This naturally formed port is located on the east side of Azsuna, but the ship did not approach the shore. Instead, it dropped its anchor offshore. The sailors ran to the lower cabins and put the boats into the water one after another.
"Our store is on an island in the middle of the lake further inside, but the one in front is shallower, so we have to row up." The captain seemed to notice the confusion of Aaron and Vereesa, and explained to them while directing the sailors to board the boat in an orderly manner.
Unlike Sunsail Anchorage, which has been developed for a long time and needs to be cleared of silt every year, the sea area near the shore of this natural harbor is full of accumulated silt and rocks hidden below the water surface. Ships with extremely deep drafts cannot approach it, so small boats can only be used to transport people and materials.
Aaron and Vereesa also boarded a small boat with the sailors. When they saw the land for the first time on their first voyage, they felt an urge to get down to earth. Tidesages did not get off the boat. For the old man, a long voyage at this time was nothing. Rather, for the old man, it was more comfortable to stay on the ship.
The store Kul Tiras set up in Azsuna was on an island in the middle of a lake connected to the harbor. The part where the lake and the ocean connected was flanked by towering cliffs. There was also a stone bridge on the cliff that crossed over everyone's heads. Seeing the stone bridge, Vereesa showed a thoughtful expression.
After passing the stone bridge, everyone saw a broad lake. On both sides of the lake, they saw some crumbling stone buildings. Those buildings were indeed very similar to the architectural style of High Elf, but there were not many luxurious decorations on the surface of the buildings, and they might have been eroded over time.
"Is this the place where we originated?" Vereesa stared at the buildings on the shore. She could feel the same style as Quel'Thalas from those buildings. However, most of these buildings had become dilapidated, and only some ruins quietly watched the intruding visitors.
"Wait, something is wrong." The captain of the boat with Aaron suddenly said, and the sailors on the boat in front of the boat had stopped their boat.
Everyone on the boat was hurriedly manipulating the oars, apparently trying to turn the boat around. At the same time, a sailor at the stern waved his arms desperately in this direction, as if to warn everyone.
"The situation is not right, let's turn around too."
After turning the ship around, the captain did not leave immediately. He waited until the boat leading the way came closer and then asked the sailors to go hand in hand with the ship. At the same time, he asked the water to hear what happened on the island in the middle of the lake.
"Captain, the camp... the camp is destroyed, the fence collapsed, and the houses in the camp collapsed." The sailors shouted in panic. It seemed that they were really frightened.
"I remember that there are quite a lot of manpower in the camp. Isn't there only a group of Murloc around here?" The captain muttered to himself, as if he couldn't figure out what was going on over there in the camp.
"I think... it's that thing at the back..." Aaron gently patted the captain's shoulder and pointed at a giant creature that was striding over from the middle of the island in the middle of the lake, waving a huge rough wooden stick.
"That's...Sea Giant?!!" The captain, who rarely had violent mood swings, screamed and immediately ordered the sailors loudly, "Boys, work harder, we must avoid that big guy."
The figure chasing the two boats was five to six meters tall, with a gray-green body, a messy green beard under his head, and green seaweed all over his body. The huge wooden stick he was waving in his hand was as tall as two people. He was none other than Sea Giant.
The Sea Giant stepped into the lake in a few steps. The lake could only submerge below the giant's knees, completely unable to stop the Sea Giant from approaching everyone little by little.
Vereesa was the first to attack, and several arrows went straight to several vital parts of Sea Giant. Although this big man ran very fast due to his size, his movements such as turning around were a bit slow. Although he barely avoided the vital parts, he was still shot. On the forehead and chest, however, although the arrows Vereesa shot in a hurry were still accurate, their lethality was much lower. Coupled with the size of this giant, although these arrows broke Sea Giant's skin, they failed to cause any obvious wounds.
Sea Giant roared, and without even trying to pull out the arrows left in his skin, he flicked his arm and threw the large wooden club in his hand.
Although the sailors shook the oars desperately to avoid the wooden stick, which was thicker than the fat captain's waist, the splash of lake water after the wooden stick fell into the water still poured all over them.
"This guy!" Aaron thought for a moment, took out a dwarf musket from the package, quickly loaded it and immediately pulled the trigger. Although Aaron's accuracy was not very good, Sea Giant's huge size still allowed him to eat two bullets from the dwarf musket that was said to be able to shoot down giant dragons.
Seemingly frightened by the sound of the musket being fired, Sea Giant stood in the lake and stood stunned for a moment. Seeing the two boats getting further and further away, Sea Giant finally gave up the pursuit, patted the water hard and withdrew to the island in the middle of the lake.
"Captain, what should we do now?" The sailors looked at the captain one after another. It seemed that it was Sea Giant who destroyed the camp on the island in the middle of the lake.
"Let's go look for any survivors nearby. If we can't be found before dusk, we'll go back to the ship." The captain looked up at the sky and said.
"Are they those people over there?" Vereesa, who had excellent eyesight, suddenly pointed to a few swaying black spots on the southern coast and said.
"Go over and have a look."
The captain gave the order, and the sailors on the two boats worked together to row the boat to the south bank of the lake. Soon everyone saw the group of people clearly. The old captain said excitedly, "That's them, let's go there."
"Something's not right." Vereesa had a cautious expression on his face. "Something is chasing them."
As everyone approached the shore, they also saw the few survivors. They were running away in panic, while the enemies behind them were chasing them.
"It turns out to be Murloc." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the lineup of enemies. Although these little guys scattered in various waters of Azeroth are annoying, they are not difficult to deal with, as long as the number is not an absolute disadvantage.
After the sailors eliminated this group of Murloc in three strokes, the survivors who escaped from the camp breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly expressed their gratitude to everyone.
According to the person in charge of the camp, Sea Giant, who did not know where he came from, broke into the island in the middle of the lake two days ago. Although everyone in the camp fought with Sea Giant several times, these people were only a group of miners who mined ore nearby and the results management staff. They had no power to fight back against Sea Giant, so they had to choose to evacuate the camp that had been in operation for several years.
Fortunately, Sea Giant seemed to have just taken a fancy to the island in the middle of the lake and had no intention of pursuing him, so these people basically survived. However, the original tools and the ore mined recently were lost on the island in the middle of the lake.
Today, the camp manager remembered that the merchant ship was about to arrive, so he took the risk and brought a few of his men over. Firstly, it was to respond, and secondly, he wanted to see if Sea Giant had left. Unexpectedly, he was chased by a group of Murloc.
"Oh, this place is quite dangerous. I have been so peaceful in the past few years that I have forgotten that this area is too dangerous. If I had known earlier, I should have hired a few adventurers as guards." This unusually embarrassed steward who was being chased by Murloc summed up his experience and lessons.
Everyone followed the steward back to the temporary camp set up by the Kul Tiras people in a relatively safe place on the shore. They lit a bonfire and when the cook started cooking, the sentry on guard at the entrance of the camp suddenly shouted, "Stop!"
Everyone in the camp looked at the camp entrance with vigilance, and many impatient sailors even took out their weapons.