The flames lasted only a short time, but the terrifying sound still terrified all the pirates who witnessed it.

As soon as the pirate ship was close to firing range, the terrifying professional who suspected to be an archmage took off into the air and used a powerful energy shaping spell to create a huge deterrent, so that many captains who had a bad premonition skillfully commanded the ship to disperse and escape at the first time.

This is also the standard operation of pirates when they find that they have encountered hard stubble, and in the early years, in order to consolidate and maintain his colonial waterways, Amm did this kind of fishing law enforcement.

It's just that when the terrifying spell like a fiery meteor shower fell, there were still some pirate ships that were killed.

The vast majority of them were the Viking ships of the one-eyed Addison, who were at the top of the ranks.

Running away is such a thing, you often don't need to run the fastest, you just need to run faster than others.

The pirate ship, which was feared by mortals, was still too fragile under the Scourge of Nature's Shaping Spells, like a candle that had been lit.

Occasionally, a pirate ship's mage used a magic scroll to open a flame protection barrier, but it often didn't take long for it to crumble.

The smarter pirates jumped into the sea before the flames were poured out, and the slower ones either became fire men on the spot or threw themselves into the icy waters.

In this world where medical care is still underdeveloped, most of these unlucky people who are difficult to be favored by pastors are destined to die from subsequent painful infections.

A moment later, the somewhat oversized three-masted merchant ship quietly swam past the wreckage that was about to burn out, and some of the things that stood in front of it were directly crushed and shattered and sank into the sea.

It's like a giant beast passing by on an ant pile, just the usual breath is like a catastrophe.

......

On the shores of the Cloud Mountains, most of the surviving ships have run aground on wreckage-strewn sands, filled with coughing, vomiting and groans of pain.

The one-eyed Addison, who was in tattered clothes and steaming with a hot brain, pushed the crew members who were blocking the way to the ground with a wave of his hand and rolled out of the distance, just like the angry lion king stared at the bloodshot pupils and came to Eric, who raised his hands to show weakness and had a wry smile on his face, grabbed the other party's collar, and casually spat a mouthful of bloody spit:

"Phew, Erik, you shit! I'm blind to believe your proposal!

"Hey, hey, hey, man, calm down, calm down! Anger alone won't solve anything. ”

Eric behaved like a harmless ordinary person, spreading his hands: "In a way, this is actually a good thing, isn't it?"

"Shut up, you! I've had at least 100 people killed! Just because of your goddamn shit! You still have the face to tell me it's a good thing?"

Addison pushed him staggered back several steps, and raised the battle axe behind his back with a bang, as if if the other party did not give a satisfactory explanation today, he would have a death match with him from the pirates here.

And there were also many pirate leaders behind him, who looked at him unkindly.

"But it's all a necessary price, you know? We all died a lot of people this time, but their deaths are valuable, at least, we tested one of Alyssa's hole cards, didn't we?"

Eric was like a seductive devil, and a smile appeared on his face again, but his mouth was cold:

"Even, this is probably her biggest hole card, otherwise, the 'Queen of Sword Bay', who has always regarded pirates as enemies, why don't you simply wait for us to get closer and wipe us out!"

Before Addison could turn a corner in his mind, he heard the other party continue: "Because she doesn't know the specific scale of our operation, and at the same time, she has to guard against the possible existence of high-level professionals, so she must let Archmage Fischer keep the necessary spell slots, and then, they chose to deter and intimidate us, to 'scare away', if I am not bad, after they arrive in Am, if they do not choose to trade directly, they will definitely increase the mercenary force in a targeted manner." ”

Addison, who was full of flesh, suddenly laughed angrily: "Why do you call this deterrence! It's just deterrence, we are all almost killed in the sea! We can't pose the slightest threat together." ”

"So, we need allies, more allies, enough to restrain the powerful allies that might exist like Archmage Fischer. ”

As he spoke, he let go of half of his body, revealing a woman behind him who appeared like a ghost at some point.

The woman lifted her hood, looked around the crowd, and finally landed her golden eyes on Addison's face, and smiled:

"Merlin Dela, on behalf of the Arcane Brotherhood, greetings to you. ”

......

Am, Askatra.

Ever since a southbound ship got lost in a storm decades ago and stumbled upon a new continent called Maztica, it has become almost the busiest port in all of Correll.

It was the starting point and the end point of the caravan, from which the fleet departed to the port of another continent and returned full of gold and many strange things.

The development of the new colony stimulated the thirst for wealth in every Amn, and the lucrative profits from the colony made Ascatra a veritable 'gold capital'.

Even though it was close to 11 a.m., Am's lights were still bright, rather than the curfew policies of other large city-states.

A three-masted merchant ship with a hammer and tomahawk tattooed on canvas slowly docked in the harbor of Ascatra that was at least several times the size of the city of Drawwater.

It was the Dreadnought that had just driven away a group of pirates like a duck.

Since the planned Luskan Ghost Ship hadn't taken the bait, this wasn't the end for them, but they were going to have to resupply it a little bit and drop some bait as appropriate.

As soon as Levi stepped out of the cabin, he was amazed by the unfolding scenery.

As far as the eye can see, the entire harbor is almost filled with countless sailing ships of all sizes.

Even though it was close to midnight, there were still many porters working on the docks, just to earn a meager salary for two more black loaves.

And passing through the slightly dated docklands, the view is almost occupied by a huge temple on the northern bay that rivals the scale of a small town.

"It's the Golden Spire, and it's the largest temple of wealth in all of Correll, and the merchants of Amm are almost all followers of the Lady of Fortune. ”

As if to see Levi's doubts, Alyssa, who was the captain of the ship, opened her mouth to explain.

Levi was slightly stunned, looking at her slightly intoxicated gaze, you could know that she was afraid that she was also a Woking believer.

No, he remembered that Xia Lanwei Luosi was also a pan-believer of the big guy.

He turned his head, only to find that the other party's expression was completely different from Alyssa's, a... Sadness mixed with a sense of nostalgia?

Out of politeness, he didn't choose to poke the other person's heart at such a time.

This was a slight deviation from what he had imagined.

He originally thought that after returning to Am, Xia Lanwei Luosi would happily invite them to his hometown for a seat.

Now it seems that her hometown does not seem to bring her good memories.

After Alyssa gave the second mate and Felix the task of supply and patrol respectively, the female captain, who was a veteran of the sea, proposed to the group:

"Why don't we find a tavern for a while?"

For those of them who spend their lives at sea all year round, Am's Tavern is almost a must-see when it comes to replenishment and maintenance of ships.

It had almost all the needs of sailors: good food, spirits, women, and gambling.

Not... In the words of Blue Star, it translates to the so-called eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling...

Whether it was a sailor or a pirate, the vast majority of their salaries and looted wealth were sent to taverns.

So it's often a miraculous phenomenon that some taverns have a dense bounty on the walls, but there may be some of the main owners sitting down there, drinking and blowing about the los.

And if you can, no one wants to stay in a cramped, musty cabin forever.

"That's what I want, but before we can do that, we'll have to rearrange a reasonable identity. ”

Levi spread his hands, then wiped his face, and changed into a human appearance through the [Transfiguration], and then smiled and bowed slightly to the late aware Fisher and bowed slightly and made a mage salute:

"Mentor Fischer, I am your new apprentice Keanu in the past few years, and I have followed you to the sea to increase my knowledge. ”

Fischer swallowed, and sweat broke out on her smooth head.

It was the first time to see Fei She's nervous and dazed appearance, which made Xia Lanwei Luosi's originally slightly lost mood not help but improve, and when she raised her head, she seemed to have changed her human face, and learned to salute Levi:

"Mentor Fischer, I'm Keanu's younger sister and your most obedient magical apprentice, Letress. ”

It is worth mentioning that the image of Xia Lanwei Luosi's cross-dressing is actually a bookish teenager.

Only Levi was slightly sideways when he heard the name Letress, which... Isn't that the name of her teacher back then?

"The boss... Miss Charan... This... Not very well..."

Suddenly became the 'teacher' of the two big guys, and the red-robed mage from Searle was trembling again, and the sweat on his head was even more.

Even the sudden teleportation from Searle's laboratory to Drow's unplaning table wasn't so exciting...

And Alley, who came to this kind of prosperous city-state for the first time, was very excited, both eyes were a little insufficient, if it wasn't for the fear of being punished by Levi, I am afraid that he would have run away by this time.

As soon as she heard that she was going to play the role in a different role, she lost the sense of life and death oppression of the Nether magic ship back then, and over the years, she regained the chaotic and funny nature of the young demon, and her face was full of eagerness.

"What about me, what about me? Dad... Ouch, Dad, why are you beating me again..."It's just that as soon as she said that, she was smashed on the back of her head by Levi with a two-handed broadsword, and she suddenly held her head in protest with some grievances.

Seeing that the steel broadsword that had been tempered by the gray dwarf was actually bent into an exaggerated U-shape, this cheap daughter with rough skin and thick flesh was still alive except for a swollen bag on the back of her head.

"Smash this troublesome spirit and throw it in the cabin and let Holtz guard it" Levi, who had bankrupt plans, had no choice but to look up to the sky and accept his fate...

This guy's humanoid form resistance is already higher than him....[Enchanting Monsters] and [Hypnosis] are spiritual spells that have been useless to her for decades.

Now it is estimated that Calvin's psionic spell may work on her, but unfortunately Calvin and Eagle have a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, but they don't have the time to 'travel' with them.

"This is an ordnance ready to be sold to Karinsan, I'll see the quality... But you shouldn't have to be transformed, you haven't seen a few times in public, you've slept longer than me, and no one should know you. ”

While saying the excuse that only Alley would believe, he said to Holtz: "Holtz, Alley is still watching by you, just don't cause trouble,"

Just don't get into trouble...

Holtz, the commander and nanny, said that the pressure was great, and he had no sweat glands, and he instinctively stuck out his tongue, and a burst of white air came out.

In the eyes of everyone who also 'lived for a long time', this humiliated Commander Huo directly transformed into a silver-white Kobdo glacier sled dog, and then said to Alley with deep hope:

"Little hostess... You're already a mature young lady, you have to learn to hold me well..."

As he spoke, he skillfully tied the rope extending from his neck to Alley's wrist, tied a beautiful knot, and tied a dead knot...

"But you're getting meat again, and it's hard for you to slip away. ”

Alley pulled the leash of unknown material at random, and Holtz's four paws suddenly rubbed against the sea rocks in the harbor.

"Little... Miss... Slow down..."

Holtz is like a miserable dog who wants to stay in place and raise his legs to pee, but is relentlessly dragged forward by the hostess.

"......" Felix and the crew who stayed on the ship just watched this group of strange 'security members' walk away towards the dock area.

Alyssa led them like a female guide through the somewhat dirty port area along the coast, and after a simple check at a guarded patrol post, they came to the trade area, which was significantly more orderly and clean.

There's nothing wrong with this gesture.

Fisher's identity has been revealed in advance, even as a role in Hogg's Blackclaw Security Company, his name is enough to make Alyssa show the highest respect and courtesy.

As soon as I entered the tavern, I was greeted by the cacophony of the inside and the smell of rich barbecue mixed with inferior perfumes.

On one side of the tavern, a sturdy chef was flipping over a piece of roast meat the thickness of an adult's waist on the barbecue grill, and at the same time kept using a fine brush to smear the secret spices such as mineral salt, pepper, rosemary, and lemon juice on the huge piece of meat of the unknown sea fish.

And in the very center of the tavern, some scantily clad dancers are constantly dancing their young capital, attracting bursts of applause.

Levi and the others had almost just fallen when they heard the voice of a certain drunk man next door:

"A group of uninformed guys dare to fight the idea of the Queen of Sword Bay, hehe, just a few hours ago, the voyage of the Sword Sea was lit by fire like dusk, and I don't know if the one-eyed Addison has his ass burned. ”

It immediately attracted the ridicule of a group of guests.

Levi glanced at them.

The news spread very quickly.