Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 740 71. Release the fisherman in your heart

   "I'm back, Captain, but none of the bass were big enough today, so I put them all back in the river, maybe we can do a different dish today.

   During my time at the Temple of Storms, I learned to make a shrimp platter.

   On the way back, I bought a lot of shrimp from friendly anglers.

  We have a good time today. "

   With the sound of joy, Nat Pagle, carrying a small bucket, walked into the room with a smile on his face. He put his beloved fishing rod behind the door, and diligently put the bucket of shrimp into the kitchen.

   Rolled up his sleeves and planned to show his captain a hand.

  Black came out of the study with a dwarf pipe in his mouth. Lady Natalie Selling followed behind him. The sound of two footsteps approaching Nat who was cleaning the shrimp stopped, but then he continued to work as if nothing had happened.

   "Is Ms. Selin there? That's great."

   He glanced back, showed a sincere smile to the person behind him, and said:

"My mentor is a very kind person. When he was fishing with me, he learned that I was from the Eastern Continent and was a believer of the Holy Light. He has been discussing with me the similarities and differences between Haitao's teachings and Holy Light's promises. .

  I don’t understand those sacred scriptures very well, but I just heard the preaching of the pastors in Nanhai Town. Before the disaster, faith was just a decoration of life for me.

   My scripture level is simply not good enough to debate doctrine with my teacher.

   But Lady Natalie certainly can, and perhaps you will be willing to join me in Boralus Harbor, where my mentor is now blessing the newly launched ships of Kul Tiras.

  I am sure that the two of you will be able to discuss these matters of faith very well. "

   "You can debate doctrine whether you know the scriptures or not, Nat, as long as you have faith in your heart and develop your own understanding of your faith, then you are qualified to talk about it with others."

   Natalie stroked the Void Codex on her waist and said softly:

   "You don't need to care about other people's evaluation of your beliefs, and you don't need to doubt your own way because of other people's few words. How can belief be such an inconvenient thing?

   But maybe before talking to your mentor, we can have a chat. "

"OK."

  Nate did not refuse, he just turned his head and said with a smile:

   "But I'm dealing with ingredients and I can't concentrate. I hope you don't mind."

"it does not matter."

   Natalie glanced at Blake, who took off his pipe and nodded to her, the black-robed ship doctor's fingers gently clenched on his own scriptures.

   She coughed and her voice became hoarse, as if some kind of dark substance was entangled in the business, and her voice became murky.

   In the haunting of the shadow-like void power, the priest who gradually entered the shadow form said softly:

   "Nat, tell me, what's the big fish you've always wanted to catch?"

   This voice contains a call of void power, mobilizing the spiritual magic that the Shadow Priest is extremely good at, making it enough to go straight into the soul as soon as the voice sounds.

   Generally speaking, this spellcasting method is the starting point of the "Shadow Word" that shadow priests are good at.

   Next, there will be a hearty mental whiplash, and then a heart blast full of energy when the opponent is in excruciating pain.

   If the opponent has not been stunned or dead due to psychic pain, try another Shadow Word · Destroy or Shadow Word · Pain.

   If the opponent can still fight like this, then you should consider the "forbidden technique" of Shadow Demon and Vampire Touch.

   However, today is for "talk therapy", so Ms. Natalie's aggressiveness is not so strong, she just uses this method to force the "real" Nat Pagle out according to the captain's request.

   "This doesn't seem to be a matter of belief, right?"

   As a result, Nat forced a shadow word spell, completely unaffected.

   The Haixian robe on his body was shaking due to the vibration of energy, and the shrimps that were being cleaned in his hands were affected by the aftermath of the Shadow Word spell, waving the shrimps to death in pain.

   But Nate picked up another shrimp without looking back and said:

   "I really have no ill will, ma'am, and the captain.

  I just want to thank you for your help to me, by the way, to take up a little bit of your insignificant time and tell you the prophecy of the tide as I understand it. "

   "Something's wrong, back off a bit."

   Natalie whispered to Blake:

   "I'm going to intensify my efforts, you'd better close your mind."

   "Who is this looking down on?"

  Black was playing with the dwarf pipe in his hand, and he curled his lips and said:

   "In my heart, there is a slutty big sister who is a hundred times darker than you. You can go anywhere, I am scared and count me as a loser. Also, take control, this is not our territory.

   It's hard to wrap things up here. "

"Um."

   Natalie nodded.

   In Blake's gaze, a warm void from the depths of the shadow surged out, covering Ms. Selin's body like a black gauze.

The shadow was so dim, it seemed to be actively absorbing the light. When the gauze was completely covered, Natalie seemed to be wearing the darkest hood and cloak, covering the skin of her robe, with long hair on her cheeks. superior.

  As she raised her head, a pair of purple eyes slowly opened on the cheeks that swayed in shadows.

  Any life that looked directly into her eyes seemed to feel the call of madness.

   Good guy!

   This shadow form is almost done!

   At least when Blake met Natalie, her shadow form was more complete and powerful, and the infiltrating combat mode in front of her should probably be called Void Form more appropriately.

   After all, Blake, who was standing beside Natalie, could even hear the faint whispers of chaos.

   "Nate, don't resist, tell me, what is the big fish you want to catch?"

  The place where Natalie is located is like the boundary between the void and the material world.

  As the Shadow Priest asked again, it was just magic with Shadow Word before, which has been transformed into an inducement of spiritual domination, and invaded Nat's spiritual world with a cold malice during interrogation.

   "Stop!"

  Nate finally had a reaction.

The shrimp in his hand was crushed by his blue-veined fingers, and the sticky blood stained his fingers, causing him to retreat with a pale face, fell to the ground, and covered his head with the other hand, making a low roar .

   Haixian's secret method is failing.

   Those special things in Nat are being awakened.

   He may have sensed a threat, or he seemed to be summoned by Void Madness. The false disguises are being torn apart, and the truest Nat Pagle is being revealed.

   "I won't hurt you, don't resist."

   Natalie raised her hand, and the shadow entanglement created a shadow phantom exactly like her, facing her body in all directions, trapping the retreating Nat in four directions.

   The Shadow Priest folded his hands on his chest like a prayer, and the three Shadow Apparitions did the same.

   At this moment, Ms. Selin's voice has turned into a shadow quartet that is enough to drive cowards mad, and each sound will smash into Nat's spirit.

  The first level was higher than the first level, which caused extremely terrifying psychological pressure on him, and also made the evil thing "break out" faster and faster.

  Black watched the infiltrating scene in front of him, something was rolling under Nat's skin, and the blood had even torn the skin on his arm, revealing black fish scale-like **** skin.

   The smelly pirate had an anger in his heart.

   His left hand was lowered, and the Originium Moon Blade jumped into the palm of his hand. As a member of the watchmen, no matter what the creature in front of him was, he had to hunt down the dark things that were imprisoned.

   he asked:

   "Did Nat conceive it? Or did Nat become it? What role did the Tide Sage play in this process?"

   "Shh."

   Natalie in the Void Form looks like a real "African". There is no white on the whole body. She put on the Void vestment and made a silent motion, saying:

   "You'll know the answer right away, but he's really special."

  Nate wailed.

   He may have begun to dissolve into the void, but Natalie calls it home.

  The understanding of the void is not at the same level at all.

   Now facing Ms. Selin's inquiry and guidance, the dark things in the fisherman's body can't be hidden.

   In the low roar, the Nat stood up. He still maintained his human form, but another form formed in the gradual evolution of darkness has been exposed in front of Blake and Natalie.

  Nate's lower body has been turned into octopus-like tentacles in the torn flesh, and there are tumbling yellow eyeballs dotted between black horns and white suckers.

  Those tentacles were like feet, supporting Nat in place.

And his upper body hasn't changed much, except that the right hand has fin scales and black barbs, and the left hand has turned into a gloomy claw. Only the left cheek is covered by a fish scale-like cuticle, and the left eye has become a single pupil. of fish.

   A large mass of flesh and blood grew on the back of the head, like a small octopus full of compound eyes.

   "I didn't hurt anyone!

  My heart is only grateful to Mr. Black, who rescued me from the fear of cowards, who showed me the way, who sent me into the sanctuary of the sea.

  It was also he who guided me to realize the true meaning of fishing!

   Fishing?

   That's a little girl's game! "

  Nate waved his hands, trying to push back the staggered shadow phantoms in front of him, he shouted:

   "I'm catching a big fish! It's hidden in a dark waterfall, I've seen it in my nightmares, I've seen it in the night, I've seen it in the morning light.

   It roars to devour my sweet dreams and inject poison into my nightmares!

   This is a war between fisherman and fish.

  I am fighting my own war, and I have no ill will towards you! Let me go, I won't hurt anyone. Captain, I will not hurt anyone.

   Those eyes are on me, they are everywhere!

   I must avoid you far away, otherwise those eyes will fall on you, that is not good. I know that all eyes will open eventually.

but not now!

To shut up!

not now! ! "

  To be honest, Natalie and Blake were shocked by this change.

   It's not because of Nat's ugly appearance, pirates and dark shepherds are well-informed people, and they won't judge a creature's good or evil from its appearance.

   Just because Nat maintained the ability to speak even in this situation.

   And the words are clear, he still maintains his sanity, except for a little frantic and restless due to the guidance of the void, his sanity is completely clear.

   "Nat Pagle! Give me some sobriety!"

  Blake and Natalie looked at each other.

   He retracted the moon blade, mobilized half of the void power that Xal'atas had left in his body, covered it on the palm of his hand, flashed over and grabbed Nat's collar.

   He waved his left hand and slapped Nat's changing face.

  The two Void forces from different sources collided at this moment, causing Nat to fall to the ground screaming, but when he raised his head, the abnormality on his face had subsided.

   just left a slap print on the cheek.

   "Huh? Is there such an effect?"

  Blake's eyes were rounded. He looked at his palm, which was emitting a dim light, and then looked at his feet, covering his face, with a terrified expression of "the captain loves me again".

   He noticed the change in Blake's eyes and saw the smelly pirate eager to try.

   He seemed to guess what Black was going to do.

   "No! I can control it, no"

  Nate screamed, trying to explain that he was awake.

   But who cares about Black?

   With a grin, he threw his fists and punched Nat under his feet. Anyway, in his current state of "half-human, half-fish", it is estimated that he would not die just because of the mere punches and kicks.

so.

   "Okay, don't take the opportunity to bully people."

   After several minutes, Natalie, who was out of the void form, stepped forward and grabbed Blake, who was fighting vigorously. Under his feet, Nat, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, curled up and shivered like a little girl who had been raped.

   The tide priest robes on him were all torn apart, and blood was all over his arms, which looked very oozing.

   But that's not what Blake did.

  The pirate had been controlling the power when he punched him, and that power would never have done such serious damage to Nat.

  These bloods were caused by his own broken skin when he "transformed" just now.

   "Tell me, Nat Pagle the Shady Fisherman."

  Blake sighed in relief, looked down at Nat, and said:

   "Are you awake now? What the **** is going on?"

   "I've been sober, Captain."

  Nate said aggrievedly:

   "You don't actually need to beat me, I didn't lose my mind. Just now... that was just the 'revelation' I got from the Dusk Luminous Pearl after I overcame my fear."

   "Revelation?"

  The pirate tilted his head and said:

   "What revelation could make you that way?"

   "It's that fish! It's the murloc that keeps appearing in my nightmares! It lives by devouring dreams, it's an evil thing, and the luminous night pearl I got is its treasure."

   Nate with a bruised face danced and said:

   "It cursed me with that night pearl, and I must fish it! I must fish it out of the abyss by myself, or the curse will not fade.

   It would eat my sanity and eventually make me one of them.

   But my mentor taught me to suppress this curse with the wisdom and power of the Tide Sage, and I must recite the Tide Tome every day to keep the curse in effect. "

   "Did he tell you that?"

  Black pouted.

   He said to Nat seriously:

   "No, you poor bastard. You are just borrowing the power of a big monster to deal with a small monster. You are a typical drinker of poison to quench your thirst! I seriously doubt that this is the conspiracy of your 'mentor'.

   The way you talked to me just now was completely a madman who was confused by the ocean tide scriptures, and you still wanted to preach to me and let me listen to the wisdom of the ocean tide.

   Is this something a normal person can do? "

  Nate was also taken aback when he heard it.

   He hurriedly threw the blood-stained Tide Tome aside.

   Obviously, between his "mentor" and Blake, he trusts Blake more.

   This action makes the pirates very satisfied.

   "If you can't recite the holy scriptures, that curse of mine."

  Nate asked anxiously.

  Black glanced at Natalie and said:

   "My ship doctor, are you interested in taking an apprentice? You just saw that my fisherman Nat is infected by the void and can still maintain his senses, and he also has the ability to do 'prophetic dreams'.

   This is a natural shadow priest talent. "

   "I'd love to, but I need to examine his mind to make sure he can step into the deeper, darker void without being affected."

  The ship doctor rubbed her chin and said:

  "In addition, he must hurry up and end the dispute between him and the strange fish that devoured the dream. Until this problem is resolved, if he does not recite the Holy Book of Tides, then he will not want to sleep well.

   But since he calls himself a fisherman, hurry up and catch that fish!

   A fisherman who is beaten by a fish is not good enough. "

   (end of this chapter)