Chapter 123

Seeing Luode reappear, Kaido frowned, he clearly felt that Luode was now immensely strong, even giving him a sense of fear.

I don't know why, this feels like a natural suppression of bloodline, as if! as if I was born to submit to Luode, as if I was born to obey his commands.

No, no, why? Why is this like this? Even if I am willing to listen to him, deep down I would not feel such crazy worship and obedience! "Luode! I feel you've become somewhat different, giving me a very special feeling." Kaido asked.

Even a devil contract doesn't feel like this; a devil contract only tortures one's soul, what on earth is this strange bloodline suppression feeling?

"What's wrong with you? Father-in-law, why does your expression look a little off?" Luode asked.

Kaido's expression was a little strange; looking at his own eyes, there was a hint of fear, and also a hint of admiration? What's going on? "Luode, after you came out this time, you've given me a super strange feeling; I feel, I feel like I want to submit to you, a feeling that comes from the bloodline." Kaido voiced the doubt from his heart.

Luode stood before him, this feeling grew stronger, even making Kaido unable to resist the urge to kneel and bow to Luode.

"?? You say the power in the bloodline makes you want to submit to me?" Luode asked, slightly surprised.

"That's right, I also don't know how to explain it, but it's just this strange feeling; it's not Conqueror's Haki, nor the power of a devil contract. It's the bloodline; your bloodline makes me afraid, makes me willingly submit, even though I never had this feeling before." Kaido said.

"Hmm! I think I know why; it's very likely my life level has increased." Luode said.

Strictly speaking, the artificial Devil Fruit I consumed was created using Kaido's bloodline factor, equivalent to cloning all of Kaido's Devil Fruit abilities.

Originally the two were just equals, but this time Luode received a massive infusion of life energy from Azeroth.

His life level and soul rank underwent a qualitative change, and even the Devil Fruit power was completely integrated into Luode's bloodline, becoming his own power.

Under the infusion of life energy from Azeroth's Star Soul, Luode's dragon form underwent an unprecedented change, gaining a hint of divinity, so his bloodline level now far surpasses Kaido's.

And dragons, as a creature, have a very strong hierarchy; higher‑rank dragons can command lower‑rank dragons, which innately fear stronger dragons and obey their orders, regardless of relative strength—this is simply suppression within the bloodline.

Thus Kaido submits to Luode in bloodline, even fears him—this is a natural bloodline suppression.

But speaking of concrete strength, Luode still dares not guarantee a sure win over Kaido, after all his newly obtained power isn't yet familiar!

Moreover, Master Kaido's speed of getting stronger is also not slow.

"It seems you've gained more benefits than I have; I originally thought I was already quite lucky this time." Kaido said.

"Don't lose heart, Father‑in‑law; as long as you work hard to study life energy, you too can become a wilderness demigod through your own effort." Luode comforted Kaido.

"Hmph! Got it, Luode, I'll train properly; this time coming to Orgrimmar, I fought quite comfortably." Kaido said.

This time coming to the Horde's main city, the only thing that made him relatively happy was having a good fight, letting him release some pressure.

"?? Fighting? Who did you fight?" Luode asked.

"You probably don't know yet? Just five days ago, a demon army came to attack Orgrimmar; its leader was a black demon that looked like a bat monster, and I killed him, and I also captured an Abyssal Lord alive." Kaido told Luode everything that had happened.

"Hmm! I got it." Luode said.

Alright! This time I also brought back an Abyssal Lord; this incident should be the prelude to the Burning Crusade.

That Demon King Kuler keeps running back and forth between Stormwind and Orgrimmar, delivering gear to players.

However, in the official Warcraft canon, he should have separately attacked the Alliance and the Horde, causing hostility between them.

This prompted the Horde and Alliance to embark on an expedition to the outer realms, crossing the Dark Portal.

Now this guy lies fallen in Orgrimmar, so who will attack Stormwind? But the Horde and Alliance should now move to expedition the outer realms; before the expedition, I must first go to the Marvel World to make some preparations.

"By the way, Luode, I've also been training Druidic power lately; the ability to transform into various animals is perfect for our Beasts Pirates! It's practically a perfect Beast‑type Fruit." Kaido said.

Just now I was only surprised by the bloodline suppression matter; I forgot that after Luode came out we needed to discuss the main point—this Druidic shapeshifting ability is exactly what our Beasts Pirates need.

Think about it, all of my subordinates already have the ability to turn into several kinds of animals, but training the Druidic path is not that easy either.

He asked about Kahn's Rune Totem; wanting to learn Druidic power, one must have a heart close to nature, otherwise it's impossible to comprehend natural power.

Me and Luode are kind of an accident, after all—not everyone is lucky enough to receive Azeroth's blessing and obtain the most primal life force.

"So, do you want the other members of the Beasts Pirates to gain Druidic power?" Luode asked.

You greedy bastard! The Beasts Pirates' members can already learn the ways of Warrior, Assassin, and Hunter.

You still want them to learn Druidic? If Druidic ability were that easy, humans would have started learning it long ago.

After all, for humanity, any power that can be mastered is welcomed with open arms.

Moreover, Druidic can extend one's lifespan, but becoming a Druid is very difficult.

Now among the Horde, only the Tauren tribe has learned Druidic from Malfurion; on the Alliance side, only the Night Elves have.

In the future some races may choose the Druidic path, but right now there are none.

"Their ability to transform into animals—can you get your hands on it? Even just obtaining one kind of animal transformation ability would be fine." Kaido asked.

All kinds of abilities to transform into animals really make him drool; this is truly a Zoan-type Devil Fruit with no weaknesses!

"Are you saying you just want to simply gain the ability to turn into an animal? That's not impossible, and the method is simple—just get bitten once." Luode stroked his chin and said.

Isn't the werewolf curse readily available? During the War of the Ancients, a high druid of the night elves once researched the power of the demigod giant wolf of the wilds, seeking to control this extremely ferocious power and use them against the Burning Legion.

The attempt failed; those night elf druids who had received the wolf god's power completely lost their reason, becoming pure beasts driven only by instinct to feed and hunt.

Moreover, any druids bitten by them would also become werewolves, and even ordinary people who had never studied the druidic path, once bitten, would turn into werewolves. This is how the werewolf phenomenon came to be.

Countless druids who turned into werewolves could never return to their original forms.

Thus, Archdruid Malfurion decisively acted, imprisoning the werewolves forever within the Emerald Dream, hoping they would remain eternally asleep.

Or perhaps one day, the night elf druids would discover a way to control this wolf-form transformation and then come to rescue their kin.

Until the archmage Arugal of Gilneas, in order to resist the invasion of the Scourge, daringly opened a rift connecting reality and the Emerald Dream.

He summoned those originally slumbering werewolves, and the werewolves summoned by the Gilneans easily tore apart the Scourge undead army.

But conversely, this plunged the Gilneans into the werewolf curse—from the king down to ordinary commoners, everyone was afflicted.

Until the future, in the Cataclysm version.

The night elf druids found a way for werewolves to retain their sanity and revert to human form, thereby resolving the werewolf curse.

Consequently, this indirectly allowed the Gilneans to learn the druidic path.

However, werewolves never became a fixed power of the druids.

After those afflicted with the werewolf curse regain their sanity, they can also choose not to follow the druidic path, but instead become warriors, hunters, rogues, mages, warlocks, priests, and similar professions.

The werewolf power is very suitable for the foot soldiers of the Beasts Pirates; after learning warrior abilities, they can then acquire this werewolf transformation.

Then the combat power is simply unimaginable; the wish of Kaido's entire crew to become animal ability users has come true.

Moreover, I can now enter the Emerald Dream at any time; there are many werewolf druids sleeping in the Emerald Dream; Gilneas has only summoned a portion of them, and a large portion of werewolves are still sleeping.

If Luode wants such werewolves, he doesn't need to go to Gilneas; he can simply capture a few werewolves from the Emerald Dream and bring them over.

"There is a type of werewolf; if bitten by them, one will transform into werewolf form, possessing tremendous combat power, equivalent to the power of an Animal-type Devil Fruit; I don't know if Father-in-Law, you're interested?" Luode pondered for a moment and said.

What Kaido wants is merely the druid's ability to transform into animals; although some natural magic is also good, the Beast Pirates' nasty personalities mean they absolutely cannot learn this power.

So after thinking it over, Luode feels that the werewolf curse is the most suitable for the Beast Pirates, without a doubt.

"Werewolf curse? Tell me about it." Kaido said.

Luode nodded, telling Kaido everything about how the werewolf curse occurred and how it spread.

"In other words, does it cause loss of reason? Damn it! If one could keep their reason, this ability would be practically perfect." Kaido said.

This also isn't without a solution; I'm still quite confident in letting your subordinates become werewolves, and moreover they can change back while retaining their reason.

Moreover, perhaps even an Observation Haki expert, if bitten, could regain reason and freely control the transformation. Luode stroked his chin and said.

The Giant Wolf Demigod is now like a sworn brother to me.

Moreover, for people in the pirate world, if your Observation Haki is strong enough, suppressing this werewolf transformation is also not impossible.

Then I'll wait for your good news; this werewolf transformation ability is what we need; when will you bring a few werewolves over for an experiment? Kaido said.

Hmm! It won't take long; after we return to the Undercity, I'll start the experiment. Luode said.

If it really doesn't work, I'll go back to the Emerald Dream and have Cenarius or other Wild Demigods think of a solution.

In the future, Night Elf druids will be able to solve this problem; there's no reason higher-level Wild Demigods and the ancestral druid Cenarius couldn't solve it.

As a last resort, Luode could also go into the Emerald Nightmare and rescue a great druid who has been ambushed.

"Hahaha! With your words, I can rest easy." Kaido nodded and said.

"I won't disappoint you; this werewolf curse is still terrifying, able to turn an ordinary civilian with no power directly into an expert." Luode said.

If the Giant Wolf Demigod's power weren't strong, the Night Elf clan back then wouldn't have risked obtaining his power; among Wild Demigods, the Giant Wolf Demigod is top-tier, and in terms of attack power, it's the strongest.

That evening, Luode and Kaido came to Thrall's residence and bid farewell to this tribal chief.

"Are you not staying for a while?" Thrall asked.

"No need; there are still many things to handle in the Undercity! I've already been delayed ten or so days this time; it's time to go back." Luode said.

"I understand; I'll have the Blood Elf mage open a portal for you, and we'll meet again soon." Thrall said.

After all, the Dark Portal is also a huge threat! Moreover, it's time for the orcs of Draenor to return and take a look.

That evening, Luode and Kaido returned to the Undercity through the portal.

"You've finally come back; this delay was quite long!" Sylvanas said.

"This bastard originally said he'd be back in three or four days, but ended up being gone for over ten days."

"How to put it? Something small happened." Luode said.

"Chatting with the Wild Demigod in the previous chapter was just to prepare for the upcoming werewolf plot; it's not padding word count. If you don't know the Wild Demigod, why would they help you? This novel won't pad word count."

(End of chapter)