Before ascending to God, be a good lord

In the extreme northeastern part of Hindukel, a deep blue water stretches continuously northward among the mountains.

In the southwest of the water area, the small city of Brejak is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are many sea beasts living in the city.

This city is the last city-state agreed by the Temple of Wealth to install the magic furnace. The first five cities are Meiyan, the city of pandas and the River tribe, Yafu city of the ape tribe and the antelope tribe, Yingyan city of the Aven tribe and the bird and beastmen, Ben Metiola, the city of otters in the upper reaches of the Ma River, and Cuishan City, the city of the red panda family that I have just visited in the past two days.

The six smaller city-states have many common characteristics: all cities are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the main gods enshrined in the cities are Warcraft gods with few believers or local demigods, and the main races in the cities are all orcs. small tribe.

Although these small tribes do not have many ethnic groups, they have an irreplaceable ecological niche within the orcs, or have produced unique products, such as the gardener profession and magic pattern paper of the Pandaren, the alpine magic plants of the ape tribe, and the Aven tribe. Pigeons and falcons, otters provide aquatic products, and red pandas breed fruit trees. The existence of these small tribes allows the orcs to better use the magical resources on the mountains and form a more complex industrial division of labor.

In contrast, Brejak City in the northeast is not a city-state belonging to the princely family, and even the shadow of orcs or human races are rarely seen in the city.

On September 9, when Rand stepped through the portal built by Shuyun, the first thing he saw was a 24-meter-high white whale sculpture in the center of the city. There was a pool less than half a meter deep around the sculpture. It was full of praying walruses, fur seals, sea lions, seal family orcs.

Looking at a large group of believers who barely wore clothes, Lante showed embarrassment and asked Shu Yun in a low voice, "Your Excellency, this city is a bit special!"

"This is a city composed of believers of the god of the fjords, Alice. Her Excellency Alice is currently living at the bottom of the Brejak Fjord. Recently, your favored one is about to give birth, and the whole city is praying." Said that the blessed one gave birth, Shu Yun rarely showed a worried look.

"Fjords? What is in front of us is not a lake, but an ocean?" Rand asked curiously.

"Yes, the Brejak Fjord stretches for 350 kilometers north to the Ice Sea, passing through many sea beast and sea elf cities, and the city of Brejak is the southernmost point of the fjord and the northernmost point of Hindukel. City."

Shuyun sees that Rand has never heard of fjords, so he will introduce it in more detail: "In the war between the dragon clan and the sea clan, the mermaid clan had the support of the sea god's family, and they could overwhelm the sea beasts and sea elves supported by the dragon clan. Fortunately, the sea orcs discovered this fjord. The water temperature in the fjord is relatively cold, and it is difficult for the sea monsters to reproduce, and the mermaids are not used to the salinity in the fjord. The elves have a lifeline.”

"Ah, that's it!" Lante nodded.

"However, in the past ten years or so, the flames of war in the ice sea have reignited. The mermaid clan cooperates with the human pirates to block the sea passages of the two clans at the mouth of the fjord all the year round. This has gradually reduced the number of middle-level people of the two clans. It will decline further in a few hundred years."

The pandaren's face became uglier the more it was said. Hundreds of years seemed like a long time, but legends could see it.

Seeing the appearance of the legendary panda, Rand could only nod his head and said nothing more.

The main body of the city of Brejac is similar to a good natural harbor: the northeast is the lake, and the other three sides are surrounded by mountains. The main buildings of the city are concentrated in a depression, and most of the buildings are flooded on the first floor. , below the first floor, there are 3 and 4 underwater rooms.

Lante wanted to travel through the city, so he had to take a long and narrow boat called "Doragan". It looks like a rickshaw in the water when it is pulled by orcs of the orc family.

Looking at the surrounding buildings built in the water, Rand was also amazed, and asked Shu Yun beside him: "I can understand that the sea orcs live in the water, but why do they build houses 2-3 floors above the ground? "

"Hahaha, what you see on the street are all pure-blood sea beastmen. Their hind limbs are almost identical to those of sea beasts, but they have some family members and two complete legs, and they also need to live in a slightly dry place. The place."

Shu Yun smiled and said, "In addition, you may not know that sea lions, seals, fur seals, and walruses all have the habit of basking in the sun. When the orcs of these races build houses, they will build large platforms on the roof for sunbathing. "

"Well, that's a good idea," Lante nodded, wanting to give his monsters a whole sunbathing platform.

"So Lord Lante, please don't fly over Brejak at will!" The panda man looked at Lante and said meaningfully, "They don't wear anything in the water."

"Ah, this..." Rand finally understood what Shu Yun was talking about.

Rand and the Pandaren were chatting vigorously when they saw a luxuriously decorated ship sailing past a hundred meters away.

There were more than a dozen sea orcs leading the way in the front of the ship, and a large group of sea otters escorted the ship. The flag of the Benma family fluttered in the wind on the bow of the ship, which looked more pompous than Lante.

"This is……"

Seeing the ostentation, Rant knew that it was the "father of the basin" Rousseff Vishideno Benma who was coming. The main reason was that he did not expect that mentor Rousseff would have such a ostentation wherever he went.

"It should be about to give birth, please urgently invite Instructor Rousseff over." Shu Yun looked at the team over there, and whispered, "Rand, the city lord here, Harald, cannot accompany you to install the magic weapon because of his business. Please don't be offended, but he arranged a lunch afterwards, please go to the Lord's Mansion."

"No problem," Rand showed generosity. After all, he made an agreement with the Temple of Commerce. He doesn't care whether there are people in the local area, and the whole city is welcoming the birth of the gods, so the city lord must devote himself to this place. Rand also understood this matter very well.

The magic furnace room is located at the foot of a mountain in the northern part of the city. Shu Yun and Xiu Ming will prepare the magic furnace and most of the magic circles before Lante's arrival. Lante only needs to connect the magic furnace to the magic net. The specific situation of the magic furnace is to make a control core and build a control circle.

For Rand, practice has long made perfect. Every time he goes to a new city to install a magic furnace, it is a shopping and sightseeing trip. Today, he has to dress up as a werewolf and change his name to Priest Waldy. Go to the Moby Dick Temple in the middle of the city for lunch.

Harald, the high-ranking walrus priest of the city lord, nicknamed "Blue Ivory", naturally knew Rand's identity. At the banquet, Harald came here to toast Rand, and led Rousseff over, saying: " Teacher Rousseff, this... young man looks like a wolf clan, but he is your relative!"

With an embarrassed but polite smile on his face, Rand toasted to the two high-ranking officials, "I have met Mentor Rousseff a few times, and it is a great honor to meet again today."

In contrast, Rousseff was much calmer. He smiled and clinked glasses with Rand: "Priest Waldy is really a young talent. It is my honor to meet you here."

Rousseff had guessed the identity of Rand a long time ago, and even the legendary dragon Zoraika specifically stated two days ago that Rand was working closely with the Temple of Wealth, but he did not expect that Rand could make Shu Yun so much when he was away from home. Accompanied by a legendary panda.

The luncheon didn't last long. About half an hour later, Rousseff and Harald were invited away by the waiter, and other people in the banquet hall also left the hall with understanding, and went to the Moby Whale Temple to pray.

Looking at the gradually empty hall, the pandaren knew that the Beluga Whale was about to give birth, so he said to Rand, "Let's leave too."