Chapter 191: Fly Higher
Natrasta was a small island in the first half of the Great Voyage, where the produce was neither abundant nor barren, barely self-sufficient, and most of the inhabitants were neither rich nor poor, and the optimists could live happily, and if they were not too lazy, they would not starve to death.
To put it simply, this is a fairly ordinary island, not unlike the most numerous islands on the Great Voyage...... Except for one thing – the clouds here are layered.
So it's a famous sightseeing spot.
Topographically, the west side of the island is high ground, the one facing the sea is almost 90 degrees vertical, and the other side is a slope that climbs up at a 15-degree angle.
After the slope extends to the top, the terrain folds back and re-levels to form the shape of a platform.
At the top of the island, a small river has developed and extended into the sea, and the inhabitants of the island have modified the course of the river so that boats can sail from the mouth of the river to the top of the sea.
As for why we should go to the trouble of doing this kind of renovation work, the reason is simple......
"How much?" Qiubai, who never cared about money, asked Monet.
"One hundred thousand Baileys."
"Hey, why is it good that the first ship in front costs 50,000 Baileys, in terms of load, it's about the same as our ship, right?" Money is a small problem, but it's not a good thing to be sold.
"It's based on deck size." Monet said.
"Uh......" Qiubai was speechless.
There's nothing wrong with it, this kind of charging method sounds familiar.
If you want to enter the river, you need to pay a fee, and it's not cheap - pirates also need to be reasonable, and they can't rely on violence to solve problems all the time, at this time they also need to pay honestly, which can be regarded as saving character.
"Captain, there is unfortunate news to report, after this hundred thousand Baileys, our finances have dried up."
This is indeed a bit unfortunate, and pirates who are poor enough to do so are rare, but it's not incomprehensible, after all, everyone was stranded on a desert island with their bare buttocks, and after they came out, they were busy doing things, how could they have the time to make money?
During this period of time, the funds for the activities were brought by Allen and Guina with the ship.
In general, Qiubai's group is like a company that holds a large amount of fixed assets but its cash flow has been cut off, and the worst thing is that those fixed assets still cannot be realized...... You can't sell any of them to the Navy for bounty, right?
"Don't worry about this, don't you say it, now we're going to look for the treasure." Qiubai doesn't worry about anything, if you lack money, you can borrow from the same bank, this is very common...... Although the pirates' interbank lending method is a bit violent.
"The problem is that we need to wait here for 5 days......"
Monet didn't say anything more, but Allen spat on the side.
Even if you can really find a huge treasure in the future, what will everyone do these days before you find the treasure?
Fortunately, there are still some supplies on the ship, otherwise there are only two roads in front of Qiubai...... Either he goes to sell swords, or everyone eats soil happily together.
At this time, the barricades of the estuary slowly opened, and the Barrubatos lowered its sails, and at the same time the ship's chimney began to smoke, and the ship began to swim upstream, propelled by the two propellers buried under water on both sides.
Once you've reached the top, there's a lake where boats can dock, and the lake is the only town on the island.
Although Qiubai needs to leave here as soon as possible because of poverty, because the destination they are going to is too special, they must wait here for the weather to sail.
They had to wait for the night of the full moon.
"Friend, I'm going to eat dirt here, you still have spare money to drink, can you lend me a few if it's convenient?" Blackbeard, who was a captive, still had the heart to drink a little wine and blow a little breeze, and the captive actually looked so moisturized, which made Qiubai a little unhappy.
"Thief hahaha," Blackbeard laughed as he leaned against the side of the ship...... As everyone knows, he is grinning on his face, MMP in his heart, without brainless pain and apprehension, who knows who loses.
"It's been a while since I've been following your ship, and you should have told me what the purpose of looking for me was, right?" Titch asked in a seemingly "casual" tone.
After following Qiubai's ship for a while, Blackbeard didn't understand the reason why the shipmen wanted to arrest him, and the details of Qiubai's robbery of the warship were unknown to Titch, and the only thing the group of people did during this time was to carry out an unsuccessful robbery...... I think about it with my toes, what can I get by robbing a warship?
So now everyone is in the process of fleeing after the failed robbery?
The only thing Blackbeard knows now is probably Qiubai's identity, after all, Whitebeard paid attention to the kidnapping of the Draconians back then, so as a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Blackbeard also knows something about that incident.
Therefore, Blackbeard can be regarded as confirming that the young man in front of him is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp.
Qiu Bai glanced at Tiqi, who was still drinking, although this person pretended to be very calm, but it was estimated that he was about to die, so he said: "There is a more tricky natural ability, if there is no reasonable strategy, it is difficult to deal with, I was forced to find you...... Your abilities are invincible, aren't they? ”
After saying this, Blackbeard felt a little bad, and the "help a little" in this person's mouth didn't seem to be a small favor, right?
Originally, Qiubai wanted to do it himself, but it was a bit too wasteful for Blackbeard to poke here without the ability of the Dark Fruit, and he didn't need to use free labor, so he temporarily changed his mind.
"And where is that tricky nature tie?"
Qiu Bai stretched out his finger and pointed in a strange direction: "In the sky...... More precisely, 'Temple', right? ”
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Over time, fog began to gather on the surface of the lake, and then the fog became thicker and thicker, eventually forming a dense cloud cover.
The cloud floated on the surface of the lake and held up the bottom of the boat.
Eventually, the clouds gather to a certain thickness...... It will float into the sky, and this is the sightseeing attraction of this island
Flying pirates in the air is not a difficult thing, and Qiu Bai himself experienced the feeling of flying before encountering the golden lion.
Natrasta Island is just a springboard, it's important to have its next stop...... It was 10,000 meters in the air.