Chapter 823: The Pandaren Legend. The End of the Mist Age (Part 2)
A few minutes later, Captain Anthony Iron Horn, who urgently changed into a captain's uniform, appeared in the captain's room.
No way, he had to take the call of these "little distinguished guests" seriously. Although it is said that there are no nobles in the federal system, it does not mean that the concept of class has been erased in this dynamic new regime.
Power is still in the hands of a few people, but this alternation of power has been covered with a psychedelic "democratic" cloak. Of course, this centralized system is more civilized than the previous feudal system, so at least in the present At this moment, the federal regime is still very popular.
As the middle-level beneficiary of this system, Captain Iron Horn himself is very supportive of this system and is eager to be reused in this system. In the case of the precious daughter of the current Federal Speaker, Mr. Van Cleef.
"Anthony Nolando, the third-rank navigator of the Dark Blade Consortium, and the captain of the Bloody Rose merchant ship, sends his greetings to all distinguished guests."
Captain Iron Horn behaved very decently, he was not overly obsequious, nor did he show his rudeness, coupled with his good-looking appearance, there was no doubt that he gained points in the eyes of these children.
"Don't be nervous, Captain Ironhorn."
Vanessa is the best at dealing with other people among the children, so this time, she will be the one to do the inquiry and communication. Although the assassin lady doesn't like to develop in the political world under the shadow of her father, but in Under the influence of Speaker Van Cleef, she became serious, and she still had the dignity of a superior.
In the cabin that the brats had urgently cleaned up, Vanessa graciously invited Captain Anthony to sit on the chair, but facing the gazes of these little distinguished guests, the captain, who is a vampire, also felt a little nervous. The warning given to him represents the children here, each of whom has the ability to hurt him, or even kill him.
Obviously, these seemingly weak little distinguished guests are not simple.
"We invite you to come, Your Excellency Captain, we want to get the most honest news from you, a professional."
Vanessa knocked on the table and asked softly:
"What happened to the ship after the storm... I mean, what kind of environment are we in? You don't need to hide, Captain Ironhorn, I can assure you that if it's bad In any case, we can help, at least, we can guarantee that all the crew members on this ship can get out of this sea."
"oh?"
Vanessa's confident statement made the somewhat anxious Captain Anthony breathe a sigh of relief.
After chatting with the first mate and the second mate, he already had a frightening guess in his heart, but now, since the distinguished guests were guaranteed to escape, it meant that the situation he was most worried about would not happen.
"Well, I wanted to explain everything to all distinguished guests after I have fully ascertained the information."
Captain Iron Horn lost the pressure, and his tone became calmer. He looked at the children around him, he let out a sigh of relief, and the bloody light in his eyes became more serious. He said:
"There is no doubt that there was something wrong with the storm after nightfall. Ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you with my 17 years of sailing experience. According to the current season, such a storm should not have occurred in the South China Sea, but it happened. And after we were "sent" by the storm to this weird sea area, the storm suddenly disappeared as if we were isolated, which proves that the storm was not normal."
"Um?"
The warrior girl Taelia who was listening frowned. She grew up in the kingdom of the sea, Kul Tiras, and she heard a lot about the people above the sea from the bragging sailors at the Boralus pier. After listening to Captain Iron Horn's description, the warrior girl asked in a deep voice:
"So, what do you mean, this storm that shouldn't have happened was specially arranged for us by some enemies? Or are we just unlucky?"
"This is it."
Captain Anthony stroked his well-manicured beard, thought for a moment, and said to the children:
"I personally tend to guess the second, because if we fell into a certain trap, then when the storm came, we should have been attacked by enemies hiding in the dark. The most important thing is... "
Captain Iron Horn shrugged:
"My intuition tells me that this should not be a man-made conspiracy... Don't underestimate my intuition, everyone, it has helped me escape death at least 4 times."
"But Uncle Tyrion said that in most cases, making decisions with intuition and emotion will kill many people."
Little Anduin suddenly said something, which made Captain Iron Horn's relaxed expression freeze. He had to be more cautious when he heard Tyrion's name, so he stood up and said to the children:
"What you said makes sense. I'm going to check the surrounding sea area again to rule out all possible dangers."
"Wait a moment!"
Vanessa gave the little Anduin who was talking nonsense, and then asked Captain Iron Horn:
"Before you leave, Captain, we have one last question, and I hope you can answer it truthfully."
"Please."
Anthony looked decently at Vanessa, who asked:
"Based on your experience and knowledge, can you guess a situation that is most suitable for our current situation? About the legends between sailors and pirates circulating on the South China Sea, such as encounters with ghost ships."
Hearing Vanessa's meaningful description, Captain Anthony frowned. After hesitating for a moment, he said frankly:
"Actually, there is indeed a situation that is very consistent with our current experience. I don't know if you have heard of a rumor called the sea fog. It is said that in some places in the South China Sea, there is a strange fog. Area, which does not seem to be fixed in size, occasionally sprawls across the sea, and any ship that enters it...doesn't end well...too well."
After Captain Anthony left, Vanessa turned her head, looked at the children behind her, and said softly:
"It should be this. If the captain's guess is correct, it means that we have entered the mist of the sea, and this mist caused the Pandaria Orb to show the scene of Pandaria..."
"No no no! That's not the case!"
Dornan shook his head, the shaman lady sorted out her thoughts, she looked at the little panda Lili, and she asked:
"You said earlier that Master Liu Lang left this orb specially for the pandaren on the Wandering Isle. It has only one purpose, which is to help you find Pandaria, right?"
"Um!"
Lili hugged the orb and nodded vigorously.
"And this orb can only show two places, one is the Wandering Isle and the other is Pandaria."
There was a gleam of wisdom in Dornan's blue eyes. She spread her hands and gestured in the air:
"If this orb is likened to a compass specially prepared for the lost, it means that the Wandering Isle is the starting point of this lost journey, and Pandaria is the end of the lost journey. The significance of the orb is that anyone who holds it If you get lost on the way, you can use the orb to observe the two places to keep you going, or return to a safe starting point."
"Snapped"
The warrior girl Talia, who had been silent all this time, snapped her fingers. She tilted her head and looked at the little panda Lili:
"But now, this compass can only point to the starting point, and its reflection on the end point has no effect. Do you know what this means, Lili?"
"means...means..."
The naughtiest little girl in Stormwind Restaurant is definitely not a little fool. The three girls have already talked to this point, and she obviously understands what they want to express.
She lowered her head and stared blankly at the Pandaria Orb in her hand, which was no longer glowing with gentle light. She murmured to herself:
"It means... I'm at the finish line..."
"It means, finally, I have found a home..."
"swish"
Vanessa walked to the window of the gold coin, and she stretched out her hand to push the window open, letting the cold wind from the sea blow into the cabin. The assassin lady turned around, folded her arms, shrugged to the others, and In the sea breeze full of weird flavors, she said softly:
"So... the Dawnblade children..."
"Welcome to Pandaria, under the mist!"
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Pandaren, this is a mysterious race hidden under the rich history of Azeroth.
This is also a civilization with a long history. The starting point of the Pandaren civilization can be traced back to the barbaric era 15,000 years before the Gate of Darkness... Is this time point familiar?
That's right. This is exactly the time when the dark troll clan migrated to the vicinity of the Well of Eternity. However, the rise of the Pandaren is extremely difficult, and it can even be said to be full of disasters.
In the era when the pandaren appeared, the world had not yet been divided. The Pandaria continent hidden under the mist of the South China Sea was still part of the ancient continent of Kalimdor, but the dark night experience was in the north, while the pandaren were in the south. Inspired by the wisdom of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, another miracle of civilization, filled with divine luster, the pandaren and many other races were born with wisdom.
Just like the demigods of the wilderness made friends with the night elves, the pandaren also got the help of another group of demigods of the wilderness...these are the four demigods of the wilderness who are honored as "Supreme Gods". They are: White Tiger Xue Nu, Qinglong Yulong, Red Crane Chijing and Xuanniu Niuzao.
When Tyrion saw the resurrection of Rukhmar, he lamented that Rukhmar had already taken the next step in the life form of a demigod, fusing his life force and elemental power together...however At that time, Tyrion didn't know that, in fact, in Azeroth, there are also demigods who have already stepped into this stage. The time point when they merged the power of the elements was even nearly ahead of Rukhmar the Sun Raven. Ten thousand years.
Yes, the four supreme gods are all powerful beings fused with life and elements, so under their protection, Pandaria spent a very beautiful pastoral time, but it is a pity that the four holy beasts are vigilant against external threats, But he forgot to guard against his "similar".
The specific situation is difficult to describe clearly in short words. In short, the powerful four holy beasts, together with the race they sheltered, were attacked by the first rebellious titan creation in Azeroth. It was a terrible battle, called The leader of the Titan Creation for Thunder God defeated the supreme god one by one, and even the most powerful Xuen, who had mastered the power of wind and thunder, was imprisoned by Thunder God in his White Tiger Temple after ten days and ten nights of fighting.
In the following 3,000 years, pandaren and other native races, such as hozen, jinyu, yak, etc., struggled to survive as slaves in this empire built by rebellious titan creations. The god of thunder's sudden death after a mysterious crusade failed gave these suffering prisoners new hope.
The Pandaren were the first race to stand up against the brutal rule. After their bravery smashed the shackles, other enslaved races also stood behind them. After the powerful Titan creation lost its pure heart, it will not Stronger than other evils, the pandaren were free after a terrific battle.
But it is a pity that they have lost their own writing and civilization during the long enslavement, and faced with this kind of disaster that can defeat anyone, the panda people did not let it go down. Drawing new strength from the ruins of the overthrown brutal empire, they built their own new civilization in the ruins with their own hands.
And when the panda people are struggling to reshape civilization, what are the night elves who were born with them doing?
Under the leadership of the beautiful and noble Queen Azshara, the night elves are also rising, but it took thousands of years for the elves to build their empire in peace, and the pandaren who rose again from the disaster probably only used It took a third of the time for the Kaldorei to build a civilization as powerful as Queen Azshara's empire...
Unfortunately, even in the comparison in the world before the War of the Ancients, the long-lived night elves still lost to the short-lived pandaren.
Of course, the short lifespan of pandaren is compared with real long-lived species like elves. From the life of Master Liu Lang who established the Wandering Isle, it can be seen that the lifespan of pandaren is about 300-500 years, longer than that of humans. Longer, but compared to the real long-lived species, these chubby optimists still belong to the short-lived civilization.
After establishing their own empire, the pandaren civilization also has many, many great stories to tell, such as how these chubby pandaren, with no one to support them, repelled the Zandalari trolls all by themselves The war that came, of course, we can tell these stories slowly in the future.
10,000 years before the opening of the Dark Portal, Shaohao, the last emperor of the Pandaren, predicted that the War of the Ancients was about to take place during his communication with heaven and earth. In order to protect his own people and civilization, this venerable emperor, On the eve of the catastrophe, he chose to sacrifice himself, integrate his own power into this piece of land he loves deeply, and use his body as the mist that covers and protects Pandaria, completely isolating the pandaren's homeland from the world. .
Ten thousand years ago...
And now, the time has come for the opening of this fog empire full of myths and great legends!