Chapter 82
Chapter 82 Meeting an Easterner
At North Sea, at a place more than one day sailing away from land, actually appeared a small boat less than three meters long?
The sailors on the deck all shouted in astonishment. Big Maritime Windmill wasn’t like those kind of old-fas.h.i.+oned wind-powered boats, rather it was a boat powered with magic formations. Within one day, the distance it could travel was seven to eight times to those wind-powered boats. In other words, from this place, a wind-powered boat needed five to six days of sailing before encountering dry land. A small sampan less than three meters long basically couldn’t return to dry land from here.
“Which unlucky person floated here?” Lin Qi smacked his lips and took a huge machete from Thor’s hands. “Slow down, go near and take a look! If it was a pirate, just let him continue to drift around; if it was an unlucky person drifted here because of a disaster, in that case, fine, I’m in a good mood today!”
Shrugging his shoulders, Lin Qi grinned and said, “If it really was an unlucky b.a.s.t.a.r.d who encountered a disaster while sailing, then we can let him ride on our boat!”
Thor grinned and pushed the corners of his eyes in a grimace, “Young master, we are now sailors of a whale-hunting s.h.i.+p, we are doing an honest business. So, if he was a person who met with a misfortune, according to the sailors’ customs, we should help him!”
The sailors on the deck simultaneously started to laugh, then one after another grasp their harpoons just in case.
At sea, any bizarre thing could happen. If the small boat belonged to an unlucky b.a.s.t.a.r.d who encountered a misfortune, then fine. If it was a pirate who had violated the rules and was exiled, then they would have to be careful. Pirates were poor, vicious, and extremely evil bandits. Among pirates who violated the rules, some was exiled to the sea on a small boat, especially those bandits among bandits. Furthermore, they generally would possess extremely powerful strength.
A brand new magic-powered whale-hunting s.h.i.+p like Big Maritime Windmill was the ultimate dream of countless pirates. With such a big s.h.i.+p, there was basically no boat on the ocean that could escape it. It was the most powerful treasure of a fortune.
So they had to be careful, in case the fellow was an exiled pirate, in case he controlled their s.h.i.+p, Black Tiger Family would lose their face. After all, all the sailors on the s.h.i.+p were subordinates of Black Tiger Family. They were also pirates, if they were robbed by others, would the Black Tiger Family still have the face to mingle in the north?
The furnace with magic formation within the s.h.i.+p gradually died out and the big s.h.i.+p slowly sailed forward from the remaining force. The prow of the s.h.i.+p firmly b.u.mped against a floating ice, shattering it into pieces. Several hundred meters ahead on the sea was actually a small boat less than three meters long. Yet what was astonis.h.i.+ng was that half of the s.h.i.+p was already frozen over. In was drifting along the sea wind in Dunerk’s direction.
The captain of Big Maritime Windmill, Good Luck Valjean Qiao, walked out of the captain cabin and steadily walked to Lin Qi’s side. Good Luck Valjean Qiao was the most outstanding captain in Black Tiger Family who also had the best luck. When he was young, he commanded three pirate s.h.i.+ps to rob 17 cargo s.h.i.+ps in a row at North Sea within seven days. The outcome was all the cargo s.h.i.+ps were filled with priceless spices, then only he gained the nickname ‘Good Luck’.
With a body as st.u.r.dy as a black bear and alrealy white hair and beard, Valjean Qiao looked into he distance while carrying a huge hatchet. He frowned and said, “Young master, you have to be careful later! This thing is strange, no one can sail a cargo s.h.i.+p or a pa.s.sange
r s.h.i.+p into North Sea during winter, so it was unlikely to find any brother who was out at sea sailing to earn money during this d.a.m.nable time period. This s.h.i.+p is very odd!”
Lin Qi’s expression changed slightly. Right, during winter only whale-hunting s.h.i.+ps and coastal fis.h.i.+ng boats can set sail from Dunerk while other s.h.i.+ps could only divert to the southern ocean. It was basically impossible for other s.h.i.+ps to enter North Sea during this time. The small boat was indeed odd, to not be careful was out of the question.
Stretching his hand to make a round slash above his head with the machete, Lin Qi coldly said, “Prepare the whale-hunting p.r.o.ngs, if anything was amiss, shoot him dead!”
Urgent sound of copper bells rang from within the s.h.i.+p. It was the signal to ready Big Maritime Windmill’s six magic-powered whale-hunting p.r.o.ngs.
The huge s.h.i.+p was already approaching the floating ice with a circ.u.mference of seven to eight meters very slowly. Half of the boat was frozen within the floating ice. The part of the s.h.i.+p exposed outside was completely empty. Through the transculent ice, a black thing could be seen within the frozen half of the boat.
“Woah, a person!” Lin Qi shouted in shock.
Lin Qi’s shout just left his mouth when the floating ice was suddenly split open with countless cracks. Following an ear-piercing cracking sound, the ice surrounding the boat crumbled. The entire boat was exposed in front of everyone. At the head of the boat, the curled up person was astonis.h.i.+ngly an Easterner wearing a precious Blue Fox leather cloak with long black hair draping over his shoulders.
Everyone on the deck simultaneously sucked in one breath. An Easterner, how could he travel into North Sea at this d.a.m.nable time? Also, how was he sealed inside the ice? Looking at the pieces of ice all over his body, perhaps he was already frozen to death?
Lin Qi sighed lightly. He abandoned the machete, shook his head, and said, “Truly a pitiful person, send several people to carry him abroad. That Blue Fox leather cloak is not bad, take it off and wash it. It can be sold for at least several thousand gold coins at Hunchback Shop. Oh, it looks like he didin’t have any valuable jewelries, a person who could wear this kind of Blue Fox leather cloak, it’s unlikely for him to be stingy in adorning himself several gems!”
Just now, Lin Qi’s gaze swept over the Easterner’s hair. His hair was in a bun and on it was astonis.h.i.+ngly a crown made of pure gold. Around the golden crown were embedded rubies as red as blood, each was as bis as a thumb and extremely gorgeous!
“It must be because I’ve bought enough Redemption Talismans during these two years, the various G.o.ds are protecting me!” Lin Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and gave another order, “Forget it, let him enter this world with nothing and leave it with nothing as well! His clothes must be made of high-quaility silk, take off his undergarments and socks as well. After they are washed, they could also be sold for several hundred gold coins at Hunchback Shop. Those countryside landlords love silk from the East!”
When Lin Qi was calculating the fortune he could make from the dead person, the curled up person suddenly moved. He slowly stood up and raised his head to look at Lin Qi’s group dozens of meters away.
He was an exceptionally st.u.r.dy and unusually handsome youth who wasn’t shorter than Lin Qi. Due to being frozen for a long time, his face was blue to the point of being almost transparent. His messy clothes also made him look incomparably pitiful, but it couldn’t cover the aloof pride, brash arrogance, and overbearing might of his.
Lin Qi and the others stood on the prow of their s.h.i.+p while the youth stood on the small sampan. Yet, Lin Qi suddenly had a feeling as if he was looked down on by the youth while he was looking up at him.
Strongly shaking his head and casting aside the strange feeling in his heart, Lin Qi opened his mouth and asked the Easterner, “Hey, do you want to hitch a ride?”
The youth’s body faintly flashed. Following dozens of hazy shadows, when his figure reappeared, he was already standing in front of Lin Qi.