Looking at the Thorn Islands from the air, it looks like someone who accidentally spilled a handful of rice in the Golden Bay.

Pointing to the smoke in the distance, Gaines said, "That's the main island, and you can see that 'chimney' as far as you want." ”

Wang: "Is that a volcanic island?" ”

Gaines: "Yes, volcanoes erupt regularly, bringing with them a lot of fertile volcanic ash soil, giving the main island a wealth of agricultural resources that no other island can match. If you're looking for tropical fruits, head to the main island. ”

Xiaobai lay on the railing of the flying boat and looked at the smoking main island: "Fruit? ”

Wang: "What, you're also interested in fruits?" ”

Xiaobai: "It's okay to change the taste occasionally, I'm interested in foods other than starch." ”

Wang: "Nonsense, you obviously don't have much interest in fish. ”

"I don't like fish because I'm afraid of getting pricked. If someone helped me pick out all the thorns and let me eat meat, I would love it. Xiaobai shook his head, "Fish is also meat." ”

As she spoke, Elizabeth opened the door and came out of the cabin and came to the king: "When shall we land?" ”

Wang: "Well, although we have seen the Thorn Islands, there is still a distance ......"

Nini also came out of the cabin and squinted in the direction of the island: "There are still about two hundred kilometers, soon." Now it's tailwind. ”

The king pointed to Nini, "She said so."

Nini added, "I see the ship coming at us. ”

Wang: "What? Can you see the flag above? ”

"If there's a telescope and a gear mark, it's the Explorers Guild's ship, and it's probably coming to meet us," Gaines said. If it's a ship of the Council of the Thorn Islands, there will be a map and gear of the Thorn Islands. ”

Nini: "One has telescopes and gears, and the other has map gears. ”

Gaines spread his hands: "Okay, two groups of people are here together." Presumably a struggle for representation of the Thorn Islands. ”

Wang frowned slightly: "Representation? ”

Gaines: "There are three institutions that theoretically represent the Thorn Islands. One is the craftsman's council, but this basically doesn't care about anything other than invention. After all, the great craftsmen are busy.

"One is the Explorers' Guild, which produces an annual yearbook of expeditions and has a great influence throughout the Thorn Islands.

"Finally, there's the Council of the Thorns, which was supposed to serve so many workshops on the island, but over time they controlled everything outside of the island.

"They feel like they're the bosses of the Thorn Islands. By the way, the Council of the Thorn Islands is also the only one of the three institutions that is not dominated by gnomes. ”

Wang: "It's not enough for the Great Craftsmen's Council, but how can the Explorers' Guild also be dominated by dwarfs?" Don't there be explorers for other races? ”

Gaines: "Yes, explorers of other races make up about forty percent of the total number of explorers, but they are not as fanatical as gnomes. Therefore, the gnomes of the Explorers Guild occupy seventy percent of the key positions, and the annual expedition yearbook is mainly the achievements of the gnomes. ”

Flint interjected, "It's mainly the gnomes who play with their hearts and minds, counting a lot of non-dwarf explorers as adventurers. In addition, if there are gnomes in the expedition team, the gnomes will be described as the captain, the leader of the expedition. ”

The king exclaimed, "How can you know so well? ”

"I've been to the Thorn Islands and dealt with the Explorers' Guild." The dwarf smiled, "I know what they do. ”

Gaines was very embarrassed: "This ...... This is partly true, and partly partly true, that most of the expedition achievements were indeed achieved by gnomes, after all, gnomes ...... Gnomes are a race that dies without curiosity. ”

This is true, dwarfs lose their curiosity and gradually develop fading and die.

As he spoke, the two airships approached.

Then the two ships will signal the lights together.

Wang squinted his eyes: "This is ...... Some kind of 0 and 1 form of encoding? ”

Gaines: "I'll read it." Actually, there is no need to interpret it, both ships are trying to woo you, hoping that you will land at their headquarters. ”

Wang: "Is it true that if I choose the headquarters of one to land, it will be regarded as supporting this representative of the Thorn Islands?" ”

Gaines: "You guessed it right. So which one to land in? ”

Wang: "Don't worry, I'll ask clearly. Apart from the headquarters of these two companies, where else can I land airships on the island? ”

Flint snapped up and said, "There are many places on the island where you can land an airship, as long as it is a large organization, you can land an airship, it depends on who you want to talk to." ”

Gaines didn't mind the dwarves' stealing at all, and the dwarves continued, "I suggest landing on the Explorers' Federation, after all, we want to borrow their flagship. The Council of the Thorns Islands doesn't have that big airship to borrow. ”

Wang nodded: "Very good." But let me ask again, did their flagships fly over the mountains of the world? ”

"Of course it flies." Gaines nodded, "Although half of the crew died on that expedition, it did arrive at the airport of the country on the other side of the world's mountains. ”

Xiaobai was shocked: "What's the matter with the loss of half of the crew?" ”

Gaines spread his hands: "I have forgotten the specific process, but you can go to the Explorers Federation and look at their expedition yearbook, I remember that there is a detailed record of the process in the yearbook, or reportage." ”

Wang: "Is there anything special about reportage?" ”

Gaines: "It's more detailed, there's no fictional part. ”

Flint corrected, "There are fewer fictional parts. ”

The dwarf glared at the dwarf.

The dwarf spread his hands: "Come on, Gaines, you have also drunk a lot of wine with me, don't I know what your personality is?" And you gnomes will exaggerate a little bit. ”

Gaines protested loudly: "This is prejudice! It's the same stereotype that dwarves can't walk when they see wine. ”

Flint: "No, no, we do see wine and can't walk, and I'm going to make it clear that it's true. ”

Xiaobai: "You're quite proud?" ”

Wang: "But I've also decided, since we're going to take over the flagship of the Federation, let's go and anchor at the Federation." Give the federation a face. How are we going to signal? ”

Gaines: "The captain of this ship must know. Find him...... Well? ”

The Federation's airship began to signal again.

The king looked at Gaines, "What do you say?" ”

Gaines: "They thank us for their support of the Explorers Federation and have prepared a great dinner at the Federation headquarters. ”

Xiaobai: "A sumptuous dinner!" ”

Gaines: "What's going on?" We didn't respond, did we? ”

Nini pointed to the signal light not far away: "Those gnomes have been operating the signal light since the beginning, but I don't know what they are sending. ”

Everyone looked at the traffic light together, and sure enough, they saw several gnomes operating.

At this time, the airship of the Council of the Thorn Islands also began to signal.

The king hurriedly asked Gaines, "What are you talking about over there?" ”

Gaines spread his hands: "Let's see." It looks like we've been embroiled in a power struggle within the Thorn Islands. ”

(End of chapter)