On the Seven Towers

The shipyard in Jerez is not small in scale. Although it is open-air and has no roof, it has three locations and can build or repair two large and small ships at the same time. This is already quite large in the City of Two Sails. But now the dock is empty, there are no people, and it looks very depressed.

Jerez led Crete and Catalina in a rough circle, and then waited for Crete's reply with some anxiety. However, the latter was obviously not in a hurry. He walked to an open space in front of the dock, looked at the house not far away that should be the residence of the dock workers, and said: "I still need to meet your people, everyone."

Jerez shouted to a man following him: "Jocano! Go call those lazy guys over and let Mr. Crete take a good look."

"Boss, at this time, some people may have gone to the tavern in the next town to drink. Do you really want to call those drunken guys back?" said the strong man named Giocano.

Jerez said loudly: "Does Mr. Crete still know this? But he said that if he sees everyone, he will bring everyone back to me."

"But……"

Jerez pushed him hard: "Go and call me back. No matter what they are doing now, if they can't stand here within half an hour, you can get out. You guys also go and call people." ”

Crete was not in a hurry. While they were looking for someone, he said to Jerez: "After we rent this dock, we will make some improvements here. In addition, the entire transformation operation will be kept secret. During this period, you and your No one is allowed to step out of our designated area, and no one from outside will let them in.”

Jerez's expression changed, realizing that he was involved in something very unusual. He hesitated for a while and said: "Mr. Crete, although I want to make money, I don't want those old brothers who follow me to get into trouble. Many of them have families to take care of, and they just want to stay away from the dangers of the sea." Come here. I don’t want to do this business.”

A smile appeared on Crete's face: "It's too late. Now that you have seen us, listen to what I said. You have no room to retreat."

"What if I don't want to?" Jerez's face turned pale, and his hand was already on the handle of the scimitar at his waist.

Crete stretched out a hand, holding a ball of blue energy on it. The energy was constantly flowing, giving people a very strange feeling: "You don't want to know the result, in a In front of high-level mages, you'd better cooperate, and we will pay you far more than you imagine."

"Are you the mercenary they hired to deal with me?" Jerez asked.

"Them? Are you talking about other shipyard owners?" Crete laughed and said, "You are overthinking. Do you think these people alone can hire someone like me?"

"Okay, Crete, don't talk about this. Listen, we are not bad people, and we are not prepared to kill you after the incident is completed. It should be said that we are the party representing justice. It's just that this operation involves There are so many things that must be kept secret.”

Catalina glanced at his hand and said: "Although you are a good warrior, you are still far behind me, let alone his opponent."

"Who are you?" Jerez asked.

"You will know when it's time to know." Katarina said.

Not long after, Chocano and others ran back with a group of drunken men. Jerez knew that everyone's life was in the hands of these two young men.

Crete counted them and found that there were sixty-two of them in total. Most of these people had dark complexions and rough skin, and they looked like they had been beaten by the wind and rain at sea.

At this time, Crete had taken off his cloak, revealing his extremely handsome face. Caterina beside him had also grown up over the years, and was also very beautiful. Their outstanding faces and unique temperaments made them stand out from the crowd. The person was a kind of coercion, and a magic light ball appeared in Crete's hand again, which frightened everyone into not daring to act rashly.

Crete cast a detection magic and observed all the people present, and found that none of them had strange magic fluctuations or hidden strength. Among the more than sixty people, about twenty are warriors who are good at fighting, and five of them have fighting spirit. They should all be "marine traders" who followed Jerez to change careers. The rest of them looked like ordinary craftsmen, probably shipbuilders recruited from Jerez.

The light ball in Crete's hand suddenly exploded, split into many threads and sank into the heads of these people. Their eyes suddenly became dull, as if they had entered a state of confusion.

"What are you doing!" Jerez shouted.

"It's just a test. Don't panic, relax!" Crete raised his hand, and a larger magic halo hit Jerez's head. Jerez let out a low roar, staggered a few steps, and Like everyone else, his expression became dull.

Seeing that everyone had entered the state, Crete asked: "Are any of you spies from major powers? Kingdom, empire, natural temple, ancient god temple, orcs, sea tribe, elves or others City-state?”

This magic is called Soul Interrogation, and it is a unique intelligence-gathering magic of the Spirit Tower. As long as there is an overwhelming advantage in realm and mental power, the caster can easily determine whether the other party is lying. Every time Crete announced the name of a force, he would check everyone's soul fluctuations. Looking around, no one admitted that they were spies from some major force.

So he asked again: "Then are any of you bribed by other shipyards and are their spies?"

At this time, a middle-aged craftsman began to tremble. He struggled for a while and said, "Yes, I was bribed by them to monitor the activities here. If anyone wants to come here to build a ship, I will report the news." , let my master grab this business at a lower price.”

"It turns out, it's you!" Jerez shouted. Crete loosened his grip on Jerez slightly, allowing him to listen to what the other person said.

Crete said: "Mr. Jerez, your staff seems to have some problems."

Jerez was so angry that he gritted his teeth, rushed forward and kicked the traitor down, and said bitterly: "I didn't expect that old Tony, who has been with me for more than ten years, would be bribed like this! No wonder there are several The business that was about to be completed ended up being ruined for one reason or another. It turned out that you, the traitor, was behind it!"

"I'll leave this person to you. Now this shipyard and all the people who passed the inspection have been requisitioned by us." Crete walked to Jerez, took out a money bag from the storage ring, and placed it on In his hands.

When the money bag fell heavily into his hand, it made a crisp and detailed sound. Jerez opened it and found that it was filled with golden axes from the kingdom. Forty or fifty golden axes still made a tempting sound in the dim light. The light of man.

"This is just a deposit. If you cooperate with us well, you will get more." Crete said.