"Boom"

In the distance, the flaming ship let out a final explosion, bursting into a cloud of splinters, slowly sinking into the rough sea, where a large number of sharks were gathering and scrambling for the corpses that had not been reduced to ashes.

However, at this point, the octopus had no time to pay attention to those things, and all its attention was on the human girl in front of it, and it knew that the seemingly tight cage might not be effective.

！！！！

Sharp pain came from all over the body, thoughts of what had happened still echoed in my mind, the sound of a series of objects falling into the water was heard, and the figure of the girl disappeared from view.

As the support of the cage, those tentacles were cut off by Qi'er one by one, and blood sprayed, but not a drop was contaminated with the girl's body, and the girl standing on the sea was like a messenger who brought death and harvested life at this time, terrible, terrifying.

Run, run, run

It must escape, such an enemy is beyond the scope of what it can fight, and the octopus, who is the same legend and assassin as Qi'er, finally confirmed the horror of the other party at this time.

What broke off a right hand, what lost the balance of the body, these are all real, but even so, Qi'er's remaining combat power can easily kill it, and the gap between the two sides is not a simple advantage that can be crossed.

When the octopus wanted to turn and run away, more than a dozen black short knives had already come to it, and in the whistling sound, they accurately hit its severed foot wound, and the sharp pain that came made the octopus even more crazy.

But the next moment, the black pattern spread rapidly from the wound to the octopus's whole body, the speed was fast, without a moment's pause, and in the blink of an eye, the outline of the octopus appeared in Qi'er's sight.

Unable to move, unable to move

The anger in my heart had turned into unquenchable fear, and all my previous thoughts had turned into a quick departure from this place, fleeing from this terrible woman and saving my life.

Confess, beg for mercy, surrender

Without hesitation, the octopus tried to say something, but found that it could not even open its mouth, and a faint black light emerged from the patterns that spread all over its body.

I tried my best, I used all my strength, but I couldn't confide even the simplest word, I was cold, and I looked at the girl's eyes, frightened, incredulous, begging for mercy, and so on, without bringing any change to its condition.

Death's hand had touched its body, an irreversible ritual, and in the faint black light, starting from the wound, the whole body collapsed into tiny particles, dissipating into this world with the never-ending breeze of the North Sea.

Qi'er stood on the surface of the sea for a few moments, carefully tending to her injuries, looking around for witnesses and fish that had slipped through the net, and after confirming again, she ran to the place where the ship sank.

By this time, the sharks that were foraging had vanished, and there was nothing but a few broken charred planks left on the surface of the sea, which would soon be carried by the currents to unknown distances.

At the moment when the octopus died, an island about a hundred kilometers away from where Qil was, there was a slight trembling, countless startled birds rose into the sky, and countless animals rushed out of their cave nests and wandered by the sea.

The tremors lasted only a few minutes, and soon the entire island fell silent again, and if you look down from above, you can vaguely make out that the island resembles an octopus lying on the ground.

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"Disappeared, our ships disappeared in the North Sea. ”

"What about the goods on it, and the guys we hired, it cost a lot, don't tell me, they can't even stop a little thief who came out of nowhere. ”

"Little thief, do you still think it's a little thief at this time? You bastard...... This is obviously ......"

"Shut up, stupid, don't say that, there is no room for relaxation when you say it, do you want to go bankrupt!"

A group of goblins gathered together to haggle as if in a vegetable market, and it had been two weeks since the ship had sailed, but the merchant ship laden with goods and heavily guarded was silent.

The merchant ships sailing in the North Sea, the pirates of the pirate empire, and the sea tribes living in the North Sea, all said in unison that they had not found any trace of the merchant ship, as if it had never appeared, and disappeared into the vast North Sea.

It is no different from the merchant ships that disappeared before, that is, it can now be judged that it has sunk and its cargo has been lost.

The goblins gathered here are all goblins belonging to the Northland Group, and their wealth is inextricably linked with the Northland Group, and this time the loss will be shared among each of them.

"We can't continue to bear such losses, this situation must be changed, we are here to do business, and doing such a loss-making business has never been the habit of our goblins. ”

One was dressed in a linen garment, adorned with finger-sized pearls, and a hat made of pearls with a milky white glow.

This is the goblin in the Northland group who is in charge of trading with the Sea Clan, and his favorite thing to do is to trade with the Sea Clan with rudimentary stone weapons, in exchange for treasures that are priceless on land.

"That's right, it turns out that even legendary powerhouses can't guarantee the safety of our routes, and it's beyond our ability to meet such an opponent. ”

"Unless you kill that little thief who came out of nowhere?"

Another goblin echoed his words.

"How can it be so easy, the trap we carefully arranged, it just stepped into a mess, or do you think that even the combination of berserker and spellcaster, there is an assassin who is famous in the North Sea, and what can stop it from doing whatever it wants?"

Such a harsh problem is in front of all the goblins, and the route of the Northland is cut off by an unknown powerhouse, and the other party also has special means to accurately find the location of the goblin ship in the vast sea, and has a strong force.

This is an unsolvable problem, the goblins have wealth that can make all kings feel greedy, but everything they do is built on wealth, if in the field where wealth cannot be used, in the face of enemies who are not moved by wealth, the measures that goblins can make are very limited.

"Don't argue about these things, the development of this matter is not only about your personal interests, if this problem is not solved, the interests of everyone present will continue to be lost, one of the two golden routes has been blocked, and the remaining one is ......"

There are two golden routes in the Northland, namely the Baltic Route and the Northern Sea Route, and these two routes have a more detailed classification according to the destination.

One of the blocked points refers to the North Sea shipping routes, trade with the Scandinavians, and in the event of war in Scandinavia, every trade and the cargo on the ships can be almost equal to the same volume of gold.

The other is the Baltic Sea Route, which has been cut off from the Baltic Sea to the eastern part of the country when Jutland is covered by heavy rains.

And this truncation is due to the policy implemented by the goblins for the sake of the future and strategy, at the cost of countless losses every day, and the old-fashioned method of hurting people.

And that's why the richest and best of these Northland goblins are gathered here, and they need to solve the problems that the Northland Syndicate needs to face now.

At such a point, the most important thing is whether to lift the blockade of Jutland, restore the Baltic sea routes, and find a way to restore relations with the Baltics, reverse the profits and losses of the entire Northland bloc, and increase their wealth.

In this venue, the goblins who are willing to reconcile with the Baltic Empire occupy the vast majority, because what happened during this time has confirmed that the power of the empire cannot be shaken by just money, at least in this confrontation, the goblins are already at an absolute disadvantage, and there is no more cards to play in their hands.

The few goblins are reluctant to reconcile, and they intend to spend more and more wealth to find more powerful mercenaries, and make an attempt to deal with the ghost who fought against them in the North Sea.

There was a fierce argument going on between the two sides, and even the goblins who were willing to reconcile had an absolute numerical advantage could not make the diehards on the other side bow their heads with words, after all, it was a matter of their lives, well, for the goblins, their gold coins were equivalent to their lives.

"Well, stop talking this useless nonsense, and don't forget that time is money, and every minute you waste here for every minute you waste will lose a minute of money. ”

As this voice sounded, the goblins who were arguing fiercely fell silent for a moment, and the noisy room returned to tranquility, following the goblin's line of sight, at the end of the table, on top of the first chair, I don't know when the figure of the Prince of Northland Trade appeared.

"Quarrels don't solve problems, they don't solve disputes, they just make our wallets suffer. ”

After saying this, the Prince of Northland Trade turned the topic to the main topic, about the direction of the Northland Group next.

"I think you all know, and you should know, why this meeting is being held at this time, in this place, this is a meeting about the direction of the entire Northland Group and your wallets. ”

"Is it to stop the loss or for the benefit of the future, continue to increase investment. ”

The Northland Trade Prince's sharp eyes looked around, and the goblins either lowered their heads or looked up at the ceiling, and looked away.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the Prince of Northland Trading was the one who suffered the most losses in this operation, and his attitude was well known, and every time he mentioned that name, that look of gritting his teeth was already very revealing.

Of course, as the trade leader of the entire Northland group, the Trade Prince still needs to maintain a semblance of neutrality and impartiality, only then can he get all the goblins to recognize his status.

"Your choice, stop loss or increase investment. ”

"Prince, I propose to stop the loss. ”

The goblin, covered in pearls, stood up from his seat, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, and said.

"Reason. ”

Like an eagle staring at its prey, the goblins felt stressed, but even so, he expressed his inner thoughts, in the presence of other goblins.

At this time, under pressure and at the risk of offending him, the goblin was the first to stand up, and the financial benefits were only one of them, and he wanted to take this opportunity to attack the other party's prestige, improve his status, and finally replace him.

The relationship between the goblins is like this, even if they get together to form a group for the greater good, it can't hide the fact that they are also rivals.

It's like a goblin once said: My greatest wish is to make the whole world only one goblin, so that there will be no one competing with me in the whole world.

"The reason is very simple, we are just a group of businessmen, and all our actions are to obtain more profits, and the current situation is, no matter how unwilling we are to admit it, for the ...... who sniped us in the North Sea Well, guy, I don't have much to do about it. ”

The surrounding goblins all nodded, after all, they were all a bunch of profiteers who could abandon everything for the sake of meaning, as long as they could continue to make money and continue to make profits, everything else didn't matter.

"No, I'm against it. ”

On the opposite side of the goblin, a goblin dressed in white and embellished with clear diamonds stood up and spoke loudly.

"Reason. ”

"Don't be fooled by the immediate interests, you have to see this matter from a macro perspective, everyone should know that our goblins are in the Northland, no, we should say how bad our goblin reputation is in the entire main plane, the entire crystal wall system. ”

The goblins present didn't think so, they had interests, what did they want those useless reputations, even if the reputation was bad, those guys didn't end up scolding and obediently buying their goods.

"Think about it, if we can complete the previous plan, then we will monopolize both routes, or do you want to pay taxes to them for every transaction, as we did before? ”

"Hehe, what about paying taxes, it's better than not making anything now, and constantly losing money, okay, do you know how much we have lost this month, or do you think that continuing to increase investment can solve the problem that stands in our way, if you can solve it, I think everyone present is willing to continue to increase investment." ”

The goblin with pearls sneered twice and said.