Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 445 Three Days Later
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "I will send dragon riders to assist you and provide aerial reconnaissance. If you encounter any trouble, you can call me. Within three days, I want to see Alterac completely cleaned up."
The plan was decided, and the princes immediately took action.
Two days later - Naga Sea -
Under the bright sunshine, a pirate fleet is sailing at full speed on the vast ocean.
The fleet was quite large, with seven battleships and more than a dozen small reconnaissance ships, expanding the search range within dozens of nautical miles around the fleet.
Even the Naga Empire's Tide Lords and the giant marine beasts in the deep sea would not easily provoke this level of naval power.
Not to mention the merchant fleet, almost all merchant ships that encountered this fleet were looted.
However, in recent times, the fleet's gains in this sea area have become increasingly pitiful. The merchant fleets of Nanhai Town have almost all either fled from here or have been sunk. The few remaining ships have also hidden in the harbor and dared not set sail.
On the bow of the flagship, the Minotaur first mate was reporting the situation to the human captain.
Niuqi Chongtian (Pirate First Mate): "Boss, why don't we go somewhere else to rob? There hasn't been any business for a week. I think all the merchant ships in Alterac have been destroyed. Why waste time here? Why not leave a few ships and go back to Stranglethorn Vale? The goblins there have made a lot of money recently, and the merchant ships are getting fatter."
Jian Nantian (Pirate Captain): "What do you know? You are taking money to help others get rid of disasters. We have to do a good job. Have we done it well? The president has said that we must not let Alterac sail to the sea."
As he spoke, he picked up the telescope and began to observe carefully.
But just like before, the sea was calm and there was no ship.
No, it was not calm either. A dark cloud was rapidly moving over the sea in the distance. Suddenly, overhead, the sound of a flag being blown was heard.
"Hey, why does it seem like the wind is blowing?" the Minotaur first mate asked in surprise.
After cruising in this sea area for so long, I have already mastered the changes in wind direction here, but this time it is obviously different.
"It's a storm!" said the captain in a deep voice.
"But we are still far away, and the storm is not that big. We still have time to change the course. Send a signal to the fleet and turn around."
As he spoke, he pulled up the rudder and began to turn. However, strangely enough, just as the fleet turned around and sailed north, the storm also changed direction and blew towards the north.
What? Damn it!
Just ahead of the route, a large dark storm was rolling in with dark clouds and lightning.
The captain tried hard to turn the rudder, but he could only continue to turn.
"Mage, please detect the dynamics of that storm for me."
"Got it." The wizard on the ship immediately closed his eyes and pointed his hands at the storm - Eye of the Atmosphere!
His consciousness immediately penetrated into the storm, sensing the changes in the wind element.
But the next second——
Roar! Suddenly, a deafening roar was heard in the storm.
He saw a huge black shadow suddenly appear in the clouds, and as if sensing his consciousness, a pair of dragon eyes suddenly glared at him.
The wizard was so frightened that he suddenly interrupted his magic.
"It's a dragon! The dragon is coming."
"Dragon?" The pirate captain immediately realized the danger.
"Everyone prepare for battle! Mage, quickly cast the wind spell."
"receive!"
Players' creativity is endless, especially after they have mastered the magical and changeable power of magic. All kinds of fancy operations can be seen everywhere in the game. Players' thinking is much more active than those NPCs, and they have also developed various applications of magic.
For example, using wind-making technology as the power source for sailing warships.
At this time, the mage on board the ship immediately cast a powerful wind-creating spell at the sail.
A strong wind suddenly arose, blowing the sails up directly.
Under the impact of the strong wind, the warship accelerated as if it was equipped with a jet engine, cutting through the waves and heading in the direction it came from.
"Haha! It depends on what else you have to do."
The pirate captain shouted excitedly, but just as everyone was rejoicing, another storm hit in front of the fleet.
"Captain, look ahead!"
Another storm swirled in, making the captain exclaim that it was impossible.
It's a very simple truth. The wind usually blows in one direction. There is no reason for two storms to attack from the front and back.
"Damn it, prepare for battle! Hurry up and add the ballistae."
A few minutes later, the two huge storms finally merged, enveloping most of the pirate fleet.
This is Murphy's recent success, a storm evoked by the Storm Controller + a companion storm.
The former can also move freely under his control and act as a pursuer.
The latter is responsible for interception and is flexible.
Two storms came one after the other.
This pirate fleet was directly defeated.
The storms gathered and suddenly formed an even bigger storm. The dark clouds instantly blocked out the sunlight , and the surroundings were shrouded in darkness.
The pirate fleet was constantly pushed to the top of the waves and then driven into the trough in the storm.
The mages on the fleet cast various magic spells to resist this terrible storm.
At the same time, a terrifying dragon roar was heard in the sky.
roar!
Storm dragons descended from the sky with the wind and rain. They flew over the fleet at a high speed, spitting out streaks of lightning.
The fleet prepared anti-aircraft weapons, huge crossbows continuously fired into the air, and the light of magic illuminated the pirate ship in the darkness.
The sound of muskets fired and bows and arrows flew across the sky, and a fierce battle between the air force and the navy began.
The firepower of the pirate fleet is actually not weak. Today's warships have paid more and more attention to air defense. Under normal circumstances, facing the attack of more than a hundred storm dragons, the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower can completely resist it.
However, in the storm, the effectiveness of these long-range firepower attacks was greatly reduced, and the Storm Dragonlets thrived like fish in water.
The two sides fought hard for a long time, but failed to bring down a single dragon. Instead, the sailors on the deck suffered heavy losses.
Keep an eye on it! Keep blowing the wind and get my fleet out quickly.
However, it was too late. Under the cover of the storm, Murphy approached the flagship directly.
A huge black shadow passed through the sky.
Breath of Thunder!
Red lightning fell from the sky and swept across the deck. The breath of the Dragon King was completely incomparable to the pitiful lightning of the Storm Dragonling.
The passive effect of the force lightning directly shattered the deck and even penetrated the deck, detonating the gunpowder barrel, and with a bang, it exploded into a fire ship.
Jian Nantian wanted to struggle again, but the dragon had already flown to the next ship.
"It's the Storm Dragon King. All warships, fire at it. Shoot it down for me."
The crossbows continued to fire.
But Murphy, flying in the storm, was extremely agile. He circled up, easily avoided the attack, and then swooped down to destroy the battleship.
It was like a demon in a storm, toying with the fleet.
Aidandelon (Storm Dragon King): "Pray, beg for mercy, offer your faith to the calamity dragon Aidandelon. If you sincerely pray for forgiveness, perhaps you can survive in this storm."
boom!
After saying that, another dragon thunder struck down.
Dragon Thunder Storm!
Boom boom boom boom!
The scarlet dragon thunder shattered the battleship decks, and one ship after another was destroyed in the sea.
The players were fine, but some of the NPC pirates couldn't help but beg for mercy and pray.
When the storm moved away from the fleet, all that remained on the sea were broken planks and floating corpses.
[System prompt: You have completed the plot event [The Doom of the Bloodsail Pirates]. Your plot identity in this plot event is - 'Disaster Dragon'. Based on your performance in this plot event, you have obtained 175 plot points.]
Damn, it’s only 175 points.
Murphy was somewhat helpless. As expected, the higher the rank, the harder it was to upgrade. Not only did more plot points need to be earned, but the most important thing was that for the same plot event, the higher the rank, the fewer points one would get.
Adding and subtracting the two together, it becomes increasingly difficult to advance. Now, if you want to advance, it is almost impossible to rely on such small plots. The only way to advance is to participate in major plot events.
But no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Keep trying. Maybe you can kill a pirate king or something and get more rewards.
Murphy thought about it and continued to send out the storm dragon to investigate.
Within one day, three pirate fleets of the Bloodsail Pirates were destroyed, and the Bloodsail Pirates suffered the heaviest blow since their establishment.
When the news reached Godwin, he immediately realized that he had been fooled.
He was furious at first, but then quickly calmed down.
It seems that the legend is true. The other party can really control the storm, and it is definitely not a disposable magic scroll or something like that.
This is Godwin’s judgment.
During the war between the Alliance and the Horde, Aidan had used the power of the storm, but at that time, many people speculated that it was some kind of magic scroll or forbidden spell scroll.
After all, this Aidan is a warrior-type hero, and it doesn't look like he can use super spells.
Ordinary magic might be learned, but spells of this level require attributes that are definitely not something a strength barbarian can master. It is not difficult to study it from the attributes of the equipment and health.
But now it seems that the opponent has obviously mastered this kind of skill and can use it frequently, and can even summon two storms in one battle.
And this storm can change direction freely, which is a bit scary.
Although Godwin was very confident in the power of the golden tree, the other party was obviously using the same divine power from the storm realm, so he had to take it seriously.
After thinking about it, I decided to give it a try first.
Godwin: Prince Aidan, it's a bit unkind of you to do this.
Aidan: How do you say that?
Godwin: Don’t you know what you have done in the past three days?
Aidan: I just eliminated some pirates who were causing trouble on the ocean. Could it be that His Majesty Godwin knew these pirates? Are there any friends of His Majesty Godwin among them?
Godwin was choked for a moment and wanted to just admit it, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
In this hypocritical game of pretending to be the big shot, generally speaking, whoever reveals himself first loses.
You can pretend, so I must be better at pretending than you.
Godwin: Haha, of course I don’t know them. I wish I could kill them all. How could these evil pirates have anything to do with me? But didn’t you say you wanted to consider a merger? Why would you kill pirates?
Aidan: I like to do something when I'm thinking about a problem, so I was thinking about it while destroying the pirates. So, do I have to report to you everything I think?
Godwin: Of course not. So what do you think?
Aidan: Well, after careful consideration, I think it’s better not to merge for now.
Godwin: ...
…
After three days, the territory of the Kingdom of Alterac was cleared up, and the situation of wild monsters and cult strongholds everywhere was finally much better.
"Now it's time to make money. I have arranged a storm tour on the route to Northrend. Only our Alterac fleet will not be attacked.
Let's decide who will go to Northrend first and who wants to go to Kalimdor."
When it comes to transoceanic trade, the princes immediately signed up enthusiastically.
All major factions have had their own auction systems. In other words, the Alliance's auction house is only open to players from different countries.
The Nightmares Alliance and the Horde have their own auction house systems.
There will definitely be price differences for equipment and materials between different continents and different economic systems, and that's the profit.
Can you make money easily by simply reselling?
While they were discussing excitedly, Wei Wei came to report that a messenger from Lordaeron had arrived.
"My Lords, Lord Protector, I am delivering this letter here on the orders of my King Godwin."
Murphy took the letter and took a look at it, then he laughed.
Another meeting.
Show the letter to several people.
"The Horde has crossed the Dark Portal again?"
"I go, and come again?"
"Should we still attend this meeting?"
Murphy said, "Of course we have to participate. As a member of the alliance, we must at least maintain superficial unity and never give the other side an excuse to find fault."
Murphy knew very well that his strength was only enough to make Godwin afraid, but it was impossible for him to stop the opponent by himself, so he must not give the opponent an excuse. Otherwise, if he was hostile to the entire alliance, or if he really fought against Lordaeron head-on, he would definitely not be able to withstand it.
The best way is to fight without breaking. As long as the opponent has no way to attack you head-on, you have nothing to be afraid of.
"I will go and meet him in person. You guys continue with your fleet's ocean-going mission. If you encounter any danger, just send me a message."
One day later - in the royal city of Lordaeron - under the golden tree.
The lake was filled up and a platform was built. A semicircular guardrail surrounded the platform and the golden tree, forming a raised semicircle.
The majestic posture of the golden tree could be seen just in time, and the holy light cast by the golden tree fell on the open space where the conference round table was located like a searchlight.
Every envoy who came to attend the meeting couldn't help but look at the golden sacred tree in front of them.
It is so majestic and so holy that it makes people want to worship it.
Falstad couldn't help asking, "Do you know what kind of tree this is? It's so majestic and so huge. If I could plant one on Eagle's Nest Mountain, my griffins would have a place to build their nests."
"I do have some guesses." Antonidas said with a serious look.
"In the distant continent of Kalimdor, there is a race called the Night Elves. The Night Elves worship a sacred tree called the World Tree. It is said that the World Tree is so tall that it reaches the sky and is so huge that the Night Elves even built a city on it.
Moreover, the Night Elves have more than one World Tree. Maybe the golden sacred tree in front of us is a World Tree. However, the World Tree should be just an extremely huge tree and should not have the power of holy light. However, I don’t know the specific origin of the World Tree, so I can’t be sure. "
A voice suddenly sounded behind everyone, "I know a thing or two. The first World Tree is called G'Hanir, the mother of all tree seeds. It is located in the Emerald Dream and is guarded by the ancient souls of green dragons and night elves. The golden sacred tree in front of you was planted with the seeds of the World Tree.
The World Tree can absorb energy and transform it into fruit, or absorb it to change its own properties. The World Tree in front of us has absorbed too much Holy Light, which gives it the power to generate Holy Light. "
