The vast and boundless sea returned to its former azure blue, and the Pretty Beauty rode the wind and waves, advancing against the sparkling waves.
"Fill the sails! Get me moving, boys!" shouted One-Eyed Jack. "Today we can reach the shoal!"
The sailors on the mast shouted their horns, pulled the three-fingered hemp rope, and unfolded the sail little by little. In a sea with a changing climate, this operation of setting sails and retracting sails occurs several times a day. Lian looked at the people crawling around above their heads, like monkeys.
"It's really troublesome," the old captain walked up to the witches. "If I can also have a boat like Crescent Moon Bay that doesn't need sails, I'll save trouble. What's that thing called?"
"The paddle steamer," Lian raised her eyebrows, "It was made by His Royal Highness Roland."
"Can't you ask His Highness to build one for you too?" Honey said while teasing the seabird on her shoulder, "Others can't speak in front of him, but you are different."
"Little devil, how do you say that I seem to know him very well."
"You are familiar with Lord Tilly," she stuck out her tongue, "His Royal Highness Roland treats Lord Tilly very well."
Jack took a heavy puff on his pipe with a heartbroken look on his face, "...Forget it, I heard from those merchants that a paddle steamer costs more than a thousand golden dragons, and even if I sell you, I won't be able to get it."
"That's not necessarily true," He Feng quipped, "in the Sleeping Spell, Lian's bounty is calculated by a hundred gold dragons. Last time, the businessman named Durat Goldbeard planned to spend more than a thousand gold dragons. The gold dragon has kept her for a long time. Just one lotus is enough, not to mention the four of us."
"Zhefeng!" Lian angrily punched her, "You clearly know what he's punching, I don't want to hear his name again!"
"Just kidding," He Feng hugged her into his arms and laughed softly, "Why would I be willing to sell you. After Mrs. Tilly heard about this, she even negotiated with the Crescent Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, and there will be no one in the future. That said."
"You guys are really in a good relationship," Jack let out a smoke ring, "but... those two don't seem to talk to you very often?"
When it comes to the other two witches, there is a brief silence among all three. After a while, He Feng said, "They were originally the witches of the Wolfheart Kingdom."
The old captain said puzzled, "Aren't they all witches?"
"They support Heidi Morgan more than Lord Tilly."
"Morgan..." He touched his chin and thought for a while, "She is the royal family of Wolfheart?"
"It's just a branch," He Feng waved his hand, "it's nothing, we just haven't been together for a long time, and we can't open our hearts yet."
The old man probably realized something and did not continue to ask.
Lian doesn't know much about the kingdom's nobles. She only knows that the witches on Sleeping Island are not like sisters like Border Town. Most of them are from Greycastle, and some are from Dawn and Wolf Heart, because Tilly is the organization of the relocation operation. She is also the most noble, so everyone regards her as the leader, and the same is true for foreign witches. However, when the churches of the Fiordland Islands were eradicated, the situation gradually changed.
This is especially true for Lian, who only returned to Sleeping Island in Xie Yue. After only a few months of absence, the Wolfheart Witch has gradually lived together, and seldom talked to others during meals. According to Moriel, they used to be members of the Bloodfang Society, similar to the Greycastle Aid Society, and the leader of the Bloodfang Society was Heidi Morgan.
When they first joined Sleeping Island, the Bloodfang Club had only more than twenty witches, which was considered a minority on the island. If it was just like that, it would be fine, but among the twenty or so, there were eighteen battle witches. In other words, when they accepted members, they had selected them in advance, and only powerful witches could join them, which was completely different from the practices of the Mutual Aid Society and Sleeping Island. It is precisely because of this that their fighting ability is extremely powerful. When Tilly implemented the cleaning plan, the Wolfheart Witch arranged for the Shuanglong Island Cathedral with the largest number of believers.
Because of this, Heidi Morgan believed that Bloodfang would be the core of Sleeping Island. Even if the other party didn't declare it publicly, Lian could feel it. She didn't like the statement that the status of fighting witches was higher than that of non-combat witches, and she also fully agreed with Lord Tilly's claim that witches were equal, but unfortunately not everyone saw it that way. In the days when Mrs. Tilly was away, Heidi also had several conflicts with Camilla Derry, the "Big Housekeeper of Sleeping Island". Fortunately, the latter was also a noble in the capital, and he was no weaker than the other in terms of momentum. blocked.
Thinking of this, Lian sighed helplessly. She was not worried about what happened to Lord Tilly. After all, Ashes, the strongest witch of Sleeping Island, was a strong supporter of Lord Tilly. As the only superhuman who can wear the Stone of God's Retaliation to fight, as long as she is there, the entire Bloodfang Club will not be a match for Ashes alone. She was worried about her trip this time. To be honest, she didn't want to stay with the witch of the wolf heart at all.
And this time the selection is also very strange. Apart from her and Honey, there are actually two battle witches among the remaining three people who took the Pretty Beauty. It stands to reason that Lord Tilly should know that His Royal Highness Roland prefers auxiliary witches. His strange weapons are enough to make ordinary people have the ability to fight against the Church's Judgment Army. If this is the case, why bring people from the Bloodfang Society
After thinking for a long time, she couldn't get an answer, so Lian had to put all these distracting thoughts aside.
Probably, Tilly-sama had a reason that she couldn't understand.
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When the sun slanted westward, a shallow golden shoal reflected by the setting sun appeared in front of everyone.
At the same time, there was a hot air balloon floating in the air, and a huge strange bird.
"My God... what is that!?" The sailors on the deck exclaimed, and they saw the strange bird folded its wings and dived towards the Pretty Beauty. The large mouth of the blood basin is clearly visible.
"Are there any enemies?" Hearing the movement, the Bloodfang Witch rushed out of the cabin, and was also startled by the attacking giant beast, "What kind of monster is this?"
"Whatever it is, just catch it!" Another person quickly calmed down, "My cage doesn't matter whether the goal is big or small."
"Wait... that's not the enemy," Lian quickly stopped, "it flew over from the hot air balloon."
The other party glanced at her, "Hot air balloon?"
"The tool used by His Royal Highness Roland to pick up the witch," He Feng stopped in front of the two of them, "Don't worry, I trust Lian's judgment."
The terrifying beast got closer and closer, and let out a high-pitched roar, but... Lian felt that it was not intimidating.
"Ow-ooh-goo!"
Just as the monster was about to hit the sail, the huge figure suddenly disappeared, and then a pure white pigeon landed firmly on top of Lian's head.
"You guys are finally here," Maisie rubbed her cheek, "Welcome back Goo!"(.)