The sea was covered with night silk, and the sailboat drifted slowly southward with the help of the breeze.

"I've been tired enough today, Draenor, I see a small room at the back of the cabin, it looks like the captain's quarters, go take a look at it. I'll go to the cabin and take stock of the food reserves, and I'll let you stay on deck and wait. ”

Vicilico said as she followed Draenor to the back of the deck, and Draenor walked up the stairs to the door to the captain's quarters.

"Be careful, there's a lot of undiscovered things on this ship, maybe it's a ghost ship!" Vicrico deliberately teased Draenor as she opened the wooden door and entered the cabin.

"I see, I used three tomatoes today, one lemon, a lot of water, and ...... jerky" When her eyes turned to the bucket with jerky, Vikli Ke clearly felt that something was wrong, it seemed that there was a lot less full of jerky.

"Huh? Did we eat so much today? Vikily felt a little incredible, she clearly remembered that Jeanne had taken a total of three pieces of jerky, so that she could have a meal or two.

She quickly turned her head and walked to the hanging stove in the kitchen, where the broth was only a third of its original size.

"Damn, we've drunk half of it, and the rest should be enough for tomorrow's breakfast!" She gradually focused.

The barrel has not been destroyed, and the possibility of worms stealing food can be ruled out in the first place; The second is Draenor, according to his virtue, even if he is not full, he will clamoring for Jeanna to serve more, there is no need to quietly run to the kitchen to eat alone; Jeanne has not been very comfortable since she got on the ship, and she has not had much appetite, not to mention that the three of them have been busy on deck since the beginning of the meal.

"There's only one possibility...... Vicilico stared at the handprints left on the side of the pot, closing the lid and returning to the deck.

"Vicky! Look what I found! Draenor said as he pushed out a wooden crate from the captain's quarters, filled with round cannonballs.

"I don't have time to play archaeology with you now, we have met 'rats'." Vicilico looked closely at every nook and cranny on the deck and said to Draenor.

"Rats? Damn, I can't catch that thing for a while! Draenor frowned at the thought of the long-tailed, filthy rodent.

"Just a metaphor! There's a stowaway hiding on board! Vikily said as she lifted the lattice lid on the deck, which was still empty, save for a few rusty weapons.

"I noticed that there was less food in the cabin and more than half of the broth in the kitchen hanger." Vicchily said as she walked over to Jeanne.

"Jeanne, can you smell anything strange on the deck?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Vicky, but the smell of the sea is so strong that I can't smell anything but the fishy stench." Jeanne shook her head and said in frustration.

"I don't think a stowaway will hide on deck in the open, so let's climb to the bottom of the cabin, Draenor, you go and guard the galley and cabin, and make sure not to let the food 'evaporate' again." With that, Viklico picked up her spear and led Jeanne to the bottom of the cabin.

The cabin at the bottom is the part closest to the water, and while the seals are still strong, they are inevitably filled with humid air, and it is obvious that Jeanne's sense of smell is not useful here, but Vikili has eyes that are still sharp even in the dark.

The bottom of the cabin was the most likely place to house the stowaways, and although it was a little wet, it was at the bottom of the galley hanging stove, where the heat of the fire could be transmitted through the bricks. And the surroundings are dark and light, and it is not easy to be seen, but she is willing to hide here, after all, she can quietly climb upstairs for a good meal while the crew is not paying attention.

"No matter where you think you are, I advise you to come out quickly!" Vikiriko shouted into the dark bilge, silence all around, no one answering.

"Listen, we're less than fifteen nautical miles away, and even if we blow the boat out of a hole here, we'll still be able to row to the shore by the side boat, but as for whether you'll be blown up, burned, or drowned in the sea, let's wait and see!"

As she spoke, Vickyli stabbed a powder keg with her spear, knocking it down in the bilge and kicking it into the depths of darkness. She lifted her boots to light a match, and bent down to light the powder scattered on the ground.

"Are you crazy! Stop for Lao Tzu! ”

A voice came from the shadows. Vicky stared at the figure at a glance, he was about four feet tall, he was clearly a child, but he had a thick body, and his voice was like that of a thick middle-aged man.

"Wow, what did we find quietly? A big mouse! Viklico stared at the figure standing motionless, and let out an eerie laugh.

"If you know each other, I advise you to come over slowly, and it's best not to act rashly." Vikiriko continued to shout at the figure, but the man seemed to be deaf and unfazed by Vikirico's warning. She waved her arms and prepared to throw the match at the powder keg.

"Don't! Please! Shall I go over now? What a crazy! The figure hurriedly stopped Vikirico's movements, clasped his hands over his head, and slowly walked to the area shrouded in firelight.

This man had a vicious face, his limbs were extraordinarily thick, his beard was almost a third of his length, and the whole person was only a little more than a meter, not much taller than the powder keg.

"What's that...... Midget? Vicky almost laughed at the short, but muscular figure in front of her.

"Shut up!" The man roared, pulling out a hatchet from behind his back and slashing at Viklico.

Jeanne lunged forward, snatched the weapon from his hand, and grabbed the stout hands and wrenched him behind his back.

"I told you not to act rashly." Viklico taunted the man, and Jeanna pulled a hemp rope to tie his hands and pushed him back to the deck.

"Don't bother, don't bother, we've harvested a big rat!" Vickyly slapped the man's smooth head with a slap.

"What is this?" Draenor crouched down and looked the strange man up and down his navel.

"Who knows, maybe it's a dwarf?" Vikirico bent down to take a closer look at the dwarf melon.

"Gnomes, gnomes! Your whole family is a dwarf, are you satisfied? Lao Tzu is a dwarf! The guy struggled and shouted at the crowd, his eyes wide and staring at Vekirico.

"You crazy woman actually deceived me, you can't see an island in a radius of hundreds of kilometers, how can you land on the shore?"

"It's not a secret, I don't even know what's in that bucket, even if it's really gunpowder, I don't know how long it's been soaked, but if you don't do it, it seems that you can't force you out, so let's accept your fate!"

Vickyly laughed as she seemed to have mastered Glori's deceptive tricks, even memorizing his mantras.

With a brown beard, thick limbs, a height of more than a meter, and such a violent personality, this guy is really a dwarf.

Legends and tales from all over the world are about these strange humanoid creatures, who are moody, bold and irascible, and who have achieved success in many fields, especially when it comes to drinking and fighting.

"Dwarves? Whatever the hell you are, you're just a stowaway, a prisoner. Vicilico said, sitting cross-legged in front of him.

"Shut up! Crazy woman, congratulations on finally catching Lao Tzu, if you want to kill it, you can do whatever you want! The dwarf still roared with all his might.

"Hey, calm down man, when did you get to the boat?" Draenor kicked him lightly, and the dwarf was so strong that the kick was like a boulder.

"Ah, what a warm boy...... I escaped from that broken fishing village, and those vampires are pretending to be humans to fish, and I feel disgusted when I think about it now! If it weren't for the fear of being eaten by them, the ghost would be willing to run to such a rotten ship! ”

The dwarf spat in Draenor's face, and Vikirico grew impatient, clasping her hands around the dwarf's broad forehead and grinning at the scarlet blood.

"Who says you won't be eaten now?" She grinned eerily, staring at the dwarf with her beastly red pupils.

"Ahhh!!h You're one of those vampires too! Damn it! For the sake of Brother Abraham, hurry up and end my old life! The dwarf cried out.

"Wait, who are you talking about?" Vickily retracted her smile, she couldn't believe her ears!

"It's your business! Listen, I know people in Vlactu, and my brother Abraham is the Grand Duke of the Bloodline! He is a righteous brother, and sooner or later he will avenge Lao Tzu! The dwarf bared his teeth and shouted at Viklico.

"Poof...... Hahahaha! Vickyli couldn't hold it back, and laughed out loud with her stomach in her arms.

"No, I'm going to be amused to death by you!" Vicilico wiped tears from the corners of her eyes, swallowed her saliva, and held back her smile.

"Hell, you crazy woman can't even move?" The dwarf was so frightened by Vikliko that he almost ascended to heaven, and he didn't want to be tortured any more.

"You can see clearly with your eyes open, is there a trace of the Grand Duke I told you?"

The dwarf raised his eyebrows and stared carefully at the creepy strange girl in front of him, with flaxen-colored curly hair, white skin as white as snow, and scarlet eyes as blood, which was indeed somewhat similar to Abraham!

Vikily took the letter from her father's bosom and handed it to the dwarf by signing it.

"Look, is this man the Grand Duke you are talking about?"

"Abel...... Rahan? Love your father? What are you doing?! The dwarf's eyes rolled wildly in his sockets, and he didn't understand what the "crazy woman" in front of him was trying to say.

"It's really dull, the archduke you are talking about, his full name is Abraham. Klose: Right? I'm his daughter, Vicky Lyco. Klose! Vicilico patted the dwarf on the shoulder.

"Vicky Ricco. Klose! I've heard the Grand Duke mention that you're really his daughter!? The dwarf was stunned for a moment, his emotions gradually spiraling out of control, and hot tears burst out of his eyes.

"Princess! You must listen to my explanation! It's really not easy for me, I was invited, I wanted to go to Nicandros to play cards with the Abraham brothers, but I didn't expect to be kidnapped by those Diao people in the south as monsters, and I was almost taken to Canaan as an exhibit, I even want to die! ”

The dwarf leaned into Viklico's arms and cried, explaining in a few strange misalane words. According to what he said, the gang of "Diao Min" who kidnapped him should be the gang of bandits from Balesping.

"Hey, calm down, oops, it's dirty...... Can you please slow down? Vicky smiled wryly and stroked the dwarf's head with her fingers, hoping it would comfort him a little.

Jeanne was also a little overwhelmed by this scene, and she quickly untied the hemp rope that was tied to the dwarf's hands.

"You know my father?" Vikily said, picking up the dwarf.

"Yes Princess, I'm Cooper. Kopfil, the top craftsman master of the Kedva Kingdom, we used to have some deals with the Nikanlos Empire, and the royal family of Nikanlos respected us very much, especially the Archduke Abraham, and I admired him so much, IMHO, in many ways, even the king of Kedva could not compare to him! He and I have been old buddies for many years. ”

The dwarves still recounted their past with Archduke Abraham in a strange dialect. His words sounded strange, as if the vocabulary of other languages had been imposed on the Messisalam.

"You've been saying 'Lao Tzu' and 'I' since just now, don't you use the word 'I'?" Draenor wasn't proficient in Misarian, but he could make sense of the awkwardness.

"Ah, that's Pokfaroe, my mother tongue, one of the few languages that survived the continent of Abel. This word is common to the Misarian language, and although it is a little ambiguous, it fully expresses the passion of my heart! I advise you not to try to change me, milky little ghost! ”

The dwarf Cooper shouted at Draenor in a gruff tone, and Draenor looked dazed, not knowing which sentence made him react so violently.

"Then again, Princess, why are you on this ship? Is it going anywhere? Cooper scratched his head and said.

"Long story short, I've been temporarily expelled, because I used the 'White Refining Fire' to resurrect this guy, I can't see it now, but his curse is deepening little by little, we need to go to the Abel Continent to find a way to unlock this curse." Vikli briefly explains to the dwarves what happened.

"Well, it's really a blood-boiling adventure story, it seems that I am also on your ship, except for this axe, everything on my body has been taken by the gang of thieves, and I am worried that I can't go back to Abel, back to my country of Kadewa."

The dwarf said, gesturing to the axe that Jeanne had thrown aside.

"All in all, since you are the daughter of your brother, I will try my best to help you, although I have not heard of any white fire and black fire, but it seems that our goal is similar. I'll do my part along the way, but don't expect too much, and when I get back to Kadewa, we'll have nothing to do with it! ”

The dwarf straightened up as he spoke, and held out a large, rough hand to Viklico.

"It's a deal!" The corners of Viklico's mouth rose slightly, and she grasped Cooper's palm.

"But then again, you can really eat it, you stole a third of our leftovers in one go!" Jeanne rebuked Cooper.

"You see, little girl, dwarves don't grow muscles by breathing air." The dwarf grinned and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his brick-like angular biceps.

"That's great, we're running out of people to work." Draenor said as he threw a stick wrapped around a thin thread at Cooper.

"Top craftsmen, huh? Then let's make a few fishing rods! ”