Pirate?

Loren's head was still groggy when he had just woken up, and the moment he heard the word "robbery", he immediately thought of another group of people with blindfolds, wooden prosthetic legs, and iron hooks.

Well, there's also someone who wears eye shadow, wears a compass, and always adds the title "Captain" to his name.

Wait, no... Here is the River of Jewels, pirates... It should be at sea.

So they are...... River pirates?

Tsk, it's not easy to say.

The severe pain and weakness made Loren's vision blurred and unable to focus, and he could only watch dimly as the other party pointed a knife at him, and he looked trembling and trembling.

The same was true of the few sailors in short clothes and turbans around him, standing tremblingly behind the "Black Sparrow Captain", not even a single person dared to approach Loren.

Even this guts can actually come out to rob, how good is the security of the Jewel River?

The black-haired wizard who had just woken up from a coma, of course, couldn't understand how "terrifying" it was for this group of pirates to look at a dead man floating on the sea, who had just been salvaged but suddenly "resurrected......

For this group of "river pirates", they have seen a lot of dead people, and they have seen a lot of living people; This is really beyond their comprehension, and it is completely unacceptable.

Before they dared to come forward, the dizzy Loren desperately opened his eyes and looked at the group—shorts and shorts, turbans, barefoot except for the "Black Sparrow Captain", with short knives in sheaths around their waists, and a few with bandages on their hands.

Basically... It's just a standard jewel river sailor's dress.

Loren had heard of these people.

The golden waterway, which ran through half of the empire from Sackland to Eberden, carried the trade and goods throughout the north, and the importance of the Gem River to the empire was unimaginable.

Such a blessed place is naturally coveted - since a long time, the free aristocracy of Eboden has almost completely controlled the flow of trade in the River of Jewels, and the merchants of the imperial capital have stationed their chambers of commerce in every port, and the tax revenue of the imperial capital of Golovin depends almost entirely on the unimpeded flow of the river.

The most important point... Although it is a river in the north, due to many special reasons, this river does not freeze in winter and summer throughout the year, and the smooth river surface is always so undisturbed.

This means that merchant ships can depart at any time and dock wherever there is a port!

As its name suggests, the Jewel River flows not with clear water, but with untold wealth.

In this case, there will always be those who will take risks in order to make a fortune here—for a variety of reasons, the thieves of the Gem River will never be wiped out, and the wildfires will never be burned, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate.

For the Empire, exterminating these people requires mobilizing the legions, and killing them all they can get is not enough to cover the cost of a legion promotion, so as long as it does not affect taxes, it basically turns a blind eye.

Therefore, the thieves on the Gem River are also very shrewd, and never dare to attack the harbor or the transport ships under the royal flag, but only wander in the river, specializing in robbing those merchant ships that are not very armed.

Especially the Chamber of Commerce at Ebolden...... Many of the thieves on the Gem River have long been bought by certain forces, and they themselves are the thugs and private soldiers of some free nobles, and they are important weapons used to fight rival families, let alone exterminate them.

So, these people ......

At this moment, the "Captain Black Sparrow" had already stepped forward, holding the rusty short knife in his right hand, staring at Loren deadly: "You... What's your name?!"

With a thick accent, it doesn't sound like an Ebotden dialect, but rather more like an East Sakran dialect.

The black-haired wizard didn't answer him directly... At present, he has not fully recovered, and his injuries are very serious, and his only weapon, "Bright Silver", is still lost in the sewers, and it is estimated that it has been taken by the night watch.

Weary eyes were fixed on these sailors, either vigilant or fearful—their fears now were only for the sake of their resurrection from the dead, and this fear was only temporary.

These people are thieves, people who kill people and lick their blood, not good law-abiding citizens - they need a suitable identity until their bodies are fully recovered, and at the same time, they will not do anything to themselves for a while.

"Say, what's your name!" the captain grinned and put the short knife on Loren's chest, "If what you say doesn't satisfy us, then we'll ......"

"Isaac!"

Loren stole him, and a weak voice echoed in the cabin: "My name is Isaac, Isaac Yod. ”

"I'm Golovin... A wizard at the Royal Wizarding Academy. ”

Captain Black Sparrow and his lackeys looked at each other in disbelief.

"The wizard master of Golovin?" Captain Black Sparrow stared at him intently, "What the hell... How did you get to this point?"

This question is critical.

Although the wizarding class in the imperial capital has been suppressed by the church for many years, it still has a lot of power and a master Albert Tarot who is a cabinet minister, and there are also inextricable links with the Chamber of Commerce.

In the eyes of the common people, although the wizard is not equal to the nobility, he is also a big man who can have a relationship with the aristocracy, and most importantly...... Wizards are generally rich!

"I... Don't you know?" Loren looked at them in surprise, his eyes sincere and confused.

"What do we know?" said the captain and his dogs.

"Some time ago, there was a riot in the imperial capital... Those untouchables have all turned against them! Killing, smashing, smashing, and robbing everywhere, they are simply a bunch of bandits, hooligans, and scum! Half of Golovin is about to become a battlefield!"

As soon as he finished a few words, the black-haired wizard looked at them with a sudden reaction on his face, "Uh... Well, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking ......."

"Yes, yes!" the captain waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"I... It's not very lucky, it should be very bad!" Loren sighed, his expression was helpless:

"I... When I was at the academy, I had to help a few friends, but I offended some of them, who didn't dare to do it themselves, so they instigated a mob to hunt me down, so I had to find a way to sneak out of the city and take refuge at a relative's house in the south. ”

"As a result, just this morning, when I was about to leave the capital, they found out... Well, then you should be able to guess it, right?"

"Well, I understand. The captain and his doglegs nodded in agreement.

If it were an ordinary merchant ship, Loren's words would be over here—all that remained was to find a way for them to take them south, diverting from East Sackland to Byrne.

Even if they are worried about the risk, they can let them find a random port and leave it, and Loren has a way to leave... But alas, this is a group of thieves who are not so easy to dismiss.

So... I had to give them a bait and wait for the group to take the bait.

"Wait! You said you... Last name?"

The suspicious and vigilant Captain Black Sparrow suddenly raised his head, as if sensing something, and stared at the black-haired wizard with his only eye, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes:

"Could it be the one from the Yode Chamber of Commerce... The Yod family, right?"

That's right, that's it!

Loren cooperated with a somewhat shocked expression, which made Captain Black Sparrow laugh proudly: "So... Are you rich?"

"No, no!" the black-haired wizard shook his head in horror and replied in a trembling voice, "I'm just a side branch of the family, and I haven't been exposed to business—otherwise I wouldn't have run out to be a wizard!"

The statement was perfect, and the sailors nodded their heads.

But the black sparrow captain did not give up, approaching step by step, and the desire in his eyes became stronger and stronger: "But your family is rich... If I threaten your family, will they give you a ransom?"

"Yes, yes?"

"That's right!"

Captain Black Sparrow slapped Loren on the shoulder, and in ecstasy, he directly ignored the black-haired wizard behind him who was grinning in pain, and looked at his doglegs with open hands:

"Listen to me, everybody! From this day forward, this Mr. Isaac Yoder is a guest on our ship! No one is allowed to touch a single hair of his cold hair until the ransom of a million silver coins is paid!"

"Roar ——!!!!"

Excited cheers echoed in the cabin.