In the distance, a small shadow of a boat appeared on the surface of the lake, and as it approached the harbor, it grew bigger and bigger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the letter he left behind, Mare said that he had given Loria a small sailboat...... This sailboat is really 'small'.

When the tall galleon, nearly twenty meters long, anchored near the harbor, two gnomes jumped out of the boat, and they rowed to the shore in a dinghy, and the first sight of Loria was there.

"The pink-haired master is her."

"yes, I've never seen a pink-haired master, it must be her."

As the two gnomes approached Loria, she was reminiscing about the word 'superior' - how many years had it been since she left Nomorigen that no one had called herself?

Gnomes, of course, do not call themselves gnomes, they call themselves the same as humans, they also use the word 'human', but they call humans superior people.

"Little girl, can you tell me your name?"

The older gnome asked questions.

"Loria? Hillsbrad. ”

Loria replied by her name on the town council roster, using her mother's last name.

The younger dwarf asked, "Do you know who the man who bought the boat is?" ”

"Marley, the blue-haired High Elf."

"That's you!"

"Thank you for visiting the Abbis Brothers shipyard, this is the sailboat you ordered, please sign your name here."

The noisy gnome brother handed Loria a bill of lading, and when she signed her name, the two gnomes jumped up and down to show her to see the ship.

Approaching the sailboat in a dinghy, Loria climbed up the ladder to Class A, where she saw a large group of gnomes busy on board, two of them doing the final adjustments, and one of them loading a cannonball into a box on Class A...... That's right, it's a cannonball.

She didn't know how to complain about what she was seeing, she had thought that the so-called small sailboat was just a simple boat with a single sail, a few meters long, used for near-shore activities, barely enough to fit two or three people.

"It's a modified small-cabin sailing boat with a mainmast made of hard oak." The eldest of the Abbis brothers struggled to raise the sail completely, "The big quadrangular sail, of course it's the big quadrangular sail, as for the material I can't tell you, it's a trade secret, what I can tell you is that it can withstand the breath of a dragon." ”

"Don't brag, it's just an ordinary canvas ......," his brother whispered, but Loria was still in shock, and the deck was too noisy to hear him tear it down.

"Are you sure you didn't deliver the wrong item?" Loria looked at the tall mainmast, and then at the slightly shorter but still several meters tall aftermast, "Are you really sure you're not confusing me with an order from a certain navy?" ”

"There are a lot of ships in the Navy than this, who would buy such a ship with a hot head...... It's too small at sea, it's too big on the lake......" Brother Abbijis, still demolishing the stage, was stomped hard by his older brother and let out a cry of pain.

"Of course, this is your ship." Brother Abigis pushed his brother away and continued to introduce Loria, "The hull weighs two hundred and twenty tons, and it is specially equipped with a detachable foremast for both lake and sea use...... Come with me and I'll show you the cabin. ”

"Wait! What a dual-use method of lake and sea! How did you let me sail it into the sea! ”

Loria asked aloud as Brother Abegis lifted the door to the cabin below.

"All you have to do is widen the Avaris River to enter the Endless Sea."

It's really a logical solution for dwarfs.

Loria had the urge to throw the gnome into the sea, but the other party had already gone down to the cabin, and she followed, and the dwarf continued, "The cabin has three bedrooms, an arsenal, a storage room, a galley, a lavatory and a small laboratory, and I heard from the blue-haired man who bought the ship, you're an engineer, right?" The lab is a makeshift modification for you. ”

"Of course, I'm the Orthodox Grand Engineer Nomerrigan."

Loria explained her title, and Brother Abegis pouted noncommittally, as if he didn't believe Lolia's words at all, "That's really disrespectful, Your Excellency the Great Engineer...... You see, there are six small cannons on each side of the left side, and twenty boxes of shells are included with the ship for free, and if you plan to capture the harbor of Lordaeron or engage in a naval battle, I can offer you the right type of cannonball at a 20% discount. ”

"Can I ask a question?"

Loria finally interrupted the chattering gnomes, "How many people will have to run this ship?" ”

"Wait until I do the math, um......"

Brother Abegis paused and counted on his fingers, "Captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, gunner, helmsman, navigator and observer, boatswain, shipwright, ship doctor, chef, chief engineer and mechanic, at least twenty-six people, Miss Hillsbrad." ”

"Why do sailing ships need chief engineers and mechanics?"

She wanted to say that she would never be able to drive the ship again, but when it came to her lips, she complained about it somewhere else.

"Did you notice the oars on the outside of the ship? Tsk, observation is really not sharp. Brother Abigis complained after Loria, he didn't know that Loria had been dazzled by the huge hull early in the morning, and didn't pay attention to the details, "This sailboat is equipped with steam-assisted power, and it can maintain a speed of eight knots even when sailing against the wind. ”

"I can start a steam engine myself." Loria held her forehead, "Excluding the chief engineer and mechanic, the ship's doctor is not needed, the cook, navigator and observer are all concurrently served by the shipwright, and the work of the second and third officers is all entrusted to the first officer, how many people are needed to operate this ship?" ”

Loria herself didn't notice that she had compressed everything she could, but she didn't mention the gunner.

"Fifteen, Miss Hillsbrad, can't be less."

Brother Abegis quickly gave the number, "This is still the case where the first mate is going to be tired into a dead dog...... By the way, if you compress the crew like this, you will be very passive when engaging in broadside battles. ”

Loria roared, "There won't be a broadside battle!" Do you offer crew recruitment services? ”

Hearing her words, the Abbis brothers looked at each other and smiled, and the elder brother quickly replied: "Of course, Miss Hillsbrad, the Abbis brothers shipyard has the best quality after-sales service, and we can intermediate all the technical staff for you...... All you have to do is sign a few names. ”

As he spoke, the two gnomes didn't know where to pull out a large stack of contracts, "My esteemed young lady, I recommend Captain Sinbad for you, he is a reliable man with experience in sailing the seven seas. ”

With a satisfied smile on the prospect of a large brokerage fee, the Abbis brothers signed a full fourteen contracts with Loria.

In addition to the poor handyman who shoulders countless odd jobs that have not yet been recruited, Miss Loria's crew will arrive on the island of Mysteries in a matter of days.

……

Mare had left Loria enough gold to squander, and her natural penchant for wandering around could no longer bear to spend all day on the island, especially when the end of an era beckoned her to witness it for herself. (To be continued.) )