The wizard felt something strange when a ship approached from afar on the eastern shore, the sails of the ship were tattered and looked a little decadent, as if it had just been ravaged, and through the magic of the eagle's eye, he could see the sailors above with deep guard on their faces, and their hands pressed against the hilt of the sword at their waists.

This made him frown secretly, and began to think back to the information he had gathered when he came, the port of Calant was not far from Ilfran to the north, and there were frequent clashes with the Santarin, could it be that there had been some accident here in the few days he had been sailing?

He thought about it, instructed the captain to send a signal, and by the way held up the sign belonging to the merchant ship, indicating that there was no malicious intent, the other party approached cautiously, the two ships were on each other's side, a team of heavily armed sailors cautiously stepped on the sampan to board the merchant ship, and a leader-like blonde middle-aged man looked up and down the settings on the ship for a while, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Merchant ship?"

"Yes. The captain bowed his head.

"Arriving at this place at this time, do you want to go to Ilfran?" the middle-aged blonde man asked with a suspicious expression.

The captain shook his head immediately.

Although there was no obvious emotion in the blonde middle-aged man's tone, this abrupt inquiry made the experienced captain wary.

The relationship between the Moon Sea and the Han Land is not harmonious, and at this time, the merchant ship was intercepted, and it was still questioned like this, if it was answered truthfully, I am afraid that the consequences would not be good.

"No, where is that going?" the blonde middle-aged man asked further.

The captain rolled his eyes and immediately replied: "Comanso, we are going to the forest of Comanso. ”

Penny stared at the middle-aged blonde man from a short distance, and doubts rolled in his heart, and at this time, Fina 'staggered' onto the deck, and the blonde middle-aged man saw that a pair of small, round eyes like a skunk suddenly lit up.

"Comanso, do business with those elves, go north anyway, oh, it's closed now. He looked at Fina intently, she was stared at a little weakly, if it was in the past, she would stare straight back, and say a few teasing words in passing, but what happened in recent days had changed her personality greatly, and in the face of this lustful gaze, she frowned slightly, hiding half of her face and body behind Penny's back, and holding the wizard's arm at the same time.

"The ship is going to stay in Calante for the time being. The middle-aged blonde man looked at Penny intently, as if he took the big living man as air, and only glanced at Fina's face and body, a desire that made his eyes reddened slightly: "This is a sensitive time. ”

"Your Excellency, you ......" The captain was dumbfounded, but gave Penny a look, this kind of decision, he, the spokesman, can no longer be the master.

"Sensitive period?" Penny looked at the captain, although he had the ability to sink this obscene blonde middle-aged man to the bottom of the sea with the big ship behind him, but at this tense moment, he still decided to keep a low profile, just like the plain civilian clothes on his body, if it was not explained, no one would have imagined what kind of big man this ordinary-looking and imposing young man would be: "This gentleman, we are very willing to know what caused this so-called sensitive period." ”

Ah, I'm sorry, I'm reluctant to let you know. The middle-aged blond man narrowed his eyes, and then he noticed that this figure who stood in front of the beautiful woman, this thin young man did not make him feel vigilant enough, and reached out to clasp his shoulder: "But I would like to inform you that this ship is detained, and so are all the people on this ship." ”

He squinted at Fina behind Penny, but it made him uncomfortable - the girl's expression was not cowardice or fear, but a disgusting look, which made the blonde middle-aged man feel that in this girl's heart, he might have become something like a mouse. ...,

It certainly won't make him happy.

But before he could use that pitiful power to pour out his anger, he felt a pain in his wrist, and the inconspicuous young man was lifted away from the place where he was pressed by two fingers.

"Sir, I don't like to be so close to men. Penny looked at the middle-aged blonde with a smile, the huge strength contained in the two fingers had deformed the metal sleeve on the bracer, and the middle-aged man's face turned red: "I hope you can keep your distance from me." ”

With a wave of Penny's wrist, the huge force made the middle-aged man staggered back a few steps, and was barely able to stand firm by several subordinates who came from the sampan, his face became red and white, and his sour palm subconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, and the crew of the boat pulled out his weapon in a string of ping-pong sounds.

The captain of the merchant ship waved his hand, and the sailors here also drew their waist knives.

"Hey, slow down. The pain in his right wrist made the blonde man sweat cold, he was sure that the sides of his wrist were bruised, and the deformed bracers were difficult to remove, which made him even more painful - in this case, of course, it was difficult for him to wield a knife, and Penny's strong performance also changed this man's attitude towards this 'merchant ship': "I am the captain of the Caronte Port Defense Force, you can call me Lieutenant Manzata, this is our territory, you should respect our laws." ”

His gaze shifted to Penny's body, and he noticed that this young man was definitely not a waiter, but the leader of the merchant ship.

Although he was not a natural leader, his exalted position at Simon had given Penny the temperament of a ruler that was not clear, but now it was enough to wary Lieutenant Mansata, who had endured hardship.

"Oh, Your Excellency is at last willing to deign to introduce yourself to us lowly merchants. Penny sarcastically said.

"Well, now you can obey the laws of the port of Calante. Lieutenant Mansata secretly breathed a sigh of relief, measuring the size of the two ships, there were only more than forty sailors on the merchant ship, although the cruising ship had an advantage in manpower, if it was not hard to fight, the loss must be not small, and more importantly, now that he was on this merchant ship, Penny's strange power made him wary, in his cognition, only a few guys with barbarian blood or extremely harsh training would have such terrible strength.

Although the young man did not appear to have any muscles, and many of the most skilled warriors did not look strong on the outside, he could kill dozens of guards—a kind of combat record that was not uncommon in Faeron, and many of Faeron's famous rangers and warriors had a record of being outstanding.

If the men of this merchant ship do not eat them, he, the little patrol leader, will suffer.

The young man's daring to resist aroused his deeper worries, and the reason hidden by the lustful heart aroused by Fina's beauty returned to his brain:

Most of the people who dare to resist the local government and army have a lot of backgrounds, how can they act rashly without knowing the origin of the other party?

Seeing the hesitant look on Penny's face, he knew that it would be difficult to convince the other party by deterrence alone, and continued: "The route to Ilfran has been blocked by our fleet, even if Your Excellency passes through here, it is impossible to reach the Moon Sea, and now is a sensitive time. ”

"Sensitive time?" Penny raised an eyebrow, "Are you fighting Ilfrahn?"

"Nope. Knowing that this person was not easy to scare, Lieutenant Mansata could only give a patient explanation: "We have a diplomatic dispute with Tsukimi, so we have decided to block the trade route, and we suggest that you dispose of your goods south of this coast, and then go back and forth from there, this road is not working." ”

As he spoke, he cautiously stepped back towards the sampan, when two other ships carrying the flag of the port of Calante appeared in the night, and approached, and Lieutenant Mansata immediately had a look of joy on his face. ...,

With the arrival of reinforcements, his confidence was suddenly much fuller.

"That being the case. Penny and Fina looked at each other, then turned to Mansata, "Your government wouldn't mind if we stopped at Port Carante for a while. ”

He smiled at Lieutenant Mansata, "Maybe we can dispose of all the cargo in Hantu." ”

The wizard's sudden overture made Lieutenant Mansata stunned for a moment, and secretly cursed in his heart for the cunning of this young man, who was so aware of the current situation that he had changed the rudder, and since he had relented, his idea of encircling and destroying this merchant ship had failed.

According to his idea, he wanted to launch a pursuit of the ship as soon as it fled, and at such a distance, of course, the small and bulky merchant ship could not escape the collision of the warship, and then he was sure that he could get the small ship and seize the beautiful woman that made his heart itch and scratch it.

But since the other side has made such an indication, he cannot take the opportunity to attack, and in case such an engagement causes losses, he will pay all the responsibility for it, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Before he knew the details of the opponent, he didn't have the courage to take the initiative to attack without reason.

However, as soon as he changed his mind, he thought that when this merchant ship reached the shore, he was afraid that he would not have a chance? If this young man did not have any surprisingly big background, of course he would be unlucky.

Then Lieutenant Mansata looked at him and smiled: "Of course, your Excellency is very welcome to the port of Calante. ”

"Of course, in order to enliven the trade routes. Penny nodded with a smile, a smile that quickly began to freeze as the other man turned away.

Lieutenant Mansata was the same, his face stiffened and cold as he turned his head, but his right hand on the hilt of his sword still trembled and stiffened—the pain had not subsided.

"It's disgusting. After Lieutenant Mansata had left the merchant ship, Fina let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly found herself holding the wizard's arm in both hands, and immediately let go of it and took two steps back, looking at the cruise ship sailing ahead with disgust.

"A little mouse-like person. The wizard said lightly disapprovingly: "It's not worth wasting your strength on him, and it's not worth thinking about him." ”

"Yo~ What a big man's tone. Fina glared at the wizard and said sourly: "Arranging a funeral for a poor person who is still alive and well in the world, it is really something that only big people do, it is really majestic and magnificent, I admire it so much~"

At the end of her sentence, she gritted her teeth and stared at the wizard with a puff.

"You bastard!"

"I'm sorry. In the face of Fina's accusations, the wizard couldn't help but feel a little gray.

"Hmph, don't say anything, are you going to stay in Calante like this?" Fina raised her eyebrows: "The government here is notoriously corrupt, and there are few foreign merchant ships willing to do business here, so you stop here and be careful of being slaughtered." ”

There is no unified national government, each city is an independent city-state, government, ruler, and political system are different, and the ruling power of Port Carant is in the hands of a group of local merchants formed by a group of merchants, but those who are familiar with the history of Hantu know that the origin of this group of 'merchants' is nothing more than the gold leaf they put on their faces, and in the distant past, what this group of so-called merchants did was to guard the mouth of the Gulf of Dragons south of the Strait of the Rees to the north, and collect tolls for merchant ships.

In other words, their behavior is something like, 'I drove this mountain'......'.

This shows the virtues of these rulers.

These guys have ruled the city for hundreds of years, and the regime has been overturned several times, but the composition of the rulers has not changed much - further north is the territory of the famous evil church of Faerun, and there will probably be nothing good for those who dare to enter and leave the sea in this area.

"It doesn't matter......" The wizard shook his head slowly, "I'm more interested in why Port Carrante is in conflict with Ilfran at this time? Although it is nominally an independent city-state, as long as people who are well-informed know that it is the territory of the Santarin Society, Port Carant actually has a conflict with them.........,

He pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, "Maybe we can find an opportunity to connect with the Santarin Society from here." ”

"Good idea. Fina nodded casually, then gave the wizard a blank look: "Bastard wizards are going to change careers to be terrorists and spies, this kind of role is a natural match for you." ”

"Everything has to wait for the opportunity to happen. The wizard put on his cloak and pulled out one and draped it over Fina's body: "Your appearance will cause trouble. ”

"Hmph, you're afraid of these troubles?" Hearing these words, Fina, who should have been displeased, felt a wave of joy in her heart inexplicably.

"Low-key. Penny lowered his voice.

Fina rolled her eyes and snorted coldly.

"By the way, there's still an hour or so to go...... "Penny suddenly remembered something, "Trouble Elder Ansenfia to keep a spell for me." ”

"What spell?"

"From now on, it's best for you and me not to reveal our arcane spell-casting abilities. "But I have to protect myself, so I want to become a samurai who can slash people with a sword as soon as possible, but I don't know how to use them." ”

"Swing a knife and slash someone?" Fina swept Penny up and down for a while, imagining the appearance of this person swinging a knife and slashing, and a strange feeling rose in the bottom of her heart.

This witchcraft ritual did not take much time, it is not difficult for a wizard to have the ability to use weapons as skillfully as a samurai, and after the high-level wizard unleashes a series of enhanced spells such as brute force and light spirit for himself, and then blesses him with weapons and skillful spells, the hand-to-hand combat ability is not inferior to that of skilled warriors, but ordinary wizards are not very accustomed to this way of fighting - if a wizard often fights hand-to-hand with the enemy for no reason, it must be out of some special quirk, or in a desperate situation where he has to fight for his life.

For Penny, his extraordinary physical strength and strength gave him qualities that were particularly suitable for hand-to-hand combat, and he had no problem transforming into a warrior with the blessing of spells, and after Ansenfia had given him a constant series of weapons and skillful spells, he was sure enough to fight several muscular men without using the arcane.

And after the end of this procedure, the merchant ship entered the port of Calante.

The scene was in ruins, the harbor seemed to be a refugee camp, and countless people were shuttling through it, and Penny's eyes wandered around for a while, but he saw Lieutenant Mansata coming with a large group of guards, with a smile on his face: "Oh, this gentleman, we have to inform you that in view of the tense situation on the shore, we have closed the city gates, and if you want to stay here, you can only register there, and then set up a camp near the harbor." ”

"Oh, are these 'camps'?" Penny turned his head to look around at the refugee camp near the port, the corner of his eye slightly raised.

"Ah, of course, you know, the prices here are very expensive. Lieutenant Mansata showed a hint of mockery on his face, and looked at Penny's gaze as if he was looking at a big fat sheep, and his expression seemed to be smiling: "Of course, if Your Excellency has money, you should still be able to live comfortably, and you will be out of company." ”

He disappeared from the wizard's view with such a smile, and Penny could determine that as long as he knew that this person was nothing more than an 'ordinary merchant from Starlight City' during the 'registration' process, there would be a lot of guns and arrows flying towards him.

Even if he had a more prominent background, at this time, these backgrounds were even less feared than the sword in his hand.

Of course, the little man's mind was not worth much in the wizard's heart, and he sent the captain to 'register' and then arrange for another group of people to set up camp by the sea and join the huge refugee camp.

"It's hijacking. Fina leaned close to Penny's body, lowered her voice and expressed the anger in her heart: "They hijacked all the merchant ships that came and went, I don't know what the hell they wanted, you see, in the future, they will definitely do their best to lower the price of goods and force us to buy and sell, and turn us into poor people like these people." ”...,

She glanced at the wizard complainingly: "You actually took the initiative to drill into this trap yourself." ”

Her resentful words amused the wizard, and he smiled and stroked her hair: "Don't worry, I won't let you and me suffer." ”

Fina was stunned for a moment, and the thoughts in her head froze instantly, stiffening from head to toe, until Ansenfia took her place and kept up with the wizard.

The camp was still being built, and the wizard quietly observed the scene around the harbor, still full of trouble, what was going on here, and what was the reason for such an immoral act by the government of Port Carante?

"Milk!who has milk!he's going to die!Please!" A cry caught Penny's attention, and he saw a thin woman holding a baby in her arms, and let out a miserable cry, and the baby opened its mouth wide and seemed to be crying, but could not make any sound.

Penny summoned the ship's logistics officer, took out a bottle of milk, and leaned over to inquire about the situation, but it seemed that there were not too few conscientious people in this group of 'refugees', and a few people had already sent food, and the woman was scrambling to feed the baby, and she was grateful:

"Thank you, thank you, Mother Earth bless you!"

"It's a little bit of a little bit to eat. An old man sighed: "It's the fifth day, and I don't know when it will end." ”

"Five days?" The shared act of kindness gave Penny a reason to talk, and he began to ask what he was interested in: "What is going on here?"

"During this time, many councillors in the city were assassinated, and the council suspected that Santarin would do something good. The old man said, "They closed the port and resumed their piracy." ”

He looked at Penny's manpower with a sympathetic expression: "Sir, it seems that your manpower is not enough to keep you safe. ”

The wizard smiled noncommittally, not taking the old man's worries to heart, and looked at the thin woman and asked, "Food is scarce?"

"You can't buy anything with money here, and you can leave if you want, but you'll be blackmailed. The old man's voice was low: "They will make sure you leave the port without a penny left, of course, this is us poor merchants, if it is a large fleet or a noble person with a strong background, they will send a high-ranking person to negotiate or hinder it." ”

"It's dark. The wizard shook his head with a sigh: "No one cares. ”

"Here they have the final say. The old man shrugged his shoulders in frustration, and a sneer came from the other side.

The sneer caught Penny's attention, for the voice was so familiar that it brought back many memories of his past, and he followed the sound as he looked at it, and his heart shook violently.

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