Chapter 1127 25. Elements. The Upcoming War

On the Endless Sea, Neptulon the Tidehunter, the elemental lord of water, sea, and ice, holds the trident of the deep sea in his hand. On his extremely anthropomorphic appearance, his eyes are as blue as the sea, shining with the uncertainty of cloudy weather. of light.

Although the four elemental lords are all chaotic in nature, compared to the insane wind rider Al'Akir, the silent stone mother Therazane, and the violent Firelord Ragnaros, their personalities are like oceans. Tide hunters are indeed the easiest to deal with. In the travel letters of the ancestors of the Highborne, and in the stories of traveling around the world, tide hunters have appeared more than once.

This water elemental lord is probably the weakest among the elemental lords in his hatred for the world order of Azeroth. When he is in a good mood occasionally, he is even willing to deal with those mortal beings.

The simplest example is that between the interpretation and expression of various powers, it should be that only shamans who practice the way of elements can establish a contract with the elements and summon the elements to fight for themselves, but mages, especially Mages who specialize in ice spells can also summon water elementals from the elemental world to aid in the battle. For example, Queen Jaina's unique skill of summoning water elementals and even glacier elementals is enough to rank among the strongest mages in Azeroth .

In theory, Neptulon is the master of all water elements. If it does not agree with the summons of the mages, then even Azshara, the strongest woman in Azeroth, will never be able to summon a water element.

The spell to summon water elements is said to have appeared during the Troll Empire period, which is enough to show that as early as that era, before civilization was born, the first generation of spellcasters had contact with tide hunters , and also got the goodwill of it.

But Neptulon is willing to contact mortals, but it does not mean that it is easy to talk.

Especially when a free elemental lord like it is facing an extremely harsh mandatory requirement, it will still breed anger.

Now, in the face of the Great Lord Tyrion's order to recruit the Maw of the Abyss and all water elements, if it weren't for the fact that the tide hunters couldn't defeat the death monarch in front of him, the elemental monarch would have already started to drown this arrogant man in the tsunami inside.

The great lord Tyrion didn't seem to feel the anger of the elemental lord, or rather, he felt it, but he didn't care.

He looked at the tide hunter who made waves in front of him, and said:

"So, what's your answer?"

Being persecuted again, Neptulon's extremely human-like face showed a trace of undisguised anger and hatred at this moment, and the trident in its hand, shining with a halo of still water, hit the sea like a tornado, There was a loud noise of a tsunami hitting the coast, and the elemental lord said in a deep voice:

"You arrogant death lord! You are humiliating a king born from the most ancient times. I admit your strength, but since the birth of the elements, we have the freest will among the stars, you! You can't enslave We! My elementals and I will not join your war!"

"Give up this boring idea!"

"oh?"

The high lord narrowed his eyes and said:

"So, are you refusing the call of death? Or do you feel, Tidehunter, that you still have a choice?"

"Well, it seems that your closed element doesn't understand the current situation, so let me take a moment to explain it to you."

Tyrion is confident enough to kill the elemental lord in front of him after a fierce battle, but just because he can do it doesn't mean he has to.

Elements live in an elemental territory that is isolated from the present world. It is a plane world that is somewhat similar to the Emerald Dream, and even the dead world. Every planet has an elemental territory, and no one knows it except for the elements. Are the elemental realms connected together? Now, after confirming that Deathwing is hiding in Deep Rock Continent and looking for elemental allies for the Dark Pantheon, the High Lord has to find other elements to act as checks and balances.

It's not that the knights of the heroic spirit cannot enter the territory of the elements to fight, but that is the territory of the elements after all, where the power of the elements will be released to the limit. That is to say, the best way to deal with a group of hostile elements is to let another group of elements to attack them.

Once in this world, the Great Lord and the Dark Pantheon start a war, then in the elemental territory, those elemental lords who join forces with Deathwing will very likely invade the world and open up a second battlefield. In order to deal with this situation, The Dark Blade Legion must have elemental allies to resist this invasion.

Neptulon the Tidehunter, a rare and moderate elemental lord, is the best and only choice for Dark Blade.

After all, there are conflicts between Tyrion and the Firelord and the Wind Rider, and the Stone Mother may have fallen to the dark pantheon represented by Deathwing.

"Deathwing, the cunning black dragon who now calls himself Dragon of War, serves the higher powers of the stars."

The great lord spread out his hands and talked to the tide hunter:

"It's not the Burning Legion, but the power that dominates the Burning Legion, the Dark Pantheon, in other words, the Dark Titan Sargeras and his titan servants. I think you should know them better than me. After all, back then, the Pantheon's The Titan killed the most powerful ancient god, Y'Shaarj, sealed the other ancient gods, and expelled you, the four elemental lords, who were with the ancient gods at that time, to the elemental territory."

"You and them should not be regarded as friends...The reason why Therazane the Stonemother fell to Deathwing is nothing more than realizing the determination of the Dark Pantheon to destroy Azeroth, and the terror they possess Power, the leader of the life on earth is begging for a living, it believes that this world must be destroyed, and taking refuge in the Dark Pantheon is the only way to survive."

"In other words, Thela Zane, the elemental lord you said represents free will, has already knelt down to the Dark Pantheon and begged for mercy, so don't deceive me with free will. Under the threat of death, it is considered eternal life. elements, and also feel fear.”

The words of the great lord made the face of the tide hunter even more ugly, but the ruler of the water element is not so easy to admit defeat. After a while, it looked down at the great lord, and it used a playful Muzzle said:

"If the situation is really as bad as you said, then maybe I, like Therazane, should join the side of the Dark Pantheon in this war of annihilation. From what you said, Tyrion, I can tell Now, facing the Dark Pantheon, you don't seem to have complete confidence in victory... Are you really trying to persuade me? How do I feel that you are pushing me to the enemy's side? Is this my illusion?"

"Of course you can do that, no one can stop you begging for mercy from the Dark Pantheon."

The great lord didn't care about the tide hunter's ridicule. He came to find allies. For alliances, one must show sincerity, and not everything needs to be resolved by war.

So he looked at the Maharaja of the Elemental Water, and he said:

"But everything in the world has a clearly marked price. Before you reject my kindness, don't you listen to the chips I offer?"

The tide hunter let out a deep laugh. In that laugh, the surface of the entire endless sea began to undulate, as if a storm was brewing across the sea. The water element lord shook his huge body. explain:

"Speak, Tyrion the Lord of Death, I am listening."

"Tidehunter, you claim to be the master of Azeroth's seas, currents and ice, but are the world's oceans and countless sea creatures really under your control?"

The high lord snapped his fingers, and he whispered:

"The sleeping city of Ny'alotha, as well as those unruly Naga all over the sea, those bastards who obeyed the ancient gods, I heard that from the moment they sank into the sea 10,000 years ago, They have been attacking the Maw of the Abyss. In the past, you could rely on the elemental domain to resist them, but now, the elemental domain is broken... You see, I have a fairly good intelligence organization under my command, from my subordinates , I heard some stories..."

Tyrion looked at Neptulon, he saw the slight change in the face of the water elemental lord, and he said:

"I heard that in the face of the Naga army that drove evil things to attack the Maw of the Abyss, your elemental kingdom seems to be retreating steadily..."

"There is no such thing! Don't talk nonsense!"

Facing the statement of the great lord, Neptulon, the tide hunter, categorically denied it, and the elemental lord said with a strong attitude:

"Those deep sea snakes are not a problem at all! As long as I want to, I can destroy them and even their twisted civilization in an instant!"

"Oh? Is that really the case?"

Tyrion stroked the black ring on his finger, and said in a strange tone:

"But the story I've heard seems to be different. In the end, the ancient god N'Zoth gave birth to a twisted deep-sea monster with his corrupted blood. What's the name of that abyssal sea beast that has been trying to capture your body? Ozuma Te? Right?"

The tide hunter had a gloomy face and did not answer. Obviously, the words of the great lord had hit its sore spot.

The elemental lords look majestic and powerful, but in fact, in ancient times, they were defeated and captured by the ancient gods, and were forced to serve as the servants of the ancient gods, and during that period of time, the elemental lords were more or less All of them have been infected by the power of the void. Although the ancient gods were finally defeated and sealed, the power from the void is still affecting them.

Tide hunters are almost invincible in the waters, but facing the deep sea beast with the blood of N'Zoth and the big octopus Ozumat who uses the power of the void, this elemental lord can't even exert one-tenth of his power That's why those daring Naga dared to invade the Maw of the Abyss wantonly.

Of course, the adventurous move of the Nagas to invade the Maw of the Abyss was also forced. The Dead Sea Fleet has been frantically destroying the cities of the Naga on the bottom of the sea. The extent to which Queen La was fighting head-on, the naga could not stand the frantic slaughter of the undead.

They urgently need a country that will not be invaded by the Dark Blade Undead to recuperate, and the country of water elements is a perfect rear, and they can use the power of N'Zoth to weaken the resistance of water elements, which makes Naga Their invasion went very smoothly. The tide hunters seemed confident, but the High Lord knew very well that one-fifth of the entire Maw of the Abyss had fallen.

That's why the high lord is so confident in recruiting Neptulon... He has the real secrets in his hands.

Although this incident traces back to the source, the invasion of Neptulon's Maw of the Abyss was actually caused by the dark blade, but this does not prevent the high lord from using this incident to threaten, or "remind" Neptulon .

"Listen, Tidehunter, you and your kingdom need help, and you and I know that."

The great lord changed his tone of sincerity, and he said:

"So what if you go to the Dark Pantheon now? Can Deathwing and its war dragon army help resist the Naga invasion? I have an "old friend" who is also a decent People, it always likes to say, people, you must learn to bow your head to reality...Look, look around, in the entire world of Azeroth, I am the only one who can help you."

The great lord stopped talking, he handed over the choice to Neptulon, and the water elemental lord considered the current situation, it is not difficult to find that what Tyrion said is right, even if it takes refuge in the dark world On the other side of the temple, they couldn't get much-needed support immediately, and even if Deathwing was willing to help it, the fighting power of those war dragons at the bottom of the water would not be stronger than the sea monsters controlled by the naga.

Instead, Tyrion's Dead Sea Fleet...

Dai Lin, the sea demon king, is also a character who has been observed by the tide hunters for a long time. To be honest, if Tyrion is really determined to stand by the tide hunters, just the Dead Sea Fleet is enough to help Knap Turon drove out all the Naga who invaded the Maw of the Abyss.

Although the Dark Blade Legion and the world of Azeroth will inevitably have a head-to-head confrontation with the powerful Dark Pantheon in the future, no one knows who will win and who will win. It is indeed risky to sell yourself to the Dark Blade now...

But then again, the threat of Naga is real. If they can't even maintain their current existence, then they are even less qualified to talk about the future.

Now that Tyrion has understood the current situation on the bottom of the sea, the tide hunter has nothing to pretend. The Lord of Water Elements was silent for a few minutes, and then said:

"The war in the elemental territory is not a small fight in your present world. Once a war starts between the elements, it will not stop for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to stop. From my past experience, this kind of long-term war is also very difficult. It's almost impossible to have a winner, so if you really want me to fight the Stone Mother's legion for you in the elemental realm... then if you just help me repel the naga and clear the Maw of the Abyss, it's not enough of!"

"Um?"

The great lord rubbed his forehead in doubt, he looked at the bargaining tide hunter, he said:

"When did I say that the condition I gave you was to help you expel the Naga? Please, brother Tidehunter, your structure is too low, or the long-term occlusion limits your imagination...Let me tell you You."

"Naga is just a dispensable existence, my real plan... is to give you eternal freedom!"

"My real target is the god of thousand beards, N'Zoth, who is sealed in the sleeping city of Ny'alotha!"

"Without the void curse imposed on you by the ancient gods, I believe that you who have fully recovered your strength are enough to deal with the threat of those deep-sea soft-skin snakes. Finally, what I want to tell you is that you must sign a contract, and not sign with me..."

The great lord stretched out his hand, as if calling for some power. Between the halo like a silver moon veil, he said:

"It's a contract you can never break, and you see, Tidehunters, although the elements are born of chaos and chase chaos, there is no rule that you cannot serve order. And I happen to know one who can represent this The ultimate being of the world order, she, needs a powerful and loyal servant."

"Servant?"

The tide hunter's face became ugly:

"Are you kidding me?"

"No! I didn't mean to humiliate you."

The great lord glanced at the slowly forming silver moon veil beside him, and with a calm smile on his face, he said:

"But believe me... There are really not many opportunities like this once in a lifetime."