Chapter 2 Silence for the Lamb to the Slaughter
Emperor bless, I'm still alive! After all, the emperor still prevailed over the will of the planet itself. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ Info thought to Harvey after regaining his senses a little.
Now he felt that his head had enough blood supply, not only could he think, but he also had enough strength to open his eyes. He saw - an upside-down face?
No, this guy should be standing normally, and he is hanging upside down. Harvey turned his gaze to his body and legs, and found himself hanging upside down from a wooden post with his legs tied upside down - this thing must have been called a mast.
No wonder, the upside-down posture allows the blood to concentrate in the head under the action of gravity, which is why he was able to wake up. But how could he possibly know so much about his biological needs? Maybe it's just a coincidence? How do you look like an animal waiting to be slaughtered?
In particular, almost all the clothes and equipment on his body are gone, and only a pair of underwear is left. Look at this posture, is this a captive?
As a veteran of many battles, Harvey has not been a prisoner once, but it is the first time that he has been captured without the ability to resist without seeing the enemy. Although he was being hung at the moment, he had not been beaten or abused, and Harvey blinked, trying to see what kind of person was in front of him.
The face was elongated, with an extremely unhealthy gray complexion, but the eyes were unusually shining, as if they could shine on their own. Because of the upside-down hanging posture, Harvey is not easy to judge the height of the other party, and can only see that he is quite thin, with a shrunken neck, shrugging his shoulders, and hunched over almost materializing the concept of obscenity. Harvey hadn't seen much of this kind of image, and perhaps there would be some in the lower echelons of some of the Nest City, where people who were neither strong nor willful were worthless, and even the most motley planetary garrisons would not recruit them as soldiers, and such people were not worth paying attention to.
However, at second glance, the man seemed to be dressed decently, the long-sleeved shirt and pants were complete, although a little old, at least they were cleanly washed, and there were no wrinkles, and they seemed to be well maintained. Looking around, the sailors who were busy on the deck were obviously much more sloppy, most of them dressed in shorts and shoulders, and some were simply topless. In this way, the man in front of him is still a small boss - certainly not the captain.
Harvey had little interest in this man or the people around him, and when his body recovered a little, he could knock everyone present down with his bare hands, and whatever he chose was completely in his own hands. So he closed his eyes again and concentrated on examining the inside of his body.
The self-inspection system quickly worked again, telling him that this mechanical body was completely as indestructible as the wolf's casting master boasted, not only did there be no irreversible damage inside, but even the bionic skin on the surface of the body had no scratches, and it was really unscathed, and the reason for the paralysis was probably because the huge vibration caused some internal wiring to be in poor contact, and his self-repair ability could quickly solve it.
Perhaps irritated by this contemptuous attitude, the thin man poked Harvey's belly with his hand, muttered something, and seeing that he didn't react, he said something again.
Finally understood, a bit of Empire's low Gothic, Harvey could tell that it was asking where his name came from.
"Harvey, my name." Harvey said without opening his eyes.
"After making trouble for a long time, it turns out that it has to be the lingua franca of mankind, and I thought you were something strange when I saw you falling from the sky." The thin man muttered, "What's the matter with your attitude?" You fell into the sea, but we saved you. β
He turned the winch on one side, "Don't blame us for hanging you like this, we do this to people who are drowning, so that the water in your lungs and stomach can come out as soon as possible." Of course, it looks like you're not choking at all. β
As the winch turned and the rope on his feet slowly lowered, Harvey couldn't help but feel a little anxious, once this body was flat, he would inevitably faint again.
"Stop!" A shrill voice shouted, "Hang him up, this man is dangerous." β
Correct judgment, Harvey thought appreciatively. The top of his head had already touched the deck just now.
The winch creaked, and Harvey rose a certain height.
"But captain, I felt his pulse, and he was so weak that he could barely feel it. He's dying, and when he's dead, he can't sell it for a price. The thin man turned, and his waist was bent down.
With a rush of footsteps, not too heavy, another person came. At a glance, even someone as serious as Harvey and his face was paralyzed almost laughed, what is this?!
The man was not human at all, he (Harvey couldn't tell the gender yet, let's assume it was a man) was about the height of the thin man's waist, with a slightly larger head, a pointed chin, and two large pointed ears. He was dressed in exaggerated clothes, adorned with gold and silver, and wore a broad hatβa captain's hat if I guessed it correctly, similar in style to the captain's hat of the Root Empire.
The thin man's nearly ninety-degree bend doesn't seem to be just a sign of flattery, and if you want to talk to him with a level-headed posture, you can only do this, of course, squatting is okay, but it's not very elegant.
Harvey also noticed that the dwarf's skin was green, and Harvey might be alert to the possibility of being invaded by the greenskins in another place, but the presence of green skin on such a small thing really made people feel dangerous.
"Hmph, didn't you pay attention to his eyes?" The dwarf man was small but had the momentum of a giant, and his every move attracted the attention of everyone around him - except Harvey.
The dwarf walked up to Harvey, drew a slender weapon at his waist - a sword that might be counted as a sword, but a completely non-threatening iron hammer in Harvey's eyes - and pointed to Harvey's face, like a scholar poking a whip at a blackboard, and said to his men: "Look at this kind of look, this is an emotionless gaze, a man who cares not about the lives of others, not even his own. In the future, when you are on your own, it is best not to provoke this kind of person, and it is best to avoid it, understand? β
For a while, all kinds of compliments, sycophants.
"And," the sword stabbed Harvey in the face, "and the scar almost cut his head in half." Imagine what a dangerous battle he faced and survived. β
"But he has fine skin and tender flesh, and there are no scars at all." Differing views were expressed.
The dwarf turned and pointed his sword at the man who spoke out, "Are you questioning my wisdom and vision?" β
"No, Captain, I'm sorry, Captain."
"Soβ" the dwarf pointed his sword at Harvey again, "look at this man, he fell from an unknown height, and broke my sails, and broke my two decks, but he didn't even have a bruise, which in itself is not normal!" β
Then he tapped the tip of his sword twice on the thin man's shoulder, "So, such a strong person will not die if he is hung like this for a while." β
"So, you see, what is his origin?" The thin man rubbed his hands together and sneered. "I've seen what he's like, and with my eyes, ......"
"Well, this ......," the dwarf struck him in the leg, "wouldn't it be better for him to say it himself?" Put him down a bit! β
The thin man turned the winch again, and Harvey dropped a little higher, his face level with the short man.
Staring at Harvey's paralyzed face for a moment, the dwarf said, "It seems that we need to make our guests understand their situation first. β
The thin man hurriedly followed, an exaggerated expression on his gray-white face, "Harvey, now you are on the most terrifying, bloodiest, and most feared pirate ship 'Endless Shadow' in the entire Endless Sea, and the handsome goblin in front of you is the greatest, wisest, and most far-sighted pirate captain of all pirates, Your Excellency Shaakashvila Lots of Gold, and I, the most loyal and capable lieutenant of Your Excellency the Captain, Runosain. β
"Come on, Luna, when will it be your turn for my most powerful lieutenant!" The dwarfβnow known to Harvey by its name, Shaakashvila, and the race of goblinsβswung his sword aside and said to Harvey, "Tell you the truth, who you are, where you came from, I have no interest in any of this, I just want to know how you are going to compensate me after breaking my ship and the spell I have carefully prepared?" β
"Looking for your stuff? Rest assured, I won't lose anything of value. The goblin snapped his fingers, and immediately a sailor put a pile of things at his feet, and Harvey saw that it was his own weaponry, but it was missing clothes.
"According to the convention of our pirates' maritime rescue, all your possessions, and yourself, are now mine, and of course I have no interest in keeping you on board for someone like you, who is dangerous at first glance and of unknown origin, and in a few days I will sell you to the Gulabash Arena as a gladiator. Until then, if you're willing to cooperate, we'll provide you with the necessary water, food, and treatment, because you're too poor to sell for a good price, are we? β
"Now, let me take a look at your baby, oh no, it's my baby." The goblin flicked the things with his feet, "A suit of armor, it's really ugly, and it's so light, that is, it's a little heavier than wood, is it stuffed inside your clothes to make you look thicker?" β
It was terracotta steel, stronger than anything other than adamantite alloy, and there was probably no weapon on the planet that could leave even a scratch on it. Harvey squinted at the goblin babbling, too lazy to get emotionally attached to the stupid and ignorant alien creature.
"And this sword......" The goblin thrust his sword back into the bridge and bent down to pick up Harvey's power sword, "no blade, too heavy in one hand, too short in both hands, just an ornament." β
"It's beautiful, isn't it? It is also inlaid with gemstones. The thin adjutant crouched on the ground and said.
"Then it's yours, cut the gem off and give it to me." The goblin casually tossed the sword to the lieutenant and picked up the laser pistol.
"This thing looks like a pistol, a breed I've never seen, is it a dwarf craft? But that's not going to bother me as an engineering master! β
The goblin looked at it several times, and finally found the safe, opened it, and aimed it at Harvey's belly, "You say, if I shoot like this, will it kill you?" β
After staring carefully at Harvey's face and making sure that there was no discoloration, the goblin fired decisively, and the bright beam of light flashed away, leaving a red burn mark on his belly.
Before the cigarette butt burned to the pain, Harvey continued to maintain facial paralysis.
When not entering the battlefield, the laser pistol not only closes the safe, but also adjusts the power to the smallest level. The goblin didn't find a knob to adjust its power, so it couldn't do any damage with it.
"Sure enough, it's a special toy, can't you bring something really valuable? The old man was right, wealth would not fall from the sky. The goblin muttered dissatisfied, dropped the pistol, picked up the backpack, and flipped it open to take a look. What kind of mess is this, fragrant underwear, clothes, this seems to be food, is this person out for an outing, razor, toothbrush and toothpaste, small mirror, I can't tell that this fierce guy is still a sissy. Oh, and a bar of soap. Now, guys, go back and clean yourself well, maybe the sister at the port will give you a discount. He threw the soap to the sailors next to him.
"And this money bag, it's finally a bit valuable...... Oh, it's gold, but it's just a small amount, not enough for me to pay the crew. "The goblin was a little angry and poured all the gold coins on the ground, kicking them everywhere, causing the sailors to scramble." Damn, your gold coin is so much smaller than normal, who is this inferior piece of furniture? β
It was the Empire's throne coin, the gold itself was of little value, the point was that it represented the credibility and majesty of the Empire, and the sacred double-headed eagle emblem appeared on it, which was not something that you lowly alien could trample on, Harvey finally burst into a trace of anger.
The goblin sensed the change in the other party's mood, and subconsciously jumped back, pulling out his sword and pistol at the same time. Then he felt embarrassed to be so nervous, and walked back and put the pistol to Harvey's head, "See?" This is the real musket, the power of our goblin engineering is invincible in the world, you know that those dwarf toys are all scum? I just need to move my fingers like this, and no matter how powerful a warrior you are, your skull will shatter, understand? β
"Apparently he hadn't seen the great goblin engineering, otherwise he would have been scared to pee his pants." The thin lieutenant chimed in.
Although Harvey's face is still flesh and blood, his skull has been completely replaced with metal with repeated injuries, so he is not afraid of being shot in the head by this primitive gunpowder weapon. He didn't even bother to look at the muzzle of the black hole, and began to look around boredly, and he saw the scruffy sailors dividing his clothes and shoes, and then his face showed real anger.
"Goblins, bring me my flag." A few simple words seemed to exhaust all physical strength.
Following his gaze, the goblin captain saw a crew member draping a rectangular piece of cloth over his body, the size of which resembled a flag with a slightly abstract two-headed eagle drawn on it.
"Very well, you are finally willing to talk to me, I thought you didn't pay much attention to anything." The goblin grinned, "I'd be happy to serve you, but at what cost?" β
"The price is, if you run away from me, I'll let you live."