Chapter 676: Honored Guest
The ship was not the same as the usual merchant ships of their Yonglan Empire, and it was more like a cruise ship for a nobleman's family than practical. But it was very large, and the huge hull covered the sky.
Her ship was already one of the largest and best ships that could be found as a young lady of the Earl's Court, and compared to this one, it was no better than the beggar's boat.
Sophie couldn't even breathe down, looking up blankly.
The hull was carved with extremely delicate patterns, which seemed to be plated with a layer of gold leaf, and she could not see the material of the wood, but it must have been a precious wood that was very waterproof.
Stable as a mountain in the midst of the monstrous waves.
Sophie suddenly turned her head with a sudden twist: "Gao En...... Uncle! ”
Goun didn't die.
He had a silver chain on his bound red trousers, his feet firmly tied to the guardrail, half of his body facing down, and his hands could touch the waves as soon as he stretched out.
Gao En gasped for breath and looked at the polar ice birds in the sky, either fleeing in all directions in shock, or quietly landing on the sea, on the boat.
The sailors on their own ship held their weapons and looked around in confusion, looking dazed.
After a while, Sophie struggled to stand up and shouted loudly, asking people to quickly rescue Gao En from such an embarrassing position.
"Uncle Goun, look."
Sophie and Gao Enqi looked at the boat not far away, and by this time they could see the figure of the boat opposite, and it seemed that a knight was sitting on the guardrail.
Through the waves, he couldn't see his eyebrows and eyes clearly, but he was extremely tall, more than half a head taller than Gao En.
I don't know what weapon I am holding in my hand, and when I raise it slightly, it is silent, and those fierce polar ice birds flying in the sky are as if they have seen a natural enemy, let alone attack, and they don't even dare to get close to an inch.
Sophie shouted to the flag bearer next to her: "Flag and thank the other party for their help." ”
Soon, three flag bearers climbed to the second floor, huge flags waving in the wind.
Sophie was nervous here.
On the other side, Yang Yuying and Xiu Ke are not nervous, especially Xiu Ke, who is simply full of thoughts and playing. However, they are also completely ignorant of the information about the local indigenous people.
Yang Yuying quickly collected the other party's language through the brain and analyzed the language first.
Hugh: "Just grab the boat and ask if it's okay, what are so many things!" ”
Yang Yuying rolled her eyes, and pushed Hugh Ke onto the console with a slap, and he rolled around from the console, just in time to touch the music switch.
The beautiful singer Lingling on the star of the capital "The Long Night" suddenly sounded.
Listening to the sudden and pleasant music from the boat ahead, Sophie was stunned, this music was a bit like the sound of a mulberry, but the tone was much richer, and it seemed that a whole orchestra was playing.
Immediately after, the huge building ship slowly approached.
Sophie and Goun were suddenly nervous.
The two of them glanced at each other, vigilant in their hearts, such weather, and in the sea, who knows if it is a person or a ghost on the other side?
Sophie grew up listening to stories about pirates from her parents, and when she was a child, she refused to sleep every night, and was scared by her parents about the terrible red-haired pirates at sea.
She was nervous, and a sudden explosion in her ears made Sophie's heart jump out in fright, and when she suddenly turned around, she saw dark smoke suddenly rising from the cabin.
Smoke billowed and fire burst out, and Goun quickly drew his sword and blocked Sophie with an arrow, only to see that everything was in chaos on the ship, and the sailors panicked.
Gao En didn't know what was going on, so he only said sharply: "Where is the fire, put out the fire quickly!" Vic, Vic! ”
"My lord, it's not good, it's the warehouse that is on fire, and the spices and magic pattern fabrics we prepared are all inside!"
Sophie's face changed in an instant.
This time, they went to Moonlight Island to look for Purple Cordyceps, they would definitely not find much on their own strength, and it was impossible to bring it out if they found it, Moonlight Island is a commercial island, and there are many chambers of commerce on the island, and Purple Cordyceps is one of the most valuable commodities.
If you don't buy with money, you have to exchange valuable goods.
During this time, the Count of Marseille was seriously injured, and he used at least three bottles of life potion for hanging his life alone, and the family's money was used to buy medicine.
There is also the hardship fee to be given to the bishop of the Holy Light Church, which will cost at least two or three years of the annual income of the territory.
Since a few years ago, the Marseille territory has actually been a little unable to make ends meet, and in order to maintain the dignity of the nobility over the years, the Earl's family has always been holding on, and even the only few inheritance treasures in the family have been taken out and sold.
Although the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, Sophie usually goes in and out of high-class social occasions, and is still the envy of everyone, the noble Countess, but this time she bought these valuable goods and prepared to take them to Moonlight Island for life-saving purple cordyceps, which did almost empty her family.
Sophie gritted her teeth, tore her skirt, rushed over and picked up a bucket to put out the fire, and as soon as she passed, several sailors suddenly flashed out from behind the door, holding steel knives, and slashed over.
The scene suddenly became even more chaotic.
A small group of sailors obviously didn't even want their lives, just to completely destroy the ship, and in the blink of an eye everyone on board was scuffled.
The fire burns more and more, and the sea water pours in,
"Damn it!"
After a while, Sophie finally threw the bucket and stared blankly at the rising flames.
At this moment, she even had a trace of despair, wishing that she could plunge into the fire and end up with her own goods. Fortunately, she has always had a tough temperament, grabbed Gao En with one hand, and said coldly: "According to our intelligence, there are no pirates in this area, pick a small one, and beat him a wave!" ”
Gaun: "......"
Our family's Yonglan Pearl!
At this moment, the distant building ship was close to the eyes, the sun and the wind and waves were blocked, and the 'Fry' shrank in the shadow of the building ship, like a small toy, and even the scuffle on the ship was like playing.
An icicle flew out of the ship, and the icicle directly hit the burning cargo hold, and in an instant, the fire did not even leave embers, only a piece of ice.
Goun: !!
Sophie's pupils suddenly contracted.
Gao En said hurriedly: "There are warlocks on the other party's ship. ”
Sophie nodded, and her heart was even more apprehensive, she had never seen a warlock, and she had only bought some potions with healthy and healing effects from places where warlocks such as the Emerald Collar frequented.
Most of the warlocks of the Yonglan Empire live in the Emerald Territory, where several Warlock Guilds are located, and occasionally some will travel around, but the territory of the Count of Marseille is on the coast of the Ji Donghai Sea, and no warlock can look at it.
Sophie remembers that when her grandfather was alive, she had recruited a few warlocks as guests, and the family was still rich at that time, and she was fortunate to enter the aristocratic girls' school in the imperial capital because of her grandfather, but the Count of Marseille inherited the territory and fell out with the royal family within a few years.
During that time, Marseille was very difficult to look at.
Anyway, it didn't take long for Sophie to know that less than half of the family's tie was left, many properties were sold, and there were no years left for the family heirloom, and her mother's new clothes had to be made from once a month, to two or three times a year, and she often refurbished old clothes and old jewelry and continued to wear them.
This is simply quite disrespectful in a social setting.
Now, Sophie casually encountered a ship with a warlock on the sea!
There was silence on board.
In a moment, a long metal ladder suddenly extended from the ship, and the ladder was instantly connected to her own sea ship, and Sophie didn't even feel the slightest vibration, and the two ships were smoothly connected together.
The door on the floor opens gently.
Sophie hurriedly swept the dust off her hair, smoothed the wrinkles on her clothes, quickly took out some perfume from her handbag, poured it into a handkerchief and wiped it.
"Hey, this is Nata's Explorer, do you need help?"
Hugh Ke followed Yang Yuying and slowly descended the long ladder, a handsome face was radiant, after three genetic optimizations, his appearance was in a world that had never seen what genetic optimization was, it was simply a god.
At least Sophie was stunned when she saw his face.
Hugh raised his eyebrows: "It looks like your ship is having some problems." ”
Yang Yuying smiled, and with a wave of her hand, twelve humanoid repair intelligent robots lined up and got off the ship, all the way over, and in the blink of an eye, they cleaned up the 'Fry' with the toolbox they carried with them.
The cracked decks were all closed, and not even the slightest crack was visible.
The charred area was also repaired with special nanomaterials, and at first glance, the entire ship seemed to have been refurbished.
Sophie showed her best etiquette as a countess, invited Yang Yuying and Hugh Ke to her parlor to sit down, and asked the maid to serve fine tea.
"I'm from Marseille and want to go to Moonlight Island to do a business, but I didn't expect to meet the Polar Ice Bird on the way, and I also encountered an accident, I am really grateful for the kindness of your guests."
Sophie spoke as she observed the situation outside.
A short time later, a maid came to report that the ship had been repaired by a technician sent by the guests.
Not only did they repair the ship, but the twelve technicians were so indifferent that they cruelly twisted all the sailors who stood in their way to their work into twists and threw them into the garbage heap.
At that time, the other sailors and maids on the ship looked dumbfounded, and even Gao En did not dare to say a word.
Gao En glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help but come in and whisper to Sophie: "These twelve people are all high-ranking knights. ”
He himself was a professionally trained high-ranking knight, and the strength of these people was top-notch just from the ease with which the other party lifted the heavy cargo boxes on the ship.
In the Yonglan Empire, high-level knights are the most important armed forces in each territory, and it is rare at all, if a family can raise twenty high-level knights, then this family must at least have the title of earl, and also have a rich territory.
There were seven high-ranking knights in Marseille, plus Gaun himself.
If you have more, you won't be able to raise it at all.
Raising a high-ranking knight, just horses, armor, and various potions for training can be compared to the cost of a thousand ordinary soldiers.
Nowadays, the nobles of the Yonglan Empire rarely raise knights, after all, no matter how powerful the high-level knights are, it is impossible for one person to block a thousand, which is really not cost-effective.
Now that is, the royal family also maintains a guard composed of high-ranking knights.
Sophie had listened to Gao's words, and she looked down on the two distinguished guests in front of her.
In fact, as soon as she saw Yang Yuying and Hugh Ke, she knew that these two people must be unusual, Yang Yuying's clothes were not very luxurious, she was dressed in a long navy blue dress, and there were no accessories from head to toe.
She hadn't seen the material of the clothes, but she could see that it should be good material, crisp, thick, slim, and worn on this young lady, which made her heroic.
The man with a handsome face like a god was also wearing the same style of tights, and the golden cufflinks were shining, revealing the extraordinary in simplicity.
But clothes, shoes, hats, etc. are still secondary.
What really makes people look at it is not only this young lady, but even the men's bodies are incredibly clean, without adding any perfume, they only have a faint, refreshing, and fresh fragrance that will only come after bathing.
A lady's hair is as smooth as the most precious satin.
Men's nails are cleanly trimmed and there is no dust at all.
At sea, the most precious thing is freshwater resources.
Sophie hadn't showered in thirteen days, and her hair was greasy even if she covered it with a hat.
She belonged to the aristocratic ladies who loved cleanliness, especially hated lice and the like, and demanded that the maids around her must ensure that her bedding was free of lice.
For this reason alone, her expenses every month are much larger than those of other ladies.
Don't talk about lice on this young lady's body, you can't even see the mud, this is still the sea, she attaches so much importance to cleanliness, and she doesn't dare to tell people on the sea that she wants to bathe.
Sophie was distracted while talking to Yang Yuying and Hugh Ke, and after a while, she explained her whereabouts and purpose clearly.
Hugh said softly: "It's not a good idea to go to sea now, at most tomorrow night, a hurricane in this area of the sea will come." ”
Gao En's expression changed suddenly.
Sophie was also terrified.
They were also afraid of hurricanes before they traveled, and it is indeed a time of frequent hurricanes recently, and few ships dare to go to sea.
Yang Yuying smiled: "There is a temporary base for us on the island in the southwest, if Miss Sophie can trust us, it is better to go to my base to take shelter from the wind, my stargazer has observed, and the hurricane can pass in two days at most." It just so happens that I also want to go to Moonlight Island to play, and when the hurricane passes, we can go together. ”
Sophie was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly thanked: "That's really good, thank you Miss Yang." ”
It's not that this big heart, it's really that she doesn't feel that this little thing on her ship, this little person, what is worth thinking about, just rely on those twelve senior knights, no matter what the other party wants, they can only serve it obediently.
Seeing that she agreed, Yang Yuying and Hugh Ke got up and said goodbye and returned to the ship, turning the rudder and sailing towards the small island where the temporary base was built.
Sophie and Gaun escorted the two distinguished guests all the way, and they were not carefully relieved until the connection between the two ships separated.
"The young lady said she had traveled with a knight."
"Judging by the appearance, it shouldn't be from the Yonglan Empire, but it must be a big nobleman of a certain country, or even a royal family."
Gaun and Sophie discussed two sentences, but they couldn't get the point for a while.
Sophie shook her head: "Don't think about it so much, everything is not important now, the important thing is to get the medicine and save my father." ”