Chapter 31: The Kerry in the Night
The fat man led a few people to the right side of the ship. The hull was a little higher than the dock, and a wooden ladder was lowered through the gap in the side panels and set up on the pier.
The fat man didn't know how to use it, and dragged the round body to climb up with difficulty. He stood on the deck and stretched out his hand and said in a rough voice, "Ladies first!"
Of course, his idea did not come true, and Vane was the first to climb up. He looked much better, and his face was bloody, but his movements were not so fluid.
The fat man snorted lightly and stood by and looked at Vane coldly. Vane ignored him and reached out to pull Elena up from the ladder.
Soon everyone was on deck, where the sea breeze was much stronger, and Vane squinted at the so-called "Kerry".
The cargo ship is indeed not small, and it is wider than the average ship, which looks very safe. With three tall masts in the bow, middle and stern, it is a large sailing ship that is common on the continent of La Frei. There are no lights on the deck, but you can see the deckhouse near the bow. The aft deck is higher than the main deck, and below it is access to the lower deck.
"What does this smell like?" said Felder sniffing.
"It's Casali's spice, and you're like an idiot who doesn't understand anything. The fat man said rudely from the side.
"You ......" Felder suppressed his fire, after all, on someone else's ship. The day of forbearance passed, and he meditated in his heart.
"How long does it take to get from here to the Duchy of Lukan?" Vane asked.
"Boy, you'll ask the captain this question later. I mean, when you've negotiated the price, you won't think the boat ride is free, will you?" said the fat man in a weird voice.
"Let's go, follow me to the captain. With that, he turned and walked towards the stern of the boat.
A thick mast stands in the middle of the aft deck, and between the aft deck and the main deck is a wall less than two meters high. The door to the lower deck was just over a meter high, and everyone followed the fat man into it one by one, while Simpson barely managed to enter with almost half of his body bent.
After passing through two flights of stairs, everyone came to the lower deck, where the environment was quite tidy, but the smell of spices was stronger, which made people a little breathless. The narrow aisle was flanked by numerous cabins, one with the door open, and a few sailors drank in the small space, shouting loudly in a dialect with a strange accent.
In more cabins, the doors were closed, and a strong smell of spices emanated from them. The ship is supposed to be a passenger ship, and it looks like the cabins have been temporarily converted into cargo holds. Vane thought to himself that the group had reached the innermost part of the hallway.
The fat man pushed open the door facing him and walked in, followed by Vane and the others. The room is not big, with a small bed and a pair of tables and chairs.
"Captain, these people are going with us to the Duchy of Lucan, you see......" The fat man said in a rough voice.
"Ahh
The owner of the voice jumped out of his chair, walked up to the crowd, and said, "Let's make a good deal for both parties!"
The person who spoke was a green-skinned goblin, just dressed a little weirdly. Not only did he wear two golden earrings on his ears, but he also wore a ring on his nostrils, which moved when he spoke. Several people's attention was not at all on his words, and they were all attracted by his moving nose ring......
"Okay, I'm done, what do you think?"
"What?"
“......”
From the words of the goblin captain, everyone knows that since the great storm in the sea west of Casali, that is, in the Sea of Storms, almost no one has chosen to sail to the Duchy of Lucan. Their private passenger ships have no business, so they can only be temporarily converted into cargo ships, otherwise all the crew will go hungry.
Casali is not far from the Duchy of Lukan, but the passenger ship uses an old-fashioned magic energy propulsion system, and the windless speed is only ten knots, and it theoretically takes more than ten hours to reach the Duchy of Lucan.
In the end, after some bargaining, the price of the ten gold coins offered by the goblins was forced to drop to one gold coin each.
"Okay, deal. First mate, you take them to the cabin to rest. The goblin spoke calmly, and ordered the crowd to be evicted.
The fat first mate vacated a few cabins on the lower deck for everyone to rest, but the cabins were not connected because of the cargo. At this time, several people were huddled in Vane's cabin talking.
There was very little space in the cabin, Elena and Ise were sitting on the bed, and the rest of the people were standing next to them, and Simpson even raised his head and hit the plank above the cabin.
"We've pushed the price down to one gold coin, so the goblins won't go back, will they?" said Elena.
"No, goblins have always been very trustworthy. Ise said with wide eyes, but then a look of worry appeared in her eyes. "But I feel like that first mate is a little ......"
"If he's not honest, my sword won't say I'm sorry. Felder yawned.
......
It was late, everyone was leaving, and everything around was quiet. There was no wind, no waves, only faint snoring. In the cramped cabin, a dim ray of moonlight peeked through the porthole, and Vane lay on the somewhat damp bed with a lot of thoughts.
It's been more than half a month since I left home, and my uncle still hasn't heard from me. And Casali's time in this time made his heart more and more uneasy, as if all bad things could be related to the mysterious shadow wizard society. And those black cloaks seeped into every corner of Casali like sewage, and it seemed that even Casali's most important security agency, the Royal Guard, was not spared.
Thinking of this, Vane sighed lightly and decided to get a good night's sleep first, and then go to the Wizards' Guild tomorrow to inquire about how to get to Floating City. As for what the Duchy of Lukan was like, and whether he could go to Floating City, he had no bottom in his heart.
Vane closed his eyes and felt the cabin shake slightly and rhythmically, and his mood calmed down, just like the waters of Port Casali.
......
In the night, the "Kerry" rested quietly on the dock as if it were asleep, only the porthole near the bow was still lit, like a malicious eye.
"What do you mean, Captain?" the fat first mate stood at the table in the captain's lounge, the flesh on his face shaking like waves. He looked up at the rudder-shaped clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand approaching three o'clock.
"First mate, don't you hear the sound of the coins colliding? "The goblin captain with the nose ring has long since lost the shrewd merchant he once was, and his eyes gleam with greed.
The fat first mate grinned happily when he heard this, and his eyes sank into the flesh. He swallowed and said rudely, "Then what are you waiting for? Of course, those two chicks have to be tied up and enjoyed slowly, hehe......"
The fat first mate touched his bare head and let out a disgusting laugh.
"Fool, before you threw them into the sea, the sentry in the harbor threw you in first!" the goblin captain was so angry that his nose ring stood up. I really don't know how to find such an idiot to be the first mate, thirty years of sailing experience must be a lie, and the next time I go to the tavern, I must pick a normal brain.
"Dear Captain, what should we do then?" the fat first mate was not annoyed, and licked his thick lips with his tongue.
"Let's ...... this" Captain Goblin snapped his fingers, and the fat first mate's head leaned in. The two obscene figures, one big and one small, discussed in a low voice.
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