Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Suramar City, in the Chief Arcanist's Manor.

Thalyssra, wearing the gorgeous Suramar Arcanist robes, is making final adjustments to the portal that is about to open.

The First Arcanist was filled with rage, especially every time she saw her once warm but now ruined manor.

Although several days have passed since the incident of being robbed by pirates, and Thalyssra has used official power to prevent this shameful incident from spreading, the "story of extraterritorial pirates and Ms. Thalyssra" has still been discussed in recent days. Today, it has become the latest gossip among various districts in Suramar City.

Among the increasingly outrageous rumors, some people have already blamed the chief arcanist for what happened to the Yuejun sisters.

The vast majority of Suramar citizens who had nothing to do also added some artistic "creations" to the story.

"Oh, my dear Thalyssra, you don't even know how those people are planning you now.

I was at a dinner party in a wealthy neighborhood last night and heard a terrible tidbit. The servants of the Astava family are chatting privately that crazy extraterrestrial pirates captured you alive when they looted the arcanist's manor.

They also said that those pirates originally planned to take you to the continent on the other side of the Endless Sea and dedicate you to their emperor as a slave.

The bored nobles also spread the news wildly at each other's banquets.

They also slandered you by saying that in order to keep your reputation, you begged the pirates for mercy, and finally gave up all your property and bribed the greedy pirates to escape. "

Another high-level arcanist wearing gorgeous arcanist robes, but thinner, shorter than Thalyssra, and always speaking with a hint of sarcasm, was leaning on the bench behind Thalyssra. .

While sipping the magic wine, she read the urban rumors she collected.

She must have a good personal relationship with Thalyssra, otherwise she wouldn't be able to speak in such a frivolous tone in front of the Chief Arcanist.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Thalyssra, who put a magic gem into the portal that was about to be activated. There was no obvious emotion on her cheeks under the hood.

"The nobles in the wealthy areas like to spread these boring rumors. Over the past few thousand years, I have become accustomed to their shamelessness.

My dear Valtroy, if you are in the mood to think about boring jokes, why not use your excellent perception of the magic network to help me calibrate the portal for the raid. "

Thalyssra said helplessly to her bereaved friend:

"I asked Ms. Elisande to apply for this magic swordsman force to be the vanguard. If we want to eradicate those dirty pirates at once, we must ensure the absolute accuracy of our landing point."

"Don't worry, I have collected several rumors about you here. Wait for me to read them to you."

Arcanist Valtroy flipped through the codex in his hand and said enthusiastically:

"Let's ignore the boring games of those nobles and talk about the citizens of Yongyue Common Area. I really didn't expect that they are busy with their daily lives and would actually be in the mood to pay attention to gossip related to you.

What was said over there was even more outrageous and exaggerated.

There are also people secretly spreading very vicious rumors to slander your reputation. Those rats said that not only were you captured by pirates that night, but you also experienced dirty and terrible humiliation by the pirates.

They added a very shameful eroticism to this matter, and the details were vivid and vivid.

He also said that you were tortured as the pirate captain's personal plaything for several days before you found a chance to escape from the pirate ship. This is just the most widespread rumor, there are other versions.

The most outrageous one is that someone swore that the person in the manor now was just a substitute found by the great magician to stabilize people's hearts.

It is said that the real chief arcanist Thalyssra was humiliated and killed on the night of the pirates' robbery. "

Having said this, Valtroy blinked and said to Thalyssra:

"Look, you can always trust the people's enthusiasm for watching the excitement and spreading rumors. Moreover, there are still people fishing in troubled waters. They are obviously your political opponents in the city, using this incident to humiliate you and attack you. prestige.

It seems that your position as 'Chief Arcanist' is being watched by many people.

You are very unpopular, my friend. "

"I don't want to hear this, and I'm not in the mood to discuss it."

Thalyssra responded with a cold face:

“Now I just want to capture those pirates who humiliated me.

When the pirate leader named 'Black Shaw' is taken as a prisoner and tied naked in the square in the center of the city, these sad rumors will be self-evident.

Those shady conspiracies against me will also be wiped out by a straightforward revenge.

Valtroy, I came to you to help!

Are you going to sit there and tell dirty gossip about me, or are you going to come and help me hunt down the pirates who have humiliated me and all of Suramar? "

"Oh, don't be angry, Thalyssra. You and I are only good at fighting and studying magic theory, my dear friend. You should find more professional people to deal with such delicate things as portals.

For example, Oculus, the famous 'Teleport Master' in the city. "

The arcanist named Valtroy sat up from the bench. She pulled her hood outwards, revealing her white hair tied into a ponytail, which is also one of the characteristics of the children of the night.

Probably due to the influence of magic addiction, both men and women of their race have long snow-white hair and white eyebrows.

This high-level arcanist with a bad personality stretched out on the chair, exposing her elegant and slender waist line. She said to the chief arcanist without interest:

"Didn't you find him?

Although he is quite critical of the rule of the Grand Magister, always spreading some terrible remarks, and has a notoriously eccentric personality, his attainments in teleportation are indeed worth learning by all arcanists.

Moreover, I heard that you have a good relationship with him in private? "

"I invited him."

Thalyssra took out her pocket watch and checked the time, then said to Valtroy:

"But he has been late for almost twenty minutes, and he should be carrying out his weird research again. He has been trying to activate the nodes of the magic water channels outside the city.

It's just that the nodes he personally arranged were abandoned thousands of years ago. I have never understood what our chief teleportation master wants to do? "

"I know."

Valtroy covered his mouth and chuckled.

She looked around, stood up, walked to Thalyssra, and whispered in her ear:

"The eccentric 'Teleport Master' is trying to quietly open the node of the magic water channel in the sewer of the Night Fortress, which is very close to the bottom of the Night Well.

You know, if you can get there, you'll have access to endless amounts of raw magic! It only needs a little processing and can be used by thousands of people for a long time.

I also heard that Oculus seems to be very close to the 'resistance' in the city.

That old guy is trying to stage a rebellion against the Grand Magister!

Stop acting in front of me, my friend. You must be involved in Oculus' terrible plan! You can't hide it from me! "

"Don't talk nonsense! I am extremely loyal to Ms. Elisande!"

The chief arcanist was horrified and hurriedly reached out to cover Valtroy's mouth, but the latter nimbly dodged it.

This high-level arcanist with a bad personality put his hands on his hips and waved his hands while saying to his friend:

"What are you afraid of? Are you still worried that I will inform the Grand Magister? My Thalyssra, although you appear to be loyal to the Grand Magister, no one in the Dark Night Fortress knows that you have always been a 'civilian sympathizer' .

After Mr. Yuejun's death, the city guards have been trying to capture the 'resisters' in the city. Those guards are all a bunch of mediocre people, but Suramar is so big, they will not be busy for several years without achieving anything.

There must be someone at the top helping the 'rebels' cover up the news.

That person is you!

And before Mr. Yuejun died, you had a very deep personal friendship with him. I heard that it was the recommendation of the Yuejun family that allowed you to obtain the title of 'advisor' to the Grand Magister. "

Valtroy laughed a few times in a weird tone. She looked at Thalyssra who looked nervous, waved her hand and picked up a crystal ball from the side to help Thalyssra calculate the coordinates when the portal opened.

Then he said:

"Don't worry, although I am not interested in the 'rebels' and their cause, I have no idea of ​​using the life of my good friend as a way to advance.

I'm just reminding you, Thalyssra.

The Grand Magister has decided to open Suramar and bring all the children of the night back into the world. The biggest change in the city of Suramar in 10,000 years is about to come.

At this juncture, you'd better keep a low profile and suppress your sympathy that has nowhere to go.

Without your protection, those 'resisters' might be suppressed, or at least they would not die.

But if you are caught and denounced as a traitor who is disloyal to the Grand Magister, Oculus will not be able to rescue you from the exile prison of the Magic Corridor.

Don't expect me to help then.

You know me.

I have always been a very selfish person, and I would not do such a useless thing.

There is no problem with the coordinates, and the magic beacon has been arranged.

Get ready to pounce. "

The thin and slender high-level arcanist Valtroy held the gorgeous wand around his waist with great interest. It seemed that he was ready to rush through the portal and kill everyone on the pirate ship.

Thalyssra was a little confused. She knew that her friend Valtroy was a very keen spellcaster even though he occasionally spoke inappropriately.

She must have sensed some danger, so she took this opportunity to come and warn her.

In addition, just listen to Valtroy saying that he is a selfish guy. She and Thalyssra have known each other for hundreds of years, and the chief arcanist knows very well that his friend has a arrogant temperament.

If he is really in trouble, Valtroy will definitely be the first to come to save him. Although she is arrogant and difficult to get along with, she is indeed a trustworthy friend.

"Magic Swordsmen! Prepare to cross the portal! Execute a surprise attack!"

The Chief Arcanist took a moment to collect his thoughts, then raised his gorgeous crystal staff and shouted to the elite magic swordsmen waiting in the manor:

"The pirates who brought shame to the city of Suramar are on the ship opposite the portal. They attacked our city and captured our important compatriots. They brought us shame.

This is a shame that must be washed away with blood!

We must defeat them, capture their leader, and bring them back to Suramar City for trial! Everybody follow me closely. Valtroy, open the portal! "

"As you command, Your Excellency Chief Arcanist."

The high-level arcanist with a bad personality gave a short laugh, turned around and used professional techniques to activate the magic network extending from the Night Well, and skillfully guided the magic power to the portal.

The circular teleportation gate reinforced with magic metal immediately pulsed with blue-purple light spots, quickly surrounding it to form a rotating teleportation light curtain.

"Don't open it! There's something wrong with the landing point you calculated. Those are the coordinates leading to the abyss!"

While Valtroy was casting the spell, the third friend invited by Thalyssra was late. Oculus, the chief teleporter wearing a strange robe, appeared in Thalyssra's manor using a teleportation spell.

The experienced teleportation caster just glanced at the portal that was about to be opened, and tried to stop it in shock.

Thalyssra turned around and explained to her friend:

"That's right, my friend, that is a ghost ship. According to Lilith, it can dive into the abyss and sail. We are about to go there and catch them by surprise.

This is a perfect plan. "

"No! You idiot!"

Seeing that the portal had opened, the old elf grabbed Thalyssra's hand, activated the teleportation spell, and brought her to the highest roof of the manor. He yelled:

"I didn't say there was something wrong with your calculations, I meant you were tricked by those pirates."

"Wow"

As soon as the chief teleporter finished speaking, icy seawater surged out from the opened teleportation gate, just like the rolling tide, the icy abyss water poured out in one fell swoop.

In just an instant, the magic swordsmen in the manor and the miserable manor were completely submerged. Several sharks were even washed out along the current and bit people everywhere in the manor that had become Zeguo.

"The pirates dropped the enchanted silver coin you used to locate it into the trench."

Chief Teleporter Oculus shook his head and glanced at the high-level arcanist Valtroy who stood up from the water and was screaming as embarrassed as a drowned rat.

The old elf looked at Thalyssra beside him and said:

"Look, things have proven that these pirates are difficult to deal with.

Put away your arrogance and carelessness, Thalyssra. If you continue to pursue them with this mentality, you will only suffer a more tragic failure, but put them aside for now.

I brought more important news. You, me, and Mademoiselle Valtoy have all been drafted and will go out with the army soon. "

"Going to war?"

The chief arcanist was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Where are we going to attack? Who is the enemy?"

The old elf sighed and whispered:

"The target is Azsuna's Watch Island."

"As for the enemies, they are the legendary Moon Night Walkers, the formidable watchers."