Chapter 8 Maritime Monarchy
Just after lunch in the afternoon, the Stormwind Kingdom army began to board the ship and prepare to fight in the western wilderness.
Claudia is also following Varian towards the harbor, where she, Varian, and some of the ministers will accept King Dalin's invitation to sail to the Wild West aboard King Dalin's flagship, the Throne of the Seas.
Although Claudia had heard of the Sea King for a long time, when the girl saw the ship with her own eyes, she was still slightly shocked by its size, hideousness, and strength.
According to the description she knew before, this huge ship nearly 100 meters long, the whole body is made of dense and hard iron birch, the hull is engraved with a large number of dense arcane magic patterns in many places, and also has three masts and five decks, three of which are artillery decks, with nearly two hundred cannons, a huge sea fortress. But in Claudia's opinion, the ship is not only more than a cannon, but more importantly, it does not look like a dead thing, and the whole ship has a feeling of coming to life, as if it has a soul of its own.
In this way, the Sea Throne only stayed quietly on the shore, floating on the sea at will, giving people the feeling of dominating the ocean of life and death, as if the raging sea would bow down in front of it, obedient and obedient!
Kurtilas established a country by the sea, the two major weapons that rule the sea, one is the artifact in the hands of Dalin, the sword of the storm tides, and the other is the sea kingship, this ship cost Kul Tiras a huge amount of financial resources, but after it was completed, it also gave Kul Tiras an unparalleled return, the unparalleled naval battle, is the most accurate evaluation of this ship, for decades, in the face of tribes, goblins, pirates of the ship has no defeat, once it appears, it declares the destruction of the opponent.
After Claudia stepped on the ship, she was arranged directly by Varian to the cabin next to him, and the relationship between the two has long been completely open to the surroundings, and they no longer shy away from outsiders, plus they are in a state of love, so they don't want to be separated too far.
Claudia put down her luggage and went straight to the outside of the cabin, she preferred the deck where she could see the scenery compared to the crowded cabin, Varian was also in Class A, but she didn't go to Varian, now Varian was with Dalin and a few generals, she didn't want to trouble Varian, so she found a place on the edge of the deck, and while watching the soldiers boarding the ship one after another, she thought about some of her own thoughts, such as her future or something.
After she was wounded, Duke Grayson and Bishop Fasien had visited her privately once two days before, and on that occasion, in addition to the routine visit to the wounded, Duke Grayson asked her a question: "Do you want to be a queen?" ”
Before the end of the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Claudia, who didn't know if she would die or not, didn't have the heart to think about her and Varian's future, so the girl was a little overwhelmed by the questions for a while, and the Duke and the Bishop didn't care, but agreed to let her find time to go to the Cathedral of Light again after returning to Stormwind.
Thinking about it now, Claudia felt that the position of queen did not matter, she did not depend on what came with that position, and the queen was more of a name to her.
Claudia doesn't have any bottlenecks on the path of Light, as long as she has enough power to build, she can naturally advance to the hero level, not to mention that she has Tyr's inheritance with her, once she inherits the throne of order, she will become the next guardian of order and one of the most powerful creatures in the world.
And according to Duke Grayson, the church currently values her very much, if she doesn't want to be the queen, she can also choose not to marry and become the heir of the Holy Light Church, maybe in many years will be the next Holy Light Archbishop, the archbishop has a high status in human society, and is only nominally obedient to the king, which is higher than the queen's status.
In the girl's opinion, in addition to fame, the things attached to the crown, such as wealth and status, can be obtained by other means, but the responsibilities and obligations attached to the crown will make her have a lot of shackles, so that she can not be as free as before, which is one of the reasons why she does not value the crown.
Compared with fame, Claudia values feelings more, if love is gone, what's the use of having a so-called fame? As long as there is love, is there such a weight as the name?
For me, I just want to be with you, and it depends on what you think.
Claudia cast a gentle gaze at the man not far away, Varian was already done with his business and was coming, the girl had a smile on her face, and her thoughts continued.
If you want me to be your queen, I will marry you, and if you have other concerns and difficulties, I will always be by your side as long as you still love me.
"Claudia, what are you thinking?" Varian walked over to the girl.
"Nothing." The girl pressed herself against Varian and whispered, "Varian, do you love me?" ”
"I love you for sure, why do you ask that all of a sudden?" Varian took advantage of the situation and put his hand around the girl's waist, and said slightly strangely.
"It's fine." The girl replied with a smile, a burst of sweetness in her heart, and no longer thought about the so-called queen's question.
Varian didn't ask any more, he laughed as well, he had smiled a lot more in recent days than in the past year, and the two of them snuggled up on the deck, and below the ship, most of the soldiers had boarded, and the fleet was about to set sail.
With a loud tremor, the ship began to move slowly, and gradually, the land where Theramore was located became smaller and smaller, and Claudia left Varian's body shortly after, watching the speed of the ship's movement, and asked with a slight curiosity:
"Varian, can we really get to the Wild West in five days, I remember it took several times as long to get here, but we don't sail much faster now?"
"It probably won't take more than five days." Varian confirmed, "His Majesty's artifact can only be used after a certain distance from the shore, and you will know in a moment why we were able to arrive so quickly." ”
"Then I'll wait for a miracle to happen." Claudia said expectantly.
Claudia's anticipation did not wait long, and soon after, under the girl's curious gaze, Dalin on the high platform took down the pipe in his mouth and put it aside, pulled out the blue sword in his hand with a reverent face, and waved it directly in front of him.
Countless wind and water elements began their own carnival, the salty, wet and cool sea breeze gradually increased, the sails that were already full of sails were full of wind, full and bulging, the sea surface also began to rise and fall, countless waves clustered around the ships, like diligent workers, pushing the whole fleet forward at a rapid pace.
It's no wonder that Kurtilas is able to rule the seas.
Claudia saw this scene with a hint of understanding, according to Varian, this is not the speed limit of the entire fleet, because in the offshore sea Dalin did not dare to maximize the power of the artifact, and when it came to the far sea area where there were not many reefs, the sailing speed of the entire fleet would reach about thirty knots, which was equivalent to a speed of more than 1,200 kilometers in the previous life in a day, with the speed of coming and going like the wind, and with a veritable sea fortress like the Sea Kingship, it was indeed impossible for the Kurtilas fleet to meet any opponents at sea.
In the next few days of sailing, the Alliance fleet did not encounter too many waves.
There are huge sea beasts in the far sea, and there are even ultimate sea monsters comparable to demigods, but mortals have already studied a set of effective ways to avoid sea beasts for hundreds of years, and there are dwarf engineers on board to study sea beast exorcists, which can emit a high-frequency sound wave, which makes most sea beasts instinctively disgusted to get close to the ship, and even if there are really some sea beasts looking for trouble, there are not only cannons on the Sea Kingship, since fifteen years ago after suffering losses under the hands of the red dragon, Dalin's flagship is equipped with some large-scale weapons against giant creatures, such as the Arcanian Giant Ballist produced by Dalaran.
Claudia usually spends her days reading books or learning something from the Silver Hand, occasionally going to Class A in the morning to watch the sunrise over the sea or the stars at night, and of course when Varian is not on official business, she stays with the king, chatting, dining together, listening to the king's stories, or just quietly accompanying her.
Compared to the first four days of the trip, there was a slight interlude on the fifth day when she arrived in the Wild West, when Claudia was leaning over Varian to read a Night Elf book borrowed from Gianna, when she suddenly heard noisy footsteps on the deck and outside the cabin.
Something went wrong?
The two glanced at each other, stood up, walked to the weapon rack and picked up the weapon, and soon, there was a knock on the door, and Adjutant Arthur pushed the door in: "Your Majesty, the enemy has been found, Your Majesty Dalin invites you over." ”
Spotting the enemy?
Claudia was a little puzzled, she had gone to the vicinity of the sea area of the Storm Kingdom, where did the enemy come from?
Varian's face became serious, and he told the girl, "Follow me." ”
"I will." Claudia nodded, she followed Varian to the deck, on the deck, the Kul Tiras sailors were already busy, slogans were heard one after another, one cannon after another was pushed, and from time to time there were sailors adjusting the sail line to ensure the course, compared with the busyness of the sailors, King Dalin was smoking his pipe a little leisurely, and there was no nervous expression on his face, when he saw Varian, he took the initiative to meet him.
"What's going on?" Varian asked.
"Just reported back to the lookout, a bloodsail pirate ship ahead is chasing an armed merchant ship in Treasure Bay, I suggest killing the pirates, Varian, what do you think?"
"I have no opinion." Varian said with disgust on his face, pirates who do all kinds of evil are the common enemies of all countries, and any national fleet will not hesitate to sink a pirate ship when it encounters it, and pirates are usually fed fish or hanged in public, not to mention that this is still near the waters of the Stormwind Kingdom.
"Hahaha." Dai Lin laughed, "Being able to die under the cannons of the sea royal power is also a blessing for these pirates. “