Xia was just about to walk when a sweet female voice came from behind her.

"What a coincidence, Thea."

Thea turned around and greeted her with a smile. "Hello, Elserie. Do you want to catch the sea too? ”

Elthelly was carrying a small rake in her hand and looked in high spirits. Behind her, the sand knife carried a small shovel and a wooden barrel with a sad face.

"yes, I'm lucky, you see." She excitedly snatched the bucket in Shadao's hand and showed it to Xia, which was full of small fish, shrimp and shellfish, and crabs.

Thea looked at it and praised, "Essery, you're amazing. ”

"Yes, yes," the sand knife on the side of him stretched his back on his shoulder with dissatisfaction, and muttered: "It's so powerful that I need a great warrior to do coolies...... Bucket ...... Hum! ”

The voice was silent, but both Elsenie and Thea could hear it clearly. Elselly's face turned red and she glared fiercely at Sandknife. "It's not because you're clamoring for seafood soup, it's you, the big rice bucket, who eats the most every time! If you have the ability to call, don't eat it! ”

The sand knife turned his head away as if he hadn't heard.

Asseli, who had no choice but to take a sand knife, held her breath and turned her head to continue talking to Thea.

"Thea, I just saw you holding a conch, why did you throw it back into the sea?" Esselly asked, curious. Although the sand knife on the side did not speak, his ears were long, and his body was motionless, obviously eavesdropping with his ears pricked up.

Shia smiled. "It's just a game."

"Huh? What game? Elthelly looked at her with sparkling eyes, looking curious.

Elthelly and Sandknife were only sixteen or seventeen years old, which was the time when their curiosity was high.

Xia looked at the two childhood sweethearts, couldn't help but smile, and told them this legend one by one.

After listening to Xia's explanation, the two who satisfied their curiosity reacted very differently.

Elthelly folded her hands excitedly, "Hey, that's funny. I've never heard of anything like it! Right, sand knives! She shook her head excitedly, and countless thin braids of long purple hair were violently thrown up and slapped on Sandknife's face as she turned her head violently.

"Oh, Benli! You've got me! The sand knife covered his face and wailed and bent down. Want me to say. Who came up with such an idea? It's boring. ”

"Hmph, what's boring." Elthelly crossed her hands on her hips and threw the barrel in front of him. "You carry it for me, I'll go find the conch now."

Shadao looked at the small wooden barrel in front of him that was not yet full speechlessly, and swallowed unconsciously. "You're not looking for oysters?"

"Something like that, just wait a minute! It's only been long since the tide goes down, and the oysters won't run. Esselly waved her hand impatiently. How, or do you want to cook your own seafood soup? She teased and squinted at him.

"Cut! Then I'll go catch oysters myself. Sandknife picked up the small barrel and muttered discontent as he walked forward.

"You ...... Does that matter? Xia felt as if she had provoked the conflict between the young couple. Asked apologetically.

"It's fine!" Eltherie looked down at the beach, looking around for a conch. "For Shadao, he is a mind to venture out into the outside world. As long as you don't stop him, other things, what do you say about him. He won't take it to heart. ”

"Why do you want to venture out into the outside world? There's no peace here. Thea looked at the sea in the distance. In this small fishing village far away from the world, you can't feel the atmosphere of war at all, why does Shadao always want to travel in such a paradise?

"I think so too, but Shadao doesn't think so, and thinks he will definitely be able to create a career outside." Elsenie sighed. "Damn, he shouldn't have heard so many stories of travelers' adventures."

Xia smiled and stopped talking.

Men are like that.

They may be responsible. Or for the sake of glory, to take risks, to fight, to fight, leaving the women at home eagerly looking forward to his triumphant return.

But how many people will never come back?

Leaving only a brutal death notice, the messenger knocks on the door that will remain forever, and hands it over to the family who will never wait to return.

Thea saw a lot of women in the church praying for their loved ones. I also saw too many desperate and crying family members in the cemetery.

Once upon a time, when she was comforting and comforting those people, she never hesitated or worried in her heart. Thankfully, those who pray for peace to the light always return safely.

And Athelly here has found an empty conch. Thea heard her say a word in troll language to the conch happily and shyly, and then threw the conch into the sea.

Clapping her hands, Esselly looked relaxed and happy. "I'm going to look for a sand knife. Shia. Good bye. ”

"Goodbye." Thea waved at her. After thinking about it, he walked in the opposite direction of the two.

I don't know how to worry when I'm young, but that's it. She remembered her youth and couldn't help but smile at the bright blue sky.

A violent sea breeze blew, curling her long hair and flying wildly in the air. Xia hurriedly brushed her hair into a bunch, and a strange uneasiness suddenly appeared in her heart.

The golden-brown griffon let out a bright cry and flapped its powerful wings and slowly landed at the outpost of Nière, the wind blowing up the sparse long grass on the ground.

"It's rare!" Barrett, the night elf of the night elf of the Nyel outpost, stepped forward and took the griffon's reins. "We haven't had a traveler here in a long time."

He flipped through the griffon's nameplate, "Theramore's?" ”

"Yes." The traveler who jumped off the griffin replied. "Look, I need to buy a ride for transportation, where can I sell it here?"

"Well, are you commissioned by the military or is it a personal act?" Barrett asked him rhetorically.

"This ...... Is there a difference? The knight asked, puzzled.

"Of course!" Barrett laughed. "You see that our outpost is so cold, if you have an order from your superiors, it's better to say, with a military order, you can go and ask the beast pen keeper to allocate a mount for you. But if it's an individual action...... Then I'm sorry, in such a small place, everything is military control, and there is not a single person who comes and goes for ten days and half a month, where is there a merchant who sells such a large transaction as a mount. ”

Seeing the silence of the traveler in front of him, Barrett, who had not chatted with outsiders for a long time, enthusiastically reminded him. "If you're not in a hurry, you might as well wait here for a few days, there is a goblin caravan that comes here regularly, and you can negotiate a ride with them. Goblins, you know, anything is easy to negotiate when you have money. ”

"But I want to go to Maradon sooner." The traveler, who had been silent, whispered. "The sooner the better."

"Maraton?" Barrett almost screamed. "Hey, man, that's not a place you can go alone."

Perhaps Barrett's gaffe moved the traveler. "What? What is Longtan Tiger there**? ”

Barrett felt out of sorts, and he disguised his gaffe as he pointed to a distinctly Night Elf druid-style wooden building built on the cliff behind him. "If you have to go there, I suggest you go and talk to Marantis. He's been looking for someone to go there all the time, so he should be able to help you a little. But honestly, that damn place ......," he shook his head.

"Thank you very much for the reminder." The traveler politely thanked him, and then walked resolutely towards the cabin.

Barrett whispered to herself, "Maraton...... One or two have to go. Alas, forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway. He patted the griffon on the back, "I don't know if that guy has the life to take you back to Theramore." You're probably going to have to stay here for a long time. ”

The traveler walked into the cabin, which was empty. He heard a faint voice from the terrace at the other end of the room.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?" He asked.

"Hey, it's rare for a guest to come!" The curtain that obscures the large terrace was opened.

Walking in from the large terrace were two half-human, half-deer jungle guardians, a man and a woman.

"Hello, I'm Marantis, the Guardian." The male Guardian of the Jungle greets him.

"Hello, Dear Marantis, I am a traveler. I wanted to go to Maradon but I didn't have a mount to get around, and Barrett introduced me and said maybe I could ask you for help? ”

Marandis listened to him and looked him up and down earnestly.

The traveler in front of him was wearing the most common standard armor of the Alliance, and his weapons were the most common one-handed swords and shields of Stormwind. It couldn't have been more ordinary. Marantis frowned slightly.

"May Cenarion guide you, and my sister and I will carry a great responsibility from the Cenarion Council to this polluted land. But among the people I asked, those who were strong enough told me that it was the folliest thing to do to send people with less capacity. ”

"Oh." The knight's face hidden under the helmet was calm, and there was not a trace of waves in his voice. "So, I hope, my ability ...... It's enough for us to help each other. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the golden aura quickly spread out from under his feet to form a holy light talisman, and at the same time, a pure, almost orange light-forged cross appeared proudly on his body, as if bathing him in light, and then the holy light returned to his body.

For a moment, the Traveler's intense light power caused Marandis to raise his front hooves in a frustrated manner.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Lord Paladin. I apologize for my clumsiness. Marantis slashed his right hand to his chest and bent down deeply in apology.

"Now, can we talk about the next steps?" There was a gentle smile in the knight's voice.

"Of course, but I don't know what to call you yet?" Marandis asked.

"Ran."