princess Calia as his biological sister, and he also hopes that His Majesty the Princess can have a perfect life and a beautiful marriage.

But due to reasons known to everyone in the past, Princess Calia could no longer obtain all the happiness she desired from ordinary men. "

Shore sighed, lit his cigar, and said:

"From a personal point of view, I sympathize with her. There are really not many people in this world who can protect her, and your identity and your strength are destined to be the most suitable one among them.

Her Royal Highness the Princess's appearance and personal temperament are very outstanding regardless of the aesthetics of any race. I don't understand why you must resist this marriage that everyone wants to see?

There are so many women around you, and she is not the only one left, right? "

"I'm not resisting, Shore."

Blake propped up his chin on the table and looked at the scenery entering Elwynn Forest from the Western Wilds. He saw the towering Western Spring Fortress in the distance, and also saw a group of boy scouts being led by soldiers for training in the forest.

He rubbed his forehead and said:

“It’s actually not difficult for you to understand that all Caliya needs is a husband who can protect her in name only.

Although many people accuse me of being sentimental, I can tell you responsibly that my wives and I are in true love. Don’t laugh, you bastard! I mean it.

Our relationship is based on taking each other seriously.

But political marriage is different.

I can absorb Calia as my pirate captain, give her the status of a pirate governor, and even help her complete this marriage, protecting her with a nominal husband-wife relationship.

But I really don't want to pay extra emotion for it.

I knew who she was, I knew information about her, her past and her character, but emotionally she was a stranger to me.

Would you suddenly fall in love with a stranger?

If you do, you're a lunatic.

Do I look like a madman to you? "

The pirate sighed melancholy. He was as melancholy as a young man in his twenties who had no serious job and fancied himself a literary writer.

He said:

"I slew Elisande for Sephiel, overthrowing a nation. I hunted two ancient gods for the resurrection of Xal'atath. I am about to travel through the ruthless time for my Maiev, and even to complete it. A difficult mission to balance the stars.

You see, every relationship puts me under terrible pressure, and under these circumstances, starting another relationship is not a wise choice for me. "

Shore was stunned for a moment. He and others had indeed never thought about the problem from this perspective.

He nodded and stopped persuading Black to accept Princess Calia. This was tantamount to Shore giving up the mission entrusted to him by His Majesty Varian, but the person opposite was his brother.

Some things always have to go above and beyond the call of duty.

"Put me down in Goldshire. I'll rest for one night at the Lion's Pride Inn, and then I'll set off for Blackstone Mountain."

The pirate blew out a smoke ring and said to Shaw:

"Say hello to His Majesty Varian for me, and wish the great High King an early completion of his great cause of unifying the empire. By the way, let MI7 be prepared.

For the sake of my brother's power, which is already at hand, let us hunt down a few dragons to please ourselves. "