Chapter 0062 Going to Sea

Early in the morning, under the guidance of the subordinates sent by the trading house, the mage and his party of 12 people boarded the merchant ship that had been waiting in the port for a long time. The entire merchant fleet consisted of 7 merchant ships of large Pisan comptoirs and 11 small merchant ships with protection fees, each of which had 1-2 mage apprentices in addition to fully armed mercenaries, which was the reason for the apparently abnormal number of apprentices in the Puto Harbor Mage Guild.

Casas and his entourage boarded the "Black Pearl", the flagship of the Pisa merchant fleet, and lived in a luxurious suite specially prepared for VIPs. After settling down to stay, Li Xun couldn't wait to walk on the bow of the boat, a new world, a new seascape and a new experience, he wanted to experience it as soon as possible.

As the fleet slowly departed, the people on the pier waved their hands and shouted different names, which also attracted responses from time to time in the fleet. The morning sun is accompanied by a moist sea breeze, which is also very pleasant. Unknown seabirds swooped over the top of the boat, gracefully navigating the nearby sea. The sailors were busy running on the deck, and the captain's and first mate's loud reprimands sounded from time to time, Li Xun turned a deaf ear to this, ** The bow of the ship overlooked the place where the sea and the sky meet, but his heart was unusually quiet. The sky is blue, the sea is blue, no wonder this place has been visualized as a sea of jewels.

The sea makes people quiet, the mountains make people think, and the flight makes people boil!

There was a faint sound of footsteps behind him, walking towards him, Li Xun glanced back in surprise. The man who came was short and fat, with a smooth face, dressed as a merchant, and was the ship's steward of the Pisa Comptoir, who had introduced himself when he first boarded the ship, as if his name was Basar. Seeing that he had already attracted the attention of the mage, Basar took a few steps closely, pressed his chest and saluted, "Master Mage, Basar greets you!" ”

Although Li Xun was surprised by his visit, he still politely replied: "Good day, Mr. Basar!" ”

In fact, as Li Xun's middle-level mage, it is very polite to nod and respond with an aristocratic posture, but after all, he comes from a different world, and he does not have the sense of superiority that regards his subordinates as slaves, and always shows his willingness to communicate with others on an equal footing in some small places, which is also what makes him unique.

Li Xun's friendly attitude undoubtedly encouraged Bassar and turned the simple visit into a lively conversation. Of course, most of the time, Basar introduced the strange scenery along the sea route in detail, and Li Xun only occasionally asked about some topics of interest to him while listening. Soon, under Li Xun's intentional guidance, the topic changed from the scenery to the exotic beasts and the endless sea monsters along the way. In Basar's mouth, under the description of the image, there was a fish-man with a fish-head, a whole body covered in scales, gray skin (males would have a brown or gray sheen), atrophied limbs, and webbed fingers; The harpy with a woman's head and body, long hair, bird wings and bronze claws all seemed to have come out of an ancient book and were vividly displayed in front of Li Xun.

Under the bard-like tongue of Basar, time flies quickly, and it's lunchtime. Basar, who said that his mouth was dry, took advantage of the heat to invite Li Xun to lunch, a very characteristic sea lunch, the staple food is freshly beaten barracuda and octopus meat. Li Xun is a "big food youth" who has been educated by modern times, as long as the meat is delicious and the taste is peculiar, he can feast on it, and he will never dare to eat because of the ugly appearance of the food. This also made Basar even more interested in Li Xun as a confidant, and repeatedly promised to let him taste all the maritime delicacies on this trip.

Compared with Casas, who hid in the cabin all day to meditate and read, Li Xun seemed to be much less serious, and in the following days, almost all the days were soaked in the bow of the ship to appreciate the beauty of the sea. Of course, this is what he said to the outside world, and the real situation is that Li Xun has been cruising the sea with his soul vision, hoping to see the strange sea creatures. No matter how carefully described in the book is, no matter how vivid the introduction of others is, it is not as real as seeing it with your own eyes. Truth be told, the ocean is a world full of life. In Li Xun's soul vision, countless yellow, green and blue dots swim in the depths of the bottom of the boat, the new one comes, the old one goes, and it never decreases, but only a tranquility can be seen from the rolling sea.

Halfway through the trip, the fish began to dwindle, and they were already close to the fish-man living quarters described by Basar, and the sailors on the ship were also nervous, and some people climbed the high mast to be responsible for the lookout, and some shields, spears, crossbows and crossbows were also moved to the surface of the ship and covered with canvas, and the atmosphere on the ship gradually became solemn. Most of the time, fish ** do not dare to rob a large merchant fleet like Pisa, but it is inevitable that some new outlaws here will not be able to bump into it, so it is always right to take precautions.

In the early afternoon of the 6th day of the voyage, the Pisa merchant fleet encountered its first enemy.

A few pillars of black smoke in the distance were so dazzling, Basar talked a few words with the captain of the flagship, and strode towards Li Xun.

"There's a fleet in front of us, and we need to speed up our support."

Li Xun nodded silently, after all, it was the same kind of people who were attacked, and it was necessary to help each other. Casas and Cialis were invited to the deck, and after sailing, Li Xun only met with them a few times, and after greeting each other, they invariably cast the eagle's sharp eyes and began to pay attention to the situation ahead. The two mage apprentices who accompanied the ship did not dare to disturb the three mages after they came up to see the salute, and retreated to the cabin door and began to prepare for battle. The sailors quickly armed, and several mercenaries equipped with large shield armor came up to act as mage guards, but after being rejected by the three mages, they had to protect the two mage apprentices and the hatch leading to the interior of the ship.

Two large armed merchant ships caught up from the rear and surrounded the flagship and accelerated towards the attack.

After 2 quarters of an hour, the attacked flotilla was already visible to the naked eye. This is a small merchant fleet composed of 7 merchant ships, 5 of which are still struggling to resist, rushing left and right in the enemy's encirclement, and the other 2 have been attacked by the enemy, floating helplessly on the sea, and the ship is still fighting fiercely. Their enemies are a dense mix of fish-men and harpys, and occasionally some Naga Sirens can be seen. The column of black smoke that I had just seen was emitted from the two ships that were surrounded, and it seemed that the people on board had been forced to use fire to block the enemy's rush into the cabin.

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