Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Even ten thousand years later, the arrogance of the Highborne will be a very popular research topic in the field of history. The jokes about the Highborne's arrogance are also an enduring topic among the elves of all races.

However, their arrogance is not stupidity. At least for the magic princes guarding one side of the Elf Empire, their wisdom cannot be underestimated.

Although Elrethalas is a border city, it is also one of the largest cities in the Elf Empire. In addition to being very prosperous, it also has a powerful garrison to deal with the frequent threats from the Troll Empire.

Therefore, when Prince Tortheldrin learned that the Pandaren Emperor had come to visit, although he was shocked and a little confused, he did not show that humble demeanor of fear.

While warmly receiving Emperor Shaohao, this handsome prince who was wearing green magical armor and carrying two swords politely and gracefully asked to see the jade seal of the Pandaren Emperor that was rumored to be blessed by the Supreme God. .

This is actually verifying your identity.

After all, based on the fixed thinking of the upper elves, a noble emperor's patrol must be very grand.

Take their supreme Majesty Azshara as an example. Every time the Queen travels to Zin Azshari, she has more than a thousand attendants, and there are hundreds of attendants just to drop flower petals for the Queen to clear the way.

The Pandaren emperor in front of him is indeed extraordinary, his conversation is elegant and yet naturally noble, and his attire is exactly the same as that of the legendary Pandaren noble.

Especially the three-color crystal ring as a decoration on his back. Just from the aura emanating from it, you can tell that it is definitely a rare treasure in the world.

But when he goes on patrol, he only brings one demigod guard and one pretentious courtier, plus at most a court fishman clown who holds the tail of the emperor's robe.

This "shabby" team is a bit too disgraceful.

This made the Magic Prince, who was deeply trusted by Queen Azshara, a little suspicious. Although such a terrible scam as pretending to be the emperor of another country had never happened, if the Emperor Shaohao in front of him came to visit the Queen, then as the Queen As a border minister, Prince Torsedlin has the responsibility to eliminate any threat of fraud for the Queen.

However, the bad guy Black must have been putting on a show when he deceived people. Therefore, Emperor Shaohao waved his hand expressionlessly and asked his "minister" Black to drag the box containing the emperor's seal forward and give it to Tosedrin. When the prince admired it, the pirate knew that his opportunity to "perform" had come again.

He stepped forward extremely arrogantly, looked at Prince Torsedlin up and down, handed the box in his hands to him, and teased in standard aristocratic Salas language:

"Come on, let's see.

Let you miserable elven barbarians admire our unparalleled royal treasures in Pandaria. You are not allowed to touch our emperor's seal with your hands, lest your barbarian strength stain our treasures with dust.

Haha, the trolls' assessment of you is very accurate. You, the nouveau riche in the forest, can imitate civilized people and wear fine clothes, but the barbaric habits in your bones cannot be concealed no matter how much perfume you use.

But it’s not your fault either. "

Blake said in a long and sinister voice:

"While we pandaren have begun to exchange envoys with the troll dynasty, your little kingdom has just been established near the Well of Eternity.

Our ministers have long ago suggested that His Majesty the Emperor send wanderers to the Elf Empire to spread advanced culture. After all, as an advanced civilization, the always generous Pandaren have the responsibility to provide ceremonial assistance to backward civilizations. "

These words made Prince Torsedlin unable to maintain the fake smile on his face.

He felt that the Pandaren minister in front of him was provoking, but after carefully observing the emperor's seal in his hand to confirm that it was correct, the Prince of Magic also noticed the source of this hostility from the unhappiness on Emperor Shaohao's face.

They actually made a noble emperor wait outside the city gate for more than twenty minutes

God, this is so rude.

"Please forgive us for our poor reception. The main reason is that the process of informing Xin Aisali to prepare to welcome the distinguished emperor is too cumbersome. But I believe that my queen will definitely be looking forward to His Majesty Shaohao's visit.

Please come with me, everyone, I have set up a banquet for His Majesty the noble Emperor in my palace, wash away the dust and prepare the portal for you to go to the capital. "

After his true identity was discovered, Prince Torsedlin's demeanor became much more humble.

He personally opened the way for His Majesty the Emperor. Amid the welcome of a group of upper-class elven nobles, Emperor Shaohao walked into this gorgeous city while wiping the red carpet with an expressionless face and singing the welcome song of the elves.

It has to be said that the elves do have their own unique aesthetics in urban construction. Compared with the grandeur of the golden city of Dazar'alor, the city of Elre'Thalas stands out for its exquisite elegance.

The towers and halls in the city are all supported by towering columns and have gorgeous domes. There are also the iconic anthropomorphic sculptures of the elves located on both sides of the green city sermons. Those erected on the streets use underground magic as energy. The lampposts will be carved with gorgeous traces, and the elves with tall postures and beautiful faces walking back and forth in such a quiet city add an extra kind of tranquility to it.

Of course, this city is a border town, and the tall guards patrolling the streets walking on black panthers also cast a chill over the city.

The magic prince prepared a grand banquet for the emperor, and Emperor Shaohao really needed a rest. Black arranged for the Monkey King and the emperor to attend the elves' banquet to enjoy the high-level elves' exaggerated praise.

He himself separated from the emperor on the grounds that he wanted to prepare a place for His Majesty to stay. While instructing the elves to provide the tired Zhulong with the best fruits and fresh meat, he gave the noble emperor a full-body massage in his car, and then followed The attendants of the Magic Prince swaggered into the lord's palace in the city of Elrethalas.

Although Shaohao said that he would not stay too long, Prince Torsedlin still generously gave up his palace to His Majesty the Emperor to rest.

This was his expression of apology to His Holiness.

Black was very satisfied with this arrangement, which meant that the pirates could easily access the Magic Prince's office to obtain accurate information about the Elven Empire.

Although he could check directly from the mind of the Magic Prince, since he confirmed that he did not want to cause too much unnecessary trouble, Blake did not mind acting as an assassin again with the dignity of a god.

"Go and prepare the best delicacies for His Majesty the Emperor, and at the same time find a few fierce elf maids to come and serve His Majesty."

As soon as he entered the lord's palace, Blake said to the princes and attendants around him:

"There is no need to prepare dinner. His Majesty the Emperor will leave Eresalas this evening, but His Majesty likes to collect fine wines from all races, so you must quickly collect all kinds of delicious drinks for His Majesty.

By the way, where is Prince Tortheldrin's office? "

Facing Blake's inquiry, several blank-eyed prince attendants pointed out the direction for him thoughtfully, then turned around and started to find the fierce maid and prepare wine gifts for His Majesty the Pandaren Emperor, who had "extraordinary taste".

Blake let out a weird laugh and strutted towards the Magic Prince's office.

This palace is connected to the underground magic network, and of course it is protected by various magic barriers, which is enough to ensure that no spies can penetrate here.

But it is indeed unnecessary to talk about magic protection in front of a void god. Those protection and detection magics that are somewhat outdated but still useful compared to ten thousand years later did not detect Blake's action of opening the door at all.

As if he were going home, he opened the door of the prince's office and sat carelessly on Prince Torsedlin's chair. With a wave of his hand, all the documents in the entire office were lined up in front of his eyes.

Blake looked up.

At a glance, he saw a secret document sent to Tortheldrin from Zin-Azshari's Eternal Palace. It was an instruction from the Queen's favorite Lord Xavius.

In an orderly tone, he asked Prince Tortheldrin to strengthen the reconnaissance of the troll empire's borders. This was all routine, but at the end of the document, Xavius ​​asked Prince Tortheldrin to bring the underground demons of Elre'Thalas to the ground. The magic of the Web is channeled to Zin-Azshari through the Leyline connection.

This made the pirate immediately raise his eyebrows.

Every city of the Upper Elves is built on a magic network node, which is inseparable from their use and abuse of arcane magic.

But as the capital city, Zin-Azshari not only has the most powerful magic network node in Kalimdor, but also has the world's magic source like the Well of Eternity. How could there be a situation where the magic power is insufficient and other cities need to transport magic power in reverse? Woolen cloth?

The only explanation is.

"The portal to the Well of Eternity has been opened!"

Blake grinned and thought:

"A large number of demons entered the material world and hid in the Queen's court. She may have even begun to try to summon the Dark Titan. This resulted in the huge magic power of the Well of Eternity not being enough for her to squander.

So, did the historically famous ‘Zin-Azshari Massacre’ begin?

Well, I’m really looking forward to the moment when Azshara turns completely dark. "

The Silent One felt the anticipation for this bad news. He put down the official document in his hand and noticed another letter, which was a letter written to him by Prince Tortheldrin's close friend.

The payment was made a few days ago.

The signature of the letter felt very familiar to Blake. The large and elegant name "Farodis" meant that the letter came from an old friend of the pirate.

He took the letter in his hand and found that Prince Faroldis was expressing his concerns to Tortheldrin in his mind.

It is not difficult to find between the lines of those elegantly worded words that Faroldis, who had just returned to the Azsuna fief from Zin-Azshari, should have discovered the secret of Azsally.

The Magic Prince, who was still very loyal to the Queen at this time, invited Tortheldrin to launch a "military revolt" with him at the end of the letter. He claimed that the evil things from the Twisting Nether had confused the Queen's mind.

And he must destroy the portal to bring back the originally wise queen.

"Hmm, my dear Faroldis, I advise you not to do this."

Blake bared his teeth, looked at the letter in front of him, and whispered:

"You should have discussed with Dean Blue Moon to move the Tide Stone out of the treasure house, right? The shameless traitor Mr. Fandos who went to the capital to report should have also met the Queen.

The whole Azsuna and your personal tragedy is about to unfold, perhaps on tomorrow's stormy night.

I can't miss this, and the letter you wrote has not yet been answered. It seems that Prince Tortheldrin does not intend to participate in your crazy behavior.

But he didn't choose to tell the Queen.

It seems that Prince Tortheldrin was obviously a very reliable person before he went crazy, and his friendship with you is indeed very stable. You have a good sense in choosing friends, my future friend. "

Blake sighed, then reached out and took out the third letter that interested him.

This is also a secret letter, signed from His Excellency Kurtalos Ravencrest, Lord of Black Crow Castle and Suramar. The letter does not say much, but it is very important.

The lord claimed that he had been attacked by an unknown creature at the hunting ground outside Black Crow Castle not long ago. Fortunately, he escaped with the help of a "smart and brave boy".

He wrote to Prince Torsedrin, who was sitting on one side, reminding him to pay more attention to his personal safety and search his area to see if there were any similarly ferocious alien creatures appearing on a large scale.

Judging from the unfinished reply from Prince Tortheldrin, the Prince of Magic has completed his inspection of Elrethalas and the surrounding areas, and he found no signs of alien creatures.

But he does feel concerned about what is happening in the capital.

In his reply, he asked Lord Ravencrest to use his political influence to advise Her Majesty the Queen. If necessary, Torsedrin said he could contact other magic princes to initiate initiatives to the Queen.

"Who are you! Why did you show up in my office?"

Yisheng's scolding interrupted Blake's reading of the letter.

In front of him, in front of the office that opened the door, Prince Torsedrin, who had just returned from the welcome banquet and still smelled of alcohol, was holding double blades and looking at the panda jester in front of him warily.

"I knew you were weird! Guard! Where is the guard?"

The Magic Prince scolded, quickly activated the arcane confinement magic in his office, and summoned powerful guards to capture this damn Pandaren spy.

His loyal guards came from all sides, and as the prince watched in shock, they attacked him from behind without warning and knocked him to the ground.

And the arcane imprisonment he released was of no use to Black.

The Void God grasped the beating arcane magic power in his hand like a game and decomposed it into the most basic magic particles. He sat leaning on Prince Torsedlin's chair and watched the guards in front of him who were being jumped. The forbidden magic chains were locked and mentioned to the magic prince in front of him.

Black threw off his pandaren disguise, picked up his pipe and put it in his mouth, and picked up the burning candlestick from the prince's table to light his own fine tobacco.

After exhaling the smoke comfortably, the pirate stared at Torsedlin, who was suppressed by thoughts of truth. After several seconds of silence, she said:

“I wasn’t going to pay attention to you, this madman.

After all, the disgusting things you did in the next 10,000 years simply stink, but after carefully reviewing your personal letters, I found that you are not hopeless even if you are not crazy yet.

So, tell me, Your Highness Prince Tortheldrin, you still secretly maintain a good personal relationship with Dath'Remar Sunstrider, the high elf noble of Zin-Azshari, right? "

Blake picked up a secret letter with the phoenix emblem next to him and said to the struggling Torsedlin in front of him:

"He seems to be your political partner in Zin Azshari and one of your information channels. Look at the detailed description of the current chaos in the capital to you in this letter. Tsk tsk, Your Excellency Sunstrider is very worried about the empire. What about fate?"

"Let me go! You, you monster from nowhere!"

The Prince of Magic had already sensed Black's power from the thoughts of truth that were burning his mind. There was despair in his silver eyes, and he knew that he was doomed today.

Maybe the monster in front of him is the "assassin" that Lord Ravencrest reminded him to pay attention to.

"No, no, no, I'm not a low-level thing like a devil."

Blake felt the despair and doubt in Prince Tortheldlin's heart. He shook his head, stretched out his hand and placed it on Prince Tortheldlin's forehead. He said:

"Come, let me show you your future."

The next moment, the tragic encounter between the city of Elrethalas and the Sindra elves in ten thousand years was engraved into the soul of the magic prince.

Although he couldn't tell whether it was real or an illusion, the tragedy he witnessed still made the Magic Prince scream miserably.

"No! No! The mad king who slaughtered the people to absorb the evil magic was not me! You monster! I will not become such a butcher! You can't even think of defeating me!"

"Believe it or not."

Blake stood up with a smile, stroking the hair of the Magic Prince who was trembling with pain and lying limp on the ground. He lowered his body and said in Torcedlin's ear:

"I don't bother weaving your fate with lies. I only give you a choice because you are a good person. Don't be ignorant.

I'm leaving now.

You cannot tell others what you see. This is a secret between you and the Black Prophet. My dear Tosedrin, any changes in this city after that have nothing to do with me.

But I still hope you can be more sensible in the future and don't let the Sindra elves fall into a sad desperate situation.

As for whether your mad queen is worthy of loyalty?

Be patient.

You'll see it for yourself soon. "