Chapter 0230: Negotiation
Unbeknownst to Nock, he had become synonymous with honesty in von Decker's heart.
If he knew, he would have to let von Deke know what honest anger is!
Nock and Blueskin lead the way,
The two chattered and walked towards the village plank road.
Other people who don't understand what this person and a fish say,
I had to focus on observing the layout of the Fish-Man Village.
Von Decker, Victor, Freya, Angeladi, and even Hathaway,
They all secretly wrote down the layout of the Fish-Man Village in their hearts.
As for whether it is useful or not, it does not matter.
What if it really works in the future?
It is the plan of these wise men to be prepared.
It's just that they underestimated the size of the Fish-Man Village.
When they stepped onto the boardwalk, they didn't even see a quarter of the village.
Of course, they don't know that.
Otherwise, they will know,
The number of adult fish-people in Fish-Man Village is not just two hundred, but more!
It's just that stepping on a plank road that is more than one meter and less than two meters wide,
Looking at the sparkling river under the plank road,
There are also fish people looming under the water, densely following them.
The group had no other thoughts.
They were afraid that this was a conspiracy of Nock Lane,
In case the fish-men in the water suddenly attack them,
Drag them into the water?
In the water, they can't fight the amphibious fishmen.
Fortunately, until they reached the end of the plank road,
Seeing that the big water prison has been run away and turned white and soft,
After a pale, almost dehydrated Charlotte,
Everyone was in no mood to care about the fish-men at their feet anymore.
"Nock Lane! How dare you do this to your fellow man!
Do you still have a little bit of humanity! β
Freya hasn't spoken yet,
Hathaway couldn't wait to jump out and occupy the righteousness,
Blame Nock on the spot.
Nock ignored her, and he didn't like tea.
"Freya, what do you say, you've seen it.
Let me state first, I didn't arrest the person, and if you don't believe it, you can ask her yourself.
I'm just a lobbyist, and I'm not as high as you think I am in Fish-Man Village. β
As if to verify Nock's words,
Blueskin pushed Nock away, and pointed at Charlotte in the dungeon, and then at Freya.
Freya frowned, resisted the nausea in her heart, looked at Nock, and asked:
"What does it mean?"
Nock waved his hand helplessly and said:
"Wait, I'll help you ask."
He bent down and shouted a few times at the blue-skinned flattering mouth.
Then, I heard Blueskin also "grunt" back to Nock.
Then, Nock said a few more words.
Finally, the blue-skinned fishman stretched out his webbed fingers and shook them twice,
It's like negotiating a deal.
Nock stood up and said to Freya, "The second leader said that Charlotte offended their Fish-People,
trespassing on their territory, originally to sacrifice her to the river god.
But for the sake of my pleading, it can spare Charlotte.
However, we must exchange it for sacrifices.
Five boats of offerings. β
"What! Why don't they rob it! A subordinate dares to ask for five boats of things!
She's gold-inlaid with gold! β
Victor can't wait to jump out to show his IQ,
In exchange for the rolls of other people's eyes.
But before the main owner could speak, Victor shouted to Nock again:
"I said that your kid has not filled his own pockets, otherwise, how dare they ask us for five boats of sacrifices!
I'm afraid that they will be happy to bloom with two bags of wheat bran! β
"I'm in my pocket?"
Nock looked at Victor with a shocked expression,
He was really surprised, this Victor couldn't see that stupid before.
Is it because Luke is not around, no one is restrained, so his true nature is exposed?
"Shut up!"
Seeing that Nock's face became ugly, Freya scolded Victor directly.
As soon as Victor wanted to talk back, he was glared at by four or five eyes.
Well, I can't mess with it, he doesn't talk anymore.
Seeing that Victor stopped,
Freya then looked at Nock and asked softly:
"Tell me first what a sacrifice is. How big is it to have five ships? If it's a ship the size of a regular ship,
Then don't talk about it. Even the duke may not be able to come up with the supplies of five regular ships. β
Nock listened and rolled his eyes angrily.
"You're really treating me like a traitor!
Negotiate terms for your own people, I will be stupid enough to say it?
The sacrifices of the five boats are estimated to be less than 1,000 catties.
As for what the sacrifice is, it's just food.
Of course, you have to give something else, when I didn't say.
If you like, give them some swords, guns, swords, and halberds.
As long as you don't regret it.
Anyway, I'll translate it for you, and it's your business whether to give it or not.
Love for those who don't give me and don't kill me. β
With that, Nock ran directly to the end of the plank road, squatted at the water's edge, and reached out to play in the water.
At the same time, secretly observe Charlotte in the water prison.
He found that Charlotte seemed to be immortal and pretended to be unconscious,
It's really unconscious.
Also, after a series of battles last night, she was already dehydrated.
Soak in the water prison for so long,
People are all in prostration, how can they not be unconscious.
Just as Freya was considering the credibility of Nock's deterioration just now,
Suddenly I heard Nock's shouts.
"I said, have you thought about it?
I don't think the situation of Charlotte's housekeeper is right,
If you don't catch her up, I'm afraid you'll have to help her collect her body! β
The people who heard Nock's words hurriedly rushed to Nock's side, wanting to see Charlotte's situation.
Unexpectedly, their actions made the fish-people under the water think that the humans were planning to disadvantage their new king.
They swam to the waters beside Nock, got out of the water, and glared at the crowd who rushed up.
This scene fell in the eyes of everyone, and they mistakenly thought that the fish-people were worried that they would rob the prison.
Warn them about it!
Immediately, several people stopped and retreated one after another.
As he retreated, he shouted, "Don't get me wrong, we just want to see, not rob the prison." β
It's a pity that the language is incomprehensible, and the fish people don't bird them at all,
Even, a fishman picked up his bone spear and aimed it at the people on the plank road.
Now Freya can't calm down.
Fight the Fish-People in this small space.
What's the difference between that and looking for death!
"Stop! Knock, tell them that I agree to the exchange.
Let them go! β
With Freya's words,
Nock said a few fake fish-man words directly to the blueskin who had been squeezed into the water.
But through the transmission of spiritual power, the real instructions were conveyed to the blue skin.
Blue Skin immediately waved his hand and commanded two strong one-meter-tall fishmen to climb to the top of the water dungeon.
Go and open the door to the water prison.
He then let two skinny fishmen get through the cracks in the water dungeon's wooden cage and lift Charlotte out of the water.
When a person is sent to the plank road,
Charlotte's breath was already faint.
Nock hurriedly released his hands on the healing technique,
Let's hang Charlotte's life first.
He's worked hard all night, but don't lose the pieces when he's harvesting.
Fortunately, Nock's treatment was as good as ever.
Three or two saved Charlotte's life.
"Whew, okay, people are fine. As for your confrontation or interrogation. Bring the people back first.
This is a fish-man village, and not every fish-man can suppress their hatred of humans.
Let's get out of here. β
After Nock finished saving people, he directly persuaded them.
Freya and the others also felt that it was too dangerous to stay.
The scene just now made them feel completely insecure.
Just when Freya was about to agree,
Victor jumped out again.
"Wait! Charlotte was saved, Luke! Where did you hide Luke! β
Nock, who was questioned by pointing at his nose, slapped Victor's arm off with an angry slap.
"Baron Victor, I told you, Butler Luke has been killed.
He killed a lot of fishmen, and the corpses of the fishmen who died were in the graves of the fishmen.
If you don't believe me, you can check it out.
As for Luke, if his corpse was fed to the fish, you can ask the fishman yourself.
If you're not afraid that the fish-people will get angry at Luke for killing their companions and kill you too,
You just try.
I'm not going to ask for you anyway.
By the way, you have to ask, it's better to wait until we leave, you stay and ask yourself.
Don't die yourself and endanger the rest of us! β
As he spoke, Nock pushed Victor away,
Strode outside.
"Leo, let's go. Whoever is tired of living and wants to stay will stay.
We don't go with you! β
Leo, who was greeted by Nok, put his arms around one and ran towards Nok with Sister Sophia.
Seeing this, the others hurried after them.
Just kidding, though I don't know if Nock Lane lied to trap them.
But Nock Lane is the only one who can communicate with the fish-people, there is no doubt about that.
Without Nock Lane by their side, they don't know how to beg for mercy if something happens!
Victor saw that everyone was fleeing,
I was scared and chased after him,
As for what Luke, let him see Satan!
And just like that, under the leadership of Nock,
A group of people left the Fish-Man Village unimpeded.
Nock angrily returned to the cabin that belonged to him and Leo,
After pushing the door in, he withdrew half of his body and shouted to Leo who was following him:
"I'm going to catch up on sleep, Leo, go and stay at Sophia!
You don't have to call me when you eat, leave me some ingredients and I'll make them myself when I wake up.
Or I'll go to the fish-man village myself to beg for food.
That's it. β
"Bang!"
Nock closed the door and stuck it inside with a deadbolt.
Leo pushed the door, and found that it really couldn't be opened.
I could only go to Sister Sophia's house.
As for the others, after seeing this scene, it is not good to disturb again,
With the unconscious Charlotte, she returns to Freya's cabin.
"Lady Freya, it is better to stay here with Her Highness Hathaway to take care of Charlotte's housekeeper.
Let's go hunting first, after all, we haven't eaten breakfast, and everyone must be hungry.
After a while, I will cook some broth and pour it down for Charlotte's housekeeper to warm up.
Thinking about it, she must have frozen to death after soaking in the water all night. β
Von Decker was very discerning in arranging.
The others didn't agree with it.
With him left the house.
Outside, von Deke looked at the people around him, and then said to Angeladi, who came out with him:
"Lady Julien, go back and rest. Leave the hunting to us. β
Von Decker sold it well, but Angelardi didn't accept it at all.
"No, Mr. von Decker. There are only four of you left, and it will be very difficult to hunt.
If we want to hunt enough food for the eight of us, I'm afraid it will be very difficult.
After all, those four over there will definitely not be hunting with us from today onwards.
Let's split up.
Mr. TrΓ©ville and Mr. Lucian were in charge of hunting animal meat,
But there are only two of you, so be safe. Even if you don't catch your prey, don't risk it.
Mr. von Decker and Mr. Victor were in charge of collecting firewood and looking for any edible wild fruits nearby.
Wild fruits must be found to have eaten on the road, and those that have not been seen are resolutely not.
I'll go to the river and see if I can catch some fish, shrimp, or crabs or something.
Even if you can't fill your stomach, you can still eat soup.
Hold on a little longer, and believe that help will arrive soon.
After all, it's been eight days since our accident. β
Angeladi was afraid that he would never think of it, until two days later, the rescue of the royal capital was still on the negotiation table.
By the time the kingdom's rescue was actually dispatched, it was already a week later.
At that time, they were already on their way back.
With Angeladi's division of labor, it is not easy for the remaining men to refuse,
Immediately, according to Angeladi's assignment, they went their separate ways.
Even people like Victor don't dare to complain anymore.
This made von Decker, who was traveling with him, very curious.
The two soon reached the outskirts of a jungle.
This is where they have been collecting firewood these days,
It's all familiar, and there's not much danger.
Even if ordinary people are alone, they can go back safely.
Therefore, the two decided to go their separate ways and see if there were any edible wild fruits first.
By the way, while collecting firewood.
It's just that when Victor was far away from von Decker, he couldn't see him.
Victor just ran up,
That speed is not at all what a fat person should have.
Even, even the assassin-type Sophia and Charlotte sighed to themselves when they saw it.
Soon, Victor burrowed into a dense forest.
It is a place where large beasts and monsters are found, and it is also where they often hunt.
It's just that today there are only two people, TrΓ©ville and Lucian,
They will definitely pick the other side of the small animal activity to hunt.
"I'm coming!"
Victor shouted into the forest.