Chapter 81: An Ingenious Trick
The small moorings are desolate and remote, surrounded by dense forests, with the occasional sight of wild animals or birds.
Bruno clicked over, happily grabbed Melissa's trouser legs, shook them a few times, and was lifted by the not-so-considerate pirate captain with his fingers, making him stand on his hands.
Will was a little moved by the menacing villain guards he had been so well-behaved, but he still shrank behind Connor - after all, he had seen himself in front of the Blue Eagle Pirate Ship before.
However, Connor, who is an older sister, is very interested in showing her brother her fellow alien crew, so she directly pulled Will over a few steps and quickly said hello.
"Bruno! This is my brother, Will. ”
"Brother?"
The villain Bruno realized that there were other people besides the pirate group who had come down from the boat. When he saw "Frank", he turned his head to see Mogan and Lucifer, confused.
The little one had to look at Melissa in the end.
The pirate captain gave a general explanation, and incidentally shifted the task of keeping the Lilliputians in sight, placing Bruno in Connor's hands.
At the same time, Austin disembarked from the ship, saw the little man standing in the palm of his hand, pondered for a moment, turned his back and took out the Starfall Iron Wand from his bosom, and handed it back to Lucifer.
"Thank you."
Picking up the wand, Lucifer apparently had something to say, and even walked directly to Austin.
"Are you ......?"
What was said specifically, Mogan, who was standing beside him, didn't hear it clearly, and could only have a beginning that was revealed before he could restrain his voice.
"You?!"
Austin's face changed, and then he realized that Lucifer had not publicized the matter, and only took half a step back after speaking, and looked quietly, as if waiting for his response.
The two talked like this for a while, and then walked to the side, and Mogan couldn't read the specific content of the exchange with his lips even if he wanted to, but he was also extremely curious.
After the exchange ended, after Austin, who deliberately turned his head to leave, left, Lucifer returned to his original position.
Mogan tentatively asked, "How?" ”
"I made a deal." Lucifer spoke calmly, "In exchange for him not to pursue any more doubts about my abilities—I say, because it involves a major state secret." ”
Although the clues on the expression are not clear, it is clear that His Majesty is quite satisfied with his decision.
“……”
Mogan really didn't know what to say.
- He had noticed that His Majesty seemed to pay a little more attention to this merman, but he did not expect that it would come in handy.
The wizard king is accustomed to solving problems with strength, and for so long, Lucifer has shown the trait of being strong and strong, but he is not good at scheming, and even a little autistic when discussing anything other than magic.
He was forced to conceal his identity and not adapt to this constant need for repressive abilities — and according to what Mogan explicitly and implicitly suggested, Austin was in the middle of the problem.
Perhaps because of this, Lucifer, who was good at learning and uncomfortable, quietly found another way on his own.
His Majesty went so far as to "take the local material" and start with the same trick that Mogan had agreed upon, and solemnly call it a bargain.
"It's not just a quid pro quo." Lucifer pondered for a moment, "Austin has a secret on him, but I promised him not to tell ...... out."
"Then I don't have to know." Mogan stopped His Majesty from getting into trouble again, "As a businessman, I can understand the importance of 'quid pro quo'. ”
Lucifer nodded in satisfaction, "Thank you." ”
Solving the king's suspicions, Mogan also turned his gaze again, focusing on Bruno, the little Bruno, who may hold the key to the truth.
After listening carefully to the captain's explanation, Bruno also understood the approximate - but only approximately.
He sat on the edge of Connor's palm, his face in thought, as he waited for Al to deal with the ship as everyone else did, and to transport the unconscious or bound people on board by sort.
And when Mogan came over, Bruno seemed to have something to say.
"First of all," Mogan coughed lightly, "Mr. Bruno, I may have to apologize for my deliberate concealment. ”
It's not hard to make up another lie that can be used to cover up the occasional lie that has arisen before.
For Mogan, the most important problem was still to disguise that they had reached the location of the cargo ship in an instant.
But fortunately, Bruno didn't think about it so much, thanks to his companion's good attitude towards Mogan, and Will's identity as Connor's younger brother, Bruno was very happy.
"No need to apologize, of course I understand!" The villain nodded heavily, "It's a matter of course to be wary of pirates, you're a very bold businessman. ”
It seems that as a pirate, even a type like Bruno who looks harmless and cute because of his ethnicity is unavoidable, and these crew members have encountered a lot of suspicion from others, and they are used to it.
In this case, it is not difficult to introduce the main topic, and Mogan cleverly said the previous doubts.
What kind of scene is the departure of the cargo ship?
"It's strange to say, I really didn't have time to tell the captain in detail before, the time was too tight."
Bruno twisted his facial expressions, carefully recalled what he had seen and heard during the reconnaissance last night, and made them clear.
"The ship that was first pointed out was a very ordinary blue passenger ship, resting in the harbor, not moving. I kept watching, but at nightfall it suddenly disappeared, and the shadow of a black ship appeared on the surface of the sea, but soon it disappeared completely. ”
"The ...... of the Black Ship Shadow? ”
Bruno wrinkled his face, hesitating to explain it, unable to describe exactly what he was seeing, so he stretched out his hands and gestured, one horizontally and the other vertically.
"It's like this...... The ship was suddenly gone, and then out of this plane on the sea near it, it was as if a ship had sailed out of this plane—the black one, which I had seen before! ”
Horizontally, the ship that disappears, and what is vertical is the position where the so-called "boat sails" out of thin air.
According to Bruno, after the black ship appeared out of thin air, it only flickered and disappeared as invisibility as that night, and if it weren't for his dedication and constant focus on it, I am afraid that this kind of thing would not have been observed.
The villain scouts almost missed this anomaly, not to mention the drunken sailors who passed through this port in other ways, even if they accidentally caught a glimpse, I am afraid that they would be mistaken for an illusion.
Speaking of which, Mogan also had a rough guess.
Turning his head and seeing Lucifer's slightly moving expression, he immediately knew that His Majesty the King also understood the means under this prompt.
- After all, this is his real strength.
The pirates were instructed to take Will back to Saint-Lun Harbor and let him go to Boss Fleming himself, and Mogan also took his leave with His Majesty the King under the pretext that something was wrong.
Since receiving the status of "knight", official business is a really good excuse, and there is no need to explain the reason and severity to anyone.
Walking into the middle of the forest, it was not until he was out of sight of the pirates that Mogan finally stopped, preparing for his long-anticipated next move......
By the way, the answer is simply correct.
"Transfiguration."
Lucifer didn't hesitate to make the final decision.