Chapter 148: Journey to Dragon Island (2)
The ship "Everything Grows" slowly fell into the water, splitting the calm water in half, dragging a long ripple behind him.Elf Captain Grandy stood on the bow of the ship and issued a series of commands, instructing the seamen on the deck to keep busy, and with their efforts, the speed of the "Everything Growing" became slower and slower, and finally docked less than 30 meters from land.
The roots of the huge and thick ancient trees slowly poked into the bottom of the sea from the "Everything Grows", scaring the swarms of fish that roamed freely in the water, and the roots of the ancient trees finally sank to the bottom of the sea, and firmly attached to the rocky reefs and corals, they served the same anchor role as the most commonly used anchors for human sea ships, and the effect was more obvious.
"Your Majesty, you have arrived at your destination, will you land now, or will you wait until tomorrow?" said Captain Grandi, "I suggest you rest on the ship for the night, after all, it is already afternoon, and the sun will set in two hours at most." ”
"No, Grandi, time is pressing, let's go. Freya rejected Grandi's offer, and she couldn't wait any longer.
"As you wish. Grandi shrugged his shoulders, the queen's will is his mission, naturally he will not object, but the elven captain thought about it, and still asked, "Do you need me to choose a few people to follow you?" ”
"Thank you, but my friend will help me. Freya still rejected the offer, because Grandi was good at seafaring, and could only be considered a beginner in combat, and might be able to deal with robbing pirates, but it was completely useless against powerful dragons.
"Oh, you guys, don't you believe me Reynolds?" The loud voice of the dwarf king Reynolds appeared in Grandi's ears, and the latter turned his head to look at Reynolds, with a different smile on his face, which made Reynolds's face reddened slightly, and he couldn't help but explain: "Our dwarven battlefield is not on the water, this ...... Well, seasickness is inevitable. But now it's back on land, and you see, there are a lot of mountains here, and that's where we dwarves are most familiar, so ......"
"Alright, Reynolds, we're leaving, you and Allendo can help me. Freya interrupted Reynolds with a smile, and the latter scratched his head in embarrassment and turned to walk back to the cabin.
After a while, Reynolds and Allendo appeared on the deck carrying a stretcher made of greenery, and the unconscious Ryan lay on the stretcher. Reynolds could only walk in front because of his short stature, and he complained as he walked: "Damn it, didn't you say that seasickness is like drinking and getting drunk? Why do I never throw up when I'm drunk, but I vomit when I get ......seasick."
Freya waited until Elendor and they walked to her side, and after carefully examining Ryan's body, she turned and walked to the left side of the deck to the port side of the land, and softly recited a poem in praise of the goddess of the moonlight, and under her beautiful voice, the plants on the "Everything Grows" began to grow wildly, but they seemed to be spiritually concentrated on the left side of the ship, and the branches that poked out were tightly intertwined, forming a pontoon bridge on the surface of the sea, leading to the land dozens of meters away.
"Let's go. Freya took the lead and was the first to step on the plant pontoon, although the feet were a little soft, and it was a little trembling when it walked up, but the pontoon bridge was very strong, even if Alendor and they stepped on it together, the pontoon bridge only sank down slightly, and then there was a tenacious upright.
From the perspective of her own safety, she didn't want to follow Freya and her party deep into the realm of death, but if she wasn't by Freya's side, where would she have the chance to get the moonlight brooch? Seeing Freya and them set off, but she didn't think about herself at all, Titirius could only stand in the corner of the deck and sigh deeply, not knowing whether to feel relaxed for the time being without facing a terrible unknown threat, or to be frustrated that she couldn't find a chance to get the brooch.
However, Tixilis's heart soon became heavy, for she found that the strongest human on the ship was standing alone on the mast and watching Freya and the others go away. Going deep into the realm of death without bringing the strongest partner, this discovery is really contrary to Tixilis's cognition, she thought at first that the other party stayed to spy on herself, but if she thought about it carefully, Ticilis knew that she was wrong, because Freya has many ways to deal with it, and she doesn't need to fold her wings This is the stupidest means, on the contrary, this can only show that Freya is very confident in the safety of her next trip, and in Tisilis's opinion, the elven queen's biggest reliance must be the brooch that can ignore the huge pressure of this sea, which makes the heart of the Naga royal family more eager to get the brooch。
"Crunch!" The crimson sand under your feet makes such a sound as soon as you step on it, and at the same time, it also brings a stream of heat into the soles of your feet, which makes people very uncomfortable. In addition, the smell of sulfur is pungent in the air, but I have gradually gotten used to it over time. Freya and her group of four slowly walked towards the center of the island, Freya led the way in front, while Elendor and Reynolds walked behind on stretchers, and behind them, with long, slightly messy footprints, all the way to the beach in the distance.
Dragon Island is said to be an island, but it is actually quite large, with large beaches, winding mountains, and volcanoes that erupt all year round. It is impossible for ordinary sea ships to travel here for a month, and the dragons who live here release powerful dragon power from time to time to cover the surrounding area, which makes most of the ships that strayed into it sink to the bottom of the sea, so after a long time, this place has slowly become a legend.
After walking for more than 1 hour, Freya and her sisters entered the mountains, the temperature here suddenly rose a lot, making people seem to have gone from the cold winter to the hot summer in an instant, the dense forest seemed very quiet, there was not even the slightest insect song and bird song, only the sound of Freya and them stepping on the fallen leaves, it sounded very creepy.
Reynolds looked around, and said a few words about the environment here, although this place is similar to his hometown, all trees and mountains, but it always makes people feel very uncomfortable, as if someone is peeping at themselves, but no matter how Reynolds observes, he can never find the peeping guy, which makes the straightforward dwarf king feel extremely depressed, with his character, he would definitely rather rampage among 100,000 strong enemies, and never play hide and seek with an enemy in the mountains and forests, so Reynolds, who is more and more unhappy, can't help but speak。
"Damn, damn it! I said Freya, it's so weird here. Uh, well, I won't talk about it. Reynolds had barely spoken a few words when he saw Freya turn and look at him with annoyed eyes, and he felt embarrassed, so he closed his mouth in a sneer, but the dwarven king stopped speaking, and another voice came from the forest.
"Haha, it's so funny, it's so funny! It's the first time I've seen such a strange visitor, a beautiful girl, a man who is a little worse than me, but still very handsome, and a short man. Hey, I said, what are you doing here? Don't you know it's dangerous?"
"Is it dangerous? Is it dangerous?" The voice suddenly became louder at the end, and its echo enveloped the entire mountain forest in a very short time, accompanied by repeated echoes, a black shadow rushed out of the mountain forest, and stood in front of Freya after knocking over a dozen large trees straightly, but it was a human man in his forties.
"Hey, although I didn't plant the mountains and forests here, but this road was really made by me, you passed from here, shouldn't you give me some ...... Well, what do you mean in human language? Oh, yes, it's taxes. I said, "Shouldn't you give me some taxes?" the human man who suddenly appeared wrenched his fingers and said, "According to the law of that Laozi, a man of you should give 10 copper coins, and then a woman should have 5 copper coins, which should add up to ......"
The human man struggled to pull his fingers to calculate the final number, but he could not calculate a correct answer, Reynolds, who was watching on the side, couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "I said this is a 3-year-old child's question, is there a problem with a total of 35 copper coins?"
"Ah, is it?" The human man counted for a while according to the answer given by Reynolds, and then raised his head and said confidently, "Yes, yes, that's the number." Well, why do damn humans have five fingers in one hand? I have to get it wrong every time!"
"We're going to meet the current guardians of the Dragons. I am Freya, the queen of the elves. At first, Freya waited quietly for the other to babble, and when the human man in his forties looked at her, she revealed her identity.
"Well, this, this elf clan is a good friend, but a good friend is here, this tax...... Well, I mean, those shiny things, can't ...... That one...... Huh, what did you throw at me?" the human man grabbed the pocket that Alendor had handed him over, opened it with curiosity, and his eyes lit up.
"Wow! shiny! shiny! I like it! You're a good person! All humans are good!" The man in his forties was completely dazzled by the bag of golden coins thrown by Alendo, and he poured all the gold coins on the ground with straight eyes, and then pounced on them with his own body, and then kept counting them in his mouth: "One, two, three, four...... Damn, there are 5 human fingers, not ours...... Where did I count?"