Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 1024 120. Poke your big eyes -- Happy Lantern Festival [13]

   "I found Emeril's trace. The good news is that she is still alive and has left many traces to guide her."

  In the intricate tunnels under Zora's nest in the central and western Silithus desert, Ryan Wolfrunner, who maintained a "natural camouflage" state, took advantage of the darkness of the tunnels to come to Windrunner's mother.

   She sensed her surroundings vigilantly and whispered:

   "The bad news is that judging from the traces left, she was brought into the deepest part of the nest by the insects. It should be the 'incubator' full of insect eggs that the druids said.

  According to the Druid's map, to get there you have to go through the "barracks" of the bugs.

  The slow sapper bugs are not a problem, but the hive guards who are flying around in the lair are troublesome. They are vigilant and will spot us if we are not careful. "

   "What about the Druids?"

   Windrunner's mother was silent for a moment, and said:

   "Can they meet at the entrance to the hive?"

   "They were always there, but they were unwilling to go deep into this place, they called it a place of darkness, where all forces of order were not welcome.

  Ma'am, if we just rush in like this, we'll startle all the bugs and be torn apart here. "

  Wolfwalker looked around and said:

   "Why don't I go, if I'm sure Emeril is still alive, I'll bring her back."

   "Don't think about going well, Ryan!"

  Beside Windrunner's mother, on the other side of the tunnel, the silent orc Rexxar, who was squatting there, touched the axe at his waist and said:

   "Look at the situation here, these bugs seem to me like a well-organized army. They didn't kill Emeril immediately, but captured her. It's probably a trap set by the bugs.

   Or do something terrible to Emeril.

  We want to take away our companions, and we must go through a fight. The environment here limits your performance as a hunter. You can only go alone to feed the bugs.

  I'll go. "

  Rexxar glanced forward, the orc hunter wearing the black wolfskin helmet narrowed his eyes, and said in a loud voice:

   "You, Lady Windrunner, and other companions are setting up a defense line at the entrance, ready to meet me, and Misha and Hoffer can work together to get out.

   But we must evacuate as soon as we save Emeril.

  The bugs don't give up easily. "

   "Are you underestimating the power of the Kaldorei?"

   Ryan Wolfrunner snorted and said to Rexxar:

   "I'm a veteran, I've fought the battle of quicksand, I know more about bugs than you, I'm better suited for this kind of stealth than you, I"

"stop fighting!"

   Windrunner's mother waved, and Ryan Wolfrunner fell silent immediately.

   It can be seen that after the leader of the secret passage, Imuriel Shadowguard, was "kidnapped" by bugs under special circumstances, Lireza has become the temporary leader of these good hunters.

  While Mother Windrunner is not a member of the Hidden Path, she overwhelms these hunters with her actions and strength.

"I go!"

Lilesa carried the Lingxian Longbow behind her back and wrapped the Nethersea Water Chain around her wrist. She pulled up the hood of the elf cloak behind her and put it on her head. Those burning eyes looked back at Ryan and Lei. Kesa, says:

   "You two take the others to the entrance and set up your defenses, I'm the one most likely to evacuate Emeril with her after I rescue her.

   I'm also the most likely person to come back alive if the situation worsens.

   It was I who suggested Emeriel to use all means to find the traces left by Lin Ge, it was I who forced her too hastily, and it was my wrong suggestion to send the Shadowguard to such a situation.

This is my fault.

   I have to make up.

   Stop arguing, just do it. "

   After finishing speaking, Windrunner's mother walked forward, and the natural aura around her merged her figure with the environment around the tunnel, like a chameleon.

  The ability of this natural camouflage is very similar to the stealth of an assassin, but both have their own characteristics and cannot be generalized.

   However, in the hands of a hunter like Windrunner's mother, the effect of camouflage is not much worse than that of stealth.

She passed through the tunnel full of sappers at a calm and uniform speed, maintaining a safe distance that would not be perceived by the alien insects, and maintaining the perception and judgment that a top ranger should have even in her thoughts. The traces left by Emeril's capture were found in the tunnels of .

The clever Shadowguard left nicks indicating the direction on the wall covered with strange substances. After walking along the nicks for more than ten minutes, the increasingly narrow worm nest in front of Windrunner's mother suddenly opened up. .

"found it."

  General Lireza, in natural camouflage, hid in the shadow of the tunnel and looked forward to the incubator that looked like the "palace" at the bottom of the worm's nest.

  This huge cave is by no means a natural formation and is full of excavation marks everywhere.

  The empty hatching room is filled with eggs of various colors, like a fixed beehive. A specially reserved stone pillar hangs from the highest mountain wall.

   There are strange fleshy cysts growing on it, shining a strange yellow light.

   Those lights make the temperature here very high, and it is rare in the desert to create a very high humidity environment, and larvae break out every minute and every second.

  Healthy larvae will enter other areas of the nest through the dense holes in the cave, and those with defective bodies will be directly killed by flying insects patrolling the hatching room, and their bodies will be absorbed by the ground creep as nourishment.

   This represents the ruthless law of the swarm.

   Defective genes cannot continue, and each birth must ensure that the swarm will continue to grow stronger in the future.

   The Windrunner mother, the undead, I watched in this scene was a little uncomfortable.

   She looked away and looked around in the hatching room, and soon, she found Emeril Shadowguard who had been captured by the bug before.

   The leader of the secret passage was not abused.

   The chain armor on her body and the bow on her back are all intact, but her form is very strange.

   She knelt down under the stone pillar in the center of the incubator like an elf bowing to the moon god.

   maintained the posture of prayer, but did not say a word. If it weren't for the heaving of her chest to indicate that she was still breathing, Windrunner's mother would think that there was only a husk there.

   But even so, Lireza also felt that something was wrong.

   Shadowguard pose

   It looks like he was bewitched, but in addition to the advantages of quantity and quality, does the swarm have the ability to attack the mind? The evolution of these bugs is a bit too versatile, right?

   "Damn!"

  The Windrunner mother, who was hiding outside the hatching room, was caught in a dilemma.

  Whether she chooses to forcibly take the Shadow Guard away or wake her up first, the elite bugs patrolling the incubation room will be alerted, and a battle is inevitable.

   Or, she can turn around and leave when she doesn't see everything in front of her, and then go back and tell the companions of the hidden passage that Emeril is dead.

  No one would doubt her.

   The swarm attack that came suddenly that night was too sudden, and it was normal for Emeril who was captured to die in that situation.

   But not everyone thinks as hard as a stinky pirate.

   Shadowguard is still alive.

   It didn't take long for Windrunner's mother to make a decision. She picked up the Lingxian longbow behind her, took an arrow, took a deep breath, and aimed forward.

   "Hit the one that will fly."

   A familiar voice sounded behind her, Windrunner's mother nodded, she thought so too, she had to kill the flying one before she could let .

and many more!

   Who was talking just now?

  Lilesa glanced back.

Beside her, Blake walked out of the gate of shadows shaped by the blood-red streamer, fully armed, with two crow crossbows in his hands, he took a step forward, forming a standard double sniper with Mother Windrunner. formation.

   "I thought you all rushed into the wall of beetles and killed them."

  Blake half-knelt on the other side of the hatchery entrance, raised the crossbow in his hand, and said to the mentor next to him:

   "In the end, I didn't expect you to be so inefficient. A team of top hunters has not even opened the seal on the Beetle Wall for almost a month."

   "Yeah, I'm sorry to disappoint you, after all, we can't call an elemental monarch for help."

   Windrunner's mother calmed down. She maintained her shooting preparation, looked left and right, and said:

   "Why did you come here? Where are your elite soldiers?"

   "They are still trudging in the desert to eat sand. I came first as soon as I ran. I'm not worried that my powerful and ruthless mentor will be in danger."

   Black chuckled and said:

   "You'd better draw out your sword like me, teacher, these bugs are not stupid, but unfortunately they can understand only one language."

   "What the **** is that floating around you?"

   Windrunner's mother suppressed her voice and exclaimed. She saw the Salamaine sword hanging over Black's shoulder and said:

   "Is this some evil dark trick again?"

   "Shhh!"

  Black made a silent gesture and said:

   "Don't say that, she has a bad temper. Maybe she will attack you before killing the insects."

   "Your sword has the same characteristics as your people, my disciple."

   Windrunner's mother grinned, and the next moment she released her fingers, and the spears of the void flew forward silently, hitting the heads of the elite flying insects flying in the incubation room.

With a    puff, the uncomfortable triangular worm's head burst open.

   Almost at the same time, two magic arrows also pierced the air and inserted into the compound eyes of the soldiers patrolling the ground. The high-speed rotating arrows smashed their brains like walnuts.

   The remaining bugs were about to scream and warn, but the vengeful spirit of the shadow shuttle appeared on it, and the shadow attack with the pirate sword and dagger shaved off the guy's skull.

   The last patrol bug was the worst.

  It was picked up by the flying Salamaine like a harpoon, inserted into the wall of the hatching room, smashed three or four eggs, and splashed the disgusting juice.

   The elite bugs guarding the hatching room were wiped out in a single encounter, a perfect silent assassination, and General Lireza was relieved that the enemy could not send a message until death.

   She stood up and glanced at Blake.

  Her disciple hung the crossbow on his waist, bent over and pretended to make a "please" gesture.

   I killed one by myself just now, and when I took the second arrow, the remaining four were killed by Black in an instant. My disciple is really extraordinary.

  I trained him well myself.

  General Lireza was satisfied and walked into the incubation room with a sense of pride. She did not forget Black's reminder, and took out the war sword that had not been used for a long time from her luggage.

  When the two-handed sword named Apocalypse was taken out, it began to humming irritably, like an annoying bear child, probably because he was very dissatisfied with the restrained swordsman who did not use it to kill the Quartet.

   It is an evil blade, it is eager to kill.

   But soon, the magic blade Apocalypse sensed an interesting soul, just ahead! Its sword-bearer has not yet sensed the problem of this soul, but Apocalypse has sensed it.

   The evil blade with a bad personality didn't tell Lileza, as if he was going to give his master a small "surprise".

   "Shadow Guard? Are you okay?"

   General Lireza, who was carrying the Apocalypse and holding the bow, slowly stepped forward. She looked at Emeril who was silent in front of her, and asked softly.

"I'm very good"

  Emeril Shadowguard, who fought alongside Black in Kul Tiras, heard the inquiry, and she whispered:

   "It's never been better, I can hear it talking to me, showing me that future."

   This wrong answer made Liresa frown, and she pulled out the sword behind her with a backhand, while Blake stood at the entrance and glanced out.

  The ground was shaking, and a large number of summoned bugs were rushing towards the hatching room.

   "Ms. Shadowguard, I'm sorry to interrupt, I'm just curious."

  Blake flicked his fingers, and the dangling Salameni split into two blades and flew out of the incubation room. The pirate in the Luna armor asked in a low voice:

   "Is there a place for me in the future shown to you by your new loyal master?"

   "About your fate, you can ask it yourself, Blake Shaw, you are a special guest, please forgive our poor reception, this trap is not prepared for you.

  We never thought that someone like you would come to this backcountry. "

   Standing up, Emeril Shadowguard let out a weird laugh, as if something else had taken the elf's body and hid it in her soul.

   She opened her mouth, and in a high-pitched, abnormally high-pitched scream, the cold void force exploded in the incubation room like an explosion.

   Windrunner's mother clutched her forehead and took a few steps back, while her disciple stood there, standing still.

   In Blake's changing vision, the white light implying depravity and destruction rolled and surged, and a huge eyeball was looking down at him.

   In those tumbling khaki eyes, Blake's shadow was reflected in the purple pupils.

  The gaze from the Thousand-Eyed Demon C'Thun is enough to drive a tough soul insane, but for the "same kind" that originated from the void, this kind of impact directly on the soul is not so powerful.

   In addition to the "remote casting", Blake's mind will be as calm as water, and there will be no waves.

   He looked at the huge eyeball in front of him through the black owl helmet, and the accompanying void whispers did not affect his sanity.

   Or rather, it has long been accustomed to it.

   "I have a question, Lord C'Thun."

  Black looked at the big eyeball in front of him, stretched out a finger, and asked in this vision directed at him:

   "Why do you and N'Zoth always like to use the eyeball as a sign? Always use it to scare people? Was your primary biology taught by a physical education teacher?

   eyeball

   is a very delicate and fragile organ!

   If you are accidentally poked by a bad guy, it will hurt for a long time, like this! "

   "Whoosh"

   The Defiler Fragment wrapped in the power of the void was thrown by the pirates in a shadow attack, turning into a black light hitting the phantom eyeball in front of him.

   Although there was no blood flowing out, with a furious roar, the illusions in those white lights dissipated like shattered glass in front of Blake's eyes.

   This bad guy hurts the eyes of C'Thun who are here!

   But what did innocent C'Thun do wrong? The enthusiastic ancient **** just wanted to come to greet the distinguished guests in person and show his demeanor as a master!

   Is this also wrong?

   Ah, this is really a malicious world.

   (end of this chapter)