Ships come and go in the harbor.

In addition to the houses that can be seen in the distance, the entire seaside is full of various platform squares used to store goods and warehouses for storing goods.

There are also tracks around to tow ships into the shipyard for maintenance.

You can even see many boats parked on the shore.

Even from a distance, you can see people coming and going like ants in the whole harbor.

The whole port was busy, and the noise seemed to be heard here.

Ships with pale gray and earthy yellow accents patrolled the area, seemingly the alert force of Southern Cross Island.

Because their sails have a red cross, which is the mark of the Southern Cross Island.

They had seen it in the book Balazs had given them.

Even in the harbor, the top of the tall lighthouse built on the shore is a red cross.

"This place is so big!" Jason didn't know how to describe it for a while, and he suffered the loss of no culture.

They docked the Sound of Dawn in the sea outside the harbor and waited for the local regime's ships to come and inspect it.

After a while, a gray boat about 40 meters long came to the side of the ship with a red cross.

The ship was noticeably shorter than Arka's Sound of Dawn.

A soldier on the ship, wearing a white and blue navy uniform with a red cross on his chest, looked up at Arka and the others.

Floating next to him was what looked like a notepad, as well as a quill pen.

He said, "Raw faces? What exactly do you do? ”

The language of the homeland sea.

It's strange to say, why is the lingua franca of this sea area the lingua franca of the homeland sea?

But I didn't think much about it, and replied directly: "The first time we came here, it was a treasure hunting group. ”

"Treasure hunting?" He looked up and gave them a strange look.

"Okay, but remember that you can't dig around on the island, all the property on the island belongs to the royal family of Rafsas, and any indiscriminate digging is theft."

Obviously, this is not the first time he has dealt with a treasure hunt, he said skillfully.

"Of course." Arka nodded.

As for whether you want to break the law or not, you have to look at the map to ensure it.

Arka thought silently.

"Then it is necessary to register, please answer carefully."

After saying that, the notepad next to him floated in front of him, picked up the floating quill on the notepad, and began to ask.

It seems that because Arka is the first time they have arrived, the process is a little complicated.

"Is there a group name?"

"Compass Pupil."

"How many?"

"Hmmm......"

"Is that a difficult question to answer?" The navy frowned, looked at Arka warily and asked.

"Okay, nine." He thought about it for a moment, but still didn't count the puppet legion.

"What ship? Is it a ghost ship or a spell ship? ”

Hearing this, Arka frowned slightly, which had obviously touched a certain amount of privacy.

"I'll explain it to you, you're new here." He seemed to get used to it, and then he went straight to explaining.

"The standard of the port is different, for the ghost ship with intelligence, it has to be placed in a specific port area, of course, this has to add money."

"Ghost ship."

He nodded, and even though he knew it was a ghost ship, it didn't surprise him much.

After recording it, he tore off the entire paper, and the magic poured into the paper, and then he threw it out.

The paper folded in the air into a crosshair, which was then dyed red and pasted on the right side of the ship's bow.

"It's a pass mark, okay, you can go in now, remember to have the money ready."

With that, he waved his hand and steered the ship towards the other ships behind him, without waiting for Arka's answer.

Several people on the deck looked at each other.

"It looks pretty formal."

"Alright, Sound of Dawn keeps moving."

Then the ship moved slowly, the sails furled, and the ship was propelled by the spell on the bottom of the ship.

Moving slowly, they skimmed over a white mark on the sea.

The sound of soft music came over.

"You say the ship is out of control?" Hearing this, Arka frowned and looked towards the bottom of the boat.

At this time, I saw that the current was changing, and the waves of the current lifted the bottom of the whole ship slightly.

Controlling the ship and rowing diagonally, he swam towards a special area of the harbor ahead.

The cross on the bow of the ship was glowing red.

"Some kind of spell construct? I have to say it's really advanced. Simon said, looking at the current at the bottom of the boat.

And not only their ships, but also the ships that entered the harbor with them.

Apparently a normal phenomenon in this port.

This avoids the crowding of the boats, after all, you can't always expect these people to follow the rules and learn to be polite.

It seems that because of their relationship to the ghost ships, the area they are lifted to is obviously far away from those spell ships.

The facilities over there also looked more advanced, as we drove towards that area.

The crowd also saw other ships in the harbor area.

As soon as I passed, I could feel the surging magic beginning to ripple over.

It was a demon area.

"It's been artificially modified there, and the concentration of magic is a notch higher than the surrounding area." Julia said, feeling the difference in the area.

The ships in that area were much more advanced than the other spell ships in terms of appearance.

Most of them are between 40~60 meters, and each ship has its own personality.

The colors are not only colorful and green, but there are also various patterns on it, and the statue on the bow of the ship is also varied.

Some pompous ones are not without it.

The most conspicuous was a 60-meter-long, three-story artillery deck, all about three or four meters taller than their ships in Arka.

However, the gun ports on the gun deck are closed, and there are spell locks on them.

Not only them, but the muzzles of the cannons were sealed with spells as the Sound of Dawn of Arka drove in.

Seeing this, Simon nodded.

"No wonder they dare to let us, the ships with the seismic cannons, blatantly dock in."

As the ship slowly approached the shore, the anchor sank to the bottom of the sea with the sound of chains.

When Arka and they stepped off the boat.

An officer of the Navy walked up with two soldiers.

"Hello, we are the navy of Southern Cross Island, and the docking of ships requires a fee of 1 golden sail."

1 Golden Sail?

What's the difference between this and robbery?

However, Arka didn't say much, and silently took out a golden sail.

Apparently the government of this place is well aware that the people who own the ghost ship don't care about the money.

And this magic gathering area, as well as the supporting facilities next to it, is really good just by looking at the appearance.

But it's certainly not worth the price.

If you're new to the city, you need to see more.

Seeing Arka so happy, the captain of the navy was also a little surprised.

He was sure that he had not seen the ship, nor had he seen the group.

It's strange that there is no procrastination.

But it also made their attitude significantly better.

He accepted the golden sail, and a trace of magic poured out of his hand and shot at the cross on the side of the bow of the Sound of Dawn.

The crosses lit up slightly.

"Valid for one week, if you need to stop after a week, then please continue to pay. If you need to dock for a long time, or if you need to repair and maintain your boat, please consult the Star Shipyard there. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a small house not far away, and there were many people outside the small house.

"Then I wish you all a nice trip here." As he spoke, he bent down slightly and took the two sailors and left directly.

"What do we do now? Do you want to do something? ”

Jason asked, turning his head.

I haven't been in contact with the civilized world for a long time, and I'm still a little confused for a while.

"It's just here, you can do whatever you want, you can move around the island freely, and we'll meet on the boat in the evening."

Arka said as he calculated the current time.

Now the day is only a dozen hours, and the night must be more than six hours, enough for them to have a certain understanding of the island.

This is the first place they have docked in the Infinite Sea, a large island with a city, and their hearts are already full of curiosity and desire to explore.

Hearing this, everyone also nodded.

After chatting for a while, they left together.

As for the ships.

Naturally, there are puppet legions guarding it, and after all, this is a port of power, so no one will be so arrogant.

A group of young girls walked towards the port town.

"Do you want to come along?" Jason asked, turning his head.

Arka thought for a moment and waved his hand, he was ready to act alone for a while.

Jason didn't force himself to join Simon and the others, and also walked towards the town.

Arka stood still and looked around.

This place has to be said, it is very spectacular, the ships side by side are neatly arranged, the huge hull and the high mast are like a dense forest.

The crane made of wood and some metal keeps turning around and fetching some goods made of wooden boxes.

In addition to humans, there are many subspecies of laborers carrying goods in the square, as well as races of different colors.

Arka even saw gray-skinned broken islanders, as well as fish-people of all kinds.

After all, fish are taller and stronger.

A casual look shows that most of the racial differences are mainly reflected in some small changes in skin color and limbs.

For example, shattering the gap between islanders and normal humans.

With a flip of the palm, a business card appeared between the fingers.

It reads none other than the Golden Trout Chamber of Commerce in Balazs.

28 Mast Street.

Putting his cards away, Arka began to walk towards the town.

"Let one go, let one go."

"I want 10 porters, and I will work until tomorrow daytime, 10 copper swallows, and I will get more for more work."

"Look down carefully, the goods are coming."

"The Red Blade Commando recruits sailors, and a high salary of 50 copper swallows a day and night, and two silver snakes will be given a settlement fee when they get on board."

All sorts of noisy voices came from all directions.

However, most of them are recruited by various people and forces.

What laborers sailors, even Arka heard the combatants.

The recruitment price of sailors ranges from 10 copper swallows to 50 copper swallows a day and night, which is indeed a high salary.

As for why the gap is so big, just look at the recruitment point that asks for 50 copper swallows.

Largely no one cares.

It doesn't look like it's dangerous, and it's notoriously dangerous.

In particular, this group also pays a settling-in fee, and the money for buying a life is about the same.

The forces that recruit combatants pay very high wages, which are estimated to be equivalent to a monthly salary of a dozen silver sails to one gold sail.

If there is a war, the spoils of war must be shared.

Like a pirate.

Arka turned to look at the ghost ship that passed side by side.

It is conservatively estimated that there are at least 20 treasure holders on this island.

It's outrageous.

This is just based on the number of ships, and it will certainly be much less.

Because there will definitely be ships, and there will be more than one treasure master.

Like Arka, they.

There are several people in charge of the treasure on one ship.

Is this the Infinite Sea?

Arka didn't know what the signpost island was in the Infinite Sea, but according to some of the descriptions in The Land of Dreams.

From the infrastructure of this island port, you can know that although it looks good, it is definitely not ranked.

Even so, Signpost Island has so many treasure holders docking.

It's almost like walking all over the ground.

Alka thought that he had left the square of the dock and entered the interior of the town.

You can see a lot of townspeople in it.

Except for the salty and humid sea breeze in the air, the surroundings are fairly clean.

It's not as filthy as Arka thought, like the Middle Ages.

And the street under his feet is unusually spacious, and can pass at least two large carriages.

And there are things similar to street lamps on both sides, but I don't know what kind of lighting is used.

The houses on both sides are not made of wood.

Most of them are brick houses between 3~6 floors, plus some wooden houses are dotted around.

However, the walls of most houses are painted in grey and white, brown and red.

Some workers can also be seen touching up the paint.

The salty and humid sea breeze on the seashore erodes the surface of these houses not low.

There is a tavern just off the road.

The tavern's sign is a large sea fish in a harpoon, with the shape of a wine glass next to it.

Fisherman's Bar.

However, there didn't seem to be many people in the bar, and Arka didn't want to go in.

He wanted to find Balazs' Chamber of Commerce first.

I looked at the street signs.

White Sail Street, it seems, is not Mast Street.

There are many shops at the intersection, but most of them are all kinds of boat-related shops.

A wide variety of ship-related accessories are sold.

Aside from the tavern, there wasn't even a place to eat.

Arka continued to walk inside.

Finally, at an intersection, I saw the sign of Mast Street.

Immediately walk towards the street of Mast Street.

Entering this street is obviously different, and the concentration of magic power is faintly increased.

It's not that there's anything peculiar about it, it's that many of the items here have magical powers.

If there are more such items, it will naturally increase the surrounding magic power slightly.

Alka takes a look at the shops on both sides.

There are a few restaurants that sell good looks, and then you can see shops selling spell materials and various weapons.

From the doorway, you can see the magical glow on some of the weapons.

There are many people wearing various clothes who are shopping.

Most of these people come in groups.

It is apparently a place where items related to touchers or combatants are sold.

No. 28 ...... On the 28th, there were.

Seeing the house number 28, Arka looked down.

However, it didn't seem quite like what he thought.

The merchandise in this shop has been taken down, and it looks like it hasn't been taken down for a long time.

At this time, the door of the shop was open, and some workers were packing up their contents and looking empty.

A man stood there commanding, looking at the back slightly tired and vicissitudes.

Looking at the back, it should be Balazs.

Arka walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

Balazs turned his head.

When he saw that it was Arka, his slightly tired face was slightly refreshed and smiled.

"Alka? Long time no see. ”

As he spoke, he opened his hands and hugged Arka briefly.

After all, Arka: They had been on the Broken Island for a long time, and they had met Balazs several times.

can already be regarded as a relatively familiar friend.

"Friend, I was wondering if you were going to come, congratulations."

"Thanks, but you're ...... Did you encounter any difficulties? ”

Arka asked, looking at the shop that seemed to be being relocated.

And looking at Balazs's face, he also knows that he doesn't seem to be in a good state now.

Obviously not quite like moving to a better place.

Hearing this, Balazs was a little helpless, waved his hand and sighed and said, "Don't mention these, business competition is always cruel, isn't it." ”

When I heard this, I was watching the store disappear.

Arka couldn't help but ask, "You're not going to stop doing this, are you?" ”

It looks like it's going bankrupt, and it's worrying.

"No, of course not."

Balazs shook his head: "It's just a small setback, the shop is lost, but my boat is not lost." Some of my crew members still want to believe in me, and it only takes some time for me to get back to the past. ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded, which was obviously much better than he thought.

He also knew a little about the Chamber of Commerce in Balazs.

They relied mainly on the 70-meter-long ship of the time, and as long as the ship was still around, it was indeed only a slight setback.

"And this time it also allowed me to clean up the disloyalists in the team, which is not for nothing." Balazs seemed to be comforting himself.

Although Arka didn't understand what was going on, he nodded.

"In that case, why don't you go for a drink? It just so happened that I had just arrived on this island. ”

Hearing this, Balazs was visibly intrigued.

"No problem, wait for me in a moment."

As he spoke, he said something to the people who were carrying it inside.

When he came out, he said, "Let's go." ”

Take Arka to the tavern in a small alley not far from Mast Street.

If you look at the taverns in this alley, you will definitely miss it if you are not familiar with it.

"Old alley bar, my favorite. Don't worry, it's in this bird's hole, but it's a nice place. Balazs winked at Arka.

"Trust me, this bar is important and safe."

Hearing this, Arka lifted his mind slightly.

Obviously, this place seems to be some kind of special place in the area.

Walk up the stairs.

I pulled open the iron door and went up a spiral staircase to the second floor of the house.

The bar was built on the 2nd floor of the house, not on the 1st floor or basement or something.

It's really something special.

As soon as you enter, you can feel a noticeable difference.

It's not dark, and the surrounding windows illuminate it.

And it's not noisy.

It's very much in line with Alka's heart.

(End of chapter)