Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Matchlegs Dan left the "Pirate Castle" at the highest point of Rogue Port. It was actually a large stone house left by the Vrykul people here.

It had been abandoned for who knows how many years, but was reactivated when the North Sea pirates came here decades ago.

It certainly doesn't look like a castle.

However, it is extremely strong and has a large interior space, so the pirates call it "the castle". It was originally a gathering place for pirates, but now it is occupied by the crazy Jonah Sterling and becomes his "palace".

Therefore, the other pirates had no choice but to move out and re-select their respective territories around the castle.

This island has been run by North Sea pirates for decades. There is a complete town on the island. Of course, don't expect the houses to be beautifully built. From a height, it looks like a slum.

Pirates of all races were walking around inside, which was very lively and made the place full of life.

Pirate Captain Dan quickly found fellow captain Conrad, a tall Gilnean who was betting dice with others in the tavern.

When Dan came over, he lost seven games in a row, which was the time to go up.

"Stop playing! Come here, I have something to tell you."

Match-Legg Dan pulled Conrad. The latter was upset and angry after losing. He was not in the mood to talk to Dan. He was about to turn around and scold Conrad, but Dan directly pulled out a short-barreled musket and fired at the gambling table in front of him. .

Amidst the loud noise, the gamblers in the tavern were frightened and ran away, crying for their fathers and mothers.

"You're crazy!"

The Gilnean yelled and tried to punch, but was startled by the vicious indifference on Dan's face.

As an old friend who has been together for more than ten years, Conrad knows very well that Dan will only show such an expression when he encounters real trouble.

"I told you, I have something important to tell you! If you want to survive, come with me."

Without saying a word, the old pirate, who exuded a cold aura, ignored Conrad and limped out of the tavern, dragging his wooden legs.

Well, one more thing, pirates don't give nicknames to their own people casually.

For example, the nickname "Match Legs".

It was because ten years ago, Dan's ship was trapped by Gilneas's colonial fleet, and when he ran out of ammunition and food, the old sea dog used his wooden legs to set his ship on fire, and after escaping with difficulty with his people, he was nickname.

Not every pirate has a nickname.

Generally speaking, only those who are really famous in the pirate circle will have their own nicknames spread.

From this point of view, Black Shaw and his undead fleet are really bad.

Look, he doesn't even have a nickname that anyone can remember.

Dan left the tavern and took Conrad, who was wearing clothes behind him, all the way to the low-lying area of ​​Rogue Harbor and came to a hidden cave. The old pirate did not hide anything.

He told Conrad his plan directly:

"I'll go to the dock to take over your ship and crew, and you go to the place where the slaves are imprisoned and bring all the Gilneans we robbed last time.

I remember there was a colonial sheriff in there.

I still have five ships on the Kamagu side. Counting your four, that's nine ships to escort these Gilneans back to Grizzly Hills, where they will meet the colonial earl of Gilneas. "

Dan squinted his eyes and said to Conrad:

"I remember when I first met you, didn't you always brag that your ancestors were minor nobles? Let's use this relationship to establish a line with the Gilneans and give them the treasures we have hidden.

Maybe I can go back to the Eastern Continent and become a Lord. "

"Are you going to quit?"

Conrad didn't express much about Dan's betrayal. Obviously, this tall Gilnean man also had his own plans in mind.

He just asked cautiously:

"Why choose Gilneas?

I think it might be better to find people from Lordaeron. They are stronger in the Eastern Continent. The former colonial earl of the Borean Tundra sent by King Terenas also contacted us and made many promises.

With our nine ships and men, we can get more things from them. "

"Are you stupid?"

Dan sneered ruthlessly:

"It's because Lordaeron is so powerful that we can't take refuge with them. They have their own fleet and they don't look down on us old sea dogs at all.

But Gilneas is different.

The Gilnean fleet looks decent, but is actually very good at it. If they want to continue to colonize Northrend, they need people like us who are familiar with the North Sea to lead the way.

You can't just look at what's in front of you, Conrad.

To be honest, I regret it very much now. When Annie was forced to leave, I should have left with her. "

"Annie might have died on the way to escape."

Conrad curled his lips disdainfully and said:

"I saw with my own eyes that Jonah stabbed her in the heart with a glowing dagger. If you followed her, you would die too."

"No, Anne is definitely still alive."

Match-Legg Dan showed an ambiguous smile. He leaned against the cave and seemed to be recalling some romantic events in the past. He lowered his voice and said to Conrad:

"Annie told me that she has been very lucky since she was a child, and I believe her. Like us, she has been a pirate for more than ten years. She has been through life and death so many times, and she has even reached the position of second-in-command.

But she barely has a scar on her body.”

"How do you know there are no wounds on his body?"

The Gilnean pirate warrior still didn't react, but when he saw Dan's ambiguous smile, he understood immediately.

"Okay, put away that smile on your face."

Dan snorted proudly, and the pirate stood up holding on to the wall, flicked the dagger on his waist, and said to the Gilneans:

"Let's act. There will be no good results from following Yona. Fortunately, we have all saved money in advance. As long as we find a way, it will be a good result to return to the Eastern Continent to buy a farm or something.

The war had just ended there and there was a lot of land. "

The two old pirates glanced at the pirate castle in the distance. They separated silently and acted separately.

An hour later, four ships loaded with various supplies and secretly freed slaves left the Rogue Port and sailed towards Kamagu Island in the northwest.

This is a betrayal.

How should I put it, pirates are probably already used to it. But no one even informed Jonah Sterling, who was having a high time, about the slave's escape.

It can be seen that the prestige of the leader of the North Sea pirates has almost been lost.

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The evening on the frozen sea was quiet and chilly, but Anne Bonn's heart was hot.

Her ship moved quietly under the night, without the guidance of a pilot. The former North Sea pirates on board knew how to sail.

They are very familiar with the sea area in front of them.

They were also too familiar with the island in the distance.

They were driven out from here nearly two months ago. In that night full of betrayal, conspiracy and massacre, they fled like a pack of dogs driven out of their lair.

But now, they're back.

As in all the stories, they came back with a vengeance.

"Jonah, bitch!"

The female pirate Annie touched her chest. On the collar of the open pirate trench coat, she could vaguely see the hideous scar, right next to her heart.

Although the ship's doctor, Ms. Natalie, was excellent at treating her, the horrific injuries left scars on her body.

Pirates are not ashamed of their scars.

In fact, Anne thinks that this scar adds a lot of momentum to her. She doesn't hate this, but what she hates is what the scar represents.

She was stabbed in the back by her close comrades and expelled from the North Sea. Her "struggle" for the first thirty years of her life was wiped out overnight. Her shameful failure made her lose face among the North Sea pirates.

That kind of shame was like a poisonous insect every night like tonight, biting her soul and making it difficult for her to sleep or eat well.

But it will all end tonight.

The fingers of the female pirate who commanded the pirates touched the gold coins hanging around her neck. The cold, delicate, and cursed gold coins represented her new identity.

"Captain, the Children of the Night are asking us, when will we launch an attack?"

Anne's first mate, the tattooed girl Marcy, who was wearing a suit of leather armor and was already eager to try, ran over and said to the captain:

"Those magic landlubbers can't seem to wait any longer."

"Jona's boats are all in the dock. We rush over and seize the dock before they can react."

The female pirate thought for a while and said to her first mate:

"Let those children of the night follow us closely. We need their magic support when we attack the rogue port. But this is the revenge battle of our North Sea fanatics. We have to rely on ourselves to get back everything we have lost! "

“But the walrus men in Port Moaaki told us that Jonah the Mad Dog now has a large group of vrykul serving him, and we are no match for them.

The walrus men also said that the mist pirates of Kvaldir had joined Jonah's fleet. "

Marci said worriedly:

"Besides, Captain, have you forgotten what we saw when we escaped that night, that pale white angel? That is not what we can deal with."

"Don't worry about those!"

Anne stared at the rogue harbor in the night. She waved her hand and said decisively:

"Your Majesty the Commander will take care of those damn things. Let Harry and Terry prepare the side bombardment, and I will take the helm. After rushing into the port, I will first use the artillery to wash the ground.

What we have lost, we will take back with our own hands tonight! Your Excellency, the Commander, looks down upon this group of rubbish, so when you come ashore, you will not leave any of those bastards behind! "

Her orders were quickly carried out.

With this ship full of North Sea pirates as the vanguard, the two ships driven by the Sons of Night pirates also moved behind. The wind was calm in the late afternoon, but the three ships were racing toward Rogue Harbor faster and faster.

It was like the sea water was actively pushing them forward.

that's the truth.

Under the deep sea, on the deck of the Nagfar, which had become tattered due to self-reform, Blake was holding a broken Tide Stone in his hand.

Under his control, clusters of electric arcs danced on the stone.

The legendary great tide magic was stirred up, and the ocean currents in this sea area were changed. Under the control of the pirate captain's will, the three ships he sent were being quickly "pushed" to the rogue port.

With this island as the center, the surrounding ocean currents have flowed, forming a tidal "isolation zone". No one can escape through this tidal layer!

Black had put on his battle uniform, and under the Death Shadow visor, his face didn't have much expression.

Behind him, Seifer was holding the bow image of the Nagfar, turning the ocean pollution of the ghost ship into a cold and heavy fog, which quickly spread out on the sea surface.

Create a favorable environment for Anne Bone and Anarris Moonshire's raid.

There are more pirate ships in the North Sea pirate's home port than the ships he brought. Once these pirates break out of the siege, it will be difficult to pursue them in the waters they are more familiar with.

Black hated incomplete victories. He was going to fight a battle of annihilation tonight. The North Sea pirates who were picked by Hela to deal with him didn't want to go anywhere.

The Rogue Port will be their warm burial place.

"According to the intelligence obtained by our chief fisherman Nat Pagle and the group of walrus men, Hela's forces have already entered Rogue Harbor.

We may be facing a group of Kvaldir Mist Warriors.

From this point of view, those pirates are not the main threat. A vengeful Anne and her sailors, with the support of Anarres, should be enough to deal with them. "

Sephiel whispered behind Blake:

"But those things from Hades must"

"Don't look at me. I won't solve them myself. How can I help with such a trivial matter?"

The pirate whistled and glanced behind the ghost ship. All the senior students of Nathalas College had been summoned, and several elven ghost instructors were also making preparations for the battle.

Blake said to Saphire:

"Isn't it just for this time that I have put so much effort into rebuilding the academy? Naturally, my dear seniors and sisters will solve the problem for me among the miscellaneous soldiers under Hela.

The Naqfar is at your command.

I will go to the island for a while. I really want to see the pirates that Hela carefully selected to hunt me at sea. What kind of pirates are they?

But to be honest, I don't have much hope for this. You know, Hela has always been very bad at picking people. "

"Didn't she pick you? Captain."

The first auxiliary dragon put his hands on his hips and laughed and said:

"I think her eyesight is pretty good. She saw your potential right away."

"But didn't I just switch jobs?"

Blake shrugged and said:

"She can't keep top talents like me, and she doesn't discriminate when accepting people. She is desperate for revenge, and even gets on the line with the bastards in the Shadow Realm, for fear that she will not die quickly enough.

Look at what kind of crooks she has under her command. Is it wrong to say that she has poor vision? It started so well and ended up like this, I didn't even see it.

With a teammate like her, what other opponent does Lord Zoval of the Shadow Realm need?

Okay, no more chatting.

Get to work.

After capturing the Rogue Port, the trip to the Northland has come to a successful end. To be honest, my heart has flown to the Eastern Continent now, and I am very much looking forward to what happens next there.

This one in front of me is drizzling. "