Shadow Trails in Azeroth

The holy land of the Jinyu people is built in the valley of the Emerald Forest. This holy land is very mysterious even to the Jinyu people. It will only be opened to predict the future when the emperor ascends the throne and some important events.

There are few people here.

Except for a mountain road, there is almost no way for others to enter here, but perhaps no one has ever tried to enter here from the sky before.

In short, today, Emperor Shaohao knew the second way to enter the Holy Land besides the mountain road. Unfortunately, knowing this was of no use to the emperor's current situation.

The most noble ruler of the panda people has been taken hostage.

That's right.

Under the protection of Jinyu sword masters and prophets, Emperor Shaohao was kidnapped by a guy who didn't know where he came from in full view of the people the day before he ascended the throne.

All of his weapons and magical weapons were taken away from him, the true energy in his body was sealed, and he was tied awkwardly under a crooked neck tree using his belt as a rope.

The strange fish-man wielding an elemental dung fork in front of him stared at the noble emperor intently. As soon as the emperor made a move, the burning dung fork would hit or poke him.

For a powerful monk, such an injury is more of a humiliation than pain. The emperor will not be hurt by this, but today's experience will definitely be remembered for a lifetime.

As for the evil master of this funny little jailor.

Emperor Shaohao watched angrily as he swaggered into the Jinyu people's temple and looted the place while a group of Jinyu people turned a blind eye.

A few minutes later, that bastard walked out with a sly look on his back carrying a large bag of treasure. He stretched out proudly and whistled at his little fish-man, asking the latter to "divide the spoils."

Then, under Shaohao's silent gaze, the master and servant strictly followed the tradition of pirates and divided the stolen treasure into three or seven parts.

Blake was very satisfied with the initial encounter of this time travel. The little fish people who got the treasure were even more satisfied. The Jinyu people who had forgotten everything under the influence of void magic were not dissatisfied either.

The only one who felt unhappy was Shaohao.

But he would be completely unable to express his dissatisfaction.

"You destroyed my prophecy ceremony and prevented me from seeing the end of the disaster."

Emperor Shaohao, who was tied to a tree, endured the discomfort of having his true energy sealed away, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Who are you? Why are you here? Are you an elf? Or some kind of special troll? Are you here to assassinate me? How much did your employer pay you?"

"Huh? How can a guy as handsome as me be a troll?"

Black sat cross-legged in front of Shaohao unhappily. He rubbed his forehead, which had a headache due to traveling through time, and said in a longer voice:

"Well, now I finally understand why those elves hate people saying that they are related to trolls. This feeling of being called trolls is really strange.

But since it is difficult for me to explain my race and my origin to you in one or two sentences, so you can just think of me as an elf. "

Having said this, Blake opened his hood, pointed to his sharp ears hidden in his long blond hair, and said:

"Look, I do have pointy ears."

"Such short ears?"

Shaohao was a little surprised for a moment and said:

"The Lorewalkers have never reported that the ears of elves are so short. Are you born with a disability?"

"Hey, I can treat the conversation just now as an unintentional mistake on your part, but now you are the one taking the initiative to provoke me."

Blake snorted, stretched out his hand cunningly, summoned a black tentacle from Shaohao's shadow, and pressed it against the emperor's furry neck like a sword. He said:

"If you dare to make any inappropriate comments about my handsome appearance, the pandas will hold a grand funeral for their last emperor in advance.

I guess the panda children will be very happy, after all, it means they have candy again. "

"What did you say?"

Shaohao didn't care about Blake's death threat at all. He hung on the tree with squinted eyes and said:

"The Last Emperor? You say I will become the last Emperor of Pandaria? Do you mean that my kingdom will be destroyed because of the disaster I saw?"

Also, you just claimed that fate tells me, stranger, who are you? "

"Well, I said, it's hard for me to explain all this to you."

Blake looked at each other at the little fish-man at his feet. He thought about it and decided to use the most direct method to gain Shaohao's initial trust.

So Black stood up under the gaze of the Pandaren Emperor. At the same moment, the black tentacles swung like a sword and cut open the belt that bound the Emperor, causing him to fall to the ground.

Shaohao, who landed on the ground, felt the looseness of the Qi seal and immediately seized the opportunity to fight back. He hit Blake with a fierce touch of reincarnation. This was the most lethal move he could learn as a monk.

But faced with this fierce blow, Black did not dodge at all, and allowed Shaohao's raised finger to poke into his heart like a sword with strong energy.

The next moment, under the innocent gaze of the pirate who yawned, Emperor Shaohao, who took the initiative to launch a fatal attack, turned pale. He took a few steps back with difficulty and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"The Touch of Reincarnation, the forbidden power of the secretly taught monk, a vicious move that kills the enemy instantly by hitting the enemy's weak point. I wanted to learn this technique from Master Zhu, but that stingy bastard was unwilling to do anything. Teach me."

Black curled his lips and brushed away the non-existent dust on his clothes. He squatted forward in front of the sluggish Shaohao, and said to the Pandaren Emperor with a smile on his face:

"But I am very aware of the harsh activation conditions of this secret technique. It can indeed kill an enemy stronger than you in an instant, but once this deadly energy cannot destroy the enemy's weak point, you will suffer to the same terrible backlash.

You should be smarter, Your Majesty Shaohao.

The way I appear and my dark aura make me look like a super villain in a story. It’s difficult for you to hurt me if you haven’t gone through the ‘Seven Evils Trial’.

In fact, your decisive blow didn't even break my magic shield.

what a pity.

But believe it or not, we are friends.

A good friend will not sit back and watch his friend vomit blood and die like this. Well, to be honest, I think my good friend Zhu Zhang’s bad habit of vomiting blood every time he fights was passed down from you.

Come on, be patient.

I'll help you heal your injuries. "

Emperor Shaohao was now suffering from the terrible sequelae caused by recklessly attacking a god, because the huge gap in life levels between the two sides made the backlash of his fatal blow particularly terrible.

It is no exaggeration to say that Emperor Shaohao felt that he had received the summons from the Four Heavenly Gods and the Souls of the Ancestors, and was ready to report to the Death World.

But the next moment, as Black's hand grasped his furry paw, a majestic life force washed into the emperor's body like the tide of the sea, allowing the dying Shaohao to recover from all injuries in an instant.

And because Blake often slashed people but rarely used his own power to heal others, he failed to grasp the delicate boundary and accidentally gave more life force, allowing Shaohao to complete the breakthrough from the legendary monk to the highest realm on the spot. great deeds.

If the pirates hadn't discovered and stopped him in time, a demigod monk would have appeared on the spot.

"This is too...indescribable."

Emperor Shaohao, who was "resurrected with full blood" in an instant, looked at his powerful hands in stunned silence. He could feel the energy in his body cheering for joy.

He looked at Blake in astonishment, who gave him a "perfect" fake smile.

Blake said softly:

"Now do you believe that I have no ill intentions? I am really here to help. I know where this is. I need to go to the Elf Empire now and go to Suramar to meet my little lover.

But I am not very familiar with the terrain of this ancient continent that has not yet been divided. Could you please tell me how long it takes to get to Suramar from here? "

"The Elf Empire is in the north of the center of Kalimdor, while Pandaria is in the far south. The large territory in the middle is the territory of the Troll Empire. Those barbaric creatures have more than one empire."

Emperor Shaohao rubbed his forehead and finally accepted some reality. He considered that he would definitely not be able to defeat this strange guy in front of him, so he decided to strategically scare him away.

The excellent education he received since childhood told him that working hard at this time was not an option.

So he sat cross-legged on the ground and drew a rough map of the continent with his paws, and said to Blake:

“It takes at least half a month to travel from the Emerald Forest to Elrethalas, the borderland of the Elf Empire, across half of the continent, even if a flying dragon is on your way.

It's okay to go straight through, but we have to pass through the territory of the troll empire, and those trolls are not friendly to us.

I heard that some troll clans have opened a coastal route outside the mainland, but they still have to take a detour to the seaside. Moreover, the navy of the troll empire is very powerful, and we pandaren are not good at naval battles. "

"This is too bad. It's all your fault, little idiot! The original landing point was at Tol Barad, so we have to travel at least half of the way!"

Blake looked at the map that Emperor Shaohao had drawn with his own hands, and viciously kicked the little murloc next to him.

The little fish man knew he was in the wrong and didn't dare to refute, so he could only keep his smile on his face and croak and apologize.

Indeed, according to Black and Aman'Thul's original plan, the pirates would be sent to Tol Barad 10,000 years ago. At this time, the earth had not yet been divided. The island was located exactly in the center of the ancient Kalimdor continent.

Although it is still within the territory of the Troll Empire, it is much better than having such a large deviation in the landing point due to the little fishman rashly breaking into the time teleportation.

"Wait, please speak slower!"

Shaohao rubbed his lovely ears, raised his head and said to Blake:

"What Tol Barad? Where is that? Why have I never heard of this place name? Is it on a hidden island in another part of the world? I heard that the hometown of the mysterious dragon is hidden there."

"Ah, yes, yes, the Dragon Island is there, but that is not our destination, and it was immediately blocked, and we will not be able to enter it for more than 10,000 years."

Black casually told a lot of secrets that made the Pandaren Emperor's eyes widen. The pirate rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then glanced at Emperor Shaohao.

He suddenly showed a malicious smile and said to Shaohao:

"You saw the prophecy of the collapse of the earth, right? You hope to save your continent by seeing the future? It's simple. I'm not bragging. I am the greatest prophet that has ever been born in Azeroth.

Do you need me to make a prediction specifically for you?

Not only can I let you see this disaster, I can also let you see it ten thousand years from now.

Don't look like a fool, Your Majesty, the profession of prophet has always relied on talent, and I am one of those people who has never been seen before.

If other prophets are only favored by fate, then I am the big daddy of fate.

Look, I'm pressed for time right now, so do you want to look at the future?

Give you three seconds to think about it.

three."

"I read!"

Emperor Shaohao immediately seized this opportunity.

Blake glanced at him with admiration, and the next moment he reached out and held His Majesty the Emperor's hairy forehead without any humility.

Lord Quiet One turned the future he knew into a dream, and displayed it in front of Emperor Shaohao.

Including how Shaohao passed the "Seven Evil Trials", how he protected his people and country in the great sacrifice of incarnation in the mist, and how the Pandaren lived and worked in peace and contentment for ten thousand years and the formation of the turbulent world outside. What a stark contrast.

Finally, there is the era when the fog opens ten thousand years later, and the world struggles to survive war after war in chaos like a boat in the tide.

The "prophecies" shown to him continued until the end of the Battle of Argus.

It's like a movie leaving a long-lasting blank at the last moment, leaving it to Emperor Shaohao to think for himself. In order to ensure that His Majesty the Emperor can accept this information as quickly as possible, Black also "helped" him to expand Thinking for a moment.

Even so, after reading it, His Majesty the Emperor still fell into shocked contemplation.

Black and the little fish man looked at each other, and they left the emperor here and ran out to continue searching for treasures.

Until more than ten minutes later, when Shaohao woke up from his deep thoughts, all the valuable things in the Jinyu Holy Land had been looted by these two "robbers".

"So, His Majesty the Emperor, what do you think of your destined sacrifice and your actions of transforming into the mist to protect the people?"

Blake asked maliciously:

"If you want to change your ending, I can help. Of course, the premise is that you have to dedicate all the treasures in your palace to me as tribute."

"No, it doesn't have to be that way."

Shaohao wiped his eyes, looked back at the sky and mountains behind him, and said softly:

"This is the future I long for. I have always believed that I can do greater feats than those who came before me. I can do far more than an emperor can.

Sacrifice the small self to achieve the greater self.

There is no better future than this. I don't feel sad or painful for my sacrifice, but I only have one final question.

Lord Black. "

The last emperor of the Pandaren turned back and looked at Black. He said seriously:

"You came to my era to save everything in the end. I am very curious, can you rewrite the end that seems to me to be a desperate situation?

Can you shape a new and better world? "

"I can."

Blake said without any psychological pressure:

"You know, I never do anything I'm not sure of, but now I need your help, Your Majesty Shaohao. I will help you complete the 'Seven Evils Trial' that you are destined for.

But you have to accept a more difficult but greater 'Emperor's Trial' that has never been recorded in history.

You have to help me enter the Elf Kingdom and complete this journey with me. "

"Why?"

Shaohao said in surprise:

"If I'm not mistaken, you are already a god. Is there any obstacle more powerful than you in this era?"

"Yes! Azshara sitting on the Well of Eternity is a big trouble."

Blake shrugged and explained:

"Of course, the more important issue is that changing destiny cannot be accomplished with brute force. We need to pay attention to skills. In this case, your identity is very necessary.

Now, go back to your court, declare the future you saw to your subjects, and establish the Shado-Pan according to the instructions of fate. Then tell your subjects that in order to solve this disaster, you will go on a solo journey. There is not much time left for you to deal with your own troubles slowly.

Meet me outside your palace tonight and we take our time to complete the Sha's seal. "

The pirate curled his lips and said:

"Call your big monkey friend too, that bastard is also part of this trip."

At this point, Blake suddenly fell into a subtle sense of déjà vu. He glanced at Shaohao, a warrior monk who could barely be called a "monk", and the Staff of the Dragon Mist in his hand.

Then I thought of the big monkey, the demigod Monkey King, and then the silly fish-man druid at my feet who was born in the water and could change a thousand ways.

Finally, it’s yourself.

He touched his belly and then his nose. He was silent for a moment and said in a strange tone:

"That's enough for four people. Well, according to my experience, you also need a white horse, but this is hard to find in Pandaria. Just get a more beautiful Cloud Serpent from your palace and make do.

Let’s form a group to learn from the experience. "