Azeroth Hoag Biography

The space on the troop carrier was not generous, and the cabin was low and damp. Thassarian and William were lucky. They were assigned to the same cabin. In addition to them, there were two soldiers from other squads, and four Individuals were crowded into a small cabin, and the only source of light was a small, dim oil lamp.

"How many days have we been sailing at sea?" William asked Thassarian, dying. He was suffering from severe seasickness. He could not eat anything, and the cabin was definitely not comfortable. Therefore, William even has the illusion that his days are like years.

"It's only been three days. Even if you ask ten times a day, time will not change faster. But I just saw Nanhai Town on the deck. Maybe after docking, you can ask the captain to go down to land to rest? "Although Thassarian was also seasick, his mental state was much better than William's, and he could go up to the deck and take a walk without any problem.

"You mean Nanhai Town? Did you read that correctly?" As soon as he heard that he could go ashore, William immediately became energetic, and he immediately walked towards the captain's cabin excitedly.

But when William came to the door of the captain's room, the place was already overcrowded. It seemed that the news of the fleet's arrival in Nanhai Town had spread on the ship, and these soldiers had obviously come to ask the captain to go to land." "Take a short rest." Apparently the Lordaeron soldiers' adaptability to navigation still needs to be improved.

However, the captain of this troop ship did not agree to the requests of these soldiers. The captain, Lieutenant Avery, was an experienced and grumpy old man. He responded to the demands of these seasick soldiers cordially and friendly: "You said you were seasick. Are you serious? You want to go ashore? OK! Once you go ashore, don’t come back. I don’t want weaklings like you on the ship!"

"We really can't stand it anymore, just do it and have mercy on us!" Seeing that Lieutenant Avery was so kind and friendly, the soldiers replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner. They looked pleading and wanted to show mercy, but It's of no use.

"Don't say I won't help you!" Lieutenant Avery shook his head irritably. He led the soldiers to the side of the ship, then pointed to Nanhai Town in the distance and said to the soldiers: "You want to go to Nanhai Town? It? There it is, about... uh, five or six miles from us? Of course it doesn't matter. Anyway, you only have two choices: either swim over there and swim back when the ship starts, or you shut up and stay on the ship. Stay!"

"You are such an old bastard!" Seeing Lieutenant Avery's lack of experience, the helpless soldiers finally left in disappointment. Of course, the insults and even curses behind their backs were considered reasonable reactions. Anyway, Ivory Lieutenant Lee showed no concern for this.

Although there is no direct reporting relationship between Lieutenant Avery and the soldiers of Lordaeron, according to Lordaeron's practice, when our own soldiers encounter officers from other countries, they should treat them as their own officers who have been demoted one level. , in other words, a Kultiras naval lieutenant like Avery is roughly equivalent to a Lordaeron ensign in front of the Lordaeron soldiers - but in any case, the old captain is an officer, so for these corporals For someone who is not a soldier, the old captain's orders are absolute and cannot be disobeyed.

Lieutenant Avery returned to his captain's cabin and saw his first mate Francis already waiting for him. For an old man who has worked with him for many years, Francis knew the old captain's character very well. When he saw Lieutenant Avery asked: "Scolded those boys in Lordaeron?"

"What else? Send a small boat to take them ashore? Then wait until they have had enough fun on land before sending them back? Don't forget why we are here!" Lieutenant Avery glared at his old friend, dissatisfied. asked rhetorically.

"I'm not saying there's something wrong with your handling, but you don't have to be so direct. Maybe it would be better to be more tactful." Francis took out half a bottle of strong rum from the hidden closet in the captain's cabin with familiarity, and gave it to himself and The old captain poured a cup for each person and said.

"To put it mildly? Huh, I didn't do it myself. I threw these Lordaeron soldiers directly from my ship into the sea and let them sober up. This is already tactful enough! Don't forget that although this operation is Lordaeron initiated it, but without us Kultiras, even if Lordaeron were given 20 years, they would never have thought of getting a fleet that could cross the endless sea!" Lieutenant Avery drank up the strong drink in the cup in one gulp. Rum, and then exhaled a breath of wine. This is the pride of every Kultiras. Although Lordaeron occupies a large area of ​​land, the entire ocean belongs to Kultiras!

"Do you think what those noble gentlemen said is true? There is a continent on the other side of the sea?" Francis looked at the proud old captain and could only shrug his shoulders. He changed the topic. In fact, he That's what I came to see Lieutenant Avery to ask.

"In fact, as far as I know, I'm afraid there's more than one continent." Lieutenant Avery said, pouring half a glass of wine into his glass. He shook the glass and fell into deep memories.

"My cousin is an explorer. Of course you won't know him. He died when I was a child. He once drunk and said to me: 'The continent under our feet is actually only One-fifth of the world's land. In other words, where did the remaining four-fifths go? You can use your imagination. Don't always indulge in bars. If you have the opportunity, go to the library more. You will See a different world.’ But I always dismissed what my cousin said as just drunken ramblings.”

Francis looked at Lieutenant Avery in surprise, never expecting that this rude and grumpy old guy had such a knowledgeable relative.

"This must be a great explorer. How did he die? Is it because of a shipwreck?" Francis was surprised for a long time before he noticed that the cousin mentioned by the old captain was already dead, and suddenly asked in confusion , in his opinion, only a devastating disaster can be worthy of the curtain call of such an explorer with forward-looking vision.

"It can be considered a shipwreck! He seduced a noble lady, but it was revealed. When he was chased and beaten, he accidentally fell into the sea and drowned. He couldn't swim!" But the reason why reality is reality is that Based on various accidents, Lieutenant Avery elaborated this point to Francis with facts.