Chapter 63: Embarkation
By the time Morey, panting and leading two barbarian warriors, came to the beach of engagement, the battle was completely over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Blacktooth, under Thor's orders, led the rest of his men to gather for life on the tidal flats, and Thor sat on a reef near the sea, Paladin and Kratos and others were standing beside him, and Morey hurried over.
"Lord Nome—" Morey looked down and saw Thor facing the two dwarves in front of him, saying something to Paladin and another bearded dwarf that Morey didn't know.
"Ah, Morey, you've come just in time, old man, and I'll introduce you—" Thor turned around, took the opportunity to pull the bearded dwarf whom Morey did not know, and said happily:
"This is Ingvar, to whom Paladin is said to have entrusted the future of the tribe" patted Ingvar, who was still a little confused, on the shoulder, and Saul laughed heartily:
"In the future, I will have to discuss more about ironmaking with him. ”
After listening to the introduction, Morey politely bent down, kept himself at the same height as the dwarf, stretched out his old but strong right hand, and said gently:
"Morey Trier, it's a pleasure to meet you. It was only then that it became clear that Morey, as a former Francois nobleman, was different from other barbarians.
"Ahh "The dwarves are not a propriety race, not to mention that the Darkhearth tribe has lived in the wilderness for a long time, and Ingvar does not know any etiquette at all.
Suddenly being treated politely, he was very uncomfortable, and he didn't know how to respond, so he could only imitate Morey lamely, but he was blushing and embarrassed.
But no one laughed at him, and after seeing the salute, Morey turned to Thor again, and his expression became quite serious, and he said to him with a stiff face and some nervousness:
"Nome-sama - do you know who the other person is?"
Thor scratched his head, looked at the old dwarf Paladin, and explained with a frown: "Paladin said that the treasure hidden here should be a small group of no more than ten people, but look-"
As he spoke, he pointed to the corpses that were all over the beach, including pirates, dwarves, and a few tall barbarian warriors, which were almost covered with the small beach.
"That's at least sixty or seventy people, and it's definitely not a small group. Thor put his hands together, his ten fingers touching each other to support his chin, and he felt strange that he believed that Paladin was not trying to deceive him, because there was no reason to break trust in this way after agreeing to cooperate.
This means that either the old dwarf has misjudged, or something has happened between the pirates.
"I think they probably came for the treasure in the first place. Tula rubbed his chin lightly with his small hand, although he was only twelve years old, but at this time he spoke calmly and calmly like Morey
"We were still confronting the dwarves led by Uncle Ingvar—" Glancing at the bearded dwarf, Tula suddenly turned from an enemy to a partner, and Tula was a little uncomfortable.
"Then the group of pirates cheered and slaughtered them directly, as if they wanted to get rid of both of us. ”
"Noam—" Just as Tula had finished speaking, Blacktooth ran over with a shout, and when he came near, he said with an ugly face:
"It's all dead...... The dire wolves never left their mouths alive, and our warriors didn't think about the prisoners, and a few were seriously injured...... I'm afraid it's ......."
Thor waved his hand to stop him from continuing, nodded and said to Blacktooth, "Okay, I see, thank you for your hard work." ”
Blacktooth nodded silently, and then stood beside Kratos, and no one in the circle spoke again, as if they didn't know how to speak.
Thor sighed softly, looked up, and looked faintly at the lone dhow stranded in shallow water.
As the tide was rising, it would be a little while before the ship would be able to leave the shallows and sail back to the sea.
In the moonlight, the sailing ship hidden by the deep darkness of the night looked like a ghost ship, and it was pitch black with no light in sight, as if no one was on it, and as if something terrible was sitting on the bow of the ship, opening its huge mouth, quietly waiting for the unknown prey to fall into its mouth.
"Kratos—" Thor called out to the name of his most trusted warrior.
"Come with me to the big boat, I think they should still have people on board, and when the water rises a little longer, they should run away. ”
The man like the god of war did not speak, but stepped forward and stood quietly beside Thor, seeing this, Morey, Blacktooth, Tula, and Paladin all stood up one after another, indicating that they would board the ship with him.
"It's okay, with Kratos with me, what else is there to worry about. Saul was a little moved, he could feel that Morey and Blacktooth were really worried about themselves.
Grinning softly, he turned to Blacktooth and Morey and said, "By the way, I forgot most of the time, there is a treasure of pirates hidden here, you go and sort it out, see what it is, and wait for me and Kratos to come back and deal with it." ”
With that, Thor took Kratos, who was as tall as an iron tower, and walked towards the shore, where he picked up a few long hooks with ropes that had been shot down from the pirate ship, and gave them to Kratos just in time to board the ship.
Then the two of them plunged into the dark waters, and the water approached the eerie sailboat.
In the hot Desert Sea, the sea water has never been cold, and Thor estimated that there was a warm current passing by, and the warm sea water soaked his back, but it washed away the feeling of physical fatigue these days.
"Thinking about something. Shaking his head, putting aside the mess, Thor had swam under the boat, and he glanced at Kratos, both of whom threw the hook lock in their hands at the same time.
With a crisp "bang", the hook firmly grasped the side of the boat, and pulled hard, and Thor and Kratos, who felt strong enough, stepped on the hull of the boat, pulled the rope and climbed all the way up from the side of the boat.
The climb was not difficult, both of them were strong and undisturbed, and they landed on the side of the boat in three steps and two steps, with one foot lightly on the deck.
It was dark on the deck, and by the moonlight you could faintly see several figures lying on the ground, motionless and eerie, whether asleep, drunk, or already dead.
Thor gestured to Kratos to be careful, and then slowly stepped onto the deck, which let out a high-pitched "creak" sound as it was trampled, and it was particularly piercing in the silent night sky.
Sticking out his tongue, he just wanted to make an apologetic expression, but Thor felt the wind behind his head suddenly tighten, and he subconsciously lowered his head, at this time Kratos had already made a move.
The hook "purred" out of his hand like thunder, and when he turned around, Thor saw a dark shadow stumbling over him by the rope and slamming it on the deck.
Thor didn't say a word and pounced directly, his left foot stepped forward in a stride, kicked away a shiny scimitar that the black shadow was about to get rid of, and his right leg followed closely, as if a hungry tiger pounced on food, his knees pressed against the black shadow's back, and his hands clasped the opponent's arm, pressing it under him, not daring to lose his strength at all.
Only then did he have the time to observe the person who had attacked him, his body was slender and thin, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but the hair on the back of his head was unkempt as if he hadn't been washed for a long time, and by the light of the moon, it looked as if it was red and gold.