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"Ahead is the port where we're going to take a boat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Avi glanced at the map, then at the looming port town ahead. The map shows that there will be passenger boats that can carry them to Fatty Fish City in this unknown town in front of them, and most of them are small merchants who want to take the waterway, so the safety of this road will be relatively high.

However, when the four of them went to the port in the town, they found that many people were surrounding a small passenger ship in the port.

"No, no!" one stood on the boat, blocking the guests who wanted to get on the boat, and did not let everyone get on the boat.

"What's not going on, I'm still in a hurry to go to the Kingdom of Salins!"

"That's right, the money has been paid, and now you say no?!"

The boatman kept waving his hand, and he said with a sad face: "The money can be given back to you, but this sea will definitely not be able to come out, there is a storm outside!"

Those who wanted to get on the boat began to talk about it, and a few of them left directly after hearing what the boatman said, as if the storm was an unsolvable matter.

"What should we do? It stands to reason that we should be able to drive slowly along the shore, so that we will not be afraid of a storm. Big-nosed Van said to Avi and Coral.

Coral said in sign language: "The passenger ships in this town are private ships, and they must not be near the land, otherwise he will have to pay the shipping fees to the Kingdom of Salins." "These things were told to her by the steward of Sky City, because Sloman controlled all the ships in the ports of the East Oguna Empire after the war, and the West Oguna Empire also lost all the port cities, so if you want to go to the Kingdom of Sarins by water, you can only take a private ship - the maritime agreement between the Minister of the Navy Sloman and the Kingdom of Salins has collapsed, so now the two countries are still negotiating a new sea route agreement, and the ships of both countries cannot go to each other's cities.

"Then I can't help it, I think it's safer to go overland," Fan shrugged, "or I'll be caught up in the storm and I'll be turned into fish food." ”

Avi also felt justified, "Is that neutral area really dangerous? ”

Stitch was also curious about the neutral region, as Saresa's half-brother and the royal family of the East Oguna Empire, he had been surrounded by a large number of subordinates since he was a child, and this was the first time he had left those subordinates, so the mysterious-sounding neutral region aroused the curiosity of the aristocratic imps.

Coral gestured, "Actually, it's not impossible to go by land, but there are a lot of bandits and thieves in the vicinity of that area, and those bandits will choose to sell their stolen goods in that neutral area, we just need to be careful not to mess with them." ”

"What are you afraid of! with my two masters!" Stitch pointed at Avi and Fan with his finger, and Fan immediately closed his eyes and nodded, and a proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Alright then, let's go overland now. ”

After several days of traveling, the four of them finally reached the western border of the Oguna Empire, and further west was the neutral region.

This neutral area, known as the "Ceth Mud Zone", is the shortest hub between the western border of the Oguna Empire and the Kingdom of Salins, and most caravans will choose to pass through here and then enter the Kingdom of Salins or enter the Oguna Empire. Because of the geographical location of this area, many bandits and robbers have seen this and have come to the nearby mountains to set up cottages, ready to collect a toll from these caravans.

Most of the land in the Czesi mud area is mainly mud, with some mountains on the north and south sides of the mud area, and the east-west passage is flat. And because you don't have to take a long detour or pay any customs duties through this area, even if there are bandits here, those caravans will choose to take a risk and pass through here. There were also caravans that hired mercenaries to protect them, as was the case with the caravan that had been ahead of the four.

There had always been a caravan in front of Avi's three horses, and this caravan was all merchants on horseback, all carrying goods that were tightly wrapped in cloth. Neither Avi nor Fan could guess what it was, and it wasn't surprising that it might be an antique. The caravan also hired a group of horseback mercenaries to escort them, and the group totaled nearly sixty people.

They were ahead of Avi, and Coral and Avi had discussed that it would be safer for the caravans to open their way ahead. If there are bandits or robbers, the caravan in front of them may become a target for those people, reducing their chance of being in danger.

However, they seemed to be very lucky, and they didn't encounter any bandits until they entered the first town in the Czes mud district, not even the slightest suspicious one.

There are already many travelers or caravans in the first town, and there are also some scattered mercenaries waiting for job opportunities, but the caravans that can come here are already prepared, and these individual mercenaries can only look for some travelers who are afraid of the future.

"Since there is an endless stream of caravans here, it stands to reason that those bandits don't dare to do it easily, right?" asked Stitch quietly.

"Not necessarily, those bandits have already infiltrated this area, and it is not surprising that the owner of this tavern is the leader of the bandits!" A strange man walked up to the four of them and answered the question asked by Stitch.

Except for Stitch, all three of them became vigilant, "Who are you?"

"My name is Digby, and I'm a native of the mud district of Czes," Digby is not handsome or ugly, his nostrils are a little large, he wears a most ordinary mud-colored leather armor, and the lower half of his body is tight-fitting legging leather pants, "I don't look like a businessman, more like a bunch of runaways, hehe." ”

Avi was interpreting in sign language for Coral on the side, and at the same time replied to the other party: "My name is Avi, these are our country partners, we are preparing to go to the Kingdom of Salins to make a living, and we have come here for the first time. "He's learned how to tell a lie calmly, and it's a lie he's prepared for a long time.

Stitch nodded wittily as well. But the local young man, Digby, didn't buy it, he put a hand on Avi's shoulder, and whispered, "Don't lie, you and that guy with a big nose are great characters, don't think I'm a dirt guy here! I'm the shrewdest snake in town!" he patted Avi on the shoulder.

"We're really just ordinary travelers, but you seem to be to us..."

"Ah, actually, the tavern owner wants me to pick up customers, so Digby is very enthusiastic today!" he pointed to a nondescript tavern in the distance, "Usually when I don't have a guide to work, I will find some extra money to cook, there is the freshest clay food, go ahead!" he pushed the backs of Avi and Fan with his palm, and kept encouraging the four of them to come over.

But before he could take a few steps, he immediately went to the other travelers and continued to sell the tavern. In addition to the tavern, there were inns and taverns in town, and it seemed necessary to sell them simply.

"Let's go there, Stitch is tired too, and the small tavern is more inconspicuous. "Coral is represented in sign language.

Avi and Fan nodded, they were Stitch's guards, so it was necessary to go to the tavern first to see if it was a black shop. Luckily, it was already full of people because of Digby's pitch, and the tavern owner was very welcoming, and he immediately smiled when he learned that Digby had introduced him. They managed to find a corner to sit in, and the tavern owner said that he had a basement for people to sleep and rest, and it looked like it had everything to do.

The caravan carrying large parcels had also come to the tavern to rest, and the mercenaries they had hired didn't seem to be around, and they didn't notice the four of them.

"This time, it looks like we're going to be able to ship something. ”

"Don't be so happy so quickly, I heard that the bandit boss in the Ces mud area has a life weapon, and the caravan that has been robbed by him recently is suddenly much more!"