Act 155: The Mystery of the Emerald (Part II)

The island of Tawed is like a fortress hanging over the dark sea, and there is a mountain peak on the island, and only the southern foot of the peak can be seen from the Wagtail Strait, and the vegetation is abundant. The moonlight shone on the narrow waterway between the island of Tavid and the west coast, like a pool of silver leaf floating above the shimmering waves.

On the western headland of the island, which extends into the sea, blocking the view from behind, there is a lighthouse on the long headland, but the pillar of light on the lighthouse does not illuminate the nearby waters, and stands in darkness above the sea level, like a night watchman standing in the night.

A few nautical miles south of the island, three sailing ships, one in front and one in the back, hung full sails and their sterns stretched out a long trail on the surface of the sea, slowly sailing in the silent night towards the waterway between the island of Tyved and the west coast of the Wagtail Strait.

The sailboat was moving at a speed of six knots, and soon it had crossed the promontory, and Brando stood in the bow of the ship, and saw the lighthouse, which was similar to the one he had seen in the Eternal Sea, and the Sublime Inland Sea, slowly being thrown behind him, and when the view of the waterway was fully unfolded before everyone, he saw the harbor in the bay opposite to the north of the island of Tyvid.

"That's Gusel." Instaron also looked in that direction and said: "This is the territory of a few necromancers, among all the dark nobles who deal with humans the most, it is this group of guys, they need materials, they need bones, they need spellcasting materials, in short, it is very troublesome, this port was established by smugglers, at first it was just an anchorage, and then gradually expanded into the rudiments of the town, and most of the inhabitants of the port are actually humans." ”

"Humans? What about the undead? The one who spoke was the boy lying on the side of the boat, it was Nasin's adopted son, the young man named Sebas. Although he was devastated when he learned of Delphien's 'relationship' with Brando (Delphien lied about being Brando's fiancée), he was shocked by the fact that the young man's mind was as light as a cloud, and now it seemed that he had returned to normal.

Phoenix Flame promised the Rosalin family the status of the Nine Phoenix's Domesticated Empire - in fact, a fief outside the borders of the Nine Phoenix. However, Lord Rosalin naturally could not leave behind his inheritance, and the migration of the territory would take a long time to prepare. So the boy got on the boat with Nashin.

"The undead rarely establish settlements in fixed places, except for some cities in the Inland Sea of the Dead Moon, undead wizards are more accustomed to living in wizard towers, although they also mine minerals and build workshops, but the undead do not need to live in private space. So their stronghold is usually just a castle, a manor or even a cemetery. Blank, who was standing next to Brando, opened his mouth to explain to him.

"It's an inferior undead." Instaron added.

The direction of the port of Gussel was pitch black, and only the trestle bridge that jutted into the sea in the moonlight could only be vaguely seen, and everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts when they saw this scene—although this era was not as brilliant as the later generations, a human port would never be seen at all, unless something happened in the port.

However, Brando, Delphien, Instalon, and Tagus did not speak rashly, and all waited to get closer to see the situation, and no one spoke on the deck for a while, only the sound of the wind was blowing, and it seemed unusually quiet.

In this silent silence. The sailing ship sailed into the channel of Tävid, and plunged straight into the course in the direction of the port, and there was not a single ship or sampan in sight on the nearby sea, except for the right side of the ship, a few chains away, and the rocks on the beachhead of the island of Tävid, glowed as white in the moonlight, as if covered with bones.

Seeing this scene, the young man also obediently closed his mouth.

The ship soon approached the harbor, but it was at this time that the weather was not beautiful. I don't know where thick clouds drifted from there obscured the moonlight, making the visibility on the waterway suddenly low. The surroundings were shrouded in mist, and the light was much dimmed.

Among the people, only Tagus and Instaron were unaffected, and Brando's dark perception could also see far away in weak light, but after all, it was not as good as the undead, and the dark vision of the undead acted in a very different way than humans.

All three of them were staring in the direction of the harbor, which was densely packed with rows of sailboats. The two-masted ones, with only a few large ships, were lined up like a forest, but there was not a single wind lantern on them, not even the faint candle flame could be seen. The ships were empty and there was no sign of human activity in sight.

Brando's gaze swept over the cargo piled up on the other side of the pier, the presence of these goods and these ships showed that the function of the port itself had not been affected, so why could not a single ship be seen on the sea surface of this area during the whole day?

"There's someone in the harbor." Tagus spoke silently suddenly.

"What?"

"There are people in the harbor, there are people on those ships, and we can smell the presence of life." Instaron also squinted his eyes and looked at the port of Gussel with some solemnity.

"You're talking about the ships moored in the harbor. Are they the same as normal? Brando pointed to the forest of masts and asked, if the harbor is fine, but those ships look like ghost ships, the boats are black holes, and there are no wind lanterns on the stern and masts, if one or two are understandable, but every one is like this, it would be too strange.

"I didn't say they were normal, Mr. Count, but there were people on board, for sure, unless someone deliberately misled me and Tagus with a spell." Instarong replied.

"How many are there?"

"Ten at least, twenty or thirty at most, in the lower cabins, if you are talking about the ships," Instarong continued, "the people in the harbor are evenly distributed, and inside those buildings it doesn't look like an ambush. ”

"So everything is fine with Gussel right now?" Brando stared at Port Gusel and frowned deeply: "Do you think this statement is normal?" ”

Instaron shrugged, "Seriously, I think it's weird. ”

"So Huanghuo and Mr. Liu, have you ever been to the port of the undead?"

Mr. Liu shook his head: "This port is a bit weird, even if it's a curfew, it won't come to this point." ”

"Shall we go ashore and see?" Huang Huo asked, turning his head.

Brando looked at Instalon, he was unfamiliar with this sea, and as the head snake of Madara, it was obvious that this decision was best judged by these two dark nobles.

"Let's take a closer look."

Tagus pondered for a moment and replied.

Miss Adene opened the hatch, poked her head out to look at Brando and the others on the deck, frowned, and sat back down the stairs that led to the cabin below.

She looked at her friends and asked in a low voice, "Have you an idea, Naquil, what are we going to do now?" ”

The knightly gentlemen from Lubik were surrounding their lieutenant leader, whispering something to each other, while the elven ranger was a little farther away, his hands folded, leaning against the bulkhead of the narrow aisle, his longbow pressed on his back.

Listening to the other party's words, he looked up at Adney and shook his head slightly: "The only way now is to talk to that person for a while, I think there should be some reason why something like that happened to the all-knowing eye of Lord Ra God at that time." ”

"We all understand what you say, Mr. Naquil, but the question is, in what capacity are we staying on this ship now?" A knight asked in a whisper.

"Naturally," replied Naquil, "that man is the messenger of the god Ra, and we can follow him, and this is also in accordance with the will of the god Ra." ”

How else can it be explained?

The knights were stunned.

"What if he wasn't?" Adney was a little reluctant, although she was only a deputy leader, but after leaving Lubik, the team had been under her orders, and no one wanted to give this power to a stranger.

Or for such a strange reason.

"Just look at it, our feet grow on us, don't we, there is nothing in the desert that can restrain the freedom of wind and sand."

"Well, it's not like I don't support it," Adeney sighed, "I mean, let's put it another way?" ”

"In other words?" The knights were stunned again, thinking to themselves what else could be said: "Captain, do you have any opinions?" ”

"Don't you think that you can let the Messenger hire us," Adeni's eyes sparkled in the darkness, "It's the difference between being paid or not, our Messenger looks rich." ”

"Martha is on top, I know ......"

"The reputation of our Knights is all over."

"We're sorry Lord Hussey."

The knights suddenly cried wolf.

A wail from there even reached Brando's ears, and he frowned and glanced over there.

Those people were also the ones who were rescued from the ghost car ship at that time, and when he didn't wake up, Tagus and Instaron both thought they were Blank's men, and Blank thought they were his people, so they made an oolong and let the other party get on the boat. However, they couldn't drive people off the ship at sea, so they stayed on the ship, and they were expected to get these people off the ship when they went to Qingyu Jiqiu, but they didn't expect this to happen again.

And Brando always felt that those people were familiar, as if they had seen them somewhere.

He quickly gathered his emotions and looked again in the direction of the bow of the ship—by this time the ship had sailed into the bay of Gusel, and there was no guide boat or anything else, and the harbor was quiet, and from here it was no more than half a mile in the direction of the inlet, and the outline of the whole harbor was clearly visible, but there was still no movement.

It was as if the three of their boats had entered the inlet without causing any reaction.

…… (To be continued......)