Chapter 2: Pirates
Although the voyage was not long, the boring sailing life was tireless. This ship is a smuggling ship, belonging to the NPC Chamber of Commerce of the Dragon Family called "Black Mang's Leaf", of course, there is no doubt that they are doing criminal work. At all times, the dragon chamber of commerce is forbidden to do business with the Dragon Coast.
It was precisely because he was aware of this situation that Yang Hai was very quiet along the way. Although it was agreed to pay half of the deposit in advance and the other half after arriving at the destination, greedy businessmen probably would not be willing to lose the other half of the deposit, but it is better to keep a low profile when you are alone. The main business of this chamber of commerce is to smuggle a luxury spice called "dipterocarp" to the Dragon Coast, in fact, this spice is dedicated to the dragon god Pyrot, and the practice of the black mango leaf is a heinous capital crime in the dragon clan.
Yang Hai had also observed these NPCs on the road, and each of them knew at a glance that the Dao was by no means good.
So he usually reads books in his room, and occasionally feels breathless before he walks to the deck to breathe. The leader of the Chamber of Commerce, a lean, pale-skinned dragon clan, was very satisfied with Yang Hai's intellectual interest. Curiosity kills a cat with nine lives, and apparently this passenger knows this very well......
But a few days later, Yang Hai couldn't help but talk to the sailor.
Because he had calculated the itinerary, this section of the road would only take four days at most, but now it was the fifth day, and the smuggling ship had not yet docked.
Yang Hai asked about a dark-skinned, one-eyed sailor, who grinned silently. showed a mouth full of yellow teeth, and replied to him in a hoarse voice: "What, the big boss is in a hurry?" Life at sea is boring you? Are you in a hurry to find a chick to fight the fire? ”
"I'm just wondering why, we're not here yet." Yang Hai said quietly.
He really doesn't want to get into trouble, and in the Forgotten Continent, you never know what will happen to you. Not all NPCs exist to serve players, as the official website makes clear. Each NPC has its own faction and has its own purpose. Depending on their personalities, they will have very different styles depending on the different AIs they are given, in other words. If the player is cheated by the NPC, it can't be blamed on the game company, and not every task will necessarily have a reward, and some characters are cold and selfish. An NPC that takes pleasure in pranks and deception is likely to have players do free coolies for him, or even kill donkeys.
Therefore, dealing with NPCs in the forgotten continent needs to be careful, Yang Hai felt that things were not quite right, he wanted to know where he was now.
"What's so strange about that?" The one-eyed sailor was puzzled by Yang Hai's question.
"It should only take four days, right?" Yang Hai said: "According to the map-"
His questioning was interrupted by the loud laughter of the sailors around him.
"Big Boss is really going to the Dragon Coast for the first time." A sailor looked at him with ill inevity and said, "Do you think that ships always go in a straight line?" ”
"Shouldn't you go in a straight line?" Yang Hai felt that he should ask clearly.
"Hey, what a noob." The sailors laughed, and the pale-skinned president of the Chamber of Commerce walked by, and Wen Yan explained: "If we go straight, we will have to pass through Longhu." That's not a good place to go. In that place. Pirates, sea storms, and fierce Krakens are everywhere, and our little ship is ...... Hey. Novice, I advise you to look at navigation with respectful eyes and use your brains more, otherwise you will suffer. ”
Yang Hai was a little stunned. He didn't know that he still had to think about these issues, but the banter and malicious glances of the sailors around him made him feel like a man, and he silently returned to his cabin. The perception of up to 28 points will take the discussion of outsiders into the ears word for word.
"Hey, every year I dream of making a fortune, and I don't know how many rookies go to the Dragon Coast, and it seems that there is another mallet this year. If you don't know what the situation is, you dare to take a smuggling boat. Ha Lu Ha ......"
"People are bosses, don't talk about people like that. Scattered, scattered! Hurry up and work for me! There's no guarantee that those pirates won't cross the line and enter dangerous territory in a short time, cheer me up! ”
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Yang Hai finally had his first impression of the Dragon Coast, but this impression was not good.
Yang Hai had heard before that the Dragon Coast was the domain of a group of anarchists, where justice and kindness would certainly earn respect, but only the powerful thieves with deep pockets were the objects of everyone's admiration, and the dragon coast was ruled by greedy merchants and violent pirates.
He didn't have a three-dimensional impression before, if the smuggling boat's decision to bypass Longhu gave him a little room for imagination, then they encountered pirates who crossed the border at night, which completely showed Yang Hai the specific meaning of the above sentence.
He was on the deck to breathe the wind at the time, no matter what he was out of, the Book of Eternity had to be equipped, in order to be as unnoticeable as possible, Yang Hai had wrapped the Book of Eternity firmly with a piece of cloth, but it still attracted the prying eyes of countless sailors, this is no way, the more you want to hide something, the greater the curiosity of others, this is human nature, Yang Hai feels that after arriving at the Dragon Coast, you must buy a long box to carry the Book of Eternity.
At least there are not a few adventurers with a box on their backs, and in comparison, they are not as dazzling as the Book of Eternity.
He tried his best to ignore the greedy gazes of those sailors thrown at him, if someone in the Dragon Clan dared to look at him with such eyes, Yang Hai would definitely let that person have a lesson that he will never forget, but here he is not a snake on the ground, he still endures. Yang Hai could hear the president of the Chamber of Commerce reprimanding the sailors in a low voice: "You all give me a little restraint!" This guy has a lot to do with the Patriarch of Selen, and he is guilty of other crimes. Maybe he'll be able to semi-legalize our business......"
This sentence is very informative, at least Yang Hai heard another meaning in it, that is, they don't mind letting him, who has a close relationship with the Seren Patriarch, know the business of the Black Mangye Leaf, maybe this chamber of commerce has long been blacklisted in the Dragon Clan, but there is nothing the official can do about them.
At this time, the Book of Eternity showed its own formidable effect, and he could easily distinguish the authenticity of every word in his ears. There is absolutely no fear that someone will deliberately act for him. The value of this assurance that you will never be deceived in PVE is incalculable.
It was precisely because of the words of the president of the Chamber of Commerce that Yang Hai had saved him a lot of trouble, otherwise he had no doubt that there would be greedy sailors who would do something against him, which side would the people on this ship be on at that time...... Yang Hai at least did not report any optimism. Yang Hai has this self-confidence. Even if he turned his face with the whole ship, he could get out of the way - this is nonsense, the Grand Duke's life guard is placed there - but more is better than less, Yang Hai has some good feelings for this chamber of commerce president whose skin is the color of a dead man.
He was shooting a night scene with a demo. The Sea of Falling Stars is a famous ocean on the mainland, the water here is extremely clear, and the sky is often clear all year round, and when it is night, countless stars will be reflected on the sea, and it looks as if they have fallen from the sky, which is extremely beautiful. With the opening of the mission of the World Realm, the beauty of the Falling Star Sea will obviously be discovered by players, as the first professional player to eat crabs, how could Yang Hai not take the opportunity to make a fortune from it?
Although the reputation of Nuoda has brought him a lot of travel troubles, fame is the embodiment of the commercial value of a professional gamer. The beauty of the sea of falling stars is well deserved. Then put the golden sign Poseidon on the back of the demo, how many people will subscribe to this demo?
Yang Hai snickered in his heart, what he didn't say, for professional players who travel to the mainland to run missions, the income of the demo is a big piece. Thor's milk powder money is earned from the demo.
Saying...... Raising dragons is really a money-burning job......
While Yang Hai unfolded the shooting elf to shoot the beautiful scenery of the Falling Star Sea, he replayed all kinds of information about the Dragon Coast in his heart. The experiences of these days have made Yang Hai no longer as optimistic about his trip to the Dragon Coast as before, and he feels that it is better to be able to prepare a little more carefully.
He was thinking about it when he suddenly felt the hull shake violently. The ship was made of hard ironwood, and this shaking caused a violent aftershock of the hull, which made the soles of Yang Hai's feet numb. He stood up a little confused, wondering what had happened to Lu Dao.
He stood on the deck and looked around, his pupils constricting suddenly.
A ship covered in darkness had appeared very close to them, but he had been filming the demo just now, but he didn't see the ship that had opened the stealth barrier. At this time, Yang Hai will regret that he only ordered the level 1 reconnaissance skill used to fill the number, of course, it seems that even if he ordered the level 10 reconnaissance skill, he can only warn in advance, and he can't prevent the ship that seems to know that he has bad intentions from approaching him.
Because the ship was noticeably larger and faster than the smuggling ship, not to mention the pitch-black guns sticking out of the open windows on the side of the ship.
"Prepare for battle!" The head of the Chamber of Commerce, who was defeated in the skin, did not show any panic on his face, and commanded with great calmness: "This damn pirate of his m." ”
Yang Hai muttered in his heart, he was a little impatient, if the two sides started fighting, it would be impossible for him to help without any experience in naval warfare, and it would not look like he could beat others by looking at this smuggling ship, so his only choice was to fly away directly with teleportation - it was impossible to fly away from the Flying Dragon Coast, that was irresponsible for his own life, and the Grand Duke's life guard box was not used like this. The Logri family has a big business and does not dare to offend themselves, which does not mean that wearing the Truth Light badge can run rampant on the continent, and there are countless outlaws in this world, especially the powerful outlaws—but am I going to fly back to the dragon clan?
Damn it!
It's the fastest way to get to the Dragon Coast by sea, that's why you chose a smuggling ship for Yang Hai, if it's a land trip to the Dragon Coast - oh, my, god - damn pirates!
Yang Hai couldn't understand the calmness of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and with a salvo of guns, this smuggling ship mainly transporting goods would inevitably have a tragic fate, why is the president of the Chamber of Commerce still so calm? Of course, Yang Hai was very sensible and didn't get up to make trouble. At this time, his eyebrows were already burning, and even if he went to ask people, he might not have time to deal with him, and there was no need to annoy people - in fact, his confusion did not last long, because the broadside battle began quickly.
Yang Hai understood the reason why the pirates did not choose to bombard the smuggling ship directly, they were not aiming to kill, their real target was the cargo on board.
Yang Hai remembered the description of the pirates on the Dragon Coast on BBS.
Most of these pirates are vicious, and some of them take pleasure in killing. After hijacking a merchant ship, they will kill all the people on it to please themselves and their companions, but some pirates are more sensible and will release the merchant ship. In order to facilitate their subsequent robbery, it is the same as the farmer cutting the wheat after stubble.
The broadside battle was very tragic, although these fierce sailors made Yang Hai feel uncomfortable. But he also had to admit that these people fought fiercely, and it was more cruel to live at sea than on land, and there was no warmth in the sea, and on land, when the two sides clashed, they could also put on a veil of hypocrisy and fight to the death behind their backs, but at sea, once there was a conflict. That's just not dying.
As a chamber of commerce, the Black Mangzhi Leaf obviously has enough strength to dare not look at the dragon clan official. Most of these sailors are old oilmen who have been running ships for half their lives, and they have never seen what kind of scene, cutting down and kicking those pirates who climbed over from the ropes into the sea without blinking an eye, as for what to say about the discomfort after killing people - hehe.
However. The pirates were clearly prepared, and although the sailors of the Black Mangweed Leaf put up a heroic resistance, they were unable to stop a large number of pirates from boarding the ship. Now that the night is thick, and the ship is full of shadows, it can be said that Yang Hai's home battle terrain is the terrain, and he hides his figure in the dead corner of the mast. The cold eyes were drawn up on the pirates who had just boarded the ship and briefly confronted the Black Mang's Leaf Chamber of Commerce.
These pirates are not beyond Yang Hai's imagination, they are all very standard pirate images, but the guy who seems to know that Lu Dao is the leader is a little weird - because his dress is bright, the silk on his body is obviously high-end, and his handsome and chic face does not look like a pirate leader who will mess around at sea - shouldn't the pirate leader be a one-eyed dragon with a sword in one hand and a musket in the other?
The pirate leader obviously couldn't hear Yang Hai's belly slander, and he grinned and let out a warm chuckle: "President Morris, long time no see. ”
"yes, long time no see."
It was the first time Yang Hai had heard the name of the president of the Black Mangye Chamber of Commerce, and President Morris still didn't have any panicked look, which made Yang Hai inevitably sigh in his heart. Tarzan collapsing in front of him without changing his color is the temperament of a master, and this President Morris has his own admiration even if he pretends to be like this.
"I have the impression that the Governor has always been a well-behaved pirate, how could he think of crossing the line?" Morris said in a cold voice.
Obviously, the word steward refers to the pirate leader who is like a nobleman.
Yang Hai looked at the manager carefully, the badge on his chest must be the first thing to look at, to Yang Hai's surprise, the pattern on the badge was three bursting lightning bolts. This means that this guy in front of him is a believer in Talos the Destroyer, in the forgotten continent, there are not many gods with powerful divine powers, Talos must be one of them, this guy's strength is not slightly worse than Bane, and there are many weak evil gods following behind him. I just don't know if he is a holy warrior or a priest of Talos?
It should be the caster, this is the conclusion that Yang Hai came to when he identified the equipment of the chief manager. The equipment on that body is all mana bonuses.
If it's a mage...... Yang Hai had some ideas in his heart. If a mage is less than level seventy, he will not have such a shameless skill, and it is obvious that the chief can't have level seventy, otherwise it would be impossible to come to the Dragon Coast to be a pirate. In the Forgotten Continent, level doesn't mean everything, Yang Hai is only level 25, but his template has already opened a big gap for ordinary players, with more than 600 HP and 51 agility, such a high agility is definitely a spellcaster's nightmare.
Although this steward must be of a higher rank than himself, he ...... If after a while, after a fight, take advantage of the vacuum period of this general manager's skill to go up and assassinate yourself, there is a great possibility of winning a blow. If you can get this master, then there is a good chance that you don't need to fly back to the Calondo savannah and take that damn overland route to the Dragon Coast.
Although the believers who offended Talos did have a certain degree of psychological pressure, Evans's divine servants were definitely not people who were afraid of things.
Of course, when this manager was fully skilled, Yang Hai estimated that his assassination was unlikely to succeed, so he continued to hide with peace of mind and listened to Morris and the manager continue to reminisce about the old ......)
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