Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 159 67. Turtle Shell Game

   More than 30 minutes later, in the Ancestral Turtle stronghold called Totaka Pier, in the small town in the center of the island, a panting Ancestral Turtle guard pushed open the door of the local chief's room.

   "Totaka, hurry up! Something happened!"

"Um?"

  The ancestral tortoise leader who was awakened by the guards would still lie in a large wooden basin in the house in the way of a turtle resting. It seemed that he was disturbed and fell asleep, and his face like a snapping turtle was a little dissatisfied.

   He stuck his limbs out of the turtle shell and asked:

   "What happened? So panicked. The snakes are calling? Or are the vicious Nagas stealing from us again?"

"neither."

  The ancestral turtle guard was probably "running" too quickly, so he leaned against the door of Totaka's house, sat on the steps, gasped and said to the leader:

   "It's those pirates who came to buy a boat from us a few days ago! They... huh. They"

   "What happened to them? Didn't they let them pick a boat? Are they dissatisfied and ready to make a scene? I knew those stinky pirates were a bunch of bad things."

  Totaka scolded, grabbed a big jujube from the side and threw it over to moisten the throat of the guard who stuck his tongue out. The latter took it in his hand and took a bite.

   "No, they didn't make trouble. But they

   That human captain has weird abilities, Totaka, go check it out! They picked the three in the best condition of those boats!

   is equivalent to buying three 70% new good boats at the price of buying old boats!

   And the big ship we just bought from the Zandalari trolls to send supplies to Vashj'ir's compatriots, they also bought it. "

"what?"

  Totaka was surprised. His limbs all popped out of the turtle shell, and he got up from his big water basin, and said in a stunned tone:

   "The two foxes and trolls who are in charge of business negotiations, I also talked to them, and they both know nothing about ships! How long has their captain been here?

  This is to find out the situation of all the ships?

   Even the most powerful old pirates can't do this! Someone must be helping them! "

The ancestral tortoise leader was angrily, he slowly put his backpack on his back, put on the weird flat-headed felt hat, picked up a wooden staff that looked very thoughtful, and was going to the pier to take a look. Look.

   He said to his guards:

   "Is the nasty Kojo helping them?"

   "No, the sage Koo Qiao has been staying on the pier, and I only had two words with the pirate, and the other one was to ask him to tell a story."

  The turtle guards finished eating the jujube, followed behind the leader and "runned" to the pier.

Um.

   Two ancestral tortoises are "running".

   It's super fast!

   They easily surpassed the big pet snail crawling on the stone next to them, and they were accelerating again, and it took seven minutes to "quickly" walk the road that normally takes 15 minutes to complete.

   From this small town in the middle of the island, I "rushed" to the pier.

   This distance, if Blake was to run, it would take him at least a minute to finish it!

   It can be seen that Totaka attaches great importance to this miserable business that he has to lose.

   But even if they tried their best, it was already a step too late.

   By the time they got to the dock, the crowds of orcs and troll exiles had already driven their sampans and set foot on their three new ships, still clamoring and clamoring.

  Red Blackhand stood proudly on the bow of one of the ships, and with his sword, declared the Blacktooth Laughing Clan's ownership of the ship.

   The orcs behind him were already discussing the name of the ship.

   And Black's quartermaster, Eudora the fox, threw two boxes of dazzling gems in front of the bewildered Ancestral Turtle transaction recorder.

   She flicked her tail, and signed the name of the undead pirate group on the sales contract with great arrogance.

  The transaction has been completed.

   "No! You can't!"

   The panting proto-turtle chief shouted:

   "It's just a battleship, that big guy can't give it to you!"

"Um?"

   The fox man holding the contract in his hand was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this.

   Eudora has already agreed with the captain just now that the big ship will be handed over to the foxmen to manage, and will be used as the fleet's loot warehouse and material logistics ship.

   That ship is huge.

   It can put the caravan of the fox people, the materials they have collected over the years, and all the hyenas they have domesticated into it. The big ship in the future will be the "caravan" of Eudora's fox people tribe on the sea.

   They will live there, multiply, follow the captain to all over the world, collect more things, and see more scenery and legends.

   Eudora has made plans for the future of her tribe, but now you, an ancestral tortoise, jumped out and said, that ship can't be sold? Are you kidding us pirates?

   "Bang!"

   Foxren's petite face showed a trace of ferocity.

   She stuffed the transaction contract into her pocket, put her finger in her mouth, and gave a sharp whistle.

   Soon, Maim came running with a dozen orcs and exile trolls in full armor.

   They didn't speak, each grabbed their weapons and stood behind the short fox man, and there were more men belonging to Black rushing over from all sides.

   "Hey! Totaka, what do you mean!"

   Eudora stood on the two wooden boxes. She shook her tail and shouted to the proto-turtles who were getting nervous:

   "We've been in business before, and I know you're going to play some tricks, but for the past dozen years, our deals have generally been fair.

   But this time it went too far!

   Everyone agreed that the boats we picked out would be ours, and it’s not like we didn’t pay! Why isn't that big ship for sale? "

"that is."

  The masked Zaraq was guarded by a group of exile trolls, and with a sense of security, he also pulled up the embarrassing emphasis of the noble Akunda and joined the discussion.

   He said in a weird tone:

   "If you say that the ship can't be sold, then you shouldn't have put it in the ship for sale in the first place. It's nothing more than bullying us undead pirates because we don't have enough knowledge, and we're sure we can't pick a good ship.

   But since you are doing business, please act like a qualified businessman

   Your own tricks were used by us, which can only prove that we are more powerful!

   Accept the bet, brother. "

   The pirates around him cheered loudly, which made the Ancestral Turtle a little hard to say, but Totaka was unwilling to give up, and planned to reason with Eudora.

   "Hey, what's the noise!"

   The dispute on the pier here soon attracted more attention.

   Carrying the sword, Reid stepped forward with a fierce face, and pushed aside the pirates in front of him. Seeing that his younger brother was also here, he asked in a vicious voice.

   Maim whispered what happened to Reid.

"Snapped"

   The sharp sword was immediately stabbed by Reid into the ground of the pier under his feet. The orc chieftain, whose whole body exuded an aura of violence, clenched his fists and showed a dangerous smile on his face with blue fangs.

   As he walked towards the Ancestral Turtle, he said:

   "Ha, it's not a smart move, and I'm going to default on the debt. Go, little fox, and let me tell the 'reason' to these turtle people!"

   "Shu, huh"

  As Reid approached, the guards on the Ancestral Turtle side also drew their weapons in unison.

   They are not as tall as the orcs, but they are very stocky and powerful, and their defense is several times that of the orcs. If they really want to fight, they are not afraid of the orcs.

   But Totaka Pier is for business.

   If such a vicious incident occurs and it is spread, the goodwill of the entire terminal will be affected.

   "Totaka!"

   has been on the second floor of the dock warehouse. Ko Qiao, the Scroll Sage who was chatting with Black, saw this scene and couldn't help lying on the railing, shouting to the ancestor turtle below:

   "Don't be stubborn, these pirates have just defeated the forwards of hell, and I have heard the tale of that legend from their leader.

   Don't let your fellow man bleed for your mistakes!

   Our **** Tortola is watching us. "

   "No, Kojo, this is no longer a business thing."

  Totaka raised his head, and the sage of the scroll who came from afar shouted:

   "That ship was prepared to deliver supplies to our compatriots in Vashj'ir. Only that big ship strong enough can safely pass through the wind and waves caused by those Naga in Vashj'ir.

   can carry enough supplies at one time.

   You also know that our compatriots in the sea have just been destroyed by the evil Naga.

   They need our help.

   I have prepared the supplies, just waiting to set off.

   That ship, can't be given to them! "

"This"

  The Scroll Sage had just come and traveled during this period of time. He didn't know Totaka's plan. Now that he heard that this matter was related to the suffering compatriots in the distance, Kou Qiao was a little embarrassed for a while.

   But the sages of the scroll are the most knowledgeable and wisest among the ancestor turtles, and he quickly came up with the idea.

   He glanced back and was sitting at the small table, Blake, who was slowly enjoying his collection of tobacco, then pointed his head to Totaka below and said:

   "Don't settle this with force, Totaka, use your wits! Since this problem was caused by a bad deal, let's make another deal with our pirate friends.

   Let’s play a turtle shell game in the tradition of our ancestor turtles. "

   "Yes! Turtle shell game! Don't you pirates like to gamble on luck the most? Let's use luck to settle this dispute!"

  Totaka, who was being made big by Red's violent threat, suddenly lit up. He turned around, raised his claws, and shouted at the front of him. The pirates who were full of dissatisfaction shouted:

   "You each go to the proto-turtles on the pier. Play the turtle shell game with my brethren, everyone participates, and at midnight tonight, the game is over.

  If our people win more, the ship will be returned to us, and we will double your losses.

   If you win more, the ship is yours.

   No matter who wins or loses, the ancestral turtle will provide enough supplies for your voyage as our apology.

How about it?

   This kind of fairness should be enough to satisfy you, right? "

   "Make sure you don't lose!"

   The little fox man's eyes lit up all of a sudden. In addition to the best-grade big ship they bought, there were three other big ships in the dock.

   Captain said it before.

  The maintenance of one of the three ships is actually not bad, and it is enough to be used as a supply ship.

   "Okay! Let's play with you!"

   Eudora pretended to be very generous, swung her small paws, and said:

   "But we don't want your compensation, if we lose, give us a big ship If we win, we'll take another ship!

   Don't pay! "

   "Okay! That's it."

  Totaka breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, he whispered to the guards beside him.

   On the pirate side, Maim asked in a low voice:

   "What is a turtle shell game?"

"Very simple."

   Born and raised in the desert, Eudora, who had dealt with the ancestor tortoise before, turned around and explained to Maim and the other pirates:

   "All ancestor turtles like to collect things, whether they are useful or useless, they can live for a long time one by one, so there are many small bits and pieces in the rucksack of each ancestor turtle.

   In their spare time, they will use some collected turtle shells to play games.

   First hide the small bits and pieces in pairs, and then let another person find them. Generally, there are thirty turtle shells and fifteen pairs of gadgets, disrupt the order, and then start to turn the turtle shells.

   Find all the pairs and win. "

   "Sounds simple."

   Maim nodded and asked again:

   "Where is the difficulty?"

   "There is a limit on the number of times."

   Eudora said with akimbo:

   "Usually when you play, you will give many chances to turn over the turtle shell, but I estimate that this time the ancestor turtles will only give a few attempts.

   is indeed a game of luck as they say.

   But just play.

   Just relax and play.

  These ancestral tortoises are very powerful in the sea. They live for a long time and know many secrets. It is said that they used the court scandal of King Rastakhan to coerce the Golden Dynasty to open the port to them.

   These guys are all intelligence dealers on the sea, it really annoys them, and it's not good for us.

  You see, the captain didn't come forward to stop this, I guess he thinks the same as mine, so let's just give them a step down.

   Anyway, no matter what, we will not lose money.

   Just play. "

   (end of this chapter)