"Oh, oh..." A bird with a pinch of white fluff on its head drew a wonderful arc around the top of the merchant ship, flapping its wings and resting on the crossbar of the mainmast. The same kind stood side by side, staring at the bow with their small heads turned.
This kind of white-headed magic gull with a hook-shaped beak is the most common carnivorous bird in the Sea of Glory and the Steam Lake. It is small in size and lives on shallow sea fish. Before the storm comes, they often shuttle across the sea in groups, making a high-pitched and clear cry, so that the sailboats on the sea can avoid the storm in advance, and are also regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness by sailors who live at sea all year round.
However, the group of white-headed magic gulls staying on the crossbar of the mainmast at this time did not gather because of the storm. It's because someone in the bow is fishing to feed them out of boredom.
"Filar, hunting life for entertainment is against the teachings of Rillifane (God of the Forest), you should stop your blasphemy now!"
Seeing Qin Lun pull up the fishing rod again and throw a large Aria herring into the sky, and let the group of white-headed magic gulls scramble for the prey, Elistin blushed and stopped it a little bit aggrieved.
"Elisten, this is not a forest, and besides, the White-headed Demon Gull is the pet of Sashela (the Elven Sea God). I am serving the God Servant, so it is not a violation of the hunter's belief!" His face began to turn from white to purple, with signs of an outbreak, Qin Lun hurriedly threw the last big herring to Venus at his feet, raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, you won, I will stop now!"
"By the way, where's that guy Mirelas?" Qin Lun stood up and poured the seawater from the fish bucket beside him out of the side of the boat.
"He's in the cabin and vomited unconscious again!" Elistine shook her head with a wry smile. "The other four sun elf rangers are similar to him."
"Poor guy, I've been on the boat for three days, and I still haven't gotten used to it. I really don't know how they crossed the Sea of Falling Stars. That sea is five or six times bigger than the lake of steam. Could it be that the Cannes murloc's The Kraken is much more stable than this kind of merchant ship!" Qin Lun stroked his chin, shrugged his shoulders, and looked towards the deck behind him.
The sea ship they are currently riding is a medium-sized three-masted merchant ship with a flat bottom and square tail, and a main mast with a square sail, which is very suitable for sailing in the inland sea with less wind and waves like the Lake of Steam. Although the speed is not ideal, the higher forecastle and stern deck and the spacious cargo hold can carry more cargo, making it the most cost-effective merchant ship among medium-sized ships.
"As long as a murloc priest casts the magic of underwater breathing, travelers can ride a tamed sea monster to sail underwater, where they can avoid the bumps of the wind and waves. For a large sea monster, the gills that swallow travelers into their bodies It’s almost like a luxury carriage, and it’s much more comfortable for a long-distance journey than a merchant ship like ours!”
A middle-aged man wearing a triangular captain's cap came up behind Qin Lun. While explaining casually, he cautiously asked with a flattering smile, "Your Excellency Feral, we'll be close to Jespike in half a day. Do you want to disembark as originally planned?"
"Well, but we don't disembark at the port, you can just find an unoccupied beach near Yespike!" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, he patted the captain's shoulder with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you these few days, we delayed I don’t know if those gold coins are enough to make up for the itinerary?”
"Enough, enough! It's enough to buy our ship's special products, you are a generous adult!" The middle-aged captain wiped the sweat from his forehead and complimented with a forced smile. If Qin Lun wasn't cursed, then only God knows.
Compared with the gold coins he got, the human captain was really worried that these brutal mercenaries would kill them after landing. Now he extremely regrets letting Qin Lun and others board the boat because of his greed for money.
You must know that his ship was not originally on the current route, but crossed the lake of steam to the port of Dellasque in the Kingdom of Char on the north shore. Now sailing west along the south bank to Yespike, it is completely the opposite direction, completely in the opposite direction.
The middle-aged captain had traveled all over the world for so many years, and thought he had some good eyesight, so he would not have risked letting a mercenary group of more than 20 people on board. It's just that there are a lot of elves in this mercenary group, and the two leading elves look like dignitaries of high status, and they are completely incompatible with vicious pirates, so they are greedy.
Unexpectedly, this group of mercenaries turned their faces and started fighting shortly after they left the shore. Relying on tyrannical force, he forced down more than 30 sailors on board, forcing them to change course and head for Jespek.
This is also part of Robin's plan. The Zhentarim will neither know which route they are taking, nor which merchant ship they are taking, so the possibility of intercepting them at sea is minimized.
Thinking of the rigor of the voyage plan, even Qin Lun admired the thoughtfulness of this beautiful head. Even if it is left to him to arrange, I'm afraid it can't be done better.
"Filar, isn't it a little too much for us to do this?" Seeing the middle-aged captain leaving worriedly, Elistine asked with some guilt.
Qin Lun turned around, looked at the calm sea, like a piece of pure sapphire sea, and replied meaningfully: "You think too much, we elves are not qualified to show mercy to humans, they are the masters of Faerun."
Elistine was taken aback, and the worried face of Elder Adeline's warning before the two set off couldn't help flashing in his mind. The elf druid was in a trance for a while, and fell silent. Qin Lun was right. Compared with the mission on their shoulders, some thoughts were a bit redundant.
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Three hours later, before sunset, Qin Lun and the others finally saw a rocky beach lined with hidden reefs on the horizon. Behind the rocky beach is a cliff stretching endlessly along the coastline to the distance.
After seeing this scene, everyone knew that they should have arrived at their destination. Along the Lake of Steam, only the Alamer Mountains on the Amraven Peninsula have such coastal cliffs.
The waves smashed into pieces on the ferocious black-brown reef, and the rumbling sound echoed in my ears like thunder.
"Robin, is the place right?" Kelly frowned slightly as she looked at the reef on the shore that looked like a monster crawling.
It is not a problem for them to dock their boats in this kind of place, but when the time comes, this hijacked merchant ship will definitely escape.
Robin held up a strangely shaped triangular instrument, looked at the setting sun on the horizon, carefully compared it for a while, and then replied cautiously: "That's right, judging by the data provided by the star instrument, this place is indeed The Mraven Peninsula. The map provided by the Bianker Elf Court should be near Yespike."
"Then start to act!" Kelly showed a trace of relief on her face, squatting down and looking at Mileras, who was leaning on the side of the boat with a pale face, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "be patient, I I'll take you ashore."
"Kay, Kelly, can you let Yi, Elistine take me ashore! Uh..." the Sun Elf prince retched twice with a bitter face, and said out of breath.
"Why, my sister is in charge of taking care of you personally, do you have any objections?" Kelly raised her eyebrows and hugged her chest unhappily.
"No, it's not!"
"Then let's go!" Kelly stretched out her small hands with fingerless gloves, carried Mirelas on her shoulders, and jumped out of the ship's deck. A pair of fighting light wings spread out behind her, and she jumped towards the distant reef.
A group of people on the deck watched Mileras lying on Kelly's shoulder, retching from being pushed in the stomach, and they couldn't help but mourn for the unlucky Sun Elf prince. The violent woman obviously doesn't understand what it means to be sympathetic to women, and she has made him suffer a lot along the way.
"Your Excellency Feral, we'll go ashore first!" Stark cast a wink at Qin Lun, and also grabbed a sun elf ranger who was half dead from seasickness and jumped off the boat. He doesn't have Kelly's domineering light wings, but it's less than a kilometer from the shore, so just swim across.
"Elisten, let's go too!" Qin Lun turned his head and smiled at the Elf Druid.
"Yeah!" Elistine jumped up and turned into a huge eagle in mid-air. Qin Lun jumped lightly, grabbed one of her paws, and was led to fly to the shore.
"Captain Robin, these people..." Seeing that the plot elves had left, Philip glanced at the trembling captain and sailors on the deck, leaned close to Robin, and asked softly.
Robin frowned slightly, seeing a cold light flashed in the eyes of the sailors on the ship, but after pondering for a moment, he shook his head, "Forget it, the possibility of these people having any connection with the Zhentarim is almost zero. The plot elves are very disgusted Killing for no reason will leave too many bad impressions on them, which will be detrimental to the cooperation below."
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"It's Calimshan!" Looking at the Alamer Mountains under the moonlit night, Mileras clutched the blanket tightly with emotion.
"Mirelas, drink some hot soup!" Qin Lun stood up from the campfire with a smile, and handed him a bowl of clear soup.
"Filar, do you know? I never thought I could reach Calimshan alive. I thought Jondal or Anker Forest would be the end of my life!" Mileras stared at the blurred reflection on the surface of the clear soup, Some murmured absentmindedly.
"We will continue to walk until we complete the miracle of re-walking the ancient road!" Qin Lun pointed to the steep mountain in front of him, and said with a smile, "I heard that there is a dwarf castle in the Alamer Mountains, don't you want to see it? How about the Santana civilization in ancient times? Maybe we can find some treasures that have been hidden from the sun for tens of thousands of years in the ruins of the castle!"
"Haha, it's really exciting to hear you say that!" Mileras blushed a little on his pale face, raised his head and took a mouthful of hot soup, shook his head and smiled, "Feral, you really don't look like A sentimental moon elf, now I kind of really like you!"
"Mirelas, this is... really embarrassing! You know, I only like beautiful female elves..."