Chapter 7 It's also a deal(1/2)
The secret passage Edward mentioned was located on the other side of the cape, leaving the Harbour of Guimana, and passing through the countryside without any trouble during this period - pirates, or the Imperial Army.
The direction of Guimana Port was calm, and the citizens probably hadn't realized what was going on. The hills in this direction obscured the port area and could not see the movements of the Imperial Army. The port defense must have discovered the invading pirates, but they didn't know what the Osseys would react.
Fang Yu was a little worried about the smugglers' determination, but Catherine sent a reply, asking him to follow Edward through the secret passage as soon as possible, and the people had arrived and ready for handover. This surprised him a little, and the woman told him that the other party was also worried about the situation and that the delivery would be completed before everything was settled.
"But how could they know this in advance?"
"It was me who told them. When I saw the Blood Shark Pirates' ship, I realized that the plan had changed. I guess you definitely don't want to wait until the Imperial Navy arrives before leaving... Most of those people are well-informed and don't need me to talk too much. The more troubles they are, the faster they react."
Fang Yu was stunned: "Thank you, Ms. Catherine."
"You don't blame me for not notifying you. I just know that those guys don't do anything to you. Edward knew that secret passage, and he had some past with the Blood Shark Pirates, and he still needed to rely on you to take him away."
As the female smuggler said, the team quickly arrived at the foot of a rocky mountain, and found a natural cave under a schist wall there. Edward lit a torch and walked through it, squeaking a bat, frightening the sky blue.
Fang Zhu protected the scholar's lady, while Alisa protected the sky blue. The team passed through a long limestone cave before finally seeing the light again.
Walking out from the other end of the cave, Fang Zhu discovered that they had arrived at the bottom of the Quemana Lighthouse, where there was a trail hidden in the bushes leading to the port area, where the dock for smuggling merchants was the dock.
The trail looks like it was opened up by man, but it is not often used by people. Edward told them that it was a backup route for smugglers, but usually they are unloading goods openly in their own docks.
Arriving at the dock, Catherine waved to them from afar, "You have finally arrived here."
Fang Rong looked at the people behind her - each dressed properly, like an elderly local figure - aristocratic merchants, manor owners or ship owners, all of them were indigenous people and had no special features. At this moment, the dock was full of other people's hands.
Those people said they were sailors, but they all carried weapons, more like private pirates on the high seas.
One of them looked at him, looked them up and down, and then spoke arrogantly: "Everyone is the cargo owner. I heard that the goods are on your ship, but Catherine's woman stopped us and refused to let us get on the ship, saying that she could not make the decision."
"So why, you should be able to make the decision?"
Dalier snorted from his nose and supported the great sword to the ground: "You must be glad that you have never boarded the ship. She is not stopping you, but helping you."
The crowd was in a state of turmoil, and the face immediately turned into a pig's liver: "Don't forget who is on the territory of this."
The sailors showed their weapons.
"Why, want to fight?"
Dalier showed his white teeth unruly, and exuded a chill. He made a low voice from his throat and mocked: "Looking at the few people, we have some different ideas and want to snatch them? Yes, but first ask if you have the ability, let me see who will take action in front of Ms. Justice?"
Her words immediately calmed the field.
Who doesn't know the name of the follower of Marland? The Paladin of Freedom is brave and revenges. What's more, people see another knight lady behind her. Although she is short, the platinum sun holy emblem and the ancient scriptures on her chest have attracted people's eyes to shrink.
"The ancient knight..."
"Ouli's choir..."
My goodness, the leading figures of several smugglers couldn't help but look at each other. When did the Paladin of Marlan and Oli start to run smuggling business? If they hadn't known the origin of Catherine, they would have almost thought that the woman was bringing these old-fashioned Paladins to catch them all.
"Okay," a voice came from the ship, "Miss Muppet, put down your weapons, everyone is also trying to complete the transaction, but it is not a question for Ms. Catherine. According to the rules of Kazuhae, no one of us can make this decision when the captain is not on the ship."
Fang Yu looked at him and happened to see his gentle and elegant shipkeeper walking onto the deck and speaking to everyone. Silweid noticed his gaze, looked gentle, and nodded to him from a distance.
"Don't call me a ragdoll publicly," Ms. Catman murmured and took back the big sword.
captain?
The other people's eyes fell on Fang Yu, showing some surprise. This young man - no, would it be better to say that he was a young man and the captain?
They originally thought it was just a cover, and the cargo on this ship was all from Catherine's woman. The so-called transaction was just a means of concealing people's efforts, but now, these people can't help but become more suspicious.
I have never seen such a young captain on the Kūkai, but there are first mates. The sage candidates are generally not elected to this position, because sailing on the Kūkai really requires sophisticated wisdom, and sometimes strength cannot be regarded as everything.
Fang Yu gently opened his collar, revealing the platinum medal. This action made everyone suffocate - the scene became quiet again.
Hailin Chenxing - a high-level alchemist. The imperialists are born with respect for this profession. Whether Fang Rong is the captain of the Qihai Traveler or not, his identity is enough to shut up everyone present.
They were just nobles, merchants, workshop owners or ship owners, and another even more shameful identity - smugglers, while alchemists - especially high-level alchemists are naturally the upper class of the empire.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! They don’t know the origin of Fang Zhu, but generally speaking, even alchemists from other continents are respected in the empire - after all, not everyone will become wanted criminals in the Empire Workshop.
The pier was a little quiet for a moment. After a while, an old man who seemed to be a virtuous man came out and spoke, "Dear Mr. Alchemist, Captain, how do you plan to complete this transaction? We are willing to listen to your opinions?"
"There is no need to be so troublesome," Fang Rong replied, "Let's unload the goods and check them."
Of course he couldn't put these people on the boat. There were too many secrets on the Qihai Traveler. Who knows if these people would notice something inadvertently?
He couldn't help but look at Catherine with some gratitude. If this woman was really introduced by Minmeer, then Prometheus' Silver Level really found them an excellent agent. Catherine noticed his gaze, smiled slightly, and nodded to him.
But the other party seemed a little embarrassed: "But Mr. Captain, there seem to be not many members on your ship... and most of them are ladies, so why don't we do it for us? The Blood Shark Pirates are outside, who knows when the other party will start to make trouble and leave us the time..."
“No need.”
Fang Zhu shook his head.
Everyone watched him take out the magic gloves and put them on his right hand, then pulled down his eyepiece, and couldn't help but look even more surprised - Catherine's damn woman, who had never told them about the origin of the cargo owner. It seemed that she wanted to make them embarrassed or give them a warning.
The lower deck of Qihai Traveler was slowly opening. In the surprised eyes of the crowd, rows of empty knights flew out from them, and carried out the heavy wooden boxes piled up there. Some boxes were not sealed yet, and the light of gold, silver and jewelry immediately shone on everyone's eyes.
There were thirty-three boxes in total, but none of them dared to step forward. It was a craftsman lord - no, it was very likely to be a silver rank, or a pseudo-dragon knight. The guy who had just spoken rudely was trembling at this moment, and his face changed one after another.
Fortunately, Fang Yum was not interested in causing trouble for him.
Fang Zhu didn't like to show off his power, and he couldn't make any mistakes at this critical moment. In fact, wearing magic gloves was just a cover. From the moment the air combat deck was opened, these were done by Miss Tata alone.
He just didn't want too many people to guess what the dragon soul on the ship was.
When the last box fell to the ground, Fang Zhui lowered his hand and looked at the people and said, "You can check it out, but before that, I need to see your goods."
"Our goods have been piled up in the warehouse. Miss Catherine has actually checked it before, but if you are worried, you can go and see it yourself," the old man said respectfully: "Dear sirs, do you want our men to bring it over for you, or...?"
Parker lowered his head and searched for him for a while, as if he was about to pull out a Hailin Morning Star from under his furry collar.
But unfortunately, there was no such thing as the medal of the Crossbowman Association and a Nightingale medal - he couldn't help but regret it. He knew that he should work harder and approached the Alchemist Association. The arrogant attitude of these people at first and respectfully made him feel sour.
"Hmph, just an alchemist," he said sourly: "What's so great about it?"
Dalier agreed very much, "I am also the deputy of the Great Knight in the Secret Tree Temple.... These empires only know their dull magic technology. The technology we learned in Baishu originated from nature and formed one by one. These guys with no eyes."
Jita shook her head aside.
Tianlan was laughing at him.
However, it was indeed the first time they felt a change in their own identity in such a long time.
What Kasumi ultimately relies on strength, and these people are not as friendly as they show outside. Catherine has reminded them more than once to be careful of these guys, hyenas, or vultures who do not eat or vomit bones.
If they don’t show a stronger performance, the other party is likely to take action. Without strength, the law above Akira is to take the blame.
It's funny to say that these people's performance is no less than the private pirates on the Kūkai, or it is another meaning of armed merchants, but isn't the same with the Imperial Army in the port?
What is even more ironic is that there is another group of pirates outside the port at this moment - pointing at Guimana with a black gun, but these people in the port are still determined to complete the business - smuggling the Imperial Army's military supplies.
There were two fast sailboats of the Imperial Army moored in the port. From this direction, you could still see the tall sail tips that were erected - but the Imperial Army would never dare to go out to the port for a battle, and there were less than 500 Imperial soldiers stationed in Guimana.
And there were at least a thousand pirates on those three ships.
The sword-holding knights they had seen were at least brave, and even pirates could show off their power in the borders of the empire.
And the empire has fallen to this point, after all, they have seen it a long time ago.
Fang Yu finally declined the other party's proposal.
Naturally, he was still worried about the tricks these people would use. Besides, Miss Tata couldn't use these people to help. It would be better to have less trouble than to do more. Now he should leave Guimana quickly to avoid the long night dreams.
"Ms. Catherine, what's going on outside?"
While counting the goods, Fang Zhu asked Catherine that the Blood Shark Pirate came suddenly and he still didn't know what was going on.
Katherine has an attitude of not being concerned about her:
"I can't explain clearly, maybe we guessed it right. Baloshazhen is on Guimana Island. Perhaps the blood shark pirates are more anxious than we imagined. It is not necessary to welcome their king. Don't expect the Imperial Army. The squadron of Frecht will not receive news until tomorrow morning-"
Fang Yu couldn't hear the authenticity of the other party's words, but at least he knew that her tone must not be her own intention. Not long ago, she tried to ask the Seven Seas Brigade to find the pirate king, and now she was indifferent.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He shook his head, "I haven't expected it, Ms. Catherine, just how do you think we should leave here?"
"You want to ask if those blood shark pirates will attack the port? Don't worry, most likely not. Those guys are so generous to cover up their opinions. I heard you say that one or more blood shark pirates have sneaked into the island, and I guess that is their real intention."
"Although Guimana has less than 500 troops, the Blood Shark Pirates are also a mob. It is not a big problem to ask them to deal with the merchants' escorts. But if they want them to attack the Imperial Army on land, then you will be too proud of these people."
Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the other party with some surprise: "Ms. Catherine, what do you mean-?"
"I mean, even though they show off their power here, when the Frecht fleet arrived, these people would have to escape in shame with their tails. I know these guys so well... ahem."
She suddenly realized that she had missed her mouth and changed her mouth: "So the Blood Shark Pirates will wait until midnight at most. Before that, they will definitely take action. We only need to wait until the moment they act. When the harbor is in chaos, it is the best time for us to leave."
Fang Yu listened silently, but did not notice her tongue. He only realized that this was a feasible proposal and nodded slightly.
Katherine is experienced and is the greatest help to them.
Minmeer really found a good candidate for them.
The inventory work was completed quickly, and nothing happened during this period. It can be seen that Catherine's face was very useful. At least the other party did not come with the goal of making money from nothing at the beginning, otherwise it would be a problem for them to pursue those things.
For consideration of his identity, the smugglers did not use any tricks, and even gave them a little scrap in the warehouse, mainly a batch of magic wood. Although not many, mosquito legs were also flesh.
After the delivery was completed and the two sides said goodbye, the rumbling cannons finally sounded in the port - the pirates finally began to bombard the port. Although they did not plan to land, they at least had to attract the attention of the Imperial Army.
A scream came from the sky, and a shell hit the bell tower in the port, making a loud noise. From a distance, a large number of bricks and stones collapsed from the top of the building.
Some shells fell into the port and hit many fishing boats anchored there. Some fishing boats were broken in two pieces, while others slowly capsized, crashed under the airport, and smashed into pieces on the rock wall below.
To be continued...