readx;? The news that the Sophia was going to sea, like the news that the sea monster had destroyed Shaibe a few days earlier, caused a stir among the citizens of Port Sophia. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Because the timing of the Sophia going to sea was too unusual, the city lord's mansion made it clear that he hadn't been able to figure out what creatures had destroyed Si Haibei, and even the fisherman didn't dare to go to sea in the past few days.

Fear still pervades this seaside royal city, like the residents of Shaibe who were tortured and killed a few days ago, and the thick smell of blood wafted into the city with the sea breeze.

Sophia has decided to go to sea today, and Ian is packing his bags. In fact, there is nothing to pack, he just has so many things, and he can carry them on his back and set off at any time. If it weren't for the fact that Eve had been standing not far away and looking at herself.

Ian thought for a moment and said to Eve, "You go to Joseph first and wait for me, and I'll be back in a month." ”

Eve nodded: "You've said this seven times in the past two days. ”

"Really?" Ian scratched his head in embarrassment, "Alright then, I'll go first and I'll be back soon." ”

Eve looked at Ian's departing back, hesitated for a long time, and finally said what she had been trying to say for the past few days: "Even if you don't go, it's okay." ”

Ian was stunned, stopped, and looked back at Eve. Eve didn't meet Ian's gaze, but lowered her head, looked at her toes, and whispered: "Even if you don't go, I won't blame you for anything, I already treat you as an older brother." ”

"Really?"

Ian felt very relieved, after getting along with each other in the past few days, he finally touched his "sister". Eve may have considered Ian to be her own relative, because relatives don't let their relatives take risks.

But Ian still had to go, not just because of Eve, and not just for the sake of the little boy who died tragically. He was more for himself, Ludo had mentioned the word fate to him before he died, and he thought that he was looking for his own destiny now.

So he left anyway.

When Ian left, the sun was shining on Eve's face, warm and comfortable. She couldn't help but be stunned, this feeling was familiar and strange, as if she had had it before, but lost it for a long time.

But fortunately, it seems to be coming back again.

At this moment, the port was full of people, and almost all the citizens of the city gathered here. Look at the giant ship parked on the shore, which is the Sophia. The largest ship ever built seems to have used one of the most advanced alchemy techniques as the power source for the giant ship, which can be driven by wind and manpower.

In normal times, people would be happy to experience this epoch-making giant ship. After all, the 35 gold required to get on the ship is not unaffordable for many Sofia residents, and they can also see the legendary island of Abbyron Island, so why not do it.

Today, however, the guards of the City Lord's Mansion who were in charge of collecting the fees and registering were a little embarrassed. He was sitting under the Sophia, and thousands of people were surrounding him, but they were dozens of meters away from him, and no one came up to sign up. They were all pointing at him and Sophia in the crowd, and no one came to sign up for the morning.

This is a very unusual thing, because in the past, this kind of activity of going to sea should have an endless stream of applicants, so that some people have to be eliminated each time. Today, however, none of the fishermen, tourists, or merchants who have come here to do business have taken another step towards the Sophia.

The registered guard wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, looked up at the sky, and only felt that today's sun was extremely scorching.

"Just let him come back, no one will board the ship in this case. Standing on the bow of the Sophia, looking down at the crowd below, Vincent said to his deputy, "The sea monsters have scared these people out. ”

The deputy smiled bitterly: "I also want him to come back, but no, this is the tradition of the Sophia for a hundred years." After all, it was the first city lord who set the rules, and the rules were not to be changed, he had to sit there until the evening, and he could not come back until he was sure that no one wanted to get on the boat. ”

"Rules are dead, people are alive. Vincent said, "This journey is destined to make most of the space of the Sophia empty, and it is useless to sit for a long time, and after a while, call him back and see that he is going to collapse." ”

The deputy could only nod.

"I heard that you used to be the alchemist of Alder, the city of alchemy?" asked Vincent suddenly.

The deputy was stunned, and suddenly came to his senses, and nodded with a smile: "I didn't expect you to know about the Alchemy City, my lord." ”

"I'm not from the land, but I've heard it. Vincent glanced up at the huge pillars on the hull, something like a chimney, and asked, "Is that the latest alchemy technology?"

"This, in fact, can't be regarded as alchemy technology, but relies on steam as power. ”

"I don't know much about that, I just want to know, with it, how much faster can it be than a conventional ship?" asked Vincent.

"At least twice as much!"

"Twice?" Vincent whispered, gently touching the stubble on his chin, "If it's twice, it should be enough to catch up with Epilon." ”

The deputy didn't hear the words, because his attention was suddenly attracted, because finally someone came out of the crowd and walked towards the lonely receptionist.

Ian walked up to the sleepy receptionist and knocked on the table, and the receptionist was agitated and came to his senses.

"I'm going to board the ship. Ian said.

"Embark on the ship?!" the receptionist was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and immediately picked up a pen and wrote quickly on the parchment, "Okay, no problem, name, gender, age." ”

"Ian, male, eighteen. ”

As soon as Ian finished speaking, the receptionist had already finished writing, and it was unbelievably fast. Of course, he didn't know that the receptionist had been waiting for a person to get on the boat for a long time, and he was about to go crazy, and finally someone was going to get on the boat, could he not be excited.

"Alright, you're ready to get on board. The receptionist said, "Someone will greet you when you get on board." ”

"That's it?" Ian was stunned, "I haven't paid yet." ”

"Well, no. The receptionist said with some embarrassment, "According to tradition, the first non-crew member to board Sophia can be exempted from all expenses." ”

"Wouldn't I, I'm still the first?" Ian glanced at the parchment, and found that the parchment was indeed only his own name, and he looked lonely, and he couldn't help but be a little speechless. However, he quickly figured out that perhaps the sea monster's deterrent power was too great.

Seeing that Ian didn't move, the receptionist thought that he was hesitating, and immediately became anxious, so he pushed Ian onto the boat: "Little brother, what are you still thinking, waiver of fees, where are you going to find such a good thing!"

So Ian was thrust onto the famous Sophia in such a daze.

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