Pirate System

At the critical moment, Tang Ke arrived in time and pushed away Lolita who was stupid on the spot, saving the little girl from bad luck. Wherever the blood-red mist passed, it all turned into liquefied smelly water. After Tang Ke pushed Lolita away, he hurriedly swung his sword towards the sky. The sword energy flew up, but it missed and became invisible in the air.

Tang Ke was not fast enough to teleport, he saw Lolita not far away, so he rescued her. And after he caught a glimpse of the earl's red bird for the first time, he had already moved.

"Hurry up and hide!" Tang Ke patted Lolita, who was still in shock, and stood up holding his sword, inspecting the blood-red shadow high in the sky.

After Lolita came back to her senses, she refused to accept it:

"Even if you didn't save me just now, I can escape by myself!"

But after all, her feet were moving towards the village.

Tang Ke was not in the mood to quarrel with Lolita, but just stared at the sky, and at the same time reminded: "Elizabeth, you should also hide in a safe place! This strange bird is too fast, I am afraid you will make a mistake."

Elizabeth also stared at the high-speed moving red shadow, without persistence, and stepped back step by step.

More than 300 stupid monsters rushed over with long-barrelled muskets, and without ordering, they shot at the earl's red bird in the sky. Smoke rose from hundreds of muzzles, and the bullets turned into black barrages. The sky parted with a bang. However, this group of stupid monsters didn't grasp the timing of their shots, causing the bullets to fail to enter the effective range, and they shot empty one after another.

Although these muskets failed to play a lethal role, the sound like popping beans still played a certain deterrent effect. The earl's red bird screamed strangely and circled in the air, not daring to fly down easily.

Tang Ke knew in his heart that it was impossible to defeat the earl's red bird. The best result was to drive the bird away, or wait for the bird to fly away on its own after getting tired. He didn't fight a battle that he was sure to lose, and he didn't actively rush to attack, but always tried to evade, just to protect himself.

After the battle was delayed for a while, the large army from the village finally rushed over. There were thousands of elves in total. The leader was a middle-aged male elf, wearing the most gorgeous golden feather coat, holding a handle that looked very good quality. A long sword with a tiger head engraving on the hilt.

"Father!" Lolita hid in a wooden house, shouting joyfully through the window.

Tang Ke glanced at the menacing army, and felt a little settled.

The earl red bird stared at the approaching army, let out a threatening cry, and swooped down,

After grabbing the two elves who were lying in a pool of blood, they flew away again without looking back.

Tang Ke stared at the back of Earl Red Bird, retracted his sword, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

By the time the large army arrived, the earl's red bird had already disappeared. The villagers of Caiyun Village were busy treating the wounded, and blamed the strange bird for attacking people.

Lolita ran to her father, hugged the straight and strong leg, and rubbed it a few times coquettishly.

"Father, two of our villagers were taken away by the blood master bird..." Lolita raised her face and wept, she wiped the village chief's pants wet.

"We will avenge the dead relatives, so as to comfort their spirits in heaven." The village chief sighed and patted his daughter on the head.

"En." Lolita choked up a few times, then remembered something, pointed to Tang Ke and said, "He just...helped me a little bit."

The village chief cast his eyes on Tang Ke, with a little gratitude in his eyes, but more of a scrutiny, as if he wanted to use his eyes to peel off the layers of camouflage of Tang Ke, and see the depth of the soul. He pushed his daughter's hand away calmly, then walked up to Tang Ke, and said politely: "You are Captain Tang Ke, right? I have heard about you from the villagers, so I already understand the general idea. But this is not the place to talk , let's find a place to have a good talk."

"Then excuse me, please lead the way, village chief." Tang Ke responded politely. He glanced back at Eliza, beckoning her to stay and take care of the Black Pearl, and then called in two dumb monsters, carrying two large boxes of drinks.

The village chief also asked the people in the village to strengthen their guards to prevent the earl's red bird from attacking again. Then, he led the way and walked into the village.

According to what the village chief said just now, he obviously wanted to have a private talk with Tang Ke, but Lolita obviously couldn't understand what was going on, so she insisted on following. It's no wonder that she was a little frightened just now, and she inevitably wanted to stay with her closest relatives and seek some comfort afterwards. The village chief hinted to Lolita to leave several times, but Lolita refused to leave. He thought about it and said nothing more.

On the way, Tang Ke and the village chief walked forward in silence.

Both of them naturally had countless questions in their hearts, but since they said they wanted to find a place to talk slowly, no one was in a hurry to ask them on the way. This can also be regarded as a test of stability.

Tang Ke inevitably used investigative techniques in secret to investigate the details of the village chief. It turned out that the village chief was a fourth-rank swordsman, and he could basically be tied with Tang Ke. It can be seen from this that although Caiyun Island advocates swords, its overall strength is also limited. In other words, it is not so easy to become a sword soil above the fourth rank.

A swordsman, like a magician, depends on his innate aptitude. The number of people who can become a swordsman accounts for about one in three hundred to five percent, and only one or two out of ten thousand people can achieve something. Even so, swordsmen are also more numerous in this world. In comparison, warlocks and druids are even rarer.

On the way, Tang Ke looked around at the scenery on the street. The island was relatively flat, and some trees that looked like pine trees were planted. This kind of tree was obviously very cold-resistant and had the habit of growing at high altitudes. He also found some birds that were slightly larger than chickens and ducks, which seemed to be domesticated little by little by the people of Caiyun Village after a long period of time. In addition to birds that can be kept in captivity, there are many wooden birdcages in the courtyards of many houses, large and small, containing various wild birds. The people of Caiyun Village who live in the air can only eat bird meat as their staple food.

As we went deeper into the island, the ten-story tower and the buildings at the bottom also revealed their true colors. It turned out that there was not only the tall tower on the island, but also a large area of ​​majestic stone around the bottom of the tower. These houses are tall and magnificent, and they can be regarded as a small palace.

The tower and those stone buildings are a huge project, and the materials on the island are poor, so it is absolutely impossible for the villagers to build them. Judging from the differences between stone buildings and wooden buildings, the island may have two histories.

Tang Ke learned more information, but also had more doubts.

Not only Tang Ke was observing his surroundings, but also countless eyes were observing his "short-eared" guy. Fortunately, Tang Ke is used to being watched, and no amount of attention can be regarded as air.

After walking for a while, the village head finally stood in front of a wooden house compound, but there was still a considerable distance from the stone buildings in front of him.

"Please come in. Let's find a seat inside and sit down and talk slowly." The village head stretched out his slender hand towards the courtyard door.

"Father, why don't you take him to our house as a guest?" Lolita asked suspiciously. "Lolita, the guest is exhausted from the journey, and he will be very tired going forward. Wouldn't it be better to let him rest here for a while?"

The village chief said calmly.

"Oh." Lolita didn't delve into this issue.

Tang Ke nodded to the village head, and strode into the yard. After entering the house, he asked the dumb monster to put down the wine box, and said, "A small gift is not a respect."

"You are too polite." The village chief smiled.

Tang Ke shrugged his shoulders indifferently, thinking that who would let him ask for anything from this village.

Lolita leaned over to grab a bottle of red wine, handed it to her father, and recommended: "This water is delicious, sweet, but you will feel dizzy after drinking it."

"Oh, so it's wine." The village chief didn't seem too surprised.

"Father, do you know this thing?"

"Lolita, you don't go to the village library too often. There are records about wine there." The village chief stroked his daughter's head a few more times before stepping into the house.

Tang Ke and the village head sat down at the table. Besides the two of them, there were Lolita, two stupid monsters, and four master swordsmen from the village. Although the village chief had ordered people to prepare food, and Tang Ke had brought some good wine, obviously, the people present couldn't whet their appetites, and instead started chatting about business.

After the village chief sat down, he took the lead in asking, "You seem to be quite strong, what level of sword soil are you?"

Tang Ke was about to answer truthfully, but he was too careful and didn't want to tell the truth anymore. If he exaggerated it, he could frighten the opponent, and if he kept a low profile, he could make the opponent underestimate his own strength and take advantage of it.

"I'm a third-tier swordsman." Tang Ke finally chose this answer. He thought about it very quickly, and there was no hesitation at all when answering.

"You are still a master of swordsmanship, which is really admirable."

"Where is it?" Tang Ke was polite for a moment, then went straight to the point and asked, "What's the matter with that tower on the island?"

Lolita was keen to answer this question, interfacing:

"You said 'Hidden Sword Tower'! There are ancestors..." "Lolita, let me answer this question. It's not okay to interrupt like this." The village chief smiled kindly, and called The daughter's narration was interrupted, "Captain Tonk, what you said is the 'Sword Hidden Tower', which is a place where sharp swords are stored on the island, similar to a warehouse. Captain Tonk, I don't know how much food you brought on board this time What? What's in it? I'm very interested in these delicacies."

Lolita pursed her mouth angrily because she was interrupted.

Tang Ke felt that the village chief seemed to be hiding something, but it was not easy to ask. He answered the question about the food stock on the ship, and he did not hide this question.

The village chief nodded meaningfully, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and a bright light flashed in them, like the cold light that flashed when drawing a sword.

(to be continued)