With such a big movement on the shore, the people on the Cobblestone naturally would not be unaware.

When the noise of the battle slowly subsided, Locke ordered two more sober sailors, and rowed the dinghy to the beach with trepidation.

"Captain Locke, I'm sorry to disturb you? Griffith was in a good mood, and the smile on his face couldn't hide even the night.

"Lord Griffith, are you all alright?" Locke rubbed his hands together, trying his best to show his concern, and his tone was noticeably more humble than the previous two days.

"I had just fallen asleep when I was woken up by an explosion. When I ran to the deck, I realized that it was my lord, you who were attacked. I immediately wanted to bring the boys over to help, but it was a waste of time to find weapons and place the dinghy. I didn't expect you to be so brave and take out the enemy so quickly. ”

Locke is calm on the surface, but inside he is actually playing the drums. Docked at this harbor tonight, but Locke insisted. If Griffith suspects that they are in touch with the enemy who is coming tonight, it will be doomed.

Thinking of this, Locke couldn't help but sneak a glance at the siege crab behind Griffith, and his mood became more and more panicked.

Siege crabs, that is the overlord of the shallow sea, with that pair of pincers alone, can easily dismantle the pebble.

"Captain Locke, do you know who these are?" Griffith was still chatting and laughing with Locke, but on the other side, Vicente and the others were carrying torches, dragging the corpses to the beach, piling up the peeled leather armor and weapons, and feeding the rest directly to the siege crabs.

This scene made Locke tremble.

"The villain doesn't know. Against Griffith's burning gaze, beads of sweat the size of beans slid down Locke's head. Although he had a handkerchief in his pocket, he didn't dare to take it out to wipe his sweat.

"Lord Griffith, you must trust me! I swear to the Lord of the Storm that the villain has nothing to do with them. ”

In this world, it is responsible to swear to God, especially for the irascible and cold god of the Lord of the Storm - other churches mostly rely on small graces to win over believers, but the Lord of the Storm relies on intimidation.

"If you dare not believe in the Lord of the Storm, my Lord will stir up a storm and overturn your wrecked ship. This is the most common sermon used by the pastors of the Lord of the Storm.

"They are from the Osbornes. Seeing Locke's stunned expression, Griffith understood that the captain should be innocent. "If you dare to swear to the Lord of the Storm, then I will trust you. There's nothing to do with you here, so get me back to the ship, and get some rest tonight, and we'll leave tomorrow at dawn." ”

Locke, who thought that he would be extorted a sum of money from the opportunity, heard Griffith's unceremonious order, not only did not have any dissatisfaction, but immediately called the two men who came together and rowed back to the boat as if he had been amnestied.

"Young Master, why don't you take the opportunity to kill these people. Bailey quietly leaned over and whispered in Griffith's ear.

"Kill them, and who's going to sail for us?" asked Griffith.

"You can wait until you get to Hydra Village before you kill it. Bailey's tone had a hint of cruelty in his tone, "We have enough reason that Locke brought us here." Just kill a few civilians, no one will trouble us for this, not only can we save the 400 gold dragon of the ship's fare, and the ship will also belong to us. ”

Griffith sighed in his heart, and now he was a little skeptical that he had made the right decision to send Bailey to the Raven Guild.

Was it taken away by the Crow Guild, or did he already develop such a character when he wandered in Thousand Sails City?

Bailey's ruthlessness, Griffith is confident that he can still hold on, and he is just a suggestion, Griffith does not need to show dissatisfaction.

So, Griffith patted Bailey on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Fame is such a thing, you can't see it, you can't touch it, but sometimes it's worth more than a golden dragon." Killing them will indeed save 400 gold dragons, but when the news spreads, will there be any businessmen willing to do business with me in the future? Maybe the deal that can be done for 100 gold dragons will only be cooperated with me by others for 200 gold dragons in the future, and the gains outweigh the losses!"

"That cobblestone, the ship is so old, it is worth 2,000 gold dragons at most, we don't have sailors ourselves, and we have to discount the price of selling it. Also, the ship is not Locke's alone, the rest of the shareholders are merchants in Thousand Sails City, and if we rob the ship, it is equivalent to having a few more enemies in Thousand Sails City, maybe it will be in trouble with Bishop Charlotte, and all the effort I spent before will be in vain. ”

Seeing Bailey's thoughtful expression, Griffith knew that he had listened to his words, so he added: "Besides, I will be able to use these people soon." The golden dragon is dead, but people are alive, and only people can continue to create wealth. ”

"Well said. Thorn clapped and walked over.

"Uncle Thorne, is your hand alright?" Griffith cared.

Although he was unstoppable when he turned into an earth elemental, he was also injured. The most serious of these was the wound on the left hand that was cut by an iron hand.

"I applied some medicine and used another healing technique, and it didn't get in the way. Sean looked at the siege crab that was happily chewing on the corpse, and sighed: "I really can't imagine that you dare to gamble so big, it's really terrifying." It should have cost you a lot of gold to buy this siege crab, right?"

"It's 12,000 golden dragons. Griffith smiled wryly, "Fortunately, Bishop Charlotte of Thousand Sails City promised to let me pay on credit, otherwise I would never have been able to afford it." And this account will be repaid next year, and I'm worried. ”

Griffith's words were actually explaining to Thorn, lest he misunderstand that Stone was unfair and privately gave his son private money. As a mid-level druid, the chief advisor to the Carolingian baron, Thorn's salary is only 1,500 gold dragons per year.

"You kid, you deliberately cried poor. Thorn tapped Griffith on the head, "Okay, I know what you're up to. Kyle Osborne's ransom, I'll split it with you, lest you call me stingy. ”

It costs a lot to train a professional, especially a mid- and high-level professional. Therefore, as long as the defeated side is willing to surrender, it can generally save its life, and only need to pay a considerable ransom afterwards to regain its freedom. Of course, rivals like the Carolingians and Osbornes are hard to say.

If it weren't for Leett's escape, or if it weren't for his threat of "never dying", Griffith would rather not have a ransom than kill Kyle Osborne. A level 4 mage who is about to join the Sorcery Alliance is too dangerous for Griffith himself and for the Carolingian family.

However, killing an enemy in battle is completely different from killing a prisoner after a battle.

Now Leeter is on the run, and Kyle Osborne was literally alive at the time of his escape.

That way, things won't be easy.

Although the Carolingian and Osborne families have torn their faces, they are still vassals of the Marquis of Griffin after all, if Kyle dies, the Osborne family will definitely sue the Marquis, and if there are other families to help, the Carolingian family will definitely not be pleased.

Neither Griffith nor Thorne were impulsive, so Kyle Osborne's life was saved. However, with his status as a level 4 magician, the Osborne family would have to bleed hemorrhage once.

Kyle Osborne was captured by Thorn, and according to custom, eighty percent of the ransom went to the druids, and the remaining twenty percent was to be handed over to the lord Baron Stone.

Now that Thorn wants to divide half of himself, that is, forty percent of the ransom, Griffith, who is full of debts, will naturally not be hypocritical, and immediately thanked happily: "Uncle Thorn, you are really good, in order to repay you, I will definitely say more good things about you in front of Aunt Liana in the future." ”

Thorne looked a little embarrassed, but didn't say anything against Griffith's proposal.

"By the way, Uncle Thorne, is Kyle Osborne settled?" The current Kyle Osborne, in Griffith's eyes, is a pile of golden dragons, and if he is allowed to escape, the loss will be great.

"Don't worry, I look at his appearance, and he may not wake up tomorrow. Moreover, I also found a big python to be a guard, let alone escape, he can't stretch if he wants to now. The corners of Thorn's mouth curled slightly, as if he remembered something interesting.

Griffith imagined Kyle Osborne being tightly wrapped around a large python, and his mood was a little better.

Griffith didn't dare to bother Thorn about cleaning up the battlefield. The druid was bored, so he circled around the siege crab, and soon communicated with the behemoth, which seemed to be a little closer than Griffith's real owner.

"You're a really good siege crab, you're only 5 years old and you're so big. "The growth rate of siege crabs is very important, and some people with poor physique are only more than one person tall after six or seven years, and they are not useful at all.

"But it's not a good thing to grow too fast, it's too expensive. Sean laughed. A siege crab that even Baron Carolingian couldn't afford to raise, Thorn was actually a little worried about Griffith, otherwise he wouldn't have been so generous with half of the ransom.

Compared to the siege crab's powerful combat power, its food is even more amazing. In the words of Bishop Charlotte: "Adult siege crabs must eat at least 1,000 pounds of grain a day, and only those wheat piled up in the barn can be raised by moldy Cyrenanians." ”

Considering the meagre grain production of the Ibian Peninsula, almost no nobles would feed siege crabs - the cost of buying large quantities of grain over a long period of time would rise dramatically, with an average of at least 10 gold dragons a day and 300 gold dragons a month. This is equivalent to the cost of raising 30 Tier 1 warriors, and the range of the siege crab cannot be too far from the water.

Griffith, the siege crab, is actually just an adult. Theoretically, as long as the nutrition can keep up, the siege crab can even grow up to 100 meters tall, and of course, the bigger the body, the greater the appetite. The feeding cost of 10 golden dragons per day is only the current cost, and it will definitely continue to increase in the future.

The only thing to be thankful for is that siege crabs are omnivorous creatures, and they can also survive for a while if they are fed grass, and as for meat, they are naturally eaten.

Kyle Osborne's men who died in battle were at least Level 1 warriors, not only fleshy and elastic, but also nutritious. Griffith is not a necromancer, and it is useless to keep these corpses, so he simply feeds them all to the siege crabs, and after eating such a meal, it can last at least four or five days.

"Give it a name. Thorn suggested.

"It's called Zagu. Griffith said with a slight mistaste.