Chapter 3 Port City

The Caspian Sea, which has different names in the mouths of its surrounding countries, is a freshwater lake, but its surface area of 3 million square kilometers makes it worthy of the name "sea". Although the lake is huge, and the tropical rainforest national rivers near the equator in the north feed into the lake, which theoretically will eventually become a saltwater lake due to the evaporation of water, for unknown reasons, the salt and minerals have not been up to standard, and it has always been a freshwater lake. Deep in the southern part of the Warcraft Forest, with about 300 kilometers of shoreline, it is home to amphibious Warcraft.

Nanlin Province and the Caspian Sea also have a small section of the shoreline, because of the relatively superior geographical location at the edge of the Warcraft Forest, it has become an important distribution center of Warcraft Forest resources, relying on the port to establish a huge fortress city, the port city. On the other hand, the eastern mercenary kingdom of Byron also established the same trading city in a similar location on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea: Winterport, imported its income from the Warcraft Forest into the port city, and sold it to the Continent of All Souls through the trade routes of the El Salin Kingdom.

Listening to Cassie's gushing explanation, Lawne and his party came to Port City. Different from inland cities such as the provincial capital of Nanlin, where Lawne is located, as a fortress city with a direct defensive purpose, the fortress walls that come into view are mottled and dull in color, especially in the southern part of the city wall, and the northern city wall is slightly flat, giving people a strange feeling that the two styles of fortresses are just put together. There were often convoys coming in and out in front of the city gates, and they rejected Cassie's proposal to meet with the city lord, and of course, Lawn, an ordinary prince who could not cultivate his fighting spirit, might not be treated preferentially. They lined up to enter the city like ordinary merchants, and although the guards were very curious about who was in the car, and would be escorted by a team of ten elite royal knights, they only shook the ground with their spears to show respect, and let them enter the city.

The first fortified city brings the senses to Lawn: a tourist city... In addition to the more than 100 meters behind the city wall, there are normal barracks and city defense equipment, and further in, there are all kinds of inns and freight stations built along the street, and the whole main road seems to have no other purpose for the city except to live and put good goods. It is very similar to some tourist cities that rely on individual attractions and can only develop the accommodation industry. Having found his mother to live in the city's courtyard (as the commander of the Warcraft Defense Line, every defensive fortress has a place to live), Lawne came to the interest, found Cassie, and made himself a companion, ready to visit the fortress to see if he could have his own adventures like in heroic novels.

Leaving the main road, there seems to be a different scenery, although there are mostly warehouses, but there are also a lot of sporadic iron-making and tanning leather workshops, seeing this, Lawne suddenly said to Cassie: "Aren't you disposing of the harvest on the road here?"

Cassie, whose eyes were wandering and couldn't pull out his eyes in the surrounding pastimes, returned absentmindedly: "Except for the boxes in the car, everything else has been ordered to be dealt with" Then, pointing to the place where the wind and moon were obvious, he flattered: "Young master, you see how well the decoration is, let's go to dinner!"

...... Raun didn't expect Cassie to be so obscene, although the young man's heart was slightly spring, but he still couldn't wipe his face, and wordlessly turned into another fork in the road, but it seemed that the world in front of him was more spectacular: a short step, lined with ropes or cages, full of women who were not very dressed... Slave.

Cassie thought to himself, the master is the master, and he has the money!

Lawne walked up to a strong man who was obviously the owner of the shop, and casually asked, "Is there a professional?"

The strong man was very impatient with Lawn's inquiry, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he wanted to get rid of Lawn, and he was very annoyed: "Go, children are playing, don't know how not to block Lao Tzu's door!"

Cassie dutifully shook off the big man's hand, led Lawne to the side, and continued to look at the front eyebrows, not forgetting to explain to Lawn: "Young master, you may not pay attention, there are no professional slaves in Al Salin, and all professionals in El Salin, as long as they are willing to fight for the country on the battlefield for ten years, are citizens of Al Zarin! Male slaves and strong female slaves will also be directly purchased by the royal family to enrich the agricultural labor force, and their children can be normal citizens." So those who can go to the slave market are all slim and good, hey, hey, hey..."Speaking of Cassie's heart, there was a burst of witch-like smirks.

Lawne should get used to Cassie's obscenity, and he thought to himself that it was a pity, and he wanted to find a companion for himself, but Cassie was too obscene and really not suitable for entering the campus... As everyone knows, Cassie, who almost lost his fat, still shines and wants to leave his eyes forever. Since he doesn't have what he needs, Raun has to get out of here as soon as possible, the world of flowers is too sultry...

The Mercenary Guild is the master of the Mercenary Kingdom, and all mercenary teams with a professional of rank 8 or above have the power to participate in decision-making in the Guild... The entire mercenary kingdom, as long as you have the strength to build your own city and protect the city by yourself, you are the city lord. It's not so much the state as the lawlessness. In the mercenary kingdom, strength is the king's law. In other countries, mercenary unions naturally have no power, but are only a place to issue mercenary tasks.

Although Lawne knew that the knights who guarded him were elite, he was unsure about the safety of passing through the mercenary kingdom. The inability to zone is a shock to the courage of 14-year-old Lawn. Cassie did not unload the boxes from the carriage, apparently abandoning the method of passing quickly by riding one person and two horses. Drag! If you don't have the strength, you're always a drag! Lawn is very unhappy in his heart.

"Cassie, those ten cavalrymen, how much combat power will be left if you give up your mounts?" Lawn, pretending to be a caravan, wanted the mercenaries to reach their destination.

"Young master, let's just go to Winter Harbor and follow the big caravan, the Esenbelt Mage Kingdom has a great demand for spell casting materials, and there are many big caravans coming and going, so let's hire a mercenary group with the caravan at that time." And, young master, you're actually safe... Basically, no one is going to assassinate you..."

The front is quite serious, but in the back, Lawn is completely helpless... To be honest, it really doesn't sound good... Lawne seems to have ignored the fact that as a self-reliant self who can't cultivate fighting spirit, no political opponent will care about him at all, which is an extremely easy to understand fact. Those high-level robbers, it is estimated that they will not rob in front of them...

Putting the worries about the future behind him, the whole person seems to be a lot more relaxed, and it is obvious that the family and Cassie, who have more experience in life, can arrange everything for themselves.

When he returned to the courtyard, he was handed two letters by the guards, presumably from King Puen. It seems that he was in the other courtyard before he left, and he was ignored by himself. The envelope was opened to reveal a richly framed invitation, and in exchange it seemed that both countries had agreed to make all the materials available to both sides, except for the Crown Vault, and that any knowledge that Lawne could use could access and read for free. Come to think of it, Al Salin has suffered a little bit this time in three for one, and it is conceivable that the other letter is to teach himself how not to suffer...

"This king wants to build a mage tower in the north to assist in the defense, and the relevant information must be brought back!"

"It's quite majestic, and it doesn't seem to match the rumored kindness. Lawne muttered secretly, but unfortunately he didn't know the knowledge of the Mage Tower, so he could only write it down and figure it out. After all, the king is different from his parents, and he is not taken seriously as a waste, so it is estimated that the task will not be difficult. Secretly laughed at his own incompetence, if the spell could not save him, he would be finished. Unknowingly, spells became Lawn's only lifesaver.

"Cassie, have you contacted the fleet, how do we cross the Caspian Sea?" Lawne was a little anxious about his only lifeline.

"Young master, we have our own fleet in the Caspian Sea, and we can board ships at any time!" Cassie replied truthfully.

Raun looked at Cassie, and then at the guards who were maintaining the horses not far away, "Rest for three days, you can move freely, after three days, we will board the ship and leave!" After speaking, he untied the money bag on his waist and threw it to Cassie, "I won't go out, you guys relax!"

Cassie apparently understood Lawn's intentions, took it with joy, and hurriedly pulled his brethren away. Although Raun is anxious, he always has to keep his bodyguards in shape, and after a month's journey, both men and horses, need to rest......

Three days later, the manpower pulp war ship

Listening to the call sign of the sailors under the cabin, the ship quickly rowed across the water, unlike the merchant ship, the speed of the warship can reach the opposite shore in less than a day, the speed is fast, so the probability of being attacked by underwater monsters is also greatly reduced, in the case of determining that it is impossible to send a fleet to protect, the coordination is fruitless, so I have to borrow a fast ship to avoid danger...

Whoa... A terrifying, muffled voice came from underwater

"Provoked... It's a very unusual existence!" Lawn's heart shook and seemed to be unable to breathe normally, Cassie's figure outside the cabin quickly swept to Lawn's side, fished Raun, and took it to the exit of the cabin, obviously, in the face of unknown fear, only when he saw the source of danger, it was easier to dodge, and the sailors at the bottom of the ship no longer needed anyone to urge...

Don't even need to reach the foredeck, Lawne looked back, a huge column of water rose from the ship not far into the sky, and the roaring monster did not appear, but at this time, it seemed that another change had happened, from the sky flashed a brilliance, like a crescent moon, hitting the empty space behind the ship, silently, compared to Lawn's ignorance, Cassie took Lawne to the stern of the ship, what entered the eye was a cross-section, a crack was cut in the water surface of dozens of meters, and it could not be closed for a long time, and underwater, there was a black shadow of more than 50 meters like a fish dragon, which seemed to be more and more clear!

"Hmph!" a cold snort came, and then, another sword light shot into the water.

Hearing the cold snort, Lawn suddenly looked at the sky, it was his mother! At this time, it seemed that there were too many feelings that were difficult to export. Come to think of it, she's always been by her side...

The crescent-shaped Douqi Slash seemed to anger the demonic beasts underwater, and another loud roar came, and a silver-white giant shadow slashed out of the water and rushed straight towards Bella in the sky. At the ninth order, the demonic beast can also break free from the gravitational pull of the center of the earth and soar into the sky. And in the sky, the sturdy Bella, dressed in tight leather armor and a giant sword with both hands, swooped diagonally towards the demonic beast, intentionally or unintentionally leading the battle into the distance, missing the jaw of the huge demonic beast, and slashing fiercely across its abdomen. There were only a few places where thin lines of blood spurted out, and the skin of the demonic beast, even if it was just a soft belly, was unusually tough. The demonic beast that felt the pain roared angrily, and reflexively chased after the figure that had hurt him! Bella did not make a hard connection, but flew up reflexively, and once again moved the battlefield away from the ship. At this time, the reacting captain A came to the stern of the ship to observe the situation, and when he saw the demonic beast, he seemed to be paralyzed: "Crocodile Dragon, Ninth Order, how can it appear on this route!" No one had time to answer him. The crocodile dragon that was lightly dodged smashed into the water fiercely, and there was another monstrous wave! The crocodile dragon that fell into the water changed its strategy, and the figures in the sky rushed into the sky one after another, but they were flashed one by one. Bella didn't seem to be in a hurry to counterattack, and one after another Dou Qi Slash, which a fourth-order warrior could use, attacked the crocodile's head at will, provoking the behemoth step by step. Suddenly, a column of water did not fly far and disintegrated...

"The elemental power stored in the Warcraft crystal nucleus has been exhausted" Cassie's faint voice came, perhaps, if Cassie was a Warcraft, he would choose to escape, but there is no what if!

The huge crocodile dragon rose into the sky again, Bella changed his strategy, the tip of the sword forward, rushed towards the crocodile dragon, and shouted: "Sharp attack!" A fighting spirit the thickness of an arm slashed through one of the crocodile dragon's eyes, and blood splashed suddenly!

The pain aroused the ferocity of the crocodile dragon in the depths, the long tail that looked like a crocodile tail, hit hard, although he tried his best to dodge, the crocodile tail still grazed his right shoulder, only to see that in an instant, Bella's whole body flickered, forming a shield, although it was instantly broken, but there was a buffer, just a few hundred meters away in the air to set the body.

Bella held a sword in his left hand, moved his right shoulder slightly, seemed to have healed the injury, looked at the crocodile dragon rushing in the distance, another sharp blow, but was flashed by the crocodile dragon's head head, only to provoke a blood flower in the mouth and greater ferocity, but Bella did not stagger with the crocodile this time, but reflexively buckled the crocodile's back, and slashed at the crocodile's back, although it was a dead end for large animals, but the natural evolution process seemed to infinitely strengthen the defense of the crocodile's back, with little effect. Seeing this, Bella resolutely flew away. A man and a beast confronted each other in the air, the crocodile's patience was obviously not good, a roar, rushed again, and waited for Bella to dive the same, but a thin waterline stood out in the crocodile's mouth, the extreme compression, obviously representing the ultimate danger, Bella didn't seem to be surprised that the crocodile still had the strength to shoot spells, turned around to dodge, and passed by the crocodile and did not attack.

"Your Excellency is accumulating strength, it's time to win!" Cassie was excited, as if he was the one who was fighting. Lawn was afraid that his mother would suffer, so how could he care about what Cassie said.

The monster also seemed to hesitate whether to flee or not, but the pain in his right eye seemed to swallow his reason, and he reflexively rushed towards the enemy who was avoiding him! Bella was not surprised, she directly protected her whole body with her fighting armor, and rushed into the crocodile's abdomen! The crocodile didn't care about anything else, and the sharp pain in his abdomen made him suddenly sober up, turned around and slapped into the water, and fled, completely unaware that death was about to take him away...

The long tension made Lawne exhausted, and he collapsed on the deck. At this time, only nervous breathing can save yourself. But his eyes were still looking in the direction of the crocodile's escape, naturally waiting for his mother to return, hoping that his mother would be safe and that he could say goodbye warmly... Always, further on, it's the borders of other countries...

In the distance, Bella dragged a crocodile dragon dozens of times her length with one hand and floated leisurely over.

"Little Lawn!" Bella shook her hand vigorously at her son, her face was full of joy, no matter how heavy the monster was, she dragged the crocodile tail and landed on the boat, not caring about the admiration of the captain and Cassie, and patted Lawn's shoulder heavily, "Son, I heard that your grandfather still gave you a task?"

Ignoring his mother's seeming intention to dominate the country, Lawn smiled and hugged his mother's bear waist fiercely: "It's okay, I'm a man, I can do such a little thing!"

Bella is very satisfied with her son's growth, in fact, she is happy that her son has a tendency to be like herself..."I'll send it here, after this fight, it is estimated that there will be no more Warcraft nearby, son, just send it here!"

At this point, Raun is truly away from home... Watching his mother's figure disappear from sight, he tried to hold back his tears, like a real adult, and made himself serious: "Captain, check the condition of the ship, Cassie, see if those poor horses are still alive?"

Cassie's voice came directly, "No problem, those horses also have the bloodline of the Earth Dragon, otherwise, how can they be war horses for the Warcraft defense line!" And our poor captain of the dragon suit, while excited that he has bragging capital in the future, shook his head and looked at the poor sailors with a prostration, in just a few minutes, the strength to eat milk has been used up...

"Cassie, is my mother very strong?"

"I'm not at that level, and I don't know how strong the other Guardians are. But Warcraft is generally stronger than humans of the same level, but adults can kill independently, and it seems that they have not done their best, I think, this is already the peak of the 10th or 9th order!"

"Well, don't look at it, it's already far away, hurry up and pack it up, while we haven't arrived in Hong Kong yet..."

Cassie seemed to remember his precious supplies as well, and hurriedly inspected them

The mercenary kingdom is about to arrive, and after passing through this chaotic area, it is time to see what kind of posture your only way to live: spells.

After this fright, the captain and his poor sailor sought Laune's support, and together with Lauun, they chartered the entire hostel and soothed their wounded hearts with their sleep on land. Lawn, also holding his hand warming cane, fell into a deep sleep in a dream full of stars...