Chapter 149: The Pirate Regiment
In the following month, the nine-star dark mage did not go to Xu Wen's trouble again, and the witch-like Xiaobi seemed to have evaporated from the world, and did not make a lot of noise in the cabin of the building ship.
In addition to the dedicated guards on the outer floor of the building, Xie Lao and Wang Xiaoshuai also began to retreat, and they were silent in their rooms.
There was an unusually calm wind and waves inside and outside the building, just like the sea outside.
The old crew members who often go back and forth to the line of the 'Scarlet Alliance' and 'Li Yu' gathered in the cockpit of the ship, looking at the unusually peaceful blue sea and sky outside, their eyebrows twisted into pimples, and they looked preoccupied! They cautiously looked at the old man in the corner with a purple and gold smoking gun, who was spitting out the smoke rings one after another, and only after a while did he knock off the cigarette pocket and raise an old face full of traces of wind and frost and eyes full of shrewd light.
"There are strong winds and waves, what have we never seen fish arrows? Such a little wind and wave can't capsize the boat! Everyone think about it, how to deal with this matter is the best......" The old man coughed and spoke.
The others looked at each other with complicated expressions, moved their lips, and then swallowed back hesitantly, and no one really made a sound.
The old man looked around, smiled, and spat softly:
"Scared?"
The others suddenly couldn't hold back, and their faces were embarrassed.
An older middle-aged man glanced at everyone and sighed with emotion:
"Captain, let's take a detour. ”
"People are really a little worried these days...... I have been out to sea so many times, and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation, and the message that came from the sea some time ago...... Most likely it's true!"
"That's right. ”
Others chimed in:
"Captain, we have been with you for so many years, fighting for life and death, when are you afraid? But you can't know if you are dead and go to break your head and break the blood...... Is that worth it? You're right?"
"The deputy head is right! The three pirate groups have been dissatisfied with the status quo since a long time ago, and this time, there is no reason for them to miss such a good opportunity to make a fortune!"
Everyone looked at the old captain:
"It's just a few more days of sailing, and we can explain it to him as far as the employer is concerned, and they will certainly listen." ”
On the perennial lively shipping line, there has not been a shadow of a merchant ship for more than a month, even in the era of rampant piracy, it has never been so deserted.
Thinking back to more than a month ago, rumors came out - the Qingyun Empire, the Scarlet Alliance and the Dark Empire will be in a long-term melee, and there is no time to maintain order at sea, and the three major pirate groups composed of marauders on the sea are ready to march by land and seize one side.
In all probability......
The abnormal situation at sea is the result of the three pirate groups!
The captain silently listened to everyone's opinions and suggestions pouring out like opening the floodgates, closed his eyes and spit out a smoke ring, and opened his eyes for a long time:
"Detour? You can say it easily, to avoid the sea area where the three pirate groups are active, and at least take an extra twenty days to reach Liyu, the employer will not agree...... And you should know the dangers of staying away from the route...... In addition, the client made it very clear when paying the remuneration that the person we were going to escort this time must arrive at the destination in the shortest possible time! The other half must be paid after the person on board disembarks within the time limit. ”
As the leader of the Fish and Arrow Mercenary Regiment, the old captain knows very well how the mysterious and powerful employer is like an arrow!
Every two days, someone had to be sent to inquire about the remaining voyage and whether the voyage could be further shortened, and if he came to the door to inform him of these things, he would not mention the 50,000 gold coins, and he might offend an employer......
In any case, he did not intend to bypass the sea.
But the current situation is really very strange......
At this time, an ethereal voice suddenly came into everyone's ears clearly:
"What's going on, tell me what's going on!"
The nine-star dark mage Bodong opened his eyes in the pavilion on the top floor of the ship.
The old captain was startled, and stood up from his position:
"Your Excellency?"
He naturally knew who the owner of this voice was, his employer had explained his identity at that time, and he had been able to roughly deduce Bodong's strength recently.
"Well, tell me about the three pirate groups you just talked about. ”
Bodong was expressionless, and Gujing asked without waves.
Although this is not the first time he has gone to sea, he has never heard of information about the three major pirate groups.
After all, at his level, the momentum he exudes is very amazing, pirates, thieves, let alone close, see it, and can't hide.
Not to mention, it had been years since I came to the Scarlet Alliance.
"Yes!"
The old captain nodded respectfully, and did not dare to slack off to take down the purple-gold cigarette gun that had been swallowing in his mouth, hung it on his waist, and explained in the direction of the pavilion.
......
Although the mercenary system of the Scarlet Alliance has created a powerful country, it has also had many drawbacks! Many people have paid the price for it, and it has been for many years.
Many mercenaries will offend the huge mercenary group organization or violate the legal system of the Scarlet Alliance because of their momentary pleasure and revenge!
Although many people have formed small organizations like evil lords and are still able to walk within the country, most of them have to go overseas because of their own strength factors or the power of the guilty family is too large.
Pirates are born!
The sea is an area that most mercenary groups of the Scarlet Alliance cannot set foot in, and there are countless islands, just find a place and a cat, and no one will find it for the rest of your life.
Backed by the vast expanse of the sea, the marauders began their pirate careers in hordes.
The pirate regiment was born.
Of course, the goal of an ordinary pirate group is very limited, and it cannot deal with a large mercenary group like Fish Arrow, which has the size of a building ship and thousands of high-ranking mercenaries under its command.
The three mercenary groups in the old captain's mouth......
It is the super pirate group that is rampant on the sea and has a huge strength - Skeletons, Heavenly Kings, and Angry Jiao.
Each of these three major pirate groups has contained more than 100,000 mercenaries, occupying the vast majority of overseas islands; the leaders of the three major pirate groups are all nine-star level powerhouses, and they are not ordinary mercenary groups that can deal with them, and even fish arrows, a large mercenary group that specializes in running by sea, have to offer a part of their 'filial piety' every year.
In the past, the Scarlet Alliance's Royal Mercenary Regiment, Official Mercenary Regiment, and Civil Super Mercenary Regiment were all able to deter these three sea giants, so that they did not dare to approach the interior, but they could still be safe.
But nowadays.
The Scarlet Alliance is a mess!
The affairs of the Qingyun Empire have stirred up the Scarlet Alliance, where is the extra manpower to be dispatched?
The three pirate groups chose this time to start the incident, which can be regarded as the right time.
In the pavilion, hearing that there were at least six nine-star level powerhouses among the three major pirate groups, Bodong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows......
In normal times, Bodong definitely wouldn't care about the three major pirate groups, but he was also a dark magister, and he couldn't run away if he couldn't beat it?
But this time it's different!
There is a very important person in the ship, and whether he can raise his eyebrows after returning to the Dark Empire depends on the young man at the bottom of the cabin.
Even if the entire crew of the ship is sacrificed, Xu Wen will never be allowed to make the slightest mistake.
When encountering this kind of thing, it is better to be cautious!
"If you take a detour, will you be able to avoid the pirates?"
"This ......," the old captain shook his head:
"It can only be said that the chance of encountering a pirate group will be minimized, and it is impossible to completely avoid the area where the pirate group is active, and there will be traces of different pirate groups in any safe sea area that has been explored. ”
"If you're sailing to uncharted waters......
As soon as Bodong's words came out, the faces of a group of people in the cockpit turned slightly pale.
The old captain was even more embarrassed, wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, not daring to show the slightest disrespect:
"Unknown seas are more dangerous! Undercurrents, whirlpools, everywhere! Reefs are fiercely hidden...... There is no shortage of nine-star level demonic beasts, even if it is us, we dare not set foot in it easily......"
“......”
Bodong's eyes were slightly cold.
Naturally, you can feel their awe of the unknown sea from the tone of the old captain!
It can make a group of eight-star powerhouses fearful like snakes and scorpions, and it is not as simple as being afraid of the danger of just nine stars, even if it is him, it will be difficult for him to retreat from the sea.
Neither is it to advance, nor is it to avoid......
No wonder a group of eight-star strength masters also shrank in the cockpit in embarrassment, discussing the next route of the building ship.
"Since you can't completely avoid the detour, continue to follow the original route!"
Bodong acted decisively and decisively.
In the cockpit, the faces of several of them changed drastically!
"This ......"
I was about to say something, but was interrupted by the old captain's angry reprimand:
"Shut up!"
When a few people arrived, they swallowed it back.
The old captain respectfully bowed his hand:
"Obey your lordship!"
Now that he has the consent of his employer's friend, he has nothing to worry about.
Although the Fish Arrow Mercenary Group does not have a nine-star level powerhouse, it has more than thirty eight-star masters;
Bodong's strength is self-evident, nine-star master, with his words, if something really happens, the other party will definitely not stand idly by.
At that time, even if the leaders of the three major pirate groups are in person, as long as there are no more than two nine-star level masters, the fish and arrow mercenary group will be able to cope with the past - the combat effectiveness of the building ship is not bad, and it is not something that the pirate group can have.
In the pavilion
After Bodong instructed the old captain to continue the same way, the man disappeared from the pavilion.
At the same time, inside a dark room at the bottom of the cabin.
The three-eyed flame tiger lying at Xu Wen's feet seemed to be stimulated by some kind of external stimulus, and suddenly opened his eyes, his body trembled, and the gap between his foreheads opened a little, revealing a pale golden light.
Roar!!
The beastmaster let out a low roar, and the black wind eagle in the room reflexively stared at a rapidly emerging black shadow in the corner.
Although the arrival of the good guest aroused the vigilance of the contract beasts, the two did not show hostility and aggression!
Xu Wen, who had been sitting upright and practicing motionless for dozens of days like a wood sculpture, reached out and patted the thick tiger legs of the Three-Eyed Flame Tiger in the second second after the black shadow appeared, and the latter immediately fell back tamely.
Then.
Xu Wencai opened his eyes, and Bodong caught a faint divine light from his eyes, which quickly restrained and disappeared from his eyes.
"Something?"
"I heard that you have a fake elixir. ”
"In exchange for what?"
Xu Wen simply closed his eyes, leaving Bodong's face full of astonishment.