Astranaar, as the largest Night Elf settlement in Ashenvale, is located on an island in the middle of the lake. Only two wooden bridges on the east and west connect the island in the middle of the lake to the outside world.
According to Shandris, if necessary, these two bridges can be demolished, and then the lake will become a perfect barrier for Astranaar.
However, this is just the idea at the beginning of the design. Since Night Elf established a settlement in Ashenvale, no one has been able to pose a danger to Astranaar. Not to mention the Mount Hyjal in the north, although there are many dangerous Nagas in Azshara in the east., but the distance from Astranaar is really too far. As for the northwest corner of the Stonetalon Mountains, which is directly connected to Ashenvale, there are only mines opened by Goblin. These little guys don't dare to challenge Night Elf rashly now.
In addition, Cenarius often works in Ashenvale. Astranaar can be said to be very safe. It was not until Orcs gave Cenarius a blow in the future that Night Elf felt a sense of crisis.
The very safe surrounding environment gives the atmosphere of Astranaar a sense of laziness. This can be seen from the fact that there is not even an outpost around Astranaar. Of course, Night Elf's allies are scattered in the forest of Ashenvale. These natural creatures can be said to be the best sentinels.
But Aaron is very doubtful that these guys like Dryad Faerie Dragon who like to joke with outsiders and do pranks can really be good sentinels?
"After crossing this bridge, we enter Astranaar. Before heading to Mount Hyjal, we can rest here for one night," Shandris stood on the wooden bridge and pointed to a wooden house with a dark night style on the edge of Astranaar. "That's the hotel over there. You can go there to rest."
Aaron When they arrived at Astranaar, it was already dusk, and the dense forest in Ashenvale blocked a lot of light. If they continued on their way, it would not be a problem for Shandris, but it would be a little inconvenient for Aaron them.
It was only then that Aaron belatedly realized a problem: Shandris had led them through this stretch of road during the day. For Night Elf, who was more accustomed to traveling at night, this was simply against the laws of nature. It seemed that Shandris had hurriedly caught up after hearing the news about Aaron and their departure.
Thinking of this, Aaron hurriedly expressed her gratitude to Shandris, but Shandris did not respond. After telling Aaron the location of their hotel, she left on her own. Her leopard needed to find another place to stay.
"What's wrong with this? Did I offend her in some way?" Aaron was confused by Shandris's attitude, and turned around and said to Vereesa.
Vereesa gave Aaron a joking smile, "Who knows." After saying that, he got off his horse and walked directly towards the hotel.
"There's something wrong with you all." Aaron scratched his hair, dismissed the dark horse, and followed Vereesa towards the hotel.
Vereesa, who entered the hotel first, showed a helpless expression to Aaron after negotiating with the hotel owner. "We may not have money to pay for the room."
Don't Aaron and Vereesa have any money with them? Of course that's impossible. Not to mention that Aaron's Ya-Mei Trading Company's business is getting more and more prosperous, and Windrunner's third lady cannot be short of money.
Logically speaking, they are all precious metals. Even if the patterns on them are different, the gold coins are still gold coins. There is no reason not to accept them. However, the hotel owner said that he does not recognize the gold coins in their hands Aaron.
After Vereesa asked again and again, the hotel owner gave a reason that made the two of them dumbfounded: Generally, except for Night Elf, the one who comes back Astranaar is Goblin, and the personality of Goblin is well known. After being tricked several times by these cunning little guys with all kinds of fakes, Night Elf only accept coins minted by themselves.
"Well, it turns out it's all because of those damn profiteers." Aaron said helplessly. Although he now knows the reason, the problem still cannot be solved. The boss just identified Night Elf's own gold coins.
"If it doesn't work out, let's sleep in the woods," Vereesa said to Aaron. It's normal for rangers to spend the night in the wild. "The one named Shandris doesn't know where he went."
A long time had passed since Shandris separated from the two of them, but they still didn't see each other appear. Aaron recalled it and judging from what the other party said before, Shandris probably didn't need to come to the hotel to rest.
Aaron didn't want to give up just like that, so he asked Vereesa to ask the innkeeper if there was any way to make some quick money. Aaron thought that there should be adventurers similar to Night Elf, and maybe he could find a way to make some quick money.
The hotel owner actually gave the two of them an idea. The local manager would purchase some stones produced in Lake Iris in the northeast. This kind of stone has the effect of curing diseases. Aaron they could go there to try their luck.
Walking in Astranaar, both Aaron and Vereesa are very eye-catching. One is a completely unfamiliar race, and the other is Highborne who has not been seen for thousands of years. Their skin color has become particularly white (compared to the deep purple skin color of Night Elf).
After asking for specific information at a place similar to the Government Affairs Office, Aaron unexpectedly learned that this stone has a very magical name - Tear of the Moon Goddess.
As we all know, Moon Goddess of Azeroth generally refers to Elune, so that thing can also be called Tear of Elune. Of course, it is completely different from the real artifact, but it only has some therapeutic effects.
In fact, Night Elf, which is blessed by the Dragon King on Nordrassil, cannot use this effect, but Goblin people like this thing very much. They can use it to make some jewelry with healing effects and other things that can be sold at a very good price.
In order to prevent the Goblins from stealing all the Tear of the Moon Goddesss, the Night Elfs of Astranaars strictly control the output and only occasionally hire some people to mine a little.
After leaving Astranaar, the two of them followed the instructions of Night Elf and went straight to the northwest.
"Aaron, look over there, Night Elf actually installed street lights in the wild? Their street lights are so strange. Not only are they installed on trees, they can also spin in circles." Vereesa seemed to have seen something interesting. He tugged on Aaron's sleeves and pointed at a white ball of light that gave off a faint green light among the treetops.
Aaron heard Vereesa's description and felt that what Vereesa saw was not a street lamp. He looked up and sure enough, there was a Wisp: "Look carefully, there is a human head in the street lamp."
"Really, Night Elf's aesthetic is so strange." Vereesa looked at it carefully and exclaimed, and then realized that what Aaron said seemed to have other meanings, "Are you trying to say that these are not actually street lamps?"
"Yes, these are actually what Night Elf became after death. You can think of these light balls as Night Elf's soul." Aaron explained.
"Soul? It seems that these distant relatives are quite different from us." Vereesa said with emotion.
Just as Aaron and Vereesa were chatting to kill their boredom while walking on the road, a vicissitudes of voice startled the two of them. "Two strange little guys? The night is long, can you chat with me for a while?"