Rise of the blood elves

"So, Andoma." Obviously, it is difficult to pronounce Angmar's Thalassian name correctly with the pronunciation habits of the Pandaren. "Why did you come to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms? You know, outsiders don't often appear here. At most, they only come from afar." The hozens and jinyu people who came here may also include a few buffalo people who are not as aggressive as others of their kind. Even the old yak boots have never seen outsiders like you. By the way."

Lao Li pulled the old yak under his crotch closer, pointed to the land spirit beside him, and began to introduce: "That one over there is the old yak boots, and the one riding the same yak with you is his son Yak Xiang. Finally, It’s his nephew who is meeting you, and they also helped a lot. If it weren’t for their yaks, it would be extremely difficult to send you to Setting Sun Pass.”

Angmar looked sideways in the direction that Old Li pointed. The old earthling with a white beard raised the cigarette pole in his hand as a signal.

He nodded his thanks again and said softly: "I just want to come here to find the answer in my heart. I have heard that the races living in this land have already learned to exorcise inner demons and clarify themselves during the long years of being with evil spirits. State of mind. That's what I need."

"You know us very well," Old Li smiled and glanced at Old Yak Boots on the right side of Angmar. "Fortunately, you are not like those night elves. Old Yak Boots said that those night elves only treat us as barbarians. "

"So you came to a place so far away from home." Lao Li shrugged his shoulders and noticed Angmar fell silent, so he added, "I don't mean anything else. We can all see that you are not an ordinary person. You don't I know how miserable you looked after being struck by lightning, and every good piece of skin on your body was covered, but you just applied a little ointment and recovered completely. I'm afraid even those master monks can't do this."

Perhaps it was the night with a sparse moon and stars that deepened the melancholy in his heart, or perhaps it was the physical condition of the convert that was so helpless that he could not even release his spiritual power, which made Angmar think of the ordinary life before the time travel began. , couldn’t help but sigh and said:

"No, this is just a stop on my journey. I haven't been home for more than 20 years."

Lao Li looked surprised.

Although the living environment of the Pandaren at this time was not as closed as that of Pandaria, where they spent 1 years in the fog in later generations, the peaceful and prosperous life also made most of them extremely homesick.He couldn't imagine what it would be like to be away from home for more than 20 years.

Lao Li opened his mouth, as if he wanted to speak but didn't know how.

"Well, it seems you are also a person with stories."

No one continued this heavy topic.

"clack clack"

From time to time, there were two sounds of sucking tobacco sticks in my ears. The yak's pace was slow and steady, and the wooden board was swaying rhythmically.

Accompanied by the delicious aroma of tobacco and the chirping of insects, Angmar felt sleepy rolling over him. In confusion, he noticed that the wooden board sank slightly, and the young land elf who fed him food and water seemed to have climbed up. , and also deliberately adjusted his quilt and feet.

After a while, a snoring sound came from my feet.

The moonlight illuminated the road ahead. Under the gaze of the stars in the sky, this ordinary but extraordinary land elf caravan gradually headed towards the Setting Sun Pass where the Shado-Pan black-clad guards were stationed.

"Get some sleep, nephew." Old Yak Boots glanced at his son who was sleeping soundly at Angmar's feet, and said to his nephew who was riding a yak.

The nephew nodded and climbed back to the "superstructure" fixed on the yak's back. To ordinary humanoid races, it was just a small shed for carrying goods. To the land elves who have been doing business all year round, it was the most beautiful place in their journey. Important resting place.

Seeing that his nephew had gone to bed, Old Yak Felt held the cigarette rod under his arm, grabbed the rein buckle of Angma's yak, put it on his saddle, and then stretched out a hand towards Old Li, "You should also sleep for a while. I will call you when we get to Setting Sun Pass."

"I'm not sleepy yet." Having said that, the sleepy-eyed Lao Li still yawned involuntarily, and finally gave in under the gaze of Lao Yak Boots, "Okay, then I'll just squint for a while. Call me later and I will lead the team for you."

"You'll take us to the ditch." Old Yak Boots joked.

Lao Li lowered his voice and chuckled twice, and handed over the reins, but his movement suddenly stopped midway. He looked behind Lao Yak Boots and wondered: "What is that?"

Old Yak Boots turned around and found the anomaly without even using Old Li's finger.The air in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms is very clear, and the land elves and pandaren have relatively good eyesight, so they can easily see the little bit of firelight in the night on the road ahead.

"It looks like a torch, there is someone over there." Lao Li deliberately lowered his voice and gently took off the goblin cane on the saddle, holding it in his hand to encourage himself.His words and deeds were full of uneasiness, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy. What he saw and heard along the way, coupled with the recent rumors about the mantid, all cast an ominous layer on the journey at night. color.

But the funny thing is that the length of the gnome's cane is not as long as the frying spoon he uses for cooking.

"Don't be nervous, it might be the night patrol team of the black guards." Old Yak Boots' expression also became serious, but he still comforted him.

"That's right." Old Li breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and put down the earth spirit cane in his hand with some embarrassment, "Why don't we speed up a little bit? After dark, I always feel weird and panicked."

The old yak felt nodded and didn't say a single unnecessary word. He just shook the reins quickly. Under his leadership, the caravan moved much faster.

"I hope I can catch up with them. With them by their side, the road at night will be much safer."

After being frightened like this, Lao Li felt no sleepiness at all.Instead of putting his palm back to its original place, he kept groping in the saddle bag and after a while he took out a kitchen knife. In order to perform a full set, he deceived the third aunt that he was going to cook at the wedding banquet in the next village, and he came from home. Looking at the kitchen utensils he had brought with him and looking at the blades that he had carefully polished not long ago, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had found something to rely on. He became more courageous. There was a goblin cane in his arms, a kitchen knife in one hand, and a knife in the other. Holding the reins, he kept looking around.

The caravan moved on.

In the night where everything was silent except for the chirping of insects, the sound of the old yak smoking felt was extremely harsh.

After walking for a while, Lao Li yawned again, his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and suddenly he heard Lao Yak Boots say: "It's a bit strange."

"what"

Lao Li suddenly woke up and looked forward, but he didn't see the fire that should have been there in the night. Even his scalp became numb and he asked in a trembling voice: "It has disappeared."

At this moment, Lao Li thought of will-o'-the-wisp.

The strange will-o'-the-wisp on the lonely grave.

It's just that its color is a bit weird