Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 18 17. Human Ranger Maris

   Under the hill of Dangarok Castle, more than 30 tall and slender elf rangers wearing green chain armor, carrying gorgeous bows and phoenix halberds, and standing at a height of two meters, were resting in front of the hill.

   There are still traces of the fierce battle four days ago. There are many new tombstones on the cliff not far from the castle, which are the cemeteries of the soldiers who died in the battle of the castle.

   And the dwarves cut off the heads of the orcs and piled them up in front of their comrades’ graves to show the glory of that victory, their thoughts and mourning for their comrades.

   And remember how hard the whole battle was.

  The rangers pointed at the pile of slightly savage heads, and whispered in the Sarasian language of the elves, and some elves weaved flowers they picked into garlands.

   They placed white garlands on the tombstones of those who died in battle.

   In the way of elves, express remembrance and condolences to the warriors.

   These sharp-eared, white-skinned elven rangers bear the phoenix emblem of the high elves of Quel'Thalas on their green cloaks, and a small symbol of war bows and halberds.

   That is the sign of the Far Traveler.

   represents the more than 30 rangers, the elite hunter army from the high elf kingdom of Quel'Thalas, and the elite ranger farstrider army commanded by the famous Windrunner family for generations.

  The high elves are powerful in magic, but they are not powerful enough. Therefore, in the 6,800 years of their founding, there are almost no real warrior legions.

   In addition to the very powerful Mage Corps, the melee assault missions are generally undertaken by the Rangers of the Far Travelers.

   However, for a group of guys whose magic talent is so strong that they are crazy, they generally do not encounter battles that require rangers to fight **** their own territory.

   Most of the forces that provoked the high elves were annihilated by a large number of elves with magic before they started to charge.

   "Darren, haven't you dwarves always disliked elves? I heard you call them a bunch of **** yesterday, why are these rangers so welcome today?"

  Black lowered his voice and asked the dwarf captain who was smoking a pipe beside him.

   The latter pouted and said realistically:

   "I really don't like these pretentious long ears, look at their waists! Not to mention women, the waists of those male elves are not as thick as my arms!

   But then again.

  The war on the human side is so tight that no reinforcements can be sent. Ironforge is too far away from here. It would be nice to have support. Seeing that everyone is fighting against the orcs, I will not complain.

   As long as the sissy elves kill orcs with us, I will treat them as friends. "

   The dwarf captain exhaled a ring of smoke.

   Although he said contempt, but the dwarves are straight, and finally couldn’t help but praise:

   "These Farstrider rangers are all good. They killed a lot of greenskins in Arathi Highlands, and they were ruthless, but their king was far worse.

  Do you know that your human Lothar has the blood of Thoradin the Great. Two thousand and eight hundred years ago, your Thoradin the Great and the High Elves allied together to fight the forest trolls.

   After their victory, the king with long ears declared an eternal alliance with Thoradin the great.

   As long as his bloodline requested, Quel'Thalas did his best to help mankind. The long-eared king who was an ally with Emperor Thoradin at that time was the current elf Sun King!

   But Marshal Lothar is still there.

   He was the last blood descendant of Thoradin the Great. Unfortunately, he asked Long Ears for help, but Anastarian, the Sun King with Long Ears, persuaded him. Fortunately, the noble Windrunner family remembered the covenant.

   I heard that it was a Windrunner girl who brought a group of elves to help. There were only a few hundred of them, but all of them were heroes.

  hum.

   A woman is more courageous than their king. "

   Black nodded in agreement with what the dwarf captain said.

   "Mr. Dwarf's words are basically correct, but the Sun King actually has his own difficulties."

   The dwarf just finished speaking.

   A gentle voice was inserted into the conversation between the two, and the dwarf and Blake turned back at the same time, and saw a strange human being walking towards them.

   The reason why he is said to be weird.

   Because, as a human, he wears the same elven chain armor as those rangers.

   means that he is also the companion of these elves.

   But the problem is that the kingdom of high elves has inherited the self-appreciation of the ancient elves that have become legendary, and it is quite closed at the diplomatic level.

   Few humans are allowed into Silvermoon City.

   Not to mention joining the elite ranger unit in Quel'Thalas with a human body. You must know that there is still a stupid argument like "bloodline theory" in the Magi Council of Quel'Thalas.

   The human in front of him is very young, with blond hair and a handsome face, but with a slightly mature beard.

   Carrying a bow and quiver on his back, but not worthy of the Phoenix Halberd, but with two graceful and lethal one-handed axes on his waist, this kind of weapon is not very likely to be used by elves.

   Black narrowed his eyes when he saw this special weapon.

   He guessed the identity of the person who came.

   is really strange.

   A few days ago, I was talking about this "legendary" character with the dwarf Greif Madheart, but I didn't expect to see him with my own eyes.

   The blond, bearded, sturdy human strode forward, looked Blake up and down, stretched out his hand towards him, and said in a friendly tone:

   "You should be the 'orc killer' praised by the dwarves. I heard that you assassinated the chief of the Bone-chewing clan and saved Dangarok Castle?

   Another very powerful mountain ranger hunter told me that you have hunted dozens of orcs alone in the last few days? "

   Black shrugged.

   stretched out his black gloved hand and grabbed the hand in front of him.

   He said very modestly:

   "My dwarf friends like to brag. In fact, I'm not as good as they brag. At least one-third of those orcs were injured by their dwarf friends first.

I just.

   Picked up a bargain. "

   "Hehe, you can really speak."

  The human smiled and said jokingly:

   "If every warrior of us humans could pick up such a bargain, then the orcs would have been driven back to the Dark Portal by us long ago. You are a rare warrior.

   I am honored to speak with you.

  Well, I forgot to introduce myself, it's really rude. "

   He straightened up.

   With a confident temperament similar to that of a high elves, he said softly:

   "My name is Nathanos, Nathanos Maris, from the Stratholme region of Lordaeron, and a non-staff member of this Farstrider team.

  My companions, following the ancient millennium oath, came to support the war between man and orc, and they needed a guide familiar with the terrain of the north.

   So they found me, who is still a ranger apprentice.

   As a human being, I am honored to join this war to defend my homeland, and even more honored to meet another brave and fearless compatriot of mine here. "

   "You guy, you are very good at talking, but you have a sissy elf smell."

   Hearing Nathanos' words, Darren Iron Mountain, who was sitting on a wine barrel and enjoying tobacco, immediately shook his head and commented in a rude way unique to dwarves.

   The result caused Blake to laugh, and Nathanos also looked embarrassed.

   This human ranger, who will do a lot of great things in the future and has a very rough fate, is only a young man at the beginning, after all, he is not used to the straightforwardness of dwarves.

   But he has a good character.

   did not feel angry because of the dwarf's blunt words, but sighed and looked back at his "not very gregarious" companions.

  Dangarok Castle is the domain of the dwarves. There are a group of dwarf melons less than 1.3 meters tall. Black, who is about 1.8 meters tall, stands out from the crowd here.

   Not to mention these taller high elves.

  More than 30 elf rangers were mixed among the dwarves, just like the more than 30 flagpoles, as long as they were not blind, they could see clearly.

   "Indeed, I have been training with my mentor in Quel'Thalas for the past few years, and I have adapted to the customs there, and I have also learned the way elves speak in hymns."

  Nathanos turned his head, shrugged, and smiled, a young man of the same age as Blake, and he explained to Blake and the dwarf in a low voice:

   "The rangers near Windrunner Tower are actually much better than the elven nobles in Silvermoon City. They won't show contempt and ridicule just because they see you are human.

   will not alienate you just because you maintain the habit of living as a human.

   But even so, in that place, if you can't learn to talk with them in slightly pompous and emotional language, they won't see you as a real person.

  My mentor told me not to care about some gossip from her fellow citizens, but I knew that the best way to integrate into a new place was to learn about their way of life.

   I have to become like them. "

   Having said this, Nathanos lowered his voice even more as if complaining, and winked at the two in front of him.

Say:

   "And while humans always say that elves are arrogant and pompous, in fact, believe me, you two, far from Quel'Thalas, my elven companions have tried to keep their heads down.

   The problem is that even their 'low profile' is too high profile. "

  These words were probably from the bottom of his heart, making the dwarf laugh out loud. The laughter was like a pile driver, but Blake restrained his laughter.

   The relationship between the three seems to have gotten closer because of this small rant.

  Black looked at the Farstrider logo on Nathanos' cloak and asked:

   "Maris, you just said that your companions came to aid the human kingdom in response to the ancient covenant, so your leader is Ms. Alleria Windrunner?"

"Um!"

   Hearing this name, Nathanos, who took a glass of beer from the dwarf, immediately showed respect. He took a sip of beer, moistened his throat, and brushed his dusty hair, saying:

   "Lady Alleria is a true hero, and her family participated in the battle between the High Elves and the Imperium of Man against the forest trolls 2,800 years ago.

   She felt that the covenant was not only a covenant between the Sunstrider royal family and the bloodline of Emperor Thoradin, but also a covenant between Quel'Thalas and human civilization.

   She would rather be expelled from the army than perform her patriarchal duties despite General Liresa, her mother. Many Farstriders answered the lady's call.

   They left Quel'Thalas and joined the Northern Front.

  Unfortunately, although they are all elites, there are too few of them. "

   Nathanos sighed.

   He glanced at Thoradin's Wall in the distance and said:

   "Last month we have been under the leadership of the Lady, in Arathi Highlands, supporting Stromgard in the battle with the Blood Ring Orcs. The Lady was still on the battlefield and shot the Chieftain of the Blood Ring Orcs with her own hands.

   Now that the situation over there has stabilized a little, the Farstriders and rangers have been transferred to the Tirisfal region to help guard the royal city of Lordaeron.

  Our team was ordered to go to Andorhal, a border city in the East Weald region, to assist Colonel Garithers' army there. As for coming here, apart from rest, it was also an accident. "

   The human ranger sighed and said:

   "While passing through the Wall of Thoradin, my captain Halduron Brightwing accidentally tracked the trail of a dragon, and heard that Dangarok Castle had just experienced a war with the orcs.

  I diverted and came here to check it out. "

   "A dragon?"

  Blake's heart suddenly moved.

   He and the dwarf looked at each other and asked:

   "How come there are dragons in the hilly area? Maris, tell us in detail."

   (end of this chapter)