Arriving late in the Waikato, the group found an inn with a warehouse and stables, set up the two wagons, and went to one of the most famous taverns in town, where they dined and mingled with some airship owners.

The tavern's name was 'Airship', and it was converted from a gondola under an airbag-type airship. The tavern owner is a retired boat owner who, together with his wife, has built his own airship, but after a long period of use, it has become the main part of a tavern, and has started a business on the ground. As business got better, so did the number of buildings that were built and expanded.

Don't look at the work of flying in the sky seems to be very dreamy, but in fact, it is very dangerous, and there are really few people who can live to retire. And the tavern's choice to retire with the airship he built after a long flight is the envy of many juniors.

Coupled with his willingness to pass on his experience and the fact that he is also an excellent mechanic, he is occasionally called upon to help when the airship is in need of manpower for surface repairs.

Over time, there were more airship-related people coming and going to this tavern. Eventually, the tavern even became a place in the town of Waikato to broker related business, similar to the taverns of the Adventurers' Guild. They even formed a airship guild on their own, but it was only a mutual aid association, without too many restrictive rules, and the scale was not large.

And tonight's Airship Tavern was full of people. Owners and sailors who could not sail dined, drank, and chatted and passed the time when they were not flying.

After a brief filling of his stomach, Lin and Uzov went to the bar to find a waiter who worked as a receptionist, and found out about the hiring of an airship, as well as the procedures and fees associated with the designated destination.

As for not completely handing it over to Uzov, it is because the two sides still belong to two groups of people after all. Getting information from Uzov is already a bit excessive; If you even negotiate an employment contract and ask someone to do it for you, then the line is crossed. Someone doesn't want to do such a bottomless thing, not any level of friend can be supported without any worries like a slave.

For the receptionist at the tavern, the question of cost is the easiest to answer: please discuss it directly with the owner. Because the cost of sailing for each airship is inconsistent, and the cost of manufacturing and arranging the interior is also different, there is no agreed price for how much should be charged. After all, the commercialization of airships has not yet flourished enough to form a consensus norm.

However, the tavern can act as a witness, and after the two parties have agreed on the price and destination, they can sign a contract to avoid possible future disputes.

The destination is the holy city of Estari, the Fest branch of the Wizards' Guild. This location has direct flights without any problems, and it can also be said that this is one of the popular destinations.

Because of its expensive flight cost and the danger in the sky, the people who have long used airships most often are magicians with long-range attack methods and excellent life-saving abilities. And for the magicians who come to the central district of the Lost Land, the holy city of Estari is almost a must-visit location, and may even be the only place to go. Naturally, the Holy City became a popular destination.

As for the first question, is there anyone willing to take a trip to the holy city of Estari? Yes, and a lot.

So is there anyone willing to leave 'immediately' for the holy city of Estali? Of course not! Just like what Uzov had heard before, the reason was that because of the weather, this was not the right time for airships to cross the Jura Mountains.

Even if you ask the owners of boats with good reputations and hundreds of flights, no one wants to venture across the mountains at this time of year.

After asking a few times to no avail, Lin and Uzov returned to their desks and drank helplessly. Thinking about the benefits, I don't rush anyway. Moreover, the owners of the boats they had just asked also promised that they could leave for Estali whenever the spring warmed up and the wind on the mountain eased a little.

This waiting time is just the right time to settle down and sort out the various takeaways from the trip.

As soon as I was making my calculations, I saw a pair of goblin father and daughter in full costumes, approaching the group with a strange smile.

It seems that the other party is the civilized seed of the goblins. But let's be honest, someone in the growing stages of the Southwest Peninsula had the most deal with their uncivilized close relatives. Suddenly, I saw two civilized goblins, who looked almost the same as their close relatives, and were a little uncomfortable psychologically and physically, so I almost summoned the box cut and split the two of them with a sword. One eight

As if sensing the malice that flashed in the mage's eyes, the goblin father and daughter took a big step back, hurriedly raised their hands and shook them, and said in the lingua franca of the land: "I have no malice, no malice, Your Excellency the Magician." I'm not like the uncivilized savage goblins. "The talking goblins, or civilized goblins, know very well how annoying their uncivilized people are.

Knowing that he had made the mistake of judging people by their appearance, Lin got up very simply, bowed, and said, "I'm sorry, it's my fault for misunderstanding the two, please forgive me." I don't know if the two of you are coming, what's the matter? ”

Wiping the non-existent sweat on his forehead, the goblin father's panicked expression changed back to his original philistine. He said, "Your Excellency the Magician wants to go to Estari." I'm also the owner of the airship, and if you wish, we'll have no problem setting off tomorrow. ”

As soon as he said this, some people were puzzled. Some of the airship veterans are reluctant to cross the mountains at such a time, but the two goblins are willing, this is ...... Scam syndicates? Fandi is also interested in this set? Or is it too unscrupulous for these two goblins to trick the magician into the dark alley, and then run a bunch of people out to peel the skin or something?

No matter how many civilized goblins there are, they are still goblins. Or will there be other Strong-Fighting races to help? Or is it ...... Can the airship of this goblin father and daughter really cope with the strong winds of the Jura Mountains at this time? Finally, someone's intuition is unlikely, but if you make the mistake of judging people by their appearance, are you missing an opportunity?

Just as someone's mind was spinning and thinking about it, the goblin father boasted to himself, saying, "My airship uses the latest technology of the goblins, and has excellent performance, which can overcome the strong winds on the mountain at this time. Of course, the cost of taking such an airship is not very cheap. But in the case of the Magician, this small amount of money should not be a problem. ”

In line with his favorability for the goblin Sword Saint who he had admired since he was a child, Lin decided to give these two civilization goblins a chance, saying, "If it is suitable, of course money will not be a problem. However, before signing the contract, I would like to confirm the condition of the airship before making a decision. "May the Force be with you, goblin friend. Although in terms of the official setting, that Juggernaut is not of the same race as you, but is similar in appearance.

But such a request made the goblin father and daughter feel embarrassed. They squirmed and said, "Your Excellency, can't you just sign a contract?" In this case, I will sign a contract with you at the original price of 9.50%. You know what it means to be nine-fifty-percent, and it's also the math you magicians invented. Ah, that's a good science. Originally, the cost of transporting you alone to Estali was LXX Kiel (70 gold), which means that you only need to receive LXVIII Kiel (68 gold), isn't it a good deal! So let's just sign the contract. ”

Your ancestors who are obsessed with mathematics are here, and 95% of 70 is not 68, but 66.5. If I were really your math teacher, I would definitely jump out of the door after getting on the airship and reaching the limit!

But if someone slanders in their hearts, what should be done still has to be done. So Lin insisted: "No, let's confirm the situation of the airship first, and then make a decision." ”

When the goblin father heard this, he was even more stalked: "That's it, jump off the building and sell it, just count your ninety percent price, one person LXV Kiel (65 gold), you can't find anyone else at such a good price." Anyway, let's sign the contract now. As he spoke, he took out a piece of scribbled parchment and shoved it in front of one of the magicians.

Regarding this kind of overlord's hard-nosed attitude, Lin directly reached out and clasped the goblin's wrinkled, blue-green skinned rough old face, and said viciously with a blackened expression: "We are magicians who dare to deal with demons and devils. Why do you have the illusion that we will easily sign any contract until everything is confirmed? It's late today, it's dark, and I can't see anything. We've checked the airship early tomorrow morning, and we'll talk about it then, okay? This goblin gentleman whose name is not yet known. ”

"Yes, yes. I'm sorry, please forgive me. ”

Early the next morning, in front of a strangely shaped airship on the grassland. It is an airbag airship, but the ratio of airbags to pods is much smaller than the proportion of ordinary airships in the past. And the shape is not a symmetrical and coordinated shape, like a broken balloon doll, tied up in a mess by thick cables, one big and the other small.

It is precisely because of the irregular shape of the airbag that it is suspended in an unbalanced posture. In order to fix the pod horizontally, the cables are also available in different lengths depending on the position. Despite this, the pod can only remain slightly inclined and not completely horizontal.

And in order to show off the proud propulsion power mechanism, the goblin father and daughter turn on the mechanism. Even though it wasn't running at full speed, the mechanism that emitted a shrill roar kept emitting black smoke at the mouth of the pipe. In this way, several groups of propeller blades were driven, including one on the front two and one on the left and one on the left, four groups of smaller propellers, and two groups of backward and larger propellers.

It seems to be a very advanced design, but it does not pay attention to symmetry and balance at all, making the whole airship look like a top-heavy incongruity.

The goblin who called himself Totokani Afstein said triumphantly: "Your Excellency Magician, this is the exquisite airship that has been built with the most advanced technology of our people, and the Hindenburg has been built with all the best efforts of our people. ”

The man who looked at everything in front of him with the eyes of a dead fish, regardless of the companions around him, turned his head and left without hesitation, without even saying a little polite words.