Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 702 33. What? Dwarf Pirates?

   "Captain! Our flight team spotted a boat while training outside! It was going back and forth in the nearby waters. Like a headless fly."

  Three days after the Black Dragon Legion crossed the Dark Portal, when Black was studying evil magic in the Warlock Tower and making up for a large amount of homework that he had deliberately neglected before, the evil-eyed warlock wearing the elf robe interrupted his "study".

   But the news of the Evil Eye was valuable, and he escaped the stinking pirate's wild fury.

   "Ship? What kind of ship?"

  Black put down the magic pen in his hand, the eyeball on his shoulder looked at the evil eye, the orc stretched out his hand and gestured for a while, with a very strange expression on his face, he scratched his head and said:

   "I don't know how to describe it, but it's not like all the ships we've encountered before, and it's not like the naval ships of Kul Tiras.

   That ship is iron-clad!

  There is also a goat head carved on the bow. "

   "Huh? Ironclad ships?"

  The pirate immediately raised his eyebrows.

   Out of "professional sensitivity", he immediately walked out of the room of the Warlock Tower to the top of the tower, where a fixed crystal ball was placed beside the viewing platform.

   This was placed by the wizard mages of Narthalas College. It can be used to mobilize the surveillance magic around the island, so that Black can take in the panoramic view of the entire Tol Barad Island.

   He injected magic power into the crystal ball, and looked at the direction reported by the evil eye. Soon, a really strange ship fell into the eyes of the pirates.

  It's not big.

   is also the size of a third-class battleship, but its hull is wrapped in a bronze-colored iron shell. Indeed, as Evil Eye said, a ram head with its head bowed and charged is shaped on the bow of the ship.

  This boat does not need a mast. There are two huge paddle wheels behind the hull to push forward, and a well-designed stern rudder to control the direction. The most special thing is that on the front deck of this boat, a large chimney is erected.

  As it progressed, huge black smoke billowed out from time to time.

   "Steamboat!"

  The pirate blinked and said:

   "There is such a ship on the goblin side, but the style in front of me is more like the work of dwarves. There are dwarves on the deck? What a hell!

   Now even the dwarves are going to expand the sea frontier? This sea is really lively!

   Don't these earth rats hate water the most? "

   Black said so, but he didn't show the shock on his face, but turned his head to the evil eye and said:

   "Those idiots couldn't find our island and sent two carrier planes to guide them into the dock. The man who came was my friend who came to make weapons for me.

  I'll meet my friend at the dock and take a look at the ironclad ship. "

   "Okay, Captain!"

  Evil Eye took a few steps back, summoned a big mephit, turned over and rode on his own and flew to the newly built "airport" over the pier.

A few days ago, the goblins sent the first batch of newly ordered carrier-based aircraft. Now the "Air Force Commander" Fuslager of the Undead Fleet and "Air Marshal" and Chief Quartermaster Eudora are training new pilots in full swing. Woolen cloth.

   This has led to the buzzing of flying machines all over Tol Barad these days.

   is simply annoying.

   On the other side, in the sea outside Tol Barad Island, on the "Ironclad Ship".

  The dwarf prince Muradin, who was wearing a long hood and wanted to wrap himself up, was holding a jug on the platform of the poop, watching the three dwarf "pirates" in front of him arguing with the chart.

   Muradin looked blank, poured a sip of wine into his mouth, and looked at the empty sea area in front of him.

   He muttered in a low voice:

   "I knew it wasn't a good idea to let the dwarves go to sea. From the Gulf of Palatine to Tol Barad, they can get lost, and can they be expected to go to the ocean?

   The dwarf and the sea, these are two words that cannot be matched together!

  Hey, I said, are you three really, as you claim, old fur seals who have been fighting the storm for decades? I don't look like it! Fishermen in Southsea can find Tol Barad by boat, but you three old pirates can't find it? "

   "Don't question our professionalism! Muradin!"

  The inquiry from the dwarf prince made the three dwarf pirates who were arguing completely blown up.

   The shortest and thinnest of the three with different horned helmets, the pirate with the lush red beard exclaimed:

"The three of us are good men on the sea! We are the first brave men among us dwarves to go to the sea! We have swam through the frozen sea, fought pirates in the South China Sea, and explored the elf country in the sea of ​​fog. of mystery.

   There is no ocean in this world that we cannot go to

  Look!

   The three of us still carry a bounty from the Kul Tiras Admiralty! "

   This short, but very nimble dwarf took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket with a swoosh, and dangled it in front of Muradin.

The paper had the names of three pirates written in human language, Eric "Swift", Balrog "The Strong", and Olaf "Strong", and abstract portraits of them, with the Admiralty of Kul Tiras The stamp "Proof".

   On this bounty, the "official nickname" of the three dwarf pirates is "The Troubled Trio", and at the top is the bounty amount for the three dwarves.

The words    a huge 30,000 gold coins proves that these three dwarf pirates are by no means vain.

   First of all, being able to get on the admiralty's bounty list shows that they have indeed done a "cause" on the sea.

   Secondly, this amount is also quite scary.

  When the Black Spirit pirates robbed Kul Tiras' battleship, they were only offered a reward of 5,000 gold coins, and the pirate captains in Toldago's Black Prison only offered a reward of 40,000 to 50,000.

   is not to say that the Admiralty is stingy.

   Mainly because the Kul Tirans rarely give out bounties.

   For the Admiralty, just sending out a few ships at random can kill most of the pirates. You don't even need the Admiralty to go out, and the general **** fleet of a large chamber of commerce will occasionally earn "extra money".

   Moreover, too many bounties will lead to unnecessary "trouble".

The fact that    can be targeted by the Kul Tiras Admiralty shows that this group of pirates is indeed powerful, making the Kurdish fleet a little helpless, which is equivalent to free "advertising" for the pirates.

   Therefore, in the endless sea, at least on the South China Sea side, which pirate carries a bounty from the Admiralty on his back, that is the "official certification" with the most "golden content".

   A pirate who offers a reward of more than 5,000 gold coins can rely on this "golden signboard" to easily pull up a small team in the South China Sea.

  Uh, let me add that, after the Battle of Gilneas, the undead pirate fleet's captains' bounties have been posted by the Admiralty, ranging from 5,000 to 10,000.

   As the leader of the undead pirates, the bounty for defeating Master Assassin Blake Shaw from the official fleet of Gilneas reached a shocking 100,000 gold coins!

   There are rumors that this outrageous bounty amount was personally set by Admiral Dai Lin, who watched the Battle of Palatine.

Admiral    also released rumors that whoever captured Black Shaw alive and escorted him to Boralus Harbor would be awarded a title of lord in Kul Tiras.

   And no matter who it is, as long as he can bring the stinky pirates to Ku, all the bad things he did on the sea will be wiped out.

   As soon as the news came out, the entire South China Sea was boiling.

  According to the news sent from Booty Bay, several famous pirate hunters and even pirate captains have set off from the South China Sea to the eastern mainland.

   Line up!

  What is Pai Nian?

   Isn't this the platter that Blake has always wanted?

   It can only be said that the old man really gave face.

   But things like offering bounties at sea are only popular in the sea, and not many people know about it on the mainland. Especially for the dwarves who live inland and never yearn for the sea, that ragged piece of paper has no value at all.

   "Yes, yes, of course you can brag like that. Anyway, the dwarves floating on the sea can count with both hands, and no one can refute you."

  Muradin rolled his eyes and poured a sip of wine into his mouth. Drunkly, he wiped the wine stains from his beard, spread his hands, and said:

   "Let's speak with facts, even I, a land warrior, know that such a big Tol Barad Island is the best navigation reference on the sea.

   But we've been out at sea for three days!

  Where is that island?

  I didn't see anything except the endless sea water that made me want to vomit!

   You have the navigation charts we bought from Kul Tiras with a lot of money. You follow the charts. There have been no storms on the sea recently, but you still managed to get us lost.

   Such a big island, can it fly into the sky out of thin air? "

   This sharp rhetorical question caused the three dwarf pirates, who were different in size and height, to look at each other.

   Exactly.

   They can brag about their past "crossing the sea" glorious deeds, or they can use naval bounties to prove their "professionalism".

   But the problem is, after the three-day voyage from Palatine Bay to Tol Barad, they really can't find the **** island.

   Even if the chart was smashed and the heading was confirmed more than 20 times, and there was no tidal interference, they should have reached the vicinity of Tol Barad Island.

   But where is that **** island?

  The three dwarf pirates with horned helmets look at me, I look at you, and finally look at the sea in front of them.

  The blue waves flow, the sun shines, the sea is broad and the sky is peaceful and beautiful.

  Where the **** is that **** island!

   The "Trouble Trio" is a bit irritable. If they can't find it again, their golden signs that are sought after and loved by dwarf children will be completely smashed here.

  This is an offshore voyage that a landlubber can do!

   "It's not their fault, Muradin."

   After the "friendly exchange" between the prince and the pirates came to an end, a gnome explorer with a monocle clutched a complicated instrument and whispered behind Muradin:

   "I measured the latitude and longitude repeatedly, and the three pirates did bring us near the island, which is supposed to be here, and they were on the right course."

"I know."

   The drunken Muradin's eyes flashed a gleam of fun.

   He hiccupped, looked at the irascible dwarf pirate trio, and whispered:

   "It really wasn't their problem, but I just annoyed these three guys. I paid a lot of money to hire them to go to Zandalar to get my brother back, and even lent them the ironclad ship we just tried out.

   As a result, they pushed three and four and tried to raise the price cunningly. Hmm, do you really think I don't know anything? This is to teach them a lesson, let them see their own strength. "

   "buzz"

   As soon as Muradin finished speaking, the sound of a noisy rotorcraft sounded from the sky.

   Muradin and the three dwarf pirates on the stern looked up at the same time, and saw two gyrocopters piloted by foxmen with flying caps and goggles spinning above their ship.

   These crazy pirates also have large bombs with painted skulls hanging under their planes!

   This seems to be warning the ship below:

be honest!

  You have entered the territorial waters of the undead pirates, and if you dare to provoke you, you will blow up your bastards!

  In the seat behind the second rotorcraft, a fox pilot held two flags and waved them rhythmically in the air towards the ship below.

   Muradin could not understand this.

   But the three pirates who floated on the sea all the year round could see it clearly.

   "They're semaphore, saying let's follow them, disarm, and they'll guide us to the docks on Tol Barad."

   The skinny dwarf rode on the shoulders of his fellow dwarf with a big belly, used the binoculars to see the semaphore, and turned back and said to Muradin:

   "You are the supreme commander of this ship, what do you say?"

   "Huh, I mean, we don't have to pay attention to them at all."

   Muradin snorted, waved his hand, and said:

   "Driving our ironclad ships, rush into their docks, and use cannons to kill all the undead pirates!"

   "You're crazy!"

   The skinny Eric of the troublesome trio screamed:

   "You lunatic Bronzebeard, these undead pirates have just wiped out the Gilneas fleet, and we only have one small boat, and our artillery can't even lift their decks!

  You are going to kill yourself. "

   "Ha, you know you can't beat it? Then why ask me how to do it?"

   Muradin rolled his eyes, took a sip of wine, and said:

   "You can do whatever you want.

   Seal the muzzle, hang up the cannon jacket, and let the pirates under your command be honest. The owner of the island and I were barely friends, and he invited me this time.

   He won't do anything to me.

   But you provoke people, I guess the hoisting masts are all light.

In addition, since I have said this, I will not hide it. This time, the three of you will go to Zandalar to pick up my worry-free brother. I just don’t want to let everyone know about this. .

   doesn't mean Ironforge has to ask you to do this job.

   I just don't want to be too involved with undead pirates, that doesn't mean I can't ask for their help.

   But if you three little pirates don't know each other yet, and you still want to ask for a price, I will ask my legendary pirate friend, Lord Black, to talk to you about the rules of the sea. "

   (end of this chapter)