Chapter 1: A Chance Encounter with Jamie
Ships are speeding across the deep blue sea, flocks of seabirds fluttering on both sides of the ship's side, and occasionally, daringly perched on the deck.
The Sea of Mists lives up to its name, even in broad daylight, it is covered with the same thick fog, and this thick fog is also a natural defensive barrier for Darnassus.
Dineen spends most of his time discussing the strengths and weaknesses of his squad with his squad members, which is the biggest reason why the school requires one person from each class in the squad.
In his free time, with Erica, from reaching out on the deck to touch the mist like cotton wool, making Erica giggle, or arguing with Sister Pearl, Dinein's little life is very pleasant.
At noon on the third day, the cabin finally arrived on the Black Sea.
Lodanel is smaller than expected, and although the town was rebuilt after the war and slowly expanded in the direction of the original Auberdine, the ruined walls around it still show the cruelty of the war.
The arrival of more than 200 students enlivened the silent city of Lordanaelton, where the few small shops began to enthusiastically sell all kinds of items, and a few children ran happily, occasionally showing off rare items, said to have been excavated from the various ruins of the Black Sea, pre-cataclysmic items.
Maybe there are some treasures of great value, depending on your vision and luck.
During the trial of the students, various enemies around will be eliminated, and the town will be much safer for at least a while, so they are a popular group.
Lodanel did not have a regular army, and the inhabitants spontaneously formed militias to defend their hometowns, most of whom were veterans, equivalent to the second-tier forces of the Night Elves.
The students come here regularly to practice and to maintain the safety of the place, which also means to ensure that the Night Elves have control over the place.
Mercenaries can be found everywhere in Lodanel, some to explore the ruins, some to protect caravanserais, and some to gather supplies.
There are many magical beasts on the Black Coast, and herbs also grow vigorously because of the scarcity of people, so many mercenaries gather a few friends and venture out for a few days, and if they are lucky, they can collect valuable herbs, minerals or animal skins.
Lodanel is in the middle of the Black Sea, with the sea up and the Ash Valley down, the sea on the left, and the Felwood Forest on the right.
After the post-war reconstruction, the port of Lodanel resumed the traffic of Darnassus, Minahir, and Essoda, and the abundant supplies and developed transportation determined the lively and busy city of Lodanel.
Perhaps because of the constant need for trials, the school has quite a few houses on the right side of Lodanel, facing the sea and beautiful views. Because it was tomorrow, Dineen simply took the two girls out to try the processing of Lodanel, but it was better than the fresh and original food.
This is also something that can't be helped, the all-encompassing nature of the Dahua people in the depths of his soul deeply affects him.
Dineen was feasting on a large piece of barbecue meat with an enticing aroma, and not far away was a tied spider beast with three legs missing.
It was the spider meat skewers that Dineen was eating, meat taken from the spider's nimble thighs, which, according to the merchants, had to be cut off from the bodies of living animals in order to be fresh.
Erica was terrified and disgusted by the stuffy spider itself, let alone wanted to eat its flesh, no matter how tempting Dinin tried to avoid it. Pearl originally had the same attitude as Erica, but seeing that Dining ate it very sweetly, he finally ignored Dining's contempt, snatched a freshly baked meat skewer and ate it wildly.
Dinen scoffed and turned to look for Erica, only to find that she was in a corner of the snack stall, pulling out a gold coin from her body and handing it to a little girl.
The little girl simply tied two ponytails, delicate and cute, the clothes on her body were cleanly washed, but obviously old, and there were a few small patches in the inconspicuous places, sitting cautiously in the corner, looking timidly at the gold coins handed over by Erica, her eyes were longing, but she was still shaking her head.
"Your friend is such a kind person." The owner of the snack stall praised him, but then sighed softly: "That's Jamie, Holly's child, her mother is still trapped in the ruins of Auberdine by the violent wind elemental, and she is not lightly injured, we have organized several rescues without success." ”
The boss is very talkative, and he became familiar with Dineh's face in the time he ate a few meat skewers.
"Jamie? Oh, Holly. Dinen vaguely remembered that there was a mission at the Darnassus flight site called "Trouble on the Black Coast", and he took it, but almost none of the other students, including Erica and Pearl.
Troubles on the Black Coast:
Go to Auberdine to find clues from the dwarven digging team.
Mission Description:
I'm worried about the brothers who went to the Black Coast to archaeology, and they haven't heard from me for weeks. Go to Auberdine and find out if there's any clue about them.
This mission is followed by a long list of excavation and archaeological tasks, could it be that little Jamie's mother is looking for Holly in the mission?
"Is it Holly the archaeologist?" Dineen asked curiously.
"Yes, it's her, it is said that she and a few companions discovered an ancient ruin, and while exploring, they encountered a large group of alien soldiers, and they were scattered while retreating, and she was seriously injured, and when she returned to Auberdine, she was attacked by the violent wind elemental, and she was seriously injured and could not withdraw." There was sadness in the boss's tone.
The boss is also a dwarf like Holly, and he usually has a good relationship, so he often takes care of little Jamie, and is very anxious about Holly's trapping.
"Oh, what is the situation of the enemy? We might be able to help save people," Dineen said enthusiastically, and in general, the tasks that can be taken on are within our means, and now there are two free senior thugs around.
Erica and Pearl are in the advanced class, equivalent to level 30, so their training ground is not on the Black Sea, but in the wetlands, and they will have to change ships again tomorrow.
"If you help, you might be able to get her out of here!" The boss's eyes lit up, he didn't expect to meet a good Samaritan, and he almost lost confidence after several rescue failures in the past. Hurriedly raised his head and shouted, "Little Jamie, these brothers are willing to help you beg your mother, why don't you thank him soon?"
"Brother, are you really willing to help me save my mother?" Jamie, who had been afraid to speak timidly, suddenly stood up excitedly and looked at Dineen with hope.
Erica also turned to look at Dinen and asked him to make an idea. Seeing little Jamie's pitiful appearance, she was kind and wanted to help for a long time.
"Go ahead, give it a try, maybe it will do." Dineen didn't need to look to know that the kind-hearted Erica wanted to go, and immediately readily agreed.
Trials, one is to increase actual combat experience, and the other is to obtain "animal source" and improve the level.
Archaeological tasks are not easy to do, and in the end, all you get are some broken copper tiles, which are called antiques, but in fact they are not worth a few copper coins.
More importantly, the prestige of Ironforge Castle increased by this mission did not match the expectations of the students.
Therefore, students generally don't do similar archaeological tasks, and after taking the task themselves, they were ridiculed by Pearl a few times, so that they almost wanted to give up, but little Jamie looked pitiful, so he went to help her.