Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 716 47. It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose a team battle, the Flame King must die! ——Additional update for the crying brother【45】

The Tide Hunters have been forced to live in the elemental realm of the Throat of the Abyss for millions of years. Although they can occasionally observe the world once dominated by elements through the water elements in the material world, the King of Water Elements does not Not keen on this activity.

As an Adjutant of the Ancient God who has watched and even personally participated in the war with the Titan Guardians, and an ancient god who has witnessed the reshaping of the world, it has no interest in the boring life of weak creatures.

If it weren't for the naga who had frequently tried to enter the Throat of the Abyss and harass Neptulon and its territory over the past thousand years, the King of Water Elementals might not even be able to remember the Thalassian name of Azshara.

But that's about it.

The Tidehunters knew that Azshara was the leader of the naga, and also heard that he was a being who had lived for thousands of years.

But so what?

For the elemental monarchs who are born eternal, ten thousand years is just a snap of a finger, and flesh and blood life is inherently weak, and they have bottlenecks that they cannot break through.

The detachment that these mortals strive for throughout their lives is nothing more than a joke in the eyes of the Elemental Lord.

To be honest, the Tidehunters have never considered those bold and arrogant Nagas as opponents.

The soft-skinned snakes are not worthy!

Just look at their original opponents.

First, there is the aggregation of light and darkness originating from the void, that is, the ancient gods who are responsible for corrupting the world, and secondly, there are the Titan Guardians who possess the power of the Titans and their endless steel army.

The elemental monarchs once used the entire world as a battlefield to attack each other, and then united to fight against the power of creation.

After such an experience, it was just a naga.

Thus, the Tidehunters' arrogance is justified.

However, after escaping from the cage and seeing the shattered Tidestone with his own eyes, Neptulon suddenly realized one thing, that is, it did not make careful strategic decisions before declaring war on the Naga empire. Thinking.

This Azshara.

It seems a bit strong!

The Tide Hunter looked down at the fragments of the Tide Stone that were broken into five pieces on the deck of the ghost ship, and fell into a long silence.

Golganeth's Tidestone, this is a magical item used by a Titan.

Its power may not be the most powerful among the Pillars of Creation, but its sturdiness definitely far exceeds any wonders that can be born in this world.

In the view of the Tide Hunters, only those guardians who defeated the elemental monarchs who had sealed them could use the secrets of the Titans to destroy this divine object.

But from the pirates' description, Queen Azshara seemed to have shattered the stone with her bare hands, and used the titan energy it exploded to release a large-scale curse.

This means that the Naga Queen has mastered the secret that only belongs to the Titans.

How did she do it?

The reason why the Tidestone was broken by Azshara is definitely not because Azshara's power has surpassed that of the Titans. She may have just mastered some of the secrets of Titan magic.

Lord Sargeras must have told her that, no doubt about it.

Blake seemed to sense what the sunken Tidehunter was thinking, and hurriedly gave an explanation to prevent the cautious elemental monarch in front of him from being frightened to death by the Queen's power.

I didn't go to all the trouble to release it just to let it and Azshara draw the river to rule.

So the smelly pirate explained:

Azshara is powerful and has the power of magic, but she is still a mortal. In the field of real power, in this endless sea, she can never be your opponent.

The only thing you need to be careful about is that Azshara and her new master are colluding to use the ancient and evil power of the void to assassinate you.

As we all know, the extremely corrosive void power is the most vicious and effective way to deal with elemental creatures like you.

Um?

Black's words awakened Neptulon, and the light in its eyes changed a few times again, and it said:

I have long noticed the abnormal forms of those Nagas. You just said that their queen is colluding with the void forces? And it is in this sea.

So, the power behind the Nagas is Enzos, the Thousand-Beard Demon?

As expected of Your Majesty the Tidehunter, who is as wise as the sea! You easily guessed the truth that countless people in Azeroth could not guess.

Your supreme wisdom makes me, a humble person, feel fear from the bottom of my heart.

Blake's exaggerated praise also confirmed Neptulon's guess, which made the King of Water Elements even more aware that he was riding a tiger.

It served the Old Gods millions of years ago.

It knew very well how difficult an ancient god was, not to mention that this time it was facing N'Zoth, the most cunning and conspiratorial of the ancient gods.

Azshara, who knows the secrets of the Titans, is difficult enough!

Tide Hunter roared in his heart.

I was really unlucky today, but now the Hydraxia water elemental army has been dispatched. With the ability of the elemental creatures to execute orders, it is estimated that one-third of the Nagas in Vashjir have been killed by now.

It may be too late to talk about a truce now.

However, although it was very anxious in its heart, the tide hunter still maintained a stable majesty on the surface. It chuckled like thunder and said:

You cunning mortal seems to be looking forward to me and Naga becoming mortal enemies. This is in your interest, right? It seems that you have your own ulterior motives in releasing me and my legion outside the elemental realm.

Let me ask you, how did those Nagas offend you?

They didn't offend me. In fact, from the beginning to now, the Nagas and I have maintained a non-interference situation. If possible, I would even be willing to be a friend of Queen Azshara.

I'm serious, no kidding.

Who doesn’t want to have a tentacle girl who is super powerful, noble and cool, and has a real water snake waist as a friend?

Blake spread his hands and said calmly to the tide hunter in front of him:

But unfortunately, some things may have been decided before they even started. Azshara's Naga empire secretly supports a force that I must eradicate.

So from the beginning, Queen Azshara and her Nagas and I were destined not to be friends.

I admit, Your Majesty Neptulon, I did have my purpose in releasing you from the Throat of the Abyss.

But considering that the Nagas have begun to invade your country in a real sense, as a ruler, you are not as good-tempered as the Stone Mother. You must respond to such a despicable invasion with war.

The smelly pirate coughed and concluded:

You and the Nagas are not destined to be friends.

In this case, why can't we, who have a common enemy, unite?

N'Zoth may indeed be a trouble, but believe me, before the Titan's seal is lifted, it can do nothing except whisper in the sleeping minister Ny'alothari and draw circles to curse us!

The ancient gods in the cage are worse than dogs.

It may send out to attack you and me, but there are only a few people. You are big and powerful. You come to deal with Azshara and her naga.

I am weak, but I also have my advantages. I will be responsible for dealing with N'Zoth's other henchman.

Having said this, Blake picked up the legendary necklace around his neck and waved it. He said:

Actually, Xavius ​​and I are already locked in a fight to the death.

Well said, mortal, you must be very good at persuading others. I'm almost convinced by you, just missing the last bit.

Tide Hunter found the pirate in front of him quite interesting.

It made a haha ​​sound, causing the color of the sky and the earth to change. Black clouds rolled over the sea. In the oppressive darkness of the impending storm with thunder and lightning, the King of Water Elements stopped laughing.

It looked down at Blake and said:

“But not quite yet.

Since you are familiar with the secrets of the ancient gods, you should know that during the ancient Dark Empire, we elemental monarchs served those ancient gods.

Although this service has become a thing of the past after our failure and their failure, the connection between me and them is still closer than the connection between me and you.

Behold, N'Zoth has called to me, mortal.

The King of Water Elements moved his fingers, and amidst the tumbling water, a strange deep-sea fish jumped out of the water, swaying its tail and hovering between the Tide Hunter and the Ghost Ship.

The fish's appearance was unremarkable, but its eyes shone with a strange, cold light.

When he noticed that the fish's eyes turned towards him strangely, the void essence power left by Xalatas in Blake's body became active, building a solid barrier outside of Blake's spirit.

Let N'Zoth's whispers be firmly blocked from Blake's spirit.

Hey! You are not affected by the thought erosion of the ancient gods?

The Tide Hunter looked at Black, who was unharmed by N'Zoth's whisper attack, and said in surprise:

You are really a magical mortal. But you saw that N'Zoth sent its messenger to invite me to return to the camp of the Dark Empire.

It promised me that it could mediate the conflict between me and Azshara, and promised to share this world with me and countless worlds that were swallowed up and transformed by the void.

Compared to your promise, I think my 'old friend' is more sincere, and it is indeed much more powerful than you.

Huh? Mediation?

Blake laughed sarcastically and said:

So the Tide Hunter is going to kneel down to Queen Azshara and ask for surrender. It is really an element that is evaluated as 'weak' by the guardians. No wonder Loken and Mimiron restrained you with a pair of shackles back then.

You are still wearing the shackles they 'gave' you. Do you want to express your nostalgia for the old days, or are you afraid that the guardians will suddenly jump out and beat you up again?

What kind of fool would believe in the promises of a group of losers?

If I were you, the only condition for me to accept this humiliated mediation is for N'Zoth to crush Azshara to death with his own hands!

But will it do that?

No.

It won't.

In N'Zoth's eyes, Azshara's new 'partner' is much more useful than the waste elements like you who were defeated by the Titan Guardians back then!

Watch the tone of your voice! Mortal.

Tidehunter roared angrily.

It can understand that Blake is using words to irritate it and provoke its emotions in order to achieve its own goals. During the elemental melee that year, the moody wind rider Al'Akir was very good at this.

Black wasn't afraid of the angry Tidehunters, either.

Because he could understand why Neptulon wanted to release N'Zoth's messenger at this time. This cunning king of water elements was fighting for more benefits for it.

It is not willing to return to the camp of the Old Gods, but this does not prevent it from using N'Zoth's messengers to oppress Black.

This also proves that Neptulon regards the stinky pirate as a character who is qualified to talk to it fairly, probably because the dispute between Black and Deathwing gave the pirate a big face.

How could a mortal who could seriously injure the World Destroyer have so much to squeeze out of him?

He is indeed the most cunning and adept at disguise and strategy among the four elemental monarchs.

You owe me two favors! Tidehunter, I'm going to use one of them now to make you accept my 'good advice that offends your ears' advice. Why do you bend over to be N'zoth's dog again?

Were the Old Gods kind to you during the Dark Empire?

When the Titan Guardians attack, they will push you out and use them as cannon fodder. I feel like this experience of being sent to die once is enough.

What do you think?

the pirate asked rhetorically.

The tide hunter was unmoved, and the pirate could only sigh when he saw this, pretending to be helpless and said:

Then I can only use my trump card. I will prove to you that cooperation with me is more valuable than humiliatingly accepting N'zoth's 'mediation'.

I will do a lot of things for you that are inconvenient for you to do. For example, I know that although the monarchs of the four elements have all served the Dark Empire, there are also conflicts between you.

The most prominent contradiction is the constant war between the water element and the fire element. What if I told you that I could bring you a ball of Savras Fire?

Um?

A smile of great interest immediately appeared on the tide hunter's blurred face.

it says:

You mean, you want to conquer the Fire King Ragnaros for me? To be honest, I don't think you can do it.

I really can't do it. I can't even walk into the realm of fire. I will be burned to ashes by the eternal flames the moment I enter there.

Blake shrugged and said:

But I, the humble one, can still conquer the Fire King's illusion of power for you. You are not the first elemental king to break through the elemental realm.

Hundreds of years ago, your mortal enemy Ragnaros, by chance, hid an illusion of power infused with the essence of fire deep underground in this continent.

It has found a group of servants in the material world to protect it, as a 'key' for it to break through the barriers of elemental territories in the future.

I imagine that if I destroyed it myself, it would make the Fire Lord extremely angry and please you extremely.

make a deal!

Tidehunter barely hesitated for a second.

It said condescendingly to Blake:

I will make an elemental contract with you today! I will send the Hydrasian Legion to help you, and you must help me get back a wisp of the Fire of Savras.

As long as you can do this, I and all of the Maw of the Abyss will stand faithfully by your side in your war with the naga, on this sea.

Neptulon looked at Black on the ghost ship with admiration.

This is the oil and water it desires to squeeze out.

Such transactions and cooperation are what it wants to see.

In order to ensure the union between the two parties, let's kill an incarnation of the Flame King first as a proof of sincerity.

What's even more rare is that this condition was proposed by this mortal on his own initiative.

The tide hunter said with a pleasant tone of appreciation:

You really know how to persuade and please, Black of Tol Barad, and I am convinced by your excellent conversational skills.

You are an amazing mortal.