Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Little Star went to the Moonglade of Kalimdor to "collect debts" from the druids, so Black had to go alone on the journey from Grizzly Hills to Zul'Drak.

Fortunately, he also has a silly little fish man, two war beasts, and a loyal hippogryph accompanying him, which makes this journey not boring.

The hippogryph carried Blake at low altitude.

In the forest below, the ghost wolf was running wantonly, while the big horn held the little fish man waving the flag and cheering on his head, chasing the stupid wolf in the forest.

However, in terms of speed, Big Bear is indeed no match for Stupid Wolf. It can match it in short-distance running, but once it starts to travel long distances, Bear immediately fails.

But bears are also cunning.

In terms of familiarity with Grizzly Bear Hills, Stupid Wolf was far inferior to it, so Xiong Xiong chose to take a shortcut, bypassing a small hill, and appeared in front of Stupid Wolf.

This made Frostpaw extremely angry.

Why are you still cheating in the competition that was promised!

Big stupid bear, you are shameless.

So a small-scale fight started again. The murloc, who was not too dissatisfied with the excitement, waved his pirate flag as the two beasts collided, cheering and cheering.

It likes this exciting and wild fish fun.

Black did not disturb the happy time of these three guys. There was nothing important to do when going to Zul'Drak this time. He just wanted to go around the country of the frost trolls in advance.

To set the stage for future major events, just as he said to Sephiel before, the Northland Troll Empire is still strong at this stage.

These savage and warlike frost trolls are extremely powerful. If they are brought to the Eastern Continent, they are fully capable of launching a large-scale conquest on the scale of the orc war.

With the pirates' current strength alone, it would be impossible to even dream of attacking the Drakkari Empire.

We can only develop while waiting for opportunities.

There are two roads from Grizzly Hills to Zul'Drak in the north. One is from Silverstream Town, the colonial territory of the Gilneans, all the way north, which is an area controlled by trolls.

There is a Drak'Saron Fortress guarding the road to Zul'Drak. That fortress is the most important military facility of the Drakkari Trolls. It was established a long time ago to prevent the invasion of the bearmen.

There are a large number of elite troll warriors guarding there, so it's not a good place to break through.

The other road, just northeast of the Grizzly Hills, beyond the mountains of Ursoc's lair, is a huge staircase, together with the Grizzly Hills and the troll empire of Zul'Drak.

This was once a military road built by the Troll Empire to attack the Bears and launch large-scale wars. However, after the failure of a certain battle, this wide avenue was included in the power of the Bears.

The trolls have lost control here forever.

But the Ursines didn't want to go anywhere. They looked down upon the barren and cold land of Zul'Drak.

The Bears are dedicated to Grizzly Downs.

This material-rich ancestral land can fully meet all the needs of the bears. If the trolls hadn't taken the initiative to start the war, they wouldn't have wasted time fighting the stupid trolls.

To sum up, the pirates finally chose this route to Zul'Drak.

But when they came to the towering stairs leading to Zul'Drak, the pirates found a guy who had been waiting here.

Tul Raging Claw.

This brave black bear warrior is still wearing the Cenarion robes and carrying a big bundle on his back. It seems to have been waiting here for a long time.

"I thought you ran away."

The pirate rode the wind vulture and landed next to the bear warrior. He joked:

"After all, it would be too unseemly for an honorable lair guard to serve as a bodyguard for a human pirate."

"The oath we bears are as unbreakable as the snowy mountains of the North."

Turl laughed like a barbell.

It seems to have emerged from the shadow of Ursock's disaster. There is also a pendant of broken bear teeth hanging around its neck, which represents its memory of Ursock.

"Since you helped us return the painful demigod to peace, no matter what your status is in your civilization, you will always be our bear people's friend.

I promised you that I would protect you, and I will naturally fulfill my promise. I will protect you like I protect Ursok until you die of old age, then I will return to my hometown and continue my mission. "

Tour patted his chest and said honestly:

"We bear people can live for a long time, the elders said, let me regard this experience as a journey in life. Just like ten thousand years ago, my people followed Ursok and Ursol to The kingdom of elves is like a kingdom against demons.”

"Well, I'm still young."

Blake pouted and said:

"If you want to wait for me to die, I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Oh, by the way, I'll give you this."

The pirate took out Ursok's claws from his bag and handed them to the bear warrior. The latter's eyes widened. Facing the holy object handed over by the pirate, he waved his claws repeatedly and said with some fear:

"This is Ursoc's artifact. It has been placed in the Raging Claw Temple for thousands of years. After being stolen by the fallen bear-men, it has always brought shame to our tribe.

I can't accept it.

I don't have the qualifications or the strength to use it. Those bear warriors who tried to master this artifact in the past fell into madness unable to control the divine power.

This is blasphemy”

"That's not blasphemy. Those fools are just trying to use the power of a demigod without their permission."

Black snorted, thrust Ursoc's Claw into Tur's trembling hands, and whistled:

"But you are different. Ursock left these two artifacts and asked me to hand them over to you. Obviously, your god saw your bravery and determination in that battle, and it believed that you were qualified to use it.

If you feel you don't deserve it.

Then take care of me, asshole! Keep practicing so that one day you will be worthy of the power of this artifact.

Let me tell you, follow me from now on, and there will be plenty of battles for you to fight.

Of course, I know the temper of you divine warriors. You will not be allowed to fight in evil battles. Only those 'just' battles will allow you to fight.

Okay, take it and follow me to Zul'Drak. My incompetent subordinates have been waiting there for several days.

Well, I hope they're lucky enough and haven't been caught and eaten by the Drakkari trolls yet.

I will not avenge them both. "

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"Ah, Captain, you are finally here! I am almost exhausted from waiting."

Following a very troll-style staircase, from the Grizzly Hills to the first place in Zul'Drak that looked like a ruined village, the pirate encountered his incompetent and noisy men.

Wearing a wooden mask and wearing Frost Troll-style clothes, Zarak would hold the pirate's hand and be unwilling to let go.

He seemed aggrieved and complained to the captain:

"I promised to come over as soon as possible, but why did it take you so long to come? I was almost caught and eaten by those savage bastards. Fortunately, I am very powerful and summoned demons to kill them.

Captain, let's go quickly.

This Zul'Drak is really not a place for humans. The trolls here are so damn barbaric. I stayed here for seven or eight days and witnessed more than 20 live sacrifices and cannibalism with my own eyes.

Neither the gangsters nor those damn faithless snake-men in the Vol'dun Desert are as savage as they are.

Who is the serious person here?

Hey, who is this brother? This body is awesome, these gloves are so powerful, eh, they look so powerful, come on, show me. Ah! "

The arrogant giant magician wanted to touch the Ursoc claws on Tuul Raging Claw's arms. As soon as he raised his hand, the werebear grabbed his wrist and gave him a light blow, which almost broke the troll's spine. break.

In the midst of his struggle, he summoned a hellhound to drive Tuor back.

But the bearman didn't use the magic weapon at all. He slapped it with his claws without looking, and turned half of the ferocious hell hound's body into demon meat.

This claw frightened Zalak out of his wits.

The giant magician shook his body and did not dare to resist. The bear man in front of him was obviously a tough guy and he didn't dare to mess with him. He could only look at his captain as if asking for help.

"Oh, you are really hopeless, you loser."

Blake shook his head helplessly and introduced to him:

"This is Tur Furyclaw, the warrior of the Ursine, my new bodyguard. Tur, let him go, this guy is my useless subordinate, you are laughing."

The bear man shrugged and said nothing.

As a bearman, it had participated in the war between bears and trolls, so it had no favorable impression of trolls at all, not to mention that the glib troll in front of it had a strong aura of darkness.

He summoned demons to fight for him, which only made Tuor's hatred of trolls even greater.

"Where's Dakuru?"

Blake did not waste time. He looked at the destroyed troll village in front of him. There were still blood stains on the ground and traces of flames burning around it. The destruction should not last long, no more than two days.

He asked, Zarak rubbed his wrists and stood up, nodded and bowed and said to the captain:

"My men went to track down the cannibals. Early yesterday morning, they launched an attack on the small village where Dakuru was born, and captured all the trolls in the village.

It looked like a living sacrifice was going to be held. "

"Did you lure those cannibals here?"

The pirate asked with a frown.

Zarak shook his head hurriedly and explained:

"It's not us, Captain. We remembered your orders and didn't cause any trouble along the way. This village was destroyed and it had nothing to do with us.

From what Dakuru said, it was entirely the people in his village who were unlucky.

Recently it happened to be the day when the Drakkari trolls sacrificed to their Loa god, and every Loa temple was collecting sacrifices for the gods.

The northern trolls believe that only blood can convey their thoughts to the gods, so many creatures suffer disasters on this day every year.

There are two Loa temples nearby. One is dedicated to the snow leopard goddess Hakeya. She is considered a good god and only needs fresh beasts as tribute from her followers.

But another temple worships the wind serpent god Quesluen. "

Zarak showed a regretful look and said to Blake:

"Wind Snake God, you sound like an evil bastard at first glance. All the Wind Snake Gods in this world are bastards, and Haka is just the most evil one among them.

In short, the wind snake known as the ‘Patron Saint of the Wise’ has a strong taste.

The sacrifice it wants must be the heart and blood of an intelligent being, and it wants a lot of it.

The nearby Wolverine tribe had long since fled to the Grizzly Bear Hills. The followers of the Wind Serpent could not find other lives, so they had no choice but to attack their own people.

That idiot Dakuru was born nearby. He didn't want to give up on his fellow tribesmen, so he ran to track them down. He also wanted to drag me along to save people.

But I have a more important mission! "

Zarak puffed up his chest and said to the pirate:

"I will wait here loyally for my captain to arrive."

"Are there many such living sacrifices?"

Blake also raised his eyebrows. Although it was already known in the game that the Northland Trolls were savage, dark, and capable of eating people, they would not be shown too much in the game.

Now that Zul'Drak is here, it's a bit eye-opening to hear Zalak's words.

"A lot, more than you think, Captain."

The bear next to Black also called the pirates the name of troll. It introduced Zul'Drak in the eyes of the bear to Black in a tone that was mixed with disgust and helplessness.

The two tribes have been fighting for many years and know each other very well.

Tur said in a deep voice like a bear-man:

"The Drakkari trolls of Zul'Drak are the filthiest and most savage trolls imaginable.

Our people also came into contact with other trolls a long time ago, but the frost trolls like Drakkari are generally more rude than other trolls.

Rather than sit down and negotiate, these bastards prefer brutal and violent conquest.

They are cruel beyond your imagination, and they use any voodoo spells they know without hesitation to worship these same bloodthirsty and evil gods on their land.

They love to eat their enemies.

When necessary, they will even eat their 'friends' and family, and eat them raw!

The only language these Drakkari trolls understand is violence, the only thing they worship is power, and the only thing they want from others is fear.

and, after the conflict, taking their flesh to satisfy their hunger. "

At this point, the bear man's tone was also a little helpless, and he said:

"The land of Zul'Drak is very barren. Although there are many wild beasts here, most of the wild beasts that can live here are protected by their Loa.

If they want to survive here, they have to be cruel.

Fortunately for the rest of Northrend, though, the Drakkari trolls have maintained a clan-based system, making it difficult for them to truly unite.

Small tribes, each worshiping Loa, are spread across the entire land of Zul'Drak.

Ever since they occupied this land, they have been waging civil wars. They slaughtered each other, probably just because they met on their respective borders.

Or a mean look, or a scolding, or even just because they are hungry and need meat.

Such frequent wars have prevented the population of the Drakkari Trolls from rising, but their strong reproductive capacity has kept their numbers from declining. No matter how brutal the war, the Northland Trolls will not die out.

They would not share this land with anyone, not even their fellow citizens. "

The bear man shook his head and persuaded:

"Captain, this is really not a good place. If you have nothing important to do, I advise you not to go too deep into Zul'Drak.

You will find nothing of value here except savagery and madness, the ruins of cities destroyed by civil war, and countless skeletons echoing with mourning. "

"Hmm, sounds like a good place."

Blake rubbed his chin and said:

"I may also be facing a war. Such brutal soldiers suit my needs. Let's go and walk around in this ignorant land.

Don't worry, I won't stir up trouble now.

The time has not come yet. "