Chapter 211: Redthroat Harbor (2)
"What about the rest?" asked Glenn, who was barefoot, his pants rolled up high, his skin a pale color, which looked like a sea serpent fresh out of the ice cave even in the blazing sun, and the "wide dolphin" glanced at him uneasily, and moved away from the black-haired spellcaster, the huge basket contained a lot of food and utensils besides the green-bellied hermit crab, including coconuts, snakeskin fruits, There are also many white peeled melons that Master Alva once asked Captain Colbert to taste, some seabird eggs and spices, and some wooden bowls and plates, as well as various cooking utensils and charcoal.
We must mention the inns of Redthroat Harbor, which, like other ports, have taverns, restaurants, and lodging hotels, but there are also rare "empty houses" elsewhere, built on coral reefs that have not yet fully surfaced, and are built from neither dirt nor blades of grass, but corals spawned by the casters - perhaps because of the favorable climate and the clear waters, casting this spell on the Dragonfire Islands can often achieve twice the result with half the effort Belonging to the lords, they sent trusted servants to manage the place, they looked like a hollow sphere, ranging from fifty to eighty feet in diameter, and the surface and inside were coated with fish maw glue, which only melted when exposed to boiling water, so that the people who lived in the hut did not have to worry about the clothes and skins being eroded and molded by rainwater or sea water seeping into the holes, and the hut had a bed base made of coral mold, low seats, a skylight inlaid with shells on the top of the house, and the only wooden part was a black door, which was said to be the inner core of a coconut palm soaked in potions, and it is unknown how it was, but what intrigued the souls of the other world the most was that the hut had no windows to open, and the doors were deliberately wedged to avoid rain and waves. But they don't feel suffocated at all - thanks to the yellowish maw gum, which keeps out tiny droplets of water, but allows fresh air and light to enter the room, but the air is barely obstructed, and the light becomes slightly dim and hazy - which makes the thief a little uncomfortable, if you light a candle or take out fluorite lighting in the hut, the people outside can see your every move, and finally he has to go to the caster to help cast a spell.
Of course he could have gone to the docks and stayed in the usual inns of the Docks, but it was not a matter of discomfort but a matter of his life - a newcomer must be subjected to harsh and frequent spying on him, as Glenn himself did. He was somewhat surprised to find that he no longer liked the place and the practice, especially as a receiver rather than a giver.
"Wide Dolphin" graciously offered to help them move their things into their hut, the thief transferred his hand to his adamantite dagger, and refused without saying a word, contemptuously, he didn't want "Wide Dolphin" to get too much information from them, the female wanderer shrugged helplessly, she laid the goods on the sand, and Glenn looked at it in the same way as Plum Honey.
"I thought you'd leave right away. "At a distance of enough distance from the "wide dolphin," said Flo's priest. Her voice was as light as a gossamer, tickling Glenn's ears, one of the special skills they had cultivated since childhood.
"You too. ”
"I'm different," said Memi, "and Flo's temple isn't so easy to get into. "Think about it. Sometimes, in order to win the favor of men and Flo, her followers would even kick out their rivals, their mothers, sisters, and daughters, giving them only a dress and a bell (almost all of them gilded copper or tin). A pair of shoes and the name of a Priest Flo, a priest like this who does not even have a place to live is called a wild priest, and the probability of death of a priest who is driven out is high. They have no skills, no friends or relatives, and they are often attacked by homeless people and thieves, using them as free tools to satisfy their desires.
If there was anything fortunate about it, it was that they were priests of a god after all, and slave traders were seldom willing to buy a priest unless they had the necessary or peculiar hobbies—the vast majority of the red-robed and gray-robed would prefer to buy healthy and strong ordinary humans, and the orc priests would be thrown into the abyss by the irascible and evil god with their entire tribe if they offered a priest of Flor to their god Kawula.
Plum sometimes dreams back in the middle of the night, and is amazed that she is still alive to this day, without eyes or stomachs, and that Flo is willing to listen to her prayers and give her strength, which is as small as a leaf to a stream compared to that of a black-haired mage, but it is also power.
"Then my answer is the same as you," said Gülen, "there is indeed confusion here, but it is only the outer edge that is chaotic, and the inside is still tight, and an outsider, if he has no reliable support, may become the food of the peacock tail snail in a year." Gülen had his skill and generosity to secure a place in the tavern at the docks, perhaps out of a well-intentioned warning or a malicious intimidation, when he learned that someone was dealing with some "troublemaker" The finely minced meat is the favorite food of the large snail with a gorgeous shell, and these peacock tail snails as big as a human head are the natural enemies of the starfish, and the starfish are the natural enemies of the corals.
When he first learned about this, the black-haired spellcaster muttered something like "people in the wizarding world still know about the environment and ecological protection".
"What do they want to do next?" said Plum Honey tapped on a small frying pan to see if it was evenly thick.
"I don't know. ”
"You know. ”
"I'll come to your cottage in the evening. Mame said she still lives in a hut with Leona.
"Birdwin and I live together. Gülen said. Of course, they had a surplus of gold to rent a few more huts, but this was only for safety, and even the huts they rented were close to each other, and the base of the hut in the middle extended a narrow white reef tongue, like a pontoon bridge, connecting it to the other huts, and some leading to the embankment (if the guests did not like having to take off their shoes every time they returned to their residence).
"Let him go to Leona," said Memi, "I know you can." ”
Glenn looked up just in time to see Memmy winking at him. and pouted at him, Meimi's lips could not compare to that of the "wide dolphin", but they were warm and delicate, and her jewel-colored eyes shone even more in the sun, sparkling with a mesmerizing look.
The thief threw down a coconut, "Deal." ”
"Gülen?"
"Yes," Gülen kicked the coconut away, and turned to face Kerribben, who had appeared behind him at some point—elves were silent who could walk anywhere, and he said that their most important profession should be thieves and assassins, "Is there anything I need to do?"
"Cremar still needs something. The elf handed Glenn a narrow note of paper. Glenn glanced at it, and it was covered with paper, ink, spell casting materials, and equipment and tools used to concoct potions, which really couldn't be bought from a traveling merchant, and even if they did, they weren't reassuring.
"Is that okay?" asked Kerryburn.
"Yes. "The above things can't be said to be rare or too expensive, the annoying thing is that Redthroat Harbor is as deformed as the entire Dragonfire Islands, and the mages and warlocks here are almost all recruited by the lords, they don't need to go out to buy the things that these spellcasters need on their own, and the few foreign spellcasters don't have the appetite to support a magic appliance shop. So these things can only be found from smugglers and thieves, and they can be said to be of unknown origin, but some of them are of good quality.
"Wide Dolphin" had been keeping a close eye on their every move, and was able to see Kerry take out two small skins. One was given to her and the other was heavier, and her small, round eyes sparkled.
"Is this lord going to the docks?" she said earnestly, "I can let my slave carry you—it's quick and steady." I promise. ”
Even Glenn couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment, and when he saw the slave crawling over with the empty basket on his back, his face tingled.
"You. He hesitated and said, "Do you want me to go into this ......basket?"
"You can also ride directly on his shoulders," said the "wide dolphin" indifferently, "I brought a chew." She took out an undiscernible piece of leather from behind her waist and threw it to her slave, and the swarthy, thin man at once grabbed it and deftly took it on, and it looked like a half-mask, which covered the whole chin, and like the horse's chew, and part of it was strangled into its mouth, and when the slave opened his mouth, Glenn found that he had no teeth left.
"Nope. To show his determination, Gülen said, he took a step back.
"It's free. The Wide Dolphin said, "Just tell me what else you need." "There are gold coins in that skin, and the "wide dolphin" dares to bet with his chest and buttocks, which is why it is so heavy, and it seems that the capacity of both skins is about the same.
"Nope. The thief said that he had put his foot on someone's head, and that he had often beaten his apprentices, mocking them at being pigs with lead on their heads, but that was a bit too much for him.
"Well," said the "Wide Dolphin," said regretfully, and she looked left and right, and pointed, and her slave crawled in the direction of her finger, lifted a gray-white stone and put it into the basket. Then the "wide dolphin" sits, or more accurately, stands in the basket - the basket made of coconut leaf fibers lived up to the expectations of sturdy, and under the weight of the stone and the "wide dolphin", it did not fall apart, but was slightly deformed.
"What is that stone for?" asked the black-haired spellcaster.
"It's useless, my lord," said the "Wide Dolphin," said the "Wide Dolphin," she lifted the lid a little, and she was always willing to talk more to the pretty lads, "just to keep the garbage and from being lazy." ”
She saw a very subtle, but indeed stunned, look on the face of the dark-haired spellcaster.
And she could sense that this time the slave was extra relaxed when he got up from the ground, as if there was a big invisible hand helping him, she smiled magnanimously, she has seen a lot of such people, like the first and second people who came to the Dragonfire Islands will always have some pity for these worthless waste, but they will soon find that they are doing useless work, slaves are not human, they do not deserve any emotion and help, they will be disappointed, some will understand how stupid they have done before, in order to eliminate the depression and annoyance caused by thisThey will take revenge on these "" who deserve even the slightest sympathy in a more intense and violent way, and sometimes some creative way will even amaze the people of the Dragonfire Islands, especially when they learn that they can gain prestige and power in the Dragonfire Islands that they can't get anywhere else.
Like the "Wide Dolphin", she can only be said to be a cheap commodity that anyone can trample on when she is in the Piercing of Cape or the Sharp Jaws, but in the Redthroat Harbor she can also own slaves, she is their master, their heaven, their earth, their gods, and her single thought can determine whether they live or die, and how they die, short or long, painless or tormented. (To be continued.) )