Chapter 13 Equivalent Exchange
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Encouraged by Cohen's gold sprinkling, the sailors repaired much faster, so that after only two hours, the merchant ship was barely able to resume sailing, and immediately turned around and headed for Rhode Island.
After that, the first thing Cohen did was to warmly invite Lin Taiping over for dinner, but to his regret, Lin Taiping refused his warm invitation and stayed on the Black Pearl to deal with many matters.
In these matters, the first thing to deal with is, of course, those pirate captives, under the vicious coercion of Christine and the Minotaur, the pirates honestly handed over the proceeds of the robbery over the years, and even the inlaid gold teeth were knocked out and taken away, which made them only shiver in the cold wind, and couldn't help but wonder with tears in their eyes, who is the real pirate.
In fact, the vulture was tempted to resist, "Damn little white face, do you know who we are, if you let Lord Blood-Eyed know about this, you'll all be sent to feed the sharks!"
It's really a verbose guy, Lin Taiping didn't bother to say anything, and a few seconds later, Tulu walked over with the stone pillar on his shoulder, and licked his lips with green eyes: "Hmm, I'm a little hungry, Lin, do you say pirates can eat this kind of thing?"
Very good and powerful, the vulture, who had just been willing to die, immediately surrendered with tears in his eyes, he not only took the initiative to offer the pirate ship as a gift, but even handed over his treasure map, and finally desperately raised his hand to say that he and a group of subordinates were willing to go to Rhode Island immediately and become the gold, milk powder and diapers that Lord Christine needed......
"That's right. Lin Taiping patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, and began to calculate how much he had earned, "Let me take a look, a pirate ship, plus the bounty for capturing pirates, plus their looting over the years, and a trebuchet...... Damn, there were two of them, Christine, couldn't you just be gentle?"
Well, putting aside the smashed trebuchet, Lin Taiping was finally pleasantly surprised to find that he had earned a total of more than 3,000 gold coins, to be honest, for a moment, he felt that he didn't have to do business anymore, and it would be good to rob pirates directly to make a fortune in the future, if the pirates only had the strength of vultures.
Unfortunately, according to Christine, Vulture is only a subordinate of the pirate leader Bloodeye, and he is only a bronze beginner swordsman, but behind him, the notorious Captain Bloodeye, owns several pirate ships and hundreds of pirates, and even a bronze mid-level berserker himself.
"Well, it's better for me to do business. Being poured a basin of cold water, Lin Taiping could only temporarily give up black and eat black, in fact, through this sea encounter, he was also clearly aware that just relying on Christine and dozens of minotaurs was not enough to let himself walk sideways in the sea area of Horn.
In fact, the entire Constance world, including the Horn Sea, is far more powerful than you think!
In this dangerous and complex magical world, all combat professions such as warriors, mages, thieves, archers, etc., are all uniformly divided into six major levels, that is, what is commonly known - bronze, black iron, silver, gold, mythril, and purple gold, and in addition, within each major level, it is divided into four sub-levels: beginner, intermediate, high, and pinnacle.
For example, the Vulture is a Bronze Lower Swordsman, Turu is a Bronze Rank Berserker, and the other Minotaurs hover the edge of the Bronze Rank, as for Christine...... Well, it seems that it is difficult to judge her strength and career, anyway, according to her own words, what profession and what rank is nonsense, just pick up the big iron anchor and smash it over!
Because of this, just defeating the vulture, a bronze lower-level swordsman, is really nothing to show off, just like Christine said, even in the weakest of the seven seas, there are also more powerful beings than the Minotaurs, such as the pirate leader behind the vulture, Bloody Eye, who is a bronze mid-level berserker, and can even break through to the high level soon.
You must know that between the bronze intermediate rank and the bronze high rank, although it seems that there is only a small level apart, but in the real actual combat is very different, it is no exaggeration to say that if the pirate captain Bloody Eye really breaks through to the high level, he can easily kill Tulu, the minotaur patriarch, without even needing other pirate crowd tactics.
In fact, there was once an authoritative university scholar who did the real thing, and according to his repeated statistical arguments, every time a fighter rises by a small rank, his strength or agility or magic will increase by 32.765% depending on his warrior class...... Ahem, how boring are you?
"So, Tulu, you have to keep trying. Considering all of the above, Lin Taiping turned his head to look at Tulu very irresponsibly, and patted it on the shoulder and said seriously, "Do you know? ”
"Moo, Lin, don't worry!" Tulu gnawed on a large piece of bacon and patted his chest very hard, "What, we used to be too poor, and all the time was spent looking for food, I swear with my most beloved horn, as long as I am given enough time and resources, I will soon be able to break through to the bronze high level and guarantee the next copy...... By the way, what is a copy?"
Without explaining, Lin Taiping touched his chin very happily, but lowered his head thoughtfully and looked at his left hand-
In the golden sunlight, on his left index finger, the broken ring that had just played a big role, was shining faintly, yes, no one could guess, in this seemingly inconspicuous ring, there was a big secret that made people crazy.
Sacrifices, sacrifices, this kind of thing can only deceive the aborigines who believe in piety, in Lin Taiping's view, the essence of this ring is four words - equivalent exchange!
That's right, to put it bluntly, it's an equivalent exchange, one side pays a lot of magic crystals and magic crystals, and the other party provides all kinds of help within the scope of the rules, as for what the gods are, and why they appear in this ring, who cares about this kind of thing, as long as they are willing to cooperate.
In fact, rather than discussing the origin of the gods, Lin Taiping is now more concerned about what help these gods can provide, six magic crystals have been exchanged for temporary navigation mastery, so if they are replaced by six hundred, and what is more noteworthy is that there is more than one god living in the ring, in addition to the sea god, what kind of blessings will other gods provide?
Of course, these problems have to be studied to understand slowly, at least after buying enough magic crystals, one magic crystal will cost a hundred gold coins, sixty magic crystals is six thousand gold coins, if it is six hundred magic crystals, then you need to ...... Belch?
Calculating the cost, he casually turned his head to look, only to see Christine not far away on the side of the ship, busy toiling the pirates who had died in the naval battle into clean coats, and then sending them to the wide planks.
"What are you doing?" Lin Taiping couldn't help but walk over and look at Christine busy silently and intently, "Hmm, are you here, holding a funeral for them?"
"That's right, it's a traditional sea burial. Christine sighed softly, placed flowers beside the pirates, and gently pushed the plank into the sea, "No matter what happens on the battlefield, but after the battle, I feel it is my responsibility to give them a decent burial at sea." ”
Well, Lin Taiping was really a little surprised, in his impression, this beautiful and fierce royal sister has always been the kind of image that likes to wave a big iron anchor and smash it, but he never thought that she would have such a gentle and considerate and even sad side.
"I just hope that one day when I die, others will treat me the same. Christine tugged at the blonde hair in her ears and watched the planks drift away in the sea, "Life is so short, no matter what they do in front of them, they will return to the sea when they die, turn into foam and become part of the ocean...... By the way, boss, can I get the bonus this time?"
Very good and powerful, the philosopher Sister Yu, who was still dying a moment ago, suddenly came to a big shift in the topic, and this change really made Lin Taiping very unaccustomed, so that he suddenly felt that his head was a little short-circuited.
But the next moment, when he saw Christine's pitiful eyes full of anticipation, he immediately nodded solemnly and said, "Of course, you did a good job this time, and I decided to reward you with an additional three hundred gold coins." ”
"Hooray!" Christine immediately cheered excitedly, her eyes shining with gold, "Three hundred gold coins, plus this month's salary, I can get a total of ...... Hmm, boss, can you talk to Mr. Cohen, I remember he opened a baby goods store, milk powder, diapers, books, toys and whatever, how about a 20% discount, 9% off is barely okay. ”
Sure enough, this is the real Christine! Lin Taiping wiped his cold sweat with black lines on his head, but at this time, the Cohen merchant ship in front of it suddenly slowed down, and sent a flag shortly after, which seemed to indicate that Rhode Island was about to arrive.
In fact, only half an hour later, the outline of a medium-sized island appeared in the fog, and without Lin Taiping asking anything, Christine opened her eyes wide, as if she was endorsing, and reported the details of Rhode Island in one breath -
"Rhodes Island, vast and rich in resources, is the beginning of the golden route of the Sea of Horn, and the lord who rules this island, Lord Philip, has good governance and prestige, and has nothing to fault except for his love of beauty and enjoyment...... The above is from "Horn Sea Geography", boss, is there anything else you want to ask?"
There is no need to ask anything, Lin Taiping looked at the sky speechlessly, and felt that he should buy a copy of "Horn Sea Geography" to see it, but in any case, after three full days of arduous sailing, he was finally able to set foot on land in a down-to-earth manner, which was really a rare good news.
In the midst of such complaints, the Black Pearl had followed Cohen's merchant ships and slowly sailed into the port of Rhode Island, where at least a hundred merchant ships were moored, and the merchants who came and went were sweating profusely, urging the porters to do their best to carry the goods, but even so, the mountains of goods seemed to never be able to be moved.
Just from these details, you can see how prosperous the business of Rhodes is, Tulu poked the bull's head out of the cabin and looked at the cargo with a fanatical face: "The dark god is above, this place is much richer than Alcatraz, if we grab a handful here, maybe we will never starve again in this life." ”
That is, that is, a large group of minotaurs nodded again and again with green eyes, and before the Black Pearl was completely stopped, they couldn't wait to rush out of the cabin and jump ashore like dumplings: "Lin, what are you waiting for, should we go to that Cohen's house for dinner first, or go to Christine's house for supper first?"
"Please, does your brain secrete stomach acid?" Lin Taiping couldn't help but complain, but scratched his hair thoughtfully, strange, strange, why did I always feel that I seemed to miss a very important question, but what is that......
Well, a few seconds later, something suddenly happened to tell him, what the hell was missing-
At this moment, seeing thirty hideous and burly minotaurs, waving totem stone pillars, and viciously jumping ashore, the entire port suddenly fell silent, and merchants, porters, and residents were all collectively stunned.
Silence! eerie silence!
In an instant, I don't know who took the lead first, hundreds of voices suddenly screamed at the same time, followed by a burst of panic and confusion, so that half a minute later, the originally lively port was immediately empty, leaving only a few leaves fluttering in the wind.
"Sure enough, I forgot one very important thing. Lin Taiping wiped his head in cold sweat and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Tulu, please come back first...... Also, put that roast suckling pig down, at least pay for it and gnaw it again!"
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