Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 1521 154. Pirates’ Graduation Ceremony—Additional update【825】

Whether in terms of historical status or geographical location, the ranger camp Quel'Linth Lodge set up by the high elves on the border between Quel'Thalas and the human kingdom is not an important place.

It is estimated that this land itself does not know what virtue or ability it has to be able to witness such a historic meeting at this historic moment tonight.

Not only was this the first official exchange between the living and the dead, it was also a moment of rebuilding the human empire.

Perhaps everything that happened tonight will be written about in the history books of later generations. Of course, there is a greater possibility that everything that happened tonight will only be called a "great moment" without any unnecessary description of the details. .

Historians and novelists of later generations can give full play to their imaginations and describe tonight's meeting as heroic or elegant, majestic or dark, full of glory or full of conspiracy, etc.

But no matter what, after tonight, this little place is completely famous.

However, at least tonight, this is not the focus of everyone's attention. There is another important thing happening on Tol Barad Island, far away from Quellins' cabin.

The world-renowned great pirate, the pirate leader who had just defeated Dai Lin and ended the old man's era, and the legendary figure Blake Shaw, who was destined to usher in a new era of naval warfare, finally ushered in the graduation ceremony he had longed for tonight.

This meant that he could finally break away from the days of immersing himself in books and various magic theories.

This represents the culmination of a great career on a new track in his life after a distinguished career in various fields including pirates, assassins and ranger hunters, as well as clergy.

This meant that he finally no longer had to be called an "uneducated" spellcaster. Of course, as a warlock, he would still be despised by orthodox spellcasters.

But this did not affect Blake's happy and satisfied mood at this time.

His graduation ceremony was held on Dean Lanyue's favorite observation deck. Because it was an internal ceremony, there were not many participants. In addition to the dean himself, branch deans from other colleges also came to join in the fun.

There was also the trio of Little Xingxing and the old dog-licking warlock who had sneaked back from the battlefield with the dean as spectators.

Of course, the members of the Grand Wizard Magic Salon also attended the graduation ceremony with dignity. After all, after Blake officially graduates, he will also become a member of this magic salon.

For the top magic forum in Azeroth, every new addition is very important.

"Well, look at this little cutie, he doesn't cry or make a fuss and he's still smiling at me."

Black, who was wearing a warlock robe, stood next to the little maid Taresha and the old butler Moros, whom he had not seen for a long time. He stretched out his fingers to tease Little Steven, who was held in Taresha's arms. Well, this meeting should probably be called Med'an?

I don’t know what Ms. Aegwynn fed her little son. This little guy was obviously less than two years old, but he already looked very intelligent.

When Blake reached out to touch his face, he would also show a bright smile and even take the initiative to extend his hands to Blake.

Please give me a hug!

"Oh, Captain, little Dean is very cold. I have never seen him be so warm to anyone."

Taresha, who has switched to a full-time maid, happily said to Blake:

"He likes you very much."

"But I dare not like him."

Blake took a step back and declined the little guy's desire for a hug. He knew that this little guy would definitely do something great or terrible in the future.

To be honest, although it has been confirmed that Medivh's soul has been "reborn", Black still cannot confirm whether the original Medivh still has a trace of consciousness.

Even though the pirate is now a world-renowned great warlock, he is still very afraid of the former astral mage Medivh.

It is no exaggeration to say that the only person in this world who can compete with Queen Azshara in the field of spell casting is the "past life" of the child in front of her.

"I was afraid that when I hugged him, this little cutie would suddenly throw a ball of lava and hit me in the face."

Blake rubbed his chin in an exaggerated tone and said:

"I wouldn't believe it in other people, but not this little guy."

"Master Black is joking again."

The undead butler Moros, who was wearing an elegant butler's robe, a magic mask to cover his decayed face, and specially sprayed men's perfume to highlight his identity, let out a hoarse laugh and said:

"Although Master Aegwynn has never said it, her heart is full of gratitude to you. It was you who healed her broken family and gave her a second chance to accompany her children to grow up.

To be honest, I have never seen Master Aegwynn so simple and happy, whether she was alive or dead. The past two years are probably the most fulfilling and satisfying time she has ever spent in her life.

Even the clumsy act of changing her little master's diaper fills her with joy. "

"Well, the retirement life of this former guardian is really colorful. Who would have thought that the hands that once killed the power clone of Sargeras are now being used to change diapers for babies?"

Blake winked and said:

"I am very happy that Ms. Aegwynn has found her own happiness, and I am honored to be able to promote this matter myself. Well, I remember that I just got back some beautiful jewelry from the Sunwell."

As he spoke, the stinky pirate searched around in his luggage and finally took out a emerald magic bead made by a high elf for a powerful spellcaster, intending to put it in the hands of little Dean and give it to him as a teething stick.

As a result, as soon as the magic bead approached the child, it was infused with magic power as the three of them looked at it in astonishment. It floated precariously, emitted a faint green stream of light, and began to spin around the little Dean in Taresha's arms.

The two-year-old child's eyes followed the emerald magic bead as he let out a cute laugh and stretched out his hand to grab the "new toy".

"fear!"

Blake pretended to be frightened and gasped, saying:

"To be able to control this level of magic items at such a young age, this child's future is limitless."

"What are you pretending to be?"

Ms. Aegwynn's voice came from behind him. The former guardian holding a glass of wine flicked his fingers, and the flying emerald magic beads fell into the arms of his precious son, making Med'an let out a happy cry again. Giggles.

The guardian stepped forward and kissed the child on the forehead, and then ordered Taresha and Moros to take the child to where he was staying to rest.

It was already too late and it was time for the little ones to go to sleep.

After watching the child's nanny and her housekeeper leave the viewing platform, Ms. Aegwin took a sip of wine, then looked back at Blake with a playful smile. She snorted and said:

"I originally didn't intend to give your paper a high score, especially when I knew that your paper was written for you by your sister Blue Dragon. I even felt that you were humiliating us spellcasters.

But how to say it.

Although there are problems like this, you have indeed successfully designed and completed an extremely difficult magic experiment that also involves the theory of 'life and death'.

My ethics as a spellcaster do not allow me to turn a blind eye to such dazzling gems.

So I gave you 99 points. "

At this point, Ms. Aegwin curled her lips and said:

"I'm giving you one less point because I'm afraid you'll be proud. After all, you yourself stated it in your paper. This experiment is just the first draft. You will have more shocking designs later.

So I want to leave a little more room to brag about your future achievements. "

"Uh, let me confirm first."

Blake blinked and asked:

"The full score is 100 points, not 1,000 points or 10,000 points, right?"

"If you want, I can help you make this application during the next paper review."

Aegwynn took a sip of wine and said coldly:

"Old Meili is really kind to you. He gave you full marks. He even thought that you completed the experimental process yourself and the theoretical design was done by you yourself, so you can be forgiven for ghostwriting the paper.

Alas, Dalaran's fine magic tradition was destroyed by bugs like this.

But speaking of it, Little Xingxing's grammatical skills are truly amazing. Apart from the fact that she helps you cheat, her paper itself can be treated as a paper template for high-level spellcasters.

Low-level spellcasters don't have to think about this.

Anyway, the papers they put together for graduation never had any practical meaning and were more boring than toilet paper. Well, but as a new member of the Grand Wizard Magic Salon, you always have to take on more responsibilities for the organization.

Honor and duty always go hand in hand. "

At this point, Ms. Aegwin rolled her eyes, coughed a few times, and said to Black:

"Just recently, many arcanists from Dalaran, Quel'Thalas and Suramar have submitted their magical research to me in an attempt to obtain academic qualifications recognized by the Grand Wizard Salon.

I'm tired of this.

I will notify them to send their respective papers to you for peer review. You must shoulder our high hopes for you and do this well. "

"Hey! This is too much!"

Blake complained:

"Next, I'm going to Ulduar to fight the crazy Titan Guardian, where there's an ancient god, and then I'm going to Argus to fight the demons, and save a group of gods at the same time!

How can I have the time to help a group of elves correct their papers?

Don’t you think Dean Lan Yue is very busy every day? Why don't you come? Oh, dean, when did you come? I was telling Lady Aegwynn about you. "

The smelly pirate felt the dark wind gusting behind him. He turned around with a smile on his face, pretending that nothing happened just now, and said to Dean Lan Yue very flatteringly:

"I was saying that you are very busy every day, and I strongly request Ms. Aegwynn not to add any more burden to you. I think those peer-reviewed papers can be left to Kel'Thuzad.

Right?

Anyway, apart from leading the psychic apprentices to assemble weird structures every day, he only had to play with cats. He definitely had enough time to review the paper.

If you don't have enough time, the worst thing you can do is let the apprentices assemble it by themselves. Maybe some little genius with an open mind can even assemble a stupid two-legged flesh and blood monster.

Speaking of which, I happen to know some structural blueprints circulating in Maldraxxus. Do you want me to share them? Such valuable knowledge is also very valuable in the Grand Wizard Salon.

So I want to ask, if I share my knowledge, can I get some rewards?

For example, shake people to help me fight for free. "

"First of all, we are a peaceful magic theory research organization. We don't do things like fights. The fight with Queen Azshara is just to further measure the level of Her Majesty's magic manipulation ability."

Dean Lanyue said coldly:

"Secondly, I won't pretend I didn't hear you say bad things about me behind my back, but today is your big day, so we will discuss your 'teacher ethics issue' later.

Come here and prepare your ceremony.

Because time is urgent, we kept everything simple, but we still prepared a badge and certificate for you, so is it okay? "

"No, no, even if you don't have a medal, it's okay. I'm not a little star. I love all the badges so enthusiastically. That child is hopeless. Do you know?"

Blake complained to Dean Lanyue with a smile on his face:

“She even hinted that the Suramar elves would award her a ‘Peacemaker’ badge to reward her outstanding performance in the Battle of Kui Island. Gee, it’s simply a shame for the blue dragon.

But speaking of it, since I passed the incident safely this time, then Little Xingxing shouldn’t be implicated, right? "

"Her graduation was delayed by ten years."

Dean Lanyue said casually:

"In terms of her lifespan, this is just a symbolic punishment. In addition, I want to apologize to you, Blake, for the previous suspension of peer review, which was due to my promotion."

Having said this, Dean Lanyue was silent for a moment. She looked out the window at the dark night and whispered:

"I can no longer hide my complex feelings for you.

Lilesa discussed this matter with me a long time ago. A life like her and I that was resurrected by you will always have some abnormal 'closeness' to you at the soul level.

And because of the stubbornness and persistence of undead creatures towards things like obsession, this kind of closeness often turns into very scary feelings.

I don’t deny that for a certain period of time in the past, I tried to keep you by my side, just like holding the sand in my hand, but the tighter I held you, the faster you passed.

In those few minutes on Kui Dao, I felt your true anger, and that was the first time I realized that I might have gone too far.

Sorry, my disciple.

I was so immersed in my own desire for exclusivity that I ignored your feelings. Maybe I should be smarter. "

"It doesn't matter, Dean. As a disciple, how can I be angry with you?"

Blake also said generously:

"I have never forgotten that when I was weak, I had to rely on your strength to be able to run rampant in this dangerous world. In terms of what you did to me and the achievements I achieved relying on you, these harsh words can be forgiven. Understood as 'the way you love me'.

Of course, I am very touched by your apology tonight, which fully proves that the master-student relationship between us has already surpassed most plastic teacher-student relationships.

I'm really touched, Dean.

You will be my forever mentor.

Let's wrap up tonight's ceremony, we still have a lot to do. "

After saying that, the pirate took out a sealed elf scroll from his arms and handed it to Dean Lan Yue. He said:

"This golden blueprint has been obtained. I will go to Suramar in a few days and get back the blueprint of the Nightwell. We need to invite the best group of stonemasons in the world to help us complete this matter."

"Mason? You want to hire someone from outside?"

Dean Lan Yue put away the scroll, frowned and said:

"That's too risky, maybe we should use magic."

"too slow."

Blake shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, Dean, I have a way to make the masons shut up, and it will never be through threats. Magic can indeed do many things, but this kind of 'civil engineering' that requires absolute precision should be left to professionals. .

And don’t rush into finalizing it. "

The pirate warned:

"We're going to ask someone who is absolutely top-notch in this field to help us redesign our magic well, and it might be a few days before she has some free time.

Just in time, we can discuss the second draft of the 'flesh and blood reincarnation' experimental concept that I want to promote in the Grand Wizard Salon.

Although I am very confident in my academic abilities, I can no longer accomplish it alone. It requires the combined efforts of others. "

"Hey, stinky captain, come on, turn around!"

Little Star's shouts of joy sounded behind Blake. When the pirate turned around, he heard a click.

The image of him and Dean Lanyue standing together with smiles on their faces, and toasting at the same time with the high-level spellcasters behind them, was captured by the dwarf camera.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, making Blake's graduation ceremony an eternal memory.

Hmm, this photo would definitely be good as the cover of the extra chapter of His Highness's autobiography.