Chapter 574: Prince of Trade
"Lost with it?
"I gave you so much money and so many resources, and this is the answer you brought me?"
"Garbage, garbage, you're a bunch of garbage!"
The goblin was roaring in a shrill voice, like a clown who wanted to get serious.
However, at this time, no one in this place will really laugh, this one-meter-tall, wrinkled-skinned, old and ugly goblin, is the most powerful and wealthy goblin in the Northlands, and he is in charge of the entire Goblin Group in the Northlands.
Someone once said that three out of every ten transactions in the Northlands were related to the goblin, and one out of every three wars was driven by the goblin.
He had almost a monopoly on the slave trade, at least half of the trade in grain and weapons, and two-thirds of the ships that sailed on the seas came from the shipyards he controlled.
From Ireland to the Ural Mountains, his caravans have spread to every place where intelligent life lives, whether it is the elves in the mountains or the dwarves in the underground, they are his partners.
However, correspondingly, his name is very mysterious, it is said that it is obscured by the gods, words cannot be recorded, words cannot be communicated, so everyone can only call her the northern trade prince, his title.
Now, the richest man in the Northland was furious, his face unconcealed his anger, and the floor was littered with fragments of various objects, all of which were used as a vent for his anger.
"No, Your Excellency, our purpose has been accomplished, and the bait laid out has lured the prey. ”
In front of the goblin, a figure shrouded in black fog slightly shortened, and said with a figure that was neither humble nor humble.
"No, yes, huh, follow her, hunt it down, catch her, torture her, ask for all the information, find out the culprit against me!"
The goblin continued to roar in a shrill voice, the voice echoing differently through the small room.
"No, no, no, we said okay, just lure her out, the others are not in our contract, the great Prince of Northland Trade. ”
The black shadow corrected the mistake in the goblin's mouth, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his words, and there was no respect at all, the black shadow was tall, and just standing in front of the goblin, there was a terrible sense of oppression.
"Is that so? I think I'm mistaken. ”
The goblin's breath shortened slightly, and he withdrew his hand pointing at the shadow casually, and the angry expression on his face disappeared, and he sat back in his chair.
He raised his hand, and the fragments of the objects on the ground vanished in a burst of blue light, perhaps because there was a spellcaster hiding around, or maybe it was the pre-arranged magic of the room.
This is a kind of demonstration, a kind of show-off, the goblins and these black shadows are not subordinate and subordinate relationships, and there is a certain difference from ordinary employment, it is more like a cooperation, and it is a cooperative relationship with stronger black shadows.
"Didn't get a little bit of information...... You can't even gather a single bit of information about it?"
The goblin's hand gently tapped on the armrest of the chair, making a crisp sound, it was a chair made of extremely pure gold, inlaid with various gemstones, giving people a sense of luxury in addition to luxury.
"The intelligence is still there, but it's not as valuable as we thought. ”
"We examined the bodies carefully and dissected them, and we found that they had no wounds from the outside and no blood in the cabin. ”
"From this we can conclude that your crew should have died of magic, such as curse magic, or spiritual, toxin magic. ”
The black shadow said lukewarmly.
"Such a superficial conclusion, how do you ask me to find the people behind me, there are so many people in the Northland who can do this, druids, witches, shamans, and those who believe in the sacrifices of the gods, they can do this. ”
"By the way, there are also those [Hassan] who are said to have come to the Northlands, if they were to do it easily, those maggots that even the tyrants of Uruk could not completely eradicate. ”
The goblin said dissatisfiedly, the information given by the black shadow and the information he obtained, there is not much difference between the inferences, and the people who meet this information are not a thousand but eight hundred in the Northland, and some of them are existences that even the goblins themselves need to look up to.
"No, we have preliminarily ruled out the possibility of [Hassan] committing crimes, and in our information records, [Hassan] has a variety of assassination methods, but the characteristics are very distinct, but none of them meet our goals. ”
The Black Shadow easily eliminated the real culprit from the suspects, just because Qi'er's information was not leaked, and no one outside knew that Qi'er had successfully advanced to become a legendary assassin and won the title of [Hassan].
However, the chances of spellcasters such as druids, witches, and shamans are very low, because there is only one person in the Baltic Empire who meets these conditions. ”
"[Calamity] [Walking Calamity] [Messenger of Calamity] [Miracle of the Empire...... Alice"
The shadow continued to speculate, but at this point, his voice suddenly stopped.
"Don't put that name in front of me, the Jedi who attacked me this time won't be her, I have definite intel to prove that she is now in Les Castle under the sea, staying with that Semiramis. ”
The goblin retorted, with an irrepressible resentment and anger in his tone.
There are several reasons for this resentment and anger, one is the goblin who once died at the hands of Alice, who belongs to the Northland Group, no matter how low her status is, she represents the face of the Northland Group.
The other is because of the appearance of Alice, defeating their largest partner in the Baltic Empire, ending the war in the Baltic Sea, competing with the goblin business, and more importantly, every trade that takes place in the Baltic Sea, the goblins have to pay a lot of taxes to the Baltic Empire.
Each of these taxes is similar to cutting meat from a goblin with a knife, and it makes them feel painful every time, and they will never forget it.
"It could also be a magic like [Mirror Image] [Clone Technique], where a clone was placed in Rice City, and the real body came to the North Sea to snipe your ships and cargo. ”
The Shadow continued, and he raised a highly probable scenario.
The goblin's face changed slightly, and then he said.
"No, I believe in the authenticity of this information, that hateful woman is staying in Rice City, with Semiramis, and don't try to ask for information from my mouth, we were only working together. ”
"Well, that's right, it's just a partnership between us, with a common enemy, the Baltic Empire and that woman, so don't hold us back when the time comes. ”
The black shadow said unceremoniously, as if the goblin in front of him was not much different from the stranger he met on the street.
"Sure enough, you still have information in your hands that I don't know, and this time it was really that woman who targeted me, and I knew that such a technique was simply that woman's style, an upright conspiracy. ”
"These are not things you should worry about, even the name of the goblin prince is hidden, you just need to follow your plan and complete the goals you have set. ”
The Black Shadow spoke to the goblins in an increasingly unkind tone, as if he was impatient with the goblins.
The conversation continued, and in the midst of such hidden distrust between them, they chose temporary cooperation for the sake of the same enemy and the same goal.
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The Black Rose is a large sailing ship with three masts that can carry 500 people, and in order to ensure the safety of sea navigation, 50 bed crossbows are arranged on the sides of the ship.
On the deck, there are also two catapults that can be used for long-range attacks, which are almost strategic weapons in naval warfare, and can damage or even destroy a ship with a single blow as long as they can achieve effective hits.
At the bottom of the ship, there are cabins inhabited by the Sea Clan, and there are special passages that allow these Sea Tribes to go out to fight against enemies from the sea.
In addition, the bottom of this ship is made of the strongest wood and magic, and it is as difficult to penetrate the ship's hull as it is to break down a wall on the shore.
Not only that, but while the ship was sailing, there were also some powerful sea beasts cruising nearby, driving away the sea beasts in the surrounding seas, and basically preventing attacks from sea beasts.
Coupled with the powerhouses on the ship, and the magic that was arranged, this ship was already capable of being a fortress on the sea, and had the power to defeat a fleet with one ship.
This is the trap prepared by the Northland Goblin Group for Qi, it is a 100-meter race, and the last and most critical ten meters, in a sense, the value of this ship is related to the interests of two-thirds of the Nordland Goblin Group.
The sun in the sky was extremely hot, and the clouds that drifted by from time to time hurried away, not stopping above the ship.
The sailors on deck have a variety of divisions of labor, and they are the best sailors, and they all have a lot of combat effectiveness and rich experience in fighting pirates.
Of course, they knew the danger of their journey, and the sailors on the ships that disappeared and sank before also had good combat effectiveness, similar to them.
However, for the sake of money, they still agreed to the goblin's conditions, and the reason why they came to the sea to beg for a living was not for any dream, only gold, treasure and wealth were their pursuit.
They were the only ones busy with the entire ship, and the hired warriors were on guard on the lower deck, controlling the crossbow arrows placed on the sides of the ship's side, and attacking the enemy at any time.
The two-faced legendary berserkers were drinking in the captain's room, and their mission was only to fight a strong enemy, and it was their freedom to do whatever they did until the enemy appeared.
The same goes for the other spellcasters, who are busy with their own business, and although they join the journey because of the goblins' lucrative mercenary money, they think the goblins are too fussy.
The invisible enemy, who killed five ships of people, sank five ships, or something, if such a thing were carried out by them, it would be very easy to complete.
Just dealing with a little thief who doesn't know where he came from, staying here comfortably for a few days, can earn a fortune that can be squandered for a long time, no matter how you look at it, this business is too cost-effective, too simple.
Like these people's thoughts, Qi'er stayed in the cabin at this time, and also let out a similar emotion.
"These people are too lax, it seems that this trap is not as difficult as you think...... However, if it is replaced by my sister to set this trap. ”
Thinking of this, Qi'er couldn't help but shudder
If it were Alice, she would never engage in these seemingly powerful, but in fact extremely weak internal defenses, the biggest possibility is that the girl used the whole ship as a bait to capture Qi'er, and there must be a backhand attached to it.
When Qi'er completely destroys the ship, the arranger will trigger and directly defeat the victor who thinks he has won, turning the whole situation around.
"Then let's deal with these enemies according to my sister's standards, and consider things for the worst, even if you can't achieve too many results, you will definitely not suffer too many losses. ”
Knowing her mind, Kiel carefully hid in the corners of the cabin, careful not to touch the entire cabin, including the walls, floors, people, and placed objects.
Those spellcasters, the attitude towards this matter is one thing, but there is no sloppiness in the work, probably because those nitpicky goblins are not easy to dismiss.
Weight, heat, smell, energy, air flow, breath of life
If you can't pass any of the above monitoring, you will be marked by magic, and then you will need to face a group of strong people to encircle and annihilate.
In addition, the ship has special limitations in time and space, and no one on the ship can use prophetic and spatial magic, except for certain groups of people.
Foolproof, no one can break through such a tight defense...... There is no problem with such an idea in the main plane, and the premise is - the main plane.
The artifact [Morrigan's Invisibility Cloak] was in Qi's hands, and it really exerted the power of the artifact, and all of it was covered by this artifact, and no one, not a single magic, found that an uninvited guest appeared on this ship.
As for why the Shadow and the Goblin swore that the Big Fish had taken the bait, it was because they took the speculation as a conclusion and ignored the so-called evidence.