Shadow Trails in Azeroth

More than thirty minutes later, in the Ancestral Turtle stronghold called Totaka Pier, in a small town in the center of the island, a panting Ancestral Turtle guard opened the door to the local leader's room.

"Totaka, hurry! Something happened!"

"Um?"

The leader of the ancestral tortoise, who was awakened by the guards, was still resting like a tortoise, lying in a large wooden basin in the house. It seemed that he had been disturbed and fell into a deep sleep. There was some dissatisfaction on his fierce face like a snapping turtle.

He stretched his limbs out of the turtle shell and asked:

"What happened? Are you in such a panic? Are the snakes coming? Or are the vicious Nagas stealing our things again?"

"neither."

The ancestral turtle guard probably "ran" too quickly. Now he leaned against the door of Totaka's house, sat on the steps, panted, and said to the leader:

"It's those pirates who came to us to buy a ship a few days ago! They. Phew. They"

"What's wrong with them? Weren't they asked to pick a ship? Are they dissatisfied and ready to make a fuss? I know those stinky pirates are a bunch of bad guys."

While Totaka was cursing, he grabbed a big angustifolia from the side and threw it over to moisten the throat of the guard who stuck out his tongue. The latter took it in his hand, took a bite, chewed it, and said vaguely:

"No, they didn't make a fuss. But they

That human captain has weird abilities, Totaka, go and see! They picked out three of the ships in the best condition!

It is equivalent to buying three 70% new boats for the price of an old boat!

And the big ship we just bought from the Zandalari trolls and planned to use it to deliver supplies to Vashj'ir's compatriots was also bought by them. "

"What?"

Only then did Totaka become surprised. His limbs popped out of the turtle shell. He stood up from his big water basin and said in a stunned tone:

"I also talked to the two foxes and trolls who were in charge of negotiating business. They knew nothing about ships! How long has their captain been here?

Now you know the situation of all the ships?

No matter how powerful the old pirate is, he can't do this! Someone must be helping them! "

The leader of the ancestral turtle huffed angrily, slowly put his backpack on his back, put on his weird flat-headed felt hat, picked up a wooden stick that looked very thoughtful, and prepared to go to the dock to take a look. look.

He said to his guards:

"Is that annoying Kojo helping them?"

"No, Sage Kojo stayed on the dock the whole time. He only spoke two words to the pirate in total, and the other one was asking him to tell a story."

The turtle guard finished eating the angustifolia and followed the leader obediently to the dock.

Um.

Two ancestral turtles are "running".

Extremely fast!

They easily overtook the large pet snail crawling on the rocks next to them, and while accelerating, it took them seven minutes to "quickly" complete the path that usually took fifteen minutes.

From this small town in the middle of the island, we "rushed" to the pier.

If Blake were to run this distance, it would take him at least one minute to complete it!

This shows how seriously Totaka attaches importance to this business, which he has to lose miserably.

But even if they tried their best, it was already a step too late.

When they arrived at the dock, a large group of orcs and troll exiles had already driven sampans and boarded three new ships belonging to them, and they were still making a lot of noise.

Red Blackhand stood proudly on the bow of one of the ships, holding his sword and announcing the ownership of the ship by the Black-Toothed Grinning Clan.

The orcs behind him were already discussing the name of the ship.

Black's quartermaster, the fox-man Eudora, threw two boxes of bright gems in front of the bewildered Ancestral Turtle Transaction Recorder.

She swung her tail and signed the name of the Immortal Pirates Group on the sales contract with great dignity.

The transaction has been completed.

"No! You can't!"

The panting leader of the ancestor turtle shouted loudly:

"It's just a battleship. I can't give you that big one!"

"Um?"

The fox man holding the contract in his hand was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this.

Eudora had just agreed with the captain that the large ship would be managed by the fox people and used as a trophy warehouse and material logistics ship for the fleet.

That ship is huge.

It can carry the fox people's caravan, the supplies they have collected over the years, and all the coyotes they have tamed. From now on, the big ship will be the "caravan" of Eudora's fox people tribe on the sea.

They will live and breed there, follow the captain to various parts of the world, collect more things, and see more scenery and legends.

Eudora has made plans for the future of her tribe, but now you, an ancestor turtle, jumps out and says, that ship can't be sold? Are you kidding us pirates?

"whispering sound!"

There was a trace of ferocity on the fox man's petite face.

She stuffed the deal contract into her pocket, put her fingers in her mouth, and blew a sharp whistle.

Soon, Maimu ran over with a dozen fully armed orcs and exile trolls.

They didn't speak, each grabbed their weapons and stood behind the short fox man. There were more of Black's men coming from all directions.

"Hey! Totaka, what do you mean!"

Eudora stood on two wooden boxes, wagging her tail, and shouted to the ancestor turtles who were getting nervous:

"We have done business before, and I know you will play some tricks, but in the past ten years, the transactions between us have been generally fair.

But this time it was too much!

Everyone agreed that the boat we picked would be ours, and it’s not like we didn’t pay! Why not sell that big ship? "

"that is."

Zalak, who was wearing a mask and was guarded by a group of exile trolls, felt so safe that he also joined the discussion with the dignity of the noble Akunda.

He said in a strange tone:

"If you said that ship couldn't be sold, then you shouldn't have put it in the list of ships for sale in the first place. It's nothing more than bullying us immortal pirates who don't know enough and are sure that we can't pick out a good ship.

But since you are doing business, please behave like a qualified businessman.

The tricks you played on your own were used by us, which only proves that we are more powerful!

Be willing to admit defeat, brother. "

The pirates around him cheered loudly when he said this, which also made the Ancestral Turtle a little embarrassed to say it, but Totaka was unwilling to give up and planned to reason with Eudora.

"Hey, what's the noise about?"

The dispute on the pier quickly attracted more attention.

Holding a sword and a fierce look on his face, Red stepped forward and pushed away the pirates in front of him. Seeing that his brother was here, he asked angrily.

Maimu whispered to Red what happened.

"Snapped"

The sharp sword was immediately stabbed into the dock ground at his feet by Red. The orc chief, whose whole body exuded a violent aura, clenched his fists, and a dangerous smile appeared on his green-faced and fanged face.

As he walked towards the ancestor turtle, he said:

"Ha, this is just being clever. I'm going to default on my debt. Little fox, go ahead and let me talk to these turtle people about 'reason'!"

"Swish, swish"

As Red approached, the guards on the Ancestral Turtle side also drew their weapons.

They are not as tall as the orcs, but they are very stocky and powerful. Their defensive power is several times that of the orcs. If they really want to fight, they are not afraid of the orcs.

But Totaka Marina is about business.

If such a vicious incident occurs and is spread, the goodwill of the entire terminal will be affected.

"Totaka!"

Scroll Sage Kojo, who had been chatting with Blake on the second floor of the dock warehouse, saw this scene and couldn't help but lie on the railing and shouted to the ancestor turtle below:

"Don't be stubborn, these pirates have just defeated the vanguard of hell, and I have heard the legendary story from their leader.

Don't let your compatriots bleed because of your mistakes!

Our god Tortola is watching over us. "

"No, Kou Qiao, this is no longer a business matter."

Totaka raised his head and shouted to the Scroll Sage who came from afar to whom he didn't like:

"That ship was prepared to deliver supplies to our compatriots in Vash'ir. Only a ship that is strong enough can safely pass through the wind and waves caused by the Nagas in Vash'ir.

Only then can we carry enough supplies at one time.

You also know that our compatriots in that sea area have just had their towns destroyed by the evil Naga.

They need our help.

I have prepared the supplies and am just waiting to set off.

That ship cannot be given to them! "

"this"

The Scroll Sage had just come to travel during this period. He didn't know Totaka's plan. Now that he heard that this matter was related to the suffering compatriots far away, Kojo was a little embarrassed for a while.

However, the Scroll Sages were the most knowledgeable and wise among the Ancestral Turtles, and he quickly came up with an idea.

He looked back and saw Blake, who was sitting at the small table, slowly enjoying his collection of tobacco. Then he looked down and said to Totaka:

"Don't use force to solve this matter, Totaka, use wisdom! Since this problem was caused by a wrong transaction, let's make another transaction with our pirate friends.

Just use the tradition of our ancestor turtle and play a turtle shell game. "

"Yes! Turtle Shell Game! Don't you pirates like to gamble on luck the most? Let's use luck to resolve this dispute!"

Totaka, who was confused by Red's threat of violence, suddenly lit up. He turned around, raised his paws, and shouted to the dissatisfied pirates in front of him:

"Each of you go find the ancestor turtles on the dock. Play the turtle shell game with my compatriots. Everyone participates. At midnight tonight, the game ends.

If our men win more, the ship will be returned to us, and we will double your losses.

If you win more, the ship is yours.

No matter who loses or wins, the Ancestral Turtle will provide enough supplies for your voyage as our apology.

How about it?

This kind of fairness should be enough to satisfy you, right? "

"A guaranteed profit without losing any money!"

The little fox man's eyes suddenly lit up. In addition to the best-grade ship they bought, there were three other large ships in the dock.

The captain said it before.

One of the three ships is actually in good condition and can be used as a supply ship.

"Okay! Let's play with you!"

Eudora pretended to be generous, waved her little paws, and said:

“But we don’t want your compensation. If we lose, give us a bigger ship. If we win, we will get another ship!

Don't pay! "

"Okay! It's settled."

Totaka breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face and whispered to the guard beside him.

On the pirate side, Maimu asked in a low voice:

"What is the turtle shell game?"

"Very simple."

Eudora, who was born and raised in the desert and had dealt with the Ancestral Turtle before, turned around and explained to Maimu and the other pirates:

"All the ancestor tortoises like to collect things, whether they are useful or useless, and each of them can live a long time, so each ancestor tortoise has a lot of small odds and ends in its backpack.

In their spare time, they would play games with some of the turtle shells they collected.

First hide pairs of small bits and pieces inside, and then let another person find them. Usually there are thirty turtle shells and fifteen pairs of small gadgets, disordered in order, and then start digging through the turtle shells.

Find all the pairs to win. "

"Sounds pretty simple."

Maimu nodded and asked again:

"What's the difficulty?"

"There is a limit to the number of times."

Eudora put her hands on her hips and said:

"Usually when playing, you will be given many opportunities to turn over the turtle shell, but I estimate that this time the ancestor turtles will only give a small number of attempts.

It's exactly what they say, it's a game of luck.

But just play.

Just relax and play.

These ancestral turtles are very powerful in the sea. They live a long time and know many secrets. It is said that they used the scandal of King Rastakhan's court to coerce the Golden Dynasty to open the port to them.

These guys are all intelligence dealers on the sea. It really pisses them off and is not good for us.

You see, the captain didn't come forward to stop this. He probably had the same idea as me, so he just gave them a step down.

Anyway, no matter what, we will not lose money.

Just play. "