Pillars of Ita

The secret passage Edward mentioned was located on the other side of the headland, leaving the port of Guimana and passing through the countryside unnoticed. During this period, he encountered no further trouble - pirates or imperial troops.

Things were quiet in the direction of Guimana Port, and the citizens probably hadn't realized what was happening. The hills in this direction covered the port area, and the movements of the Imperial Army could not be seen. The port defense must have discovered the invading pirates, but they were still I wonder how the Oshur people will react.

Fang Yu was a little worried about the determination of the smugglers, but Catherine sent a reply asking him to quickly follow Edward through the secret passage. Those people had arrived and were ready to hand over. This surprised him a little. The female talent told him that the other party was also worried about side effects and wanted to complete the delivery before everything was settled.

"But how did they know about this in advance?"

"I told them. I realized there was a change in the plan when I saw the Blood Shark Pirates' ship. I guess you guys are not willing to wait until the Imperial Navy arrives before leaving... Most of those people are well-informed and don't need me to waste any words. , the more trouble there is, the quicker they respond.”

Fang Yu was stunned: "Thank you very much, Ms. Catherine."

"Just don't blame me for not informing you. I just know that those guys can't do anything to you. Edward knows the secret passage. He has some history with the Blood Shark Pirates, and he needs to rely on you to take him away."

Just as the female smuggler said, the team soon arrived at the foot of a rocky mountain, where they found a natural cave under a certain rock wall. Edward lit a torch and walked through it, and a swarm of bats flew out, scaring Tianlan to death.

Fang Plover protected Miss Scholar, while Alyssa protected Tian Lan. The team passed through a long limestone cave and finally saw the light again.

After walking out of the other end of the cave, Fang Plover discovered that their group had arrived at the foot of the Quemana Lighthouse. There was a path hidden in the bushes, leading to the port area, where the smugglers' wharf was located.

This trail looks like it was opened by man, but it is not often used. Edward told them that it is an alternative route for smugglers, but generally speaking, they unload goods in their own docks openly.

When they arrived at the pier, they saw Catherine waving to them from a distance, "Here, you are finally here."

Fang Plover looked at the people behind her - all of them were well-dressed and looked like elderly local figures - aristocratic businessmen, manor owners or shipowners. They were all aborigines and had no characteristics. At the moment, there were many people on the dock. The opponent's manpower.

Those people were said to be sailors, but they were all armed, more like privateers on the high seas.

One of them looked at him, looked them up and down, and then said arrogantly: "You are the cargo owners. I heard that the cargo was on your ship, but the woman Catherine stopped us and refused to let us get on the ship, saying that she couldn't do it. host."

"So what, it's time for you to take charge?"

Dalil snorted from his nose and put his sword on the ground: "You have to be lucky that you have never been on the ship. She is not stopping you, but helping you."

There was a commotion in the crowd, and the man's face immediately turned the color of pig liver: "Everyone, please don't forget whose territory this is."

The sailors showed their weapons.

"What, you want to fight?"

Dalil bared his white teeth rebelliously, sending out a deep chill. He made a low voice from his throat and mocked: "Seeing that there are few of us, you have some other ideas and want to rob? Yes, but first ask I ask if you have this ability, come on - in front of Lady Justice, let me see who can take action first?"

Her words immediately silenced the audience.

Who doesn’t know the name of Mallan’s followers? The Free Paladins are brave and brave. They will redress their grievances and avenge them. What’s more, people saw another knight lady behind her. Although she was short, she had big breasts. The platinum sun holy emblem in front of him and the hanging ancient scriptures made people shrink their eyes.

"Knights of ancient training..."

"Ouli's choir..."

My dear, several of the leading figures in the smugglers couldn't help but look at each other. When did the paladins of Malan and Orli start the smuggling business? If they hadn't known Catherine's origins, they would have almost thought that the woman had lured these old-fashioned paladins to kill them all.

"Okay," a voice came from the ship at this time, "Miss Muppet, put down your weapons. You all want to complete the deal, but this is not to blame Ms. Catherine. According to the rules of the sea, when the captain is not on the ship, we do not Anyone can do that."

Fang Yu heard the sound and looked around, just in time to see his gentle ship officer lady walking up to the deck and speaking to everyone. Sylvide noticed his gaze, with a gentle look on her face, and nodded to him from a distance.

"Don't call me Ragdoll in public," the cat lady muttered, retracting her sword.

captain?

The eyes of the others fell on Fang Plover, showing some surprise. This young man - no, rather a young man and a captain?

They originally thought that it was just a cover, that the goods in this ship belonged to the woman Catherine, and that the so-called transaction was just a means to hide from others, but now that this happened, these people couldn't help but become more suspicious.

We have never seen such a young captain on the open sea, but there are some first mates. The Chosen are generally not elected to this position, because sailing on the open sea really requires experienced wisdom, and sometimes strength is not everything.

Fang Yu gently opened his collar, revealing the platinum medal. This action made everyone suffocate - the scene fell silent again.

Hailin Chenxing - a high-level alchemist. The imperial people's innate respect for this profession. Regardless of whether Fang Plover was the captain of the Seven Seas Traveler, the identity he revealed was enough to silence everyone present.

They are just nobles, merchants, workshop owners or shipowners, as well as another more shady identity - smugglers, while alchemists - especially high-level alchemists are naturally the upper echelons of the empire.

They didn't know Fang Plover's origins, but generally speaking, even alchemists from other continents were respected within the empire - after all, not everyone would become a wanted criminal in the empire's workshops.

The dock was a little quiet for a while. After a while, a seemingly venerable old man came out and said: "Dear Mr. Alchemist, Captain, how do you plan to complete this transaction? We are willing to listen to your opinion." Opinion?"

"There's no need to go to such trouble," Fang Plover replied, "We'll unload the goods and check them again."

Of course he couldn't put these people on the ship. There were too many secrets on the Seven Seas Traveler. Who knew if these people would notice anything unintentionally?

He couldn't help but look at Catherine with some gratitude. If this woman was really introduced by Minmir, then the Silver Step of Prometheus really found an excellent agent for them. Catherine noticed his gaze and smiled softly. , nodded to him.

But the other party seemed a little embarrassed: "But Mr. Captain, there don't seem to be many members on your ship... and most of them are ladies. Why don't we do it for you? The blood shark pirates are outside. Who knows when the other party will make trouble? , the time left for us..."

"No need."

Fang Yu shook his head.

Everyone watched as he took out the magic glove and put it on his right hand, then pulled down the eyepiece. They couldn't help but look even more surprised - that damn woman Catherine didn't tell them about the origin of the owner of the cargo. It seemed that she had become The intention is to embarrass them, or to give them a blow.

The lower deck of the Seven Seas Traveler was slowly opening. In the astonished eyes of everyone, rows of empty knights flew out and took out the heavy wooden boxes piled there one by one. Some of the boxes had not yet been sealed, and there were gold, silver and jewelry. The light immediately dazzled everyone's eyes,

There were thirty-three boxes in total, but no one dared to step forward. It was a craftsman lord - no, it was probably a Silver Rank, or a pseudo-dragon knight. The guy who made the rude remarks just now was trembling. His face changed again and again.

Fortunately, Fang Plover was not in the mood to cause trouble for him.

Fang Plover didn't like to show off his power, and he couldn't make any extravagance at this juncture. In fact, wearing the magic gloves was just a pretense. From the moment the air combat deck was opened, all this was done by Miss Tata alone.

He just didn't want too many people to guess what the dragon soul on the ship was about.

When the last box landed, Fang Pliance put down his hand and looked at the people: "You can go and check, but before that, I need to see your goods."

"Our goods have been piled in the warehouse. Miss Catherine has actually checked them before. But if you are not at ease, you can go and see for yourself," the old man said respectfully: "Dear gentlemen, what do you want us to do? Is there some manpower to help you move here, or...?"

Parker lowered his head and searched for a long time on his body, as if he was going to pull out a Hailin Morning Star from under his furry collar.

But unfortunately there was none, only the medal of the Crossbowmen's Association and a Nightingale Medal - he couldn't help but regret it. He had known that he should have worked harder. Those who were close to the Alchemist Association, the arrogant and respectful attitude of these people made him feel worried. Acid water.

"Humph, he's just an alchemist," he said sourly, "What's so great about him?"

Darier agreed very much, "I am also the deputy of the Grand Knight Commander... in the Temple of the Secret Tree. These Imperial people only know their dull magic technology. The technology we learned in the White Tree comes from nature and is self-contained." , these blind guys.”

Jita shook her head aside.

Tian Lan chuckled upon hearing this.

However, it was indeed the first time in such a long time that they felt a change in their identity.

In the end, what Kukai relied on was strength. These people were not as friendly as they appeared on the outside. Catherine reminded them more than once to be careful of these guys, hyenas, or vultures that eat people without spitting out their bones.

If they don't act stronger, the other party is very likely to really take action. Without strength, the law above Kukai is that man-made swords are used.

It's funny to say that these people's performance is no better than that of privateers in the air and sea. Or maybe that is another meaning of armed merchants, but isn't that the same for the imperial army in the port?

What's even more ironic is that there is another group of pirates outside the port at this moment - pointing the black muzzle at Guimana, but these people in the port are still thinking about completing this business - smuggling the imperial army's military supplies.

There are two Imperial Army fast sailing ships moored in the harbor. Looking from this direction, you can still see the tall sail tips - but the Imperial Army will never dare to leave the harbor to fight. There are less than 500 troops stationed in Guimana. Imperial Sergeant.

And there were at least a thousand pirates on those three ships.

The sword-wielding knights they had seen were at least brave, and on the borders of the empire, even pirates could show off their power.

After all, they had seen the empire fall to this point before.

Fang Yu finally declined the other party's proposal.

Naturally, he was still worried about the tricks these people would use. Besides, Miss Tata didn't need the help of these people. It was better to do less than to do more. At the moment, it was prudent to leave Guimana quickly to avoid long nights of nightmares.

"Ms. Catherine, what is going on outside?"

During the inventory of the goods, Fang Plover asked Catherine that the blood shark pirates arrived suddenly, and he still doesn't know what happened.

Catherine's attitude was that it had nothing to do with her:

"We can't tell. Maybe we guessed it right. Balosha is really on Guimana Island. Maybe the Blood Shark Pirates are more anxious than we thought and want to welcome back their king. Don't worry. Counting on the Imperial Army, Fritsch's squadron will not be informed of its arrival until at least tomorrow morning——"

Fang Yu couldn't tell the truth of the other party's words, but at least he knew that her tone must not be her own intention. Not long ago, she tried to ask the Seven Seas Brigade to find the pirate king, but now she looked indifferent again. Attitude.

He shook his head, "I didn't expect it, Ms. Catherine, but how do you think we should get out of here?"

"You want to ask if those blood shark pirates will attack the port? Don't worry, they probably won't. Those guys must be making such a big show to hide their eyes from others. I heard you said that one or more groups of blood shark pirates have sneaked into the island. I Guess that was their real intention."

"Although there are only less than 500 garrison troops in Guimana, the Blood Shark Pirates are also a ragtag group. It is not a big problem for them to protect the merchants, but if you want them to attack the imperial army on land, then you are too optimistic. These people.”

Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the other party in surprise: "Ms. Catherine, what do you mean-?"

"I mean, don't look at them showing off their power here, but when Fletcher's squadron arrives, these people will have to run away with their tails between their legs. I know these guys too well...ahem."

She suddenly realized that she had let something slip and changed her words: "So the blood shark pirates will wait until midnight at most. They will definitely take action before then. We only need to wait until the moment they take action. When there is chaos in the port, that is The perfect time for us to leave.”

Fang Yu listened silently and didn't notice her slip of the tongue. He only realized that this was a feasible proposal and nodded lightly.

Catherine's vast experience was the greatest help to them.

Minmir really found a good candidate for them.

The inventory was completed quickly, and nothing went wrong during the process. It can be seen that Catherine's face is very effective. At least the other party did not come with the purpose of empty-handed wolf from the beginning, otherwise it will be troublesome for them to recover those things. .

Out of consideration for his identity, the smugglers did not use any tricks and even gave them some scraps from the warehouse, mainly a batch of magic wood. Although it was not much, mosquito legs were also meat after all. After the delivery was completed and the two parties said goodbye, the rumble of cannons finally sounded in the port - the pirates finally began to bombard the port. Although they did not plan to land, they at least wanted to attract the attention of the imperial army.

There was a scream in the sky, and a shell hit the bell tower of the port, making a loud noise. In the distance, a large amount of masonry was seen collapsing from the top of the building.

Some shells fell into the harbor and hit a number of fishing boats anchored there. Some of the fishing boats were broken in two, while others slowly capsized and fell into the harbor, where they were smashed to pieces on the rock wall below.

Tian Lan watched this scene with some fear, fearing that the rain of cannonballs would fly in this direction without eyes, flow through the crowd, turn this place into a hellish scene, or open a hole in her body or something.

Parker deliberately joked with her, saying that even if he was hit by a cannonball, it was unlikely that a hole would be left. Most of the time, the upper body would be gone, leaving only the lower body, and those unspeakable things scattered all over the floor. .

The poet was so frightened that she screamed.

Fang Plover sternly warned the big mouth to shut up, but the Papalar described it in too much detail, and even he got a little hairy, so he just shut up.

In the end it was Catherine who reassured them.

The woman told them: "You can rest assured to hide here. Those people know that this is a port for smugglers, and they will not shell in this direction."

Fang Yu was surprised when he heard this: "Smugglers still deal with pirates?"

"Of course, I told you that I also stayed on a pirate ship." She shook her head, "It's not just smugglers, but those serious businessmen are inextricably linked to these pirates, and even many businessmen The fleet itself is also a part-time pirate. As long as the black flag is hung and the gun doors are opened, who is not an outlaw? "

"..."

"What's wrong? I scared you."

"That's not true, it's just nothing to be proud of, Ms. Catherine..."

"Ahem... I'm just a little cynical. It's pretty good now. After all, with the Chosen One, Konghai has become much more peaceful. In the past, this place was even more chaotic."

She looked at Fang Plover, "Nowadays, the spirit of adventure is always associated with people like you, but in the past, it was used to describe those lawless people. Young people gave up everything on the shore, boarded a boat, and wandered around the world from then on. , either become a sailor or a pirate until you gain an identity, or die in a foreign land."

While the two were talking, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the direction of the port, and one of the three pirate ships on the sea in the distance suddenly turned around, unfolded its sails, and rushed towards the port.

Fang Yu turned around and looked at her.

The female smuggler's beautiful emerald green eyes narrowed, as if she had finally waited for this moment.

"finally come."

"What's coming?"

"We waited for our moment."

Listening to the whistle that was getting closer and closer, Fang Plover felt something was wrong. The pursuers were the Imperial Army. Who were they chasing--the Blood Shark Pirates? Or is there someone else?

Luo Hao suddenly shouted down from the observation deck: "Ed, someone is coming in our direction, and there are quite a few of them."

"Weigh the anchor first and adjust the sail direction. We will be ready to go at any time."

Fang Yu said while looking in that direction. As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people poured into the dock area.

The leader had dealt with them, a man with a twisted scar on his face, wearing an imperial army coat and holding a scimitar, followed by a tall and thin man holding a harp, and another short man, like a dwarf. .

Fang Yu had seen these three people, 'Harper' and 'Little Thumb'. The man in the middle was their captain. He took pictures of everything in Edward's Hotel from the clockwork goblin left in the dark, including these uninvited guests.

Behind the three people, there is another man, wearing a coat, with gray hair. He looks like an upper-class person of some status. Although he is being supported, this man is tall, not angry and has a certain dignity about him. A special temperament.

Like a blade, dark and cold.

As soon as Fang Yu saw this man, a name naturally jumped into his mind - Barossa Roberts, the Bloody-Handed Pirate King.

Barossa stopped, broke away from the support of the person next to him, and looked straight in this direction with a pair of gray-brown eyes - the female smuggler behind Fang Pulong had a surprised look on her face, and then a hint of surprise flashed across her face, and she couldn't help but laugh. Laughed loudly:

"Catherine, you are here."

Fang Plover turned around.

Catherine gently reached out and held his shoulder: "Ed, grab him. With him in our hands, the Blood Shark Pirates can't do anything to us. This is our best chance to leave this place."

"Ha, catch me?" Barossa seemed to have heard some big joke. "Katherine, are you crazy? You thought you could escape by finding a group of Holy Chosen people to serve as cannon fodder." It’s time to settle old and new grudges together.”

He turned back and pointed at Scarface: "Jack, catch them."

Scarface responded and looked fiercely in the direction of the Seven Seas Traveler. His eyes first fell on Mei, and then Dariel. According to the intelligence, there was at least one ancient knight on the other side, but there must be more than one in this group. Tough ideas.

There is also a Paladin of Marlan.

He pulled out his scimitar, followed closely by 'Harper' and 'Little Thumb'. The other pirates also showed their weapons. They are not the cannon fodder on the outside. Most of the people here are elites, captains and sailors on each ship. A pioneer type of person.

Jack's body erupted with astonishing momentum. "'Ghost' Jack, his strength is close to Silver Level, you should be careful," Catherine said: "I will deal with him."

As soon as she finished speaking, her aura suddenly changed, making Fang Plover feel as if he was facing an abyss - the aura also climbed steadily until he felt it to a level similar to Minmir's, and then gradually stopped.

She turned around and looked at Fang Plover, her emerald green eyes seemed to be lit with flames.

A silver thin sword appeared in Catherine's hand. The woman gently pushed the edge of the sword and jumped off the deck in one stride. She seemed to have walked dozens of feet through the air, causing a group of blood shark pirates to surround her. Had to scatter and retreat.

They raised their heads and looked at this scene, and many of them had a look of fear on their faces - it was hard to imagine that these desperadoes would have such a look on their faces, they had obviously seen the same scene more than once - but the next moment, bloody Light suddenly appeared.

Immediately someone let out a long wailing.

Catherine waved her sword coldly, throwing out a round of blood flowers, "Incompetent waste——!" A blood shark pirate immediately covered his missing arm and rolled down, screaming all the way, with blood dripping all the way, and his whole body seemed like Blood gourd is normal.

But those present were the elites of the Blood Shark Pirates after all.

Others immediately gathered around, but the rapier in Catherine's hand bloomed with several flowers of blood, causing those who came closer to fall one by one. She separated the crowd again, looked up at Barossa, and killed all the way in that direction.

How could 'Ghost' Jack let her have her wish? Multiple shadows appeared on his body, each holding a scimitar, surrounding Catherine, and then moving closer to her - the others took this opportunity and headed straight for the Seven Seas Traveler. Come.

The pirates wanted to seize the ship.

Ian, Marigold and Lark were all on the deck, looking at these people with some sympathy - Miss Sorcerer raised the magic wand in her hand, chanted and weaved a fireball, and threw it towards the pirates. .

But the effect was not great, the sweeping flames did not even damage the opponent's fur.

Marigold couldn't help but shook her head. Her strength was still a lot worse. Otherwise, she really wanted to beg Fang Yu to let the three of them stay and board the ship to join this team. That would be so interesting - they were in Qihai What the Traveler has seen these days has surpassed everything they have experienced in the past.

But Marigold's attack only excited the pirates.

These Holy Chosen Ones were nothing more than that, and the boss's judgment was indeed correct. Catherine just found some unlucky guys to be cannon fodder to delay time and give herself a chance to escape. That woman has always been so cunning, cold and ruthless.

But that thought had just flashed, and what they saw the next moment made everyone feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave. They saw a black shadow appearing in mid-air, as if blocking the sun, holding a giant blade with the tip pointing downwards. It is spreading its wings and hanging straight down.

The giant sword, which was as tall as a man, crashed to the ground. The blade penetrated straight into the ground, splitting the 'little finger' in front. Before the opponent could even react, it was turned into flying ash, and a line of more than one meter long was The crack extended to the feet of a group of pirates.

The tall black figure straightened up.

It creaked and pulled out the giant sword and looked around - the open wheel-shaped wings made all the pirates involuntarily frighten away and raised their heads to look at this metal monster. Yuna was so famous that even the pirates recognized it. The origin of this huge construct is revealed:

"Main, main configuration?"

But the 'Harper', who witnessed the tragic death of his companion, truly recognized the identity of this construct and was almost scared to death. He was just a wandering poet. Although he joined the Blood Shark Pirates, he had no strength.

Even 'Little Thumb' died from just one encounter, let alone him? When he thought of the name of this construct and the person it once belonged to, his mind went blank: "The Gray King..."

At that moment, he turned around and ran away without thinking.

But Fang Yu had been staring at him for a long time. Instead of killing those mobs, it was better to frighten them first. Although he had no sympathy for the pirates on the empty sea, he at least wanted to understand what was going on.

The six-winged seraph raised the big sword in his hand and threw it in that direction. With a sharp sound that broke through the air, the big sword came first and pierced the 'Harpist' directly, stabbing him to the core and even passing through him. body, nailing the other party to the ground.

The pirates were silent.

On the other side, 'Ghost' Jack was also at a disadvantage. Catherine had broken through his illusions with several swords and found his body several times. Although he avoided the opponent's sword in embarrassment, he had also lost his previous sharpness.

If there weren't several opponents of about the same level watching eagerly, Catherine would have cut off his head with one sword. Although it was a thin sword, it could be used widely in the hands of this 'female smuggler'. It's like a huge death penalty blade.

She didn't pay much attention to the situation on the Seven Seas Traveler, because she knew that those native chickens and dogs couldn't do anything to Fang Plover and his party. Instead, she always paid attention to the direction of Barossa. As an old rival, of course she knew that among these people, she really had some influence on her. Who is threatening?

Sure enough, after several rounds of fighting, the man finally couldn't hold himself back anymore, and his whole body exuded the aura of a wounded beast. His aura slowly increased, and a scimitar appeared in the opponent's hand at some point.

The blade was as black as ink, like a crescent moon.

Catherine turned around, ready to receive the blow - she couldn't deal with so many people by herself, but she knew the strength of that ship of people, and as long as the other party was willing to take action, she would have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

They will definitely take action, because these blood shark pirates are not as easy to talk to as she is. She believes that those people can distinguish their priorities. Besides, she has done them a big favor, and the relationship between the two parties can be regarded as mutually beneficial.

But when Catherine turned around, she suddenly froze in place.

She saw a crystal dagger emitting light, placed on her neck - the other end of the dagger was held in a slender, snow-white hand. The girl with wolf-like ears was holding Look at her with silver, starry eyes.

In the opponent's other hand, he was holding the originally arrogant man like a drowned dog - Barossa Roberts, the Blood Shark Pirate King known as the King of Kukai. The opponent seemed to be seriously injured, and his face was expressionless. Pale, eyes tightly closed.

The pirates who besieged her had already fallen to the ground with their heads missing.

'Ghost' Jack was nailed to the wall not far away with a halberd with a look of disbelief on his face, and the expression on his face was fixed at that last moment.

Then Catherine heard a voice coming from behind her:

"Ms. Catherine, I need an explanation."

...(End of chapter)