- Everything has a price, and anything can be bought and sold.

This sentence accurately describes the characteristics of Ximen Port, and it is rare to see a more open port city in Feilun, although the scale of the city is not large in Feilun, but it is all-encompassing.

You can buy goods from all regions of Faeron here, of course, not necessarily at affordable prices, and you can also see temples of any god imaginable, it is said that there are some demonic temples underground, and each church has its own sphere of influence in the city, which is either allied with each other or in conflict, and every day there are related events that take place somewhere, either explicitly or covertly.

Although the resident population is less than 30,000, a large number of merchants and travelers come to stay here every year, so the number of residents in the city at any time of the year greatly exceeds the above value, these people have a variety of purposes, mixed with the black and white of the West Gate City, business, politics, military, law, these people can be seen almost everywhere.

The complex social situation has made the city full of [***], and the trading of power and money can be seen everywhere, so there is a famous proverb on the lips of the Simon people. Ten old nobles controlled the city, but in many cases they could not guarantee that the city was under their control. As the most developed city in the Dragon Coast and even in the Star Sea, a huge amount of wealth flows through this place every year, and the nobles and true residents can only benefit from it, and a greater part of the benefits are grabbed by many giant hands that are difficult to see, hidden in the darkness under the West Gate City.

It's a dirty and lively city.

Although there are many kinds of beliefs, as a trading port, the goddess of commerce, Wojin is undoubtedly the most popular here, at least the merchants who come and go to pray for the prosperity of business.

The priest Devon Speyer has been in some distress lately, for a probationary priestess named Sheckel in the temple has not been to work for a long time, and she has been sent in by Miss Vika of the Edmont family, and her words are a bit desperate, and she is a very cute little girl, very delicate, not as lively as an ordinary teenage girl, but she is very shrewd when she keeps accounts, and she is also very good at taking care of the sacrifices.

Such an assistant naturally made Speyer feel relaxed, and over time, the young priest also developed a kind of affection for this girl who was more than ten years younger than himself, and gradually developed admiration, although he already had a wife, but he was confident that with his own grace, it should be no problem to deceive a little girl.

But when he began to do it, he found that although this little girl seemed simple, she had a quiet wariness of others, which undoubtedly made Speyer hit a lot of nails, and when he received a warning from several thugs, he finally stopped thinking for a while, and learned from Hiccol that she already had a husband, which dealt him another heavy blow.

Well, now the idea of turning off the fire for a while hasn't sprung up again, but she's not coming to work.

This undoubtedly made him suspicious, but he didn't dare to come to the door to ask, so he had to solve the affairs in front of him by himself, and then he knew how tired it was to preside over the sacrifice alone.

In fact, the priestess who cared for the priest was now sick, and the severity of the illness had made her lie weakly on the soft bed, her forehead covered with a wet towel, and the heat was still evaporating, and her reddish eyes were full of weakness, and her breathing was weak.

The bedroom door opened softly, and her faint gaze watched the woman who walked in to the head of the bed, opened her mouth and spat out a faint voice, struggling to sit up: "Vika." ”

"Don't move. Vika gently stretched out her hand and took the little girl into her arms: "Your illness is not yet healed. ”

"Vika ......" Hickel snorted: "Am I going to die? This disease can't even be cured by magic magic, and that's how my mother died." ”

"Don't say such unlucky things. She sighed: "It's just a fever, it's going to get better." ”

For a simple cold and fever, it can be treated without too advanced divine arts, and many benevolent priests are willing to lend a free hand to patients whose beliefs do not conflict, but if the sick person subconsciously resists the recovery of the disease, then no matter how powerful the divine magic is, it will not help.

Almost all the effects of divine magic start from the spirit, and it is impossible for a person of mental disorder to be favored by divine power.

"But, but I'm so uncomfortable. With tears in his eyes, Hicor poked his head into Vika's arms: "Vika, tell me, what news is there over Searle, you have never told me, since they entered Blackhall research, I haven't known about them for more than half a year, isn't the research there over? Why do you ask you and you don't tell me anything? What happened to them?"

"I'm ......" Vica sighed with a darkened expression.

"Are they dead?" the brilliance in Hickel's eyes turned gray, and his tone deepened, "Vika, don't hide it from me. ”

"It's not. Vika hurriedly shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Don't be cranky. ”

According to the girl's physical and mental state, if she believes this news, it will be completely hopeless.

"Woo~ I knew that he sent me out, just because he expected something to happen, and it was so. Tears and snot crawled all over the girl's cheeks with a whimper: "They always treat me like a fool and a child, they don't tell me anything, they don't let me know anything, you too, Vika, I know that you have been hiding many things from me, what Penny and you do can't hide from me, I know everything, don't take me for a fool." ”

"But he always treated me like a child who hadn't grown up!"

She cried out with tears in her eyes, her voice a little hoarse, already hoarse.

Vika's whole body immediately stiffened, and she rubbed Hiccol's hair blankly, not stopping the girl's snot and tears from flowing into her neckline.

"There has been no news for so long, he must be dead......"

"Nonsense. The lady frowned and patted Hiccol's head lightly: "Our spies are still looking for news of them, and before there is any news to come, you should take good care of your illness, and don't think about those who have or don't." ”

"No news?" the girl looked up, a glimmer of hope burning in her eyes.

"The borders are blocked, and it seems that there are also secrets in Serre's country. Vika sighed with a twinkle in her eyes: "I only know that he is wanted, but I haven't gotten definite news yet, as for Lord Jenhuas, his life and death are unknown." ”

"It's all life and death unknown...... Vika. Hickel's lips twitched twice, and he muttered to himself, then suddenly raised his head, as if he had some idea, and grabbed the lady's wrist: "Vika, will you do me a favor?"

"Help?"

"I—I'm going back to China, can you help me ......?"

"No way. Vika shook her head categorically, she looked into Hiccol's eyes: "Baby, you know what, he offended the enemies who are not easy to mess with, and under my protection, those people can't find you yet, but if you return to Serre, they will use you against Penny, you know, now the wanted warrants are still in place all over Serge, indicating that he is probably not dead." ”

"I'm ......" Hickel lowered his head, but his breath calmed a little because of Vika's last words: "I'm just worried about ......"

"Alright, baby, if there's news from him, I'll tell you right away. Vika let her tone be as soothing as possible, and stroked the girl's neck: "Now have a good rest and recuperate with peace of mind." ”

"Hmm. Hiccol nodded.

Seeing that the girl was finally no longer hysterical, Vika breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll go get you some food, there is more than half of this morning's meal left, and I have prepared it for you according to the smallest portion, how can this work?"

"Thank you, Vika. A smile appeared on the girl's pale face: "Wait." ”

When she saw that Vika was leaving, she suddenly stopped her.

"What's wrong?" Vica sat back at the head of the bed.

"Hold me for a while. The girl leaned into Vika's embrace, leaned her nose deep into the woman's skin, and sniffed continuously: "Here is his smell, I can smell it, Vika, if I really never see him, I will only look for his scent in you." ”

Hearing the girl's dreamy words, Lady Vika sighed and took the girl deep into her embrace.

...... Coming from the ship and dismissing the hired sailors, the first thing Penny did was to find Vica, but he did not ask for Vica's surname, which was obviously a problem for him, and a large group of apprentices and pirates looked at him with blank eyes, but let him know that it was obviously impossible to justify these people without first settling them.

"My lord, why don't we go and pick up Lord Zoth's manor first, it's still empty. The head apprentice, Rand Scarbourg, suggested.

"That's a good idea. Penny nodded casually, "By the way, the manor...... Is it big?"

He looked at the hundred or so pirates behind him, and glanced at the apprentice leader a few times.

The Spear Squid has suffered several setbacks, and its manpower is far less than before, and even the ships have shrunk several times after several repairs, and more than a hundred people are not very conspicuous on this bustling beach, but a manor seems to be quite difficult to feed, and these pirates may not be able to settle down and live in peace.

Skabull looked at the pirates, and his face was shy.

Truly...... Not big enough.

The manor was not a large farm, just a wizard's residence and a few farmers attached to provide the wizards with living supplies, to support the wizards and apprentices, at most a few mercenaries were enough, but hundreds of more people were stretched.

"Master Diesel, we should be able to take care of ourselves. Dibino stepped forward and said respectfully.

Recognizing the identity of the wizard, he willingly became a subordinate of the wizard.

In particular, the wizard promised not to enslave him, and would give him and his brothers a better future than pirates.

Although the last two paragraphs don't know what the reliable surname is, it always makes him think that this kind of attachment is promising.

Despite the panic in front of them, they were no better before - they fled from the eastward falling star sea in a hurry, with nothing but a ship, and then they were viciously organized by a group of ghost wizards, and it was not necessarily a loss-making transaction to belong to a strong man.

What's more, he once worked together, and he still knows a little about the personality of this wizard.

That sharp raid impressed him too deeply, so that he remembered the courage and strength of this wizard when he became the pirate king of the East Falling Star Sea, although he was later killed because of it, and he also knew about the current situation of this wizard, but he did not have any dissenting thoughts because of it.

This young pirate leader is also a man of insight and ideas, otherwise he would not have betrayed the pirate leaders on Nimkul Island in the first place, and in his opinion, this wizard can save his life and escape under the pursuit of almost all Serr Red Robes, and he will definitely be able to do great things in the future.

"What are you going to do?" asked Penny.

"Sell the ship, and then go out of town and buy a new piece of land, well, hire some farmers, and maybe make ends meet. ”

"Sell the ship?" Penny frowned.

"My lord, if you don't leave Ximen Port in the near future, the existence of the Gun Squid is also unnecessary. ”

"But it's your ship. Penny's eyebrows furrowed.

"I don't want to be a pirate for the rest of my life, my lord. Dibino bowed respectfully.

The fall of Nimkul Island made him deeply aware of the cruelty of the sea, and he was tired of this precarious and unpromising life.

And he once reached the pinnacle of piracy - being able to dominate a sea area is already considered a successful person in the world of pirates, but he was immediately destroyed by Serre's navy, not to mention that he can dominate the sea area, or through the power of Serre's official, this experience made him know that the pirate ships they used to run rampant on various shores were just a joke before all kinds of powerful forces, and the humiliation of being at the hands of the Yin Wizard after escaping from the East Falling Star Sea undoubtedly made them understand this more deeply.

This profession does not bring them dignity, security and dignity.

From then on, Debino began to decide to find another way.

He wasn't used to being a pirate, and he didn't know how to get out of this career and find a new path, but the wizard appeared just right.

In other words, the appearance of Penny Sean, or Penn Diesel, gave Captain Debino an opportunity, so when Penny showed his intention to solicit, he hardly hesitated.

"Your companions may not all agree. The wizard was silent for a moment and said.

A pirate ship may not be something that can be sold casually in the hearts of pirates.

"I promise they'll all agree. Dibino glanced back at his subordinates a few times, his eyes flickering, "My lord, you can just leave it to me." ”

"Okay. Penny's gaze was fixed on the town in the midday sun, "You're going to get what you want someday, Dibino." ”

"I'm convinced of that. The captain smiled, and shouted to his men.

For the precarious pirates, illusory glory is no more tempting than a stable life, and Penny does not doubt that these pirates will temporarily leave the sea under the organization of Dibino, but he is more careful to be wary of Dibino himself.

Although determined to leave his career as a pirate, according to the surname of the Sea Man, Penny knew that if he was determined that he could not give him what he wanted, he would not hesitate to turn his back on him.

This is understandable, and Penny agrees with this in his heart, but because of this, he secretly reminds himself that if he does not advance, he will retreat, and at this point, he has completely lost his way out.

"Wait a minute, gentlemen. "A pair of soldiers in rudimentary uniforms walked over, carrying rudimentary weapons that made people feel very unsafe.

This is the harbor guard here, and many people who want to travel to the West Gate will be constantly reminded before setting off that the official guard of the West Gate is useless, and if a helpless guy does not bring any guards in and out of the port, I am afraid that he will be stripped naked and thrown into the sea in one night.

So the official guards here are usually despised, in fact, they are really just decorations, and Penny learned about this before he came to the West Gate.

However, when he saw the leader of this group of guards, Penny keenly realized that this leader was not a guy to ignore.

Neither the rudimentary uniforms nor the tattered armor and weapons are a reason to look down on this man, because although the uniform is simple and the sword and armor are a little old, the uniform is very clean, and although the damage on the armor is difficult to repair, the armor pieces are polished. The same goes for longswords.

The attire of an entire guard was like this, shabby but clean.

There were several other garrisons nearby, but they didn't maintain as much hygiene as the one in front of Penny.

Of course, this was not a reason to look up to a person, for all but the leader who walked in front of him had colored faces and a little more listlessness in their expressions—although they managed to maintain their stance, it was difficult to hide the sluggishness of the bastard.

Penny glanced at the other bay guards, who didn't even bother to make a show, sweeping half of the harbor, and the guards looked like they were still there.

This must be the credit of the leader of the guard in front of him.

This man was no more than thirty, of medium stature, with a rosy face and eyes that distinguished him from all the harbor guards, and this man was certainly not a fool.

Penny had the idea almost immediately.

"You are...... Wizard?" He looked at Penny and the apprentices behind him, and his expression became respectful, "I beg your pardon, I'm Giggs, the captain of the harbor guard, and I don't know if I can know your intentions out of duty." ”

He glanced at the pirates who were gathering their formation, "I beg your pardon for the sheer number of people, I think we need to know something. ”

"Ahem, dear Captain Giggs, you don't know me. Rand coughed, and Giggs looked at him carefully for a while before asking, with some suspicion:

"Are you...... What about Master Skabool Zoth of the Mage Tower?"

"Now this Lord Diesel is the one we serve. Rand Scarble bowed slightly: "He came with the will of Lord Zos, and he will inevitably deal with him often in the future, so you can put this set away, and the Harbor Wizards Association will take care of everything about him." ”

"I see......," Giggs said abruptly, solemnly saluting Penny, "Greetings, Dear Lord Diesel." ”

"No need to be polite. Penny held out a hand, a gesture that stunned all the apprentices.

The handshake ceremony is very common among merchants, extending their right hands to each other to signal that there is no malice and fair dealing, but even a wizard apprentice would not initiate such an equal etiquette against a lowly harbor guard, it is too disrespectful.

Giggs was also stunned for a moment, but it was obviously more rude to let Penny's hand hang in the air like this, and quickly shook it, then showed a reluctant smile, and turned away after the wizard nodded.

"Drop price. Lanny, who was holding Nephis, glanced at Penny's hand and snorted disdainfully.

Penny shook his head, glancing at the lazy guards all over the harbor, "He's the only one here doing his duty as a guard. ”

The expressions of all the apprentices became serious.

Giggs, the captain of the guard, who had not gone far, paused.

"Okay, bastard, tell me, where are you going to let me go?" Lannie glanced at the wizard's face, "I knew you were going looking for your old lover. ”

"Maybe you can accompany Rand and them to the Mage Tower. The mage gave the apprentice a communicative look, and the apprentice nodded respectfully.

Lannie raised an eyebrow in dissatisfaction.

Penny shrugged again, his expression a little helpless: "But I don't know where she lives yet." ”

"My lord, who are you looking for?" Giggs suddenly turned around: "With your noble status, it shouldn't be a small person who is looking for, there are people with heads and faces in this port, as long as you name a name, I can name all the people with the same name." ”

(To be continued)