Captain Stoffy is a stout, middle-aged dwarf with a large golden beard, a large nose, and pale green eyes, typical of a copper-bearded dwarf.

As soon as he reached the second floor, he walked towards Diego. Because in this small hall, only this table is occupied.

"Salute to you, Your Excellency Saint, and to your faithful friendship with the dwarves!" He said with a smile on his face. News without long legs is always faster than a four-legged horse, and as the supreme governor of this port, and as a dwarf, he has already heard of the deeds of this saint, and he also knows his selfless help to the dwarves, and to all the dwarves, this is a true and respectable friend.

"Hail to you, too, Captain!" Diego stood up and beckoned to the hostess waiting in the far corner, "A big pot of dwarven spirits, the strongest of the kind!" ”

The wine was quickly served. The two of them sat down again, but the atmosphere became much more familiar. For dwarves, spirits have always been the best lubricant to harmonize the atmosphere.

Stoffey picked up his oak glass, took a big sip, and burped pleasantly.

"Your Excellency, hear Timonsi, you want to see me?" He asked straight to the point.

"Yes," Diego nodded, "I brought some news about Naga, and I think you'll be interested." ”

The dwarven captain's expression became serious, he leaned forward slightly, and to be honest, all the bad news he had heard lately was ready to hear it again.

"Just say it."

"It's the Nagas, I mean, they've caused the trouble with the recent decrease in ships coming into the port."

"It's impossible, they don't have that much ability, in fact, since they were summoned from the deep sea by Illidan, those Naga Sirens have been doing evil in the Endless Sea, it's nothing new, but those merchant ships can handle them themselves." The dwarven captain said disapprovingly.

"This time it's different, they've summoned the king of the sea monsters, Erzumat!"

"What!" Captain Stuffy screamed in horror, which drew surprised glances from the distance, but the dwarven captain didn't bother to pay attention to this, "Are you sure?" ”

"Yes, I'm sure!" Diego nodded and whispered, "You can ask Captain Aubrey of the Virgin for confirmation, and the tragic condition of that ship is the best proof of this." ”

The captain of the dwarves fell silent, the news was too appalling for him to digest. However, he did not doubt the credibility of this news, because the identity and prestige of the person in front of him were the best guarantee.

"And how did you escape?" After a while, Stuffy remembered the stubble and looked up and asked, his voice even sounding a little hoarse.

"I gave it a hard slap."

"How ruthless?" The captain of the dwarves asked eagerly.

"Almost fatal wounds - I blinded one of its eyes, the bullet went through its brain, and in a short time, it had no strength to make waves again!"

"Wow, that's hard enough," Stouffy let out a long sigh as he straightened up and leaned back in his chair, "Did it escape?" ”

"Yes, I think I have escaped back to its lair in the bottomless abyss to recuperate."

"So what are we afraid of? Without this dependence, the Nagas alone will not be able to stir up much trouble! Stuffy raised his glass and drank heartily. It was the first time he felt so relaxed this month, like a boulder had suddenly dropped in his heart.

"But I don't think it's that simple, they must have some other conspiracy!" Diego said worriedly.

In their previous lives, after summoning Erzumat, the Nagas invaded the Abyssal Throat of the Water Elemental Plane and captured the Water Elemental Lord, the Tide Hunter Nepturon, thus taking control of the entire Endless Sea. But that was the thirtieth year after the opening of the Dark Gate, and it was still more than five years before the Dark Gate was opened, could it be that it was their own crossing that caused the Nagas to carry out their plans ahead of schedule? Or is it that the mastermind behind all this, the ancient evil god - Enzos finally can't hold back his ambition and wants to come out to make trouble?

Diego couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't get to know what was going on beneath the dark sea, and it was a depressing feeling.

"Hey, what are you doing so much? Since Erzumat has been beaten away, then we will still drink our wine and run our boat, and as for the rest, leave it to the big men above to give it a headache! The dwarven captain poured another full glass of spirits, wiped a handful of liquor from his beard, and said nonchalantly.

This guy has a really big heart! Diego shook his head helplessly, stopping the dwarf from raising his glass again.

"Don't rush into a drink, man, tell me what's wrong lately! I mean, after all, you're better informed than anywhere else this year. ”

"Hey, what could be out of the ordinary? If it is said that it is abnormal, the appearance of Erzumat is the biggest abnormality! The captain of the dwarves grinned, and he pulled Diego's hand away with some unhappiness, but seemed to remember something, and put down his glass.

"If it's not normal, it's really chaotic these days, I heard that the Black Iron Dwarf and the Black Stone Orcs in Black Stone Mountain are at war again, I really hope that these two idiots can eat dog and bite until both sides are defeated!" Stuffy grinned, "Then there's the Zandalar Troll tribe in the south, I heard that they've found Zurghrab, the capital of the former Troll Empire, and are preparing a grand sacrifice!" ”

Diego frowned, behind the Black Iron Dwarf and the Black Stone Orc stood Nefarian, the Black Dragon Prince, and Ragnaros, the Flame Lord, respectively, and the sacrifice of the Zandalar Troll was to resurrect the Blood God Haka, in the original timeline, these events should have happened next year, not too much in advance. But what does it really mean that so many things are concentrated in this year?

"It's a mess indeed." Since he couldn't figure it out, Diego didn't think about it any further, he raised his wine glass and raised it to the dwarven captain, "How is it near the port recently, has anyone jumped out to find trouble?" ”

"That's not true, the boys of the harbor guard have been holding back their anger for a long time because they haven't had a ship to enter the port recently, and no one dares to jump out at this time." Stuffy shook his head and said with drunken eyes, but before he got drunk, he remembered one thing, "It's that the blue-gilled fishmen on the north coast have been a little abnormal lately, but they haven't jumped out to look for trouble, they are just mysteriously tinkering with something on their own." ”

Diego's eyes lit up suddenly. As one of the few amphibian species in Azeroth, the Nagas always like to drive these dwarf but murderous fish-men as cannon fodder, if there is any conspiracy, maybe these fish-people can also find some clues, right?