Night Crow Master

On the deck, the captain of the Sea Wave dressed in warm clothing relaxed his frowning brows slightly.

The harbour that held the island with a powerful arm like a giant gradually moved away, and the Sea Wave also left the excellent, white, deep-water harbor.

Although it was the first time to experience winter, he didn't panic.

His merchant ship is not a big ship. Without much capital, he can't afford to lose. He doesn't dare to park the ship in Baigang like other chambers of commerce, and then carry out long-term repairs. After a short repair, he sails. Leaving the white port, the repairs, wait until the other side of the port.

White Port is a port established on the outermost edge of the ice layer after the beginning of winter.

This place was originally a group of fishermen-or a port established by a group of fishermen on a small island outside Congobert. It was a temporary resting place for their sea hunting and fishing. Some unique fishermen would Think of it as a home here.

Usually only some merchant ships that buy fish and meat will come here, but after the freezing of the port of Congobert in Winter, this port located at the outermost periphery of the Ring of Winter has become a place where merchant ships of many chambers of commerce stop.

The Ring of Winter is the name given to the ice by the sailors, because the ice surrounds the Kingdom of Allen in an arc shape. Although I have not seen it before, if they are all arcs, they can form a circle—— Ring of Winter.

These ice layers, unless it is the kind of fleet with powerful transcendents, can rely on transcendent professionals or rely on the magic props bought at a large price, and break the ice all the way from the port of Congobert, most of the merchant ships will Stopped in Baigang.

Not only Congobert, but also ports in other regions are temporarily idle before the end of the winter.

Speaking of fishermen, the group of fishermen in Baigang are more or less characteristic of monsters.

I heard that many of the fishermen living there have the blood of monsters.

Usually he would hear sailors talking about a certain fisherman with great fish hunting skills like a monster or something.

Ordinary people are not like wizards in accurately distinguishing the concept of alien races and monsters. In their eyes, as long as they are not humans, they are all monsters.

The same is true for this young captain. He, who has the ability to accurately sense the direction of the wind, relies on this ability to change from a freedman to a captain of a medium-sized merchant ship in ten years.

While sailing on the sea, they had encountered many monsters, and there were many other races, but none of them were able to negotiate successfully.

There is no difference between aliens and monsters.

All are dangerous.

The only difference is the price, right?

Living monsters and living aliens are expensive for aliens.

Humans with alien bloodlines can be sold at higher prices on the black market if they are confirmed.

According to the laws of the Alan Kingdom, human trafficking is prohibited. Even in a war between two lords, the leader of the defeated leader will only be reduced from civilians to serfs.

There is a difference between a serf and a slave.

The alien is also the object of the law prohibiting trafficking.

But... the sale of monsters is not prohibited.

Many monster dealers will use word games to sell alien races as monsters, and some humans with alien bloodlines will be targeted if they have obvious alien characteristics.

However, I have never heard of the news that the fishermen in Baigang were caught on the black market as foreigners.

Because of this kind of thing, it is spread in the tavern that the fishermen in White Harbor were all made by the Marquis of Congobert.

With the name of the Marquis of Congobert, the fisherman who is suspected of possessing the blood of a monster, no one will do anything with them, it also makes sense.

In addition, there are many versions. Basically, there is a big power behind the fishermen, and there are even sayings that the fishermen are protected by monsters.

In the end, this is too outrageous. How can a fisherman who has been hunting monsters be protected by monsters?

The news circulating in the tavern really cannot be trusted too much, just listen to it as a story.

Compared with these, being able to successfully cross this wide ocean and reach the other side of the Barcelona Empire is what he needs to care about most.

There are three main dangers at sea:

Trek, storm, sea animals, ships.

Trekking is extremely dangerous for any ship. Even if you purchase a magic item that can indicate the direction, you may encounter damage or interference with the item, leading to lost.

Storms, or to be precise, wind and waves, there are countless ships destroyed by wind and waves.

Sea beasts, powerful beasts and monsters in the sea, are not suitable for human habitation compared to the land where humans gather. There are a large number of powerful sea beasts, which destroy the hull, kill the crew, and damage the cargo, no matter what kind The occurrence of the situation is fatal to them, small and medium-sized merchant ships.

And the ship...

Pirate Ship.

On land, with the deterrence of the trilateral forces of the lord, the Holy See, and the mercenary guild, the possibility of robbery crime is high.

On the sea, none of these three forces exist.

If you encounter a pirate ship, it is a fatal crisis.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, each merchant ship will try to avoid encounters with unfamiliar merchant ships, and will also recruit some mercenaries from the mercenary guild for protection.

For the storm, his own extraordinary ability is enough, and he has a good helper for the sea beast and the trek problem.

When the young captain of the Sea Wave thought about this, a voice came from his ear:

"captain!"

A sunny smile, and a young man as old as him, appeared beside him.

"Aino!"

The captain also smiled when he saw the visitor.

The other party was wearing warm clothing similar to his, with a short stick around his waist.

This is his good friend, a guy who likes to call himself a fisherman, and when he was a child, he learned from the nobility to give himself a surname.

Obviously, only nobles can have a surname. For ordinary people, unless they have strong strength, the so-called surname is just a self-satisfying fantasy.

"Captain! If you follow these routes, the chance of encountering sea beasts is relatively small."

The other party leaned over and handed him a nautical map. Six winding lines with slightly different colors and backgrounds connected the White Port and the three lowest ports of the Barcelona Empire.

After watching carefully for a while, the captain asked aloud:

"Which route do you think is the best?"

The water named Ainuo pointed at the third:

"With my 20 years of experience as fishermen, this route has the least chance of encountering sea animals!"

He seems quite proud of his experience as a fisherman.

"I've been on the beach since I was a kid, and have been a crew member with six merchant ships for twelve years!"

Ainuo yelled to himself, completely ignoring the contradiction in his words:

"If you go from here, it is definitely the most difficult route to encounter Shanghai Beasts!"

After speaking, he raised his neck and patted his chest: "This is the intuition of the fishermen."

Seeing his expression, the captain smiled helplessly.

This guy's extraordinary ability is to perceive the changes in water currents. The other party relied on this ability to be like a fish on each merchant ship, as a sailor, because the last ship Ainuo was in was sold to other chambers of commerce, so Ainol left that ship.

As for coming to this ship, the reason for being his deputy is not because of other things, but because the two have been friends since childhood.

Although he couldn't give too much, the treatment was still very good, so Aino stayed.

Aino, who has a lot of experience with boats, is also familiar with the movement patterns of sea beasts on several waterways.

It can be said that Aino is one of the most important people on this ship.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard panicked footsteps.

What was blowing on his face was still the sea breeze he was so familiar with. After getting away from the Ring of Winter, the cold gradually faded, and the spring that had already arrived was not so cold.

His face was a little pale at this time.

The white seagulls that followed their ship's back had disappeared at some point.

What came from a distance was a faintly sad tune with Lansu style, similar to the sound of a bagpipe.

Although the sound was torn apart by the howling sea wind, it still gave him the illusion of melancholy and empty.

About five or six nautical miles away, the huge black shadow embraced the sea like a giant's arm, and then several huge, ancient jumbo sails emerged from under the sea, as if they were ventilating from under the sea. Giant sea beast.

Seeing those huge sailboats, the young captain's face became extremely pale, and his heart suddenly seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible sharp claw. The dullness and fear of death made him instinctively take a deep breath. A breath of air, as if this can relieve the suffocation.

The other sailors, including Aino, who had a sunny face just now, were also very pale.

After the giant sailboats emerged from the sea, sharp-eyed people saw the shabby masts and broken sails that were unable to ride the wind.

The gray wooden hut looks very shabby, and various worn-out items are intertwined in a disorderly manner, giving people a dull and decadent feeling.

Densely packed, dressed in sailor's clothing, and covered in gray or light blue turban, humanoid black shadows, like a colony of ants, shuttled across the decks of those huge sailing ships.

Although I have seen a lot of ships, even giant ships made of steel, but...

The hugeness of these three ships is still extremely shocking.

And... they seem to have souls, like living creatures!

They just stopped in place quietly like this, with the frothy, vast and endless turbulent water slapped against the dilapidated hull.

"Ruined."

Although at least the straight line is far away, the quite obvious feature made the captain aware of the situation, and he muttered to himself, with a sad smile on his face.

These three huge old sailing ships are...

Ghost ship.