Chapter 358 Dragon Rider Pirates
For terrestrial creatures, beauty and mystery coexist. No one can tell how many lives the sea, which has been vaster than the nine continents, has swallowed up, but even so, it cannot stop the love of the land creatures for the sea.
Because the sea blocked and divided the nine continents. When the racial civilization on the Jiuzhou continent developed, they urgently needed communication, including exchanges of resources, technology, knowledge, and even bloodlines.
Thus, sea transport emerged, which could bring a constant stream of wealth to all participants, and of course, there was the risk of being equal to or even further above it, but some were willing to pay the price of their lives for it.
With the development and progress of civilization, sea transportation became more and more prosperous. As a result, pirates and pirates appeared like thieves and robbers who fought on land.
In the southern waters of the Rodinia continent, the most famous pirate group is the Rockman Pirates whose members are all Dragon Knights.
Of course, most Rockman pirates ride various subspecies of sea dragons or flying dragons, and only the pirate leader and a very small number of elite management have dragon partners.
But even so, it is enough for this pirate group of all-round Dragon Knights to intimidate the southern waters of the Rodinian continent, and there is almost no strength to compete with them in this waters.
The pirate group has developed to this scale and basically does not do low-level jobs like ordinary pirates who block the road and hijack ships. The pirate group with legendary combat power has changed from the original chaotic maker to the establishment and defender of order.
The Rockman Dragon Rider Pirates began to clear the waterway between the Rodinia continent and other continents, and eliminate all monsters on the waterway that could threaten the safety of merchant ships.
As the price of maintaining order, this pirate group that is no longer worthy of its name will charge a certain proportion of protection fees to all merchant ships passing by their jurisdiction. Most chambers of commerce that run to the sea can accept it by paying a certain price for a period of safety.
"What kind of goods are there on the ship?"
The black-robed tax officer with a dragon-headed badge on his chest boarded a merchant ship from the Albis continent. After glanced at the receptionist of the chamber of commerce, he asked absent-mindedly.
"There are no valuable commodities, just some valuable ore." The manager had a flattering smile on his face. It was simply too easy to deal with such a guy.
"Can some rocks on the streets be transported here so far? In addition, you don't have to say whether it's precious or not, but I'll just say it."
The unkempt tax officer with a beard and unkempt face looked up at the top of his head, and there was a pterosaur circling there. This was the confidence he dared to run to this merchant ship alone to collect tolls.
Merchant ships that dare to transport goods between the two continents have a lot of ordinary warships except for those large-scale ordnances.
Moreover, if two merchant ships with completely unequal defense forces meet together on the sea, the stronger side has a high probability of changing into a pirate group on the spot and then disappearing.
Therefore, if you want to charge tolls for such sea cargo ships, you must have stronger force to guarantee it. And just so happens that behind him is the most powerful Rockman Dragon Knight Pirates Group, the Rockman Dragon Knight Pirates.
"I understand, I understand, I'm fine, please accept it with a smile."
The manager took out a bulging bag of money from his arms, looking very substantial, and stuffed it into the tax officer who was transferred from his pirate.
"good."
The tax officer in a wrinkled black robe weighed the quality of the money bag in his hand, and after listening to the sound of metal collision inside, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on his face.
With his feel and the sound of collision, he could tell that the cloth bag contained about thirty standard imperial gold coins, which was enough for him to call several of the most famous nightingales in the water port at night.
"Well, look at the waterline of your ship, you are not transporting valuable goods."
The tax officer who took the money to do business pretended to glance at the waterline of the ship, casually walked around the deck, making a lot of noise, and then issued a corresponding tax payment document based on the value of the goods reported by the manager himself.
Just as the satisfied tax officer was about to get off the ship, a gust of wind suddenly roared, and the entire merchant ship began to shake. He extorted during the day and was addicted to wine and sex at night. One of the tax officers who did not stand firmly and fell into the sea with a plop.
Quar—
The pterosaur who saw his companion fall into the water made a harsh twitch in the sky. Just as he was about to make some move, a thunderous thunder suddenly sounded at the distant junction of sea and sky. The pterosaur was so scared that it shook and almost fell from the sky.
The tax officer who appeared from the sea looked at the sky that was rapidly gloomy and had no time to get angry. Although he had lived a decadent and corrupt life for several years, he had never forgotten the experience he had accumulated while fighting on the sea.
The weather on the ocean is changing unpredictable. The sky was clear at the moment before, and the clouds were covered with dark clouds. But such changes are actually preludes, and experienced old seafarers can recognize it.
But at this time the tax officer did not see the prelude to the changes in the sky before him. In other words, this was a storm that should not have happened, or it was not a natural occurrence.
This was a huge change in the celestial phenomena caused by some powerful deep-sea monster when it appeared on the sea. The tax officer naturally thought of this. When he thought of this, the Dragon Knight Pirates had already reacted to the changes in the celestial phenomena.
roar!
A dragon roar that sounded a bit strong outside and was dry inside echoed in the sky. The tax officer soaked in the water turned around and immediately saw a black dragon flashing from afar.
Well, unlike ordinary dragons, this black dragon continues to travel through space while flying, and each flash will span several kilometers.
"Sir, the leader!"
Seeing this black dragon appear, the tax officer who was a little panicked because of the drastic changes just now suddenly calmed down, and even showed a fanatical look like a god-believers on his face.
For the pirates in this sea area, the legendary pirate king Sikap, who built the Rockman Dragon Knight Pirates Group and brought it to the peak, is no different from those gods who are awe-inspiring.
When this pirate king was not making his fortune, he was just a handyman from the unknown pirate group in the southern waters. If the pirate group he was in was not a family inheritance and relied on blood ties to improve cohesion, he would have been thrown into the sea to feed fish.
Chapter completed!