391 Tree Harbor
"Dear Lord Flynn, further on is the secret harbor of our Santarim Society in the south of Murmaster, but it has taken us five years to build this secret port here......
Standing in front of Penny was a bespectacled woman, who looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing a black wizard's robe, the wizard could clearly read the level and measure of the source power she could invoke, and shook her head secretly in her heart.
Compared to the witch's age, her arcane skills can be said to be quite good, but it is a bit fantastical to keep an eye on him.
Of course, with the wizard's current skills, there are not many people in the world who can find him, but Penny understands that if he wants to win the trust of Moon Sea, he can't be too far away from this moving eye, so as not to be perceived as having ulterior motives.
By this time he had arrived at a tattered shore in a sea boat, some distance from the small fishing port of Comanso.
Although it has gone hundreds of miles to the north, there is still some distance from the Strait of the Reese, and the forest has not decreased, but has become denser and denser, and even more amazing scenery has appeared in this area: the normal trees and vegetation seem to be more and more distorted, like seaweed stuck in the sea, and the unkempt and dense vegetation is full of turbid sand and muddy water, and stepping on it is like stepping into quicksand or swamps— If you happen to be stuck far from the real coast, you will be in for a good fortune.
It's not easy to live in such a place, let alone build a port—probably only a madman would have such an idea, but the people of the Moonsea not only thought so, but did so, which made Penny quite admired.
However, listening to the witch's smug rhetoric, Penny also had a somewhat disapproving feeling: what is the use of building a port in such a dilapidated place? It is impossible to develop into a commercial port, and it is a problem to stop a few ships in this dilapidated tidal flat, so it will take several years for the Santarin Society to set up a port here, and it will be in vain?
"Wait, several. ”
The witch saw Penny's coping look, and knew what the man was thinking, smiled slightly, and ordered the sailor to continue sailing, and when he saw that the ship had turned a few corners and entered a narrow waterway, Penny was slightly astonished, and in his mind, the establishment of a port in such a place would probably be in a place where the coastal terrain was not too bad, but this waterway seemed to go deep into the jungle, and when he entered a little deeper, he noticed that the two sides of the waterway were made of large stones and thick wooden fences.
Seeing this, Penny suddenly realized that the river was carved by hand, and it is no wonder that it is not a mess like the outer coast.
The deeper into the jungle, the taller and taller the trees, and gradually hundreds of feet tall giant trees are not uncommon, often the canopy of a single tree obscures the sky, almost as if it were a single tree, and the river turns a corner, and Penny is stunned when he sees the scene.
In front of him was an artificial lake the size of a square, and the canopy of a dozen astonishingly tall ancient trees covered the lake underneath, and when Penny looked closely, he knew that these giant trees were the product of a spell twist, which made him extremely surprised by the whimsy of the designer, as a result of this design, dozens of huge ships were moored in this artificial lake, roughly thirty or so long.
"Amazing project. The wizard blurted out.
It is indeed extraordinary that such a secluded and large-scale port can be built on this dilapidated coast with poor mountains and bad waters.
"It's too much, it's just the whimsy of one of our generals, and it's not worth it in terms of the cost of building this port. The witch stroked her blue hair and shook her head.
"However, from a strategic point of view, if the Moon Sea wants to develop, it must seize the entrance to the sea of falling stars. Penny smiled: "Or, your adults have long thought that there will be such a war, so a secret port has been set up here, as long as the enemy's main force is blocked at the mouth of the Reese Sea, suddenly a fleet will appear from here, and the Moon Sea Fleet in the north will attack the narrow sea area of the Strait of Eris...... It is impossible not to win. ”
"Although this harbor will not be hidden for long after such a battle, it will be worth it to win this war. ”
After a moment's thought, Penny deduced the significance of the Moon Sea people setting up a port here, and the witch clapped her hands lightly, her tone full of admiration: "Yes, Lord Penny, you are really a confidant of Lord Omdalfin. ”
"Omdalfin?" Penny was taken aback: "Sefalil Omdalfin, Your Excellency Governor of Murmast, this port is his masterpiece?"
Penny asked three questions in a row, just because this person was too extraordinary, in fact, before Penny entered the Moon Sea, he had drawn up several plans to enter Serre through the Moon Sea, and in several of them, Sefaril Omdalfin, the governor of the Murmaster Seaport, had a very important position, and could even be said to be the key person at the heart of the plan.
As the leader of the largest harbor city in the Moonsea region and a heavyweight in the leadership of the Santarim Society, Omdalfin's own influence and energy are unquestionable, but the reason why Penny pays special attention is because this person has a very special wife:
Dimidra Flass, a senior high-level tutor of the Illusion School of the Red Robe Mage Society, the former governor of Eltaba Province, and the high-level leader of Serre's largest intelligence system, was once famous for her beauty and noble bloodline in Eastern Feren when she was young, and was known as the first princess of Serre.
The combination of these two characters is undoubtedly quite utilitarian, although the second largest port in the Moon Sea, Yuanshan City, although it nominally abides by the convention of the Moon Sea, but almost all the people of the Moon Sea know that the head of the city is a group of red-robed wizards wearing wigs, and in Murmaster City, there is also a thriving Searle Concession - the smugglers of the Ghost are being cracked down here far more severely than the rest of Faerun.
The Searle people have a special status in the Moon Sea, second only to the Santarin Society and the Bann believers, there is no doubt about it, and the red-robed mages also know how to exchange courtesies, and in recent years, with the continuous expansion of bilateral exchanges, the power of the Bann Church in the Searle country has vaguely surpassed the Church of Korsus - of course, the more important reason is that most of the red-robed mages' behavior style is very much in line with the taste of the black hand lord, and vice versa.
"Yes, you see that the shade of the trees above and the surrounding bushes were personally brought by Her Excellency the Governor's Wife to arrange them. The witch smiled slightly, as if she admired the consternation on Penny's face, and saw that the other party's expression changed again, and the smile on her face became even brighter: "You may know the origin of that lady, oh, although it seems cold to ordinary people, but it is not as terrible as outsiders say, for a wizard like us, she is too normal, really not like a red-robed mage from Serre." ”
Penny laughed dryly, making sure not to let the strange emotions in his heart drive an unnatural expression, and then looked at the surrounding trees a few times, and pretended to exclaim, "These are all magical creations?"
"Of course, if it weren't for the spell, it wouldn't be surprising that the trunk would grow a little taller, and the forest here would be affected by the magical power of the remnants of the Elder Elves' wars, but the canopy might not grow like that. The witch's face was unusually dim in the light of the torches—the sunlight could not penetrate the dense canopy, and therefore the faces of the people below.
The wizard pretended to nod his head and asked again:
"But Lady Landmeier, I still don't know something, this port should be a very secret place for the Moon Sea, but I have only just begun contact with your council...... I'm afraid it's not good to let me have access to such a secret now. ”
"Of course, we have to be honest with our friends who come from afar. The witch smiled again, and through that mysterious expression, it was not insincere, but it made the sensitive person feel an awkward politeness.
Penny raised an eyebrow, but knew that he didn't want to get a real answer, so he had to change the subject: "So can we take the liberty of asking, what are we going to do next?"
"To meet our lords in the north, of course, it is only more than three hundred miles from Murmaster, and we can walk overland through the forest, and it is not difficult. The witch pointed to the north, then turned back to look at the wizard, "We want to repay you for your help to us. ”
"So...... War?"
"Your Excellency has killed all the leaders of the port of Calante, and according to the latest information, the nobles there are now fighting against the officers who are trying to take power......" The witch smiled: "This chaos will soon spread to the fleet in the north, and in a while we will send the fleet here to attack and flank the enemy, and I don't think we will have the possibility of defeat." ”
Penny nodded abruptly.
The enemy is in chaos on their own, and the Santarin Society probably won't have a reason to lose.
But he still felt that something was wrong...... Would the gloomy apostle be so easy to accept the reality of failure?
He wanted to open his mouth and go to the Strait of Rees to witness the outcome of the battle, but suddenly remembered that he was suspected of being a spy sent by the church of Ciric, and had entered this secret place, and if he asked to leave without permission, wouldn't he be suspected of going to ventilate the news?
At this time, the boat was gently docked at the corner of the lake, and the pedals were on the side of the boat, and she nodded to the wizard: "Please wait a moment, I will communicate with the leader here and arrange accommodation for you." ”
Watching the witch walk away, the smile on Penny's face gradually condensed, he put his finger on his chin, and there was a series of 'kicking' footsteps in the cabin, and the pale-faced Fina walked out, went to Penny's side and whispered: "There is an enchantment around, a very powerful enchantment, like a maze, the flow of arcane power is monitored, we are targeted." ”
Penny nodded, he had already discovered that the genius of this place was not how secret the harbor was, but that it was simply a mystery—an ancient lock, discovered by the Santarimin, and then restored and transformed into such a place by the Lady Dimidra Flas.
Thinking of this, Penny suddenly understood that the people of the Santarin Society brought him here, it seemed that they wanted to use this place to spy on him and break the barrier here, which was not something that a brute force martial artist could do, and through Penny's behavior, it could also be seen whether he was a spy or not.
Thinking of this, Penny suddenly brightened, and his heart also had a spectrum.
Dimidra Fras...... Oh, that's the heavyweight of the family. Rekita's melodious voice drifted into Penny's ears, and Yafan lay behind her, looking at the surrounding woods, "I didn't expect to see her here...... Tsk, then again, you're in luck, and if you can climb up to this Governor, it won't be so easy for those Searles to reveal your identity...... Originally, I had prepared a lot of plans for you, but now it seems that it doesn't seem to be so troublesome, just deal with the two of you, and I will try to minimize the chance of showing up......"
"Oh, you have a plan for me? Thank you very much. Penny replied in dismay.
"No thanks, you have a great future, I'm for myself. Rekita's face remained unchanged, still cold, and Penny's gaze looked at her face seriously for a while, and he couldn't see any expression, his gaze shifted, but he saw that Yafan was already lying on his mother's back and falling asleep - the cold and damp around him didn't seem to affect him.
(To be continued)