"Boss, what are we going to do now?"

In a tavern in Bilgewater Bay, the Soaring Pirates nestled in a room, their eyes all looking at the woman sitting cross-legged towards the center.

Xiluo had an unhappy look on his face: "That doom tavern is considered a person, and the rest of the bullshit in exchange for bounty is actually only given one-tenth." ”

Bilgewater Bay does have an Explorers' Association, but it only has expeditions and commissions, and does not offer bounty redemption business.

It is said that this is the final result of the pirates uniting and led by the Doom Tavern.

Sivir shook his long, slender and well-proportioned legs, unconsciously turned the cross blade in his hand, and said in a nonchalant tone:

"It's not that hard to do."

"Boss, what do you say?"

Silo's head was full of doubts.

It stands to reason that the boss is the one who puts money as his life.

How could such a person be cheated and still look calm.

"The people here don't realize the huge potential of bounty hunters, and don't forget, the current Empress Sarah is a bounty hunter."

"No, sir, why don't I understand what are we supposed to do? Aren't we just doing the work of bounty hunters now? ”

Silo was even more confused, how could he think that he either had a problem with his ears or had too much alcohol in his brain.

Seeing that Sivir didn't pay attention to himself, but frowned slightly, as if thinking about something important, he had no choice but to give up and turn his head to Lucian on the side.

"What the head of the regiment means, do the work of those taverns, and we will be the middlemen." Lucian explained.

"That's it?" Silo's eyes widened in disbelief, "Aren't we here to be pirates?" ”

"The original goal of the regimental leader was to kill all the pirates who were stronger than us." Lucian glanced at him and said lightly, "I used to think that we would exchange them for money. But now it's clear that this is slow to make money, so it's better for us to be a middleman and get more bounty hunters involved. ”

He gestured to the wooden table next to him, where there was the information they had gathered about the major taverns for bounties:

"Except for the Doom Tavern, which has given us a lot of publicity, the rest is only 1/10 at most. It's a big profit, as long as we give 1/5, others will give us the pirate head. ”

"No, can't others also increase the size? In the end, no one will make any money. "Silo really didn't understand the point.

"Changing the bounty is also about status and risk." Lucian smiled, looking not worried at all, "We have an imperial background, as long as we don't go too far to plunder merchant ships, those people don't dare not give us." As for the taverns, they cost more than we do in exchange bounties. ”

"Oh - I see." Silo kind of understood.

But soon, another question came to his mind:

"That's not right! Isn't the Doom Tavern raising its price right now? Can we compete with them? ”

When Xiluo spoke, he also looked at his captain carefully, and saw that the other party did not react in particular, so he was relieved.

The person behind the Doom Tavern was the Empress Sarah, who they had seen in the harbor before, and there were five steel ships similar to the Ascension.

Now they are much stronger than those ordinary pirates, but they are much worse than the pirate empress.

"Don't worry about the Doom Tavern." Lucian stretched out his finger and shook it, "Bilgewater is huge, those dark corners, the high cabins, the caverns eroded by the sea... But there are many dark forces harboring, and there are always many people who don't like the empress. ”

"Yikes! So I'll understand, I'll talk about it earlier. Siloh suddenly realized.

Sivir also finished his contemplation, looked at the others and commanded:

"These days are mainly focused on gathering intelligence, and we should also build a tavern of our own."

Hearing this, the rest of the people all showed excited expressions.

When it comes to taverns, we have to talk about the fine wine of Bilgewater.

Because of the pirates' raids, the taverns here basically cover all kinds of fine wines from all over the world.

In the past, when they were mercenaries, they couldn't do without wine, but now that they have this opportunity to have fun, they naturally won't let it go.

I have a tavern at home, so it's not just about opening a bottle and drinking as much as you want.

Silo took the lead, and the cadres of the pirate group quickly left the room with happy faces.

Now, only Sivir and Lucian were left in the room.

Sivir stopped the spinning cross blade, looked up at the Lucian couple who had not left, rubbed his temples and said:

"You should have heard that the previous fleet was led by the Empire, and several pirate forces were all dispatched, and the target was Shadow Island."

Senna nodded solemnly: "We have met Seraphine the leader of the team, she is not very old, but she is a very reliable person. But..."

"Xena, maybe the Isle of Shadows isn't as scary as we thought."

Lucian gripped Senna's cold hand, knowing full well that Senna was still afraid.

"That's right." Sivir also nodded, "Don't underestimate the strength of the Empire, if this conquest fails, the Empire will also send a stronger army." What we need to do now is to gain a firm foothold here and develop first. ”

The original version of the plan, after seeing Sarah and the pirate fleet, had to be scrapped.

Before they could stand up to the mighty pirates, they had to grow steadily, first building taverns and then seeing how they could get a piece of the pie from this golden place.

After the three of them chatted for a while, Lucian was "friendly" and invited out of the room.

He looked at the closed door, feeling a little helpless.

How can it be that after a boat trip, Sivir and Senna are so familiar with each other, and they don't talk about what little secrets between women they want to talk about.

Alas... It's hard to be a man, Lucian sighed, glanced at the closed door, and left the tavern and walked outside.

He spent several years in Birgewater Bay, which has remained largely the same, albeit with some changes.

Following his old memories, he stood in front of a casino called "Destiny".

The small venue is full of crazy gamblers.

In the most prominent position, a group of bystanders are gathered around to watch the card game of two gamblers.

One of them was a strong man with a meaty face, and a large pile of Trefalis coins in front of him. The other thin man was dressed in black, with a mysterious smile on his mature face.

After the casino dealer is familiar with cutting the cards, one by one is divided between the two people in the game, each with two cards each, both placed on the table face up.

Lucian walked nearby and could see that on the back of the card was an eye, the symbol of the Casino of Fate. Looking at this sign, there was a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

The strong man grabbed the cards without hesitation, and after sweeping the cards, his brows furrowed.

The corners of the thin man's mouth curled slightly, and he said without looking:

"1 Trifali Coins!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a gold coin out of nowhere, and after a clink flew through his fingertips for a while, it fell into the center of the table.

"Follow!"

Without hesitation, the strong man grabbed a gold coin and threw it in the middle of the table.

Another round of dealings, and the cards in their hands became three.

This time, the thin man still didn't look at the cards, but as if by magic, his palm gently stroked the wooden table, and one by one the gold coins turned and appeared where he had stroked.

"10 gold coins."

"Will you play? Don't even look at the cards? ”

The strong man picked up the card unhappily and glared at the thin man.

Although it is very cool to win, but when you meet a fool, the fun of gambling is at least half.

"It doesn't matter if it will or not, Lady Luck always favors me anyway."

The thin man always had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he had an unhurried look.

"Cut." The strong man sneered, "20 gold coins, open the cards!" ”

He swept the thin man with cold eyes and added: "Don't grind, get out of the way if you don't have money." ”

"Twenty," the thin man shrugged slightly, "then twenty is fine." ”

He took out a money bag and threw it away, and the money bag fell on the table, and 10 gold coins rolled out of it.

The strong man did not hesitate, shook the cards in his hand, and hit the wooden table with a "snap":

"2 Pirate Elites, a total of 23 points, if you want to be bigger than mine, take both!"

They played a popular card game in Bilgewater, with a deck of 60 cards and four cards of 15 faces, representing points from 1 to 15.

One side chooses to open the cards, and the other side can choose to increase the size and continue to deal the cards, or you can choose to open the cards with the money.

The strong man's hand is two pirate elite cards, a 10 and a 3 fish.

It's not big, but it's not small either.

The strong man's eyes were fixed on the emaciated man in front of him.

I've been playing in the casino for so long, it's not that I haven't seen the cards, but it's the first time I've seen this kind of unlooked cards and long underplay.

"Heh..."The thin man chuckled and flipped his cards over, with apologies in his voice:

"I'm sorry, today is my lucky day."

The three cards he turned over were exactly the same three cards, with a huge sea monster head and tentacles coiled around it.

This pattern has an image of the name, Bearded Lady.

And in Bilgewater, everyone knows that she has another name:

Naga Capolos!

"! You cheat! ”

The strong man slapped the table hard, and waited for a pair of angry eyes to slap him.

Bang!

At that moment, a gunshot rang out.

A scream followed, and blood splattered in front of the strong man, and the table was full of blood.

This bloody scene not only did not cause panic among the onlookers, but the onlookers blew a few whistles in a lively manner.

It's just a dead person, how fresh!

In Bilgewater Bay, every day someone dies fills an island.

At this moment, the man with a shotgun and a cigarette in his mouth walked over with a casual step:

"Trist, don't thank me!"

"Graves, can I thank you for not moving?" The thin man Trist shrugged.

Graves walked to the wooden table with a cigarette in his mouth, and did not mind the blood stains on the table, and grabbed the gold coin with his free hand and stuffed it into the money bag, and said without looking back:

"Heh, if it weren't for me, you would have been beaten to death."

"Come on, if it weren't for me, you'd still be in Piltover's prison." Trist sat back in his chair and waved to let the excitement disperse.

Seeing that there was no excitement, the rest of the people just glanced at Graves' shotgun and left regretfully.

"Ding—"

The last gold coin fell into the purse, and Graves glared at Trist unhappily:

"Don't mention it, if you hadn't run away, why would I have gone in?"

"Come on, I'm not going to run, let's go in together. Do you say, Lucian? ”

Trist shrugged slightly, resting his legs on the bloody wooden table, and looked at Lucian, who was still standing next to him, with a playful expression.

"Isn't this an old friend? It's been a long time, is this here to ask for wine? ”

Graves pinned the purse to his waist, took a hard puff of his cigarette, and pulled the trigger of the shotgun directly at Lucian.

Obviously, the relationship between the two is not as good as he said.

"Graves, I'm here for business."

Ignoring his gun, Lucian pulled up a stool and sat down.

"Cut, down to business! How many people have you killed in order to save your wife? ”

Graves was bored, so he threw the gun aside and sat down on the table.

Trist next to him didn't know when there was an extra blue card in his hand, and with a twist of his fingertips, he pressed the black hat he was wearing on his head, and said with a chuckle:

"Don't, Graves, you forgot he was here a year ago?"

"." Graves seemed to think of something, and grabbed the shotgun next to him, "Lucian, I haven't looked for you yet, pay back the money!" ”

"Isn't it just 20 Golden Sirens? Not! Lucian spread his hands.

"That's 20 Golden Sirens, if you paid it back 1 year ago, I could earn 10 more Trifali gold coins!" Graves glared at Lucian.

It's light to say, the Golden Siren at this time is not the same price as the previous Golden Siren at all.

At the time when the Trivary Gold Coin came out, Bilgewater's Golden Siren was able to exchange 1 for 1.

And recently, you used 2 golden sirens without a fool to exchange them for a Trefalis gold coin.

With interest on this deal, he lost money!

"Don't be stingy, Graves, we're all big picture people." Lucian reached out and tried to pat the other man on the shoulder, but was refused.

Trist arched the fire beside him with interest: "I believe this, Lucian is the one who dares to drive the ship bought by the 20 gold siren to the Shadow Island." ”

Graves listened and frowned: "Aren't you lying to me, labor and management think that you and I are the same kind of people, and I was moved by your story at that time, so I borrowed you 20 gold kraken to buy a boat." How do I feel now, you're the same kind of person as Triste's bastard. ”

"Hey, I'm a good person!" Trist raised his hand and smiled.

"You're a good person, and all the bad guys in the world are dead." Graves glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to Lucian.

One year ago, when the three of them were drinking together, they listened to Lucian's story, and he gave 20 gold Sirens on the spot.

At that time, Lucian also sailed out to sea in a boat, and he didn't think that he could get it back, and there were only a few people in this world who could come back when he went to Shadow Island.

But he saw Lucian's turtle grandson again today, and he felt that he had been deceived.

"I did go to the Isle of Shadows." Lucian said seriously.

"What about people? Why don't you bring an insight? Trist didn't seem surprised at all.

"I was dragged by my head to chat, and I will definitely bring it next time." Lucian turned his head towards Graves, "I've been here for so long, don't give me a drink?" ”

"Damn, if you don't pay back the money, you want to drink when you come?"

Although Graves cursed, he still asked the bartender next to him to bring three glasses of wine.

The three of them don't know each other, and 2 years ago something happened to Piltover's side, and Trist fished him out of prison.

Of course, if it weren't for Trist's bastard running away, he wouldn't have been caught so easily. But watching Trist fish him out, he also thought about sparing him a dog first.

When they returned to Bilgewater, they met Lucian, who had come to drink, and there was a little argument and a skirmish over the drink.

There was a conflict, and it was inevitable that a few people would die.

At first, it was the two of them who fought Lucian, and then the people here opened fire on them indiscriminately. In a fit of rage, they killed all the people here.

As it stands, he and Trist have become the bosses here.

As for Lucian, heh, he didn't shoot this guy well. Rubbing wine in a tavern every day and not giving money, in particular, he is a habitual robbery offender who doesn't do this.

About a year ago, Lucian told his story, and because they were familiar with him, Graves generously gave him money.

At that time, the tavern had been converted into a gambling house, and the income was not bad, anyway, most of the money was earned by Trist, who was only responsible for killing people.

A few people drank a little wine, chatting about the past a year or two ago, and there was quite a sigh.

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