Chapter 62: The Shocked Crowd
The flying ship from the port of Sky City to the magical jungle port of Treasure Island finally arrived, and the passengers slowly walked down the wooden ladder one by one to land on the land of Treasure Island.
However, unlike the usual cheers full of joy, many passengers wept and cried.
Finally! Finally arrived at the destination! Under the attack of the bat demon today, although no one died, after walking in the Hades Palace, I believe that everyone will be a little afraid.
If it weren't for Mike, an elder of the warrior tribe, the flying ship that had been built with a lot of money, might have been shot down by the bat demon.
It's not just that people are grateful to him, maybe it's more appropriate to say that it's blind worship!
One person single-handedly took on the three bat demons who were driving the demon ship, although he only killed two, but the last one was said to be reserved for the younger juniors, and if Mike wanted to kill the third one, it would not be a problem.
Mike gradually moved off the flying boat under the crowd, and in the chatter of the passengers, Mike's story of saving everyone also spread, which made everyone who came to pick up the boat praise.
In order to thank Mike for his heroic behavior, the operator of the flying boat not only exempted Mike from his ticket, but also gave Mike a gold card for the flying boat.
The Gold Card of the Flying Boat is a VIP card that allows you to travel the Grand Class of the Flying Boat for free twice a year, and you can also enjoy a 7% discount when purchasing a ferry ticket.
In order to win over this young elder, the operator can be said to have made a big bet, and the VIP card is actually a free card in the eyes of many people, and it is free to take the flying ship twice a year? Even busy elders will go back and forth like this twice a year at most, after all, Treasure Island is already huge enough, if there is nothing important that must be visited in person, I believe that many people will never leave Treasure Island for the rest of their lives.
Originally, because of this incident, all eyes of everyone should have been fixed on Elder Mike's. It's just that there are a lot of passengers who have been staring at a middle-aged man when their eyes swept over the people who picked up the boat.
The middle-aged man, with short brown hair, brown eyes, and a smooth chin that was different from Mike's full beard, seemed to care very much about his appearance, and his chin was not even bearded.
He was dressed in a rich, neat black robe without a trace of wrinkles, and wore a golden badge engraved with flames on his chest.
Judging from his appearance alone, everyone knew that he was an alchemist of no low rank, but there were many people who knew him who almost had their eyes popping out when they saw him.
Is this really him? How could this adult come here to pick up the boat? It's definitely my own dazzle, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible!!
Unless it is a relative or an elder, generally even if it is an elder, they will only send their subordinates, and some big families and big forces even stipulate that the elders can only send people to pick up their relatives, after all, it is too embarrassing to pick up the ship, unless it is a supreme figure like the Empress of the Holy Land, otherwise they will not let their heirs lose this face.
The middle-aged man stared intently at the passengers who came out, as if he was looking for someone.
At this time, a young man who got off the flying boat couldn't help but light up his eyes when he saw the middle-aged man, isn't this the adult? How did he end up here? Is it to pick up the boat?
The young man then laughed dumbly, how could this be? Unless President Antonio personally disembarks from the ship, who else can let him pick up the ship?
Wait a minute! It seems that there is also a vice president who has disappeared for nearly thirty years - He Ke! Although there has been no definite news about this vice president for thirty years, his grandmaster-level alchemy works have appeared at auctions from time to time, which means that his relationship with the Alchemist Guild has not been broken.
Could it be that Lord Ante is here to pick up Vice President Hock?
Right! At this time, the person standing among the people who picked up the ship was Fei Lei, who was scolded by He Ke on the opposite side of the magic crystal ball used for communication half a month ago. Ante.
Originally, Ante only planned to let his subordinates pick up people, after all, he was known by everyone as Master Ante, a genius alchemist, and it was too embarrassing to pick up a hairy child like this.
However, when the flying ship arrived, he suddenly found that he had not even recorded the image of the imp with a crystal ball, so he had no choice but to go into battle himself.
In fact, when Ante came to the open space waiting for the pick-up man, many people had already discovered him and recognized him, but almost everyone didn't think that the famous Master Ante of the Magic Jungle would come here to pick up the ship, so everyone was skeptical and did not dare to step forward.
If not, it will only seem that he is too stupid, and even the famous Master Ante can't tell the difference, if it is really himself, Master Ante will be the first to know about the loss of his share when he takes the ship, and maybe the thin-skinned Master Ante will be angry on the spot.
So in the crowded waiting place for the boat, only there was a lot of vacancy around Ante, as if everyone deliberately avoided the five-meter range around Ante, even if someone was squeezed in, after a frightened glance at Ante, the person squeezed back again, as if he had encountered some demon king and murderer.
Everyone only knew that Ante was an excellent alchemy master, but few people noticed that Ante was also a level ninety magus.
What other strong people could be besides Ante who came to pick up the ship? Therefore, as long as Ante let his momentum go, the people who picked up the boat did not dare to approach him at all.
Ante was already angry. Very angry!
In order to prevent the news of tomorrow morning from spreading the humiliating news that he had picked up the ship, he arrived in a hurry five minutes before the scheduled arrival time of the flying ship, and if he only waited for ten minutes, even if someone had seen him, they would not be sure that he must be Ante.
After quickly picking up the imp called Nebula, even if they doubted their identity, they didn't dare to chew their tongues indiscriminately, after all, their identity as an alchemy master was here, unless it was President Antonio or Vice President He Ke, who else could let an alchemy master pick up the ship?
However, Ante's plan obviously failed, waiting for ten minutes on the left, twenty minutes on the right, and another half an hour on the other, waiting for Ante almost wanted to scold his mother!
Fuck it! Why hasn't this flying ship come yet? Was it attacked by the Bat Demon? Phew! How is this possible? How could a Sky City flight with cloud spray be attacked by a bat demon?
You must know that the cloud spray is the number one problem analyzed by the Alchemist Guild, how can the flying ship have such a mysterious fog to be discovered by such a dumb big bat?
If it was really because of the bat demon that caused the delay in the arrival of the flying ship, Lao Tzu would have swallowed the entire flying ship!!
Fortunately, Ante just thought in his heart, if he really said it, I believe that the headlines of the next day would be Ante's.
Finally, after two hours of waiting, the flying ship stopped with a whining whistle.
But by this time, many people had already noticed Ante, and it was no longer doubtful, but convinced. It's just that no one came forward, and they didn't dare to act rashly.
Because they couldn't guess what Ante's attitude would be if he came forward to talk to him without permission. If it's just a few polite words, or even nothing at all, it's okay. If you unceremoniously kick you out, or if you get angry, it's self-defeating.
Just as Ante was preoccupied with searching for the nebula under the pressure of anger, the young man came down from the wooden ladder and took three steps and made two steps, and walked quickly towards Ante.
At this time, Nebula, Ryan, and Elliora had also appeared at the entrance of the wooden ladder, because Nebula was really reluctant to part with Ryan, the younger brother he had just recognized, so he chatted a little more when he was on the boat, and only after most of the people had left did Nebula and the others start to leave.
As she descended the stairs, Elliola searched for the people sent by the Ratchet family to pick up the ship, only to spot Ante standing out from the crowd.
In fact, everyone who got off the boat noticed the empty Ante around, but what is the identity of Master Ante? Even if they can recognize Master Ante, they are not qualified to make friends, unless they have an equal status or a slightly lower status, otherwise they can only bring shame on themselves if they go.
Those who are qualified are also waiting for the first bird, and if they come out first, it is likely to make the long-awaited Ante unhappy, and even vent his anger on himself, which is not in line with the original intention.
And the young man didn't care about these things, he only knew that he was the eldest young master of the Rumi family among the three major magic families, and he was also the heir to the head of the family.
Even if he is not the head of the family yet, he feels that his identity is only higher than that of Antelai.
The arrogant young man only took the initiative to talk to him because of his identity as Ante's alchemy master, if Ante was just a magus, then Rumi. Fett wouldn't even look at Ante.
Elliora recognized Ante at a glance, after all, Elliora was a native of the Magical Jungle, and he was also a member of the Ratchet family, how could he not know the local magnates, masters, and masters of the Magical Jungle?
Of course, he also discovered Rumi who was constantly swinging through the crowd with his momentum in the crowded crowd. Fett, this man is Young Master Ryan's number one enemy.
The relationship between the Rumi and the Ratchet family is very unfriendly, and disputes often arise from time to time, both in business and in the territory.
Although the Lachette family is now superficially suppressing the Rumi family slightly, this does not mean victory. The strength of both sides is evenly matched, and if you really want to divide the winner or loser, you can only compete in the next generation.
It's a pity that the patriarch of the Lachett family - Lachett. Xiut had a little problem in that regard, except for a red heart hit by the housekeeper's wife ten years ago, the other twenty or so concubines were all out of target every time.
Although the patriarch of the Rumi family is not a figure who is invincible and sweeps thousands of charms, he is still a little better than Xiute, he was shot three times, and the guns are all hearts, and all three are sons!
Rumi. The eldest son of Fett is the patriarch of the Rumi family. Coch's most optimistic successor is because Fit, who is only twenty-two years old, is already a level seventy magister! In the magic family, everything is based on strength, and Fett already has the most basic strength, presumably when Fett becomes the Grand Magister, Fett will naturally become the head of the Rumi family.
"Master Ante, long time no see! The boy has been wanting to see you again since he last bought your work at auction and wants to ask you about the staff. Fett asked Antt respectfully in a soft voice.
But if you look closely at Fit's demeanor and movements, you will find that Fit is too hypocritical.
It is so casual to make an arch bow, the action is not in place at all, although the mouth is said respectfully, but there is no trace of respect between the expressions, but full of pride.
If it were an ordinary person, he might not have noticed these at all, and he would have passed with a casual polite sentence, but is Ante an ordinary person?
Hypocrisy is also a skill, if you can make others sound comfortable and comfortable, then the purpose has been successful, it is best to praise the proudest and proudest deeds in that life, so that even if he knows that you are a sycophant to him, he will not care about anything, after all, everyone likes to wear a high hat.
But Fett's hypocrisy is the kind of hypocrisy that is really exposed, Fett spoke as if it was Ante's honor to let Ante explain the magic wand to him, can such a tone still be a sycophant?
Hypocrisy is Ante's strong point, isn't it a lack of beating for Fit to play a big knife in front of Guan Gong? And it's playing with a big knife as a spear, which is even more looking for death!
Ante didn't pay any attention to Fett, as if it was a fly yelling around him.
Although Fett's face is still full of smiles, his heart and lungs are about to be blown up, isn't he just a little alchemy master? Drag what? Wait until Lao Tzu becomes the patriarch of the Rumi family, see how I clean you up!!
Thinking of revenge in the future, Fett's smile gradually distorted.
Fett left with a strange smile, and Elliora, who had planned to come forward to talk to Ante, stood not far from Ante looking a little in a dilemma.
Fett is Ryan's biggest opponent, and Elliora originally wanted to disrupt the conversation between Fett and Ante, after all, if Fett is supported by an alchemist, it will be more difficult for Ryan and Fett to win in the future.
But since Fitt has already eaten and left, then he shouldn't have to risk his relationship with Antepan anymore, right? After all, alchemists are all weirdos, and there are very few people who can really have a relationship with a master alchemist, and most of them are just financial interests.
Presumably, it would not end well if he stepped forward to talk, but if he was not careful, he might offend him, so Elliora flinched when he was about to walk in front of Ante.
"You three wait! Come over here. Right! That's you! What are you doing with your struggles? Come here! "Suddenly! Ant's voice like Elliora and the others spoke, and Elliola thought that Ant's was calling someone else, so she looked left and right, but it turned out that there were only three people nearby. At Ante's urging, Elliora was stunned at first, and then pulled Ryan to Ante's ecstatic brisk walk.
Elliola represents Young Master Ryan of the Ratchet family and approaches Ante, who actually smiles and nods.
Nima!! There's a play! There is definitely a play!! Young Master Ryan is going to be developed this time!! Elliora thought to herself.
The people who were waiting for the first bird were dumbfounded when they saw this scene, the kid of the Rumi family failed just now as everyone expected, and one of the guards of the Ratchet family actually negotiated with Ante!?
Although there is a little young master behind him, after all, the identity is not equal from the beginning, so he can succeed?
Who the hell is this Elliora? What did he say to Master Ante? It can actually make Master Ante, who is known for his seriousness, laugh out of the crescent moon!
The crowd was shocked!