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The human on the left waved a giant sword with a lion totem and slashed at Hakker - this weapon shocked Hakker, and the night elf on the right waved two short swords and slowly approached her. Hakker used his sword to catch the attack of the giant sword, and at the same time kicked the dark-skinned human away and handed him off to a crew member to deal with.

When she realized that the night elf's sword almost shaved her neck. But the other party's target was not her, but the gun in her hand. The gun was like Bolik's instrument, picked up by the sword and fell into the sea.

Hacker liked the musket very much and scolded that Kadore would pay the price. The Captain's Sword and the broken Alliance Sword fought. After only three rounds, Hacker stabbed the night elf's shoulder with a sword and suppressed it. Every move brought the opponent a heart-wrenching pain. Hacker grabbed the guy's head and hit the mast hard, making a muffled sound of shattering skulls.

"Bori Lek!" Hacker pulled the dagger from his arm and threw it to the weaponless goblin, shouting loudly, "Let all the cannons be set off and fire!"

The Alliance actually jumped onto the Withering One with a harpoon, but the harpoon could not launch too far, which means that their ship was not far away, although the specific location could not be seen.

After a while, the sound of thunderous cannon fire rolled in, shaking the air for a long time.

Hacker heard the sound of hitting the deck, which made her very happy. The Forgotten crew members were also energetic.

The alliance was obviously disastrous by the sudden artillery fire, and Hacker's strategy worked. The Forsaken gradually gained the upper hand.

At this time, the sound of the Alliance's horn sounded after the fog, and Hacker believed it meant "retreat". As it turned out, she was right, and the enemies climbed onto the ropes and retreated to their own ships. Some poor people had no time to retreat and were buried in the endless sea.

Bolilek turned around and asked Hacker: "Are we going to chase?"

Hacker shook his head and said, "No need. Let them go." It is unwise to chase a ship in the fog where he can't see his fingers. "Check the wounded."

The sound of heavy and messy footsteps echoed on the deck.

Bolic looked up at the mast and asked loudly: "Scout, can you still see the human warship?"

"After the horn sounded, they left." The other party replied, "I just heard the rapid sound of the ship flow. Now it has disappeared."

Hacker's hands were tightly clamped together, and his right hand was still holding a weapon. She was worried that she would follow in the footsteps of Shadow Tooth. The Forgotten was attacked by the Alliance. The corpses, including the Alliance and the Forgotten, were the best evidence.

"Captain!" Boli Lake returned, "we lost dozens of people. In addition, all the prisoners we caught committed suicide by biting their tongues."

"They should be glad they died early. We repelled them. We did. We did. We did not let them succeed in the end." Hacker turned to her crew. "You did a great job, Forgotten. You did not let the ship be, nor did you let the master of the Withered." She saw a Forgotten throwing the human body into the sea, and hurriedly stopped: "Don't feed the sharks, gather them together, we will take them away! Also, take all the bodies of the Forgotten that can be seen at sea, and it is best to find the body of the Captain Shadow Tooth. Lord Tatsel must be let to know about this, and when we return, these will be evidence of the Alliance's crimes."

Boli Lake nodded and replied, "Yes, Captain."

Hacker stared at the heavy fog in front of him. It was this fog that gave the alliance an opportunity to launch an attack. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Bolik's instruments.

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"I'm very happy to see your crew is fine, my friend." Veronara said, but there was no smile on her face.

Tatsel seemed to have not heard her words, and attended the meeting with a gloomy face. Everyone could feel the resentment on her body. Her orange and yellow eyes were also filled with a strange emotion: anger.

"Everything is here, let's start!" As usual, Belmont said this.

"My subordinates were attacked." Tatsel seemed to be almost out of control. She was not stating the facts, but emphasized that everyone present knew what happened to Shadow Tooth and Withering. The former was wiped out, while the latter was also suffering heavy casualties.

"The alliance must pay the price!" The voice of the fleet commander was firm and unchangeable.

"We and the Alliance are not in conflict with the river!" Merriel said. "We have not signed any agreements. I think maybe it's just that they found our ships in the thick fog and mistakenly thought we were enemies."

"Once it was an accident, then what was it twice?" Tatsel's heart tightened. She respected Merell very much, but now she treated the mage as a pedantic guy. "You really should go to the dock to see how many bodies of the Forsaken Man are lying there!"

"I've seen it in the distance."

"Then I have reason to believe that you are still defending the league so far." Tatsel's anger was not gone.

Veronara looked solemn and asked Belmont: "Chief of the Dark Blade, what happened to the top leaders of the alliance? Why did they attack us for no reason?"

Belmont couldn't help but frown. Although they controlled the alliance's military decisions with several senior alliance officials, the things in front of them were indeed very puzzling. "My people have been collecting intelligence, but..."

"If you just do things perfunctorily, no matter how many spies are, it is useless! After all, those spies are living people. The forgotten people have paid them too much, so much that they are starting to get tired of it! Their lives are getting better and better, and they like to get close to people around them. Over time, they even forget who they are serving, or they have the idea of ​​betrayal and want to cut off their connection with us."

Belmont's calmness was in sharp contrast with Tatsell's excitement. After hearing this, he retorted: "Our spies are carefully selected! If they betray us, we can fully announce their identities. Without us taking action, the alliance will arrest them all."

"Then do you dare to do this?"

The leader of the Dan Blade was speechless for a moment.

Tatsel continued: "Don't say that there is no evidence to confirm the betrayal of the spies, or the intelligence errors, these are excuses. Even if the evidence is conclusive and without the orders of the Lord Wither, we cannot take the initiative without authorization! The master is too kind. He will not punish those traitors. He will only find ways to make up for the losses in intelligence!"

Belmont stood up and punched the air. "You'd better take back these words, Tatsell."

"I'm talking about the truth!"

Veronara discovered at this time that suppressing anger was actually a very difficult thing. "You two are the first members to join the Forgotten. Is the trust between each other like a bubble fragile?"

"I lost a ship's soldiers, and the evidence for whom the attacker was conclusive..."

"This cannot prove that it is the order of the King of Stormwind." Belmont retorted, "Even the powerful leader cannot guarantee that he can control all his soldiers."

Facing this remark, Tatsel was silent.

"We should find out who was attacking Shadow Tooth and Desert," said North. "Where was Captain Hacker attacked?"

"It should be near Thousand Needles Forest. Fortunately, we have a stronghold in Razor Heights, otherwise the injured cabin of the Withered Cabin will have nowhere to dock."

Veronara nodded and said, "I will send my Dark Ranger to investigate this."

Philephist, who had been silent, knocked on the table before the New Year.

"What's wrong?"

The Death Knight turned around and stared at Veronara. "I would like to know that the Alliance has no longer their city or stronghold in the south of Kalimdo, so why did their ships appear near the Thousand Needle Stone Forest?"

The two looked at each other. Veronara clearly saw a desire hidden in Prefest's eyes: killing.

"What do you mean?" The Dark Ranger's tone became cold. "Are you doubting that the Alliance wants to regain their original territory?"

"It's not impossible." Tatsel interjected: "Or the alliance thought we had joined the tribe! It's no secret that a tribal messenger had arrived at the territory of the Forgotten, and we did not publicly declare our position."

"Maybe we should sign a formal agreement with the tribe and the alliance." Merriel nodded, "We should tell them that we will not interfere in the fight between them."

Tatsel glared at Merell again. "The last diplomat who believed in the agreement had already gone to the Eastern Kingdom in shame! Without the help of Lord Desert, Jaina Prodmore would have disappeared with Theramore long ago. She also signed a non-aggression agreement with the tribe. What was the result? It turns out that there is no war that can be stopped by just a piece of paper."

"We'd better not get involved in the topic of war. Let's resolve the misunderstandings first," Veronara said immediately, "Learn which captain of the alliance attacked us."

"Thank you very much." After saying that, Tatsel shook his head and stood up. "I will send a fleet to search for the coastline of Kalimdo!"

The Dark Ranger's tone became cold, and she grabbed the ship commander's arm. "Are you overwhelmed by anger? You did this undoubtedly show our naval strength to the Alliance and the Horde."

"Of course." Tatsel continued without waiting for Veronara to continue speaking, "I should have done this long ago! It is because we have been hiding that the league feels that we are easy to bully! They must understand what the price of angering a lion is!"

"You can't do this. It will only cause panic among the living!"

"Each of us holds some of the Forgotten forces." Tatsell originally wanted to say - let them be scared - such words, but when it comes to his mouth it was this sentence. "The temporary system established when Lord Withered left is only to solve the daily problems of the Forgotten, and does not involve military affairs. You have no right to accuse my navy of what to do and what not to do."

After hearing this loud rebuttal, Veronara could no longer suppress her shock expression. Tatsel opened her hand vigorously.

Watching the fleet commander leave, Veronala closed her eyes heavily. She felt her body being drained little by little. In a blink of an eye, she had not yet figured out what happened.

"Obviously, Lord Withering did not consider that we would have a conflict."

Veronara was very surprised when she heard this. Just as she wanted to refute Prefest, Merrell raised her hand to stop her. "Then take this as a test, let's solve this problem."

"What do you mean?" Veronara had guessed what the wizard leader wanted to say, but still wanted to hear him say it in person. "Do you mean we should be like this without the Withered?"

"The facts are right in front of us, Dark Ranger. We used to rely too much on the Wither. He is trustworthy, and his influence has always been the pillar of the Forgotten? But as he himself said, he once told me, can the Forgotten continue to exist without him? In the past, when facing any threat from Azeroth, Nathanos was undoubtedly an excellent leader. I sincerely appreciate his ability, but all this will not last. The Withering Body...you are all very clear." Merriel put his skinny hands on the table, showing a state of fatigue. "Nathanos has disappeared now, and there is no fixed number of when he will come back. I cannot even guarantee whether he is willing to... continue to take on the position of leader."

"This topic ends here." Belmont interrupted him, but did not rebuke the mage for his suspicion of the Withered, which surprised Veronala. The leader of the Dark Blade left the position. He had always been hosting such a meeting in the past, and finally he announced the end, but this time he left without saying anything.

North disappeared at some point. The heavy plate armor on Prefest made a "click" sound when he got up. Only Merrell sighed at the Dark Ranger, perhaps the greatest apology he could make.

"It's crazy!" Veronala covered her forehead with her hands. She had already made aware of her, who had just decided to completely forget the past not long ago, and she had devoted everything to the Forgotten. But she didn't expect the challenge to come so quickly. If she resisted foreign enemies, she was not afraid at all, but cracks appeared inside the Forgotten One than before.

The Dark Ranger gradually realized that Nathanos had been suppressing this situation in the past, and now... the political system he established could not make up for the empty space left by his disappearance.
Chapter completed!