The Kul Tiras Islands are located offshore to the west of the Eastern Kingdom, forming an oblique triangle with the Broken Islands and Zandalari Islands.
The destination of Sarlayan and others' trip is the barren land in the middle of Kalimdor. Considering the influence of ocean currents caused by the large whirlpool, the safest and fastest route needs to pass along the southern coastline of the Zandalar Islands.
Kul Tiras was victorious in the naval battle with Zandalari, and the dividends of the war were beginning to show.
In the past, merchant ships and passenger ships in Kul Tiras would not dare to approach the offshore waters of the Zandalari Islands, lest they be driven away or even attacked by the golden fleet, which would require a long detour.
After the great battle between Kul Tiras and Zandalari, the Golden Fleet suffered heavy losses, and it would take more than ten years to recover.
This resulted in the Zandalar Islands having no maritime defense force offshore. Kul Tiras ships could travel between Kalimdor and the eastern continent more quickly through this route, effectively reducing the need for merchant ships between the two continents. transportation costs.
But for every advantage there is a disadvantage.
The defeat of the golden fleet forced the Zandalari trolls to reluctantly hand over control of the surrounding waters to others.
However, despite the victory in the great sea battle, Kul Tiras also suffered heavy losses in this fierce battle.
When the new ships were allocated after the war, Daelin sold many new ships to Quel'Thalas under the persuasion of Sarlayan's smooth tongue. The recovery speed of the Kul Tiras navy will inevitably increase. Suffer some influence.
Just when the control of the sea area around Zandalari fell into a vacuum, a group of Naga appeared out of nowhere and tried to occupy this sea area.
Before setting off from Boralus Port, Sarlayan had heard about this from the ship owners and sailors who came to the dock.
Back then, Sarlayan, Elisande, Faroldis and others used the Tidestone as a bargaining chip to sign an agreement with Azshara, Queen of the Nagas, that the Nagas would not invade the land again within ten years.
Just over three years have passed since the agreement was signed, and Azshara has kept her promise and has not allowed Naga to come ashore to harass her again.
But that's about it.
These Nagas who no longer go ashore have returned their focus to the ocean. On the one hand, they have a passionate confrontation with the water element in the depths of the ocean, and on the other hand, they are carving out territory everywhere on the ocean.
Although Naga are called amphibious creatures, in fact they still prefer aquatic life. Even if they go ashore, they cannot leave the water source for a long time. The sea is the real home of Naga.
As early as after the night elves established the Port of Estorant in the Azshara region, Sharlayan learned through Fandral Staghelm's complaints that their ships had been harassed by naga for a long time at sea.
However, in barrage terms, it is a blessing in disguise.
By fighting against the naga, the night elves made friends with the Hydrasian water elementals who took refuge in Azshara's Storm Bay.
Since the four elemental realms were isolated from Azeroth, the kings of the four elements can no longer freely travel between the elemental realms and Azeroth.
Ragnaros, the Fire Demon King, took advantage of this.
During the War of the Three Hammers more than 200 years ago, Dark Iron Prince Thaurissan saw that the situation was unfavorable and was eager to make a comeback. He planned to use the ancient method inherited by the Dark Iron clan to summon the fire element to help the Dark Iron dwarves retreat from the enemy.
Ragnaros saw this opportunity and took the opportunity to project his elemental clone into the material world.
The Black Rock Volcano suddenly erupted without warning, and the once resource-rich Chichi Mountain was split into two.
The southern mountainous area near Elwynn Forest was not greatly affected, but the entire northern part of the Red Crest Mountains was changed by the Blackstone Volcano where the Fire Lord resided, turning it into a scorching canyon and burning plains without any vegetation.
Compared to the fire elementals, the water elementals led by Tidehunter Neptulon were not so lucky.
Including the Tidehunter himself, the advanced combat power of the water element is trapped in the abyss of the water elemental world, unable to provide help to the free water element of Azeroth, which has been attacked by Naga for a long time.
In the absence of high-end combat power, the situation faced by the water element in the depths of the sea is not optimistic, and it can only be forced to take a defensive stance.
As the saying goes, it's none of your business, just hang it up high.
Since there have never been Nagas in the waters near Quel'Thalas, and the high elves' merchant ships have always only conducted offshore trade, Sarlayan has never paid much attention to the issue of maritime safety.
But this situation is only temporary.
As the shipbuilding industry in Quel'Thalas becomes more and more developed, sooner or later the high elves' merchant ships will start the same cross-sea trade model as Kul Tiras, from Northrend, the Broken Isles, Kalimdor, and even Pandaria brings back local specialties.
However, this matter is not a high priority, and Sharlayan has no intention of getting involved before Quel'Thalas' navy develops a large scale.
But he never expected that when he took a boat to Kalimdor, he would be "lucky" to be attacked by a Naga.
According to the captain, the probability of meeting a Naga on this route is not high.
Although Zandalari's golden fleet was nearly destroyed, its power of death still remained.
Normally, even the naga stay away from the swamps of Nazmir in the northern Zandalari Archipelago, unwilling to become slaves to the blood god G'huun.
In the same way, Naga will not be stubborn about approaching the sea area around the holy mountain of Zuldazar. Instead, they often move around the sea outside the Vol'dun Desert.
The Great Desert of Vol'dun is located in the northwest of the Zandalari Islands, very close to the Great Whirlpool.
Most ships will not choose this dangerous route rashly, lest they be forcibly pulled by the ocean currents of the large whirlpool and be sucked into the vicinity of the large whirlpool, causing the ship to be destroyed and people killed.
Sarlayan and others were indeed very lucky. They encountered hordes of Nagas passing by in the southern seas of Zandalari where they were not supposed to encounter Nagas.
Yes, passing by.
This group of naga seems to be passing through the outer circle of Pandaria's foggy area, and they should be planning to go north to the sea between the Broken Islands and Zandalar Islands.
The vast majority of Nagas were once...or their ancestors were night elves living on land.
After Zin Azshari fell into the sea with Azshara, these night elves were transformed by Enzoth into ugly naga that were more adaptable to the sea environment.
This causes most Nagas to harbor jealousy and hatred towards the elven descendants who still maintain their original appearance. Once they find various elven branch races on passing ships, they usually launch attacks without hesitation.
By chance, they met a group of unlucky people at sea, and happened to see Sarlayan standing in a daze at the bow of the boat. Driven by jealousy, Naga naturally would not let them go, and planned to take care of this lonely one. ship.
It is very difficult to fight the Naga at sea. The flexible tails of these fish can easily penetrate the bottom of the boat, making it difficult to guard against them.
Sarlayan was still standing on the bow of the ship, frowning and observing.
According to preliminary estimates, there are more than 130 Nagas passing by on their way north. If they were to fight head-on on the deck, Sarlayan was confident that he would send them all to Enzos.
However, high elves are terrestrial creatures, and no matter how proficient in water-based land creatures are, they are not as flexible as Naga when entering the water, not to mention that Sarlayan's water-based creatures are relatively average.
"Oni, are you sure you can go into the water and kill these Nagas?"
"Hey Hugh~"
Onyxia, who had been sitting on the mast overlooking the scenery, finally jumped down and landed firmly next to Sarlayan, flirting with her long black hair that fell on her shoulders.
"Yes, yes, but even if I can defeat them, I can't promise that I can save this ship."
"Tsk!"
Sharlayan smacked his lips in displeasure: "In a world like Azeroth, where there are aquatic races and monsters in the sea, the wooden bottom of the ship is still not enough. We must urge the major shipyards in Quel'Thalas to break through to steel as soon as possible. A study of ships.”
Even if the ship is scuttled by Naga, Sarlayan does not have to worry about falling into the water and drowning.
After all, three of the four people headed by him can change their forms and fly into the sky when necessary.
But if it’s easier to cross the sea by boat, why bother flying across the sea yourself?
Moreover, this ship was specially arranged by Daelin for Sarlayan. If it was allowed to sink under the attack of Naga, Sarlayan would not be able to explain to Daelin later.
After frowning and thinking about it for a moment, Sarlayan turned to look at Jaina, who had an unsightly expression on her face.
"Jaina, how are you doing with your water spells? Can you mimic the water element?"
Jaina nodded gloomily: "Yes, but I can only imitate three animals at the same time. In this situation, it's just a drop in the bucket."
"enough."
Sarlayan ordered categorically: "You and Tina go to the bottom cabin together, and each summons the mimic water element to block the hole dug by Naga."
"Oni, you come with me to the sea and show these fish tails what deep-water fish frying is."
