Chapter 736: Treasure Bay
Murong Feng, who had transformed into an insect, flapped his wings and flew slowly forward between the canopies, and below was the group of velociraptors scattered in all directions. The noses of these beasts www.biquge.info extremely sensitive, even if they didn't find any trace of Murong Feng, they still followed the smell and wandered around.
Murong Feng simply stretched out his wings and turned into a big eagle, spread his wings and flew into the sky.
As far as the eye can see, the vast undulating forest sea is a primitive and wild scenery......
Dadada! Bang bang bang! Boom!
Suddenly, a messy gunfire mixed with an explosion and roar instantly broke the tranquility of this primeval forest, making Murong Feng, who was sighing at the primeval scenery, almost fall from the sky.
Murong Feng immediately spread his wings and slid sideways and flew towards the direction where the gunshot came from, and when he got closer, he could see a puff of black smoke rising into the sky.
At this time, the dense gunfire gradually subsided, and there was a noisy shouting and cheering.
Murong Feng flapped his wings and rose to a higher level, then swept over the battlefield and looked down to see a group of players fighting with a group of trolls.
There were forty or fifty players in the player team, and there were only a dozen trolls, so they were suppressed by the player's firepower, and finally left a few corpses and fled in a hurry.
The players quickly dispersed to clean up the battlefield and then evacuated immediately. Soon, all sorts of predators were around for the troll corpses.
Murong Feng always maintained a high-altitude flying state, quietly watching these players walk through the forest.
Soon the team of players turned onto a big road, and then put away their nervous alertness, and laughter came from time to time. It's just that it was too far away, and Murong Feng didn't hear what these people were talking about, but he must have been happy for today's harvest.
Murong Feng hovered in the sky for a while, and was about to fly down to inquire about the location of this place, when suddenly another group of hundreds of players popped up on the side of the road.
The two sides were in a tense confrontation for a while, and even if Murong Feng was blind, he could guess that this was a robbery.
"Where there are really people, there are rivers and lakes!" Murong Feng sighed, and had no intention of going down to fight for righteousness. Instead, he was quietly suspended in the air and watched the development of the situation.
Soon, the small number of people chose to swallow their anger, gritted their teeth and handed in a toll to pass.
Murong Feng continued to follow the group of players along the main road until they came to a steep mountain cliff.
There is a cave at the bottom of the cliff, and the entrance of the cave is guarded by a team of goblin NPCs, and each of these players turns in a silver coin to pass.
Murong Feng blinked his eyes and immediately distinguished the origin of this team of goblin NPCs.
γTreasure Cove Guardγ
Elite humanoids
Health: 60000/60000
Level: 60
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"I actually ran to Treasure Bay??? Murong Feng looked surprised, you must know that the first landing place she chose when she first set off to the Eastern Continent was this Treasure Bay.
Murong Feng immediately spread his wings and fell into a forest, turning back into a human form, and then took out the map of the Eastern Continent and took a look.
This treasure bay is arguably located at the southernmost tip of the Eastern Continent, ruled by goblins and gnomes, and is also the largest black market on the continent. And there are even more pirates operating in the surrounding waters, especially the recent war in the north has become more and more unfavorable, so many noble merchants have fled here with their families, wanting to escape to the legendary elven continent by boat. This bay town was prosperous for a while, like a Tongyi metropolis.
Murong Feng put away the map, thinking that he had already arrived here, so he simply went in and took a look, maybe he could harvest some unexpected good things in this black market known as the number one in the mainland.
Murong Feng turned into Artoria, then casually took out a black cloak and draped it on his body and walked towards the entrance of the Treasure Bay.
The goblin guards were calm about the appearance of Murong Feng in a black cloak, because basically nine out of ten people who could come here were disgraceful guys.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, Murong Feng casually threw out a silver coin and threw it over, and was about to step in, but he didn't expect to be blocked by the captain of the goblin guard holding a dwarven musket with a wicked smile.
Murong Feng frowned, and saw the captain of the goblin guard laugh strangely, and then pointed to the bulletin board on the side.
Murong Feng glanced back, only to see that the bulletin board was plastered with yellowed wanted notices, and there was a wooden sign with blurred handwriting hanging below with two lines of crooked big characters: Those who enter the city with a mask will pay a gold coin!
Murong Feng couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, sighed that this was really a goblin, and then snorted coldly in a very gloomy tone: "Get out, or die." β
The goblin guards next to him all felt a chill that penetrated deep into their bone marrow, and they all shivered.
The goblin guard captain's pockmarked green face immediately turned white, knowing that this was a powerful function, maybe it was still a terrifying spellcaster, so frightened that he quickly retreated to the side tremblingly, and then invited Murong Feng to enter the city with a flattering smile.
Murong Feng pouted speechlessly, and calmly walked into this half-natural and half-artificially dug cave. The cave is very wide, but not deep, only a few tens of meters, and it is basically transparent at both ends.
As soon as Murong Feng stepped on the damp wooden plank, he walked out of the cave and immediately felt a noise rushing over his face, and the air was filled with the familiar smell of inferior alcohol mixed with choking tobacco.
Murong Feng rubbed his nose to make himself finally get used to it, and then looked into the distance and saw only a half-moon-shaped bustling town built along the bay of the mountain pass. Below the town is the undulating harbor, which is now filled with all kinds of boats. Busy sailors lined up like ants to carry boxes of cargo onto the ship.
However, there is also a scene that makes Murong Feng speechless, that is, fighting life and death outside, but here you can see trolls, humans, dwarves, goblins and dwarfs living in harmony, and many guys are even drunk together. At the same time, Murong Feng also saw the figure of many players.
Murong Feng walked down the wooden steps, and then walked down the crowded stream of people into a seaside tavern that looked the cleanest, and the aroma of wine and meat in the tavern was appetizing. The cheerful tavern tunes and the overcrowded noise make it a buzzing place.
Murong Feng casually found a small table for a single person in the corner and sat down, and then ordered a few very expensive seafood and wine in the bartender's courteous hospitality.
Soon the food was served on the table, and Murong Feng eavesdropped on the conversation at the next table while tasting the food. The NPCs are mostly talking about the war in the north, and the players are talking about how to get north.
Murong Feng also learned another thing, that is, players can only choose two ways to go north from Treasure Bay, one is to take the sea route to the Stormwind Kingdom, but this has to pay a lot of tolls to the pirates along the way. The other route is by land across the entire Thorn Vale forest, but this forest is inhabited not only by the ferocious beasts, but also by the more fearsome ogres and trolls. There was even a group of players who had traveled furthest north to be ambushed by the trolls and captured a few of them, only to be caught by the trolls and thrown into a huge arena built deep in the jungle to engage in a life-and-death struggle with a group of beasts.
Although it sounded exciting, the end was very sad, and those unlucky guys all hung up before they made it through the first round. However, fortunately, there is an ancient resurrection altar near the Treasure Bay, so players will not be sent back to the Elven Continent due to accidental death.
Murong Feng memorized the conversations between these players one by one, and then took out the map and marked them one by one.
At this moment, there was a sudden chaotic shouting from outside the tavern, and then the people in the tavern immediately swarmed out.
Murong Feng raised his eyebrows, shook his cuffs, and slid out a few spider-shaped miniature scouts, quickly climbed onto the roof, condescendingly overlooking the source of the chaos - a group of wounded soldiers who had been carried back.
"Well, what is this batch?"
"It seems to be the fifth batch of clean-up teams, but I didn't expect that when I went out, only these few people came back alive."
"Those monsters are terrifying! I'm afraid it will be difficult for the lord of the castle to open up the passage to the north. β
Murong Feng raised the corners of his eyebrows, and controlled the scout to crawl to the other group of players who were whispering, only to hear these people shake their heads and sigh.
"I didn't expect that none of the more than 100 members of the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group came back alive."
"Yes, I originally wanted to join in the fun and make some extra money, but I didn't expect that even the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group would be wiped out."
"Anyway, where did those monsters come from? Still blocking the northbound shipping lane? β
"Who knows, I won't pay attention to this mission anyway. Although the mission reward is very good, it also depends on whether you have a life to get it! β
"Okay, don't look at it, go back and continue drinking. Later, when the wolf warriors are resurrected, we may be able to inquire about what happened? β
Murong Feng recalled the miniature scout, and his heart was full of suspicions, because from the conversation of these people, it seemed that the northbound channel was blocked by some monster, but he had heard from them that there were many pirates who went north by sea. Could it be that these pirates are already strong enough to tame some powerful sea monsters?
"Bartender." Murong Feng raised his hand, and the bartender immediately walked over with a smile on his face and bowed down, "Does this guest still want to order some wine and food?" β
Murong Feng took out a gold coin and put it on the table, and said lightly, "I asked you about something." β
The bartender's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled even brighter: "Guest, please ask." β
"What's going on with that commotion outside?" Murong Feng asked knowingly.
The bartender's face was stunned, and then he replied with a smile: "Oh, that's the mercenary team that went to clear the sea giants has returned, but the ending doesn't seem to be ideal." β
"Sea giants?" Murong Feng was stunned in his heart, and asked again, "Is it because these monsters are blocking the northbound shipping lane?" Wouldn't that cut off the pirates who begged for a living on this waterway? β
The bartender's face was even more surprised, and he quickly explained with a smile: "Guest, do you know, there are actually two routes to the north, one goes west along the coastline of the Misty Sea to the north, and the other goes east along the coastline of the Endless Sea to the north. The sea giants that suddenly appeared happened to be blocking the shipping lane to the east. The city lord has already recruited five batches of mercenaries to clear out those sea giants, but unfortunately the ending is not ideal. β
"Oh, I see." Murong Feng suddenly forgot that this treasure bay was located in the southernmost corner of the continent, and it was indeed possible to go north from the east and west coasts of the continent.
Murong Feng glanced out of the window at this time, pointed out the window and asked, "Why don't you use those airships to take the air lane?" β
The bartender twitched the corners of his mouth, making sure that the mysterious man in front of him was probably running from some backcountry, and kept asking these speechless questions.
However, looking at the face of the gold coin, the bartender patiently replied, "Guest, there is a troll city at the northernmost point of the Valley of Thorns. Those savage natives have a group of giant bat riders, and our airships are too slow to escape the pursuit of those trolls. So the airway was abandoned. β
A new question popped up in Murong Feng's heart, and he said strangely: "Since you can't fly over from the mainland, why don't you fly away from the coastline?" Wouldn't it be possible to avoid the pirates and trolls along the way? β
The bartender was a little dumbfounded when asked, because he had never thought of it, and it seemed to be very feasible at first glance.
"Young man, although your method is very good, have you thought about the cost problem?" At this time, an NPC uncle sitting at the next table interjected with a smile.
Murong Feng turned around and saw a tall and thin man, with black hair, black eye circles, a braided mustache, and a shabby triangular hat on his head. Murong Feng asked, "How do you say this?" β
The NPC uncle grinned with yellow teeth and shook the wine glass that had bottomed out, and Murong Feng immediately instructed the bartender: "Give him the best wine." β
"Okay, you later." The bartender received the reward and fled quickly. For fear that Murong Feng would hold him and ask him again.
Soon the bartender brought a glass of wine to the uncle, and when he saw him take a sip of the cow, he smiled and said, "Good wine." β
Murong Feng said: "Uncle, you also drank this wine, can you answer my question?" β
The uncle smiled and said, "Young man, don't look at those airships outside, it seems to be easy to cross the sea, but every take-off is piled up with gold coins." Let me tell you, these airships can earn tens of thousands of gold coins for a round trip across the sea, but nearly 30% of them are spent on maintenance work, not counting the salaries of the sailors on board. Do you want to use the goblin's door-slamming personality to make such a loss-making deal? So, even if the air route to the north was not blocked by trolls, the lord would not agree to open up an air lane, because there would not be enough profit to support it. So those trolls are really just an excuse. Now you get the idea, right? β
"Got it." Murong Feng nodded and thanked: "Thank you Uncle for your advice, I don't know what Your Excellency will say?" β
Murong Feng stared at the strange name of the other party's 'down-and-out drunkard', and was sure in his heart that this uncle was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
The uncle sighed silently, shook his head and said: "I'm just a drunkard who eats and waits for death, young man, if you have a dream of sailing, I suggest you go to the Duchy of Theramore, this place is not suitable for young people like you." β
Obviously, this is an uncle with a story, but Murong Feng can't trigger the task on him yet, so he can't let him reveal his identity to himself.
However, this aroused Murong Feng's curiosity even more.
"Uncle, in fact, my goal is to conquer the sea of stars!" (To be continued.) )