Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 715 46. Damn it! I made the wrong click to declare war. Is it still too late to withdraw? --Additional update for the crying brother【35】

Tidehunter Neptulon, the ancient water elemental king of Azeroth, the ruler and master of all water elements and powers related to water.

This guy's existence itself represents a part of the world order of Azeroth.

To be less precise, the Tide Hunters are part of the physical existence of Azeroth. After all, this world was born out of the war and confrontation of the four elements.

The authority of the sea possessed by the Tide Hunters is even greater than the guardian authority granted to the Five Dragon Kings by the Titans.

If Azeroth is compared to a self-iterating database, then the Titans and the guardians they left behind are just the administrators of this database, with very high authority.

But the Elemental Lords shape the world, they are the database itself.

Administrators can lock the database, but don't try to destroy it.

This is why after the Lord's War millions of years ago, although the Four Elements Monarch was defeated, he was only sealed and imprisoned by the Titan Guardians instead of being killed.

If they die, the world of Azeroth itself will die.

Due to the troublesome existence of the Elemental Lord, the Titan Guardians even had to spend a lot of effort to build a plane cage called the Elemental Territory specifically for them.

Provide them with delicious food and drink, just ask them not to cause trouble.

Well, don't look at it now. Although the Elemental Monarch is very polite to Black now, it doesn't mean that these guys are good people.

They have criminal records.

During the Dark Empire, after the Four Elemental Monarchs were conquered by the Ancient Gods, they became their lackeys and helped them corrode the world.

Although it was forced.

But this also fully proves the chaotic neutrality property of the four elements themselves.

They can protect the world or brutally try to destroy it, depending on their mood. From this point of view, it did make sense for the Titan Guardians to imprison these four guys.

The appearance of Neptulon, who is now in front of Black, is also very interesting.

Like all water elements, it has no lower body. In the upper body from the waist down, the constantly rotating elemental water forms a jagged whirlpool-like body, extending all the way into the whirlpool of the sea.

Its upper body is very majestic.

In human form, it has complete arms, with blue scales dotting the chest and arms of the upper body. It wears heavy water-cast shoulder armor on both shoulders, and the elemental water that is constantly spiraling and rising is wrapped around the shoulder armor.

Both arms are also wearing heavy arm guards, but they are more like shackles.

It has a necklace embellished with golden metal and milky white pearls hanging on the chest, and there is also a belt of the same style around the waist.

The most peculiar, or perhaps the most horrifying, thing is its head.

Although the facial features are shaped to look very human, the elemental light emitted by this guy's eyes doesn't look like eyes at all, but more like two light bulbs.

There are hairs like octopus tentacles on the back of its head, and there are fins on its arms, which represent its characteristics as a protector of marine life.

Generally speaking, Neptulon is indeed the most human-like guy among the four elemental monarchs, and is much prettier than other weird elemental creatures.

But it's still a little short of the standard of handsome.

However, it is estimated that no one in the entire world would dare to comment on its appearance in front of the Tide Hunter.

As Blake watched, the Tide Hunter politely told them that it had to deal with the trash first, so it summoned its own Hydrasian Legion.

As the tide hunter finished speaking, violent winds and waves suddenly arose in the calm sea, and the sky above the huge rolling water became extremely gloomy.

Threads of beating lightning entwined in the black clouds, and strong winds blew up, as if a big storm was about to sweep across the sea of ​​the eastern continent.

Riding the wave came a dense army of water elements.

Most of them are low-level water elements that Blake has seen many times in Dalaran. The elemental water flows into a marshmallow-like body with arms but no facial features. They can use brute force attacks and frost magic.

These low-level water elements are controlled by torrent elements like Ekron, who was previously sent by Blake to the Throat of the Abyss as a messenger.

Wearing ice blade armor, holding elemental swords and war shields, they look majestic.

They are the low-level commanders of Hydraxia's water elemental army.

The more advanced one is the glacier element.

They are very similar to ordinary water elements, but these glacial elements have shoulder armor made of sharp ice spikes on both sides of their shoulders. The elemental water that makes up their bodies is purer and larger.

The ice magic these guys can use has surpassed most mortal spellcasters.

They are the backbone of the Hydrasian Legion.

The high-level power of the water elemental legion is completely different.

They are huge in size. Although each of them still maintains the basic shape of an elemental creature, they have all made various strange shapes on their heads or bodies to show their uniqueness.

For example, Blake saw a blue Hydrasian warrior whose head was shaped into a crown. The guy was also holding an ice war spear forged by rapids.

These Hydrasian warriors are the high-level commanders of the Water Elemental Legion. Each one has legendary strength and directly obeys the commander of the Tide Hunter.

The real commanders of the legion are the two Dukes of Torrent, one on the left and one on the right, standing on either side of the Tide Hunter.

Instead, they returned to their original nature and reshaped themselves into the posture of low-level water elements, but their body size was ten times larger than that of low-level water elements.

This was an elemental army with a clear system and a complete command system. Blake was amazed to see it.

No wonder that in the War of Dominion millions of years ago, the Titan Guardians had to use the Titan Forge to forge countless steel soldiers in order to defeat the Four Element Monarchs and their ancient god masters with great difficulty.

This is simply a legion that only appears in myths.

Mortal power.

Even the most powerful military force of the Kaldorei Moon Kingdom could only retreat in despair in front of such a legion.

Haha, the Nagas will have a headache in the future, and Queen Azshara will probably get angry because of this.

Well, she doesn't have any feet, so just swipe her tail angrily.

Go! Clear the ocean tide.

The tide hunter waved his hand like a king.

Countless water elements dived into the sea under its command and dispersed throughout the entire Vashj'ir Sea, beginning to expel and slaughter the Nagas.

This is the order of the Lord of the Sea!

It must be executed perfectly. This cleansing massacre will also demonstrate the deterrent power of the Hydraxia Legion to the entire material world, allowing them to regain the respect and power they deserve in this strange era.

My saviors, then.

The Tide Hunter lowered his head and looked back at the ghost ship he was holding in his hands. The elemental monarch had to escape from his cage today and was in a very good mood. He even moved his shoulders.

Said in a gentle but still thunderous tone:

Tell me, what kind of reward do you want from the generous Tidehunter?

It is my honor to rescue a great and wise elemental monarch from the hateful prison. I dare not ask for more blessings.

Black vowed:

I just want to see a great being that I admire up close. You may not know it, but you are ranked sixth on the list of men I admire most.

Um?

Tide Hunter was a little unhappy.

The Elemental Lord asked back:

Only sixth?

Yes.

The stinky pirate was not afraid. While the others watched in horror, he spoke eloquently:

The second man I admire most on this list is the Dark Titan, Lord Sargeras.

Oh, that's okay.

When the tide hunter heard this name, he suddenly understood.

It no longer dwells on this weird ranking.

It didn't have much interest in understanding the boring fantasies of a mortal mind. It just stared at Blake and watched his performance.

It has already learned about this mortal's evil nature from its loyal servant, the torrent elemental Ekron, and also received some well-intentioned hints from the elemental merchant Al Abbas.

It knew that this man named Blake Shaw definitely wanted to get something from him.

He's just very good at pretending.

I have a few questions that I would like to ask for answers from the infinitely wise Tidehunter.

Blake paused and finally got to the point.

He looked at the huge tide hunter above his head. Facing such a giant creature always made people feel uncomfortable. This was probably due to the admiration and fear of small beings for high-level beings.

Pirates really don't like this feeling of looking up.

But now is not the time to care about my ridiculous self-esteem.

He asked seriously:

When I opened the connection point between the Throat of the Abyss and the material world, I discovered something that surprised me. The connection between the elemental realm and the material world seems not to be as isolated as in the legend.

But my fragile intellect cannot figure out the answer to this question, so I humbly turn to you for an answer.

Are there any recent changes within the elemental realm?

Yes.

Tide Hunter didn't hide anything, it answered this question generously.

It stared at Blake and said:

The elemental realm just experienced an impact from the material world not long ago. According to the news I received from Deep Rock Continent, I should really thank the mortals on this continent.

They arrogantly challenged Deathwing and miraculously won.

When the World Destroyer fell into the maelstrom, he was attacked by the pathetic blue dragon who was eager for revenge. It failed to control its authority over the earth, and had a divine collision with the material world when it entered Deep Rock Continent.

This interfered with the originally stable elemental territory.

The sound of that impact echoed in the four elemental realms at the same time. Not only did I feel the call of the material world, but my other three old friends were probably also making the same attempt.

The barrier of the elemental realm has been damaged too much due to the collision of the World Destroyer, which is why your operation today was so smooth. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the impact of that explosion would not be enough to destroy the barrier of the elemental territory.

So that's it.

Blake nodded, stood up straight again, and said to the Elemental Lord:

Then, you're welcome, Mr. Tidehunter.

Um?

These sudden words made Neptulon stunned for a moment, and then the elemental monarch realized the meaning of Black's words. It said in a surprised tone:

Are you the one who challenged the World Destroyer? And also seriously injured it?

Oh, we were really just lucky that day. Maybe His Majesty the World Destroyer was unlucky that day, so we got a little bit of harvest from our reckless challenge.

Blake waved his hand and said humbly:

We didn't expect that the attack on the World Destroyer could actually affect today's events. It seems that this is fate, and fate is guiding us to save you.

Our two adventures finally paid off.

The light in the tide hunter's eyes flashed.

It tasted the meaning of the pirate in front of it.

What Black wanted to make implicitly was that if the World Destroyer's impact on the elemental realm allowed the Elemental Lord to be free today, then Neptulon owed him two favors.

What a greedy mortal!

Speak directly, cunning mortal.

Tidehunter shook his head. This action caused a wave of waves on the sea surface, which represented Neptulon's uneasy mood. It said to Blake:

What exactly do you want me to give you?

this.

The pirate felt that the fire was almost done, so he pointed to the Tide Stone still placed on the deck, and said to the Tide Hunter:

In order to release you from the cage, I used my treasure, but you also saw that it was already weak because of this energy impact.

This divine object filled with the power of sea and sky cannot be repaired by ordinary craftsmen. I can only humbly ask you to use your miraculous power of water purification to restore it to a usable state.

The Tidestone of Golganeth the Howler? This is the creation of the world! Why did it break into such pieces?

The tide hunter looked at the scattered stones, a trace of surprise flashed in its eyes, and it asked:

I hate this thing! It is full of the order of those arrogant Titans, but I am also curious, who can destroy such a Titan?

During the long period of being sealed in the elemental realm, I heard that some ‘minor conflicts’ occurred among the guardians left behind by the Titans. So, was it a civil war that destroyed the guardians?

No, it was broken by a mortal of your mouth.

Blake showed a look of misfortune and said:

It was shattered by Azshara in a fit of rage, and she used it to unleash a terrible curse. Yes, the Azshara you know, the Queen of the Nagas.

You just declared war on her with great majesty.

He also announced that he would expel the Nagas on behalf of this sea. That gesture was really majestic. I also absolutely believe that the invincible Hydraxia water elemental army will conquer the deep sea kingdom of the Nagas for you.

Hey, Sir Tide Hunter, why do you look so ugly?

Are you too tired after just escaping from the cage?

For a newly freed monarch, you must pay attention to your health. The great cause of bulldozing the Deep Sea Empire still requires your wise command.