Silver month five years, late January.

The southeast of the continent, the vast sky and the sea.

In the distance, an airship approached slowly. The huge hull painted white, the gray-brown cabin, the four goblin engines "suddenly" behind it, and a faint black smoke emitted all the way.

The clouds drifted slowly from above.

......

The whole airship consists of three parts, and on top is a huge airbag, which is the largest structure of the entire airship, providing air buoyancy. If the airbag breaks, then the airship will "sink". So, from a certain point of view, airships are actually very fragile and not suitable for war. Even if you have a caster capable of shielding inside an airship, as in the Battle of the Adesi River, because airships are so large that shielding such objects usually means that mana will drain very quickly.

At the rear of the airship is a small power room, usually run by a goblin, which burns coal to power the engines in the rear. Although there are four engines, they are actually not fast.

Of course, it's still much faster than ships and land routes. It's just that normally, if there is no more powerful mage on the ship, no one will use an airship to cross the sea, not even a goblin.

You can dock when you encounter a storm on land, but where do you want to stop at sea? And the scale and intensity of storms at sea are not comparable to those on land.

Finally, there is the cabin below. That's where people and goods are really carried. Although the airship may seem large, the size of the cabin is actually the size of a few normal-sized rooms put together.

Like this one, a living room directly in front of it already occupies two-thirds of the cabin space. In fact, I can't put anything down, that is, a set of circular sofas in the middle. The rest was a few cabinets with drinks and miscellaneous items.

In the cabin, Jones stood quietly in silver moon armor, looking out of the porthole.

In addition to Dora, who follows Jones wherever he goes, there are also William, the lich who is responsible for protecting Jones, and Belle.

Why did Belle follow, but Adair didn't?

It's very simple, because Jones negotiated with the blood elves, relying on the relationship of the Belle family. Her father, Count Rizzo, had been trading with the Blood Elves for many years and had a significant share. Although the trade between the Blood Clan and the Blood Elves is not a large-scale trade for either the Blood Clan or the Blood Elves, if you want to trade with the extremely xenophobic Blood Elves, you must have a certain friendship within the Blood Elves.

This point is temporarily wanted to be made up, but no one can make it up. It's not a question of strength, it's about trust. If there is no trust, how can we talk about cooperation?

Belle came, and Belle's entourage naturally brought them with them, after all, they themselves were also familiar with the way to deal with blood elves. Instead, it was Jones, who only brought Dora and William. However, it can't be seen from an outsider's point of view, because everyone except William is a blood clan, and in broad daylight, they can only wear silver moon armor one by one. In this way, it looked as if Jones had brought a Knights of the Silver Moon with him.

The specific description is ...... Two small knights, with a lich, a female knight, and a large group of Knights of the Silver Moon. That's probably the lineup.

Turning around, Jones asked softly, "Are we going straight to the port?"

"Yes. Belle replied, "Let's go to the harbor first and get off the airship." They will be waiting for us there. Then head to their holy place. ”

"Why don't you just use the airship to go to their holy land?"

"Uh...... That's impossible. The Elves will not allow anyone to use airships in their holy land, including themselves. Landing at the port was our only route. There can be a lot of going through along the way. ”

"Process?" Jones was puzzled, "What exactly?"

"I don't know what to say, but you'll know when you get there. It's some cumbersome procedures. ”

"Okay. ”

The Forest of Elves is not actually a forest. To be precise, it is the name of a place consisting of a large island, and a peninsula. The Silver Wing Peninsula is connected to the mainland, and there is the island of Logoshani across the sea from the Silver Wing Peninsula.

Inhabiting the Silver Wing Peninsula are the Wood Elves and the Flower Elves. Residing on Logosianee is the one who Jones is negotiating with on this trip, the Blood Elves.

It's an extremely xenophobic race, and it's very difficult to deal with. If he could, Jones would have preferred to negotiate with the Wood Elves. However, there is no such thing as a vein that will grow your way. It was known that only Logosianie Island had it, and Jones had no choice.

......

After a long voyage, the sky finally got dark.

The sunset on the horizon is particularly beautiful, and the waves on the sea are shimmering with gold.

"It's almost there. Belle got up from the couch, looked out the window and said, "I asked them to arrange the arrival time just in the evening, so that when we get off the airship, it will be nightfall." Blood Elves are very xenophobic and wary of outsiders, so it's best for us not to wear armor when we show up and give them as much as possible a friendly feeling. That would be beneficial to our negotiations. ”

As she spoke, Belle looked at William not far away.

William, who was fiddling with the chess pieces on the chessboard in the middle, was stunned for a moment, and the soul fire in his eyes was bent into a question mark.

Jones nodded knowingly and said to William, "The purpose of this trip is to cooperate with the blood elves. We need their ore, we need them to increase production. As far as we know, this will not be an easy task. Blood Elves are not a commercial race like the Blood Clan, and they have no thirst for gold. Therefore, the price does not affect their decision. We'll have to do it in some other way. ”

"For example?"

"Friendship, for example. ”

"And then?"

Jones sighed helplessly, and could only continue: "I mean, Uncle William can't talk like he did when he went to the High Court before. The Blood Elves are a very conservative race, and maybe you're just kidding, but they might take it seriously. ”

"But I'm not kidding, I'm not joking. William argued.

"That's worse......" Belle reluctantly touched her forehead.

"Well, then I don't speak, I don't say anything. William shrugged his shoulders and said in a very unhappy tone: "If there is a problem, I will ask you directly and privately, and I will not say a word unless I have your permission." Is that okay?"

Jones was a little apologetic about forcing a lich like this: "Then you don't need to ......"

"No! I think that's very good!" Before Jones could finish speaking, Belle hurriedly slapped her palm on the table and interrupted loudly: "After all, our mission this time can only succeed and not fail, and once it fails, we will not be able to obtain enough ore for the time being." Without ore, it is impossible to produce weapons that can bless ordinary humans. Money is nothing, the key is ...... They are fighting against those unjust forces! We cannot fail them!"

All of a sudden, all the eyes in the cabin were attracted, and they were obviously frightened by Belle's sudden high-pitched voice.

Forehead...... Well, everyone in this airship wears helmets except William, and even William, who is not wearing a helmet, has no expression. So as an author, I really don't know how to describe people's expressions. It can only be said that the atmosphere is a little awkward. Or, very embarrassing.

After a moment, William slowly clenched his fists and said seriously: "Yes, we must not allow any mistakes in our mission this time! For the sake of justice, what is the point of being wronged?"

Oh, William's voice suddenly became high-pitched.

"Yes, that's it, for justice!"

"For the sake of justice! We will definitely bring the ore back, and we will definitely be able to reverse the situation on the entire continent! The future belongs to the righteous and good!"

"Yes, that's it!"

"Both sides of justice"...... I mean, Belle and William shook hands intimately.

Jones and Dora, who were next to them, were stunned.

When it was over, Belle quietly lifted her helmet and stuck out her tongue at Jones, revealing a smile.

Well, if you want the lich to be honest, you do need some words from the middle two. On this issue, Belle groped very quickly.

......

The sky was finally completely dark, and the stars twinkled in the sky, and there was a dreamlike beauty.

Under the moonlight, the horizon finally appeared the destination of Jones's trip - Logotsenni. It was a long stretch of coastline, and there were a handful of lights on the coastline directly ahead.

In fact, Logosianni was larger than the entire kingdom of Isaac.

The bloods in the airship also silently took off their armor and changed into their daily civilian clothes.

Jones was brown and wore a formal dress with the Hydra flower badge embroidered on the collar, cuffs, and shawl.

Dora is a convenient short skirt that is consistent with Jones's style, but only the difference between men and women.

Belle is a long black dress with her Rizo's amethyst family crest. Since she has officially become a resident of Megasnake City, she also has a nine-petal snake flower badge on the chest of her clothes.

William didn't have to change, he was still wearing a white robe with the nine-petal snake flower badge and the cross bone badge. As for the retinue, it was a black dress with a nine-petal snake flower badge and an amethyst badge.

Soon, as the airship moved forward little by little, Jones finally saw the light clearly.

It was a port, and it didn't look big. There are only about a few dozen ships parked on the dock. Some of them are fishing boats. As for the town on the edge of the dock, it looks like it's just the size of a small town.

Speaking of which, the scale of Salted Fish Harbor is probably much larger than this, and even the Salted Fish Harbor before Gray came into possession in the early days, it is larger than this.

Jones couldn't help but wonder a little, "This is the biggest port in Lorgosianny?"

"Yes. There are only four ports in total. Belle on the side replied softly: "The other three ports are all military ports. This is the only port that can be used for trade, and our trade is usually carried out here. The blood elves' foreign trade was already very small. We don't need a very big port to trade ore, do we? A ship can hold millions of rough stones. ”

"I'm just surprised that the largest port of the elves is so big, and their population is not small. ”

"It seems like there are hundreds of thousands of people, not a small number, but not many either. Of course, the bottom line is that they don't have much interest in trade. ”

The goblins in the power room chattered incessantly, and the four propellers began to slow down in reverse.

The airship slowly lowered its altitude and leaned towards a towering wooden frame in the dock. It was the only place where it could be used to dock airships, and in fact, no one had used it in years. Elves don't use airships, and airships cross the sea, which is risky. So it's normal.

The workers on the wooden frame shouted at the goblins on the airship from afar. The goblins responded, dropping a few ropes. Then the workers dragged the rope to the gear, and began to pull hard with the gear, helping the airship to dock.

"Are they all human?" Seeing the faces of those workers, Jones couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "I thought that the blood elves hated humans very much, and there were still humans living here?"

"This is the only place in the whole of Logoseni that is inhabited by humans, and normally, humans here are not allowed to enter the interior of Logosani. They make a living by fishing and acting as intermediaries for the blood elves' foreign trade. I guess the Blood Elves are probably trying to prove that they weren't blinded by hatred as the Wood Elves say, so they left these humans behind. Actually, I don't know. These humans have lived here for generations and have lived here for more than 4,000 years. Truth be told, though, they don't have any relationship with the Blood Elves, and they only work as porters in trade. If you really want to trade, you have to find blood elves. ”

The trestle was quickly erected.

The hatch opened, and Jones led the group down the trestle.

Before he could get off the wooden frame, Jones saw two elves in black leather armor saluting him from a distance.

He nodded politely and returned the salute.

It was two blood elves, a man and a woman, both with the same long black hair and pointed ears as Andrew. And they all wore short swords, longbows, and arrow baskets.

The man was tall, with slender limbs and a handsome face, and his eyebrows were long like sharp swords.

The woman is also tall, with slender limbs, a cold and delicate face, and that gaze is faint, with a sense of confusion.

Behind them, there were several white unicorns with knee-length manes and saddles. It looks gorgeous.

At night, the torches lit around me lit up like a memory.

As they walked, Jones came to the front of the two.

The female elf saluted Jones again and said respectfully, "Honorable Lord of Giant Snake City, Lord Hydra Knight, and liberator of elven slaves, welcome to Logotsenny. I'm the guide that Mistress Cornelia has arranged for you, and my name is Daliana. ”

"I'm Deputy Jays. The male blood elf whispered, "Welcome." ”

With that, they nodded to the crowd behind Jones.

The crowd silently returned the salute.

"It is a great honour to be allowed to come to Logersianny. Jones replied with a smile.