Perhaps the impression of many present of this female mage named Merlin Dela was limited to that of an ordinary pirate leader similar to them.

The only difference is that she's one of the few Moon Elf mages among pirates, and seems to have a penchant for cleanliness that resists passion.

Over the years, there have been more than one attempt to do something nice to her, but often the next day you can see her bloodstained body dumped on the street.

However, at first, this not only failed to deter these pirates, but aroused their greater interest, and became a 'dangerous peak' for pirates to compete with each other.

It wasn't until one day that there was suddenly an unlucky guy on the street who was covered in blood and still wailing, and all the pirates died down.

For these 'adventurers' who have spent their lives on the seas for their fortunes, death is not terrible, but it is a little difficult to accept that they have lost some abilities and are still alive, not only about the right to pleasure, but also about their dignity and reputation.

But Eric is one of the few people who really knows the details of the other party, and he also knows that this operation against the 'Queen of Sword Bay' Elisa, if there is no participation of the other party and the arcane brotherhood she represents behind her, even if it succeeds, I am afraid that it may encounter retaliation from Drawing Water City in the future.

Because according to the information he obtained, Alyssa's radical action this time is mostly the shadow of the Hogg Chamber of Commerce and Drawing Water City.

The Seven Heroes of Burning Steel, who have not taken on tasks for many years, chose to take their ship at this time, which does not seem like a coincidence.

As a pirate leader based in the North Sea, it is not a pleasant thing to be targeted by a city-state with such a strong sea power as Drawing Water City.

Hearing Eric's invitation, Merlin Della took a sip of the cloudy liquor in the glass, thought about it, yawned a little lazily, and said:

"For the sake of what you helped me back then, correct your two mistakes. ”

"Oh?" Eric raised an eyebrow, and listened to the other man's teachings in an open-minded manner.

Melindella raised an index finger and said, "First of all, it is possible that the ship of magical items will be traded upon arrival at Candlekeep, or it may be taken to Tesel and Karinsan, but it will not be Am." ”

Eric was suddenly a little puzzled: "Just because of Am's rejection of spellcasters?

"You're not a spellcaster, so naturally you won't understand that just the masked mage who is on the edge of power can't use so many resources to exchange for these magical items for a while, and even if there is, Am's Council of Six will definitely not sit idly by and watch them grow, which will threaten their control over Am. Merlin Delaa smiled.

As a student of Aklem, in order to fulfill her teacher's ambition to dominate the Northlands, and for her to integrate the ignorant and closed compatriots in the Supreme Forest and even the Northlands in the future, she has spent a lot of effort on the various forces along the Sword Bay in the past few decades.

The reason why she fell into a group of greasy pirates was because of the two tasks that the teacher gave her back then:

Dispose of the elixir from Serre's Red Robe and find the missing Lord of Sita, Brasca.

Blaska was lost in the city of Drawwater.

So she disguised herself as a female noblewoman from a down-and-out family, collecting clues from the other party, while trying to use the local gray forces to open distribution channels in the rich city of Jishui City.

It turned out that the gray forces in Jishui City were indeed cleared in that port battle, and even if they were lucky enough to survive for a short time, they didn't dare to make a big move, and the first step of her business plan was to declare bankruptcy directly.

So she used [Divination] to try to find out Blasca's whereabouts, and through the blurry picture of the divination, she judged that the other party was indeed alive, but... It seems to have been hijacked to a dark region...

And the state is not very good, the waist has been discounted...

It is hard to imagine that an archmage would fall into such a miserable situation, and how terrible his opponent must be.

However, in order to complete her mission, she traveled to the Dark Regions alone, and infiltrated the city of Gerthorn in disguise as a drow elf, looking for people to sell the drow potions to the drows.

As a result, before I could open the door, I was first approached by some 'peers' who made and sold energy potions...

And it turns out that the strength of level 17, especially that of a mage, is not very sight-seeing, nor friendly enough in the dark areas where wanderers and shadow dancers are everywhere, especially after her identity was exposed because of her spell casting, she quickly attracted the whole city of Gerthon City.

And then she, the 'smuggler' from the surface, was beaten up...

A moon elf has fallen into the hands of Drow, and the fate is naturally indescribable...

Especially what she did made the drows feel that their dignity was insulted...

It had always been their strategic goal to sell their energy potions in the surface city-states, but they were sold to their lair by the surface moon elves... How can this be endured!

Merlin Dela's life in Gerthorn lasted for at least eight years, until a Drow tried to use a shock spell to develop a new way of playing on her and triggered a protective spell on her, allowing the hapless Moon Elf to finally find her 'self' and find an opportunity to escape.

And when she used spells to find Blaska's location again, she was completely silent.

At that time, all the magic equipment on her body, including the batch of memory potion, was lost.

Both missions failed.

In order to redeem her fatal mistake and make up for the shortfall of this money, she had to do a business that made money quickly:

Pirate.

With the strength of her archmage and the survival wisdom that she has been 'taught' by the Drows, she has slowly made a name for herself in Sword Bay.

It's just that those precious eight years were wasted by her after all, and the failure of the two tasks also made her shameless to go back to Luskan to meet her teacher.

The Arcane Brotherhood has always adhered to the principle of survival of the fittest, and the level of competition within the organization is quite serious, even in her capacity as the president of Aklem, it is difficult to pardon the punishment.

As an ambitious elf, he never entrusts his fate to others.

She has been secretly accumulating her own strength, ready to wash away this shame with her merits when Luskan makes a big move in Sword Bay.

It's just that... Now Alyssa's ship of magical items... Seems like a good opportunity?

"Candle Castle?"

Eric also seems to be lost in thought because of her analysis.

He naturally understood what Merlindella meant, if they traded in Candlefort, then they could basically abandon the plan directly.

Because at that time, the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel were still on the ship.

The risks and gains are completely disproportionate.

"But what if it's not Candlekeep?" asked Erik.

If it weren't for Candlefort, then the other side would have to pass through the Strait of Isenville from the Huoyalong Peninsula after passing through Am, and the Nälancer Islands to the west are almost a natural ambush site, and it is also the place where piracy is most frequent.

Merlin Della raised her second finger:

"According to the information I received, even excluding the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel who are preparing to disembark at Candlekeep, Alyssa has hired a group of professionals from Hogg Blackclaw Security Company this time, but no one knows their specific identities, do you think that with this rabble, you can handle it?"

Eric frowned, "So what do you mean?"

Merlin Dela, decisively, said, "If I were the organizer of this operation, if their focus was on Amm or if they had traded in Candle Castle in advance, they would simply abandon the operation, and if they continued to march south... You might want to think about it. ”

"Can you represent the attitude of the Arcane Brotherhood?" said Eric, as if weighing something.

Eric's question was obviously unpleasant to Merlindela, but she replied anyway:

"We in the Arcane Brotherhood never ask about the past, only about profit, as long as the benefits and risks are equal. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it. Eric turned and walked away.

"Wait. ”

Eric turned his head in displeasure.

I saw Merlin Dela, who stretched out her scarlet tongue like a snake, and gently licked her interfering lips, and said with a smile:

"Since you've managed to fool those guys, it's better to let them try first, it's not bad, after all, there is no shortage of pirates in the Nrainthor Islands. ”

Even Eric, who was regarded as the 'Red Devil', couldn't help but feel a slight chill down his spine, and immediately showed an approving smile.

"Then as you wish. ”

......

The journey to the ocean is always easy for people to start to become boring and boring after the initial freshness.

Of course, that's for ordinary people, if they are strong enough and not afraid of death, they can always develop new ways to play.

"One more time! One more time! This time I'm going to grab a big one!"

Wet and wet, Alley waved her little hand at Levi.

It was supposed to be a tempting scene, but few of the people on the ship dared to look at the 'little devil'.

Under Xia Lanwei's teasing gaze, Levi smashed his mouth, and directly raised the fishing rod reinforced with magic enchantment, and the temporary special 'fishing line' with a cable went all the way up, and at the end of the 'fishing line', it was Alley's smooth little feet...

Then, in the midst of Alley's excited screams and everyone's frightened eyes, I saw that this 'daughter of the city lord' was used as bait by her heartless father, and she was thrown in the air several times in succession, and then sank into the sea with a 'poof'.

If it were on another boat, it would have been panicked and shouting for help.

But the painting style on this ship is a red-robed bald head shouting among the crowd:

"Hurry up, bet, 500 pounds below the pressure is small, more than 500 pounds of big fish is bigger!"

And some of the crew, after getting through the initial panic, gradually got used to the gameplay of this group of professionals, and they were happy to join in, even including their captain.

Only Felix, who has a deep understanding of Jianwan, still swallowed his saliva uncontrollably.

You must know that there are not only all kinds of sharks that can eat people in Sword Bay, but also some sea monsters with magical powers!

But when the plate full of metal currency was handed to him, he gritted his teeth and bought a small one.

After all, he had already produced three small ones in a row, and in his cognition, a big fish of more than 500 pounds, even if it was a professional, was not so easy to catch with his bare hands in the ocean.

Just as he had just put in his entire salary for the month and the few previous wins, he saw the 'fishing line' connected to Levi's rod move rapidly.

'Hooked!'

Felix and the crew couldn't help but hold their breath.

With a pop, Miss Alley was dragged out of the sea, giggling like a cheerful child.

But everyone was staring at her hands.

"No, no fish! Miss Alley didn't catch any fish this time!"

A small crew member had just cheered, and Felix, who noticed the strange appearance of the sea, couldn't help but turn white, and hurriedly raised his warning:

"Captain, fish, fish, fish, what a big fish!"

As soon as Levi opened his hands to catch Alley, who had jumped out of the sea like a mermaid, he saw a shadow on the sea rapidly expanding, and then everyone saw a behemoth that covered half of the blue sky rushing out of the sea level!

That's a...

Whale...

Everyone is stupid...

Seeing that this humpback whale, which was at least 100 feet long, was about to smash on the deck, I saw Levi's crown, who was a little confused, jumping up with his 'daughter' in his arms, and then kicking the whale in the face who was also confused.

The kick obviously landed on the whale without substance, but the humpback whale still seemed to have crashed into an invisible force field, let out a howl of pain, and smashed the whole whale back into the sea.

It's a new development by a group of bored Zeellandia arcanists based on the Bigby spell series———

【Bigby Whirlwind Legs】

There was a loud pop, countless waves mixed with bloody whale teeth like hailstones, and the crew was full of bags...

"Woo~~~~~"

The humpback whale, who seemed to have no low intelligence, glanced at the big ship angrily, and then dived to the surface and disappeared from everyone's eyes.

It is estimated that it is unlucky enough to see a food full of magic and fragrance, but it turns out to be a human trick.

If it weren't for its rough skin and thick flesh, it might have been planted here today.

With this farce that nearly wrecked the ship and ended with the blossoming of Alley's ass and the 'bankruptcy' of most of the gamblers, the people on board the Intrepid seemed much more honest.

Before they could recover from the previous 'frightening' incident, they heard the crew say:

"Captain, we're almost at Candlekeep!"

Levi couldn't help but look up, and saw that at the end of the sea level, a continuous island appeared.

And on top of the pirate's steep cliffs, there are strange buildings rising up to the ground.

It was the Candle Castle, which was rumored to have the largest collection of books in Corell.

Legend has it that Candlestick was originally the home of the Prophet Orlando, and after receiving some prophecies about the future of the whole of Correll, he began to study these prophecies in Candlekeep, and gradually grew it to his current size with his apprentices.

It is also the birthplace and ivory tower of the unique profession of Arcane Scholar at Candlekeep.

However, Levi had no plans to go to Candlestick this time.

Because entry to the Candle Castle is also conditional.

That is, everyone needs to turn in a 'one-of-a-kind' book that meets their needs and is not duplicated.

This is not an easy condition for ordinary people to achieve.

Because Candlecastle itself is the most complete library in the whole of Corell, if this condition is to be met, then the books themselves will either be lost and rediscovered in ancient times, such as the Arcane Codex that Brand gave Levi back then, or some priest or scholar will spend their lives studying on the right path.

It wasn't too hard for Levi to scrape together a few books that weren't so distressing, but the purpose of his trip wasn't Candlecastle.

As a giant dragon, after paying the price, if you can't get back to your roots, you still feel a little distressed.

In the future, if he had time, he wouldn't mind going to Candle Castle by himself, spending the price of a treasure book, and reading books in Candle Castle for a few years.

Well, it might be nice to be a temporary librarian.