Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"You're in big trouble."

After Blake boarded the Naqfar, the first words from his first mate Seifer were this. The pirate dragon looked at his captain gloatingly, then pointed to a cabin on the stern of the ship and said:

"Dean Lanyue asked you to come over and said that she had some questions to talk to you about your attitude towards learning."

"Ah this."

Blake rubbed his head with a headache and said:

"Little Xingxing was caught helping me with my homework?"

"right."

Sephiel crossed his arms and said:

"Little Xingxing has been detained! I saw with my own eyes that Dean Lanyue threw at least two hundred sets of papers in her cabin, and she was not allowed to come out until she finished writing.

The little girl almost cried.

You have made her miserable and made the dean really angry, so I said you are in big trouble. Maybe she will sever the master-disciple relationship with you.

Or you have to call your parents.

I think that since the war is over, His Majesty Dai Lin should be able to take some time to come here to discuss with the dean the academic issues of his 'favorite' son. "

"Just gloat!"

Blake felt a headache when he heard this, and was irritated by the first officer's improper attitude. He waved his hand and slapped Sephiel on the butt, causing the pirate dragon to scream and disappear with a whoosh beside the pirate.

But I still heard the gloating laughter of the great parasaurus.

Unfortunately Blake wasn't afraid.

If he dared to do it, he would already have a countermeasure.

After sorting out his expression, he walked to Dean Lan Yue's cabin, knocked politely, and pushed the door open.

Dean Lanyue is busy.

She is repairing the Skull of Gul'dan, which has lost its magic power. She will be wearing a black monocle with a sophisticated multi-magnifying glass, which looks like an engineering helmet.

Both hands were wearing leather gloves, and they were holding a mithril golden rod. In the small crucible next to them, some golden liquid was still boiling, giving the cabin a not-so-pleasant smell.

"Sit there and wait until I finish repairing this magical connection point."

The dean said without raising his head.

The tone was calm and indifferent, making the pirate sit obediently on the chair in the cabin. First he reached out and took off the helmet, and then took off Sargeras' cursed vision.

Watching the captain repair the items with wide eyes was mainly to show his sincere attitude of admitting his mistake.

Ms. Blue Moon's hands were very steady. As the Nagfar was rocking, every time she dipped the Midas rod into the golden liquid, she felt like a craftsman at work.

Little by little, golden lines were painted on the surface of Gul'dan's Skull, as if "changing the skin" of this magic item.

After a few minutes, the dean put down the Midas touch, took off the special magnifying glasses on his eyes, and put on his own pair of rimless crystal glasses that were styled ten thousand years ago.

She glanced at Blake and said:

"Have you thought of an excuse? Tell me, I was just going to listen to your sophistry. You are so smart, you will definitely be able to give me a lie that is refreshing to me."

"Ah, no excuse."

The pirate shrugged, handed a messy manuscript to the dean, and said:

"It's not that I'm avoiding studying, but I've been preparing for my own shadow trial during this period. The long exploration has finally paid off, Dean.

I found my Trial of Shadows topic. "

Dean Lanyue didn't speak, just stared at the poor manuscript in front of him.

It expounds a very bold idea and outlines the development purpose and original design of a powerful magic that has never been seen before.

As a spell caster with extremely rich theoretical knowledge, Alya Blue Moon could see at a glance the ambition and high feasibility contained in this new magic.

As an educator, Dean Lan Yue felt a sense of relief in his heart at this moment.

Make your own magic.

Putting aside whether it would work or not, the dean was very satisfied with the idea and execution of this knowledge-seeking idea, and looking at Black's manuscript, it was obvious that this was not a whim of his.

He must have been planning for a long time.

Just because of his lack of professional knowledge, he has not even finished shaping and designing the mana model of this new magic.

"I highly doubt you're fooling me."

Dean Lan Yue glared at the pirate and said:

"But the magic you proposed is indeed very bold. Once you complete it, the entire warlock magic system will change because of your vision.

You can greatly develop the warlock system based on the orc warlock Gul'dan, and expand its upper limit to an extremely high level.

I have to say, you never disappoint when it comes to surprising people.

Are you here for help? "

"Um."

The pirate nodded and said awkwardly:

“I thought about everything, I could even imagine the form when I completed this magic, but when I really started to get into the details, I found that I couldn’t control this idea at all.

I can't figure out the mana model or anything.

I can only ask the dean and mentors for help. The grimoire recording the two sets of demon hunters' magic patterns and the forbidden knowledge of demon transformation will be delivered to me in a few days.

At that time, we can really start this topic.

As long as I can complete it, there will be no obstacles to my journey as a warlock, and I will be quickly promoted to a master warlock. This is very important to me now. "

"Of course we will help you, but it's not the kind of 'help' that Little Star helps you with your homework. You came up with this magical idea, so you have to complete it."

Dean Lan Yue put the manuscript on the table and said in an unquestionable tone:

"Your warlock subordinates must also participate. Such a big topic is also very beneficial to their growth. Especially Evil Eye, he has been stuck at the level of a high-level warlock for several years.

Research on this topic may also allow him to find his own path to promotion.

In addition, if you want to complete the Warlock version of Demon Incarnation, then from now on, you will have to add an additional "Demonology Course". If you want to master the power of demons, you must first understand those violent creations.

I can't help you with this.

But you can use your "network" to obtain professional knowledge from demon hunters. These hunters' knowledge of demons is unparalleled in this world. "

"Then why not, let's recruit a demon hunter to join Nathalas Academy."

Blake scratched his head and said:

"Anyway, there are people in Suramar who are very wary of and very hostile to Elisande. They should also send an envoy over to serve as a representative for contact between the two parties.

If they want to prevent the world from falling into the hands of demons, the best way is to spread this knowledge so that people know how to deal with the demonic threat.

Not to be deceived by the demons hidden in the crowd. "

"Can."

The dean picked up a blank scroll from the table, waved her hand and started writing. A few minutes later, she took out an ancient seal, stamped it on the scroll, and handed it to Blake.

explain:

“Then in the name of Nathalas Academy, recruit a tutor for the ‘Demonology and Demonic Power Defense Course’ among demon hunters.

Those dark walkers must have heard of Narthalas Academy thousands of years ago. Giving you this letter of appointment may make your recruitment smoother. "

"Then I'm leaving, Dean."

Blake grinned, feeling relieved and hiding it.

But when he walked to the door, Dean Lan Yue suddenly said:

"The homework Little Xingxing helped you write recently has been sent to your captain's cabin. You have enough time to complete it during the journey to Northrend.

I have spoken with Tutor Elam and he will personally supervise your completion of the assignment.

If you already know that you can't draw a mana model, you should know that this lack comes from your ignorance of arcane magic. No matter which path you want to take in the future, arcane knowledge is the foundation.

Arcane, the source of all magic.

You have to master it, whether you want to or not. "

"ah"

Blake held his head and moaned, but in the end he had no choice but to accept this reality.

OK.

Anyway, the long voyage to the north is quite boring, so just catch up on these lessons. This may be what people call "the price of power."

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Twenty days later, in the North Sea, the Immortal Fleet had sailed into the offshore waters of the Northrend continent.

The temperature here is too low.

You can even see broken ice floes and large glaciers in the distance on the sea surface. You can also see seals basking on the ice floes and those silly black and white penguins.

But this special sea surface structure makes the navigation of the undead fleet difficult.

Fortunately, there are North Sea fanatics leading the way, so that they will not plunge into the death land of ice floes and glacier structures.

The biggest change brought to the pirates after entering the waters of Northrend is that they obviously have a lot more clothes on them, and even the furry foxmen are wearing coats.

The poor foxmen have always lived on the Zandalari Island in the tropics. Where have they seen such a wild cold wind in the north?

Quartermaster Eudora and several of the fox leaders under her command all fell ill because they could not adapt to the climate. Fortunately, there was Natalie, the ship's doctor, who prevented the fox men's cold symptoms from getting worse.

The snake pirates were even worse.

The closer they got to Northrend, the more snakemen were forced into hibernation by the cold. A deck was specially vacated on the Alpaca to make a temporary nest for the snakemen to prevent them from freezing.

Orcs and trolls are not bad, they have strong bodies and just need a few more clothes.

It doesn't matter to the Nightborne pirates, they have arcanists on their ships.

Under Anares's order, the Nightborne pirates luxuriously constructed temporary "warm wind" magic on their ships to keep the temperature constant at a cold level, but not to the point of freezing to death.

The Nagfar is even less important.

It sails under the sea, and the cold wind on the sea cannot affect it.

And at this moment, when they were about to arrive at the Northrend continent, a meeting was also taking place in the cabin of the Nagfar. The main purpose is to introduce the basic situation of Northrend to the pirates.

It was North Sea pirate Anne Bonn who was responsible for explaining:

"Northrend was considered a barren land hundreds of years ago, but in the past hundred years, human colonization and development of the Northland has reached a small climax."

Captain Anne was wearing a plush captain's coat and her own red pirate hat. She pointed at the map of Northrend hanging on the bulkhead behind her and said to the leaders of the fleet in front of her:

“The human kingdom now has two of the largest colonial territories in Northrend.

One is on the eastern coast of the Borean Tundra, called Zhiyuan County.

It was the earliest colonial territory of the Kingdom of Lordaeron in the Northrend continent. The city was built more than 20 years ago. Now, a group of farmers or prisoners are sent there every six months to reclaim the wasteland. "

The wooden stick in Anne's hand clicked on the easternmost edge of the map, then pointed to the center of the map, and said with some emotion:

"The other one is in the Grizzly Hills, called Amber Pines. The temperature there is more comfortable and the environment is better. I was born there. My parents were the first settlers in Pinewood.

It was a place to be developed, where the Drakkari trolls and werebears were causing trouble.

Moreover, the ambitious Gilneans also sent a fleet to explore the continent of Northrend early. They also have a small village in the Grizzly Hills.

Therefore, the Northrend that everyone remembers is no longer an unknown land.

Although it is definitely not as prosperous as the old continent, it has a good environment and rich products, so that the settlers in the colonial territory will not go hungry.

The life we ​​North Sea pirates live here is actually quite nourishing. "

At this point, Anne blinked and revealed a big secret. She said:

"We North Sea pirates actually have a secret agreement with the fleet of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Every time we send settlers, a sum of money will be given to us on the ship so that we will not harass Zhiyuan County and Pinewood Town.

And those Lordaeron people occasionally paid us to hire us to intercept and attack Gilnean colonists at sea. Many North Sea pirates were captured in this way.

My first mate Marci's parents, Harry Silvermoon and his wife were all pioneers of Gilneas. "

"Tsk, tsk, that Terenas II of Lordaeron is really ambitious."

After Blake listened to Marci's introduction, he rubbed his chin and said with squinted eyes:

"Before the Orc War, he must have seen that he could no longer expand his territory in the Eastern Continent, so he decided to move to the New Continent. It seems that the King of Lordaeron wants to learn from Kul Tiras in managing the South China Sea, and he wants to spend a lot of money to run the North Sea Sea Route.

If he succeeds in this matter, Lordaeron will soon take the lead in human civilization, and maybe even create an empire.

But he went to colonize the New World without even figuring out his own family affairs. This was too bad.

Now, this area will be under our control from now on.

The people of Lordaeron and Gilneas still want to colonize, no problem!

We welcome more people to come and build the continent of Northrend, but we cannot keep delaying the head tax and colonial security tax that should be paid to us. "

As soon as he said this, the pirate villains in the entire cabin burst into laughter.

Blake wanted to say a few more words to boost morale.

As a result, a magic version of the alarm clock at hand dinged, making the pirate's body stiffen, as if he heard a reminder.

He waved his hands helplessly, stood up, and walked out with his tired body and tired mind.

As he walked, he said:

"What about that? You guys can continue the discussion. I'm going to do my homework. In addition, a new instructor from Nathalas College will come over tomorrow, and there will be a welcome party on board the Alpaca.

Please dress me in good spirits!

Don't embarrass me in front of other demon hunters."

"Well, Captain, aren't demon hunters a bunch of blind people?"

Looking at Blake's pale face, Xieyan said cautiously, "Have you done too many questions and your mind is confused? How about taking a day off and resting for a day?"

"Forget it, just wear whatever you like."

The pirate waved his hand and said in a melancholy tone:

"How can a leave application be so easy to write? Alas, my heart is already in the shape of a test paper. I can't go back."