Chapter 59: Crisis!
(In other words, the success of Futu's smoking cessation is regarded as spreading positive energy?) The eighth day was not easy! Two more today. The recent plot will be more energetic. )——
Queues of people are starting to get busy.
Sauron stood on the deck of the dragon head warship and watched the others, and there was a chamber of commerce administrator who drove the slaves out and then had them carry their things off the ship. The slave trade is not so simple, it is not that you can sell it as a slave as long as you catch someone back, the capture of slaves is limited to the natives, if you dare to catch slaves indiscriminately on the mainland, it can be said that someone will draw a knife and cut you. Even the relatively evil lords and nobles would never allow slave traders to mess around, and they would be hanged at the intersection.
Among Sauron's slaves, about half of them were natives, and then about half of the continentals.
Slaves can appear because of many things, such as war, crime, bankruptcy, etc., and selling themselves into slavery is also common in this world, and it is not surprising that they become debt commodities after bankruptcy. Among them, the slaves of the mainland population are a little better, and the indigenous slaves are much more troublesome, and they have to be captured and carried out a process of taming. The price of a docile slave can be increased by more than 50%, while a disobedient slave is only suitable for throwing into the gladiatorial arena.
There are many ways to domesticate slaves, some of which even involve taboo areas, and the vast majority of them on the market are domesticated slaves.
The price of slaves on the mainland is higher, and the price of slaves for the aborigines is relatively cheap!
Sauron also did not have the financial resources to use all the slaves from the mainland, so the proportion of indigenous slaves among them was still very high. Based on Sauron's current experience, it is natural to see that many indigenous slaves are in the eyes of the people after they disembark, because this is the overseas archipelago that they are familiar with. This made Sauron feel a little headache, but there was no way to do it, after all, this was the place where they lived, and when they returned to the place where they were familiar with life, these indigenous slaves were prone to other ideas.
"Look at them!"
Sauron turned to look at Adele Isabella next to her. The red-haired pirate seemed to be thinking about something, and stood on the deck in a daze for a moment, and then came back to her senses, and saw Sauron facing her, "Watch out for these native slaves, you must not give them a chance to escape!" ”
Hearing this, Adele-Isabella quickly nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes." Excellency. ”
The other side.
There are already pirate leaders preparing to set up camp, and these pirates are not a bunch of incompetent or combat-savvy guys. It is much more difficult to make a living on the sea than on land, and many pirates are illiterate, but they have some knowledge. For example, the guy who has two fingers missing and a scar on his forehead. This guy couldn't even write his own name, but he knew astrology and was able to navigate the sea without losing his way.
Even if there are no astrological signs, he can make a rough judgment based on the temperature of the currents, the direction of the wind, and so on.
This guy is a very capable person!
Although his combat effectiveness is not high, he was also promoted by Sauron to become the new pirate leader.
Pirates respect those who are capable.
The first place in this ability is definitely combat effectiveness, but they also know how to respect other abilities, otherwise the status of the navigator would not be higher than that of many pirates.
A large group of men were preparing to set up camp.
Sauron had already brought a lot of supplies, enough for them to use for more than three months, including various tools. To this end, the resources of the Chamber of Commerce in Port Taylor have been mobilized. The others could have guessed Sauron's thoughts, but not so much, mainly because there were too many dangers in the overseas islands, and the land was not so suitable for farming. There are also all sorts of weird creatures, as well as very xenophobic indigenous people. If there are natives nearby and know that they are camped here, the chances of an attack by the natives are quite high!
Little by little, time passed.
Sauron watched with satisfaction as the camp was set up. The pirates were cutting down trees, and a rudimentary camp was now a third of the way through.
The first mate of the half-elves in front was directing the others to erect tents, and on the other side, the one-eyed dragon and the bald head were shouting for the slaves to carry supplies. It looks like it's going to rain today, so it's best to move everything into your tent. Weather changes are also a very troublesome thing, and it can't always be sunny and shining, storms are more common here, and many supplies will be finished as soon as they rain. The tools had been removed, and the others had done as Sauron had instructed them to erect a simple fence out of wood.
Originally, Sauron thought that his first day in the overseas enclosure would pass so peacefully.
But he still miscalculated!
- "Ah!! ”
A terrible scream suddenly came from a distance, and then Sauron's figure turned into an afterimage and rushed over. With Sauron's movements, the other pirate leaders also quickly drew their weapons and rushed over, and at the same time, they also ordered their men to prepare for battle, after all, this is the territory of the natives of the overseas archipelago, and it is normal for a battle to occur. However, as Sauron rushed over, it was immediately clear that this was not an attack by the natives, but another kind of trouble, which was also a headache.
"Pavilion...... Excellency!!! ………”
The pirate standing in front of Sauron had his teeth chattering, he held a thigh in his hand, but only half of it was bloody, and stammered, "Frog...... The frog was eaten! …… All that's left is ...... So much left behind! ……”
Frog?
It looks like a pirate minion's nickname, and pirates often have a bit of a mess of nicknames.
Sauron frowned and glanced at the thigh of a pirate minion nicknamed 'Frog' that he was holding in his hand, noticed some irregular tooth marks on it, and said with a stern expression: "What happened?" What did you just see? ”
"Me! …… I saw! …… See! ……”
The guy was probably frightened, and he was a little uncomfortable talking, and after a while he gradually calmed down and said, "I went with the frog to cut down the tree, and by the way I found dry firewood to make a fire, but we ...... We didn't expect ...... Just passing by there, a bloody mouth suddenly opened from a strange plant! …… And then the frog ...... The frog was swallowed! …… I want to pull him out! …… But that's all there is to it! ……”
The frightened and confused pirate raised the bloody half of his thigh in his hand, and then threw it away as if he was still a little confused.
At this time, other pirate men also rushed over.
Sauron turned to look at them and commanded, "Not natives!" Let the others go back and be on guard, Adele, you come with me to have a look. ”
It's easier to deal with not the indigenous.
Because encountering the natives at this time was most likely to be a big battle, Sauron didn't want to lose his men in a battle now.
"Your Excellency?!"
Adele stared at the half of her thigh on the ground with an ugly expression, and wondered, "What kind of monster is this?" Being able to swallow a person in one bite, only half of the thigh remains, doesn't seem to be an easy monster to deal with! ……”
Sauron glanced at her and said slowly, "I don't know either. ”
"But I can roughly guess what it is, it looks like we're in trouble, there's a mutation area near this island!"
"The plants inside have undergone energy mutations."
There are traces of felling in the jungle in front of him, and in order to set up a camp, it is naturally necessary to cut wood, although Sauron has the idea of burning bricks, but now the resources and manpower are not enough, cutting wood is the fastest way to establish a camp.
Adele Isabella followed, she looked at Sauron, and whispered, "Your Excellency! We still have to set fire to the mountain once, otherwise there will be too many poisonous insects and poisonous snakes here. Today, two or three people have been bitten by poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, although it is not fatal, but there is still a guy whose wound has deteriorated, so we will have to consume a lot of manpower to deal with poisonous insects! ”
Yes.
Poisonous insects and poisonous snakes are very troublesome problems.
If someone smokes a house that no one has lived in for a long time, or some wild holes, you will find that all kinds of insects crawling out of it can make your scalp tingle. Exploring the wilderness is not an easy task, let alone exploring overseas islands that are more dangerous than the wilderness.
It's getting closer and closer to the place where the incident happened!
Sauron suddenly reached out and stopped the red-haired female pirate next to him, and then said in a deep voice, "Be careful! Something is wrong with this jungle! ”
It's so quiet.
The jungle in front of me was so quiet that you couldn't even hear the sound of insects.
Adele Isabel stretched out her hands and grasped the double knives, then bowed slightly to look around, she also noticed that the environment in front of her was very wrong, as if the nearby plants and trees looked a little strange.
They are so brightly colored and they look so good! [The other trees in the vicinity have withered yellow leaves and branches, but the jungle in front of me grows lush and green. 】
There were drops of blood in the front.
Sauron stretched out his hand and picked up a little blood to look at it, and then he could see a strange trumpet-like plant, and it was from there that the blood stains came all the way, his face was not very good-looking, and he muttered, "Rip flower? ”
"Damn it!"
"This is really a mutation zone!"
………………
"Rip Flower [Mutant Plant] [Man-Eating Flower] (Fourth Order)."
"Challenge level 8, creature level 16, and have spell-like abilities."
"The highest attribute is 22 points, the lowest attribute is 10 points, and the total attribute value is 90-100 points."
"Special Specialties: Devouring Attacks, Vine Tentacles, Mutant Plants, Man-Eating Flowers."
"Difficulty: C+." (To be continued......)