Chapter 170 [0168] Ocean Disaster

"What do you think of this Sarah?" After leaving the tavern, Kalja asked with interest, "What kind of person is she in your opinion?"

"She should be someone with her own ideas." Lux thought for a while and replied, "How should I put it... She gives me the same feeling as Camille, but different - what do you think?"

"Remember her well." Kalja did not answer, but changed the subject, "Next, we are going to meet the sea disaster."

"I am really unwilling to exchange the silver snake coins and golden siren that I worked hard to earn for a useless ship mark." Although Lux did not care about money, she felt a little uncomfortable when she thought that such a large amount of money would be wasted next, "Do we really have to buy a ship mark?"

"Of course." Kalja affirmed, "If you don't buy a ship mark, how can you meet Gangplank? ? How do you know where his treasure is? "

"Wait, treasure? What treasure?" Lux blinked, "Did I miss something?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Kalya pretended to be stupid, "These gold siren and silver snake coins will definitely flow into Gangplank's treasure house. As long as we mark them well, when he is finished, all the money will be returned to the original owner!"

"What kind of mark should be made?" Hearing what Kalya said, Lux instantly became energetic, "But, I don't know how to make magic marks?"

"This is simple. Kalya was prepared, "Just leave your exclusive magic mark, I will teach you this..."

Under Kalya's teaching, Lux's magic quickly flowed through the bag in her hand. When she opened the bag again, the gold and silver coins in the bag became shiny-the old gold coins seemed to have been refurbished and polished, and the new gold coins were even more shiny and dazzling.

"Isn't this too obvious?" Lux looked at these obviously different gold coins and said hesitantly, "Will Gangplank really not notice it?"

"It will be fine after a while. It's too shiny because you have infused too much magic power." Kalya explained helplessly, "Lux, your magic control has obviously decreased. This is not good!"

Kalya's words made Lux stiff in place. She blinked her eyes, as if she wanted to find an excuse to fool around - in the morning and evening self-study, Kalya's criticism always meant strengthening practice, and this has always been Lux's most headache-inducing course.

Even though she hasn't had a formal class for three years, when Kalya spoke in this tone, Lux would still subconsciously stiffen and be nervous.

However, this time Kalya obviously didn't mean to continue to embarrass Lux. He just mentioned it and turned the topic to other places.

"We'll meet Gangplank next. Anyway, I hope you can control your anger."

"Controlling anger is easy!" Lux waved her hand, looking like nothing was wrong. "Don't you trust my acting skills?"

"Remember your promise now." Kalya said seriously, "Even if Gangplank deserves death, you don't need to do it now, understand?"

"I understand, I understand!"

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Bilgewater is a very interesting port city.

At first, it was just a small bay area, the only area open to outsiders by the Baru people of the Serpentine Islands.

The Baru people have their own civilization, and they don't care about the outside world's regime at all. Therefore, Bilgewater has been a refuge for desperate people since its birth.

However, with more and more exiles coming to Bilgewater, a small island is obviously not enough to meet their needs.

Bilgewater needs to expand.

But the Baru people are really not easy to deal with. It is obviously impossible for these desperate people to occupy the nearby archipelago. In this case, the people of Bilgewater simply do it themselves, using various materials to reclaim land and pile up the buildings on land higher and higher.

Due to the lack of natural building materials, the people of Bilgewater use whatever they have, including statues, stones, and abandoned ships.

After hundreds of years of accumulation, Bilgewater has been transformed from a bay into a huge, three-dimensional port.

White Harbor, Rattown, Slaughterhouse Wharf, Butcher's Bridge, Carved Coast... These places were built little by little by the people of Bilgewater using various strange materials.

Gangplank and his Iron Hook Gang occupied Rattown and Butcher's Bridge. The former is the most prosperous place in Bilgewater and has the most lucrative oil and water; the latter is the commanding height of Bilgewater, standing on it can overlook the entire port.

After explaining that she wanted to buy a ship mark, Lux met Gangplank at the Butcher's Bridge. When she was brought to the famous Sea Scourge, he was chewing an orange.

Gangplank's way of eating oranges was very special. He didn't peel the skin, but chewed it raw in his hand. He bit open a whole orange directly, and the splashing juice flowed on his messy beard.

Gangplank didn't care about this. For him, as long as he wiped his hands on his waist, he was done. As for the beard... who cares?

After doing all this, the Sea Scourge finally raised his head and looked at Lux.

"You want to buy a ship mark?"

"Yes, I want to buy a ship mark - by the way, see what kind of person is able to seize a giant ship from Swain's men."

"Are you good at talking, little girl?" Plank's wrinkled face showed a trace of pride, "How about it, can you see it now?"

"You see, he's an eclectic pirate." Lux nodded, "Your men said that you need to handle the ship's markings personally. So, what's the price?"

"The price is easy to talk about." Plank took out a stick from somewhere and said with a smile. He picked it between his teeth quickly, then stuck out his tongue and rolled a piece of orange into his mouth. "What you say, Five hundred silver snake coins, one boat, one month.”

"...I can't afford this price." Lux was a little surprised by Gangplank's offer. "I only have more than 500 silver snake coins. I'm afraid I can't accept it if I only buy the ship's mark."

"Are you negotiating the price with me?" Gangplank put away his knife and his pride, and said in a dangerous tone, "Of course I know how much money you have, Miss Shadow - the ship mark that allows you to buy a ship has already been It’s because of your kindness that you can speak.”

"Okay." Lux thought for a moment, "First come with a ship and a ship mark for a month, and I will come to you next month."

"..."

Lux's decisiveness surprised Gangplank.

Under normal circumstances, five hundred silver snake coins are enough to pay for a merchant ship's ship for one year - if it is a fishing boat, it can be paid for three years. He never expected that Lux would agree so simply. .

"Very good, seven hundred then." Plank overturned his previous offer simply and neatly, "It seems that the bounty you received is more than I know."

Lux said nothing.

But her hand quietly rested on the hilt of the sword.

"What on earth is this guy thinking?" she asked Kalya, "Even if he is a pirate, he wouldn't just sit there and raise the price, right?"

"Then just refuse." Karya didn't care much about what Plank said. "He obviously has his own purpose and is waiting for us to refuse."

Hearing what Kalya said, Lux simply shook her head and rejected the offer: "I can't accept it. I can't afford seven hundred silver snake coins."

"That's great." Plank laughed, "So, the generous Ocean Disaster can give you another way-how about working for me?"

"Seven hundred silver snake coins are not enough to make me work for you."

"What about adding your own life?" Gangplank quickly pulled out his scimitar, "Miss Shadow... I've wanted to meet you for a long time - make money from my territory to buy ship signs. , this is the first time I’ve seen someone with such courage!”

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Butcher’s Bridge:

This bridge made of various strange stones connects the two main islands in Bilgewater Bay. It is the highest point in Bilgewater. Most ships entering and leaving Bilgewater must pass through Butcher's Bay. Pass under the bridge.

Additional update on 9/30, I’ll be working on it in the second half of the month.