Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 295 4. Uncrowned - [935]

   (addition to Czh666 brother [4/5])

  Mia Greymane was born into a noble family of Gilneas.

When she was a girl, she was a standard Gilnean rich lady. She was good at hunting and training dogs. More than ten years ago, under the auspices of His Majesty Archibald Greymane, she married the current King of Gilneas, Jean Greymane. .

   In the second year of her marriage to Jean, His Majesty Archibald passed the throne to his only son.

  Ms. Mia also became the queen of the Kingdom of Gilneas. Although it was a political marriage presided over by the parents, her married life was not bad. She and His Majesty Jean had a very harmonious relationship.

   First gave birth to son Liam, and then gave birth to daughter Tess six years ago.

  Her queen has a good reputation in Gilneas. Even when the orc war was in full swing and the greenskins almost invaded the Gilneas Peninsula, the queen and the king did not leave their country.

   Overall, this is a very good queen.

   But the furious greenskins in the orc war failed to threaten her, but survived the night of the victory celebration after the war, leaving the queen and her children in a terrible situation.

   "Ow, Ow"

  Two calf-sized pure-blooded royal hounds, fiercely under the command of the mistress, attacked the assassin in front of them.

   Her Majesty the Queen also held a rapier and a musket in the rain to prevent the assassins from approaching her children. In order to fight, she even lost her high heels, which were inconvenient to walk.

   stepped on the dirty ground with bare feet in stockings.

   But her fists were invincible with four hands. While resisting the silent assassins in front of her, three bad guys bypassed her and rushed towards the three fleeing children.

   "Save us, whoever it is, save us!"

   His Royal Highness, who was holding his sister, was also protecting the little black-haired girl beside him who was holding his arm tightly. In the icy night rain, facing the approach of the three assassins in front of him, he was desperate.

   can't run away.

  Who will come to the rescue

   "Whoosh"

   It was like a passing **** heard the helpless prayers of the children. In the night rain, something fell from a height.

   wrapped around the little prince and the little girl beside him like a snake.

   In the next moment, in the screams of the prince, the three children rose up in the dark night as if they had grown wings, and were pulled up towards the roof behind.

   The three assassins were also at a loss.

   They looked up, and in this dark night with light rain, they saw the man standing on the edge of the eaves.

   The man who was blown away by the wind with a black cloak and a black armor, as if he was about to melt into the night.

   "It's time for a flash of lightning."

   Black, who was standing on the eaves, said softly.

   He threw it at random, and the three awkward children tied together by the dragon tendon hook were thrown beside the eaves. Of course, the three assassins below could not just sit back and watch the mission target and just cut off their beards.

   They pulled out their muskets right away, and another guy pulled out a dangerous thing - a gnome grenade!

   "Whoosh"

  Black jumped off the eaves at this second, and at the moment when the cloak unfolded, his hands stretched forward, and when he landed, he buckled on the shoulders of the two assassins.

   "Poof"

   The black dragon tooth Hidden Sword popped out and pierced the shoulders of the two assassins with no effort.

  Dare to take on the job of assassinating the royal family, proving that these assassins all have two brushes.

   But the shadow ignored their prayers at this moment, and only cared about throwing all his favor on the **** Blake.

  The warm blood splashed out in the rain. When the pirate landed, he flicked his hands gently, and the two seriously injured assassins were smashed into the rain in front of him.

   It was only then that the assassin who drew out the gnome grenade could clearly see the sapphire seal on Black's left hand.

   This made him lose all fighting spirit.

  My God!

   A master was involved in the assassination

   This is a trap!

   This master must be secretly invited by King Jean!

  Only a king can ask a master to work for him. This is to catch them assassins, and then follow the clues to catch the employers behind them.

   I am finished, I want to

"get out."

  Although this assassin had a lot of inner drama, Blake didn't even look at him.

  The Master Assassin just glanced at him indifferently, closed the cloak in front of him in the rain, waved his hand, and said:

   "Get out of my hunting ground, this city will belong to the Uncrowned!"

   "Yes, okay, Master."

  The assassin in the rain immediately bowed and saluted, and gave a long whistle to the assassins behind who were attacking Queen Mia. The remaining assassins did not hesitate and gave up their mission decisively.

   Taking advantage of the darkness and the raindrops, they quickly disappeared into the shadows of the street corner, and the two injured companions also supported each other and left.

   As for tasks

   What a joke!

   Could it be that they have to continue the mission under the interference of a master?

   is not looking for death.

  Although Raven Hodley did not rule that the mission would be terminated when he saw the Master Assassin, but in this situation, the mission could no longer continue.

   They are loyal to commissions though.

   But among the six rules of Ravenholdt, there is also the one of "not to kill members of the organization".

   And just now, the master was obviously showing mercy. He could pierce the necks of the two assassins, but only hurt their shoulders. This is a warning.

   If they don't know each other again, then the result

"Mother!"

  Blake is still pretending to pose in the rain, and the three children on the eaves who have seen this scene in full have screamed and called their mothers.

  The pirate glanced over there, Queen Mia was sitting on the ground, her left arm was full of blood, her waist and abdomen were also wounded, and one of her loyal dogs had died.

  The other one is also wounded all over the body.

   But Blake didn't go to help right away.

   On the contrary, as if he didn't see it at all, he covered his body with a cloak, and in the rain of the night, he walked to another alley.

   "Wait, stranger."

The Queen    felt dizzy. She realized that the blades of those assassins must be poisoned. She also saw the scene just now, and immediately realized something important.

   In the rain, she shouted at Blake in a harsh tone:

   "You are also a member of Ravenholdt, right? I know your rules, and I am hiring you as the Greymane royal family. Bring me and my children back."

When   Queen Mia's words came to an end, she was on the verge of collapse. The moment she fell to the ground in the rain, a shadow came out of the sky and helped the drenched queen into her arms.

   The loyal dog beside her was about to come forward and bite, but was slapped to the ground by the claws of the ghost wolf who jumped out beside the pirate.

   "Very well, Your Majesty."

  Blake hugged the queen who had given birth to two children, but still had a charm, he said softly:

   "Your commission, the Uncrowned has accepted."

   "Go to sleep, you're safe."

—

   "The domestic turmoil in Gilneas is turbulent. I did not expect that the assassination of the royal family had occurred less than a month after the end of the war."

   In the backyard of the Red Jack Tavern, Blake stood in front of the garbage pile just piled up, and without looking back, he said to the red-haired Jack who had changed into the assassin armor and covered his face:

   "Ravenhold has its own rules and we can't do anything to group members unless they break taboos. But I'm interested in who hired our comrades to plan this assassination tonight.

   This is your faction quest, Jack.

   You need to bring back enough information before dawn. "

   "bass"

  When the pirate raised his hand, the Hidden Blade on his left arm was activated, a black dragon tooth thorn popped out, and returned to the sword barrel in the movement of his fingers.

   "You will also have your own Hidden Blade, after you have completed your trials. I think you must have many questions about why I named our faction 'The Uncrowned'.

   I will be happy to answer your questions.

   Just like when you recruit new members in the future, you must relay the answers I gave you to them. This is a ritual that is unique to us. "

  Black turned back and looked at Jack who was standing upright behind him. He stared into those eyes and said:

   "If we're wielding our double-edged swords just for a little money, a little reward, how are we different from the other Ravenholdt assassins?

   You should also know what people outside the world call us.

  The thief, the thief, the scumbag, the slasher, the coward, these are our names, and we seemed to agree with this position thousands of years ago.

  We feel that we are born to be despised, after all, we walk in the shadows and rarely live in the sun.

   But is that all we can do?

Do not!

  No, Jack.

   We can do things far beyond our imagination. "

  Blake spread his arms and said to the red-haired Jack in front of him in an epic tone:

   "We can assassinate the mighty king on the throne, and with this slaughter, turn a war into an instant.

  We can quietly take the lives of villains trying to subvert the empire, and save millions of lives with our sharp blades.

   We can burn the books of idiots who claim to be the truth, and let them see the changes in the world.

  We can hide in countless mortals and quietly push the direction of destiny.

   as you do now.

   A queen.

   The future of a country.

   Is it guarding, or slaughtering?

   Is it order or chaos?

  I have no intention of getting involved in Gilneas politics, so I leave the choice to you. "

  Black put his hand on Jack's shoulder. He looked into Jack's eyes and said word by word:

   "No one can stop you from making decisions."

   "Have you felt it? The fate of this country is now in your hands."

  Jack swallowed.

   He wanted to say that the master in front of him was a little out of his mind. How could such an important matter be decided by him as a high-level assassin?

   But when he saw Black's eyes, Jack suddenly realized that the master was not joking.

   Even if he turned around and went to the second floor of the tavern now and cut the comatose Queen Mia's throat, Blake would not stop him.

   He really took the decision to himself.

   And if the queen dies tonight, the entire city has been mobilized, and the king looking for his wife will definitely fall into madness, and he only needs a little forged "evidence" to direct the king's anger to a certain noble.

   Among those three children, in addition to the prince and princess, there is also a powerful noble of Gilneas, the only daughter of the northern lord Darius Crowley.

   As long as he made that cruel decision, Gilneas would be in chaos in an instant.

   He will ignite a fire that will turn this peninsula country upside down.

   "Now you understand?"

   Black let out a deep laugh, took out a set of Hidden Blades from his suitcase, and stuffed it into Jack's trembling hands.

He says:

   "That's all we can do, Jack.

  We can be thieves and thieves, we can also be kingslayers!

   We can be cowards trash, we can also be subversives!

   Our enemies know our name, but they will never find a trace of us, they will never imagine what madness or great things the Uncrowned will do in their shadow.

   We are the Uncrowned.

   We are the Uncrowned Kings of Azeroth!

  Fear is our sharp edge, our pointer, and our shepherd's staff.

   We will guide the fate of this world with our own hands

  If fate does not obey us, then we fix it, we change it, we reverse it! Gilneas is only the first, Alterac will be the second, and Dalaran the third.

   Do it, Jack.

   Take a deep breath and do big things with magnanimity. I told you that walking in the shadows with me will no longer be the petty troubles it used to be.

  Look, I tell you with practical actions.

   I'm not kidding.

   Now, it's your turn to prove to me that you are worthy of this Hidden Blade. "

After    finished speaking, Black patted Jack, who was shaking all over, on the shoulder, and walked slowly towards the tavern with his hands on his back. Behind him, Jack clenched the hidden sword in his hand. He turned back and asked:

   "Master! Are we good people or bad people?"

   This question is somewhat nonsensical.

   But it also proves that Jack's world view of assassins was smashed by Black just now, and then was smashed together indiscriminately. He looks very dazed now.

  There are expectations and fears.

   Faced with this question, which is usually only asked by children, the pirate pouted and replied:

   "I can only tell you that we walk in the shadows and push the world in the dark. Whether you want to guard the light or not depends on your own interests.

   As for me.

  I can't be sure if I'm a good person or a bad person until I'm out of the shadows. "

   (end of this chapter)