3. Missing flagship
Storms in the Endless Sea are common, especially before the monsoon season is over, when a storm can form in almost half an hour and sweep through the surrounding seas. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
But the navigator of the Royal Mission is an old fur dog who sails the seas, and the route he chose can almost avoid 90% of the storm area, and the sudden formation of this big storm can only be said to be Anduin's bad luck.
But the ships that can be ridden by the crown prince will certainly not be defective, in fact, after the dwarfs and dwarves began to try to make steel warships in recent years, almost all the countries of the civilized world have been equipped with such exceptionally strong ships one after another, and the Royal Mission is one of the best ones.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we'll be out of the storm area soon, and you'll be back safe and sound in the harbor of Stormwind. ā
The crazy raindrops beat the ship, the lightning escaped in the sky, like a spear piercing the sky, in the storm, every part of the ship made a coca-ca squeezing sound, but it was strong, like a fighter in a storm, unwilling to give in like this, like the character of the people of the Stormwind Kingdom, tough and full of courage.
The captain of the ship, Commodore General Taylor, sat in the command chair and confidently said to Anduin, "It may be a little bumpy in a while, you should go back to your room, and leave the rest to our people." ā
Taylor is the premier commander of the Stormwind Kingdom's navy, he served in the fleet of Kul Tiras when he was young, after the recovery of the Stormwind Kingdom, he was ordered to form the navy of the Stormwind Kingdom with other commanders, and is now the leading figure in the navy, this time he was also urgently recruited by Varian to be responsible for the prince's escort.
It was a rare honor, and Taylor didn't want anything to happen, at least not on his own boat.
He glanced at Anduin with two heavily armed guards, the little prince was used to this kind of treatment, and he also understood what it meant to these soldiers if something happened to him, so he had no objection to this kind of obligatory care.
However, just as the little prince was about to leave the bridge, the herald's report made Anduin stop,
"General, we found a bear-man on the deck! a bear-woman, and she had a wounded bird by her side! It looked like she wanted to ride the bird through the storm, but she seemed to have been struck by lightning as if she had bad luck. ā
The word "bearwoman" jumped into Anduin's mind, and the little prince's face was strange, and he muttered,
"It can't be the foul-tongued guy, does it? Riding a bird through the storm sounds like something she'd do. ā
So Anduin turned,
"Soldier, is there anything on that bear man that identifies himself?"
Taylor also looked at the herald, who hurriedly took out a necklace from his bosom that had been melted by lightning, and handed it to Taylor with both hands, and the general glanced at it, and then handed it to Anduin.
"This is what we found from the bearman's neck!"
Anduin took it, and after just one glance, his face changed greatly, and he opened it, and the magical images of Lili and the others flashed, and he turned his head to look at Taylor,
"General, that's my friend!"
The Commodore muttered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, can you guarantee her reliability?"
Anduin nodded, "She saved me in the Elwyn Forest! ā
Hearing this, the brigadier general waved his hand, "Put that bear man in the cabin!"
Anduin walked away with the young Druiswin, General Taylor shook his head, and then all his attention was on the storm in front of him, as an old navy who had sailed the sea for most of his life, he was keenly aware that this storm was coming a little strangely, but the most important thing at the moment was to get the ship out.
When Anduin saw Lili, the energetic red panda was already miserable, the thunder and lightning should have only grazed her body, but even so, her mane was scorched in half, and her black and white face, which usually looked cute, was still full of pain, and there was a shocking burning wound on her arm.
"She's so lucky!"
Swain whispered, "If she deviates even an inch, she'll be cleaved into powder by lightning." ā
Anduin glanced at Lili, who was unconscious, and finally fell on Swain,
"Can you help her? Swain, she's my best friend, and the priest on the ship is still treating the sailors, they're too busy to help me. ā
The druid glanced at his new friend in surprise, this prince was not quite the same as the human nobles she had seen, a little easy-going and overdone, but she still nodded, her beautiful eyes blinked, "I need some root grass and demon emperor flowers, if there is, help me find some calming flowers, these things together can make your friend feel better, but when she wakes up, it depends on her will." ā
The little prince looked left and right, and the guards who were in charge of guarding him were now on deck to help, so he had to make a trip himself, but in the past few days he had figured out the structure of the big ship, and the herbs were stored somewhere in the bottom storehouse.
He stretched out his hand and picked up the lantern on the table, and took out a sheathed long sword from the storage ring, and fixed it behind his back, the scabbard was clearly matched later, and it did not match the hilt of this sword, the hilt was not iron or stone, there was a black iron texture, and a golden gem was inlaid at the end of the long sword, which looked a little quaint and savage.
Druiswin looked curiously at the long sword behind Anduin's back, she could feel that this sword was definitely not ordinary,
"This sword..."
"Oh, you said this, it was given to me by my father's Viku friend, and my father said it was a good sword, and my original war hammer was too heavy, and it would take me a few years before I could really wield such a heavy weapon, so I changed to this sword now, and it was very easy to use. ā
Anduin patted the long sword behind his back, and Sven's eyebrows raised, she was considered an underage child among the Night Elves at her age, so she asked curiously,
"I've heard that good swords have their own names, it seems to be a tradition, what is it called?"
Anduin thought for a moment, "Calvincent said it was called "Truth", and it seems that there is a matching shield called "Guardian", I didn't ask much at the time, okay, you wait for me, I'll be back soon!"
The little prince walked out with a lantern, he walked through the stairs of the deck and the cargo compartment familiarly, and continued to go down, the Royal Mission is a large ship, the whole has three floors, he wants to go to the second floor to get the herbs, under the dim light of the lantern, Anduin quickly found the box where the medicine was stored, he took out a small bag and put the herbs that Swain asked for by name, and was about to leave, but suddenly heard a whispering voice from the bottom cabin.
Out of the child's curiosity, Anduin hesitated, leaned down, and pressed his ear to the deck.
"The master's orders... Anduin... That flame druid... Yes, bring back Twilight Heights... Others, killed... Hmm, scuttling through the ship? That's it!"
"Aggressive!"
The sound of the axe striking on the deck of the bottom warehouse made Anduin's face pale, and he vaguely heard a big secret, and the little prince didn't even have time to go back and call someone, so he subconsciously pulled out his long sword from behind, and casually took out a soldier's shield from the side, opened the baffle leading to the bottom warehouse, and jumped down.
The next moment, the golden holy light illuminated the darkness of the bottom warehouse, and the three soldiers looked at the little prince who jumped out in front of them a little sluggishly, they didn't expect that when everyone went to the deck, there would be someone coming to the bottom warehouse, but Anduin didn't make a flute, he firmly remembered his combat experience in the gladiatorial arena.
Rushing forward, Anduin's sword of truth was wrapped with golden light on the blade, this sword was unbelievably conductive to the holy light, and when the cultist tried to resist, the long sword pierced into his abdomen, and the holy light burned his body, causing the cultist to fall to the ground screaming, and Anduin smashed his head with a shield, and then fell to the ground.
But it also made the other two people react, and one of them held out his hand with a grin, and the power of shadow and chaos converged in the palm of his hand,
"I didn't expect you! You're so stupid as to fall into the net! My little prince, this is a blessing of chaos!"
Anduin didn't answer, he also regretted it now, he should have gone to General Taylor first, but regret was useless, the little prince blocked the shield in front of him, the holy light flowed in his body, and the sword of truth in his hand shone brightly, he was a young lion cub without an adult.
But the lion cub also has sharp enough teeth and claws.
"Bang"
A muffled thunder rang out outside the cabin, and the two cultists pounced on Anduin at the same time, and the little prince took a step back, blocking the slash of one of the axes with his shield, and shielding himself with the barrier of holy light, the force made him retreat again, but the ship swayed in the storm, and the continuous attacks of the fellow on the other side were out of shape, and Anduin seized the opportunity to rush forward, smashing the fellow's face with a split shield, and then wiping his long sword through his neck.
That guy was like a rooster with his neck slit, but Anduin was also hit by the magic thrown by the last cultist at this time, and the whole person fell to the ground, his holy light barrier was still very weak, and weakening this magic was the limit.
The energy-filled shadow smashed into his chest, making him almost hold his breath, and his chest was also painful.
But after a life-and-death experience, Anduin had enough experience and determination, and while the ship was rolling, he rolled to the other side, narrowly avoiding the magic of the last cultist.
These three guys should be the lowest level of existence among the cultists, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, otherwise Anduin would not be able to overthrow one of them as soon as he sees them, this time the operation is at most arranged by Kel'thugad on a temporary basis, and it is better if it succeeds, and there is nothing to lose if it is not successful.
It's just a few pawns.
But this impromptu arrangement has put the ship in an extremely dangerous situation, in normal times, with these three people, it is difficult to destroy the bottom of the steel structure of the ship, but now in the storm, they only need to dig a small hole in the cabin, and the storm outside will help them do the rest of the work.
At that time, the nearly 100 soldiers on the entire ship will be in extreme danger, and their hearts will be punished!
The little prince held the long sword truth in both hands, he was not experienced in fighting spellcasters, but his attacks were also fierce, especially the judgment spell that already had a certain power, which also made the cultist wipe a cold sweat.
The two men were facing each other, and on the sea, another wave of tide hit, and the whole ship was thrown into the sky, and then smashed into the sea, this "jump" made Anduin and the cultist have no time to react, and both of them turned into rolling gourds, which shook with the vibration of the ship,
Anduin gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and grabbed the stairs of the cabin, his legs pressed on the deck, and when the vibration of the ship was a little less, he strained his legs, and the whole person rushed towards the cultist who had just risen from the ground.
"Poof!"
The long sword pierced through the heart, and the scorching blade pierced the heart of the cultist, splitting it in half, and the hideousness on the guy's face froze, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, and there were scratches on his face, and the little prince pulled out his long sword, kicked over the body of the cultist, and was about to leave, when he saw a black crystal leaking from the little cultist's hand, and there was a trace of a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth.
Danger!Anduin's cold hair stood on end, and he lunged forward, and then the burning breath rushed from behind him.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound accompanied by rising flames and smoke exploded in the direction where the cultist had fallen, and the little prince staggered to the point of the explosion covered in blood and bones, the hard steel had been dented outwards by the shockwave, and then the water poured into it under Anduin's terrified gaze.
At first, it was only a hint, but the strong pressure caused the crack to appear in the depression, expanding rapidly, and eventually, the thick water like a water dragon rushed into the bottom chamber, and Anduin was hit by the current and could not control his body, and he went with the flow in the rapidly expanding water.
"Bang"
His head hit the pillar, and in the last moments of consciousness, he saw Swain's transformed seal swimming towards him with difficulty.
His eyes went dark, and he fainted.
On October 20, 24 years of the Dark Gate, the Royal Mission, the flagship of the Stormwind Kingdom's Seventh Fleet carrying Prince Anduin Ureon, disappeared in the waters near the "Mist Jedi", according to the last news from the ship, it was the Twilight Cultists who planned all this, and the returning Kingdom Varian, in a fit of rage, launched a bloody extermination operation against the increasingly rampant Twilight group in the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom.
Even after the return of Prince Anduin, the brutal extermination campaign continued for a full year, and the cultist forces in the entire Stormwind Kingdom were almost extinct.