Azeroth Shadow Trail

  Chapter 291 110. Observation Report on Civilizations in the Eastern Continent [Empire Special Edition. Top Secret]--[535]

   (Additional update [5/5] for brother 'Snort Nest')

   "Boom"

  Dazzling lightning fell from the sky, illuminating the indifferent night north of the Waldun Desert.

  It is like a beating Razer, under the traction of some kind of force, it slid from the sky, pulled out twisted bends, and landed precisely on the top of the large building on the ground.

   There are several very beautiful sapphire spires that have been polished there. When absorbing lightning energy, the streamer splashes on the outer layer of the gemstone, and through the metal connection below the gemstone, these violent forces are sent into the ancient temple below.

  This temple of Setaris is the central building of the unbeliever snake people empire. It was built by cutting through a mountain, and its shape was shaped into the upper body of the mysterious mistress—that is, the upper body shape of the snake people.

  This temple rises from the ground, at least a few hundred meters high, like a totem standing in time.

   At the highest point of the temple, which is constantly attracting lightning, there is a black snake scale, the unbeliever emperor Kotek, who has fine arcs beating between the scales, just like every night in the past.

   It stood on this high point, holding a scepter, overlooking its own empire.

   It saw the sand blowing, saw the snake warriors escorting slaves to trek through the canyon, and saw another lightning bolt in the distance under the dark night.

   That is the Temple of Akunda, inhabited by another loa who can harness the power of lightning.

   Emperor Kotek's snake eyes gleamed with dissatisfaction and murderous intent.

   It has abandoned faith.

   But it still stubbornly believes that the lightning falling from the sky is a symbol of the power of the snake people, and this power should not be shared by other races or creatures.

   "Your Majesty."

  Behind the emperor, an old unbeliever snake priest respectfully walked up the stairs. Under the gaze of several ruthless snake guards, he raised the scroll in his hand and said to Kotek tremblingly:

   "The forerunner of the empire has brought us the news of the holy relics and the devout from the far side of the endless sea."

"read."

  The Great Snake Man said something casually, his eyes still looking into the distance, towards the direction of Dazar'alor where the Zandalari trolls live, which is a fertile and rich land.

   There are endless treasures buried there, and it is the territory that every king wants to rule.

  Behind it, the unbeliever priest opened the scroll in his hand. This thing was written very long, hanging from the hands of the snake man to the ground, and it was written with the text of the snake man.

   "cough cough"

  The old priest coughed twice, and read in the hissing voice of the snake man:

   "Master of the Vol'dun Desert, noble emperor of all creatures and serpents:

  Your loyal servants salute you from the seas of the Eastern Continent. After a long journey of the past month, your servants have finally reached a strange land far from their homeland.

   Captain Gaboa, who led us here, and the three ships under his command, fulfilled their duties perfectly. These cursed pirates are extremely skilled in their navigation, and their behavior is also quite cunning.

   During the journey, we encountered several times when we were chased by the battleships of the powerful human naval power called 'Kul Tiras', but cursed the pirates, each time they were able to escape before they caught up.

  I know that His Majesty despises this kind of behavior of fleeing without a fight, but your loyal servants must explain to His Majesty on behalf of those cursed pirates.

Our empire fights on land, not afraid of the provocation of any race. Unfortunately, the battle at sea is another matter entirely. Those human warships are majestic and powerful. That is a force I have never seen in the Zandalar waters. .

   Their ships are well made and equipped with terrifying weapons called 'artillery'.

   I have seen those weapons in action at sea, the human navy of Kul Tiras sinking a ship the size of a Zandalari naval battleship in just one salvo.

  The screams of the pirates on the sea where the flames float is impressive.

   This is my first suggestion to the great majesty.

  If the Empire wants to build its own navy, it must be equipped with such advanced weapons, which may not be as fast as our lightning crossbow in terms of fire rate.

   But its range and destructive power exceed our weapons.

   The most important thing is that only the clansmen with supernatural power can use the lightning crossbow, and the artillery only needs simple training, even the weakest clansmen can manipulate it to destroy the opponent. "

  The snake-man old priest continued to chant, but saw Emperor Kothek raised his finger in front of him.

   Obviously, the content of this letter has already attracted the attention of the emperor. The black snake man spit out a snake letter, and it asked:

   "My loyal General Adris, not a person who only makes suggestions, does he leave a way to obtain that weapon called 'artillery'?"

   "Yes, Your Majesty."

  The snake-man old priest looked under the scroll, and after a few seconds, it replied:

   "General Adris said that he had reached an agreement with a force called 'Venture Capital' in a place called 'Bounty Bay'.

   Those creatures named 'goblin' will follow the route given by the general to visit our empire and bring us artillery and other engineering weapons.

General    also warned that these goblins have the technology to manufacture 'steam ships', which can just make up for the empire's lack of marine power.

   But they are very cunning and very greedy, ask your majesty to send the brightest scholars in the empire to talk to them about business. "

   "Greedy? Hehe."

  Korthek the Great let out a serpent-like laugh, leaning on his ornate scepter studded with lightning sapphire, and said:

   "I like greedy people.

   As long as their greed is satisfied, they will bring new power to the Empire. Beneath this desert, buried treasures are as numerous as quicksand, and only we snake people can find them.

  If all the goblins need is money.

   That question is too simple.

   Keep reading. "

   "As you order, Your Majesty."

  The old priest returned to the place where he was interrupted before, and continued to read:

   "My warriors and I, at the suggestion of Captain Gaboa, did not immediately go to the northern part of the mainland to look for a city called 'Dalaran'.

   Instead, he bypassed the shores of Booty Bay and headed to the Blasted Lands to watch the war between humans and orcs.

  I have to say that this is the most rewarding part of my long journey.

  It made me see the war potential of human civilization more clearly for His Majesty and the Empire, because of the blockade of the Kul Tiras fleet, our fleet cannot get close to the battlefield.

   But I saw the battle posture of the two Kul Tiras fleets blocking the sea, and I have to say, I was greatly shocked.

   Although it may be said that it may make His Majesty dissatisfied, with the strength of the Faithless Empire, it is completely impossible to defeat Kul Tiras on the sea.

   Actually, as I discussed with Captain Gaboa.

   Even if the Empire and the Zandalar trolls unite, with the golden fleet that the Zandalar trolls are proud of, and start a decisive battle with the navy of Kul Tiras on the sea, it is estimated that the odds of winning will not be too great.

  Because on the Kul Tiras fleet, there is a peculiar spellcaster named 'Tide Sage',

   They have the power to manipulate the sea.

   And the king of Kul Tiras, Daelin Proudmoore, is the best commander on the sea in this era, which has also been affirmed by Captain Gaboa.

   He said that if Daelin was born in his time, he would definitely become the most troublesome opponent for the Zandalari pirates.

   And Kul Tiras is only one of the seven kingdoms of mankind, which is enough to prove the war potential of human civilization, and it also makes me feel pessimistic about the search for the keystone.

   Warwick, the prophet of the devout serpent, really found a strong ally for them. "

   Reading this, the old priest secretly glanced at the back of Emperor Kotek, and when he saw his majesty's tail lit up in circles of arcs, the old priest spat out a snake letter in fear.

   Your Majesty is not happy.

   It was a little hesitant, whether to continue reading it or not, for fear that the next content would make the emperor furious.

   I also complained in my heart that this General Adris really deserves to be a famous 'upright man' in the empire.

  You have come back from a long journey to write an observation report, can't you pick something good to say? The Great Emperor cannot punish you, but in his fury, he will punish me.

   This is like a snake sitting at home, and the pot comes from the sky.

   "Keep reading!"

  The gloomy voice of Emperor Kotek echoed on the top of this temple, it spit out a snake letter and said:

   "I will finish the report of my most loyal general and will not punish you for it."

   "As you order, Your Majesty."

  The old priest breathed a sigh of relief and read again:

   "I stayed in the outer sea of ​​the Blasted Land for three days, and after our scouts knocked down several humans and orcs with poison arrows on the battlefield and brought them back to the ship for torture, I figured out the war situation in the Eastern Continent.

  The human civilization and the orcs from another world have been at war for six years.

  The human beings were cornered for a time, but they defeated the orcs with the cooperation of their heroes and kingdoms. But it wasn't all about human courage and strength, but also about the sudden decline of the orcs.

   At present, the war is almost over, the tribe of orcs has been destroyed, and most of the force has been annihilated or captured alive. From the mouth of the prisoners, I learned that there are still some orcs who are still standing in a place called 'wetland'.

  Those dragonmaw orcs can control dragons to fight, and they have a deep hatred with the alliance, maybe they can be our help.

  I have sent messengers to contact the Dragonmaw clan.

  They are now isolated and there is a good chance that they will accept our goodwill. "

   After reading this paragraph, the old priest pulled the scroll up again, and read again:

   "After leaving the Blasted Lands, Captain Gaboa took me and my warriors all the way north, across the Arathi Highlands and into the Hillsbrad Foothills.

   took another time, bypassed the cold Alterac foothills, and finally saw the city where the keystone relic was hidden.

   Dalaran.

  Humans call it the capital of magic.

   Although, in my opinion, these spellcasters are no better than the Empire's Skycallers. When I arrived, Dalaran was still damaged by the war.

  It is said that when the orcs besieged the human city of Lordaeron, the orc chieftain sent the orcs of the Dragonmaw clan to besiege Dalaran in order to prevent the human mages from interfering with the war.

   The city was attacked by a large number of red dragons.

   To tell the truth, after it has experienced the burning of dragon fire, it can still maintain most of the buildings intact, which has shown that this magic is not ordinary.

   After personally looking at the ruins of the magic circle on the edge of Dalaran, I came to a more pessimistic conclusion:

My honorable majesty, with the end of the frontline war, Dalaran's spellcasters are back on defense. If we only rely on the serpents themselves, to capture this city, we must dispatch no less than 100,000 elite soldiers to resist Recover the keystone from Dalaran while the ground forces of the four surrounding human kingdoms attack.

   But we lack sea transportation power, and such a large-scale operation will definitely attract the intervention of the Kul Tirans, and our army cannot even reach the eastern continent completely.

   But luckily, we don’t need to go it alone.

  Captain Gaboa gave me a suggestion. He said that he could find Amani, a big clan of forest trolls located in the northern border of the eastern continent. These trolls were almost wiped out by humans and elves three thousand years ago.

   They also hate humans.

  If we can ally with those trolls, then we don't need to drop our warriors to die, but we need to provide them with magical support to break Dalaran.

  My Majesty, I hereby implore you, please prepare for the activation of the "God's Sin" in the temple.

  If my diplomatic efforts go well, we may soon be able to get a chance to enter Dalaran and get the keystone back with the help of our allies.

   In addition, I have already inquired about the whereabouts of the devout snake people.

Those cowards who fled their hometown are currently living on an island called 'Tolbard' in the western waters of the Eastern Continent. Local farmers have seen them, and they have also seen an old snake man who is suspected to be a traitor Warwick. .

  I will continue to operate in the Eastern Continent, looking for allies for you and the cause of the Empire, this letter will be brought back to Vol'dun by Captain Gaboa.

   May the Empire be great forever.

   May His Majesty be everlasting.

—

   From your loyal servant Adris, in the Eagle's Nest, Dark Portal 7 February. "

After General   's report was finished, the top of the temple fell silent. After several minutes, Kotek seemed to have made up his mind, and it waved its paw back.

Say:

   "Let the priests immediately wake up the god's evil 'Gavazt', give it to the cursed pirate Gaboa, and he will take it to the Eastern Continent, and then give them all the supplies they need.

   Pass my orders to Adris.

  I don't want casualty figures!

  I only need the keystone! "

   (end of this chapter)