Mechanical Alchemist

Before the smuggling gang could react, Su Lun sent Jike aboard the merchant ship to Luying.

For his disciple, Su Lun felt that he had done everything he had to do, and he had to walk the rest of the way by himself.

He left the pier, changed his attire, and mingled with the crowd again.

As for the possible follow-up revenge of the smuggling gang, Su Lun didn't care too much.

Not to mention that I have been careful all the time, the other party has a high probability of not knowing his existence.

What's more, even if someone else finds it, it's not a big problem.

I have inquired before, the boss of this gang is only Tier 4.

In Old Lington, the purpose of gangsters is to survive. Under the harsh living environment, many ruthless characters have grown up among the three major gangs.

But in the surface world, most gangsters are lazy, and few have real skills. At least, this is the case for gangs in small cities like Blizzard City.

Even if he is weak and weak, he still has some confidence in protecting himself.

After not going out for a few days, Su Lun was not in a hurry to go back, but went shopping in the market, planning to buy some alchemy materials.

The magic core of the Northland is high-quality and cheap, which is much richer than the pure dark energy elements of the cursed crystal, and can meet more alchemy needs. There are also some consumables for enchanted runes, which also need to be replenished.

Then I went to the black market and picked up some scattered charts from several nautical shops, and then there were adventure maps in the "Silent Forest".

That's right, it's the black market.

The detailed charts and maps of this world are all contraband for military use. Cartographer is also a very rare and noble profession, exclusive to the nobles. Except for Lu Ying officials, anyone who dares to print privately is a felony of "espionage". Therefore, most of the nautical charts in the world are hand-painted versions by sailors and adventurers. The accuracy is not high, and there are many deviations and errors. Also very expensive.

But something is better than nothing. Su Lun felt that it would be good for a person like himself who might run away at any time to prepare more maps.

After shopping around, Su Lun also found a lot of useful materials.

The deaths of the 20 or 30 people in the blacksmith hotel were probably also known to the top management of the "smuggling gang". You can see all kinds of bastards looking for people everywhere on the street.

Su Lun showed no signs of fear at all, so he found a random hotel and got a room.

next morning.

Su Lun arrived at the pier of Blizzard City early in the morning.

The slaves of the "Sun Slave Firm" will cross the sea to transport Lu Ying today.

Su Lun deliberately came a quarter of an hour early, wandered around the pier, and confirmed that the Dalu tribe was on the slave ship.

Yuta, who was mixed in the crowd, also smelled the scent of the clansmen.

The two pretended not to know each other and boarded the boat one after another.

Su Lun also took a special look. One of the three people who had been following him before also followed Uta to the pier.

But the guy wasn't on board.

Su Lun didn't think those people had given up.

On the contrary, this is a very clever alternate tracking method to confuse the public.

Now, even Su Lun couldn't tell who was the stalker in the crowd.

However, he became more and more curious, what are these people doing after Uta?

Not long after, the fleet lifted anchor and sailed, and the three-masted sailing ships left the harbor one after another.

It was almost the same as when we came here. There were a total of ten boats traveling together. However, a large trading firm like the Sun Chamber of Commerce has its own escort team and does not need accompanying adventurers, so Su Lun and Uta mingled on the merchant ship behind.

The voyage to Luying is not short, and there are many opportunities to do it.

Su Lun's original plan was to wait for a dark and windy night, or stormy weather, and use the cover of night and sea fog to go across the sea and directly hijack the ship containing the demi-human slaves.

He has [Steinitz's Chessboard] and [Oz Iceman's Shroud] in his hand, which is difficult to be found. Even the leader of the fourth-rank escort on the slave ship can subdue him without causing too much disturbance.

The most ideal situation is to hijack the slave ship and leave quietly without anyone noticing.

However, the only thing Su Lun felt was a variable was the person following Uta.

When he couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, he became more cautious.

Su Lun's perception could not cover the following boats. He was not sure if there were any masters beyond his ability, so he kept silently observing.

During the day, the weather was fine and sunny, and the fleet sailed smoothly.

Probably God was also helping them with their robbery plan. Not long after nightfall, the sea surface was filled with fog.

The air suddenly became damp and cold, and Su Lunli, who was reading a book in the cabin, immediately realized what was going on.

Looking out of the air vent of his cabin, a faint mist gradually floated on the sea.

Su Lun felt the humidity in the air, and it seemed that the mist tended to become very thick.

This is a good sign.

Apparently the navigator on the ship also noticed the abnormality. At this time, the second officer on the ship also notified the adventurers in the cabin one by one: "We have entered the fog zone, everyone beware of pirates!"

It is normal to encounter fog at sea. Both the sailors and the adventurers on board are very calm. It's time to sleep, it's time to brag.

Su Lun reckoned that the fog would last for another hour or two, and it would be thickest at midnight, which is the best time to do it.

He didn't even think about it, he didn't wait for the fog to thicken to do it, but someone did it before him!

He was reading a book when suddenly he heard the sound of a fierce battle coming from a ship behind him.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

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It was the sound of gunfire and sword touching.

Immediately, the entire fleet erupted.

"Alert! Alert!"

"Everyone, prepare to fight!"

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The sound of hurried footsteps on the deck suddenly sounded, and the sound of loading ammunition came from the artillery cabin.

Flares were shot in the sky "咻", "咻", "咻".

Soon, everyone could see clearly what happened.

"Damn it, it's Hodge! He's robbing the slave ship again!"

"Oh~ I was shocked. I thought I encountered pirates. Hodge is not a pirate. They only rescue slaves, and they don't plunder normal merchants. Don't worry too much."

"But we have signed a joint defense agreement. If we don't help, and that guy snatches the slaves of the 'Sun Trading Company', we have to pay huge liquidated damages!"

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Su Lun followed the crowd to the deck, and when he heard that the person who did it was "Fist of Justice" Hodge, his expression became more and more strange.

He suddenly realized something, and the clue fragments in his brain were immediately connected together.

Too many coincidences come together, it may be intentional.

"Isn't it that the person following Uta is Hodge's subordinate?"

The more Su Lun thought about it, the more it seemed possible.

Blizzard City has many slaves going to sea every day, so many slave ships can't be intercepted, but why come to intercept this one?

Su Lun thought that the only difference between these slaves was that there was a druid with a high status among the Dalu tribe——Utta!

But what is the purpose of doing this?

To win the favor of the Dalu people to achieve a certain purpose?

Su Lun thought of some information he had recently obtained. That Huo Qi was active in the front line of the "Slave Emancipation Movement" and had a good reputation among foreign races, and he also pulled up a huge team.

"Tsk tsk, interesting."

If he really came to liberate the slaves, then Su Lun really admired this Hodge.

But now it seems that this guy's motives are not pure.

The people following Uta are obviously professional spies, which is not something that can be cultivated by ordinary forces. From this point of view, Huo Qi is no longer a single-handed "hero of the emancipation of slaves". Behind him, there is probably a huge force secretly supporting him.

Those who have the ability to play like this are either a certain top nobleman or the Lu Ying royal family.

Su Lun pursed his lips when he thought of this.

Don't think too much about it, the purpose of those people doing this is probably for the vast land of the northern ice sheet, and the alien races on the ice sheet.

But the reality didn't wait for Su Lun to think about it, the fierce battle on the sea attracted his attention.

Su Lun's eyesight was much better than the others, and he saw at a glance that in the fog, some people were fighting on the ship with the flag of "Norsen Chamber of Commerce".

Someone is going to take the ship.

Still others resisted.

However, the battle was almost one-sided. Because the burly man on the deck wearing the silver lion armor is exactly the fifth-level professional "Fist of Justice" Hodge.

The great bounty hunter who once killed pirates with a bounty of over 100 million!

With him present, the guards and adventurers of the small chamber of commerce had no room to resist.

Hodge jumped onto the deck and shouted loudly, "I am Hodge Soriano. We are here to liberate the slaves. We will not kill innocent people! But if you dare to stop us, you will be regarded as dirty slaves." Shang's lackeys, shoot and kill!"

As soon as these words came out, they coerced all directions.

On several other non-Sun Trading Ships, the support gunfire was extinguished quite a bit immediately.

Not to mention anything else, this guy's reputation is not bad. Although the slave merchants hated him deeply, in the eyes of ordinary merchants, there was no bad impression. As he said, he came to free the slaves. In order to protect the property of the big business, it is obviously unwise to fight against such a big master.

A fifth-level professional suddenly appeared in the fleet, Su Lun frowned.

However, there is no sense of crisis.

It wasn't for him after all.

What's more, no matter what Hodge's motive was, those people's purpose of saving the slave was the same as Su Lun's.

Having such a fifth-level master make a move also saved him effort.

Su Lun didn't intend to show his face at this juncture.

He was on deck, with the others, watching the play with great interest.

At this time, Uta, who was mixed in the crowd, also came through the communicator, "Mr. Su Lun, let me go and see my people first!"

Su Lun think about it,

Huo Qi wanted to save people and gain favor, so he would definitely not hurt those Dalu people.

There should be no danger for You Tayao to go.

He responded: "Well! You should pay more attention, that person may have sent someone to follow you recently."

Uta's response came from the communicator: "Okay!"

As he spoke, a figure jumped into the sea.

The battle didn't last long, and the people led by Hodge quickly quelled the resistance.

Not long after, Su Lun watched the three slave ships, and the slaves were also released.

At this moment, in the mist not far away, several shadows of boats slowly appeared, which seemed to be people who came to meet Huo Qi.

Su Lun felt that it would be good to end like this.

Anyway, they were all rescued, saving myself a lot of effort.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.

Su Lun's ears moved slightly, and he heard the sound of "quack quack" birds in the sky.

In the night, those pitch-black birds were inconspicuous. Even with his eyesight, he could only see some black shadows flying from afar.

"crow?"

Su Lun looked up, but frowned.

He had himself killed a crow-keeper in Old Lynnton, and knew some of the habits of the ominous bird.

Ravens cannot fly long distances.

Now there are crows appearing on the sea, which means that someone on a nearby ship has domesticated them!

Moreover, the sound of flapping wings became more and more intensive, obviously there were a lot of them.

Su Lun had a bad premonition in his heart.

At this moment, more than a dozen red-eyed crows landed on the mast of the ship where he was staying.

Seeing the red-eyed crow, Su Lun immediately thought of a person he saw at the Pirate Tavern three days ago - "Godfather of Crows" Gwenb Marley!

"not good!"

As soon as he realized something, his pupils shrank suddenly, and before he had time to say anything, the eyes of the crows flashed red, and they flew down suddenly, hopping to attack the people on the deck.

When encountering an attack, the adventurers on the deck were not slow to react. Amidst the yelling, random shots had already been fired.

Crackling, the sound went out in an instant.

Just killing a few crows, everyone didn't care at all.

"Unlucky! Why did I meet a crow at sea!"

"Haha, my marksmanship is not bad, this idiot shoots twice with one shot!"

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But they didn't see that the crow was hit by a bullet and splashed into a cloud of blood in the air.

"It's really that technique."

Su Lun squinted at the clouds of blood mist, and he had already determined the origin of the crow in his heart.

He has been tricked before, and he is too familiar with this trick.

This is the curse [Crow's Curse of Septic Blood]!

He didn't know the principle of this technique before, but now his perception is clear. It was the moment the crow exploded into blood mist, tiny soul particles like sandstorms appeared in his eyes. During the extreme time, it filled the entire sea surface.

This blood is the medium of the parasitic curse!

"The fleet is in big trouble now."

Seeing this, Su Lun immediately changed his disguise, and put on a crow's mouth gas mask as if changing his face.

The other people on board did not react, and had already inhaled some blood mist.

The next moment, a strange picture appeared!

Some people on the deck suddenly felt that there was a foreign object in their throats, and they stretched out their fingers to get it out.

With this buckle, live crows came out of his mouth!

More and more people, as if possessed by a demon, staged a strange scene of picking crows. More and more crows were spit out, overwhelming the sky in a blink of an eye.

Su Lun looked solemnly.

This technique is much more powerful than what he encountered before. He looked at the crows all over the sky, and murmured in his heart: "The curse technique released by the fourth-level professionals is indeed much more powerful than the second-level ones."

"Oh, damn it, what the hell is this!"

"It's a curse! Be careful, everyone, don't touch those crows!"

"It's a parasitic curse, and it won't be fatal for the time being. But if the curse is not lifted, we will be sucked to death sooner or later!"

"Damn it, the 'Elementary Curse Potion' is useless! Whoever has an advanced one, sell me one!"

"Be careful, everyone, it might be a pirate attack! I've heard of this method. Recently, a new pirate appeared on the sea, nicknamed "The Raven".

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Everyone was blinded by this curse.

Have no idea what's going on.

There were wailing sounds everywhere on the deck and in the cabin.

Su Lun was also very puzzled, then Huo Qi saved people when he saved them, why did he do this?

Could it be that Huo Qi is the king of the North Sea?

But obviously, not.

Looking at the past from a distance, that "Fist of Justice" Hodge was also staring at the ships in the mist with a solemn expression.

Apparently, he didn't know either.

Su Lun followed the guy's gaze, and then saw the shadows of the big ships in the night fog. When they got closer, they could see clearly the flag flying on the mast. It turned out to be the Mace Blue Skull Flag!

That is the fleet of the King of the North Sea!

really,

The one who controls the crow is Gwenbu!

Su Lun immediately guessed something, and when he turned his eyes, he immediately figured it out: "Has Huo Qi been targeted by the King of the North Sea?"

He realized that tonight seemed to be a "serial bureau".

Huo Qi came to rescue the slave, but the people of the King of the North Sea had already been watching him. While he was at sea, he happened to be surrounded and killed.

The reason is not hard to guess.

Huo Qi's act of rescuing the slaves has made him more and more famous among the different races in the Northland, and there is a growing trend. This behavior is indeed a big threat to the prestige of the King of the North Sea.

Su Lun felt that if he were himself, he probably wouldn't let him go on like this.

He glanced at Uta. The curse didn't seem to have any effect on her as a druid. She was casting a spell to dispel the cursed blood mist from the slave ship that held the demihumans.

Seeing this, Su Lun was not in a hurry and watched the situation quietly.

Not long after, the crew on the mast also saw the pirate flag and shouted loudly: "The pirates are coming!"

This sound immediately caused the fleet to explode.

"Damn it, why are there pirates?!"

"No, it's the North Sea Fleet."

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The captains of the merchant ships immediately ordered: "Quick, turn the rudder, and return! Tell other merchant ships to line up, prepare artillery, and sink those damned pirates!"

Under normal circumstances, the speed of a cargo ship cannot outrun a pirate ship.

Especially for the ships returning from the North, the ships are loaded with too much cargo, the draft is deep, and the speed will be very slow.

In order to rob, pirate ships pursue lightness.

Therefore, there is a high probability that you will not be able to run away. You can only run while fighting, and you may be able to drag reinforcements.

The merchants can ignore Huo Qi, because they know that Huo Qi is not a pirate, and he has a bottom line.

But if you really encounter pirates, you have to fight to the death!

Captured by pirates, except for a few valuables, they will be kept for ransom. Others, even if they can survive, especially the female relatives, life would be worse than death!

The artillery fire suddenly rang out, and for a while, there was a loud roar.

Huo Qi obviously understood that those people came for him.

He knew that if he wanted to stay on the slave ship, these alien slaves would be affected, and all the slaves he had done before would be in vain.

Think about it, he jumped off the slave ship and onto the merchant ship he had robbed before.

Seeing this, Su Lun also jumped off the boat.

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