To be fair, Zandalari's naval strength is definitely not weak, and is only slightly inferior to Kul Tiras, which specializes in maritime affairs.
Although the Golden Fleet's tactics are mainly close combat, this does not mean that they do not have long-range weapons.
Different from the artillery used in Kul Tiras, Zandalari's ship-borne weapons have national characteristics, which are fire ballistas that look like bed crossbows.
In terms of power alone, this fire ballista is no worse than the artillery of Kul Tiras, and is even better in terms of rate of fire.
Unfortunately, due to size issues, Zandalari's Firebolt can only be placed flat on the upper deck.
The number of fire ballistas carried by each ship is far less than that of the Kul Tiran warships that use multi-layer decks to hide guns.
Perhaps this is also the reason why Zandalari chose to pick up the side as its main strategy.
Sarlayan came to Kul Tiras this time to persuade Daelin to sell the warship to Quel'Thalas, but now is obviously not the right time.
After a long period of testing and tug-of-war, Kul Tiras and Zandalari are about to begin a real battle, and even Daelin's flagship Sea King will join the battle.
"Salayan, I know your reason for coming."
Dai Lin raised his head and glanced at the sails that suddenly began to flutter greatly, and raised his hand to adjust his navy tricorn hat.
"The war is about to begin. I have no intention of discussing business with you now. Let's wait until we defeat Zandalari's main naval force and return to Boralus to discuss it in detail."
"The Royal Power of the Sea is about to step forward to join the battle. If you are not used to naval battles yet, please leave first."
In fact, Sarlayan really wanted to stay and learn from Kul Tiras' naval battle experience, but judging from Daelin's tough demeanor, there was no room for negotiation on this matter.
Even though Daelin seemed to be very talkative when dealing with Sarlayan, in fact he had a very stubborn temper. Once he decided on something, eight horses could not pull him back.
Sarlayan had long known about Daelin's character from Princess Jaina, so he didn't waste any time trying to convince him.
"Okay, I'll go back to Boralus and wait for you. Your Majesty Daelin. I wish Kul Tiras a successful victory."
"Hmph~"
Daelin hummed confidently: "Zandalar is indeed a good opponent, but in the end it will be us, Kul Tiras, who will win."
"Go ahead and see you at the celebration party."
"Full sail! All gun doors open!"
"Signal! The time has come for the decisive battle, sea men of Kul Tiras! Follow me to win victory!"
"oh!!"
…
Not long after he transformed into a griffin and flew away from the King of the Sea, the roar of artillery could be heard on the sea.
Looking from the shore, the entire sea area seemed to be dyed red by blood and fire. The sky above the battlefield was so thick with smoke that it was impossible to see the situation inside the battlefield from a distance.
"Ahem!"
Tina Gosa waved her little hand in disgust, fanning away the smoke that floated in front of her.
"That's the only bad thing about gunpowder. It pollutes the atmosphere too much."
Sarlayan smiled and shook his head, using Dru Yin's spell to attract the breeze, blowing away all the gunpowder smoke around his body.
"This is caused by incomplete combustion of black powder. If the gunpowder is further improved, theoretically, smokeless gunpowder can be developed."
"But this has nothing to do with us in Quel'Thalas. After all, we are not following the same technology tree."
In the different world where barrage netizens live, black gunpowder existed long ago in ancient times.
After thousands of years of changes, black powder has gradually evolved into new versions such as picric acid, fulminated mercury, nitrocellulose (guncotton), nitroglycerine, smokeless gunpowder, etc.
Had Thalayan been born in a country other than Quel'Thalas, he would have devoted his research efforts to improving gunpowder.
Quel'Thalas has little interest in gunpowder weapons and follows the magic route in terms of technology tree.
Now that the foundation is in place, Sharlayan plans to continue down this path, replacing gunpowder with activated arcane energy.
High elves have been bathed in the light of the Sunwell since birth, and each high elf has a high arcane affinity.
Even if they don't have the talent to become a master mage, most ordinary high elves and civilians can have one or two arcane tricks and are no strangers to the use of arcane spells.
The finished magic gun that Sarlayan wants to develop is a fool-proof design. The holder only needs to use his own arcane power to activate the mechanism of the gun, so that the bullets loaded into the barrel can be fired out.
The magic cannon also uses the same principle, but the details still need some fine-tuning.
"Hmm...I don't understand."
Tina shook her head with a confused look on her face: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to dig into it... What should we do now? Go back to Boralus and wait for the final battle to end?"
The scene on the battlefield was completely obscured by gunpowder smoke, and you couldn't see anything even if you stayed here.
"No, it's a rare trip to Kul Tiras. I plan to meet my mentor on the way."
"Your mentor?" Tina tilted her head and asked in confusion: "Isn't your mentor the leader of the well guards of the Sunwell? Why is he in Kul Tiras?"
Sarlayan smiled and ruffled Tina's hair: "It's not Salorian, it's another mentor who taught me the way of the Thornspeaker, Orfa the Great Thornspeaker."
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The last time he met Orfa was several years ago. Since then, Sarlayan has been traveling all over the world and rarely has the opportunity to come to Kul Tiras.
Even if there was, it was only transmitted through Boralus, coming and going in a hurry, and he didn't take time to go to Drust to visit Orfa.
Olfa, the old bear, is a Drust man with good roots.
More than 2,000 years ago, the Arathor people who colonized the Kul Tiras Islands had a fierce conflict with the local indigenous people.
After a long intra-island war, the Arathorians...or the Kul Tirans defeated the Drust natives and officially became the masters of the Kul Tiras Islands.
In the minds of most Kul Tirans, the Drust like to manipulate the unknown power of death and have caused great harm to their ancestors.
The general public did not understand the difference between Olfa and other Drust people, and regarded him as a threat equally.
Before Sarlayan and Orfa met, the old bear could only sit back and squat in his cave, waiting for the destined person to come to ask for advice.
He would impart his orthodox understanding of the Thornspeaker's balance of life and death to his apprentices, trying to reverse the Kul Tiran stereotype of the Drust.
Unfortunately, his efforts have always yielded little results.
In the entire Kul Tiras Islands, there are only a few hundred Thornspeakers who have received Orfa's teachings. For Kul Tiras, which has a population of tens of millions, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.
Sarlayan's arrival triggered a series of changes.
The royal family of Proudmoore has long been aware of Orfa, a maverick Drust man, and has always adopted a tacit attitude towards his preaching.
But that's all. As the victors of that race war, the Kul Tirans have no obligation to help the Drust people pass on their culture.
With Sharlayan's help, Jaina, the young princess of the Proudmoore family, and Orfa officially met.
Through getting along with Orfa, Jaina learned about the way of survival of the orthodox Drust people.
It turns out that not all the Drust are as crazy as the followers of Gorak Toul and abuse the power of death like they do. There are also orthodox Thornspeakers like Orfa who always uphold the balance between life and death, secretly Try hard.
At the little princess's insistence, Dailin, who could not resist his daughter, reluctantly agreed to Orfa expand the scope of apprenticeships.
At that time, Daelin was just trying to fulfill his daughter's wish, and had no idea how this decision would change Kul Tiras in the future.
As the years passed, with the official support of Kul Tiras, the number of Orfa's apprentices increased significantly.
As Orfa said back then, most apprentices did not have the talent to become Thornspeakers and balance the power of life and death. They only inherited the pure Dru Yin inheritance.
When these Druyin left the mountains and forests and returned to their hometown after serving as apprentices under Orfa, they naturally applied the knowledge they learned into practice.
Over the years, Kul Tiras' food seeds have been improved many times, and their yields have been greatly increased while also increasing their resistance to disease, drought, and floods.
Dai Lin did not expect that his unintentional move would bring such a big change to the food industry in Korshilas.
The people of Kul Tiran, who once relied on the sea to eat, have gradually regarded bread and rice as their staple food, and their lives are getting better year by year.
After belatedly realizing the importance of Dru Yin, Dai Lin suddenly woke up and established an organization specifically to manage Dru Yin - the House of Oak, with Olfa as the honorary chairman of the organization. leader.
